Team Leader Jobs in Central London, Greater London

One-year contract (maternity cover)

Full-time, 35 hours per week

A world class drama school and educational charity, LAMDA – the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art – delivers exceptional vocational training in the performing arts. LAMDA’s core aim is to train and develop the best artists regardless of social or financial background. The Academy is at an exciting time in its evolution, paving the way for drama school training in the 21st century and developing multi-skilled creative artists and technicians. In order to ensure that its work is accessible to all, LAMDA is passionately committed to widening participation and operates a robust scholarship scheme, awarding significant support to one in five full-time students each year.

The Role

We are currently looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to develop and manage LAMDA’s access and widening participation programme.

The ideal candidate will be able to build strong relationships with schools and youth communities within the west London area. Working with the Head of Academic Affairs and Research, they will lead and deliver LAMDA’s AWP programme. With proven experience in engaging with young people particularly in an access, outreach, or education role, they will have strong communication skills.

Application Process

For a full job description, please visit our website.

We want you to have the opportunity to really tell us about yourself and explain to us why this opportunity is right for you. All applications will be judged on content, not on format.

To apply, please complete:

• Application form together with the Equality and Diversity monitoring form
• All applications should address the following questions:

1. Tell us a little about yourself and why this position interests you
2. Tell us what experience you have had that means you meet the person specification outlined in the job description, include practical examples

To be considered for this role, please send the above information by email to the HR Department.

Closing date: 5.00pm on Friday 3rd January 2025.

Interviews will be held w/c 13th January 2025.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are essential values at LAMDA and we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to the Academy. We welcome applications from the Global majority, those with disabilities and from other under-represented groups.

Registered Charity No: 312821.

Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life.

Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK. 

We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.

We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

Responsibilities and Person Specification:

The Infrastructure Team provides the technological foundation for core business functions including network access, hardware and software, printers and remote working. The team is a key support function and provides a customer centric service, providing colleagues with the tools, systems and support they need to carry out their job roles efficiently and effectively.

This role is responsible for supporting the work of the Infrastructure Team providing overall IT Support and being the first point-of-contact to all staff across the UK, including home-based staff, by phone, email, and face-to-face at our office in London. 

You will provide a proactive service to all users in diagnosing faults, answering requests, providing training and guides, and timely solutions. You will also maintain the asset registers and helpdesk system ensuring they are kept up to date. You will need strong administrative skills with good attention to detail and the ability to communicate and articulate clearly, written and verbally.

You will support the delivery of technological solutions and services within Independent Age, consistent with organisation plans and strategies, best practice and agreed functional specifications and professional standards.

You should be able to demonstrate experience in a related discipline and/or have technical qualifications including, knowledge of IT service operations with incident management, request fulfilment, access management, and problem management.  Excellent customer service skills are also key. 

You should also have a basic understanding of Infrastructure management including Active Directory, file structures, and security, along with experience supporting Windows and Mac devices, Office 365, and end-user devices and systems, and working in a busy and dynamic office environment, supporting users in person and remotely.

The postholder will be supported with learning and development, with a potential opportunity to undertake apprenticeship training within the role. 

For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification.  If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight. 

What it’s like to work at Independent Age:

We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.

We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working. 

You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age here.

 

Application Process:

To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).

To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name. 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.

Closing Date: 23:59 on Monday 13 January 2025 

Interview Dates: Week commencing 27 January 2025

Executive Assistant to the Director and Business Support

Are you seeking a new challenge using your executive assistance and business support skills, looking to step up in your career and wanting to make a difference as part of a small team in a fascinating and collaborative environment?  This role at Greenwich Hospital could be for you.

About Greenwich Hospital

A unique Crown body, Greenwich Hospital supports the Royal Navy community by awarding grants to support education, welfare and acute need.  As a leading funder working to support the Royal Navy community, our funding and partnerships deliver positive change for those who need it and empower people to thrive.

