We are looking for an exceptional Adult Education Coordinator to join our team and help to transform the way we teach and improve the skills and confidence of our audiences and communities. The successful candidate will be capable of coordinating and delivering an engaging face-to-face (when safe to do so) and online learning programme, information sessions and workshops.

Latin American House (LAH) provides a range of services including specialist advice and information, children and adult education and cultural activities and events. Our charitable work focuses on providing accessible, efficient and practical support to disadvantaged Latin Americans and other communities in greater London and beyond. It is imperative that you are a good or intermediate Spanish speaker.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Position

The Adult Education Coordinator will be a motivated key member of the team, enhancing the adult education provision that will welcome a wide range of audiences. The candidate will play a key role in our pursuit of creating social cohesion and community integration, reaching, engaging with and supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable Latin Americans, Portuguese and Spanish speakers in Greater London and the UK.

You will have hands-on experience creating and designing adult educational content. You will oversee the running of LAH’s work with adults, and manage the delivery of the programme. In addition to excellent communication and teaching skills, you will have the ability and willingness to test, improve and share your knowledge. You will be a self-starter who can shape the way LAH teaches and helps our communities, leading LAH Adult Education provision and ensuring that we deliver excellent customer service at all times.

The position will be responsible for delivering both charitable and income generating activities and services. Therefore experience in a commercial institution may be a plus.

The key areas of responsibility are:

• ●  To develop, implement and coordinate a blended delivery of the LAH Adult Education Programme, focusing on digital skills, online delivery and ways to increase digital access.

• ●  To improve the career prospects and job opportunities of participants

• ●  To create and source good quality education content for our website

• ●  To plan for the gradual reintroduction of face-to-face provision when safe to do so.

• ●  To proactively seek out and maintain positive, consistent and effective relationships

  with a range of internal and external services and providers.

• ●  To line manage a small team of volunteers who will support the Coordinator to

  deliver the programme.

Developing and implementing LAH Adult Education Programme

• ●  To create accessible, useful, high quality adult educational activities for our audiences supporting them to achieve their potential and meeting LAH objectives.

• ●  To create, design and manage an inclusive curriculum for the next two years.

• ●  To identify opportunities for adult learners to progress through external providers

  and partnerships.

• ●  To create a learner-centred and participatory methodology and innovative

  pedagogical approaches in the internet age.

• ●  To develop appropriate content to support all digital classes and sessions.

• ●  To lead in scheduling, timetabling and marketing (hard copy and digital) of courses,

  including production of course guides, website updates, and handling course

  enquiries from current and prospective learners and organisations.

• ●  To carry out observations of teaching, learning and assess and report accordingly.

  Partnership Working

• ●  To maintain , strengthen and increase the number of partners to support delivery of courses including funders and statutory agencies.

• ●  To analyse, monitor and report regularly on numbers, performance, outcomes and impact and create actionable insight for continuous improvement.

• ●  To work with the Director and all the teams at LAH.

• ●  To line manage and develop a small team of volunteers.

  Person Specification Experience

  Essential

• ●  At least three years experience in working with adults in educational settings.

• ●  Passionate about digital, technology and technological developments.

• ●  Collaborative team worker.

• ●  Autonomous, confident and self-starter with a can-do attitude and approach.

• ●  Strong project management and organisational skills.

  Desirable

• ●  Experience working in the charity and VCS, and passionate about social change.

• ●  Knowledge of the challenges faced by the Latin American communities in the UK.

• ●  Basic knowledge of Portuguese.

  Skills
  Essential

• ●  Bilingual English-Spanish speaker, or Portuguese-English speaker with advanced Spanish language skills.

• ●  Highly literate and numerate, including G Suite and relevant teaching platforms and online tools.

• ●  Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

• ●  Ability to prioritise work.

• ●  Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

• ●  Ability and willingness to learn and apply new skills quickly.

  Qualifications

● An academic or vocational qualification in teaching. Commitment, Values and Motivation
Essential

• ●  Strong commitment to the mission and values of Latin American House.

• ●  Proactive and able to confidently take initiative and make appropriate decisions.

• ●  Approachable, with the ability to build effective relationships.

