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Over the last few years, NHYC has grown to a team of over 70 staff.  This role will add capacity to our current Admin Team, supporting the organisation with increased demand around finance, admin and resources. You will work as part of a small, yet critical team to ensure the organisation and our services run smoothly.  You should be well organised, a great communicator, and experienced in or willing to learn financial procedures.
This is an entry-level role. You do not need significant prior experience. We are looking for someone open to learning new skills, passionate about our mission, and willing to get stuck in to support the wider team.
The role is based at our day centre in Camden.
 

• Salary £27,144 – £29,952
• Deadline: 9am, Friday 29th November 2024
  *Please note that we may close earlier if there are a high number of applications

Here at Rainbows Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we’re here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.

We are seeking a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser to join our passionate and dedicated fundraising team. Your role will be pivotal in securing vital funds for the hospice by developing and maintaining meaningful, positive relationships with grant-making organisations and individual supporters. You will research and apply to appropriate trusts and foundations while leading the identification of new grant opportunities.

Hours of work: This role is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday with the very occasional evening or weekend for Events.

Location of work: Hybrid, home-based or hospice-based (an initial hospice-based period is required for onboarding and familiarisation with the team and our mission).

About the role

Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

· Clearly communicating the charity’s funding needs to potential funders through high-quality funding applications, face-to-face meetings, and other communications.

· Building strong, long-term relationships with funders through regular updates, written feedback, and networking opportunities.

· Conducting in-depth research to identify funding needs, particularly for core income, and collaborating with Rainbows care team leaders on funding requirements.

· Producing high-quality reports for funders to demonstrate the impact of their contributions and nurture ongoing support.

· Further responsibilities in the role of a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser at Rainbows Hospice, can be found by downloading the Job Description.

Requirements

· Experience: Proven success in trusts or major gift fundraising.

· Relationship Building: Skilled in developing relationships and securing funds from trusts, foundations, or individual donors.

· Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication with the ability to tailor messaging for different audiences.

· Attention to Detail: High levels of accuracy, consistency, and meticulous attention to detail.

· Motivation: Self-starter with initiative and the ability to work independently.

· Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.

Our Benefits include:

• Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.

• Hybrid, Home or Hospice working location (Need to be in the Hospice to start with).

• Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme.

• Bupa Cashback plan.

• Life Assurance.

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.

• Access to occupational health.

• Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.

• Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.

• Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice

• Free access to Health Assured employee assistance programme

• Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders

• Unofficial benefits: Fun events like Total Wipe Out, All staff away days, Guest visitors

If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we’d love to hear from you!

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and barring Service Check) and pre-employment checks.

This is a very hands-on role in our small team, supporting the Finance Manager and Finance Director and working alongside our diverse teams to make sure our finances are well managed and helping us to deliver our charitable objectives. We are looking for someone who has excellent attention to detail, honesty and integrity, an interest in learning more about our work and some knowledge or experience of working in accounts. This is a rewarding role in a fast paced, creative environment for a self-motivated individual who understands the need for rigour and accountability in their work and wants to contribute to the success of NYT.

The Finance Assistant will support the Finance Manager to provide an accurate and efficient accounting service for NYT. This role will lead on our day-to-day financial processing including managing the purchase ledger, posting bank transactions and carrying out reconciliations. The role will also support the Finance Manager in the preparation of monthly management accounts, ad hoc reporting and year end accounts. 

Our building at Holloway Road was redeveloped in 2021 and now includes a theatre for our own and external productions, studios for our growing programme of courses and activities for young people and rehearsal facilities which are hired out to professional companies. We also deliver training, productions and activities around the UK and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Ledger
• Responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger - recording accounting entries in Sage 50 and tracking that approvals are recorded in line with NYT policy.
• Prepare weekly supplier BACS payment runs for approval and issue remittance advice.
• Monthly reconciliation of company pleo accounts and tracking coding and approvals.
• Post invoice and direct debit payments from the bank to ensure they are up to date and correct.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements to amounts on Sage.
• Respond to supplier and budget holder queries as required.

Income and Sales ledger
• Circulate bank receipt information to budget holders promptly and confirm coding.
• Work with the Communications team to respond to and resolve financial queries and issues on our membership programmes.
• Ensure ticket sales for NYT performances are recorded correctly in the finance system.
• Prepare sales invoices as instructed and record bank receipts. 
• Work closely with the hires team on invoicing and receipts.
• Prepare regular aged debtors reports and carry out credit control as required.

