Training Manager Jobs
Hackney Playbus
Hackney Playbus believes that all children under five living in East London should have the opportunity to grow, thrive, and reach their potential. Our mission is to provide play, learning, and support to socially excluded families in East London, to encourage children’s early years development, and to strengthen families and communities.
WE DO THIS BY:
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Making play and learning opportunities accessible to children aged 0-4 years old - we bring play out into the community!
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Providing a welcoming and relaxed setting where families can come together in their local community
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Supporting parents and carers to feel confident in their knowledge and skills as a parent or carer
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Connecting families to support services
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Dedicating time and resources to outreach and community engagement
All our services are delivered in a way that is inclusive, friendly and welcoming. All services are free to attend.
Early Years Community Worker
We are looking for an Early Years Community Worker to join our caring, creative and resourceful Hackney Playbus early years team, with additional responsibility for coordinating the staff team schedule and ensuring that appropriate resources are in place to deliver our programme.
Together we run stay and play sessions from a bright and beautiful double-decker bus that has been converted into a mobile early years community play space. Our sessions take place both inside and outside the Playbus in different locations across Hackney, providing a rich play and learning environment for children aged 0-4yrs old and a welcoming space for their parents and carers. We listen to the needs of parents and carers and help families to access support services where needed.
As well as our Playbus sessions, we bring our informal, welcoming approach to baby groups that we run in community settings.
Our Team and Our Approach
We value the positive impact of difference within our organisation and want our team to reflect the diverse cultures, ethnicities, languages and experiences of the families who participate in our activities. We particularly encourage applications from people from Global Majority backgrounds, those who speak a language spoken by local communities in Hackney, and those with lived experience of bringing up children in challenging circumstances.
We work collaboratively at Hackney Playbus, recognising that every team member has valuable life experiences, skills and interests to contribute to the project. We learn from one another and value each other’s insights and opinions. We work collectively as far as possible to share decision-making as well as the workload, supporting each other to develop and grow within our roles.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Staff scheduling
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Coordinating the staff team schedule to ensure all sessions are appropriately staffed, taking into account booked annual leave
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Arranging cover for absent staff, both planned and at short notice
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Covering sessions for other members of the team to enable all team members time to take part in outreach activities, training, planning, project development, admin and meetings
Play Provision
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To assist in the planning and delivery of play opportunities in a safe and stimulating environment, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum
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To acquire resources as necessary within the budget available to maintain an enabling environment for children’s learning and development, ensuring that all equipment is safe, appropriate, well maintained and stored
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Promote the use of low cost, free or recycled materials to ensure that activities demonstrated can be replicated in the home environment and on a low budget
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To create stimulating play spaces to support children’s learning and development, including lifting play equipment on and off the Playbus as required, and/or setting up equipment in community hall settings
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To supervise and support children in their play during sessions both on and off the Playbus, or in group settings at community venues
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To assist with the cleaning and tidying of the Playbus, venues, and of Hackney Playbus resources
Working with Parents and Carers
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To provide a warm, welcoming and nurturing space for parents and carers, whether on the Playbus, in group venues, or in other community settings
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To model ways of playing and interacting with children, including promoting play-at-home ideas
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To encourage parents and carers to share their experiences with each other and to value their own knowledge and experience as a parent or carer
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To develop positive relationships with parents and carers and support them in their knowledge and understanding of their child’s learning and development
Signposting and Referrals
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To become familiar with support services available both locally and nationally for families, including Hackney Children and Family Hub provision
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To listen to parents and carers’ concerns and signpost or refer them to relevant support services
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To observe children and identify where additional support from external services may be required
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To promote programmes and opportunities that benefit families in line with Hackney Playbus aims and objectives
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To ensure leaflets and information displays are up-to-date and accessible on the Playbus and in other venues where we work
Outreach
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From time to time to participate in outreach activities such as door-knocking, leafleting and pop-up play events
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To actively support inclusion by identifying any barriers that families face in accessing our services and working to overcome these barriers together with the Hackney Playbus team
Monitoring and Evaluation
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To complete registration forms, attendance records and sessional report forms. These may be in paper form or digital.
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To carry out and write up observations related to the charitable aims of Hackney Playbus
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To be aware of the aims and outcomes of specific projects when writing session reports
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To be willing to assist the Co-Directors in reporting on outcomes
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To assist in gathering feedback from parents, carers and children
General
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To support Hackney Playbus’s commitment to safeguarding children in all aspects of the organisation’s work
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To be friendly and welcoming to all families and to work hard to make every Hackney Playbus experience a positive one for both child and adult
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To promote and deliver a fair and quality service which is sensitive and responsive to all families using Hackney Playbus services
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To attend and participate in team meetings and supervision
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To be willing to attend training and to take an interest in your own learning and development
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To undertake other tasks to support our projects, as agreed with the team
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To abide by Health and Safety, Child Protection and other legal requirements associated with providing play on and off the Hackney Playbus and in community settings
Hackney Playbus believes that all children under five living in Hackney should share the same opportunities to grow, thrive, and reach their potential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Age UK's Telephone Friendship Service is recruiting for a Friendship Coordinator to join our growing team!
