Could you help families through the emotional and practical challenges of having a baby born sick or premature? One in seven babies is born needing care on a neonatal unit, and this isn’t what most parents expect for their baby. Join the leading national charity dedicated to supporting babies, families and the NHS at this critical time.  

Role Summary: 

Part time: 21 hours per week 

Based in London SE1, working at home during the Covid-19 pandemic 

Permanent 

Salary: £30,000 per annum (pro-rata for 21 hours per week, £18,000 actual) 

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 8th March 2021 

Bliss supports parents and families so that we can help babies born sick or premature to have better outcomes and a better quality of life. We do this by helping parents and families to be more confident, less isolated, better informed and more involved in their baby’s care. We provide services via volunteers and directly, via different channels such as email and video call. 

We are looking for someone with the skills and empathy to help us support the families of babies born premature and sick. 

This role will organise and manage a small team to deliver support services delivered via remote platforms (eg. via email) and face to face via volunteers, and work with other Senior Officers and area Leads to help shape our support services. 

We are looking for someone with experience of working with people who have practical and emotional support needs, in the context of delivering support services. You’ll need the ability to understand the needs of parents and families and put these first, so that we can provide high quality support.

For more details, please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert.  

Why work for Bliss? 

We are an equal opportunities employer and take pride in our collaborative and inclusive work culture. We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore aim to offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits. Our benefits include financial, health & wellbeing, lifestyle and career development options: 

• 25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees) 

• Flexible working practices such as flexi-time working hours and time off in lieu (TOIL) 

• Relaxed work life and dress code 

• A contributory Bliss pension scheme 

• Interest free annual season ticket loans 

• Company and statutory sick pay scheme 

• Compassionate leave 

• Time off for volunteering 

• Salary sacrifice schemes (bike to work, payroll giving) 

• Access to 24x7 free Employee Assistance Programme 

• Family friendly policies 

• Learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning 

• Mentoring and coaching 

How to apply  

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents before 9.00am on the 8th March:

• Your CV  

• Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification. This should address all the essential points of the person specification, and is expected to be around 1000-1500 words long. 

• Equal Opportunities Form  

This information is used when shortlisting candidates for interview. 

The first round of interviews is provisionally scheduled for the week commencing 8th March 

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for an interview so if you have not heard from us by 15th March you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful. 

Cairngorms Connect Communications and Involvement Manager (Aviemore)
Reference: FEB20212169
Location: Aviemore
Salary:  £26,212.00 - £29,321.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Annual Leave, Life Assurance
Duration: 32 months
Length of contract:
This is a fixed-term contract from March 2021 – December 2023.
The role is full-time, though we are open to applications for a part-time role, which we would combine with an increased budget for contractors/consultants.

About Cairngorms Connect
Cairngorms Connect is the UK’s biggest habitat restoration project. It is a partnership of neighbouring land managers, committed to a bold and ambitious 200-year vision to enhance habitats, species and ecological processes across a vast area in the Scottish Highlands. Stretching over 600 square kilometres of contiguous land within the Cairngorms National Park.

This is a landscape of ancient woodlands, intersected by sparkling rivers and lochs, that encircle an Arctic-like mountain massif. It is the most extensive and wildest landscape of its type in Britain; there are vast tracts of blanket bog, tranquil wetlands and secret woodland bogs. It is home to plants, insects, birds and mammals that are found in few parts of the UK – the area is home to more than 5,000 recorded species; 20 per cent are nationally rare or scarce.

The Cairngorms Connect partnership is comprised of 4 land managers who, collectively, manage 600sqkm of contiguous land:

• Wildland Limited
• Forestry and Land Scotland
• NatureScot
• RSPB Scotland

The Cairngorms National Park Authority is a supporting partner. The Endangered Landscapes Programme is a major funder of the Cairngorms Connect project.

 The Communications & Involvement Manager will:

• Lead the promotion of Cairngorms Connect – locally, nationally and internationally.
• Champion Cairngorms Connect’s ambitious and exciting vision.
• Celebrate the extraordinary wildlife and habitats of the project area, and our restoration work to benefit them.
• Build understanding and value around the significant ecosystem services arising from the project.
• Promote opportunities for people to get involved – through employment, apprenticeships, volunteering and citizen science.
• Build a vibrant presence in the media, social media, and online.
• Establish a lively internal communications approach, cementing the broad partnership of the project.

