Join a team which has unique expertise combining the power of journalism and the law to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights.

For more than 35 years, we have promoted the highest standards in journalism by training reporters around the world to cover issues relevant to their local context, accurately and impartially. Today, we work to strengthen local and national journalism, improve media ethics, standards and regulation, combat misinformation, and explore and shape the future of the profession. We do this through newsroom consultancy, journalism training and mentoring, capacity-building, and via our funding of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

We provide support to journalists and independent media outlets to produce and distribute high quality journalism in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

We are seeking a highly organised project coordinator with excellent organisational skills and good people skills to work on our media development programme Wealth of Nations. This programme supports African media to report on and investigate illicit financial flows and the abuse of tax laws. The programme sits within the Foundation’s Media Development team, which runs a range of programmes aiming to foster the highest standards of journalism worldwide.

The ideal candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to be proactive on tasks, be able to communicate effectively and have good problem-solving skills. You will be able to juggle multiple demands to support the programme, arranging logistics, providing administrative support, ensuring all records are kept up to date and financial data is kept on track and logged. You will also lead the set-up of a new coordinating mechanism to build relationships between participating journalists and relevant experts as well as organisations (policy, academia, government, civil society groups, international bodies from key African focus regions and globally) and facilitate participating journalists’ access to relevant sources for their reporting. You will be working on Microsoft Outlook and Excel as well as in Salesforce to ensure our contact databases are up-to-date. Occasional travel may be required across the continent.

Please note, this is a fixed-term contract until December 2022.

About the Role

As a Project Coordinator at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:

• Provide logistical support for remote and in-person activities including workshops and mentoring schemes
• Coordinate activities with WON project team members, internal functions (finance, comms, etc.) external contractors and partner organisations across Africa
• Monitor programme finances in collaboration with colleagues in the team
• Keep track of programme outputs and examples of impact, and contribute to report writing
• Maintain the alumni network of journalists involved in the programme
• Perform data capture and maintain database records
• Support knowledge capture, ensuring that we document our networks, relationships and ongoing conversations systematically
• Research potential collaborators for our coordinating mechanism and act as first point of contact for enquiries, coordinating a response and involving other members of the team as appropriate, and facilitate collaboration
• Build our network and relationships across media, policy, academia, government, civil society groups, international bodies from key African focus areas and globally for our coordinating mechanism
• Participate in designated meetings with external stakeholders, conferences and events and feed back information to the team
• Assist with other duties or work on other programmes, as required

To be our Project Coordinator, you will likely have:

• At least 3 years’ working experience
• A Bachelor’s Degree in international development, international relations, journalism, media studies or related field
• Prior experience in a relevant role building relationships across organisations with common goals, and working constructively with a diverse range of people
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work with changing priorities and time pressures
• High motivation with ability to work independently or in a team environment
• A pro-active self-starting and problem-solving attitude, including paying attention to detail and being good on follow-through
• Excellent organisational skills, and the ability to create and maintain a systematic, process-driven approach to outreach and relationship management
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively
• with people from different cultures and backgrounds and ability to influence others
• Experience of administrative or finance processes and excellent numerical skills
• Competency in Word, Teams, Outlook and Excel. Experience with databases (e.g. Salesforce) would be an advantage
• Fluency in English
• The right to live and work in Kenya

It would be useful (but not essential), if you also have:

• Understanding of journalism and media capacity building
• Existing networks and links with media outlets across Africa
• Existing networks and links with NGOS, academia, government working on tax justice issues
• Understanding of the key institutions and policy actors working on illicit finance, and of current issues and arguments around illicit financial flows and tax justice
• Experience working effectively as part of a remote team on collaborative initiatives
• Advanced reading, writing, and speaking ability in French

What’s in it For You

At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair and informed.
• A Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class; we combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.
• Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
• Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
• Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.

About Thomson Reuters Foundation

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.

Project Coordinator

Department of Clinical Research

Salary: £35,377 to £40,611
Closing Date: Monday 27 September 2021
Reference: ITD-CRD-2021-17

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. 

We are seeking to appoint a Project Coordinator for the International Centre for Eye Health. This is an exciting new role coordinating projects which strive to improve eye health worldwide.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing proactive financial, logistical and administrative support from set up to closure across a number of complex research and education projects in collaboration with managers, researchers and educators based in London, with activities at a number of overseas locations.  

