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Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) in the UK, and with the Senior Programme Coordinator, the Regional Thematic Specialists (RTS) and other relevant Divisions/Departments/Units at Headquarters, the Donor Relations Specialist will be responsible for supporting the donor liaison and external relations work in IOM UK. The postholder will support the CoM in all areas of donor liaison. The postholder will also support project development and management activities.
For more details about this role and how to apply, please visit our website: https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/careers
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Exciting Opportunity!!! If you have experience working with young people in a youth work setting and you would like the opportuntiy to open and develop the KFC Youth Foundation's first youth hub in Middlesbrough we want to hear from you NOW!
We are opening our first Youth Hub in Middlesbrough this summer. It is our intention to deliver open access youth services with a particular focus around food education, employment and food aid, by creating a training kitchen and cafe.
Our core values are to empower young people to take control of their lives and make positive changes for themselves and to create viable career opportunities for youth workers. We want to be champions for change, leading the way in making youth work a credible profession and providing a platform and a voice for young people and youth workers, by offering Youth Work Apprenticeships and Training. We know that the power of change comes from the ability to collaborate, so we want to work with trusted partners to execute our shared goal of supporting young people to fulfil their potential.
What will you be doing?
Ahead of the KFC Youth Foundation Hub opening you will be feet on the ground in Middlesbrough during the development of the Youth Hub to opening, supporting with the recruitment of youth workers and hub employees, engaging and recruiting young people and co-designing opening programming and the opening of the hub.
Service Delivery & Partnership
- Responsible for the management and preparation(s) of programme delivery - play and youth work and early help provision onsite, that meets the needs of children, young people and families including through direct and partnership delivery with third sector providers.
- Develop and maintain the support needed for a varied 7-day programme of term-time and holiday youth provision (open access and targeted); inclusive of sports, arts, cultural and recreational activity that promotes the development of physical and emotional well-being
- You will have a local knowledge and be able to develop a meaningful dialogue with children, young people and families, with the purpose of assessing their needs and creating services to meet them.
- Establish an inclusive culture within the youth hub; where all are welcome and supported to participate, and where respect, honesty, and trust enables children and young people to thrive.
- Develop initiatives and partnerships to build strong links with the local community and support the growth of positive perceptions of children, young people and their families.
- Implementing methods for observable or measurable indicators of success.
- Organise regular outreach to facilitate the involvement of children, young people from across the ward and borough; targeting those who have had little contact with services and may be hard to engage.
- Work with other key agencies to manage risk.
Leadership
- Ensure all staff are aware of practice standards, expectations and timescales, and establishing a culture of responsibility and accountability building trust, good morale and teamwork.
- Manage service area delivery in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity and collaborative working; ensuring that all youth workers and hub employees are aware of the requirement to deliver non-discriminatory services and to promote greater equity for disadvantaged groups.
- Consistently promote and apply the KFCYF policies and standards in managing employee sickness absence, unsatisfactory performance, conduct, discipline, and grievances, and customer complaints according to the Foundation’s policies.
- Support the recruitment and induction of staff and carrying out regular supervision and annual performance appraisals for line reports.
- Take responsibility for staff timetables, rotas, and annual leave; arranging and authorising any necessary staff cover that may be required.
- Take authority for expenditure for events and activities within established KFCYF financial processes and accounting for all budget spending as required.
- Ensure that KFCYF policy and procedures for health and safety are adhered to and that all equipment is maintained, taking action as necessary to ensure compliance.
- Ensure risk assessments are carried out for the premises, activities and services and updated as and when necessary.
- Ensure regular health and safety audits are carried out and that any areas of non-compliance are quickly rectified.
Administration
- Oversee the keeping of accurate and up to date records of attendance data and other management information as required.
- Maintain records of interventions; keeping files current, well organised, and able to provide concise and accurate information for the Foundation on outcomes achieved.
- Prepare and present quarterly reports for the review of the Foundation Manager/ Trustees
What we'd love from you?
- A personal commitment to the KFC Youth Foundation’s mission to help young people achieve their potential and our ambition to become a delivery organisation
- Experience of managing and delivering open access and targeted youth work/ youth participation programmes
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- A satisfactory DBS check at enhanced level is required.