The role

This is an exciting time to join Greenwich Hospital as we work through a significant change agenda.   With responsibility for supporting the Director of Greenwich Hospital (DGH) and the Senior Leadership team, as well as providing other business support, this is a varied and rewarding role.  You’ll be working closely with other team members to ensure a positive, joined-up and dynamic working environment representing the office of the DGH externally with a wide variety of stakeholders within the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence and the Naval charity sector.  This is a key role within the Greenwich Hospital team and an opportunity to significantly contribute to our work. 

• Full-time (35 hours per week)
• Circa £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Hybrid, including at least 3 day per week in London
• Very generous annual leave allowance

Further details including the job description and how to apply can be found on our website.

Greenwich Hospital aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, including former members of the Armed Forces.

Deadline for applications is midnight on 1 January 2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in person in London on 7 January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and bring forward the interview date, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

We are currently offering a rewarding opportunity for a motivated and proactive self-starter to join our friendly and dynamic team.

Welfare Benefits Advisor

Salary: £35,000

Full Time (35 hours per week)

We will consider candidates on reduced hours (minimum of 21 hours per week)

This role requires a minimum number of days to be worked onsite which will be dependant on the number of hours worked per week.

Benefits of working for Wandsworth Carers’ Centre:

• Friendly team and working environment
• Annual leave starts at 26 days increasing to 31 days plus bank holidays 
• Contributory company pension,
• Ongoing training and development opportunities 
• Employee assistance program.

Our Charity:

We are a busy, ambitious charity operating at the heart of the Wandsworth community since 1995, helping thousands of people across the borough in unpaid Caring roles. We give information and advice, organise respite, offer complementary therapies, deliver training, provide peer support, arrange fun events and much more.  In short, we are the Carer's friend and advocate, often helping Carers through difficult times.

Are you passionate about supporting carers and making a real impact in their lives? We're looking for a dedicated individual to join our busy team provide welfare benefit advice & guidance to those who need it most.

As the successful candidate, you'll bring your knowledge and expertise to provide vital support to Carers, with a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge in welfare benefits and recent experience of managing a case load.

You will manage your own caseload while also providing mentoring and support to one trainee advisor. 

Your excellent communication skills will help you connect with and support carers, while your IT proficiency will enable you to provide effective, efficient assistance.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Providing advice & advocacy on welfare benefits and housing. 
• Managing your own case load
• Offering guidance and support to colleagues 
• Maintaining accurate case records, adhering to AQS standards. 

Essential Requirements:

• Experience of providing benefits advice, guidance and support
• Experience of managing a case load
• Experience of representing clients with external bodies / organisations
• Experience of supporting with benefit appeals through to tribunal stage.
• Knowledge of or ability to understand and use relevant legislation.
• Ability to work across the borough and provide home visits

If you're committed to working in the voluntary sector and want to be part of a dynamic team that makes a real difference, this role is for you!

Wandsworth Carers’ Centre is an inclusive employer, committed to the continued development of a diverse workforce.

We’re looking for a Fundraising Officer to support the development of business opportunities to generate income for the charity, ensuring development opportunities are effectively maximised principally from statutory (commissioned funding), trusts and foundations.

You will have proven experience of fundraising to generate income from trust and foundation fundraising, statutory commissioning bodies such as bid and tendering, corporate and other donors.

Key responsibilities include

To regularly research, monitor, and identify funding opportunities at a local, regional and national level with corporate and public sector funders, for the developments of existing programmes or new programmes.

To be responsible for securing regular income by submitting regular targeted funding applications as directed by Head of Service/CEO.

To apply, please download the application form from our linked website. Please return your application and monitoring form (to the email address specified on our website) by Monday 20 January 2025.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Specialist Support Worker to join our Mental Heath service in Tower Hamlets.