Specifically, the post-holder will support the management of a new grant named ‘Early diagnosis and Intervention for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in West Africa’ funded by Velux Stiftung. In addition, they will coordinate several ongoing projects helping with procurement, logistics, contracting and financial management. 

Part of the role will also involve helping to build the portfolio of projects therefore the role holder will need to have strong financial skills and experience of developing budgets and funding applications.

The successful applicant must be educated to degree level or equivalent and have substantial relevant experience of providing proactive administrative support in Higher Education (or similar environment) and working closely with academic staff members, have strong administrative, financial and organisational skills and an ability to assess priorities in order to manage workload and deadlines effectively. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 10 October 2022. The post is funded by Velux Stiftung and other eye health charities with possibility of extension depending on available funding. The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale Grade 5 in the range £35,377 - £40,611 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Applications should be made on-line via our website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.

Can you help us provide an outstanding short breaks service for children in Oxfordshire?

Do you have a passion for providing children with disabilities and additional needs a fun, nurturing and caring place to play?

Barnardo's Star Breaks is seeking to recruit a qualified Activity Co-ordinator who shares our enthusiasm , commitment , and vision to provide an outstanding service and embed Barnardo's basis and values in all we do.

Star Breaks provides a range of short breaks for children with disabilities , including holiday activity days and after school clubs. Short break care gives children and young people an opportunity to have fun, share experiences and socialize outside their home life.

Barnardo's is a busy, positive, and rewarding place to work . Every day is different and the Activity Co-ordinator has a critical role within our team, working with the team manager and session leader to co-ordinate and run activities safely.

We are looking someone who enjoys the rewards of working with children and young people and has experience in an early years, child care or similar setting. Experience working with children with disabilities or additional needs is desirable . You will:

* Work with the team to plan and run fun, stimulating and safe short breaks activities for small groups of children and young people.
* Lead activities and support and supervise other members of staff.
* Keep records and communicate with partners agencies and parents.
* Support children and young people's personal care and be comfortable administering medication (once training has been provided).
* Work with the team manager to plan for and support children who exhibit behaviours that challenge .
* Nurture a safe environment within sessions and build children 's skills and confidence .
* Work with parents and key professionals to understand the approaches and activities that best meets each child 's needs.
* Work within Barnardo's safeguarding policies and procedures.

Qualification : To meet Ofsted requirements , you must hold a minimum of a level 3 qualification in childcare or play work . An equivalent NNEB, nursing or teaching qualification is also suitable. If you want to discuss your qualification with us before applying for the role , please get in touch.

Work base: You will be based in one of our delivery sites (Witney or Abingdon) and the ability and willingness to travel within Oxfordshire to meet parents, carers, children and professionals from time to time is essential.

Applying for the role : To understand more about the Activity Co-ordinator role , please refer to the Additional Information Sheet and Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert.

Working hours: The role is offered at 37 hours per week. If you wish to discuss the hours available , please contact us before you apply.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements .

Yellow Submarine is an award winning charity, supporting people with additional needs and their families. Search ‘Yellow Submarine Charity’ online to learn more. We have an opportunity for a new team member to join us as an Activity Manager – Adults, taking the lead on our adults’ social activities delivering our evening social clubs and activity days during the school holidays. If you want the opportunity to join a small but friendly team, where you’ll get to see the impact of the charity’s work first-hand, this is the job for you. This role will involve delivering and developing our adults’ social activities offer; the successful applicant requires exceptional organisational ability and should have a proactive nature, as well as a willingness to support and get involved in Yellow Submarine’s activities. A sense of fun is a must!

The role will oversee, deliver and develop our adults’ social activities as well as supporting with other programmes across the organisation, in particular our residential holidays for adults. The successful applicant requires exceptional organisational ability, experience of managing groups of vulnerable adults and/or young people, the ability to manage and support other staff and volunteers, as well as willingness to support and get involved across the charity. They must be flexible, have the ability to solve issues whilst being responsive to the needs of the organisation and the needs of our members. They must work with colleagues across Yellow Submarine to ensure continuity of programmes. 

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

The Dementia Service empowers and supports individuals and families from all backgrounds living across the Rochdale Borough. The project aims to increase access to appropriate services and provide support at the right time working towards tailoring dementia care services to ethnically diverse Communities.