• ●  Able to multitask, adaptable, emotionally intelligent and resilient.

• ●  Willingness to work flexibly as some work on evenings/weekends may be required.

• ●  Autonomous and proactive, can do attitude and able to work as part of a team.

  About Latin American House

  We work for the integration, social inclusion and wellbeing of Latin American and other Spanish and Portuguese-speaking migrants, as well as other communities in our local neighbourhood. Our aims are to improve their lives, to provide a local Community Centre and to promote the rich diversity of Latin American cultures. We are expanding our organisation and diversifying our income streams in order to provide a better and more comprehensive service to our beneficiaries. We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.

  Our services include:

  • Legal and Social Welfare Advice, providing specialist advice on immigration, as well as general information on benefits and employment. In 2019 we also started a EU Settlement Scheme project to support disadvantaged and at-risk Latin Americans and their families.

  • Children’s Education, which currently consists of our bilingual Menchú Nursery and the Spanish Saturday School for children from 5 to 11 years old.

  • Adult Community Learning, in partnership with local authorities, colleges and recognised education organisations, as well as our own volunteers. We provide practical adult education for Latin Americans and local residents.

  • Community Centre, LAH is a well-established centre where people can come for activities, information and orientation.

  • Culture - promoting and showcasing Latin American cultures, for people of all ages and backgrounds. From 2019 there is a dedicated culture coordinator.

  The last three years have been of expansion and growth and we have had an increasing number of beneficiaries, clients and visitors reaching our organisation.

This role will engage a diverse range of service users across the UK, to listen to their views on how Terrence Higgins Trust services should develop, pilot projects to test this and to facilitate how they can actively participate in these future developments. You will:

• Test  innovative approaches with users to keep our work fresh and relevant, shaping how we work and what we do.
• Develop and implement digital activity to support the programme
• Actively work with users and colleagues to promote meaningful engagement with the programme

The nature of this programme is exploratory and so you will be comfortable with working in a fluid environment.

This role will cover the East of England with a focus on our Cambridgeshire and Peterborough services. The base of the role can be discussed in more detail at interview.

This is a full time post, however flexible options can be considered. Please indicate preference in the body of your application.

We particularly welcome applications from people from Black African and Minority Ethnic communities, and from those living with HIV.

This recruitment is happening on a rolling basis so early applications are encoruaged. Recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.

The Community Champions Project Coordinator will work to engage and support vulnerable individuals, families and groups in the Kentish town area, by recruiting local people to volunteer as Community Champions.  These Community Champions will reach out to the community in different ways including surveys and focus groups. The Champions will meet people in the streets, knock on their doors and talk to them regularly and can use the rich insight they hear from residents to work with commissioners and other professionals to influence services and their local environments. The Community Champions also support residents in making informed choices about a range of issues linked to their health and well-being through organising fun, engaging events and activities.  The successful candidate will be confident in engaging with the local community both on the streets and online and will be able to successfully deliver the project within any restrictions arising from COVID-19 . 

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and motivated Coordinator who will oversee and develop the Take a Break (TAB) short breaks service for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Even during the Coronavirus pandemic, TAB has maintained a trusted and well regarded service for children and families and we believe that it will continue to thrive once pandemic restrictions are lifted.

TAB offers school holiday camps as well as individual and small group activities throughout the year. TAB is the children and young people’s operation of Barnet Mencap’s Short Breaks service. This role would suit someone with a background in sports, arts and crafts, or drama and dance with experience of working with children with learning disabilities; someone who enjoys a fast-paced environment and has a real drive for children’s activities. The role will be both administrative and active, based in Hendon and across the London Borough of Barnet.

In this role you will oversee the operational excellence of our camps and clubs as well developing the year-round community-based children’s service. You will ensure that services are delivered in line with company and Care Quality Commission requirements, and will achieve business performance targets.  

Take a Break work will require working in early mornings, evenings, weekends and school holidays as well as during regular office hours.

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application for work with children and adults

We are looking for candidates with a background in children’s activities, children’s sport, arts, drama and childcare who hold a relevant level 4 qualification or above, or who are working towards such a qualification.