£29,929.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
A Specialist Support Worker will provide intensive support (both practical and emotional) to people undergoing a period of mental health related crisis. Act as a positive influence on customers encouraging responsible behaviour and self-reliance to people in the service. Support people in a way that maximises their self-sufficiency and enables them to live independently on returning to their own homes.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:
* Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader / Manager.
* Carry out initial assessments of potential customers and make decisions over access to the Crisis House
* Undertake continuous assessment of needs and potential risks & agree levels of support and actions.
* Create support / action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable the customer to overcome their crisis
* Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to return to their home to continue their recovery & to empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to.
* Undertake support work in partnership with Tower Hamlet's Home Treatments Team to complement their interventions.
* Fully liaise with Mental Health professionals, including psychiatrists, within the Home Treatment team and maintain excellent relationships with them.
* To maintain good liaison with the clients' immediate community and family.
* To act as a Shift Leader covering a rota consisting of early shifts (8am - 4pm); Late Shifts (2pm - 10pm) and Middle Shifts (10am - 6pm)
* Maintain a safe and welcoming living environment at the Crisis House including some domestic duties.
* Demonstrate excellent commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers.

About you:
Relationships
- With key customers (end service users)
- Within team and organisation
- With external partners and agencies
Organisation
- Planning and organising workload
- Awareness of policies and procedures
- Time and resource management
Team membership
- Promote team ethos and values
- Positive contribution to team environment

What you'll bring:

Essential:
- At least an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social care, or equivalent academic qualification. A minimum of one years' experience of supporting vulnerable adults with mental health / substance use or dual diagnosis needs.

Desirable:
- An understanding of care-planning processes and Models of Care within mental health.
- Knowledge of group and individual therapy and an understanding of risk management.
- Experience of working with vulnerable people who are undergoing a period of crisis.

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Please see our website for the full Job Description

We're looking for someone a bit special who believes in the deep potential of children who are not thriving elsewhere in life. We’re looking for experience, passion, energy and the drive to go the extra mile on these young people’s behalf.

The position is a dual role. You’ll join as one of two dedicated Youth Workers and will lead on a portion of Free to Be Kids’ year-round follow-on support for vulnerable young people who we have already engaged via our Thrive Outside residentials. Crucially, a core aspect of the role will be leading an average of 8-10 of our residential projects across each year - working on the ground with the children, leading the volunteers, and helping make the projects special, safe, and transformative for vulnerable young people, many of whom have complex needs. You’ll be joining a small staff team of 8, supplemented by a vibrant and committed group of volunteers.

Attendance at approximately 8-10 five-six night residential projects per year outside London is a core component of this role.

On offer to the right candidate:

Salary: Circa £29,000-£34,000, dependent on experience.

Hours: Fulltime: 37.5 hours per week. Essential attendance on at c.8-10 residential projects a year.

Leave: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays and up to 13 additional pre-set discretionary reward days in September and during the Christmas period.

Other benefits: 4% employer pension contribution paid on full base salary, rising by 1% per year of service, up to a maximum of 6%, hybrid working, office with great transport links, flexible working (outside core hours), employee reward scheme, a tight-knit effective team with great morale.

Based: Hybrid – our small office in Waterloo, London. Hybrid working is well established with the majority of the team splitting time around 50:50 between the office and home.

To start: Ideally, February 2025.

Who we’re looking for:

Our next Youth Work hero. You'll be fun, active, energised, deeply experienced in work with young people with complex needs, and looking to join an organisation you can believe in and who in return will believe and invest in you.

You’ll have multiple years’ experience working alongside young people who might struggle in other settings and will be used to dealing with a range of challenging behaviours and complex support needs, ideally including mental health support needs,with a good understanding of safeguarding. You’ll have the flexibility to work away from home on up to 10 week-long residential projects per year. Ideally, you’ll also have experience of leading projects for children – whether residential or non-residential. Experience of working on or leading residentials projects themselves is not required but may be an advantage.

We are a small, vibrant, friendly staff team of 8, growing to 9 by the summer, supported by a committed volunteer base of around 200.

We are particularly keen to encourage applications from those who can help us represent the lived experiences of our children through their own lived experience or background.

To apply:

See full Job Description & Person Specification on our website.