Loneliness is a major issue that is now widely recognised in society today, particularly amongst older people. By scheduling weekly calls from our trained volunteers, Age UK's National Telephone Friendship Service provides older people with a chance to make a new friend from the comfort of their home.
As a Friendship Coordinator, you will play a vital role in coordinating and supporting the thousands of matches between our members and volunteers across the UK. Whether you are answering emails and calls, ensuring safeguarding measures are upheld or supporting members and volunteers through the onboarding processes, you will be helping to ensure this much needed service reaches those who need it most, in a safe and efficient manner.
Utilising your excellent customer service skills, you will be the first port of call to support our volunteers and older members - so you'll need to be comfortable spending a lot of time on the phone and communicating by email. You'll also need to be passionate about supporting older people and have a good understanding of older people's needs.
This role can either be based at our office in Blackpool, or in Ashburton Devon. We offer a hybrid model of home and office based-working, so you will need to be within a reasonable distance of either the Blackpool or Ashburton office and be willing to travel there regularly. As a guide, the team currently work from the office once or twice a week but please be aware this could increase.
You will work a 35-hour working week, 5 days out of 7 with start and end times between 8am and 6pm. It will include weekend and bank holiday shifts, which will be arranged on a rota basis.
We are looking to recruit highly motivated individuals to join our friendly and supportive Friendship team - if this sounds like you, please apply for immediate consideration.
Please ensure that you submit a cover letter with your application.
Must haves:
* Excellent communication skills
* Confident and friendly telephone manner
* A passion for supporting older people
* The ability to work flexibly
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office
* Ability to manage a busy workload
* A commitment to promoting equality and diversity
* Being a positive team player.
Great to haves:
* An understanding of older people's issues
* Experience supporting volunteers
* Knowledge of safeguarding issues
* Experience of working with older people over the phone
* An understanding of mental health issues.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
This role description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this role description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this role description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by line management.
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Building Advisor. You will be responsible for ensuring that Refuge complies with statutory building and property obligations and monitor changes in industry standards and regulators requirements. The post holder will also monitor obligations in property agreements and support corporate services and provide technical advice which may require research. The post holder will collect property data to demonstrate compliance and for reporting purposes as well as update Refuge’s property polices accordingly and train people.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Post: Domestic Abuse Worker
Responsible to: Director
Salary: £27,344 FTE (NJC Scale 6, point 18)
Actual salary: £14,583.47
Hours: Part time 20 hours (over 3 days per week) to include evening
work.
Holidays: 24 days pro rata per year plus public holidays
Pension: 5% employer + 3% employee.
Fixed term contract: 12 months from date of start, continuation subject to funding.
Main purpose of the post:
• To provide high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), including crisis intervention, through both face to face and telephone support.
• To develop individual support plans which address the risk of harm, and to offer information, advocacy and signposting to survivors on a risk/need led basis.
• To support and empower survivors, thereby increasing self-esteem and reducing isolation.
MUST hold an IDVA qualification.
See Job Description/Person Specification for further details.
Women from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority communities, those with disabilities and long-term health conditions and women with lived experience are encouraged to apply.
We have committed to ensuring that disabled, or Black, Asian or ethnic minority candidates have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled, or Black, Asian or ethnic minority candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job role in order to diversify our team and represent the community we serve.
If you are interested in applying for any of the above posts please see attached information pack and application forms.
Closing date: Sunday 29th September 2024 by 5pm.
Interviews: Week commencing 14th October 2024
Due to the specialist nature of the work, All posts are designated to women only, permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.
Additional Information: DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Are you committed to working in partnership to empower people with learning disabilities and autistic people to work through trauma and find justice?
We are seeking 2 Specialist ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advisor) to join our Advocacy team at Respond. The role includes providing pro-active emotional, practical and advocacy support for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people with complex or multiple needs who have experienced any form of sexual violence and are engaging, (or considering engaging) with the criminal justice system. The ISVA will work across London to provide non-judgmental, trauma-informed emotional support, working in partnership with other London sexual violence support services.
Our ideal candidate will have a friendly and relational approach to working with clients. You will have the ability to build trusting relationships, work in an empowering and inclusive way and support clients to heal following sexual abuse and develop coping capacity. You will be a self-motivated individual who will engage with a wider range of people who have experience sexual violence, and other barriers to justice.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an inclusive and passionate team, and you will be supported by the ISVA Service Manager in your ongoing development. Respond values and encourages working in a collaborative and compassionate way, as we support each other to address one of the most enduring injustices; of the experience of trauma to autistic people and people with learning disabilities and their families.
This post is exempt under Schedule 9 Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 and is only open to women.
Background information about Respond
Respond started in 1991 and has grown from a small London based charity to a medium sized national charity in recent years. Our mission is to reduce the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, by developing trusting relationships, through psychotherapeutically informed services.
An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma-informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation, and all staff take part in reflective practice or team dynamics.
We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates including people with lived experience, who are both interested in working in partnership to provide advocacy support, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experienced trauma.