If you are an experienced communications professional, with a passion for the environment, this could be the role for you. 

What we need from you:

Essentials

• Committed to, and experience in, delivering high-quality external and internal communications.
• Demonstrable experience of communications, preferably in the context of a partnership, ideally nature conservation.
• Significant & demonstrable experience, of building profile and establishing brand identity
• Able to demonstrate experience in sustaining an active and engaging online presence.
• Experience of working in a large, diverse organisation in the public, private or third sectors.
• A capable communicator with the ability to inspire a partnership approach.
• Experience of working collaboratively with communities and communities of interest.
• Strong writing and report compilation skills.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver ambitious targets.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.

​Desirables

• Significant project management experience & skills.
• People management and team development experience.
• Experience of reputational risk management and mitigation – including, a positive approach to managing controversial issues.
• Experience of managing a budget responsibly, with a regular reporting framework.
• Demonstrable problem solving and dispute resolution skills.
• Experienced in compliance under General Data Protection Regulations.

​Reports:

Reports to: CC Programme Manager
Direct reports: Community Ranger (based at RSPB’s Insh Marshes nature reserve).

Other key links:

• Visitor Operations Manager, Abernethy
• Site Manager at Insh Marshes
• Environment Officer East, Forestry and Land Scotland
• NatureScot Area Warden
• Director Conservation at Wildland Limited
• CC convenor of the CC Communications and Involvement Group
• Communications leads for the CC partners and for the Cairngorms National Park Authority

Workbase during COVID:

Location - Aviemore (NatureScot offices) – but significant working from home will be needed during Covid restrictions.

Whilst funded by the Endangered Landscapes Programme, the post will be employed by RSPB on behalf of the Cairngorms Connect partnership (Wildland Limited, NatureScot, Forestry and Land Scotland, & RSPB Scotland). The post holder will therefore be subject to the RSPB’s terms and conditions.

The Endangered Landscapes Programme offers an exciting vision of hope for the future in which European landscapes are enriched with biodiversity, establishing resilient, more self-sustaining ecosystems that benefit both nature and people.  The programme is funded by Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, and is managed by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.

Expiry date: 23:55, 11 March 2021
We are actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to pull this ad at any time.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Job Title: Service Manager – Learning Disabilities and Autism
Project: Community Connections – Outreach Support & Group Health & Wellbeing activities
Location: South West London
Reports to: Operations Director
Salary: Circa £35000 per year depending on experience

Generate is a charity based in South West London. We have been supporting and helping create opportunities for people with disabilities since 1972. We improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in the community, be active citizens, and reduce reliance on services.

We’re now looking for somebody to lead our adult services. Could this be you?

As Service Manager – Learning Disabilities and Autism, you will be responsible for leading our:

1. Community Connections Outreach Team
2. Group Health & Wellbeing activities
3. Social Opportunities programme

You will make sure that Generate provides high quality, person centred services that match our own standards, national standards, and funder requirements. You will be responsible for the overall management and supervision of the team and service as well as managing the budget.

The kind of person we are looking for is friendly, resourceful, and passionate about supporting the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism. You’ll have experience of advocating for and supporting individuals with learning disabilities in a community setting, combined with demonstrable experience of supportively managing a team of staff.

You will need an understanding of a person-centred approach and how to translate this into practice, as well as awareness of current issues and legislations relating to learning disabilities and autism.

Principles of Generate

1. Generate members will always be at the heart of Generate and at the centre of every decision
2. Generate will dream big to enable people with a learning disability to explore, shape and develop their own futures
3. Generate is committed to having respectful and genuine relationships and will work together with members, clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
4. Generate works to link people with their local communities and support them to maintain their connections
5. The Generate approach is about using and developing our skills, knowledge and experience and engaging our hearts when we work each individual to improve their lives.
6. Generate will empower people with learning disabilities to campaign for their rights

This is a rewarding opportunity to join an organisation that enables and inspires those with learning disabilities and/or autism to discover their passions and connect them with their community.

Closing date 14th March 2021.