We are looking for someone with the following skills and abilities:

• To communicate effectively and to inspire confidence and motivate children and young people aged up to 25 of all abilities;
• To demonstrate perseverance, patience and flexibility;
• To react calmly, quickly and effectively in emergency situations;
• To demonstrate excellent planning and time management, working within tight budgets;
• To communicate effectively with parents, carers, teachers and professionals from other agencies;
• To be able to lead, coach and develop a team of support workers
• Good IT and administration skills.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assess the needs of potential clients of the TAB short break project

• Ensure that individual care plans are implemented and monitored by Support Workers for each child or young person's short stay or support session

• Promote the value and respect for individuals’ rights and needs; giving opportunities to make choices; giving opportunities to gain life skills and to develop relationships; and to be involved in non-segregated activities in the community
• Keeping children and young people safe, and keeping safeguarding at the front of all our work by identifying and resolving any potential issues and working with other colleagues and agencies
• Plan and carry out all TAB work in a person-centred way
• Ensure that the project is sensitive to and meets the cultural needs of individuals. Establish and develop links with parents, carers and relatives in order to provide sensitive services.
• Develop flexible services which respond to the needs of the clients and parents and carers 
• Ensure a high standard of medical care is given to those clients with health issues and eating difficulties, e.g. epilepsy, asthma etc.

OFFICE SKILLS

• Assist the Registered Manager to co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the Take a Break project to include planning community support sessions, group work and activity programmes with appropriate staff rotas in place
• Maintain effective communication systems including effective short break booking systems and dealing with related telephone calls, emails etc.
• Have good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft packages including cloud-based systems
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with GDPR and Data Protection requirements
• Keep records and implement documentation as required by the CQC
• Attend reviews and other meetings as appropriate
• Assist with regular quality audits for Barnet Mencap and our commissioners.

STAFF MANAGEMENT

• Positively promote teamwork and lead in team building sessions for TAB staff
• Assist in the recruitment and selection of support staff in conjunction with the Manager and Chief Executive
• Maintain effective supervision communication systems including written procedures and handover notes to maintain continuity of care
• Assist in implementing inductions for new staff
• Offer regular supervision to staff which is of a high professional standard and quality
• Carry out quality appraisals yearly with six-month reviews
• Identify staff training needs

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Maintain and monitor budgets ensuring the systems operate within budget and in conjunction with Barnet Mencap's procedures.  Suggest improvements to systems and highlight any issues to the Manager.
• Take responsibility for TAB budgets in the absence of the Manager, e.g. Petty Cash

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Ensure that high standards of health and safety are maintained and that procedures are reviewed and followed
• Contribute to developing in-house procedures, e.g. risk assessments and lifting & handling assessments
• Have a willingness to take controlled risks, and to be adventurous, but managing those risks carefully.
• Ensure that a high standard of food is served when appropriate, and that food hygiene regulations are adhered to when food is prepared by TAB staff
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by means of reading literature and journals etc.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Actively promote equal opportunities policies and anti-discriminatory practices

PROMOTION OF SERVICE

Develop links with the community and other organisations to promote positive images of people with learning disabilities including utilising Barnet Mencap’s social media platforms.

It is expected that the post holder will perform the role in a way that furthers the values of the organisation with reference to equal access and opportunity and the high quality of service provided.

FLEXIBILITY

In order to deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is needed and the postholder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above and be required to change shifts in response to the needs of the service.  Such duties, however, will fall within the scope of the post, at the appropriate grade.

GENERAL

The duties and responsibilities of this post may change over a period of time.  Only significant additional duties or responsibilities as required by the Chief Executive will render the post for re­-evaluation.

To apply, please fill in our Application form or send us your CV with a covering letter exaplining how you meet the criteria in our Person Specification. For more details, head to the Jobs page on our website.

At Depaul UK have an exciting opportunity for a Nightstop Coordinator to join our team on a part time permanent basis. In return you’ll earn a competitive salary of £8,343.60 pa pro rata (£20,859 pa FTE) + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Nightstop Coordinator we can offer you:

- Competitive salary
- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance

The Nightstop Coordinator role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Nightstop Coordinator to join the team, based at either Whitley Bay or Middlesbrough. The role is working 15 hours per week on a Monday and Tuesday on a fixed term contract until January 2021.