We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re resilient and passionate about advocacy, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable for this role. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles within the organisation.
Respond Benefits package (all per financial year)
We offer a generous and comprehensive package of flexible benefits to all of our staff.
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Hybrid working model, which means that if you’re full time you make a commitment to be working in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder working from home. Part time hours are altered accordingly.
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Generous paid leave benefits including 28.5 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), with some to be taken between Christmas and New year.
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Up to 4 weeks paid sickness leave at full pay and a further 4 weeks at half pay,
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Discretionary study leave to support training relevant to your role.
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Paid leave to employees who may need to take one day off a year when a religious festival falls on a workday.
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Up to 5 days paid time off for dependents per financial year.
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Opportunity to apply for up to 2 days (14 hours) paid leave per year to participate in volunteering activities relevant to the role.
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Access to a workplace pension scheme, administered by NEST, with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution from commencement of employment.
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Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes 24/7 telephone service and counselling.
Note all of the above days per annum stated are pro rata’d for part time employees.
If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and our person specification. When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and we may close applications early.
Deadline for all applications: Friday 11th October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
We are currently seeking two dynamic Practitioners to join our Young People’s service (Yuva), working directly with young people using abuse and violence and their families.
Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP), a division of Richmond Fellowship since 2018, has been a leading provider of Respect accredited community perpetrator programmes working to stop domestic violence, increase safety for women and children, and reduce harm to families for over 29 years.
This role works within the Yuva team to develop and deliver intervention and safety programmes to families affected by Child to Parent Violence and Young People’s Intimate Partner Violence. This role requires a robust and detailed understanding and experience of working with adolescent development, domestic abuse, child abuse and trauma, and the impacts of these on young people’s development. As well as a good understanding of the nature of domestic violence and its effects on women and children, and on the parent-child relationship. You will have experience of providing direct work with young people and their parents/carers, working flexibly but robustly and supportively, responding to challenging or harmful behaviour to facilitate change. You will have experience of providing structured one-to-one and/or group-work counselling or behavioural change interventions, and of working with both children and adults from diverse backgrounds. You will have an excellent understanding of Safeguarding procedures and be confident working both independently and as part of a team, working closely and collaboratively alongside partner agencies such as Child Services and Youth Offending Services. Candidates with undergraduate degree level qualifications in relevant fields will be considered, alongside those with extensive experience working in the domestic abuse field with young people.
You will have the opportunity to play a key role in developing DVIP’s young people’s services, working in partnerships with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies to deliver effective community responses to domestic violence, in line with RESPECT practice standards. Day to day, you will be working flexibly across a number of locations (including regular days working co-located within Local Authority Children and Families Services and providing outreach in schools and other relevant or referring services) managing referrals, assessing risk and suitability for therapeutic intervention, and engaging families.
In this rewarding role you will be working directly with young people and their parents/carers, delivering structured interventions to increase safety, as well as providing specialist support to other professionals working with families experiencing abuse, through provision of expert consultations and training.
You will be able to work independently and flexibly, including some early evenings, in areas where DVIP is contracted, for part of the working week. You will be comfortable managing your own workload and related admin, and you will be able to communicate clearly with a range of people about sensitive and complex issues, including the writing of professional reports.
This is a permanent full time role requiring the post-holder to work 37.5 hours a week. The role will require working across Surrey and a driving licence/use of a car are highly recommended.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in facilitating positive change for young people and their families who have been impacted by abuse and violence.
It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.
This is a rolling recruitment process, candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
DVIP are actively seeking to develop a workforce which reflects the diverse communities we work within; we offer flexible working arrangements and ongoing professional development to all staff and volunteers. Applicants who speak another language fluently are particularly welcome. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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 will be renamed to reflect the new organisation.
After 90 years of making a difference across the North West, this is a rare opportunity to lead change in one of the longest established charities in the North West, where two days are never the same!
Are you a successful leader looking for a new, unique challenge and can you help us to be even better? Then read on ....
Caritas Care is a social care charity in the North West of England, providing a diverse range of services to children, adults with learning disabilities and complex health needs, homeless adults, and adults isolated within the community. This year the charity celebrates its 90th anniversary of delivering person centred services across the region. Despite the financial climate over the last few years, Caritas Care has continued to grow, and our commitment to growth and working with more people in need of our support remains at the centre of our strategic plan.
Due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are seeking a committed and skilled professional with the interest and vision to provide inspirational and confident leadership to our Adult Services, Community Projects and Operations. Based in our Head Office in Preston, you will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team, responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Charity as a whole.
This is a rare opportunity to join our established and well-respected charity in a senior management role. Therefore, if you have a passion for ensuring quality in social care services, sound business acumen and want to make a difference to the lives of people who are vulnerable, adults who have disabilities and people who are marginalised, then this might just be the role for you!
As an equal opportunities employer, Caritas Care offers an excellent package of terms and conditions, family friendly flexible working arrangements, an employee assistance programme, opportunities for continuing professional development ... and free parking! If you are interested, and would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Susan Swarbrick, Chief Executive for an informal discussion. Contact details can be found via our website which is linked at the bottom of this page.