Send a copy of your CV or up to date LinkedIn profile, as well as a covering letter, by the closing date of 8pm, Sunday 5th January 2025.

Covering letters should be very approximately 1 to 1.5 sides A4 and address the question of: ‘Why this role, why now’, as well as ‘what strengths, experience and skills you would bring with you to the role’.If you prefer, you are welcome to submit a short (2 to 4 minutes) video covering these questions either instead of, or to supplement, your cover letter. We have found this helps bring the strongest applications to life, though the video is not a requirement.

Selection Process and Timeline:

Selection will be via two stage interview. As there is only a short turnaround from application closure on 5th January to 1st stage interviews 8th-9th January, we will assess applications and offer interview slots throughout the window. However, you will not be disadvantaged if you need to wait till the closing date to submit.

1st stage interviews:Weds 8th – Thurs 9th January (virtual)

2nd stage final interviews: Monday 13th January (in-person, London Waterloo)

Please hold interview dates as alternates dates are unlikely to be available.

​The role requires an Enhanced DBS check and existing right to work in the UK.

If you have any questions about the role, contact us via our website and we’d be happy to arrange an informal chat. We look forward to hearing from you!

We're looking for an experienced, creative, and passionate Senior Youth Worker to join our amazing team at Peer Power Youth. You'll be responsible for leading, delivering and evaluating young people’s involvement in our creative ‘voice and influence’ projects, where you will co-create and work alongside young people in secure settings and the community. You will also have the chance to lead on a specialist area of work within the team.

You’ll be working alongside Youth Worker colleagues to develop strong, trusted and caring relationships with a cohort of young people, and you will ensure that activities are co-created, creative, safe, inclusive, and develop the skills and expertise of the young people involved. This is an exciting role where you'll be out and about working right alongside young people and colleagues to make real change both on an individual and system level!

Please note applications will open on or around 9th January 2025 - please check back for how to apply!

We're looking for a Community Fundraising Manager - it's a great opportunity to develop a plan and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising activities to engage people with our work and contribute to our income.

You will manage a team to help develop innovative fundraising products, grow our supporter base and provide exceptional supporter stewardship.

Income generation  

• Responsible for supporting the development of a 3-year community fundraising income strategy to grow income from a modest base of £125k per year to circa £275k per year.
• Implement the operational plan for community fundraising income. 
• Plan, develop and deliver new community fundraising products, campaigns and events that will resonate with stakeholders including members, donors and volunteers to fundraise. 
• Work collaboratively with Comms, Marketing & Digital teams to develop and drive forward promotion of community fundraising to reach existing and new audiences, including developing content for social channels, e-comms, webpages and fundraising packs.
• Establish a network of community fundraisers, building relationships with community fundraising ‘champions’, and providing excellent supporter care and timely communication. 
• Evaluate community fundraising projects regularly and make changes when necessary. 

Leadership, management and collaboration 

• Lead the community fundraising programme in line with Marine Conservation Society values and organisational culture.
• Contribute to fundraising cross-team planning and strategy development. 
• Line management of 2 part-time Community Fundraising support roles with responsibility for operational delivery of their fundraising plans and performance management including, 1-2-1 meetings, appraisals, day-day performance management against KPI’s, motivation and objective setting. 
• Build collaborative relationships with peers across the charity. 

Governance & reporting 

• Manage the overall budget for community fundraising, including monitoring of income and expenditure against budget. 
• Setting, measuring, and reporting against agreed KPIs  
• Ensure the Community Fundraising team are accurately recording the receipt of donations and gifts received from supporters. 
• Ensure accurate financial and CRM supporter records are maintained and accessible. 
• Ensure all relationships comply with relevant charity law, GDPR requirements and the charity’s Ethical Fundraising Policy.
• Work with our Data Manager, Head of Marketing, and the Fundraising team to ensure the CRM database holds key, relevant profile information on supporters.
• Attend department and organisational meetings reporting on team related matters as required and cascading organisational priorities as appropriate.