The Nightstop Coordinator role is a busy and varied role that involves recruiting, training and managing volunteers, promoting the service to key stakeholders, and supporting young people and vulnerable adults directly.

It will include being part of a team delivering an assessment and support service that enables vulnerable and homeless people to access emergency accommodation in the homes of trained and approved volunteers.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction to Depaul UK and training for the role, with ongoing opportunities for professional development.

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision, including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Nightstop Coordinator role?

- Experience of working with homeless and vulnerable people in crisis

- Experience of supervising or supporting volunteers or staff

- Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Risk Assessments and Support Plans

- Understanding of current legislation that impacts on guests’ access to suitable long term accommodation, including entitlement to welfare provision

- Experience of working under pressure with the ability to respond to conflicting demands

Closing date: Monday 02 November 2020 at 12:00 pm

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Nightstop Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS COORDINATOR (YOUTH AND SAFEGUARDING)

ST JOHN INTERNATIONAL

From £30K Up to £32K depending on experience + 11% pension contribution

The Order of St John (also known as St John International) is a prestigious chivalric organisation with a rich history and is an international development Charity. It aims to support its members and its establishments around the world in delivering first aid and health care services in more than 35 countries. The International Office of the Order is a small but busy organisation that serves as the secretariat for the global organisation and is on the cusp of expansion. It is looking for an experienced International Networks Coordinator. This is a mid-level role in the organisation, with real scope to help shape and drive change in a global organisation that reaches and engages millions of people every year.

 St John International is currently undertaking a Strategy Review and the post holder will take an active part, both in the Review and developing their own job specification.  The organisation’s role, as the international secretariat, is to provide services that enable linking up and synergy to develop between all 40 of the organisations within the family of St John, while encouraging a movement towards internationally consistent standards in all areas of organisational delivery. Functions of St John International in line with this include facilitating the development of thematic working groups to build consensus for subsequent action across all organisations.

The post holder will need to be comfortable in a role that involves considerable network building, developing consensus among peers, and using that consensus to define and enable further actions. The role would suit someone who is able to build strong peer relationships among thematic groups and able to guide a working group towards delivery of their purpose. It requires an ability to provide absolute clarity in communications and decisions, along with a willingness to hold peers to a deadline or agreement. 

This role is orientated around two specific themes of Youth involvement in governance and building a world class safeguarding system in all St John organisations. It will be necessary, however, for the post holder to recognise that these themes will evolve over time, and they could be called upon to address other themes in the same facilitation role.

This role is chiefly facilitating two developing areas of the Order of St John: The International Youth Advisory Network (40%) and development and implementation of an Order safeguarding strategy (40%). The remaining time will be involved in other network functions, such as supporting an international community of practice that is identifying good practice in volunteer management. (20%)

Although still developing in structure, aid and support for many of our smaller organisations around the world will come from the larger St John organisations based in the region.  The post holder may be required to work closely with the regional leads, linking their work with the requirements of the International Office.

International Youth Advisory network (IYAN): Facilitate the meetings of the IYAN group as per the IYAN ToR, and coordinate support discussions with youth staff managers to enable IYAN. Assist IYAN members to understand their role and encourage development of a vocal and empowered IYAN cohort.

Methods:

1. Provide a secure online space for IYAN members to use. Respond to IYAN opinion and needs in development of this space and ensure that all members are fully able to use it.
2. Develop an IYAN culture and infrastructure that is youth friendly and responsive to young people’s needs, to encourage participation.
3. Encourage discussion, remind members of deadlines, prompt engagement where necessary
4. Provide access to information as requested by IYAN members (consulting with Head of development if necessary)
5. Ensure IYAN members remain true to their purpose as described in the ToR.
6. Provide a secretarial role to IYAN as necessary, although encourage members to create their own material and minutes as much as possible.
7. Relay questions about strategy development from IEM to IYAN, and vice versa
8. Assist IYAN in producing formal documents that clarify the support that IYAN needs from staff (in the event of further youth consultation for instance)
9. Assist IYAN in delivery of their purpose in any other way
10. Coordinate peer meetings of priory youth management staff meetings, to ensure they are aware of IYAN’s discussions, and that they are prepared to assist IYAN members in delivering their purpose.
11. Facilitate IYAN in putting members forward to join other governance committees of the Order and ensure those members are adequately aware of the issues and discussions to be able to contribute meaningfully.