For further details please see the job description and person specification attached below. To apply, please visit our website.
Closing date for applications: Friday 27 September 2024 (noon)
Provisional interview date: Tuesday 8 October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background to the role
We are looking for a handyperson to join our team, providing handyperson support through the Havering Energy Doctors project. The service is funded by the London Borough of Havering.
Job description
Job Purpose
· To support residents of Havering in, or at risk of fuel poverty, by fitting simple energy-efficiency measures in their homes. These measures include putting up curtain poles and thermal curtains, installing radiator reflector panels, draught-proofing, fitting LED light bulbs and damp and moisture damp readers.
· Working as part of our handyperson team you will deliver kind and friendly person-centred services to diverse communities across east London and Essex. You will work with people referred by our community partners, our hospital discharge teams, and wider AUKEL colleagues to help older people remain safe in their homes.
Key Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities
· To install simple energy efficient measures within the home
· To engage with project participants in a positive and constructive way and ensure their needs are met
· To provide excellent customer service
· To communicate effectively with the team
· To work with team members to achieve goals
· To input and report on the success of allocated tasks
· Assess whether the customer has additional needs that our wider team, or partners can support with, and refer/signpost as needed. For example, for benefit checks, befriending, carers support.
· Adhere to health and safety guidelines and AUKEL policies and procedures.
· To deliver food packages (and other emergency packages) when required.
Health, Safety
· Whilst using AUKEL fleet vehicle ensure that appropriate checks are completed prior to driving e.g. tyre pressure, brake test etc.
· To keep AUKEL tools and equipment in a clean, safe working order meeting health & safety requirements.
· To work closely and support AUKEL volunteers and/or work placement by providing basic on the job training skills.
Lone Working: Ability to work alone and on own initiative, knowing when to seek help if appropriate.
Safeguarding: Report any safeguarding concerns to the AUKEL Safeguarding Dedicated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
Administration
Financial Accountability: To keep detailed records of jobs completed e.g., time taken, materials purchased and used along with any donations received.
Incident Reporting: Report any ‘No Access’ failed visits in accordance with AUKEL’s policies and procedures.
App Maintenance: Maintain the AUKEL Call-Round app and Solo Protect Lone Working Personal Safety App/device in accordance with AUKEL policies and procedures.
Feedback Collection: Support customers to complete service feedback questionnaires where required
Quality
Quality Control: Services provided in accordance with Foundations Quality Mark.
Mandatory Training: Completion of essential training as required by AUKEL to ensure the delivery of safe, person-centred services.
General
· Continuous Training: Complete any training necessary to fulfil the role effectively.
· Flexibility: Demonstrate flexibility in working hours and duties to meet the needs of the service and ensure high-quality service delivery.
· Support & Supervision: To meet with line manager on a regular basis
· Policy Compliance: Carry out the duties of the post in accordance with AUKEL policies and procedures, including but not limited to Equal Opportunities, Mental Capacity, Deprivation of Liberty, Food Hygiene, Health & Safety, Confidentiality, Complaints, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), First Aid and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Collaboration
· Guidance & Direction: Operate under the direction of the Home and Care Manager whilst being supported by the Senior Handyperson.
· Internal Collaboration: Attend team and staff meetings as required
· External Collaboration: Work in partnership with Age UK Redbridge Barking & Havering and the London Borough of Havering (project funders) to enhance service provision and extend support networks for our customers.
Person specification
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Practical experience in a variety of repair and maintenance tasks.
Desirable
· Previous experience in a handyperson or maintenance role.
· Relevant vocational qualifications or apprenticeship in a trade such as carpentry, plumbing, or electrical work is desirable.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
· Understanding of the impact of discrimination and disadvantage on the lives of people and ability to work in a trauma-informed manner.
· Understanding and commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and their carers.
· An awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of older people and their carers.
· Awareness of health and safety issues, risk assessment, COSHH, RIDDOR etc.
Skills/Attributes
Essential
· Intermediate IT skills
· Can demonstrate AUKEL values (accountable, kind, flexible, inclusive, collaborative) in the way the service is delivered.
· Commitment to learning and development and reflective practise.
· Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity.
· Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
· Excellent communication and customer service skills.
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Desirable
· A clean full driving licence. If using own transport, essential car user allowance will be paid.
Additional Requirements
· As Age UK East London works with adults where children may be present the post holder will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced DBS certificate. A criminal record will not necessarily, but may be, a bar to obtaining a position with the organisation
· Flexibility in working hours to meet organisational needs.
Employment Details
Contract type
This contracted post is for 35 hours per week (working day pattern to be decided) and may require some out of hours or weekend work as required. We welcome application for flexible working including reduced hours and other flexible working arrangements.
Location
The post holder will be mostly based at London Borough of Havering
Salary Between £28,840 and £31,390 Plus 5% employer pension contribution.
We have recently introduced a salary bands system. This salary range refers to the lowest and top steps of the grade. Salary will progress every year until the top salary is reached.
