Wellbeing Practitioner Jobs

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role that will shape the future of our operations? We're on the lookout for an exceptional Assistant Director to join our dynamic team at TCV. This role is your chance to make a real impact and drive growth in Northern Ireland.

In partnership with the Director of UK Operations, you'll be at the forefront of implementing TCV's strategic vision across the region. As an Assistant Director, your influence will extend across the UK, shaping our strategic approach and driving key initiatives. 

You will lead and develop our operations, fostering growth and maximising impact. Collaborating with senior leaders, you'll shape and execute strategic plans. You'll build strong partnerships with local funders and stakeholders, influencing the direction and scope of future projects. Your enthusiasm and vision will inspire and motivate teams, helping them achieve strategic goals together. You'll drive innovation by leading new initiatives and adopting innovative approaches, backed by a robust management track record. Additionally, you'll champion volunteering, committing to creating meaningful opportunities that promote positive outcomes for individuals, communities, and the environment.

We're particularly eager to hear from individuals with expertise in equality, diversity, inclusion, and community engagement to support our mission. Demonstrable success in leading new developments and managing teams effectively is essential. You should have the ability to cultivate and maintain excellent relationships with partners and funders. We need a visionary who is enthusiastic and forward-thinking, with a knack for inspiring others.

Join us and lead the charge in making a tangible difference. If you're ready to bring your skills and passion to a role where you can truly make an impact, we want to hear from you. Apply now and be part of something extraordinary!

Please note Interviews will be held virtually on 12th & 13th September with local on-site second assessments on 16th &17th September.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via our website. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you! 

We are looking for a Mental Health IDVA

Salary:            £26,000 - £28,000 depending on experience. 

Location:           Hammersmith

Hours:               35 Hours per week 

Contract:           Permanent

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. 

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.   We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.  

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies. 

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

About the role:

We work within a coordinated partnership response to violence against women and girls as part of the Angelou Partnership. Within the partnership ADVANCE provides independent domestic abuse advocacy and support for women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse.

The Mental Health IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in working with clients for whom mental health is a factor. They will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service.

To be successful as the Mental Health IDVA you will need the below experience and skills: 

You’ll need to have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children and of best practice within the domestic abuse sector. As an experienced domestic abuse advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, you will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic abuse, of supporting women involved in mental health services, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.

In short, you will:

· Establish positive, proactive and innovative working relationships with mental health services and partner agencies.

· Provide high-quality crisis intervention, information, advocacy, and proactive support to women referred to the service, in respect to risk management and safety planning, criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights, and children’s legislation.

· Assess the needs and risks of survivors, carry out short and longer-term risk management, safety planning and support and identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs.

· Advise women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies and proactively advocate to ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are reduced.

· Work with mental health service providers to introduce the service and encourage practitioners to identify domestic abuse, respond appropriately and refer to the service.

We recognise that women often only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the criteria. We encourage you to demonstrate how your skills and experience would make you an asset to the role, and if you don’t have the exact skills/experience, tell us in your cover letter how you think you might grow and develop in the role.

How to apply: Via our careers site

•  Closing Date for Applications: Friday 30th August 2024
• Interviews are taking place, week commencing on a rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) 
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways 

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing. 

Supported Lodgings Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join an amazing organisation to help set up and develop a new Supported Lodgings service.

Position: Supported Lodgings Coordinator

Location: Cheshire West and Chester - (borough wide predominantly Ellesmere Port and Chester)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours

Salary: £24,136 per annum

Closing Date: 8th September 2024

About the Role

The Supported Lodgings Co-ordinator role is a busy and varied one. You will be responsible for ensuring all young people referred to the service, are assessed, supported and placed effectively with their hosts. In addition, you will be responsible for overseeing the recruitment, training and management of hosts, as well as promoting the service to key stakeholders, and supporting young people directly.

Cheshire West Supported Lodgings service will work across the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and you will be responsible for the effective delivery of it.

Your work will be underpinned by the organisations Endeavour model of assets based, psychologically informed delivery. The aim of which is to ensure that every young person leaves the service with the skills and resilience to be confident and self-determining in their lives.

Working under the direction, guidance and support of the Deputy Supported Lodgings Manager and the Greater Manchester Prevention Team you will be responsible for young people needing longer term placements, as well as sharing responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of all hosts and staff at the service.

Key responsibilities include:

• To be the first point of contact for young people and referral partners wanting to access the Supported Lodgings service.

• You will lead on the assessment of needs and risk, predominantly focused on suitable risk management plans for the safeguarding, matching and placement of young people in the homes of hosts

• Arrange all aspects of a young person’s stay with a host, ensuring they feel welcomed and supported, taking into account the support needs of individuals.

• You will have responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of the environment for young people and hosts through regular checks and reporting.

• To work with young people, hosts and other agencies, to prepare them for independent living and access longer term, appropriate accommodation using support plans.

• You will be part of a team responsible for a 24 hour on call service

• You will recruit, vet and train hosts both formally and informally ensuring that the host recruitment policies and procedures are implemented.

• You will be responsible for carrying out regular checks on host accommodation and assisting them to make necessary changes.

• You will proactively work in partnership with multiple agencies including statutory teams, to support the well being and ongoing housing needs of young people, working in accordance with safeguarding, data protection and information sharing protocols.

• You will lead on the active promotion and selling of the Supported Lodgings service to all potential hosts and referral partners, across the voluntary/statutory sectors and within the wider local community.

