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This is an exciting time and opportunity for someone with a background in the charity sector. This role offers a chance to make a real impact within our team, especially as we prepare for a series of high-profile fundraising and awareness initiatives for our 25th birthday in 2026. Alongside celebrating this milestone, we’re eager to support the launch of the new Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex University Hospital. This development opens up new opportunities for collaboration with our local NHS provider, driving us towards more integrated services and preparing us for the increased patient volume we expect in the coming years.

The Mulberry Centre is an award-winning cancer information and support charity, based on the grounds of West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, West London. Since 2001, we have provided services to more than 18,000 people, and we’re committed to expanding our reach. With an annual income now exceeding £700k and having doubled over the past five years, we’re on track for continued growth and diversification, aiming to extend our impact in the community.

As Head of Fundraising & Engagement, you will play a key role in developing a cohesive fundraising, communications, and engagement strategy to secure sustainable income and elevate our profile. This role will see you working closely with the Chief Executive and the Fundraising Committee to lead initiatives with trusts and foundations, the National Lottery, high-net-worth individuals, and corporate partners.

You’ll oversee a dynamic team of four:

• Philanthropy and Partnerships Lead: Managing a portfolio of trusts and assisting with corporate and high-net-worth fundraising.
• Marketing & Communications Lead: Responsible for boosting our profile across various media.
• Supporter Engagement Lead: Driving individual and community group fundraising.
• Community Engagement Lead: Raising awareness of cancer prevention, early detection, and our support services in the community.

This role requires a skilled multi-tasker with strong project management and interpersonal skills, capable of meeting bid deadlines and managing key partnerships. If you’re detail-oriented with a knack for crafting compelling applications and budgets, we’d love to hear from you.

Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) Programme is part of this nationally funded programme and aims to train a workforce of new practitioners that offer help for common difficulties in children and young people, in particular CBT-informed evidence-based guided self-help for low to moderate intensity anxiety, low mood and behaviour problems, within a variety of community settings. In collaboration with University College London (UCL) as the degree awarding body, Anna Freud is recruiting to support the delivery of the course.

The Course Tutors will have responsibility for the development and delivery of one or two modules, ensuring all material concerning the module is up to date.  The post-holders will also contribute to teaching sessions, and undertake marking and moderating of course assignments, personal tutoring and make other similar contributions to support the delivery of the programme.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic candidates with experience in child and adolescent mental health, alongside knowledge and experience of implementing CBT-informed interventions for low to moderate intensity anxiety, low mood and behaviour problems and experience in small group facilitation.

Location

Hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working): staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH.

Contract duration

Permanent.

Closing date for applications

Midday (12pm), Wednesday 27 November.

Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.

Notification of interview

Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 29 November 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on Friday 6 December 2024.

How to apply

Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Are you passionate about making a difference and supporting others to achieve their individual employment goals? Are you looking for a role that offers flexibility and immense job satisfaction?

We want you to put that passion to great use supporting people with mental health issues to find paid employment as part of their recovery and improving their lives.

So why not apply for the role of Employment Manager at Waythrough today?

As Employment Manager, of an IPS team in Bristol you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of service contracts and helping the staff team to plan and problem solve employment issues with service users working within an IPS fidelity framework. We’ll also rely on you to support the Service Lead to liaise with Commissioners and with the treatment teams as well as actively networking with local employers, Job Centre Plus and Voluntary Organisations to help find paid work job opportunities.

You must be able to effectively manage a team of typically 5 Employment Specialists who provide person-centred support to individuals to help them find and sustain appropriate employment. You’ll need to be assertive and adaptable, with a positive attitude about employment for all and excellent networking and interpersonal skills. An effective time manager who knows how to use IT effectively to support you and your team’s caseload management and reporting, your own transport, and the ability to travel weekly around Bristol area are also essential. Training in the IPS framework will be provided, but prior knowledge of this approach would be an advantage.

This is a permanent full‐time post at 37.5 hours a week.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and welcome applications from those with Lived Experience.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter explaining why you feel you are right for the role.