Accounting and reporting 
• Prompt reconciliation of all bank accounts.
• Ensure any cash is reconciled to sales records and banked promptly.
• Managing cash floats or temporary pleo cards and accounting for expenses.
• Assist in the reporting and financial information to support grant claims and reporting requirements as required.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and month end reporting as directed by the Finance Manager.
• Assist in preparation for annual audit and resolving audit queries related to your work.
• Undertake ad-hoc analysis of expenditure as directed by the Finance Manager or Finance Director or by other members of the Senior Management Team.

We are recruiting a creative, flexible, and fun Therapist to provide 1:1 therapy to children and young people in care aged 13 to 19 years old. You will support the development of critical social and emotional skills to help emotional regulation, improve social skills, and deal with here-and-now issues.

Therapist, Children’s Home & Community Settings
Part-Time, 3 to 4 days per week
£45,000 pro-rata + pension + travel to work expenses + external clinical supervision + wellbeing budget
Location: London

At Young Futures we put love and compassion into everything we do. We’re here to make a BIG difference to the lives of the children and young people in our care. We are also passionate about learning and development and committed to providing an outstanding experience for all.

A typical working day will include up to 4 x 1:1 therapy sessions, attending key meetings with the network, and internal meetings around care and safety planning.

Do you have?

• At least 2-years’ work experience along with an outstanding track record in making a difference to the lives of children and young people.
• An understanding of how previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these, and to help young people do the same.
• Safeguarding competences to identify and act upon signs that a child or young person is at risk of harm.
• An understanding of the challenges in delivering frontline support.
• Ambition matched with a desire for continuous professional development.

Please note that under Section 7(2) (b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 only women are eligible to apply for the position as a large part of the work will take place at our all-female Children’s Home, Yvonne House.

Timescales 
Applications submissions: Ongoing, please apply ASAP
Interviews 1st Round online on Teams before Tuesday 17th December
Start date: From January 2025

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Inclusion and Equality

We are committed to embedding inclusive practices, promoting equality and valuing diversity in all of our activities. We understand and acknowledge the positive benefits that this commitment will bring to the young people we support, our staff and our partner organisations.

We are striving to be an employer of choice for all and take measures to ensure that Young Futures is attracting recruits from the most skilled and committed people regardless of their background. Whilst we can already be proud of some examples of excellent practice, we are not complacent and recognise that we can always do better.

No agencies please.

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

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £35,600 gross per annum

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

Are you a watersports professional looking for a new opportunity?

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

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

About the role

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

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

Responsibilities

· Lead on developing our boating/watersports framework

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

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

· Day to day Line management of the office team

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

Requirements

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

· An in depth understanding of operating procedures and documentation

· Experience of watersports at a strategic level

Desirable

· Experience or knowledge of youth and/or uniformed organisations

· Experience or knowledge of the charity sector

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.

Benefits

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

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

Additional Information

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

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

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

40 hours per week, shift work including weekends and bank holidays

Permanent contract

Twickenham (TW1)

We have presently a fantastic opportunity to join one of our 16+ Homes, located in Twickenham, and make a difference to our Young People’s lives.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong.  We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

St Christopher’s Academy

When you join St Christopher’s, we will set you up in your career with a tailored development plan. Whether you want to move across to a different service, become a Manager or just explore further your current role, we will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions. If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please click here

We are proud that 84% of all our Team Leaders, Deputies and Managers are internal promotions.

About the Role

As Team Leader, you will assist the Manager in the running of a 16+ residential service, supporting the delivery of high quality transition services for young people that promote their independence and increase their life skills.

We have an enthusiastic team including Support Workers, Waking Night Staff and Management who all have different interests which they bring to the service. If you’re ready for a challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you!

Applicants should have

• At least two year’s relevant experience providing housing and/or support services to vulnerable individuals.
• A good understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the provision of housing services for young people.
• Knowledge of the welfare benefits system in relation to young people.
• Ability to lead, motivate, supervise and support staff and be a positive role model.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and to work flexibly to meet deadlines or service requirements.
• Ability to use own initiative as well as be an active team member.
• Flexibility to work evening and weekend shifts and participate in the On-Call system.