Safeguarding: Coordinate delivery of a safeguarding strategy for the Order, including management of a consultant to provide an indicative baseline assessment of the Order’s current situation and roadmap for improvement. Ensure that the Order strategy adequately responds to the risk from poor safeguarding, and that resources necessary to provide a world class safeguarding strategy are planned and ultimately put in place for the Order.

Methods:

1. Advocate and discuss the strategy for safeguarding development across the Order with all Priories and regional management teams. Build awareness and adherence to the strategy means and method.
2. Manage an internationally experienced safeguarding consultant, able to understand the complexities of safeguarding in international organisations that work in LMICs. The consultant should:
   1. Conduct baseline assessment of safeguarding policies, procedures and culture in at least 1 Priory and 1 Association.
   2. Provide a presentation to the trustees of the Order that highlight the current status of the Order’s safeguarding risk, the requirements and responsibilities of the trustees from a legal and moral standpoint
   3. Develop a roadmap for the improvement of safeguarding to a world class system in all of the Order’s establishments
3. Build consensus among all Priories for the safeguarding roadmap, or a variation of it. Ensure the actions identified within it are resourced and built into the Order development strategy
4. Lead in the development of any secretariat functions with regards to the agreed safeguarding strategy

Volunteer Management Community of Practice: The Order has engaged several staff managers from around the world in an effective community of practice (CoP) that discusses the subject of Volunteer management. The post holder will be required to support the continuation of this CoP

Methods:

1. Schedule and communicate with all CoP members about next meetings
2. Facilitate a rotating chair to create lively and engaging discussion around preferred issues
3. Document discussions, identifying good practice, ideas, areas requiring research, etc.

An ideal applicant would have experience in:

1. Managing a support function for an international organisation or network of organisations.
2. Working to facilitate disparate groups of people around the world to come together with a shared understanding of purpose
3. Driving committees towards clarity of decisions and purpose and holding them accountable.
4. Working with and to empower young people, particularly working with them to encourage their involvement in governance type roles.
5. Managing consultants in a timely and effective manner.
6. Using a baseline survey to evidence needs and developing costed action plans to address those needs.
7. Working successfully in a variety of countries and cultures, particularly the LMIC’s within the commonwealth.

Along with technical knowledge of:

1. Safeguarding in organisations, especially those working in resource poor settings.
2. Using digital applications to facilitate collaboration, particularly MS Teams
3. Consultancy contract management

The role will have an expected element of travel, including to LMIC countries from time to time. It is estimated that this will not exceed 6 weeks a year. The global reach of St John means that the post holder will occasionally be required to be flexible with working hours to match different time zones.

The Order of St John are committed to increasing diversity in the workplace and across our practices. Applications from all minority ethnic or under-represented groups will be very welcome.

To apply, please send a CV and a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience and skills and providing your current salary.

Applications will be accepted until 1700hrs on Friday 30 0ctober 2020.

INTERVIEWS:

Video interviews will take place on 4-5 November 2020.

Face to Face interviews will take place on Thursday12 November (subject to Covid19 restrictions)

Bristol, Birmingham or Sheffield or Home Working considered

Closing date: 27th October 2020 at 11.30pm. Interview date: 4 November 2020.

Do you have experience of planning and delivering involvement, volunteering or research activities and liaising with external agencies, partners and professionals, possibly in a housing or homelessness context? Then join Shelter as an Involvement Coordinator and you could soon be playing an exciting and diverse role within a new project aimed at developing our approach to women's centred services.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change with individuals, in communities, across society and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Women are being increasingly and disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis. This has led Shelter to develop a new strategic priority to ensure that all our housing advice services are designed with a clear understanding of how a women's gender affects their housing problems and the kind of support they need as a result. We're spearheading this transformation by developing services in three locations, which are designed by women with lived experience and local partner agencies, and directed at helping homeless and poorly housed women. We have secured National Lottery funding, initially for 6 months, to carry out this work.