On 1st June 2024, Richmond Fellowship, part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind was renamed Waythrough to reflect the new organisation.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant to join our team. In return, you will receive a competitive salary depending on experience.

NGA is an independent, not-for-profit national membership organisation for state school governors, trustees and governance professionals in England. Our work aims to improve the educational standards and wellbeing of young people by increasing the effectiveness of governing boards and promoting high standards. As expert leaders in school and academy governance, we provide information, advice, guidance, professional development and e-learning.

About the role:

NGA is recruiting consultants

NGA owes much of its professional development service success to the professional expertise and dedication of our team of governance consultants.

Due to increased demand for our quality assured consultancy and training services we are growing our team.

We are looking for governance consultants committed to helping others to improve governance who have experience of multi-academy trust governance and are also able to confidently deliver training, both face-to-face and virtually. In particular, we need consultants who are based in the following regions:

• South East (Specifically: Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Medway)
• South West (Specifically: Cornwall, Devon and Somerset)
• North East plus East Riding, Kinston upon Hull, York and North Yorkshire

Benefits of working for NGA:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Being part of a vibrant and supportive team
• Quality assured deliverables
• Expert administrative support
• Access to NGA’s guidance, advice and e-learning service: Learning Link
• Termly KIT meetings

Key responsibilities of our Consultant:

To prepare, deliver and feedback services on behalf of NGA.  This may include:

• Governance consultancy
• Facilitation and mentoring on NGA Leading Governance development programmes
• Training – both f2f and vf2f; general and bespoke
• Fulfilling a governance expert retainer role
• Coaching and mentoring
• Speaking and workshop delivery at conferences

To promote NGA. This will include:

• Promoting NGA services
• Supporting NGA’s policy positions

Other aspects of the role include:

• Acting as a sounding board for any NGA messages on policy and practice
• Consultation as to service innovations 
• Commenting on new NGA materials
• Attending meetings on behalf of NGA
• Courseware design and review
• Quality assurance of courses, courseware and delivery
• Evaluation and feedback

What we’re looking for in our ideal Consultant:

• A serving trustee, governor or governance professional/lead or have recently served as a trustee, governor or governance professional/lead, or can satisfy the Head of Consultancy and/or the Head of Training Development that s/he has the experience and skills to carry out the role
• Willing to promote key NGA policy and practice messages, guidance and look to extend NGA’s sphere of influence 
• Familiar with the most up to date and relevant Ofsted and DfE guidance
• Willing to adhere to the course materials and guidance provided by NGA
• Prepared to actively promote NGA and its services
• Prepared to refer all opportunities for governance training, and consultancy work to NGA

If you feel that you are the right candidate for the role as our Consultant or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click ‘apply’ now.We’d love to hear from you.

Location: Waverley Abbey Trust, Surrey
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to lead the 24-7 Academy.

The 24-7 Academy is a life-changing, residential leadership development programme for young adults aged 18-30, based at Waverley Abbey.

An exciting new venture in partnership with Waverley Abbey Trust, 24-7 Prayer and Emmaus Rd Church to disciple and equip a new generation of Christian leaders, to help deepen their character and provide an immersive experience in Lectio 365 prayer rhythms to guide them in living a Jesus-centred life.

This role is pivotal to both the development and delivery of the programme, taking responsibility for creating a safe and supportive environment where participants can be discipled and equipped to live a Jesus-centred life.

Overseeing the recruitment and delivery of two cohorts per year: a summer/autumn cohort starting in late August and a winter/spring cohort starting in February.

You will be working with the Waverley Abbey monastic community living onsite as well as the 24-7 Academy Steering Group, to bring the shared vision to life and manage the day-to-day service and delivery of the programme.

Outside of managing the day-to-day of the active programme periods, you will focus on recruitment, training volunteers, and preparing for the next cohort.

As this is a brand-new role, we’re happy to discuss any aspect of the role and are open to shaping it to fit the right person

This role holds a Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to be a practising Christian who assents to Waverley Abbey’s Statement of Faith.

For further information on key responsibilities and person spec please see the attached job pack.