About You

You will need to have the following skills and experience:

• Experience and an understanding of working with people experiencing homelessness, or people in crisis

• Experience of supporting young people with their support needs, working closely with other key professionals.

• Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating risk assessments

• Experience of supervising or supporting hosts or staff

• An understanding and commitment to working in an assets based way

• Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures and follow them through to conclusion

• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain them

• Effective collaborative working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to effectively reflect on own practices for ongoing learning and development

In return for working here, you will receive:

• A comprehensive training package tailored to your needs and role

• Flexible working model for suitable roles.

• 26 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years’ service.

• Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave and Carers leave.

• Auto-enrolment to pension scheme employer from day 1 with employer contribution up to 7% and increasing with service

• Employee Assistance Programme and access to the app – 24/7 GP appointments, prescription service, health checks and nutrition advice.

• Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.

• Cash benefit plan for you and your partner (living with you) and children under 18 including covering Dental, Optical, Hospital Stays, Scans and More​

• Death in service (4x Base salary)

• Legal Advice line

About the Organisation

The organisation delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialize in the provision of services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within. Our organisation reaches from Newcastle to London, Greater Manchester and Milton Keynes.

You may have experience in areas such as: Service Coordinator, Client Services Coordinator, Housing Services Coordinator, Services Coordinator, Residential Services Coordinator.

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

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and organised communications all-rounder to support our communication and engagement activities and assist in our mission to ‘Make Ethics Matter’.

The role

The Communications and Engagement Officer role combines work on events, stakeholder management, public affairs and communications, all seeking to build audience engagement and increase the profile and influence of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

The is a vital role within our Executive team, working across our priority areas and workstreams, with range of stakeholders, and utilising a variety of channels including in person and online events, website, email, social media and traditional media.

The Communications and Engagement Officer reports to the Senior Communications Manager and works closely with them across all communications functions. This post will have responsibility for updating our website, running our social media channels, producing internal and external newsletters and championing and maintaining our new brand identity, which is being introduced from November 2024. The post holder will also help to deliver our media relations and policy influencing activities, playing an active role in delivering media campaigns and in supporting our Parliamentary and Government engagement.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills across the full range of communications and engagement, working on projects and campaigns in the high-profile area of bioethics, and supporting our ambitious policy-influencing agenda. 

About you 

We are looking for someone with experience across the communications and engagement mix, including in events and internal communications, stakeholder management and digital and social media content creation. Our work focuses on research and policy in health and life sciences, and while you don’t need to be an expert in those areas, you should have an enthusiasm to develop knowledge of them and the ability to quickly get to grips with the landscape in which the Nuffield Council operates, our strategy and our target audiences. 

You will enjoy working in a team environment and will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be confident working with a range of stakeholders, ranging from subject specialists and academics to policy makers, journalists and members of the public. We are seeking someone who can think creatively about communicating complex and technical research and can work independently on a range of projects. You will be highly organised, with good project management skills and the ability to prioritise and work across several projects at once. 

We are looking for someone with a creative mind, strong news sense and ability to tailor communications to the appropriate audience. You will be able to turn your hand to writing newsletter copy, consultation responses, stakeholder emails and event materials / briefings to a high standard. You will be able to distil key messages from our outputs and use them to create content for a range of communication channels and audiences. 

Ideally, you will have some experience of managing both online and face-to-face events. You will be confident working with audio visual equipment and systems and have experience of using data for analysis, reporting and evaluation. 

Stakeholder engagement is a big part of the role, so you will need some knowledge and experience of using databases/CRM systems to manage and report on stakeholder communications.

For further information about the role (including the full job description), please click through to the listing on our website.

About us 

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is a leading independent policy and research centre, and the foremost bioethics body in the UK. We are on a mission to embed ethics in decisions regarding biomedicine and heath so that we all benefit. 

For over thirty years we have tackled some of the most complex and controversial bioethical issues facing society. We are funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.

We aim to inform policy and public debate through timely consideration of the ethical questions raised by biological and medical research so that the benefits to society are realised in a way that is consistent with public values. Our work has led to shifts in public understanding and policy change on topics ranging from assisted reproduction and genome editing to managing the disagreements that arise in the care of critically ill children. 

Central to our reputation and standing is our independence – we do not represent any  particular group or view and we select our own topics, methodologies and outputs. 

We select topics to examine through our horizon scanning programme and use a variety of approaches to identify, consider and resolve the ethical issues they raise. Our approach is multidisciplinary and deliberative. We draw on a wide range of expertise and experience and use the best available evidence.

We collaborate where our expertise complements those of other organisations (e.g. see our current collaboration on Genomics and AI Futures with the Ada Lovelace Institute). 

We engage with a wide range of different voices and views and are committed to increasing the diversity of the people we work with. As part of the Nuffield Foundation, we are a small team with the practical support of an established organisation that cares for its employees. 

Further information and how to apply 

The closing date for applications is 09:30am (BST) on Monday 9th September 2024, with interviews scheduled to take place on Tuesday 24th September 2024.

We are committed to inclusive working practices and during the application process we commit to:

• As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer a guaranteed first stage interview for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role.

• making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews etc

• paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required

Our benefits package includes:

• Consideration of requests for part time and/or flexible working (eg compressed hours arrangements, job sharing etc)

• 28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days).

• A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.

• Life assurance scheme.

• Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.

• Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.

• Frequent opportunities for learning and development (including options for coaching and mentoring, and reading weeks) 

• Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders. 

• Staff peer groups and social networks.