The Dementia Activities Wellbeing Coordinator will work primarily with those experiencing memory loss, those living with Dementia, their carers and families, working in collaboration with Bounce Back providers, external agencies and stakeholders (including health, social services and other voluntary sector providers). They will provide activities, advice and improved access to information, guidance and support to those experiencing memory loss, those living with Dementia, carers and families, aiming to reach those groups who tend not to engage in mainstream services, during the pre and post diagnostic process.

The service will offer a person-centred approach helping carers to focus on their own mental health and wellbeing, and enhance their independence, so they are able to identify their own needs, gain a greater level of independence and access appropriate services.

The Dementia Activities Wellbeing Coordinator will work in partnership with organisations to review and identify challenges and barriers to accessing/providing support.  Identify and implement appropriate models/methods of support and good practice to promote and facilitate improved quality of life for people experiencing memory loss and living with dementia.

Specific aims and objectives of the Service include:

• Seeking and accepting referrals for those presenting symptoms of dementia or have a diagnosis of dementia, and need help with accessing services/organisations that can provide the type of support required.
   
• Develop a proactive approach in reaching those who need the support who may not be aware of the Dementia Service, or may be regarded as “hidden”.
   
• Working with those experiencing memory loss, living with dementia, carers and family members to assess their individual needs, support them in accessing relevant information using appropriate methods of communication, and in community languages if required, within an established timescale.
   
• Maintain accurate, up to date client support plans and client records. 
   
• Work with individuals, carers and/or family members to establish an exit strategy and were appropriate signposting them to other, more appropriate services.
   
• Take responsibility for liaising with relevant statutory and voluntary services, providing a wrap-around service for individuals, carers and/or family members to ensure they are able to access a clear pathway of services in meeting their needs.
   
•  Develop networks with partner organisations who also work in the field of dementia, mental health, disabilities, benefits and income advice, including Primary and Secondary care, Adult Social Care and health and welfare organisations, with the aim of empowering individuals to make informed choices.
   
• Take responsibility for representing the needs of people with memory loss, living with dementia and their carers via drop-in sessions, attendance at local forums, events and conferences.
   
• Identify areas of need and service development to maximise the availability of local resources and to facilitate access to services.
   
• Work with the Dementia Wellbeing Services Team at Rochdale and District Mind and partner organisations in raising awareness of Dementia, the impact it has on individuals, carers and/or families and the support available in the Borough.
   
• Provide strategies and explore educational pathways to increase the knowledge and understanding of carers and/or families around dementia.
   
• Work with the Dementia Wellbeing Services Team at Rochdale and District Mind to provide advocacy support for families and/or carers, ensuring a quality holistic service is provided.
   
• Work in partnership with Bounce Back providers, local and partner agencies, including professionals and groups to develop creative access for the BAME community, which is culturally appropriate and provides sensitive support options they can access.
   
• Work alongside Dementia Wellbeing Services Team to create, develop and facilitate a platform for dementia carers and/or families, so that they have a voice and feed into decision making policies, procedures and pathways, which have an impact in shaping services within the borough.

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We strive to advance children’s rights and equality for girls all over the world. 

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we're tackling the root causes of gender inequality and child poverty, and we are now active in more than 70 countries worldwide.

We have an exciting opportunity for an IGU Coordinator to join the Individual Giving Unit within our Fundraising directorate. This role is uniquely placed to gain experience across all the teams in the Individual Giving Unit from fundraising campaigns to donor care and essential donor support. In this busy and varied role you will support on the planning, delivery, and evaluation of fundraising campaigns across multiple channels and be the first point of contact for our supporters and potential supporters dealing with enquiries, requests for information, feedback, and complaints. You will play a key role in providing administrative and operational support to ensure the smooth running of key processes across the teams within the Individual Giving Unit. This role is a varied and an excellent opportunity to develop a diverse range of transferable skills.

This role sits within the Acquisition team although will gain experience with all teams in the Individual Giving Unit. The Individual Giving Unit is expected to deliver award winning fundraising campaigns and activities, testing and developing innovative ways to solicit public donations, and challenging, where appropriate, the normal parameters of charity donor marketing in order to deliver more supporters and income to the business.