What you should expect from us

• Salary of £29,358 per annum.
• Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and social pedagogy.
• Contributory pension scheme, enhanced maternity and company sick scheme.
• UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
• BUPA employee assistance programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary funded training programs.
• Employee awards based on performance and length of service.
• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.

Recruitment Process

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. 

Closing date: 29 November 2024

Interview date: 9 December 2024

We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.

We are recruiting self-employed advocates to provide independent and confidential advocacy on behalf of NYAS to children, young people and adults in a variety of settings such as children’s homes, schools, secure units etc. We are looking for people to service areas in West Berkshire, Wokingham or Slough.

Your role will enable them to ensure their voices are heard within decision-making processes that effect their lives. You will do this by listening to what they want and by informing them of their rights to get their wishes and feeling heard.

To be considered you must have significant experience of direct work with children, young people or adults in a related setting.

For more information, please view the attached contract delivery specification.

To meet the requirements of the role you must live within one of the geographical areas.

Note for candidates - when completing the application form, it is important that you refer to the person specification within the contract delivery specification and detail how you can evidence the criteria.

NB: As part of the recruitment process to become a Self-Employed Advocate with NYAS, all candidates who have been successfully interviewed and completed our safer recruitment process will be required to attend and complete accredited Advocacy training. This is a recognised qualification across this sector.

NYAS provides this training at a significantly reduced rate for self-employed advocates. Further details are discussed at interview.

You will also be required to complete annual safeguarding and compliance including, Personal Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, Safeguarding and Equality and Diversity. You will be able to subscribe to an e-learning platform provided by NYAS. The platform will provide you with the opportunity to undertake a number of other professional courses that you can complete in your own time to maintain your own CPD. You can do this on the e-learning platform at a significantly reduced cost compared to undertaking each course individually with different providers.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.

NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Work with us to help change young lives.

For more information on this position, please click the link to apply which will take you to our vacancy website where you can find our contact details. 

Programmes Administrator (Greater Manchester & Other Regions) £22,000 per annum (pro-rata)

Full time role (37.5 hours) with an initial 6-month fixed term contract continuing subject to funding.

Remote working, with the option for hybrid working (two days working from home, two days in the office in Manchester, and the remaining day up to you).

At One Million Mentors, our aim is to ensure that every young person in the country has access to a trained mentor as they transition into adulthood. We believe that investing in mentors will help to address the skills gap agenda and improve social cohesion.

Would you like the opportunity to:

• Be part of a dynamic, values-driven organisation working to achieve lasting social change?

• Work across the business, public and third sector to develop innovative ways of harnessing the potential of young people in Great Britain? 

• Help shape a growing organisation?

• Enhance your personal development and job satisfaction through monthly team training sessions, personal L&D opportunities and a 15 hour per year volunteering allowance?

If so, this may be the role for YOU!

About the role

The Programmes Administrator will be in charge of the smooth running of 1MM Mentoring Programmes in Greater Manchester and other regions, including the supporting of mentors & mentees through their journey. By ensuring a fast and effective onboarding process, timely communication, and ongoing support for our participants the Programmes Administrator will assist Regional Managers and/or the Head of Delivery with maximising the positive impact of 1MM’s mentoring programmes. This role reports to the Head of Delivery. 

For a more detailed job description, please see the job pack attached.

Remuneration and benefits: Salary bracket of £22,000 (pro rata), up to 6.5% employer pension contribution and 25 days holiday per year (pro rata). 

**Please note that applications submitted without a Covering Letter will not be considered**

For further details on how to apply, please see application guidelines attached.

You will be a Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead 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 will have management responsibilities and 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.

The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 20th December 2024 at 5pm.

Stage 1 interviews will take place on Tuesday 14th January 2025 and Stage 2 interviews will take place on Tuesday 21st January 2025 .

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18.

Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential. As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for someone who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a fixed-term contract as an Education Worker at our centre in Liverpool. 

Contract

Full-time, fixed-term until April 2025

Start date

As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the successful candidate.

Working hours

Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30 (Some out-of-hours work will be required from time to time - for example, early starts to deliver workshops in schools.)

Education Workers are based at one of our IntoUniversity learning centres and work directly with young people, schools and families on a daily basis. It is therefore not a hybrid role and is based full-time in our centres. 