You will be a Mental Health Deputy Manager who is passionate about supporting MAC-UK’s objective of working collaboratively with young people, innovating services and systems and their approach to mental health, to address health and social inequalities. We aim to support services to be more accessible, flexible and responsive to excluded groups, and to change the systems that lead to and maintain inequality.  This role is ideal for someone who is  looking to apply their proven management and therapeutic skills alongside the area of social action. 

We are very excited to be part of a pilot service, new in England working as part of a consortium of four organisations, alongside Lambeth Council. This will be a residential support service for young people aged 16-24 years at risk of serious youth violence, who are already caught up in the criminal justice system and at high risk of remaining part of the system.  You will be working across three London properties alongside a large multi-agency staff team made up of experts by experience/profession in psychology and therapy; youth work; offending; education, training, and employment (ETE) and housing. The service will work creatively and holistically to enable young people to exit environments involving youth violence, identify and reach their goals and aspirations, move on successfully to appropriate independent living, and importantly to sustain this life.  Wherever possible staff and young people will co-produce what this service looks like and what activities the young people engage in.

Contract:  Permanent, part time  

Salary:  £18,963 - £22,050 per annum (£27,089 - £31,499 FTE) 

Location:   Homebased with extensive travel covering Northumberland, Cumbria and County Durham 

Closing date:  Sunday 25 August 2024 

Interview date:  2 – 4 September 2024 

The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be instrumental in streamlining our adoption services to maximise the number of horses we can help by 2026! 

More about the role

As Regional Adoption Facilitator, you'll collaborate with centre-based Adoptions Coordinators to swiftly execute the Blue Cross strategy, focusing on efficient horse adoption services, including home direct placements. You'll oversee the post-adoption process in your region, ensuring smooth ownership transfers after successful loan periods to expedite horse rehoming and optimize space for new cases. 

Each day you will be conducting thorough home checks and visits—both in-person and virtually—for borrowers to uphold welfare standards and address any issues promptly. Collaborating with the Rehabilitation, Trainer, and Behaviour Advisor (RTBA), you'll manage challenging horse behaviours to support successful home placements. You'll also facilitate home direct rehoming initiatives, making critical decisions to match horses with suitable owners based on your expertise and ensuring ongoing support post-adoption. 

To expand our impact, you'll recruit and manage a network of volunteers, including a regional volunteer manager, for home direct assessments and checks. This includes coordinating visits and appointments, fostering partnerships with external charities aligned with our home direct efforts. 

Providing excellent client experiences is essential, ensuring every interaction covers all necessary information for successful matching and adopting horses into loving homes. 

This is a home-based post with extensive, daily travel. The nature of the post will require the coordinator to demonstrate considerable flexibility in arranging their work schedule and time allocation. This will include some weekend and evening work. Due to the nature of the charity’s work, it may be necessary to exceed these hours when the workload demands. The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be required to use their own car in carrying out their duties and will be reimbursed for business mileage as appropriate.  

This is a part-time role working 26.25 hours over four days per week on a rota which includes weekends and bank holidays.   

For a more detailed look at the role and its requirements, please see the attached job description. 

About you 

You are an excellent communicator with experience in client-facing roles within horse-related environments. Your knowledge of horse welfare and riding will ensure successful adoptions. You can quickly absorb and record information while engaging with clients and stakeholders. 

Client-focused and decisive, you handle pressure well and challenge risk-averse decisions using evidence-based methods. You follow set processes, adapt to new methods, and aim to improve horse welfare by maintaining high standards in the adoption process. 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential. You remain professional and approachable, handling difficult situations calmly. You are open-minded, adaptable, and able to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues. 

Your skills allow you to assess support levels for horses and borrowers, identifying and addressing underlying issues. You support borrowers in maintaining high welfare standards. 

Trustworthy and proactive, you approach your work enthusiastically. Your problem-solving mindset helps you find solutions and prioritize decisions with attention to detail. 

Resilient and emotionally intelligent, you support clients and colleagues empathetically. Motivated, flexible, and dependable, you provide exceptional service to Blue Cross horses and customers, managing your workload effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Knowledge, skills, and experience  

• Demonstrable understanding and experience of matching considerations for horses and homes.  
• Full driving licence with access to their own vehicle  
• Minimum BHS Stage 4 or acceptable equivalent qualifications or experience  
• First class knowledge and practical experience in the care and management of a range of horses and their environment, their needs and conditions  
• Proven practical experience of the assessment of horses, riders and their environments  
• Experience of assessing riders and analysing ridden horse behaviour  
• Practical knowledge of horse behaviour and training  
• Excellent communication skills with experience of building relationships and rapport with customers 
• Experience of working with the general public with the proven ability to deal with people in a variety of circumstances  
• Significant experience in delivering high level customer service in a fast paced and often emotional environment.  
• Good IT skills and experience of using a variety of computer packages  
• Excellent administration and organisational skills  
• Good questioning skills with the ability to gather information and distil the important points.  
• Proven decision-making ability.  
• The ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values.  

Although not essential, it would be great if you also had:  

• Experience working with volunteers.  
• Client relationship management experience.  
• Understanding of safeguarding issues 

How to apply  

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 25 August 2024.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  

Blue Cross benefits 

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.  

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.  