About the Role
Under the direction of a Project Manager, you'll be responsible for recruiting Peer Research Volunteers with lived experience and training and supporting them to conduct research in their local communities. Research will involve talking to women about local need and barriers to accessing support, with the aim of designing services to help them. This will involve engaging, supporting and developing people involved, to actively engage them in the project and ensure that the project is coproduced. The work will be carried out in three key locations and your challenge will be to represent the voices of people with lived experience in service design discussions and see that the language used in documentation and proposals is appropriate to the issues women face. Along the way, you'll also work with a variety of stakeholders to support and encourage involvement through various means and make sure opportunities are available for all to be involved.

About you
Personal experience of homelessness or poor housing and an understanding of how these issues have affected you would be an advantage. You’ll need to be dynamic and have experience of working with people who have direct experience of homelessness or poor housing, or similar issues. You'll also need a proven ability to use different methods to encourage participation and help those involved meet their potential. Adept at networking and information gathering, you have the excellent all-round communication and interpersonal skills it takes to work closely with an Involvement Team and other internal stakeholders. And, because your workload will be varied and demanding, you'll need excellent skills in prioritising, organising and boundary setting and a willingness to travel regularly between Sheffield, Bristol and Birmingham to get the job done.

Due to the specific requirements of the role we are only considering applications from women for this role. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Women's Centred Services team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Do you want to be part of an exciting national team creating amazing opportunities for girls and young women? Could you help our charity inspire more people to volunteer and make a positive difference in Croydon and Surrey East? Could you help us build relationships with a range of community stakeholders that will help strengthen, grow and diversify our charity?

Girlguiding offers amazing opportunities for all girls and young women to discover their potential. Our volunteers are vital in inspiring and supporting girls to become the young women they want to be.

We have an exciting opportunity within our Growth and Insight team to grow our volunteer and girl membership, by opening more guiding groups and widening our community relationships so that even more girls can have fun, make friends, enjoy new adventures and grow in confidence.  

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience recruiting and working with volunteers or with people in unpaid roles in the community. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of community outreach/engagement, as well as experience of planning and facilitating meetings, organising events and managing small projects. You will be a relationship builder and networker. You will be able to show an understanding of the motivation of volunteers and the challenges/opportunities involved in recruiting, training and retaining volunteers, particularly amongst under-represented communities.

The role requires flexibility and multi-tasking, as well as the confidence to work independently on the ground in Croydon and Surrey East, and as part of a fun and creative national staff/volunteer team. You will live within close proximity of Croydon and Surrey East and have thorough knowledge of both areas and their diverse communities.  Regular evening and weekend working is required for which time-off-in-lieu can be taken.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

We’re looking for a passionate, experienced, delivery focused Project Coordinator, to join our growing team. The Project Coordinator will support, develop and grow our network of projects across the UK. Working directly to the Head of Operations, the post holder will be responsible for helping achieve the charity’s ambitions to grow and scale our work.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting local projects through engagement with our local delivery partners. This will include working closely with children’s centres to support project delivery, identifying opportunities to grow the scheme with existing and new centres, and running training for staff to help them to manage and run the project locally. They will also be responsible for the development and maintenance of local retailer relationships including engaging with Market Management Teams, supporting individual traders and retailers who are members of the scheme, and helping to identify new retail opportunities.  

The Project Coordinator will be a part of our Operations Team made up of the Projects Officer and the Head of Operations. The role will also work closely with the Impact & Evaluation Manager who will be responsible for developing and delivering the charity’s Evaluation Framework and implementing new methodologies for measuring impact. This work will influence the future training needs for local partners and implications for how we monitor and share data on the project.

The post will be primarily based in London where we have the largest number of projects, and the post holder must be willing to travel regularly around London. The individual must also be willing to travel nationally as we have projects across the country – including in Barnsley, Liverpool, and Glasgow – and to Brighton where a number of key staff are based and where the charity’s main office is located.

When not travelling, the post will be home based.

The post holder must be comfortable working in collaboration with many partners and stakeholders and have good communication and relationship management skills. A structured approach to work and attention to detail will be essential to help support the growth of the charity over the coming years.