For more information about the role and details of how to apply, please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website.

Generate is an equal opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

Our Mission at Age UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent is to make later life better in Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent. Our values underpin everything we do and our desire is to highlight what is positive about age. We are passionate about making Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent great places to grow old in.

We are looking to recruit an experienced person-centred leader who is passionate about delivering services that make a difference to older people’s lives. You will have responsibility of maintaining a high level of service delivery with impressive outcomes. You will lead a team of staff with oversight of each service area, will be highly organised and able to make decisions and use your initiative. The role will also involve monitoring service processes, systems, and workforce capacity to enable us to identify areas for change and improvement.

The purpose of the role is to manage and deliver the day to day operations. Operating across three London boroughs, the team has had to adapt to challenging conditions over the course of the pandemic and is now working to transition back to a new but different ‘normal’. Now we want to go further: to reach more people, to help them to connect with others and build new opportunities, to be even more personalised in our approach, achieving better outcomes whilst also improving quality and user experience.

Areas of delivery currently provided by the service include: Befriending; Good Neighbours service; Clubs, groups and activities; Dementia /CST activities, Community Connect project (including School pen pal scheme); Digital Inclusion.

In the year prior to the pandemic the team supported more than 300 befriending clients, undertook more than 400 Good Neighbour tasks and had more than 10,000 individual attendances at clubs or activities. Since the pandemic the team have adapted to provide not only greater input for shopping and prescriptions in the early stages but also more than 300 monthly activity packs by post and online virtual physical activity and social sessions. This work is supported by more than 200 volunteers.

The opportunities to make a difference are huge. If you think so too and think you have what it takes to be successful as Community & Social Wellbeing Services Manager, we are keen to hear from you.

Age UK HHB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. 

Age UK HHB is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

We offer a range of benefits including 26 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, a competitive pension with employer contribution of 5%, a health plan and 5 days per year commitment to learning and development.

One Million Mentors’ 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 facilitating and investing in mentors will help to address the skills gap agenda and improve social cohesion.

The Greater Manchester Regional Manager will be responsible for the programme delivery in the Manchester area, laying the foundations for strong mentor relationships by matching mentees with mentors who have similar goals and interests,  being an effective face for One Million Mentors in the region, fundraising and leading the expansion of 1MM across Greater Manchester, establishing key partnerships with local employers.

For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.

Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.

Help us to support more bright, ambitious young people to obtain careers with leading employers!

Here at Leadership Through Sport and Business we are going through an exciting period of growth and have ambitious plans to diversify the career paths we offer to reach more young people who face disadvantage.

To support the next phase of our growth, we are recruiting 4 new Careers Development Managers.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who can help us to support young people in particular locations and may be based in or have significant knowledge of one of these locations: Bristol, Edinburgh, Greater Manchester, and London.

About the Careers Development Manager Role

We’re looking for someone to manage and develop cohorts of young people, aged 16 – 24. We are seeking someone who will be a role model and inspire young people. The successful candidate will have a proven commitment to improving the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with a good understanding of social mobility, diversity and inclusion issues. The main focus will be the development of young people into meaningful careers.

For more information, please see the attached job description for the Careers Development Manager role.

About LTSB

Leadership Through Sport & Business is a social mobility charity, operating programmes around the UK. Our vision is a world where all young people can flourish regardless of their background. We work with bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they find meaningful, skilled careers – and firms get positive, effective employees who can make a difference from their first day.

To read more about our work and the impact we make, please see our latest Impact Report (attached). 

Application Process

To apply, please click apply to visit our recruitment page, follow the instructions and upload your CV and covering letter when prompted to attach documents.

Before applying, please ensure that you full read the job description and person specification.

Your application should clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful applicant will be required to apply for a DBS Disclosure at enhanced level. Our partner organisations may also require LTSB to carry out additional pre-employment screening checks on successful candidates.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis as suitable applications are received. LTSB reserves the right to close the vacancy early, should a suitable candidate be appointed.

We’re Association for Project Management (APM). We’re a professional membership organisation that sets the standards for the project profession. As a registered charity, we reinvest our surplus for the benefit of our members and the profession. We deliver education and develop qualifications. We conduct research and provide knowledge and resources. We run events and share best practice. We give people the opportunity to connect and provide community for our individual members and corporate partners, wherever they are. Above all, when doing so makes a difference, we challenge the status quo.