Our generous benefits package includes:  

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)  
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support  
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family   
• Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention  
• Health cash plan  
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme  
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution   
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.  
• Life assurance   
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance   
• Enhanced family friendly policies   
• Recognition scheme   
• Annual volunteer days  
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers 

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

Contract:  Permanent, part time  

Salary:  £18,963 - £22,050 per annum (£27,089 - £31,499 FTE) 

Location:   Homebased with extensive travel covering South West England 

Closing date:  Sunday 25 August 2024 

Interview date:  2 – 4 September 2024 

The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be instrumental in streamlining our adoption services to maximise the number of horses we can help by 2026! 

More about the role

As Regional Adoption Facilitator, you'll collaborate with centre-based Adoptions Coordinators to swiftly execute the Blue Cross strategy, focusing on efficient horse adoption services, including home direct placements. You'll oversee the post-adoption process in your region, ensuring smooth ownership transfers after successful loan periods to expedite horse rehoming and optimize space for new cases. 

Each day you will be conducting thorough home checks and visits—both in-person and virtually—for borrowers to uphold welfare standards and address any issues promptly. Collaborating with the Rehabilitation, Trainer, and Behaviour Advisor (RTBA), you'll manage challenging horse behaviours to support successful home placements. You'll also facilitate home direct rehoming initiatives, making critical decisions to match horses with suitable owners based on your expertise and ensuring ongoing support post-adoption. 

To expand our impact, you'll recruit and manage a network of volunteers, including a regional volunteer manager, for home direct assessments and checks. This includes coordinating visits and appointments, fostering partnerships with external charities aligned with our home direct efforts. 

Providing excellent client experiences is essential, ensuring every interaction covers all necessary information for successful matching and adopting horses into loving homes. 

This is a home-based post with extensive, daily travel. The nature of the post will require the coordinator to demonstrate considerable flexibility in arranging their work schedule and time allocation. This will include some weekend and evening work. Due to the nature of the charity’s work, it may be necessary to exceed these hours when the workload demands. The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be required to use their own car in carrying out their duties and will be reimbursed for business mileage as appropriate.   

This is a part-time role working 26.25 hours over four days per week on a rota which includes weekends and bank holidays.  

For a more detailed look at the role and its requirements, please see the attached job description. 

About you 

You are an excellent communicator with experience in client-facing roles within horse-related environments. Your knowledge of horse welfare and riding will ensure successful adoptions. You can quickly absorb and record information while engaging with clients and stakeholders. 

Client-focused and decisive, you handle pressure well and challenge risk-averse decisions using evidence-based methods. You follow set processes, adapt to new methods, and aim to improve horse welfare by maintaining high standards in the adoption process. 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential. You remain professional and approachable, handling difficult situations calmly. You are open-minded, adaptable, and able to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues. 

Your skills allow you to assess support levels for horses and borrowers, identifying and addressing underlying issues. You support borrowers in maintaining high welfare standards. 

Trustworthy and proactive, you approach your work enthusiastically. Your problem-solving mindset helps you find solutions and prioritize decisions with attention to detail. 

Resilient and emotionally intelligent, you support clients and colleagues empathetically. Motivated, flexible, and dependable, you provide exceptional service to Blue Cross horses and customers, managing your workload effectively both independently and as part of a team. 
 

Knowledge, skills, and experience  

• Demonstrable understanding and experience of matching considerations for horses and homes.  
• Full driving licence with access to their own vehicle  
• Minimum BHS Stage 4 or acceptable equivalent qualifications or experience  
• First class knowledge and practical experience in the care and management of a range of horses and their environment, their needs and conditions  
• Proven practical experience of the assessment of horses, riders and their environments  
• Experience of assessing riders and analysing ridden horse behaviour  
• Practical knowledge of horse behaviour and training  
• Excellent communication skills with experience of building relationships and rapport with customers 
• Experience of working with the general public with the proven ability to deal with people in a variety of circumstances  
• Significant experience in delivering high level customer service in a fast paced and often emotional environment.  
• Good IT skills and experience of using a variety of computer packages  
• Excellent administration and organisational skills  
• Good questioning skills with the ability to gather information and distil the important points.  
• Proven decision-making ability.  
• The ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values.  

Although not essential, it would be great if you also had:  

• Experience working with volunteers.  
• Client relationship management experience.  
• Understanding of safeguarding issues 

How to apply  

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 25 August 2024.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  

Blue Cross benefits   

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.  

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.  

Our generous benefits package includes:  

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)  
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support  
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family   
• Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention  
• Health cash plan  
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme  
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution   
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.  
• Life assurance   
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance   
• Enhanced family friendly policies   
• Recognition scheme   
• Annual volunteer days  
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers 

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

About Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

 Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) works to reduce undernutrition globally. We enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning and building evidence. We are passionate about being network-driven, independent and evidence-based. 

Our vision is that every individual caught up in a nutritional emergency, or suffering from malnutrition anywhere in the world, gets the most effective help possible.  We undertake knowledge management, research, and advocacy to support national governments, civil society, UN agencies, donors and academic organisations, and communities of practitioners. Through our work and collaborations, we support agencies and individuals to implement evidence-based nutrition programming, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries and in fragile and conflict-affected states.

ENN is governed by a Board of Trustees and has its head office in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, UK. ENN is financially supported by foundations and trusts, bilateral donors, international non-governmental organisations and United Nations agencies. For more information about ENN see our website.

What we do

Our Strategy aims to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning, building evidence, and providing support and encouragement to practitioners and decisionmakers involved in nutrition and related interventions.  ENN’s portfolio includes projects specialising in Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE), Wasting and Stunting (WaSt), Adolescent Nutrition and Management of small & nutritionally At-risk Infants under six months & their Mothers (MAMI), as well as our highly regarded international publication, Field Exchange (FEX). 