You will be able to demonstrate strong administrative experience and the ability to handle high volumes of routine processes whilst retaining a high level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail. Strong written and verbal communication skills are key to this role, as well as the ability to work constructively and collaboratively with colleagues from different teams. You need to be a team player with excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload effectively in order to maintain high service level standards and efficiency.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on 22 September 2021

Interviews will take place on 30 September/1 October 2021

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds

Do a job where you make a difference!  

This Care Coordinator role is a great opening into Social Prescribing, a growing field in Health and Social Care with good career prospects. We are looking for an organised, self-motivated and confident individual to join our established team.  

The positions is available in Sheerness. Applicants must have experience of working with vulnerable adults and a background in medical or social care.

As a Care Coordinator based in GP practices, you will provide extra time, capacity and expertise to support patients to understand the conversations they have with primary care professionals.

You will coordinate support and services, ensuring patients do not fall into any gaps while waiting for ongoing support, and support them to access other community or social activities that will aid recovery. A key aim of Care Coordination is to help patients engage more fully in their own health and wellbeing.

You will provide navigation and good quality information to enable patients to make choices and decisions about their care and support needs, bringing this together in a personalised support plan. You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues and primary care professionals, and it is essential that you are able to communicate at all levels across both the health and social care sectors.

You will need to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.

Don’t wait to make a career change… apply today.

We are looking for someone to join the marketing, communications and digital team, with a focus on working on the ScreenSkills’ training & opportunity directory and its contents which represent 45% of all website traffic. Collaborating with marcomms and digital colleagues, the successful candidate will also manage ScreenSkills’ social media channels and use social media and ScreenSkills' own internal marketing tools to promote the activities of the training and opportunities directory and the wider work of the organisation. In the last 18 months, ScreenSkills has delivered over 1,400 activities including events, training, e-learning and programmes such as bursaries and mentoring.

This role offers the right candidate an incredible opportunity to help build an evolving online platform and community, and to support and enhance the work of a charity operating at the heart of the UK’s exciting film and television industries. The initial contract will be 12 months and an immediate start is an option.

Digital Marketing | Social Media| CMS | Project Administration & Coordination

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaising with colleagues including attending departmental team meetings to be aware of current and upcoming activities that will be hosted through the training and opportunities directory
• Writing, editing and publishing entries to the training and opportunities directory
• Curating and adapting partner or training providers’ content for the training and opportunities directory
• Ensuring the directory’s back-end functionality has been set-up correctly for project and management purposes
• Working with the mentoring team to produce partner pages to serve their various mentoring programmes
• Creating application forms
• Working with a business intelligence developer to ensure the activities are being tracked and reported on as expected
• Owning and updating the “how-to-guides” which explain how events, training, e-learning and programmes can be set up on site’s backend.
• Technology testing relating to directory upgrades
• Management of customer service mailbox relating to applications, bookings and general troubleshooting
• Working with product owner to ensure the technology is continually updated to meet the company’s requirements
• Managing social media platforms and creating social media assets and messaging
• Working with marketing colleagues to devise and support the delivery of digital marketing campaigns
• Contributing to the work of the marcomms and digital team in developing effective engagement with the screen industries and the screen workforce

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Thrives in fluid, fast-moving work environments - is a self-starter and feel comfortable executing tasks independently
• Is a natural relationship builder who enjoys connecting with people and growing our network both online and at events
• Is a digital native who feels incredibly comfortable working with a CMS and social media tools such as Sendible
• Excellent writing skills and a clear grasp of what content works well online
• An understanding of InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Is detail-oriented and analysis-driven, but with a "get it done" mentality
• Enjoys working with small, distributed teams
• Has a passion and/or knowledge of the screen industries and online media
• Has ambition, loves a challenge and revels in successful outcomes

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Has experience using online analytics tools, for example Google Analytics and/or Tag Manager
• Understanding of digital marketing including GoogleAds would be an asset
• Basic filming skills and video editing skills in Premiere Pro

To apply:

Please submit a CV and covering letter clearly stating how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role or you can apply via our website. An immediate start is available. We'll be reviewing applications as they are received.

We would like to thank you for the time and effort made in submitting your application. As a charity we are conscious of how and where we use our limited resources. This means we are unable to respond to every application received, if you have not had a response within three weeks of the closing date please assume on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. I hope this outcome does not deter you from applying for future roles within our organisation.