Salary

27,400

Location

IntoUniversity North Liverpool

The role requires intermittent travel in your region (usually within the day) this can involve journeys times of 1 hour+.

Occasional travel out of your local area e.g. to London is also required, this may include overnight stays.

Annual leave

Full-time staff entitlement, pro-rated for part-time staff: 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff benefits

• Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
• Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm – Employee Assistance Programme including access to medical and legal support
• Life Assurance scheme with AIG including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
• Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
• Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

There is not a fixed deadline. Instead, we will be assessing applications on a rolling basis and will appoint when we have found the right candidate, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

As Complex Needs Practitioner you will engage young people in a variety of interventions, using a person-centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.

Birmingham Young People’s Service provides holistic support services for young people 10 to 25 with needs related to alcohol and substance misuse, including those that are affected by a family members alcohol and substance misuse.

All Complex Needs Practitioners are expected to work days, evenings, and weekends across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, when required, which will need a flexible working pattern from the successful candidate. The caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health, social care, education, youth provision, and criminal justice.

As an energetic and confident self-starter, you will have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g., NVQ Level 3 or above, Dip SW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies).  Alternatively, we will consider candidates with experience of working in the health & social care field, education settings, alcohol, and substance misuse fields with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care.

Experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings is essential. You will also need a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills. We also work on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.

We have two vacancies available – they are full-time permanent roles requiring the post-holder to work 37 hours per week.

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

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience.

Learning and development is important to us, and we are pleased to be able to offer a wide range of apprenticeships. We hire apprentices into specific roles as well as offering apprenticeships to the workforce. Anyone can apply to undertake an apprenticeship relevant to the role as long as they are in a permanent post and have successfully passed probation.

Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being 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. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship 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. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind was renamed Waythrough to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for someone who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a permanent, part-time role as an Education Worker at our centre in Bradford, helping to change the lives of young people.

Locations: Bradford
Contract: Part-time, permanent
Applications close: 9am Monday 9th December 2024
Start date: As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the successful candidate.

Salary

£27,400 per annum (pro rata). The pro-rated salary for this role is £13,700 per annum.

What could my day look like?

The Education Worker role is a frontline, fast-paced and rewarding role where no two weeks will look the same. A typical day will have different activities, possibly spread between the IntoUniversity centre, partner schools and the offices of a corporate partner.

In the morning, you might be setting off with resources to run a workshop for sixth-form students in their secondary school. In the afternoon you may be setting up the classroom ahead of running Primary Academic Support for young people in your IntoUniversity centre. On other days, you may be travelling to a corporate partner to run a business simulation workshop for 15 year-olds or leading a group of final year primary school students on a campus visit for their graduation.

As an Education Worker, you’ll always be delivering the programme as part of your centre team, which means that any delivery is always a team effort. 

Job Title: Philanthropy Manager (Endowment)
Basis of appointment: Full-time (38.5 hours per week)
Duration of contract: Permanent
Reports to: Director of Advancement
Location: London (UK)- hybrid working
Salary: £46,200 per annum
Start Date: As soon as possible

Are you our new Philanthropy Manager (Endowment)?

We are looking for a fundraiser eager to take the next step in their career by joining us and becoming our Philanthropy Manager. Reporting to the Director of Advancement, you'll support the established Advancement team across key fundraising priorities. Your previous experience with managing executives/senior volunteers will contribute to supporting the Director of Advancement in managing the activities and priorities of a volunteer-led fundraising board.

This is a pivotal new position created to contribute to a significant uplift in UWC International’s fundraising and prospect identification efforts in support of the new UWC Endowment. Your work managing your own portfolio of prospects (HNWI) will support the operational effectiveness of UWCI’s fundraising programme and the strategic development of global UWC funding priorities.

Our Advancement team will provide you with plenty of opportunities to try what you know, manage key projects whilst being part of a collaborative and dynamic team.

If you're motivated to work closely as part of the frontline fundraising team significantly contributing to uplifting our fundraising success, this role is an ideal fit for you.

About us

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our eighteen schools on four continents. There they learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better.

Our students go on to become leaders in politics, NGOs, social enterprises, community movements, charities, and business. For life, they remain dedicated to the UWC mission and many of them remain in close contact with us, their school, and their peers, becoming part of a global alumni community of over 85,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others.