Job responsibilities

• Project coordination – support the delivery of the Rose Vouchers for Fruit & Veg Project in its various locations
• Coordinate local partnership relationships and secure continued buy in from key stakeholders
• Attend local steering group meetings
• Coordinate and deliver training for local project partners on how to deliver, monitor and manage the project locally
• Work with the Impact & Evaluation Manager to imbed processes and procedures for data management and evaluation of project impact
• Coordinate relationships with local retailers and markets
• Deliver project training and support including the development of project toolkits for children’s centres and “train the trainer” sessions
• Support local project teams to effectively deliver on targets
• Support the development of a network of projects with the aim of better sharing and learning between project areas
• Coordinate the growth of family numbers and vouchers in each area to ensure that budgets are not exceeded but targets for family numbers are met
• Further responsibilities relevant to & commensurate with the role of Project Coordinator

How to apply: Please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your interest and ability to successfully fill this position. Applications will only be considered if both a CV and covering letter are submitted.

Closing Date: Sunday 1st November at 11.30pm. 

Job title:  Supported Internship Coordinator 
Reports to:  Internship Project Manager/Youth Service Manager
Salary:  £24,579.36 pro rata
Start date:  ASAP - Fixed Term until 31st August 2021, there is a possibility for this to be extended subject to further funding.
Hours:  36 hours per week
Location:  You will be required to regularly visit the internship programme in Newham but your admin/day to day tasks will be completed remotely (on site, at home) or at Generate’s office in Wandsworth.

Introduction to Generate

Generate has been creating opportunities and offering support to people with a learning disability since 1972.  We are committed to improving the lives of people with a learning disability by supporting and encouraging them in creative ways to access opportunities in their communities, take their place as citizens and reduce their reliance on services. 

Background to the post

In addition to our youth and community services targeted at people with a learning disability, we also provide a Supported Internship service.

The Internship is a partnership with Generate, Newham Council, Newham College and Send Coffee. The Internship is targeted at people with Special Educational Needs between the ages of 18-30. The aim of the internship is to give vital experience to the Interns in a workplace and transition them to paid employment.

Main purpose of job

You will support the Internship Project Manager with the smooth running of the service, ensuring the service is fully staffed with skilled job coaches throughout the course of the internship. Where required, you will support Interns in their work placements, helping them to gain experience and teaching them how to perform the tasks in their respective roles.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• To support the Internship Manager with the smooth running of the Supported Internships in Newham.
• To support the Internship Manager with intern funding applications.
• To liaise with Generate’s Finance Coordinator to ensure the invoices are being sent off in a timely manner
• Recruitment, line management and supervision of job coaches
• To cover sickness and absence of job coaches as required
• To liaise and build a professional relationship with Newham College, Newham Council and Workplace
• To be flexible across all Generate’s projects and be willing to work cross project to suit Generate’s business need.

Application deadline: 6th November 2020 at 9am.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you are interested in working with a charity and can demonstrate relevant experience, please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website. There you will be able to download the full job description and application form. You are not applying at this stage.

Please note: if you have not heard from us by the 13th November please consider your application unsuccessful.

Generate is an equal opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic and creative individuals keen to work as part of a fast moving and forward-thinking team.  This is about enabling all members of our communities to become connected and active in finding and delivering their own solutions, and helping one another to get through the tough times and achieve more.

Title: Co-ordinator
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £25800 pro rata
Contract: Fixed term 6 months
Based: East Durham, travel required

Hartlepool & East Durham Mind, working in partnership with East Durham Trust, have secured funding from the National Lottery for an exciting new project starting later this month: Let’s Connect East Durham.

The project will:

• Offer direct Mental Health & Wellbeing support to those experiencing difficulty as a result of the current COVID-19 situation (directly or indirectly), working in partnership with others to ensure joined up support and opportunities
• Promote and nurture Peer Support work and the development of Mutual Aid groups as a grass roots solution to many of the problems we are experiencing
• Support to organisations in dealing with the many demands on their teams

This post requires intelligence, creativity and compassion.  You will also be a highly organised person with strong planning skills, an excellent communicator able to work with your team to ensure the project is delivered in both spirit and letter.  Strong IT skills would also be an advantage.