Our People

ENN’s team is made up of a range of technical experts in nutrition, with decades of collective experience, and a small, experienced operational team. ENN is highly committed to diversity and inclusion, to enabling and promoting flexible working for our staff, and to supporting continued professional development.

 The Role

ENN is looking for a highly motivated, adaptable, and skilled Project Manager to support with the project management, development, and delivery of our technical portfolios alongside our Project Technical Leads. You will be comfortable supporting complex projects and working with dispersed technical teams. You will have a sound knowledge of project management and budget management, donor compliance and reporting and monitoring and evaluation. Relevant third sector experience would be advantageous. Fundamentally, you will have a keen interest in what we do and be ready to contribute to making a positive change.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management

•  Manage a portfolio of projects, working closely with the Project Technical Lead and in collaboration with other Project Manager(s), to ensure project activities and deliverables are clear, appropriately planned, and resourced and delivered on time and in budget. Developing and maintaining appropriate project management tools e.g. Gantt chart, workplans, phased budget tracker etc.
• Support Project Technical Leads with annual budget planning, and quarterly budget reforecasting exercises, prepare and provide regular budget information, spend tracking and analysis to the Project Technical Lead and Project Coordinator Lead to inform decision making.
• Coordinate the preparation, development and submission of donor finance and narrative reports for the portfolio of projects you manage, ensuring compliance with and adherence to donor and governance requirements.
• Work with Project Technical Leads to identify and plan project resource requirements and undertake procurement/recruitment of resources as needed, aligned with project budget, and ensuring procurement and due diligence requirements are met.
• Support the facilitation of internal and external project/network meetings, events, conferences, and webinars (in-person and online) including undertaking Travel Risk Assessments for all project related travel for staff and consultants, within UK and internationally, in line with ENN’s Travel and Expenses policies.
• Coordinate the production and dissemination of ENN’s publications (such as our flagship publication Field Exchange) and project outputs, including liaison with copyeditors, designers, printers, and translators.
• Support Project Technical Leads to identify, mitigate, and maintain a record of project related risks (operational and strategic).

 Fundraising and Business Development

• Coordinate the development and submission of new grant proposals on time and ensuring completeness of applications. Support Project Technical Leads on developing proposal budgets and ensuring sufficient resource capacity.
• Carry out due diligence on new funders/partner capacity assessments.
• Coordinate seeking extensions/modifications of existing grants as required.
• Support the development and maintenance of ENN’s funding pipeline, identifying and securing relevant project funding opportunities, and forecasting project funding gaps.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Work with the Project Technical Leads to articulate project strategies, identify appropriate indicators and means of verification as part of project design and proposal development.
• Ensure project strategies, targets and indicators are clearly documented and accessible.
• Collate and share information/monitoring data on project performance on a regular basis with Project Technical Leads and wider Project team to track performance against project strategies, targets, and indicators.
• Compile internal project monitoring and evaluation reports and prepare monitoring and evaluation data for inclusion in donor reports.
• Support Project Technical Leads to regularly analyse and review project performance (short and long term), identifying trends and implementing learnings.
• Undertake other monitoring and evaluation activities including baseline reports, citation surveys, stories of change, external project evaluations and Strategy mid-term and end evaluations.

Person Specification

Essential

• Previous experience of project management, ideally in the third sector.
• Experience in developing, monitoring, and reporting against project workplans and budgets
• Experience working on donor / grant funded projects and ability to navigate and communicate donor compliance requirements.
• Experience in securing project funding opportunities from a variety of donors
• Excellent communication and written skills, including previous experience of collating donor reports and grant funding proposals.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work with and influence colleagues and a wide range and varying levels of stakeholders, often remotely, to achieve a shared outcome.
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage a diverse and busy workload, prioritising effectively.
• Able to diagnose situations and constraints, comfortable when to progress independently and when to escalate.
• Motivated, takes initiative, innovates, and delivers to deadlines.
• Consistent attention to detail.
• Good cross-cultural awareness
• Microsoft Office: high level of competence in SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Willing to learn and enthusiastic about own development.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable

• Project Management Qualification
• Specific experience in any of the following institutional donors would be an advantage: USAID, FCDO (DFID), UN Agencies and Irish Aid
• Experience of managing procurement activities
• Experience of evaluations: analysing, collating, and reviewing data related to grant and programme effectiveness.
• Previous experience of arranging international business travel, ideally to developing countries.
• Experience working within a humanitarian, nutrition, or international development context.
• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
• Language skills other than English are not essential but will be a plus as we produce and disseminate content in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and other languages.

​Reporting Lines and Team

• This role reports to the Project Coordinator Lead. The role will work in the Projects team which is also made up of Project Administrator(s) and other Project Manager(s), working with our technical team including Project Technical Leads and Portfolio leads.

 ​Terms and Conditions

• Hours of work: Full time, (37.5 hours per week)
• Type of contract: 12 months fixed term contract initially with possibility of permanent (pending budget)
• Location: ENN’s Office is in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5, the role would be offered as hybrid, with the projects team working from the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with home working on Monday and Friday.
• Benefits: Dental cover, Life cover, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing contribution
• Holidays: 25 days plus UK bank holidays increasing by one day p.a. after two complete years of service to a maximum of 27 days p.a. (pro rata). Paid office closure days between Christmas and New Year.
• Pension:  Auto-Enrolment to ENN scheme with a generous Employer contribution of 5%
• Salary range: £35,000 - £38,000 per year depending on experience.