Knowledge and experience (what you’ll know)

Essential

• A track record in community fundraising or similar, with the ability to demonstrate success in meeting financial targets and income growth. 
• Can demonstrate your experience of supporting the development of 3-5 year strategic plans 
• Experience of developing and leading on annual operating plans in line with strategic goals.  
• Can show your line management experience, including knowledge of successfully developing and motivating a team. 
• Can successfully set and manage multi-year budgets. 
• Good knowledge of and experience of working with CRM databases including the collection and storage of data in line with GDPR. 
• Sound knowledge of current fundraising trends and knowledge of fundraising policies, procedures and legalities. 

Desirable

• Experience of establishing and growing new community fundraising products. 
• Project management experience, able to plan and deliver within set timescales.

Skills & abilities (how you’ll do it)

Essential

• Able to take responsibility for delivering against objectives and monitor and evaluate operational and financial plans. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship building, influencing and negotiating with a wide diverse audience  
• Able to work as a leader and motivate others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including attention to detail.  
• Strong planning skills and the ability to manage a varied and busy workload while meeting tight deadlines. 
• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate creativity, initiative and work proactively 
• Ability and confidence to represent the organisation with potential and existing donors. 

Desirable

• Strong IT skills, including MS 365 tools (Teams, SharePoint, One Drive etc.) Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.  

Personal Qualities (what you’ll bring)

A personal style in line with our values and our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion: 

We are brave                                        We have integrity  

We are a community                          We are credible  

We are positive                                     We are solutions focused  

•  An innovative and creative thinker who is quick to generate solutions and ideas.  
• Comfortable with change, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work, with good prioritization skills. 
• Approaches problems with a creative and enabling mindset to seek solutions. 
• Responds positively to challenges – managing your personal responses when things get busy
• Comfortable and capable when working independently and on own initiative.  
• Motivated and focused in both the home working and busier working environments.  
• A good team player who builds open and supportive relationships. 
• A positive, optimistic, and ambitious vision for the future of Community Fundraising. 
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues across different functions and levels.  
• Proactive and results-driven mindset, with a focus on achieving measurable outcomes. 

We are a youth movement for young people with refugee experience to build community, become leaders and flourish in the place they call home.

There are thousands of displaced young people arriving in the UK every year. We believe in the unbounded potential of these individuals and are driven to help them thrive. 

Our activities include:

• Residential Programmes

• Leadership Training Programme

• Youth Hubs

RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising (70%)

• Support the CEO with writing creative and engaging applications and reports to Trusts and Foundations.

• Research and identify new prospects within Trusts and Foundations, and engage with potential and existing contacts by phone and email.

• Maintain the fundraising database and keep track of targets against organisational budget.

• Support on the planning and delivery of fundraising events and challenges that resonate with our supporters.

• Where the opportunity arises, develop new fundraising campaigns and asks to engage donors and new supporters.

• Create and maintain fundraising material and content, including cases for support, crib sheets, template reports, and supporting information as required.

Social media, communications & storytelling (30%)

• Working with the staff and volunteer team to deliver our regular social media activity, reflecting the impact of our work and engaging both new and existing supporters.

• Develop graphics, images and other assets as required.

• Follow the latest news and trends to identify and engage quickly with any opportunities to share our story or capture new ones.

• Build relationships with staff and volunteers to capture case studies that demonstrate the impact of our work.

• Responsible for collating and sending out newsletters.

• Convey our key messages succinctly and effectively.

• Develop passionate, emotive stories about our work that can be used to fundraise and report to key funding partners.

• Create copy and design for assets like flyers as and when required under the guidance of the CEO and Marketing & Communications Lead.

ABOUT YOU

• Proactive, enthusiastic and collaborative, with a can do/let’s get this done approach.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience of creative, outstanding storytelling with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences 

• Passionate about supporting refugees and people seeking asylum, and aligned with OSH’s values.