A vacancy has arisen, within APM, for a Head of Public Affairs.  Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer you will be entrusted with APM’s influencing and public affairs strategy by taking a lead on ensuring APM is recognised as a leading professional body and the “Voice of the Profession”.

By helping to shape the public affairs agenda and raise awareness and understanding of the value of project management, you will aim to raise our profile with key influencers. You will be a credible ambassador for APM, role modelling our values and helping to establish us as the go-to authoritative voice on all issues concerning project management.

You will also be responsible for leading the research function in delivering high quality academic research which supports the development of the profession as well as contributing to APM strategy development giving an external perspective to the process.

Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal is key to the success of this role.  You will be responsible for producing government submissions and communicating public affairs work internally and to diverse stakeholders from the public, private and voluntary sectors, academia and within government.

In this role, occasionally you will be required to travel and attend meetings outside of normal hours.

Experience

• Good track record of stakeholder management at senior levels across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
• Demonstrable experience of working in public policy, public affairs, public relations, or political work.
• Demonstrable ability in building business and strategically rewarding partnerships.
• Credibility with the profession and with senior stakeholders.

Skills

• Ability to conduct executive level presentations and facilitate group discussions.
• Proven negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Exemplary influencing skills at all levels of an organisation with the ability to maintain and extend stakeholder and customer relationships and to analyse and provide advice on complex issues.
• Possesses a commitment to stakeholder focus and relationship management to achieve the best outcomes.
• An effective networker and influencer.

Why APM?

APM is chartered. We’re the only chartered organisation representing the project profession, anywhere in the world. We know that better project delivery is about achieving your desired outcome. We believe that doing so is about so much more than process alone. We’re champions of the new. There has never been a more important time for debate, so naturally we’re at the heart and helm of that too. In a complex and shifting world, we’re helping the project profession deliver better. 

If you are interested in this opportunity and feel you have the necessary attributes, skills and expertise for the role, please send your CV and a covering letter. The closing date Friday 26th February @ 9am.

For information please visit our website.

Main benefits at APM:

• 25 days holiday (excluding all public holidays). This increases with length of service – by one day after four years’ service, then another day every other year, to a max of 30 days per year).
• Private healthcare and dental cover is available after completion of six-month probationary period. APM pays the premium for the employee. This becomes a 'benefit in kind’.
• Pension scheme offered in line with auto enrolment. APM can contribute up to 8% of your salary depending on your own contribution. APM will contribute a minimum 6% of your salary. The pension scheme is available as a salary sacrifice.
• There is a sick pay scheme which pays up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) full pay for sickness absence in a rolling 12 months period, payable after probationary period.
• Life assurance at four times the salary.
• Salary sacrifice schemes – cycle to work scheme, additional annual leave (up to 10 days), and pension scheme.
• Free parking – this is not guaranteed.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Performance Related Pay (PRP) scheme. The discretionary bonus will take account of individual performance as well as APM’s overall financial performance
• One volunteering day per year
• Open to flexible working options (Job role specific)

Youth Programme Manager

Y’s Girls Peer Mentoring Development

£25,000 - £26,000

37.5 hours per week

If you are looking for a meaningful job, a caring, progressive work environment and an opportunity to reach your fullest potential, consider a career with the YMCA.

We are seeking individuals who are inspired by playing an important role in changing people’s lives and therefore communities. We are all about creating inspirational pathways and opportunities, opening doors and welcoming all to get involved and make a positive difference. Working with us means helping children, young people and families at all levels of ability, from all walks of life, to develop their self-esteem and potential in new ways.

Job  Purpose

This is an exciting new post developing  and delivering our Youth Peer Mentoring Programmes across the YMCA and taking them to the next level so we can reach more young people and impact on their lives.

The post is part of a new national Y’s Girls Mentoring programme and will involve working closely with colleagues in YMCA England & Wales, YMCA Scotland and those other YMCAs across the UK who are delivering the programme.  It will also involve working locally with colleagues in social work, police and education to develop mentoring pathways and community engagement.