If you’d like to apply, please provide your CV, and a cover letter that directly addresses the requirements of the job description, including why you are interested in the role.

Applications will close on Thurs 28th November 2024; we reserve the right to close applications early.

Please note, an appointment will be subject to:

- Evidence of Right to Work in the UK
- Satisfactory references
- A satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure
- Meeting the Occupational Requirement criteria
- Satisfactory completion of a probationary period

Closing date 24-11-2024

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Our Gambling Outreach And Living Support service GOALS is our community-based support service that provides bespoke and holistic 1:1 and group support to individuals and affected other impacted by gambling harms.

Our aim is to deliver an impactful GOALS service across London which builds effective networks of support for people before, during and after treatment.

A main aspect of the role will be to support and work closely with individuals presenting with lived experience of gambling harm issues and/or people affected by this issue. The GOALS Supporter will understand gambling related harm and dependency issues and be able to ensure safe working environments and take a robust lead on safeguarding and harm minimisation procedures and policy.

The post holder will work with the Head of Support Services and GOALS Coordinator to support the development and maintenance of the systems and structure of the service, ensuring that governance and polices are implemented, safeguarding and safe working practices are systematic and develop a clear understanding of how the service integrates with the national gambling treatment service.

Other support activities will be developed, such as group support and weekly meet ups.

The post holder will develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, deliver presentations and other promotions within community, education and health centres to help grow and develop the service.

Adherence to health & safety, equal opportunities and diversity policies is expected at all times.

Qualifications or Relevant Experience

•Two years minimum experience in similar role 

•Professional qualification in health, social care/community at level 3 or working in health/social care/addiction 

Essential Skills & Knowledge

•Knowledge and understanding of recovery

•Knowledge of safeguarding children and adults

•Knowledge and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination

•Ability to work responsively and flexibly in a range of settings

•Ability to represent the service and present to other organisations

•Ability to maintain clear and consistent boundaries

•Ability to provide a safe space when working with a client to address their needs holistically

•Communicate clearly in writing, face to face, online and on the telephone

•Ability to work positively in a team

•Ability to work independently, prioritise, plan and manage own workload

•Ability to utilise supervision constructively

•Knowledge of gambling and related issues

•Ability to keep up to date with trends in support services and changes in the sector

Desirable Skills

•Experience of liaison with voluntary and statutory organisations

•Experience of engaging with people from a diverse range of backgrounds

•Desired but not required, lived experience of gambling harms either directly, as an affected other or working with individuals who have experienced gambling harm.

Warwickshire and Solihull Community and Voluntary Action is recruiting a Networks and Representation Lead 

£28,235 per annum (£17,169.93 pro rata)

22.50 hours per week 

3 years Funding with Possibility of Extension 

Do you want to help raise the profile of the voluntary, community social enterprise and faith sector (VCFSE) in Solihull?  

We are seeking an individual who is committed to strengthening the voice of the VCFSE in local decision making. The successful candidate will help to ensure the VCFSE is represented and involved in key strategic boards and partnerships. They will provide opportunities for cross sector networking and engagement between the VCFSE and the public and private sector.

The successful candidate will understand the impact of the VCFSE and have experience of effective partnership working 

To apply for this role, you are required to hold a driving licence and have use of a car for work purposes.

If you think you fit the brief for this exciting role,

download the Application pack fromour website - No CVs 

CAVA is an equal opportunities employer -

‘Putting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion into Practice’ 

WCAVA is a Registered Charity no. 1123402 and a Company Limited by Guarantee no. 06531268 

Closing date: Monday 18th November 2024, 09.00am 

Interview date: Friday 29th November 2024 

Join our dynamic Fundraising & Communications team to help create lasting change for people with disabilities.

The Senior Digital Marketing Officer is responsible for driving forward CBM UK’s digital fundraising, growing our online presence and directly contributing to the success of our fundraising efforts.

The position holder is the digital fundraising lead responsible for the coordination, development, delivery, and testing of stand-alone digital fundraising projects, and (where appropriate) support and integrate with offline activity and wider fundraising and communications campaigns. 