Holiday entitlement
25 days (pro-rata for contracted hours) of paid holiday per year plus bank holidays. This increases after two years of service to 27 days, and then a further one day per every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days after five years of service. In addition, all employees are entitled to one day off on (or around) their Birthday.
Conditions of employment
The job offer is subject to the receipt of two satisfactory Employment References, an enhanced DBS Check and evidence of relevant Qualification.
How We Value Our People
Learning and development
We are committed to supporting our staff through a variety of training, e-learning, workshop and shadowing. A training needs assessment is carried out annually. During the appraisal and reviewed during supervision. The majority of vacancies are advertised internally to encourage staff to progress their careers within the charity.
Flexible working policy
We welcome flexible working requests from day one and anyone can make as many requests as they wish to.
Family Friendly Policy
We have a competitive Family Friendly Policy which includes maternity, paternity adoption and shared parental leave. We have an enhanced maternity and paternity pay policy based on the length of service.
Sick leave policy
We also have a competitive sick pay policy which will give you up to 4 months full pay and 4 months half pay after 4 years of service.
Death in service insurance
We have a Death in service insurance which will help your family to cope financially should something happen to you while employed with us.
Employee assistance programme
We offer an Employee Assistance programme called WeCare which includes 24/7 online GP, Get fit programme, Mental health support, Financial and legal guidance.
Menopause and menstrual policy
The policy supports employees in their ability to adequately self-care during their period and menopause, while not being penalised by having to deplete their sick leave. Birthday policy
Open Door policy
The purpose of policy is to encourage open communication, feedback, and discussion about any matter of importance to an employee.
Wellbeing policy
The policy is aimed to promote mental wellbeing among staff and volunteers and tackle the causes of work-related mental health problems .
Duncan Robertson Award
For the outstanding contribution to the wellbeing of older people.
Cycle to work scheme
The scheme allows employees to obtain commuter bikes and cycling accessories through their employer, whilst spreading the cost over 12 months and making unbeatable savings through a tax break
Next Steps
To apply, please complete the application form on Age UK East London website.
You should give the names, positions, organisations and telephone contact numbers of two referees, relevant to this role. References will only be taken once your express permission has been granted.
Finally, please ensure that you have included mobile, work and home telephone numbers, as well as any problems you might have with the proposed interview dates.
Recruitment Timetable:
Deadline to receive applications: Friday 6th of September 2025 at 5.00pm
1st stage interviews: Week Commencing 16th September 2024
Have any questions? If you want to find out more about the recruitment process or the role, please contact our HR department at Age UK East London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) was established in 2000 and is a not-for-profit speciality college that oversees the training, examination and completion/maintenance of credential requirements of veterinarians who are equine internal medicine specialists, referred to as ECEIM Diplomates. Currently the college is run by a team of dedicated trustees and are eager to take the next step and create capacity for growth.
This is a brand new role and in which you will have the opportunity to shape and develop what a successful Chief Operating Officer looks like for this exciting and far reaching college. Your role will be to enable ECEIM to operate more effectively in order to facilitate the College’s growth, working with the board members to understand their vision, and work to enhance, develop and support on existing key processes and procedures that help the college to run effectively. This role will ultimately support ECEIM’s mission and key objectives to advance equine internal medicine in Europe and increase the competency of those who practice in this field.
Whilst this role has an exciting future focus, a key part of your remit will be to oversee the day-to-day running of the college and help ensure everything is working well, keeping abreast of important deadlines such as key governance and compliance or liaising with external partner firms to ensure that they deliver key events on ECEIM’s behalf.
While much of your role may be administrative or operational in nature at first, there is also great scope to input into the colleges longer term strategic direction, all of which is leading to sustainable growth and increasing the impact of what ECEIM have set out to do.
About you:
You’ll bring both a practical and solutions based mindset as well as the ability to see the bigger picture in order to facilitate ECEIM’s longer term strategy. As this is a brand new role you will need to feel confident in the listening and learning phase as well as being able to see the improvements, recommend developments and create any next steps needed to support the ECEIM board and ultimately get the role off the ground.
You will have the chance to utilise your experience in both big picture thinking, as well as your ability to design and develop processes and ways of working that will help ECEIM to take the next steps.
Using your excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills you’ll be able to foster positive relationships with volunteers, members and other professional bodies, including working directly with ECEIM’s key committees, helping them stay connected, informed and working as best as they can.
You will also bring a strong financial awareness and both ‘know how’ to action financial processes, working with the treasurer, but also to be able to spot when specialist skills may be needed to support you. Experience with data analysis and reporting is essential.
Whilst it is advantageous for you to have held a similar role before, a background in project or programme management, leading a department, operations management or financial management could bring the blend of key skills that will help you be successful in this role.
An understanding of academia and the importance of professionalism, credentials and high level qualifications is helpful and while an understanding the importance of ECEIM’s mission and animal welfare is essential, you don't need to have necessarily had any experience in the animal welfare sector.
What we can offer you:
Salary: circa £30,000 to £32,000 per annum, actual (circa £56,000 to £60,000 FTE). This would be reviewed on an annual basis.