The post holder will recruit, train and support a team of volunteer mentors (over 18’s) to prevent vulnerable young girls from developing mild to moderate mental health difficulties by engaging them in a range of positive activities. You will engage with other professionals in joint agency referral, support and evaluation processes and will work with other service providers to provide diversion and prevention opportunities to the client group.

You will work closely with our Peer Mentoring Schools programmes proving line management to the Youth Worker delivering these creating pathways for young people between programmes.

A working week of 37.5 hours, this will involve delivery after school and early evenings two to three times per week. 

• To the successful candidate we offer:
• Flexible working environment
• Opportunities to apply for other internal roles
• An opportunity to work for a company who offer on-going development within your role
• The post holder must be aware of equal opportunity principles and comply with the YMCA’s equal opportunity procedures.
• Job Share will also be considered 

Closing date for the role is 9:00am on Monday 1st March 2021 Applications received after this time will not be considered.

1st stage interviews Thursday 4th March

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving, we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage, if you have not been contacted within 5 days of the closing date then please presume that you have not been successful 

Do you have what it takes to engage, inspire and enable students across the UK, to take action to welcome refugees by volunteering in their local communities?

One of the key ways STAR makes a difference is by recruiting, training and supporting student volunteers to partner with local refugee charities and provide direct support to refugees and people seeking asylum in the community through projects like English Conversation Clubs to homework clubs, football clubs and university open days.  

STAR is looking for an experienced Volunteer Coordinator, ideally with frontline experience of working with refugees and people seeking asylum, to join our small and friendly team. You’ll be responsible for working with students & local charities to develop and deliver useful & well-run projects that are in the best interests of refugees. You will provide the student leaders and volunteers with expert advice, guidance and training and connect them with great partner organisations.

Summary

This six-month project role is pivotal in helping Diabetes UK meet our mission over the next five years. You will be responsible for delivering a multi-channel brand marketing campaign, which helps us to connect emotionally with the millions of people affected by, and at risk of diabetes in the UK. You'll work within the marketing and communications department as the lynchpin of the campaign, inspiring colleagues and activating opportunities that help us reach the millions that need us now more than ever, ensuring we make a bigger impact through our work. You'll collaborate with a passionate team of specialists across a range of disciplines to create a powerful and distinctive creative campaign, which wins both hearts and minds.

Due to the nature of the role requirement, we will only be able to consider candidates with flexibility to begin contract no later than 12 April 2021.

Interview Date: 5 March 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

This role is responsible for delivering an inspiring integrated, multi-channel brand marketing campaign from creative concept to evaluation - a first of its kind for Diabetes UK.

We're looking for someone that's experienced in campaign management from end to end; managing creative development and production, marketing planning, integrated delivery, communication and optimisation.

You'll be a key member of the Brand & Creative team but work remotely (most likely) with a huge range of internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with colleagues to maximise the value of engagement through excellent supporter journeys and innovative activation.

You'll be able to ruthlessly prioritise opportunities to ensure we put our effort where it matters most, whilst ensuring the campaign seamlessly integrates with existing communication and operational projects across the Diabetes UK portfolio.

You'll know exactly how to engage our beneficiaries and partners alike, and be able to empower them with tools that help us reach millions more than through media alone.

Ideal Candidate

This is a short-term role and diabetes is a complicated condition - it's important that you're able to absorb new information quickly and adapt to changing and emerging priorities.

You will be an experienced marketer or brand manager, with a proven ability to bring together people and ideas to create compelling stories across multiple paid, owned and earned channels. An adept project manager, you'll be able to manage deadlines and competing priorities with ease, meeting challenges with a proactive and calm approach.

You'll know how to collaborate effectively, bringing together people with different skills and experiences to add value, whilst driving the project with momentum and motivating those around you with a common goal.

A confident communicator, you'll enjoy bringing both creative ideas as well as complex data to life for a variety of audiences, ensuring high engagement and buy-in from your stakeholders.

Most of all, you'll be as passionate as we are about making a tangible difference for millions of people living with or at risk of diabetes, by bringing our purpose to life, helping to turn awareness into action for a future where diabetes does no harm.

Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. We are working in partnership with Birmingham City Council and need an energetic, and imaginative person to coordinate things for us.