Corporate responsibilities of all ScreenSkills personnel:

• Take ownership of, and contribute to, internal and external communications activity both in their job role and as part of ScreenSkills’ overall strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to embracing and promoting ScreenSkills’ positive approach to the achievement of acceptance, openness, and equality of opportunity at work for people from under-represented groups (e.g. such as disabled talent, those who are Black, Asian and minority ethnic and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities).
• Promote and develop individual and organisational activities which support and enhance environmental sustainability and health and safety objectives.
• Establish good working relationships with both internal and external customers and provide a high-quality service which meets their needs.
• Support yours and your colleagues’ activity through a commitment to effective and correct use of corporate tools and resources, including the ScreenSkills’ intranet for internal communications and authorised systems for contact management.

ScreenSkills is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, black, Asian and people of colour, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.

The University of Salford Students’ Union is the independent representative body of students at the University of Salford. We are a democratically run charity led by elected student representatives – working to make sure that the University experience is the amazing, life-changing experience it should be for Salford students.

It's a really exciting time to join the Students' Union as we begin to grow and enhance our services to enable us to empower all Salford students to become unstoppable. Over the next few years, we are focusing on offering something for every student, nurturing personal and professional development and student health and wellbeing - both on-campus and virtually, as we emerge from the pandemic.

As Social Media & Content Coordinator, you will play a key role in ensuring that the Students’ Union engages effectively with our members, through our digital marketing and social media activity. You’ll also support the marketing department and teams across the organisation in creating content for our campaigns, ensuring that we get our messages across in engaging and interesting ways.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and a writing style that can turn complex messages into engaging content that is relevant to our diverse audience. You’ll also have some experience and knowledge of social media campaigns, and be confident in using a range of digital tools and platforms.

Whilst it’s important to us that our colleagues have an appreciation for and interest in the issues impacting students, you don’t necessarily need to have experience in Higher Education. We’re interested in your potential, and are looking for talented change-makers that share our values and can bring their passion and great ideas to the work we do for Salford students. In return, you'll get to work in one of the most exciting cities in the UK, as part of a vibrant and innovative campus, with a talented, supportive and inclusive team. You'll have access to a wide range of benefits, an excellent work-life balance, and brilliant opportunities to develop your career in the charity sector.

If you're excited to empower others and contribute to making our 25,000 members unstoppable, whilst building your career in a friendly and fun organisation, we'd really love to hear from you.

Please visit our website to download the full recruitment pack for more information, and submit your application via our online application form. You will need to provide an up-to-date copy of your CV, and answer questions related to the person specification for the role. These can be found in the Recruitment Pack and within our Application Form.

Closing date for applications: Monday, 11th October at 9am

Do you want to make a difference to young adults with experience of care currently serving prison sentences? Innovation Unit is recruiting a Project Coordinator to join our team at the very start of an exciting project to pilot new ways of working with this group.

As Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day to day administration of the project and will therefore need to be extremely organised and able to use a range of project management tools to juggle several strands of the work at the same time. You will also be experienced in data collection, collation and analysis to help understand the impact of the project. The role will suit you if you are comfortable with the ambiguity of piloting new and innovative approaches to existing challenges. 

The job will be varied and interesting, and you will be receptive to working from a desk in a West Midlands prison, spending time at our London office, working from home or hot-desking at one of our partner’s offices in Birmingham, Wolverhampton or Coventry. You will be equally comfortable going in and out of prisons as you will be collecting and inputting data or liaising with senior decision-makers. 

About the project:
Since 2019, Innovation Unit has been working with a wide range of partners in the West Midlands to develop approaches to improving outcomes for young adults who have experience of care and are now serving prison sentences. This group of young adults are vastly overrepresented in the criminal justice system and the support that is available to them is often fragmented. 

In Phase One of the project, IU led a scoping exercise to generate insights into the challenges these young adults face in prison and on release. In Phase Two, we facilitated a series of workshops with partners, resulting in the development of new solutions to prepare and support the young adults on release from prison and reduce their risk of reoffending. 

We are now in a position to pilot these solutions in the West Midlands, having secured funding from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Barrow Cadbury Trust and the Ministry of Justice.