Using technical knowledge and expertise, and working closely alongside colleagues in the fundraising and communications team, in particular the Senior Communications Officer and Marketing Officers, the position holder will lead on all stages of digital fundraising campaigns from conception to implementation and evaluation. 

We are looking for someone with knowledge of digital fundraising and experience of developing new and innovative digital campaigns. Candidates should have experience working alongside agencies and freelancers to co-ordinate, review and monitor digital acquisition activity and experience of setting up and sending mass marketing emails.

At CBM UK, we place respect and compassion at the heart of all that we do, and this reflects in our culture. We are an organisation based on Christian values welcoming staff of all faiths and none. Our commitment to these values drives everything we do, striving to build a just and equitable world in which all people are included, loved, valued, and respected. We focus on meeting the greatest needs and collaborate with partners of all faiths and none without proselytizing.

For the full job description and person specification, please download our recruitment pack.

Location: Weymouth National Boat Centre, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset. DT4 8TZ

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £35,600 gross per annum

Closing Date: 6/12/2024 (may close early if right candidate is found)

Are you a watersports professional looking for a new opportunity?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

We are currently looking for an Assistant Head of Inshore Boating to join our team.

 

About the role

Sea Cadets deliver life changing opportunities to young people through the challenge and adventure of getting out on the water. The Assistant Head of Inshore Boating is instrumental in facilitating these experiences as part of a team working to support volunteers and colleagues across the UK, with a focus on our five activities of dinghy sailing, paddlesport, powerboating, rowing and windsurfing. The post will require experience of dealing with people of all ages/backgrounds, in the management of delivering activities, equipment/facilities and supporting the development of instructors.

We are looking for a passionate practitioner, with a background in delivering both on and off the water, and in-depth experience of operating procedures and governing documentation. Experience of working with young people is essential.

Responsibilities

· Lead on developing our boating/watersports framework

· Support volunteer led activity across the UK in delivering life affirming on the water experiences to young people.

· Support the Head of Inshore in the development and delivery of assurance and safety of Boating.

· Day to day Line management of the office team

· Collaborate with the wider Inshore team to support central training, particularly Instructor Training.

 

Requirements

· A qualified watersports practitioner at or approaching Trainer/Tutor level

· An in depth understanding of operating procedures and documentation

· Experience of watersports at a strategic level

 

Desirable

· Experience or knowledge of youth and/or uniformed organisations

· Experience or knowledge of the charity sector

 

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.

 

Benefits

• 51 days annual leave per annum
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please apply now!

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families in our community? The Sutton Centre is looking for dedicated and compassionate individual to join our team to lead on the delivery of the HOME Project.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support parents and carers in developing their parenting skills, providing space and opportunity for them to share their experiences.

- Support and encourage involvement of families, parents and children in appropriate groups, responding flexibly to the needs of families..

- Establish positive and meaningful relationships with families

- Provide support and encouragement to families

- Identify and respond to the needs of local families

- Advocate for families and connect them to essential services.

What We Offer:

- Competitive salary and benefits package.

- Opportunities for professional development and training.

- A supportive and collaborative work environment.

- The chance to make a real impact in your community.

Qualifications:

- Experience in family work, community support, or related fields.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- A genuine passion for helping families thrive.

If you’re ready to support families and strengthen our community, we want to hear from you. Join us in creating a brighter future for families in Bradford!

The Estate Officer will ensure the delivery of the regional maintenance programme, comprising routine, periodic, planned and urgent works, and the delivery of time limited maintenance consultancy and estate management projects. Working alongside the Conservation Projects Manager, the post holder will ensure regional estate compliance with CCT policies.

The post holder will be the main contact for all maintenance related matters and will maintain the property management records for the estate, develop volunteer projects and training on maintenance reporting and conservation cleaning and will assist with fundraising.

If you would like to apply for this role, please visit our recruitment portal to begin your application. You will be asked to submit a CV and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining why you’d like to apply and how you fulfil the person specification for this post, so you’ll need to refer to the job description.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on Monday 25th November 2024

The interviews will take place in Manchester on Thursday 5th December 2024. Please note that the interview date and location have been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.