You will lead the Birmingham Community Micro-enterprise Project which is supporting local entrepreneurial people and community organisations to offer new and creative care and support options for people with a disability. A range of creative options will help people to get the support they need to live the life they want.

To do this job you must:

• Understand the world of care - but maybe feel it could do with a bit of a shake up!
• Be a real people person - able to work well with all sorts of folks with confidence.
• Instinctively make connections - and join up dots that are sometimes less than obvious.
• Be able to spot what people are good at and nurture it.

Have a look at our website and the job description and person specification for more information about us and the job. You will be employed by Community Catalysts – with a combination of working both virtually and having an actual presence in Birmingham when appropriate. This is a maternity cover 11 month contract.

Closing date for applications is 5.00pm on 26th February 2021 and interviews will take place on 12th March 2021 virtually.

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.

A new opportunity at CPSL Mind to be part of an exciting new Perinatal service working with Muslim communities in Peterborough.

Perinatal Service Project Worker (Muslim communities)
Based in Peterborough, home-based initially
22.5 – 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)
2 year fixed term contract
£21,589 Per Annum - Full Time Equivalent
NJC Salary Scale Point 12 (April 2019)

CPSL Mind is a progressive and expanding mental health charity, working across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire.

We are looking for enthusiastic, committed and passionate Perinatal Project Workers to join our team. You will be delivering an exciting new Perinatal mental health service, which is being specifically designed for Muslim women during pregnancy and new motherhood.

We know that women from Muslim communities are disproportionately less likely to access community perinatal mental health services. For this reason, we are seeking to re-design our highly successful ‘Connecting Mums’, peer support and one to one perinatal services so that they meet the specific needs of the Muslim community, both practically and culturally.

The successful post holder will have experience in working with people on a one to one basis and/or in a group setting, excellent group facilitation skills and an in-depth knowledge of Islamic practices and traditions. You should be passionate about promoting positive mental health, have excellent verbal communication skills and have an understanding of how perinatal mental health issues can affect Muslim women and their families.

This post requires a female applicant from the Muslim community and is therefore exempt under section 158 of the Equality Act 2010.

Closing date: Monday 15th March 2021 10am
Interviews: Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th March 2021

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Please read the person specification and job description for details and relate to the person specification in your application.

We will only accept complete applications, which should include: Application Form, Covering Letter and your completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring form. 

We are an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies please. 

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.
 
This is an exciting time to join the charity as we transition to our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  
 
This role is going to be key part in providing an impactful service offer for the charity. Working closely with the local community services team, the post holder will provide first class support for a network of volunteers across Teeside. You’ll recruit, train and match volunteers as well as provide ongoing support through 1:1 sessions and group events.  
 
Independent Age is passionate about connecting people, places and services together to combat loneliness. The ideal candidate will need to have a person-centred approach with outstanding organisational skills. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a kind, welcoming, responsive approach, with the ability to have active listening skills.
 
The ideal candidate will have:

•  Experience of managing or supporting a network of volunteers
• Knowledge of the design of volunteer roles that meet a broad range of people’s needs
• Experience of arranging events
• The willingness and ability to travel around your area
• A good level of IT and administrative skills
• The ability to work flexibly some evenings and weekends

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
 
This role is home based in the Teesside area.
 
We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and creating an environment where we can ALL be ourselves
 
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and this role will require an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.
 
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 March.
 
To apply, please visit our website to submit a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with an up to date CV.

Learning through Landscapes is delighted to announce securing funding from the Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery funds which has allowed us to continue our extremely popular Local School Nature Grants project working with schools and early years settings across the UK.  We are now in a position to be able to recruit for 4 x part-time Training and Development officers to work in the London region, Central Scotland, South and West Wales, and the East of England. 

The Training and Development Officer will be responsible for the development and delivery of training to those interested in the use of school grounds for biodiversity projects, sustainability projects and other learning and play programmes. This will include teachers, support staff, governors, parents, early years practitioners and school grounds professionals, and will involve a significant amount of travel within their designated region with the possibility of occasional work in other areas of the UK.

The post holder will deliver training using existing training modules and resources and will also be required to develop training materials for early years settings, new events and workshops.

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