You should believe in the ability of people to help and transform themselves and their communities and awareness of asset-based community development would also be helpful. 

You will be a great Team Player with a will to work collectively to achieve more.

About the role

Working closely with the East Durham Trust team including their current Peers, you will build and develop relationship and open up the flow of individuals and organisations that the project will work both for and with.

You will also take on the role of identifying partner organisations whose staff teams would benefit from support to address their own demanding situations.

The turnaround will be swift as this is a Covid-19 response project, so please don't delay in applying.

If you are an active listener, an enthusiastic learner and enjoy the prospect of big challenges where you can make a real difference, please consider applying.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please complete the application form and send it back to us. Please do not send CVs.

Hartlepool and East Durham Mind is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

C4WS Homeless Project (registered charity, no 1189622) provides support to homeless men and women throughout the year through a well-established winter night shelter in Camden, a lunchtime club, Jobs Club, hosting scheme, mentoring scheme and various other activities. We are passionate about helping people rebuild their lives after homelessness and working towards living independently.

We are looking for a full-time Welfare Cordinator to join our small and friendly team.

This role is split with 17.5 hours for coordinating Home From Home and 17.5 hours for case-working with guests in the winter shelter.

• To organise and coordinate the operational delivery of C4WS’s Home From Home hosting scheme
• To manage all Home From Home placements and support guests to achieve positive move-ons into housing
• Recruit new hosts to Home From Home and develop the capacity of the project
• Provide welfare support to guests referred to the winter shelter and work with them to develop and achieve sustainable move-ons into housing
• Continue welfare support to moved-on guests to ensure the transition to independent living is successful
• As part of the Welfare Team, to provide additional welfare support to those in need across all C4WS’s projects
• Manage record keeping for statistics and reports
• Work with external partners and stakeholders to deliver on welfare provision

At Depaul UK have an exciting opportunity for a Youth Homelessness Service Coordinator to join our team on a full time permanent basis. In return you’ll earn a competitive salary of £24,174 pa + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Youth Homelessness Service Coordinator we can offer you:

- Competitive salary
- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance

The Youth Homelessness Service Coordinator role:

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced youth - focused individual to play a key role in the set-up of our new service in Milton Keynes.

We are looking for someone passionate about homeless prevention, committed to the cause, with fantastic experience of working with young people and families and ready to manage a new team.

The post-holder will represent Depaul in this new area and have a knack for quickly and effectively developing key partnerships across the region, ensuring the services are outcomes-focused and effective for young people.

The official job title for the post is Senior Prevention Coordinator. Please refer to the job description for further details.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Youth Homelessness Service Coordinator role?

- Significant experience of working with homeless and vulnerable people in crisis

- Experience supervising staff or volunteers

- Significant experience of taking responsibility for operating safeguarding requirements and procedures

- Excellent experience of working under pressure, finding creative solutions and using own initiative

- Excellent experience of developing productive relationships with partner organisations

Closing date: Monday 02 November 2020 at 12:00 pm

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Youth Homelessness Service Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Home Start Derby Senior Co-ordinator

NJC Scale point 18 – 21 £24,982 - £26,511 per annum (pro rata) 25 hours per week (flexible working available).

Permanent Contract

Home Start Derby is a registered charity supporting families with young children. We believe every child in our community deserves the best start in life.

The role

We are looking for a senior co-ordinator to work as part of a small team based across Derby and parts of Derbyshire. Responsibilities include assessing families and young children’s needs and matching them to volunteers. Supervising, training & supporting volunteers. Liaising with referrers and delivering input to young children and families through scheduled group work and home visiting. As the senior coordinator you will also have a role in caseload management and take a lead on our South Derbyshire operation. A driving license and the willingness to make regular travel for work is a necessity.

The candidate

We want to hear from you if you have parenting experience and an understanding of family’s needs and children’s early years’ development. A sound knowledge of safeguarding practise, ability to work under own initiative, able to motivate others and confident IT skills are expected.

Home Start Derby positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.  

This post is subject to an enhanced CRB check and Social Care checks.