 ​Eligibility to work:

The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate they have the Right to Work in the UK before being able to accept the appointment. A Certificate of Sponsorship is not available for this position. No relocation package is offered for this role.

ENN is committed to diversity and inclusion, and to building a culture where every team member is recognised and valued as an individual. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds.

 Application Process

Please submit a Cover Letter (no more than 1 page) and CVno later than 27 August 2024.  Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to conclude the process before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. 

Oxford Hub is a place-based charity that supports, equips, and empowers people to tackle inequalities of health, education and opportunity across Oxford, with a focus on where the need and opportunity to make a difference is greatest. We were set up by University of Oxford students in 2007 and have since evolved into a community charity, with our main hub in The Leys and our second office in Oxford city centre.

The trustee board and staff team are working together to appoint a new CEO or co-CEOs in what we believe to be one of the most interesting roles for social impact in Oxford. Oxford Hub is at an exciting moment, having developed an ambitious three-year strategy and moved into our new community hub in The Leys. The new CEO will have a strong base from which to get started, and the opportunity to shape the implementation of this strategy, evolving our work based on a collaborative approach in response to community needs.

This is not a traditional CEO role - we expect the right candidates to take a hands-on approach and to seek to share power with others in the organisation, the wider system, and the community. Because we are a place-based organisation, your role requires a broader leadership in the city, as well as internally within the Hub team.

The Hub has a strong focus on supporting the city as a whole, so you will have an outward perspective and foster our connections to other organisations, as well as supporting the team.

While Oxford Hub is in a strong position, with a high performing team and ambitious plans for the future, the social challenges that we are facing at a national and local level make our work more important than ever. In this role, you need to be able to achieve the strategic vision of the organisation, by focusing on the most impactful opportunities and building a strong set of partnerships to achieve broad-based action and systemic change.

The CEO role is part of a three-strong, experienced management team. Our work in communities is collective and collaborative, and we work to reflect that as part of our internal culture. In this role, you will work with everyone in the team, helping them to grow and succeed.

The role will suit someone who has experience in senior leadership roles, or someone who is ready for a challenge and would like to take on their first CEO role. 

Overall, you will be making things happen, developing activities to make a difference and working with the team to deliver those. You will need strong leadership skills to set a vision, communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders, and inspire others to take action.

About Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

 Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) works to reduce undernutrition globally. We enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning and building evidence. We are passionate about being network-driven, independent and evidence-based. 

Our vision is that every individual caught up in a nutritional emergency, or suffering from malnutrition anywhere in the world, gets the most effective help possible.  We undertake knowledge management, research, and advocacy to support national governments, civil society, UN agencies, donors and academic organisations, and communities of practitioners. Through our work and collaborations, we support agencies and individuals to implement evidence-based nutrition programming, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries and in fragile and conflict-affected states.

ENN is governed by a Board of Trustees and has its head office in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, UK. ENN is financially supported by foundations and trusts, bilateral donors, international non-governmental organisations and United Nations agencies. For more information about ENN see our website.

What we do

Our Strategy aims to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning, building evidence, and providing support and encouragement to practitioners and decisionmakers involved in nutrition and related interventions.  ENN’s portfolio includes projects specialising in Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE), Wasting and Stunting (WaSt), Adolescent Nutrition and Management of small & nutritionally At-risk Infants under six months & their Mothers (MAMI), as well as our highly regarded international publication, Field Exchange (FEX). 

Our People

ENN’s team is made up of a range of technical experts in nutrition, with decades of collective experience, and a small, experienced operational team. ENN is highly committed to diversity and inclusion, to enabling and promoting flexible working for our staff, and to supporting continued professional development.

 The Role

ENN is looking for a full-time Project Administrator. The successful candidate will work as part of the projects team providing high quality administration support across our technical projects, supporting the development and delivery of our various networks and technical portfolios.

 Key Responsibilities

1. Provide support to network coordinators on the administration and maintenance of our networks (MAMI Global Network, IFE Core group, Global Adolescent Nutrition Network (GANN), Wasting and Stunting Technical Interest Group (WaSt TIG) including management of network membership lists, undertaking membership mapping and reporting, compiling information for network newsletters and other communications to members, and administration of network mailboxes/calendars.
2. Supporting the organisation and administration of internal and external project/network meetings, events, conferences, and webinars (in-person and online) including calendar scheduling, booking venues/catering/facilitators, registration of attendees, compiling meeting materials, sharing slides, facilitating online break out rooms, monitoring the chat for online events/webinars, note taking/minuting, administering polls/feedback forms and collating and recording meeting data.
3. Coordinate and book project related travel for staff and consultants, within UK and internationally.
4. Assist with the production of ENN’s publications (such as our flagship publication Field Exchange) and project outputs, including liaison with copyeditors, designers, printers, and translators.
5. Administer, maintain and update ENN’s database of contacts, supporters, subscribers, and network membership lists.
6. Provide procurement support as required: research suppliers, update service consultant tracker, seek quotes, support procurement processes, draft contracts and carry out due diligence/partner capacity checks in line with ENN’s Procurement Policies.
7. Support with project finance administration including setting up purchase orders and invoice coding.
8. Support with uploading content to the website and website/en-net platform maintenance and collation of monitoring and evaluation data using Google Analytics.
9. Support the wider team in its use of technology to provide efficient and effective working, recording, and reporting including administration of 365 accounts and SharePoint.
10. Other ad-hoc administrative support (e.g. monitor office mailbox and help administering annual internal employee engagement survey including collation and formatting of results).