 

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.

We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.

Senior Digital Product Officer

Are you a digital production professional passionate about enhancing training products for those who work or volunteer with children and young people? We have an exciting opportunity for you in a dynamic Professional Learning Services department within the UK’s leading children’s charity!

Position: Senior Digital Product Officer

Salary: £34,582 - £38,425 plus any relevant allowances

Location: United Kingdom - Remote or Flexible location

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Working Hours Per Week: Full time (35 hours)

Closing Date: 10 November 2024

The Role:

As a Senior Digital Production Officer you will play a crucial role in managing the technical platforms that deliver the charity’s training portfolio. You will lead the technical testing of online learning courses, ensuring they meet the highest standards.

Key responsibilities:

• Platform management: Maintain and ensure compliance of the Learning LMS (learning management system), ecommerce platform, and related digital assets (Zoom, payment gateway, email deployment, cookie management tools).
• Technical testing: Lead the technical testing of the LMS, portfolio of courses, and other platforms. Triage bug reports, collaborate with Developers to troubleshoot issues, and log and process bugs and change requests.
• Accessibility testing: Ensure training products are accessible, including screen reader and keyboard navigation testing.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in project/production management, web/technical development, bug fixing, usability, accessibility, and project management.
• Experience working with agencies or third-party suppliers to deliver successful projects.
• Ability to deliver against a user experience strategy.
• Experience with ecommerce, learning management systems, and testing elearning products is highly desirable.

We are looking for someone with experience of:

• Working as a manager or lead within a planning and performance function in a complex organisation 

• Playing a leading role in the end-to-end development and delivery of organisational strategy

• Implementing organisation-wide changes to planning and/or performance practice 

Why join the team?

• Impactful work: The charity’s training courses are market-leading and highly recommended by 98% of customers. The income generated is reinvested back into protecting children.
• Professional growth: Work with a dedicated team of experts and build on your experience of managing technical platforms and leading technical product testing.

Join this amazing organisation and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Digital Product Designer, Product Officer, Product Designer, Product Manager, Digital Manager, Technical Project Manager, Head of Digital Products, Digital Product Owner, Lead Product Manager, Digital Product Executive, etc. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Business Development Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover)

ABOUT US

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

THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE

Missing People’s Business Development team works to improve the response to missing children, missing adults, and their families, through innovative services, training and consultancy projects. We work with police, local authority leads and front-line local authority practitioners, Health, Education, and the voluntary sector. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of projects and supporting with bids and funding applications. You will also play a key role in promoting the team’s work. You will be confident at communicating with a wide range of professionals and senior representatives of organisations who commission our services. You will be involved in training and delivering presentations to the police and social workers among other people on topics such as missing children and adults.

Would you like to use your organisational and project coordination skills and your engaging training and presentation style to have an impact on the experiences missing people and their families have with agencies such as police and social services?

This is a varied role which involves:

• Project coordination and support
• Co-ordinate projects, including training, conferences and consultancy projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, and meet the needs of commissioners.
• Review and analyse police and partner agencies’ data and documents relating to missing persons to support our consultancy and training work.
• Event coordination and support
• Organise events (such as conferences or training events) to ensure relevant staff, speakers, venue, technology and logistics are in place and manage event bookings.
• Deliver training, presentations or events to multi-agency professionals such as police and social workers.
• Business Development Team support
• Provide administrative support to project leads in our Business Development Team.
• Respond to and direct enquiries from professionals and commissioners.
• Create or edit promotional content, business documentation and PowerPoint slides in our house style.
• Research funding opportunities and help write bids and funding application.

ABOUT YOU

You will need to have experience of:

• working in a project support or coordination role.
• organising events (for example conferences or training events);
• delivering training or presentations to external audiences.
• providing administrative / business support to a busy team.

You will also need:

• Project support skills: ability to support project managers from beginning to end of projects and support multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong organisational skills, and able to prioritise competing tasks.
• Good numerical and spreadsheet skills, able to monitor budgets and spending.
• Strong interpersonal skills, building good relationships with internal colleagues and external partners.