Location: Remote role, working from home. UK based.
Hours of work: Your contracted hours are 20 hours per week. Exact working pattern can be discussed with the successful candidate. With a role at this level you may be expected to be flexible with that pattern at times, and as ECEIM’s remit is across Europe and beyond, you may also have the opportunity to travel with the role.
Pension: ECEIM will provide a pension contribution of 3% of salary; the employee will contribute a minimum of 5% of salary.
Holiday: 28 days annual leave FTE pro rata, so 15 days for 20 hours per week; plus Bank Holidays.
Probation: The role is subject to a 6 months’ probationary period.
About ECEIM
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) is a not-for-profit speciality college that oversees the training, examination and completion/maintenance of credential requirements of veterinarians who are equine internal medicine specialists.
The ECEIM was established in 2000 and in 2010 became a fully recognised member of the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS), a regulatory Board of all European veterinary specialty colleges. As a recognised EBVS specialist in equine internal medicine serves the veterinary patient, its owner and the public by providing expert care for horses, ponies, donkeys, mules and other Equidae with medical diseases. Furthermore, an ECEIM Diplomate aims to increase the competency of those who practice in this field through training and dissemination of knowledge.
The ECEIM aims to encourage research and other contributions to the advancement of knowledge in this area and to assist this, arranges an annual international meeting where the latest research focusing on equine internal medicine is presented and new developments in this field shared with colleagues. The ECEIM actively works to help establish approved training programmes throughout Europe through structured training programme.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 6th September 2024.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This vacancy involves a unique opportunity to be the Program Coordinator of an exciting new regional partnership program alongside National Ugly Mugs and POW (Notthingham) funded by the National Lottery Communities Fund. Based with Basis Yorkshire but supporting all 3 partners, this role will have responsibility for managing the program and monitoring the performance of the 3 partners including the 3 specialist Sex Worker ISVAs as well as supporting each organisation to influence policies relevant to the program including health, housing, addiction, policing etc. We are currently also advertising for 3 SW ISVAs in connection with this program; please see the vacancy sections on the 3 partners (Basis, NUM and POW)if you are interested in these.
Basis Yorkshire is an award-winning charity that was founded in 1995 and now operates across Yorkshire. This is a unique opportunity to join a challenging and vibrant organisation, working with women who are involved in sex work. For more information about what Basis Yorkshire does and its values, please visit our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a skilled communicator with a passion for customer service, an attention to detail, and an ability to support teams to deliver amazing results? Are you looking for a role that makes a tangible difference to the lives of others in an environment where you can personally grow and succeed?
At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital (BWC) Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our women and sick kids. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals and to make our hospital feel just like home.
Due to an internal promotion, we’re now looking for an ambitious, passionate and confident individual to join our growing Philanthropy and Partnerships (P&P) team as our new Partnerships Executive. An integral role, you will provide operational, administrative, and account management and customer service support to your P&P colleagues to help build and maintain long-term relationships with some of the region’s leading organisations, business leaders, and charitable trusts.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have previous experience in a busy sales, fundraising, or customer facing role
- Experience of providing exceptional customer service to internal and external customers
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, both face to face and over the phone
- Strong written communication skills, including in emails and the creation of materials
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to balance multiple demands and priorities
- Friendly, approachable and empathetic to others needs
- Be self-motivated, independent, and target-driven
- Be a driver with a full clean driving license, and own a car preferable
If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Description and Person Specification and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it.
The closing date for return of applications is 8th September 2024 . Interviews will be held in Birmingham on Tuesday 17th September.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of HR & Operations
Are you a dynamic and organised leader, ready to inspire and support a dedicated team of staff and volunteers?
If you’re excited about using your professional experience to make a difference to young people, this could be the perfect role for you!
This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of HR & Operations to become part of the Senior Leadership Team at a new Youth Zone where no two days are ever the same!
Position: Head of HR & Operations
Location: Preston
Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 (dependent upon experience)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays; workplace pension; free gym access (once the site has opened); access to the OnSide Talent Academy; bespoke training and mentoring.
Closing Date: 12noon on Friday 27 September
First stage interviews: Daytime Wednesday 16 October
Second stage interviews Evening of Thursday 17 October
About the Role
We’re looking for someone who can juggle multiple roles, tackle new challenges daily, and make a real impact on the lives of young people and the community. We need someone who can roll up their sleeves and embrace each new day with a positive attitude.
The Head of HR & Operations role is a key position within a Youth Zone, you’ll wear lots of different hats, leading and managing the back-office functions, overseeing monthly payroll administration to serving as the secretariat for the Board of Trustees. It’s up to you to ensure the team deliver the best possible service to the thousands of young people who rely on them.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of the Youth Zone and make a real impact!
Before the Youth Zone opens and during its construction, there will be elements of hybrid working in place and opportunities to visit Youth Zones across the Network.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced and professional operational manager with HR expertise, who is passionate about making a positive difference in young people’s lives and thrives in a fast-paced, varied environment.
You will have experience of:
- General HR functions, including HR practices, procedures and policies.