What will I be doing? 

Among other things, this role will include:

• Project Coordination, including supporting project delivery and reporting

• Leading on collecting, collating and analysis of outcome measurement data

• Developing a wide range of communication materials

• Undertaking research relating to project themes

• Supporting the project team to engage future adopters of the model

What skills are you looking for? 

• Experience working in a criminal justice setting or in a setting, which is primarily focussed on children and young people; e.g. children’s social care, youth work.

• Experience in coordinating projects, including risk management, reporting and use of project management tools to plan and track project delivery.

• Experience collecting monitoring and impact data, including developing systems for collating and analysis of this information to create insights.

• Understanding of the key issues impacting on young adults with experience of care that are serving prison sentences

• Strong IT skills, including knowledge of Google Suite and Zoom. 

• Strong organisational skills, including notetaking and diary coordination. 

• Ability to produce attractive and professional looking outputs. 

• Concern for contemporary social issues and an understanding of Innovation Unit’s mission. 

More about Innovation Unit

Innovation Unit is a not for profit, social enterprise - this means that above all else, we are an organisation that is deeply committed to making a positive, social impact in the world.

Our mission is to grow and scale the boldest and best innovations that deliver long term impact for people, address persistent inequalities and transform the systems around them. 

We have fifteen years experience of doing this work with ambitious partners in local and central government, schools and hospitals, voluntary and community sector organisations, trusts and foundations.

We are proud of the impact of our projects; in recent years Living Well UK, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, has supported four areas of the UK to pioneer new solutions for community-based mental health and wellbeing that are now spreading nationally; in children’s social care, we have been the innovation partner for the Department for Education, since 2014, in their children’s social care innovation programme that has engaged every local authority in England in developing new solutions for children in or on the edge of care.

Our team come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds and life experiences - researchers, service designers and programme managers work alongside ex-nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, and public service leaders to design new solutions and take them to scale.

People who work at Innovation Unit share a core set of beliefs about enabling change that is owned and driven by the people it affects. We all work with the tools and methods from our tried and tested formula for innovation and impact. If what you see speaks to your values and experiences, we want to hear from you.

Write to Life Assistant Coordinator

Contract: Permanent, Part time
Hours: 14 hours per week to include Wednesdays
Location: London, Finsbury Park
Salary: £25,271 - £29,314 pro rata per annum. Please note that the starting salary is £25,271 pro rata per annum (actual salary: £10,108 per annum) with an opportunity to progress up the scale over time. Salary is inclusive of London Weighting.
Closing date: 03/10/2021
Expected date of interviews: 15/10/2021

Do you have experience of working with vulnerable populations? Would you like to use your great organisational and administrative skills to support and coordinate the activities of our creative writing group?

About the role

For the past 20 years Freedom from Torture has developed ‘Write to Life’ into a thriving creative writing and performance group with existing and former clients, all of whom are survivors of torture and organised violence. We write in workshops every two weeks, and often collaborate in special projects with leading national arts organisations. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Write to Life Assistant Coordinator to join this unique creative writing group, located at our London Centre.

About you

You will be the main point of contact between the Coordinator, Volunteer Write to Life Mentors and Workshop Group members. A key responsibility of your role will be to ensure that there is excellent communication and coordinated activities within the group. You will be expected to collaborate and liaise with colleagues throughout Freedom from Torture, which may involve attendance at organisational meetings outside the writing group. You will use your excellent literacy skills to coordinate the creation of content and publication of our Zine, in digital and hard copy.

To be successful in this role you must have a good understanding of the asylum system and issues affecting asylum applicants in the UK and be sensitive to the lived trauma experienced by survivors of torture. As the main person who will be calling group members regularly, you need a strong empathetic sense, and an ability to understand when there may be issues that should be flagged to colleagues. You must have a good sense of self-care and the strength to talk with people who have suffered trauma and to read creative writing arising from this.

To view the role Description and Person Specification, please click here, or for more information please email Sheila Hayman using the apply link provided. 

About Freedom from Torture

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a full employment history and up to date employment references and the Right to Work in the UK.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.