WHY WORK FOR MISSING PEOPLE?

Would you like to work for a welcoming, caring organisation which really makes a difference to vulnerable people throughout the UK? Missing People is a friendly and supportive place to work. Working for Missing People means living our values. It’s a place where people are encouraged to ‘let fly’ so you can ‘make things happen’. We know you’re more than just a job title, and ‘be human’ is an important value here. You will find plenty of scope for personal development including: getting involved in cross-charity projects; leadership development or volunteer supervision; training; e-learning; and hearing about the latest topics from some of our amazing partners.
For further details, please see attached job description/person specification and letter to applicants.

How to Apply

Please include your CV and a Supporting Statement that demonstrates how you are a good fit for this role.

Closing date: 23:59 on 26th November 2024. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in the event of a very large number of applications, so Apply Now!

Interviews: 3rd or 4th December 2024

Location: Mortlake, South West London (flexible working considered)
Job Type: Full time (35 hours per week) or Part time (from 25 hours per week)
Contract Type: Fixed term maternity leave cover role until 31st December 2025.
Salary: £29,000 per annum (or pro rata if part time)
Benefits: Missing People is 14th on the Sunday Times “100 Best Not-for-profit Organisations to Work for” List 2019 and offers the below benefits: • 28 days annual leave per annum/pro rata plus statutory holidays on appointment. Additional annual leave days awarded on length of service*• Company pension contribution• Life insurance (3 x salary) *• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including 24/7 support helpline• Interest-free Season Ticket Loans*• Additional maternity pay and leave*• Additional paternity pay*• Additional sick pay*• *available after probation period passed

You may also experience in the following: Project Support, Project Assistant, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Management Business Support Administrator, Office Assistant, Administrator, Business Support Officer, Administration, Office Administrator, Admin Assistant, Team Administrator. Business Administrator, Administration Officer, Business support coordinator etc

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We are looig for a new Chief Officer at Rainbow Haven

What is Rainbow Haven? 

We are a small, well-respected and busy charity based in East Manchester. For over 20 years Rainbow Haven has provided a place of welcome, support and opportunity for asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants.Putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do, people with lived experience of migration are centrally involved, as service users, volunteers, staff members and trustees.From its flagship information, advice and advocacy services to a range of wellbeing activities and classes, Rainbow Haven is there to support and empower people seeking to establish new lives in Manchester. 

About the role: 

Reporting directly to the Trustee Board, the Chief Officer will:

·Provide leadership, strategic and operational oversight of Rainbow Haven.

·(with the Trustee Board) Ensure the long-term financial sustainability of Rainbow Haven.

·Develop and oversee the delivery of high quality services in response to changing external and internal pressures. 

·Ensure appropriate support for an experienced and committed staff team.

·Maintain effective partnerships and develop new partnerships across statutory and voluntary sectors to enhance the range, volume and quality of the services Rainbow Haven can offer. 

About the person:

You will have proven experience of: 

·Strategic organisational and financial development, oversight, reporting and evaluation. 

·Developing and sustaining collaborative external relationships with funders and service delivery partners. 

·Financial planning and fundraising. 

·Overseeing delivery of front-line services.

·Supporting experienced and committed teams of staff and volunteers. 

On our wish list:

·You’ll share Rainbow Haven’s ethos, values and commitment to our vision.

·You’ll have a proven ability to manage competing priorities and pressures. 

·You’ll be well-organised, creative and flexible with a problem-solving approach.

·You’ll be a good listener, respectful of staff expertise and experience and responsive to their support and development needs. 

·You’ll be a strong communicator and collaborator, whether engaging with colleagues, volunteers, service users or service delivery partners.

·You’ll have a positive, proactive attitude – you’ll understand the needs, challenges and opportunities of working in a small, fast-moving organisation. 

This is a fantastic new opportunity to lead an established charity doing invaluable grassroots work with marginalised people that directly impacts their lives for the better. 

See the attached document for details on how to apply.

Do not hesitate to let us know if you have specific requirements or need support to apply in an alternative format.

Closing date: 5pm Monday 25th November 2024