- Basic accounts work and/or payroll
- Working in a senior administrative roles within a busy office environment
- Operational management & line management responsibility for a large, varied staff team
- Managing budgets
- Providing support at Board or Chief Executive level
- Working with external stakeholders and partners, e.g. contracts, service agreements, commissioning
To apply, you will be asked to submit a CV and cover letter via the company website.
About the Organisation
This is a brand-new locally run youth charity, set to provide thousands of young people with the opportunity to have fun, make new friends, try something new and feel safe. With community centric values and located in the heart of Preston, it will be an inspiring place for young people aged 8 – 19, and up to 25 for those with additional needs, to enjoy their leisure. The building is due to be completed in 2025.
The charity recognises that the workforce is under-represented in certain areas and are committed to addressing this. Therefore, they actively encourage applicants to submit anonymous applications; in practice this means removing your name and email address from your CV and cover letter. The HR Lead will have these details from your submission, but they will not be available to the selection panel when they are considering your application.
The charity is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with their Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.
Other roles you may have experience of could include HR, Human Resources, Personnel, HR Manager, Human Resources Manager, Personnel Manager, HR and Operations Manager, Human Resources and Operations Manager, Personnel and Operations Manager, HR and Finance Manager, Operations, Finance.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Together Active is on the lookout for a passionate and proactive Health and Wellbeing Officer. This vital role will advocate for the physical activity needs of people with health conditions and ensure their voices are heard within healthcare systems, helping with the creation of pathways which design in physical activity, and build and strengthen links between healthcare and our communities, improving access and opportunities for everyone.
What You'll Do:
- Build Key Partnerships: collaborate with healthcare sectors and physical activity providers to integrate services.
- Project Leadership: lead on health and wellbeing projects, particularly those that require
innovative approaches to integrate physical activity with health services - Advocate for Community-Centric Health Programmes:
- Quality Assurance: create a quality assurance framework to ensure the highest standards of service for individuals with long-term health conditions.
Who You Are:
- Passionate about supporting underserved populations
- Energetic and driven with a genuine belief in the positive impact of physical activity
- A keen collaborator who relishes creating key partnerships allowing the sharing of best practice and experiences.
We Value Diversity:
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Even if you do not meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply if you're passionate about making a difference and believe you could bring something unique to the role. We value fresh perspectives and what you can bring to our team and community.
How We Value you
At Together Active we know that our people are our most valuable asset. We have recently launched our People Plan that sets out how we put the welfare and wellbeing of our staff at the heart of the organisation. In addition to fair salaries with clear opportunities for pay progression, we offer the following benefits:
· Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of
employment plus bank holidays. This rises by an additional 1 day of leave per
year after 2 years of continuous employment, up to an additional 5 days leave
in total. (Pro rata for part time staff).
· Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part
time staff).
· Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary.
· Wellbeing Grant - £50 voucher per year to spend on health and wellbeing.
· Volunteer day to spend either as a team or individual helping out with an
organisation or cause you select.
· Up to 8% employer contribution to pension scheme.
· Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display
equipment.
· Access to Cycle scheme
· Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University
· Online skills training platform - for employees to use to broaden their
professional and personal development across a range of online courses.
· We are currently developing a scheme with staff to ongoing costs related to
staying well/being active.
· Access to counselling service.
We are committed to working flexibly and we mean it. Most people in our team are hybrid workers and we tend to congregate in the office approximately twice per week. We are focused on outcomes and the impact that we make, not counting the minutes you’re sat at your desk. We believe this role needs to be undertaken on a part time basis, but we are genuinely open to discussing working options with candidates including hours.
Our office is based at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent which is a short walk from Stoke-on-Trent train station. There are electric charging points on campus for electric vehicles and parking permits can be purchased to minimise costs.
We may close this advert earlier should we have sufficient quality of applications and would encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
We exist to design out inactivity across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're seeking a skilled and dedicated individual to join our TST Move-On team as a Move On Caseworker. In this role you will be supporting clients on the TST RSI programme who are ready to move on and live independently by assisting them to access the best properties for their needs, preparing them for move on and ensuring a smooth transition to the new home.
Every day will be different, drawing on your wide range of skills to empower clients with the tools they need to secure and sustain their move on property.
About the role:
As a Move-On Team Caseworker you will be responsible for helping the team in the development of new housing pathways for our clients, increasing the volume of properties being made available to our services clients, as well as sustaining and developing the relationships already in place with Housing Providers and landlords. You will work with clients to prepare them to access, secure and sustain their new home when they are ready to move on. This includes supporting clients with registrations, bidding, viewings, sign-ups and all aspects of their move.
In your role, you will undertake assessments to identify the readiness of our clients to access independent accommodation and to help them resettle into their new tenancies, which will include practical elements of independent living such as paying rent, setting up and managing utilities, liaising with landlords and other agencies. Additionally, you will support and advise TST colleagues on move-on options and in working with clients to be move-on ready.
About you:
- Can work effectively with people who have lived experience of homelessness, substance use and mental / physical health concerns.
- Able to undertake assessments and work with a person centred approach to empower clients and engage with them in achieving agreed goals.