 Person Specification

Essential

• Experience providing high quality administrative support to both office and remotely based colleagues.
• Understanding of supporting network/membership-based organisations.
• Ability to undertake meeting/webinar administration and minute taking.
• Experience in organising high level events / meetings and arranging international travel.
• Excellent organisational skills, and ability to effectively prioritise a busy workload.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work with a wide range and varying levels of stakeholders.
• Pro-active and able to use own initiative.
• Consistent attention to detail.
• Microsoft Office: high level of competence in SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Willing to learn and enthusiastic about own development.
• Fluent in English, excellent spoken and written English and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of colleagues in person and remotely.

Desirable

• Experience working with email automation systems/CRMs e.g., Brevo.
• Experience in website maintenance support. Wider knowledge of IT administration (including 365 accounts and SharePoint).
• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
• Language skills are not essential but will be a plus as we produce and disseminate content in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and other languages.

Reporting Lines:

This role reports to the Project Coordinator Lead. The role will work in the Projects team which is also made up of Project Manager(s) and will work closely with our technical team including Project Technical Leads and Portfolio leads.

 Terms and Conditions:

• Hours of work: Full time, (37.5 hours per week)
• Type of contract: 12 months fixed term contract initially with possibility of permanent (pending budget)
• Location: ENN’s Office is in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5, the role would be offered as hybrid, with the projects team working from the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with home working on Monday and Friday.
• Benefits: Dental cover, Life cover, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing contribution
• Holidays: 25 days plus UK bank holidays increasing by one day p.a. after two complete years of service to a maximum of 27 days p.a. (pro rata). Plus, paid office closure days between Christmas and New Year.
• Pension:  Auto-Enrolment to ENN scheme with a generous Employer contribution of 5%
• Salary range: £23,000 - £26,000 per year depending on experience.

 Eligibility to work:

The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate they have the Right to Work in the UK before being able to accept the appointment. A Certificate of Sponsorship is not available for this position. No relocation package is offered for this role.

ENN is committed to diversity and inclusion, and to building a culture where every team member is recognised and valued as an individual. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds.

 Application Process:

Please submit a Cover Letter (no more than 1 page) and CV no later than 27 August 2024.  Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to conclude the process before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. 

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Housing Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)

Salary: £26,000 - £32,000 (pro rata)

Location: Hammersmith and another London borough (tbc)

Hours:   21 hours per week 

Contract: Permanent

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.  We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community. 

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. 

About the role:

We are excited to be taking the lead in the London Whole Housing Service Partnership (LWHSP) which will address and enhance the pathways of housing support for women experiencing domestic abuse, from removing them from immediate harm, to enabling recovery and resettlement across all levels of need. The LWHSP are seeking to build on our delivery across 11 East and West London boroughs of the Whole Housing Approach (WHA).

The Housing IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process. You will specialise in working with clients for whom housing, and risk of tenancy breakdown is a factor. You will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. You will hold a caseload of survivors and will also be required to work as part of Advance’s duty team on a rota basis which will involve completing intake assessments and providing crisis intervention support.

About You:

As a Housing IDVA, you will need to have a degree of flexibility for colocation work across London boroughs; providing support to women who have experienced domestic violence, focusing on individuals with housing or tenancy issues. Working in our fast-paced crisis intervention, advocacy and support service, you’ll ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process. You will have your own caseload of survivors and will focus on working with those aged 18 and over who access our domestic abuse service. 

You will bring experience in providing independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women who approach housing advice and assessment for help. Ideally experience in working with housing service providers, and advising women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies. You will have the ability to develop individual safety and support plans in-line with the clients’ needs and the risks they face.

· Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) 
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• One weeks Carers leave
• Career development pathways 

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Sales Manager to support Clean Break’s commercial income generation, managing sales and marketing to maximise income potential. If you feel excited about increasing hires of our newly refurbished spaces and expanding the reach of our exceptional expertise, we want to hear from you!

You will bring experience of sales and marketing in the cultural, charitable or social enterprise sector and a proven track record of achieving sales with new and existing customers. Your will understand the close connection of our charitable cause to our need to generate revenue to continue our work.

You’ll have excellent skills in engaging customers, with experience of converting interest into sales and a talent for writing sales copy for different target markets. You’ll have a hands-on approach to sales with experience of working towards targets and will be skilled in monitoring finances for the development of concise reporting and sales projections.

You will be pivotal in securing new business for Clean Break’s training and hires offers, delivering marketing plans that work alongside our creative ambitions and developing lucrative relationships with a variety of organisations and businesses.

The deadline for submitting applications for this role is 12 midday on Monday 9th of September.

Please read the full recruitment pack before applying.

Because our work is about highlighting women’s experiences and providing gender-specific services to women, all of our positions are open to women only (exempt under Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, part 1).

Contract:  Permanent, part time  

Salary:  £16,254 - £18,890 per annum (£27,089 - £31,499 FTE) 

Location:   Homebased with extensive travel covering west counties and Wales 

Closing date:  Sunday 25 August 2024 

Interview date:  2 – 4 September 2024 

The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be instrumental in streamlining our adoption services to maximise the number of horses we can help by 2026! 

More about the role

As Regional Adoption Facilitator, you'll collaborate with centre-based Adoptions Coordinators to swiftly execute the Blue Cross strategy, focusing on efficient horse adoption services, including home direct placements. You'll oversee the post-adoption process in your region, ensuring smooth ownership transfers after successful loan periods to expedite horse rehoming and optimize space for new cases. 