• Online/digital communications experience to engage both new and existing audiences, growing the number of beneficiaries, volunteers, and supporters

• Experience in managing social media, creating engaging content and engaging with others online 

• Experience of using design tools such as Canva

• Knowledge and understanding of the use of social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Facebook and social media management/scheduling tools like Hootsuite.

• IT literate, including Google Drive, Docs & Sheets, and knowledge of or willingness to learn about Wix and SEO

• Ability to work within a team as well as remotely

• Ability to visit our stakeholders and capture their stories

• A keen eye for detail and accuracy

• Excellent time-management skills are essential as the role requires managing day-to-day social media interactions and funding applications

• Experience of capturing and editing photo and video 

About Woman’s Trust

Domestic abuse has blighted women’s lives throughout history. We’ve been helping women in London recover from its effects since 1996. Our specialist counselling transforms the mental health and wellbeing of women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation or coercive control, and we have assisted well over 15,000 people to date. Add your skills to our closely-knit all-female team and you can help thousands more on the road to recovery.

About the role

This is a newly created position at Woman’s Trust, reflecting the critical need for impactful insights and evaluation of our services. The Data Insights Manager will lead, motivate, and develop an efficient and dynamic insights team and will strategically work with the Service Delivery team to turn the data collected by Woman’s Trust into actionable insights, so that we can better support the women accessing our services.

This role will be responsible for the smooth running and development of reporting and analysis tools across Woman’s Trust, so that staff can use our internal service data to inform their ongoing work and decision making.

To ensure that Woman’s Trust is feeding data learnings into our organisational development and service reviews, the Data Insight Manager will ensure the team are asking the right questions, pick out trends in the data with distinct themes, challenge our staff to collect and report accurate data and help to evolve our data practices. The Data Insight Manager will create ways in which Woman’s Trust can utilise its data to improve and expand our services as well as undertaking relevant ad hoc research projects, both internal and external, to ensure Woman’s Trust is seen as a leader in its field in producing sector relevant reports, presentations and papers.

The Data Insight Manager will take ownership of concisely communicating insights from our data and research to both internal and external stakeholders in innovative and engaging ways. The role will deliver on Woman’s Trust’s strategic priorities with regards to service contracts, data, monitoring and evaluation. You will not only mentor and develop capacity within your own team but act as a data advocate, enhancing the relationship between the front-line workers Woman’s Trust’s work and the staff managing the contractual obligations.

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week (4 days).

Location: Based at Woman’s Trust’s office, Paddington, NW1/hybrid working.

Benefits 

• Flexible working
• 25 days' holiday (up to 5 days' maximum accrued after 5 year of service)
• Cycle to work scheme
• 3% pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The application pack including the job description and person specification can be downloaded below or from our website. 

To apply, please send your CV and a personal statement. 

In your email, please provide us with the details of two referees. We require their name, contact information (including email), and relationship to you. One of these should be from a current or previous employer. Referees will not be contacted until an offer of employment is made.

Closing date: 23:59 on 7th January 2025, however applications will be processed on a regular basis and successful candidates will be invited to an interview. 

Interviews will be held w/c 13th January 2025.

This post is open to female applicants only – the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies.

Learning and Development Officer (Scotland)

Part time (28 hrs per week)

Are you passionate about helping to further the mission of our churches, circuits and districts? Are you an excellent facilitator, able to enable others in their learning and support organisational development and change? If you are, we would like to hear from you. In this role, you will be part of the GB-wide Learning Network of the Methodist Church, encouraging and resourcing life-long learning.

This role is aligned to Scotland and covers a wide range of learning and development areas within the life of the church, aimed at supporting, encouraging and inspiring the church in living out ‘Our Calling:  to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission’.
The Learning Network works primarily with lay and ordained church leaders, equipping them as they in turn seek to equip all God’s people. A particular focus of this role will be to further the mission of churches, circuits and districts and support the development of new worshipping communities in different contexts.

As the successful applicant, you will work with other team members across the Learning Network and wider Connexional Team, to enable Methodist people in all aspects of their calling as together we seek to be an inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing church.