About UWC International

The UWC International Office serves as the operational arm of UWC International, a UK-registered and Germany-registered charity, and stands as a pivotal entity within the UWC movement. Positioned in central London and Berlin, it collaborates extensively with stakeholders across the UWC spectrum, actively engages a robust alumni community comprising more than 85,000 members, and fulfils essential functions for UWC International's governance bodies. Our primary duties encompass global fundraising initiatives, comprehensive communications strategies, promotional endeavours, support for the network of over 150 UWC national committees, global strategy development and implementation, and support services to the UWC schools.

What we offer

As part of a commitment to our employees, we offer the following:

•  Generous holiday allowance– 28 days per year plus eight public holidays (pro rata for part-time or fixed-term contracts). 
• The standard working hours are 38.5 per week. Start and finish times can be agreed between managers and employees. We support flexible working and are happy to discuss different working patterns.
• We offer up to two days per year for volunteering and up to two days per year for study leave.
• We support staff development and provide access to training and a wide range of CharityComms resources through our UWCIO membership.
• We offer a health and well-being support package, which includes income protection, an employee assistance programme, advice and legal support helpline, remote GPs access, medical second opinions, mental health support, physiotherapy, cycle to work and a well-being calendar featuring podcasts and webinars.
• Perks and discounts portal, which provides a range of discounts across shopping, dining, lifestyle, and entertainment. With thousands of offers on hundreds of top retailers.
• Contributory pension scheme, UWC International currently contributes up to 8% of the employee’s gross salary, and the employee must match the percentage of up to 8% of their gross salary. The minimum contribution rate is 4%. This applies to everyone aged 22 and above but under state retirement age, earning at least £10,000 p.a. and classed as working in the UK.

Visa requirements

Anyone who applies to work at UWC International in London must have a work visa before starting employment, in compliance with the relevant immigration rules. Please provide confirmation of your eligibility to indefinitely work or reside in the UK in your application. Any offers of employment made by UWC International will be subject to a right-to-work check on your immigration status.

Application Process

Do you want to be part of our team? To apply, please submit an up-to-date copy of your CV along with a cover letter in English (each a maximum of 2 pages).

Your cover letter must:

• Outline your experience, skills and competencies against the Person specification section in the attached Job Description.
• Explain why you want to join UWC International.
• Provide confirmation of your eligibility to work or reside in the UK.
• Provide the names and contact details of two professional referees, including their job title, email address and the capacity in which you are known to them. References are taken up prior to the second round interviews. We will not contact your referees without first letting you know.

Please note that CVs received without a cover letter, including the information requested above, will not be considered.

Deadline for application: 23.59 (UK time) on 4 December 2024

Interview dates:

First round interviews and assessments will be held on 9 & 10 December 2024
Second round interviews will be held on 16 December 2024

For further information on this opportunity, please see the detailed job description attached. 

Safeguarding Statement

The job holder might have to travel to UWC schools and colleges. Therefore, a Basic DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service) or international equivalent will be required before any job offer is made. We will also take up references before the second stage of the interview process.

Diversity Statement

UWC places deliberate diversity at the heart of our educational model because of its critical importance in our mission ‘to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future’.

At the UWC International Office, we believe this commitment to deliberate diversity must be reflected within our team, organisational practices, policies and culture. We recognise people with different backgrounds, skills, attitudes and experiences bring fresh ideas and perceptions, and we encourage and leverage these differences to make our work more relevant and accessible.

We will not discriminate or tolerate discriminatory behaviour on any grounds such as, but not limited to, race, gender, disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age or socioeconomic background.

We strive to be an inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, has a voice, can raise concerns, and feels comfortable and confident. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment and to act accordingly as we aspire best to serve the UWC mission and our global community. It is an ongoing journey and we welcome all those ready to travel with us. 

The Chief Executive Officer will: - Provide a strong and inspirational leadership to implement the strategic plan. - Lead on the on-going sustainability and growth of services with the Board of Trustees - Work closely with our Young Advisors to ensure youth voice throughout the Charity. - Champion a clearly articulated strategy to acquire new business and generate sustainable income. - Represent Sheffield Futures and its work effectively and imaginatively to external audiences and promote a strong and attractive brand. - Work effectively alongside the Board of Trustees to ensure that Sheffield Futures meets its governance and legal responsibilities.