Desirable
- Understanding of RPA duties, apprenticeships and support for non-engaged young people in employment pathways.
- A professional or occupational qualification; in Youth Work, Teaching, Health or social work is required.
- Experience of managing and delivering a range of preventative programmes focussed on improving education, health or youth crime reduction outcomes, including restorative solutions.
- Knowledge of accreditation programmes and experience of curriculum development and implementation
- Knowledge and experience of youth participation legislation, strategies and methods
- Experience of safer volunteer recruitment programmes.
- First Aid qualification
Experience
- Experience of successfully managing service change and development with evidenced outcomes for users.
- Experience of managing within an urban and ethnically diverse context and developing and delivering appropriate services.
- Experience in working on an inter-agency basis.
- Ability to motivate and empower staff so as to build effective teams and relationships, trust, good morale and teamwork.
- Experience of planning and leading programmes of informal education in large and small group settings
- A strong track record of developing and embedding a performance management culture with a clear development focus, including translating strategic plans into individual and team objectives.
- Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of key agencies working with young people, including their statutory responsibilities and the ability to maintain effective communication and working relationships with all partners.
- Ability to initiate and maintain effective communication and working relationships with a relevant range of people and organisations
- Ability to work with children and young people who present challenging behaviour
- Ability to plan and implement programmes for disabled young people and those with SEN
Strategic Thinking and Planning
- Able to demonstrate a track record of strategic planning and the delivery of high-quality customer focused services.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to devise strategies for service delivery and improvement and translate them into realisable plans.
- Able to influence widely, achieve solid buy in from staff, colleagues, and officials across the Foundation, external partners and all stakeholders.
Financial Management
- A proven ability to manage expenditure budget to the standard required by the Foundation, while delivering high quality value for money services.
- Able to manage, support and direct service delivery by members and projects from inception to implementation within budget and within set timescales.
- Financial sustainability – including business development and income generation.
The KFC Youth Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity.
The KFC Youth Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
About the KFC Youth Foundation
The KFC Youth Foundation is the corporate foundation that was setup in 2015 and is financially supported by KFC UK&I. The KFC Youth Foundation is a charity.
Since its inception the KFC Youth Foundation has made donations and grants of more than £8m. In 2021 we became a community grant maker, offering grants of up to £2,500 to grass roots organisations working with young people in their communities. Organisations who share the passion we have for developing young people. Since setting up the programme we have made grants to a value of £351,570, supporting 10,271 young people.
But we aren’t ones to rest on our laurels and over the last 18 months we have been developing a strategy to transform ourselves into a service delivery organisation. It is our ambition to create KFC Youth Foundation Hubs; amazing spaces with awesome youth workers that allow young people who most need it, to feel safe and secure.
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Vista changes lives. We are the leading local charity working with children and adults affected by sight loss and are looking for a candidate with strong charity finance and board governance experience to join our team.
You are all the things a good FD should be, with extensive experience of working at a senior level in the charity sector which has taught you how to support colleagues at all levels. You have a good head for governance, are naturally patient and systematic and want a board-level role that allows you to make a genuine impact on people’s lives.
As Director of Finance and Governance you will also be our Company Secretary and DPO, supporting the CEO and Board of Trustees to ensure that Vista is fully compliant with all regulatory requirements.
Vista is going through a period of change and service development so we are looking for someone who is willing to embrace this and has the requisite imagination and foresight to thrive in this environment.
Benefits: 31 days annual leave (pro-rota for part time), inclusive of bank holidays, plus your birthday off as a gift from Vista; extended maternity/paternity leave; full training for the role; flexible and hybrid working; excellent health benefits; free and unlimited access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic and are an equal opportunity employer. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with disabilities including visual impairment, and we encourage applications from such people who are under-represented in our workforce and face disadvantage on account of disability. All candidates will be treated equally, and we will base decisions on appointments on the merits of the candidates.