- Able to work collaboratively and in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes for clients.
- Strong time management skills and ability to balance competing priorities to deliver effective and time bound support.
- Ability to support clients to move in and successfully resettle into their own accommodation, including support to maximise their income.
- Ability to measure clients’ progress in achieving their own goals and outcomes using support and safety planning tools.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 8th September at Midnight
Interview date: Tuesday 16th September via Microsoft Teams
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed by SHP for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary £43,000 - £45,000 DOE
Hours 36.25h/week
JOB PURPOSE
Reporting directly to the Academic Dean, the Head of Applied Theology will be responsible for the development, delivery and management of the Vocational and HE Programmes for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Formation, in addition to other programmes developed under this faculty, maintaining a standard of excellence across the full range of service and product delivery.
MA Spiritual Formation Programme Key Tasks
- To be responsible for the structure, delivery and management of the Spiritual Formation programme. Responsibilities include:
- Lead the Spiritual Formation Programme, reviewing, maintaining and developing the programme;
- Act as link tutor to the Universities in accordance with their guidance on Link Tutor responsibilities;
- Maintain the integrity and ethos of the Waverley Integrative Framework o Assist Waverley Abbey College as required in its annual budget process, keeping spending commitments in line with Waverley Abbey College’s agreed budget;
- Establish and maintain fair systems for student assessments, including:
- Initial selection of students, taking due account of standards and admission procedures;
- Maintaining standards in grading; and
- Ensuring tutorial support and oversight of students’ personal development.
- To support, encourage, develop and manage the tutorial team for Spiritual Formation, assisting tutors to deliver courses to the highest standard. Responsibilities include:
- selection of Module Leaders and team tutors, in consultation with the Academic Dean & Vice Principal;
- selection of other associates (visiting lecturers, retreat leaders); and
- continued oversight of tutors and associates, including team-building and individual appraisal and feedback;
- To be responsible for the welfare, spiritual well-being and psychological safety of the Spiritual Formation Programme students, within the parameters of the course. Responsibilities include:
- dealing with student complaints and grievances, and handling any cases of academic misconduct, in line with Waverley Abbey College policies and procedures;
- To continue personal professional development through professional conferences, further education and training, etc.
- Attendance at Waverley Abbey College Team meetings, Academic Boards, Programme Boards, Exam Boards and events such as Open Days and Graduation Days;
- Liaison with the Association of Waverley Abbey Minister’s (AWAM) to signpost students for affiliation;
- Any other reasonable duties as requested by the postholder’s line manage
Vocational Programme Key Tasks
To be responsible for the structure, delivery and management of the Vocational Non-HE programmes, for example Contemporary Chaplaincy and the Association of Waverley Abbey Ministers. Responsibilities include:
- Lead the Vocational Programmes, reviewing, maintaining and developing the programme structures, content and relevance to market demand;
- Maintain the integrity and ethos of the Waverley Integrative Framework
- Assist Waverley Abbey College as required in its annual budget process, keeping spending commitments in line with Waverley Abbey College’s agreed budget;
- Establish and maintain fair systems for student assessments, including:
- Initial selection of students, taking due account of standards and admission procedures;
- Maintaining standards in grading; and
- Ensuring tutorial support and oversight of students’ personal development.
- To support, encourage, develop and manage the tutorial team for Vocational courses, assisting tutors to deliver courses to the highest standard. Responsibilities include:
- selection of Facilitators and Support tutors, in consultation with the Academic Dean & Vice Principal;
- selection of other associates (visiting lecturers, seminar leaders); and
- continued oversight of tutors and associates, including team-building and individual appraisal and feedback
- To be responsible for the welfare, spiritual well-being and psychological safety of the Vocational Programme students, within the parameters of the course. Responsibilities include:
- dealing with student complaints and grievances, and handling any cases of academic misconduct, in line with Waverley Abbey College policies and procedures;
- To continue personal professional development through professional conferences, further education and training, etc.
- Attendance at Waverley Abbey College Team meetings, Academic Boards, Programme Boards, Exam Boards and events such as Graduation/commissioning Days;
- To oversee and engage interviews of students;
- To oversee recruitment of chaplaincy students, as well as students for other vocational courses;
- To speak at conferences and to promote Applied Theology programmes and courses
- Liaison with the Association of Waverley Abbey Minister’s (AWAM) to signpost students for affiliation;
- Any other reasonable duties as requested by the postholder’s line manager
- Line Management Responsibilities
- Line manage the Deputy Head of Chaplaincy;
- Line manage the MASF Deputy Programme Leader
- Oversee line management of other tutors within the faculty in consultation with the Deputy Head of Counselling, and the MASF Deputy Programme Leader.
General Tasks
Assistance with recruitment initiatives that facilitate student number growth;
- Liaising with Marketing and other departments on college open days, webinars and other promotional initiatives:
- Production of regular reports as required;
- Contribution to the broader life of the college and Trust.
- Any other tasks that your line manager may reasonably require of you
For person specification and further information please download the job pack.
Sound interesting? Apply now!
Closing date: 15-09-2024