Each day you will be conducting thorough home checks and visits—both in-person and virtually—for borrowers to uphold welfare standards and address any issues promptly. Collaborating with the Rehabilitation, Trainer, and Behaviour Advisor (RTBA), you'll manage challenging horse behaviours to support successful home placements. You'll also facilitate home direct rehoming initiatives, making critical decisions to match horses with suitable owners based on your expertise and ensuring ongoing support post-adoption. 

To expand our impact, you'll recruit and manage a network of volunteers, including a regional volunteer manager, for home direct assessments and checks. This includes coordinating visits and appointments, fostering partnerships with external charities aligned with our home direct efforts. 

Providing excellent client experiences is essential, ensuring every interaction covers all necessary information for successful matching and adopting horses into loving homes. 

This is a home-based post with extensive, daily travel. The nature of the post will require the coordinator to demonstrate considerable flexibility in arranging their work schedule and time allocation. This will include some weekend and evening work. Due to the nature of the charity’s work, it may be necessary to exceed these hours when the workload demands. The Regional Adoptions Facilitator will be required to use their own car in carrying out their duties and will be reimbursed for business mileage as appropriate.   

This is a part-time role working 22.5 hours over three days per week on a rota which includes weekends and bank holidays.   

For a more detailed look at the role and its requirements, please see the attached job description

About you 

You are an excellent communicator with experience in client-facing roles within horse-related environments. Your knowledge of horse welfare and riding will ensure successful adoptions. You can quickly absorb and record information while engaging with clients and stakeholders. 

Client-focused and decisive, you handle pressure well and challenge risk-averse decisions using evidence-based methods. You follow set processes, adapt to new methods, and aim to improve horse welfare by maintaining high standards in the adoption process. 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential. You remain professional and approachable, handling difficult situations calmly. You are open-minded, adaptable, and able to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues. 

Your skills allow you to assess support levels for horses and borrowers, identifying and addressing underlying issues. You support borrowers in maintaining high welfare standards. 

Trustworthy and proactive, you approach your work enthusiastically. Your problem-solving mindset helps you find solutions and prioritize decisions with attention to detail. 

Resilient and emotionally intelligent, you support clients and colleagues empathetically. Motivated, flexible, and dependable, you provide exceptional service to Blue Cross horses and customers, managing your workload effectively both independently and as part of a team. 
 

Knowledge, skills, and experience  

• Demonstrable understanding and experience of matching considerations for horses and homes.  
• Full driving licence with access to their own vehicle  
• Minimum BHS Stage 4 or acceptable equivalent qualifications or experience  
• First class knowledge and practical experience in the care and management of a range of horses and their environment, their needs and conditions  
• Proven practical experience of the assessment of horses, riders and their environments  
• Experience of assessing riders and analysing ridden horse behaviour  
• Practical knowledge of horse behaviour and training  
• Excellent communication skills with experience of building relationships and rapport with customers 
• Experience of working with the general public with the proven ability to deal with people in a variety of circumstances  
• Significant experience in delivering high level customer service in a fast paced and often emotional environment.  
• Good IT skills and experience of using a variety of computer packages  
• Excellent administration and organisational skills  
• Good questioning skills with the ability to gather information and distil the important points.  
• Proven decision-making ability.  
• The ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values.  

Although not essential, it would be great if you also had:  

• Experience working with volunteers.  
• Client relationship management experience.  
• Understanding of safeguarding issues 

How to apply  

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 25 August 2024.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  

Blue Cross benefits   

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.  

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.  

Our generous benefits package includes:  

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)  
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support  
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family   
• Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention  
• Health cash plan  
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme  
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution   
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.  
• Life assurance   
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance   
• Enhanced family friendly policies   
• Recognition scheme   
• Annual volunteer days  
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers 

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

Are you motivated and passionate about leading a women’s and girls’ charity, who are underrepresented and facing inequality? Do you have the skills and expertise to develop and manage a team of senior leaders to take the organisation’s vision and strategy forward.

Based in Harehills Shantona, has worked with women, girls and their families from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds in disadvantaged areas of Leeds for the last 26 years.

Shantona is the first contact point, which breaks stigma, takes a holistic approach to domestic and sexual  abuse,  health inequalities as well as mental health and promotes healthy relationships. Shantona inspires women, strengthens families and builds communities and challenges discrimination and inequalities wherever they occur.

We are currently recruiting a Director of Operational and Strategic Development

Salary: £37,697.84 - £41,835.47 (pro rata 35 hours) + 6% pension

Hours: 28 per week

Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per annum + bank holidays

You will lead, manage and support staff delivering adult and young people services and actively support the development of the organisation, its funding streams, Strategic direction and all aspects of operational delivery. As the Director of Operational and Strategic Development you  will be required to deputise for the CEO at external and internal meetings. Lead on the development and implementation of Shantona’s strategic plan in alignment with its mission and goals.

Ensuring the delivery of all projects within Shantona are of a high standard, including robust Safeguarding culture and systems and service delivery meet their targets and deliver quality outcomes for service users.

Professional qualification at level 5 or above in management, community work or social work or equivalent.

For more information get in touch with us – we are happy to chat through the scope of this role and how you can become part of this crucial service provision.

Closing Date: 06/09/2024

 Interview dates: 12/09/2024 and 13/09/2024

For an application pack, please get in touch

This post is (*Female) only, Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 (Part 1) Occupational Requirement

Shantona has a commitment to Safeguarding adults, children and young people.  All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before commencing employment.