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Operations Director & Community Minister – Oasis Hub Waterloo
(a charity and church committed to community transformation)
Permanent, full-time post, 40 hours per week, inclusive of breaks
Salary: £44,320 per annum (Including London Weighting)
Oasis exists to create healthy thriving communities and reduce exclusion, through a holistic and Christ-centred approach to community development and social innovation. Our work is centred in local communities where we provide education; youth, children and families work; and community services.
We have an exciting opportunity to join Oasis Hub Waterloo, adding strategic leadership capacity to the Hub and holding the vision of Christ-centred community development, together with the Executive Director & Senior Minister.
We are looking to appoint an experienced, dynamic leader to work with the present Executive Director & Senior Minister on the leadership of Oasis Church Waterloo, on HR, team development and leadership, and on the Hub budget/finance strategy.
Alongside the Executive Director & Senior Minister, they will also have a focus on developing Oasis Church Waterloo, including developing and leading church services, nurturing discipleship, pastoral care, involving children and young people, and bringing creativity to our church activities. They will also have great interpersonal skills, be passionate about creating opportunity, will be entrepreneurial, innovative, and fully committed to the ethos, values and aims of Oasis.
What’s in it for you?
· A chance to work with a great team of passionate, supportive and holistically-minded advisors and community workers.
· The opportunity to make a real difference, materially improving people’s lives and impacting the local community.
· The chance to get involved in the wider life of Oasis Hub Waterloo, including community events and staff gatherings.
You will receive the support of a fantastic team of professionals in the community. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
· A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution.
· A generous holiday allowance.
· Flexible working where possible, with family friendly policies
Key responsibilities:
· Alongside the Executive Director & Senior Minister, providing strategic oversight and development of the community team and church.
· Operational management, including wider team systems, policies and procedures.
· Financial management.
· Risk management.
· Governance.
· Support the Executive Director & Senior Minister to lead the life of the congregation of Oasis Church Waterloo.
The successful post holder must have:
· Experience of leading community delivery.
· Experience of working for/being on the leadership team of a church.
· Experience of growing projects from the initial start-up phase through to maturity.
· Ability to act strategically and to be involved in direct delivery.
· Recent experience of working with young people and communities.
· Experience of strategic management within a school, statutory, voluntary or commercial organisation.
If you are interested in being part of this fantastic project and want to know more or for an application pack, please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs Website. We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. In accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to be a committed Christian, as you will be expected to lead in some church community activities as part of your role.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am Friday 31 May, 2024.
Interviews will take place in Waterloo on either Thursday 6th or Friday 7th June, 2024.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
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New Horizon Youth Centre runs a busy day centre from Monday to Friday, providing basic needs to young people experiencing homelessness and a one-stop-shop for housing advice, youth work activities, counselling, jobs, education and training support. The Services Manager (Day Centre) is a brand new role for the organisation. They will work as part of the existing Youth Work Team to provide vital additional capacity and expertise to respond to the significantly increased demand we have been experiencing. This role is primarily focused on delivering our frontline day centre service each week. You will spend around 2-3 days per week frontline as our Duty Manager ensuring the smooth running of the day centre. You’ll also be responsible for coordinating our weekly rota, line managing the team, overseeing our Locums, Students and Volunteers programme, supporting with donations and day centre stock, and delivering staff training . You should be passionate about supporting young people who are unsafe or facing homelessness, be able to motivate a multi-disciplinary team of staff and have the energy to problem solve in a fast-paced environment on a daily basis.
Salary: £37,024 - £41,600
Closing Date: 10am, 3rd June 2024
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New Horizon Youth Centre has been commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as part of an Alliance with Safer London, St Giles Trust and the Anna Freud Centre to deliver on their Children and Young People’s Violence and Exploitation and Reduction support service. The commission will run from June 2024 for three years. As part of this, an additional service will be set up within the NHYC Youth Justice team specifically to deliver on the Alliance contract. The Services Manager will be the key operational lead for the Alliance, and oversee successful delivery of housing casework services to young people fleeing violence and exploitation who are referred in. You should have experience of working in services that support young people fleeing violence or who are impacted by the criminal justice system, and have a solid understanding of housing options for young people under 25. You should be exceptionally well organised and have excellent partnership management skills.
Salary: £37,024 - £41,600
Closing Date: 10am 31st May 2024
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