About You

The role includes:

• supporting circuits in exploring vision and developing mission plans;
• working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development in areas such as leadership development, biblical literacy, vocation, worship leading and preaching, pastoral care, ministerial wellbeing, supervision, conflict resolution, mission and ministry with all ages;
• facilitating effective and potentially transformational conversations on a variety of subjects;
• enabling, equipping and resourcing through preparation, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development activities, events and initiatives, both for onsite and online contexts;
• contributing your particular gifts and experiences to enhance learning and development across the connexion;
• helping churches in their commitment to support the Church’s aspiration to be inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing;
• a requirement to travel, and work during some evenings and weekends.
• a requirement to be a member of a church in good standing with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or equivalent.

Key skills include:

• Building good relationships with the District(s) and with individuals and communities across the church and beyond;
• An ability to work interculturally, being sensitive to working across different nations or jurisdictions, with an understanding of contextual theology;
• Good communication, including utilising digital mediums, planning, organising, and leadership skills;
• An understanding of safeguarding;
• Supporting adult learners;
• Theologically thinking and the ability to facilitate others in developing theological conversation;
• Flexible and creative approach.

You will have significant experience in offering learning and development support and theological reflection in a relevant context.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities. 

The successful applicant will be required to live within the geographical area of the aligned Methodist District, or close commutable distance, and be expected to travel for work purposes.

If you require reasonable adjustments to made at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know (contact detaiils on our website). 

How to Apply:

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Closing date: 5 January 2025

Shortlisting date: 6 January 2025

Interview date: 17 January 2025 at Paisley Methodist Central Hall

N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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You will have a proven experience in leading teams, optimising processes and driving growth.

You will be an aspirational leader who can guide Harington’s strategic and enduring business plans into the future.

The Vacancy

Part Time (21 hours) Learning and Development Officer. Aligned to East Anglia District

Are you passionate about helping to further the mission of our churches, circuits and districts? Are you an excellent facilitator and educator? Do you have imagination, creativity and a pastoral heart for understanding rural communities and those living on the edge? If you are, we would like to hear from you. As an experienced professional with a proven track record in learning and development, you will be part of the GB-wide Learning Network of the Methodist Church, encouraging and resourcing life-long learning.

This position is aligned to the East Anglia Methodist District and will work with circuits and churches in rural, coastal and urban settings. The role includes a wide range of learning and development activities within the life of the church. These are aimed at supporting, encouraging and inspiring the church in living out ‘Our Calling: to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission’. The Learning Network works primarily with lay and ordained church leaders, equipping them as they in turn seek to equip all God’s people.

As the successful applicant aligned to the East Anglia District, you will work with other team members across Learning Network and the wider Connexional Team, to support, encourage and inspire Methodist people in all aspects of their calling as together we seek to be an inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing church.

About you

The role includes:

enabling, equipping and resourcing through preparation, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development activities, events and initiatives, both for onsite and online contexts;
supporting circuits in exploring vision and developing mission plans;
facilitating effective and potentially transformational conversations on a variety of subjects;
helping churches in their commitment to support the Church’s aspiration to be inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing;
working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development programmes;
contributing your particular gifts and experiences to enhance learning and development across the connexion
a requirement to travel, and work during some evenings and weekends
a requirement to live within the East Anglia District of the Methodist Church
a requirement to be a member of a church in good standing with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or equivalent.

Key skills include:

Building good relationships with the Districts and with individuals and communities across the church and beyond;
Good communication (including digital mediums), planning, organising, and leadership skills;
An understanding of safeguarding;
Supporting adult learners;
Theological thinking and the ability to facilitate others in developing theological conversation;
The ability to work with people across a broad demographic;
Flexible and creative approach.
You will have significant experience in offering learning and development support and theological reflection in a relevant context.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

The successful applicant will be required to live within the geographical area of the East Anglia Methodist District and will be expected to travel for work purposes.

Closing date: 15 January 2025

Interviews to take place on: 3 February 2025 in Thetford

N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.