Circles South West is an award winning independent charity that prevents sexual abuse by reducing the risk of sexual re-offending. ‘Circles of Support and Accountability’ enable local volunteers to positively impact on the safe integration of people who have sexually harmed, including young people. Working closely with responsible statutory agencies we provide a complementary risk management approach, making our communities safer. We also provide education and support programmes for the partners, families and friends of those who have sexually harmed, enabling them to become ‘protectors’. Informed by our practice expertise, our training and consultancy for professionals is designed to enhance their skills, knowledge and understanding to more effectively engage with people who sexually harm, and contribute more widely to the prevention of sexual abuse.

Young People’s Circles Coordinator, Devon (Home Based)

21 hours p/w, 12 months fixed term

Your professional experience with young people will include working with harmful sexual behaviour and will be informed by your knowledge and understanding in this field. You will be passionate about enabling young people to reach their potential with a deep understanding of the complexities. You will recruit, train, coordinate and supervise small groups of community volunteers to support young people (and families) in Devon for around 12 months, enabling them to make safe choices; take responsibility for their behaviour; engage in positive activities; improve their social connections; and enhance their self-worth. You will assess referrals, coordinate and monitor provision, and provide progress updates. You will need to reside in Devon for this role.

We are also offering a second position open only to people who are applying for the above post or the Training Coordinator post. The applicant may combine this post and that of the following role to create a full-time position.

Programme Facilitator, Devon and Cornwall (Home Based)

10-14 hours p/w, fixed term to March 2022

This position is open only to individuals applying for another part-time position

Your significant experience of (co)facilitating programmes in the criminal justice or related sector will be underpinned by your knowledge and practice experience of working with people who have sexually harmed, secondary victims or more widely in preventing sexual abuse. You will lead the delivery of education and support programmes for people who have accessed indecent images of children online, and for the partners, friends and family of individuals who have sexually harmed. You will work closely with the police and other partners to assess suitability and feedback on progress. You will need to reside in either Devon or Cornwall for this role. 

Closing date for applications is 5pm, 30th September.

Interviews will be held on 12th or 13th October in Exeter.

Circles South West values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity

Safeguarding is our priority

Job Title: Primary Schools Engagement Coordinator  

Reports to:  Head of School Programmes 

Location: Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3EB. Open to flexibility on location provided able to attend offices in London on a regular basis. 

Purpose: A fantastic opportunity to take on the role of Schools Engagement Coordinator - for Education and Employers across the internationally recognised Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures programmes. The Charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential.

This key post is part of the Schools Engagement Team with responsibility for working closely with primary school and secondary school teachers and leaders to support them with running activities involving volunteers from the world of work. This will include supporting delivery of funded projects aimed at these audiences and general administrative support.

Remuneration: £22k - £24k per annum

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days.

Appointment Terms:  Permanent role 

The role:  

The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with school staff in promoting and empowering schools to utilise Primary Futures alongside delivering virtual activities for schools. Primary Futures (for primary schools) and Inspiring the Future (for secondary schools and colleges) are an online system connecting schools to an enormous range of fascinating volunteers from the world of work. Volunteers engage in virtual or face to face activities to raise aspirations, provide insight into jobs, tackle stereotypes and demonstrate how learning at school in the present links to opportunities in the future. Primary Futures is at the forefront of the research and delivery of career-related learning at primary age.

The programmes are at an exciting stage of development - throughout the pandemic we have established an engaging and interactive virtual offer that has broadened the opportunities for schools to connect with volunteers beyond their local geography and we expect to maintain this alongside a return to face-to-face activities. 

This role will primarily focus on Primary Futures and has two main components: (1) provide facilitated support working closely with a case load of primary schools across specific areas of the country and (2) supporting and advancing the general self-service programme for primary schools nationally.There is opportunity to interface directly with children and young people through facilitating virtual interactive activities with volunteers.

This is a dynamic role for someone looking to gain a breadth of experience in the charity sector and keen to learn about the education sector and career-related learning, social mobility and volunteer engagement.There is scope outside of the main responsibilities to develop areas of interest that meet project needs, such as delivering teacher training, external promotion, supporting development of pre-recorded video resources and supporting secondary schools and colleges via Inspiring the Future.

We are looking for an agile worker, capable of absorbing key information quickly, as well as handle a voluminous workload to meet the multiplicity of projects and the high demand from schools keen to engage. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to work collaboratively with a small and passionate team to achieve big results.

Facilitated support to a case load of schools, including for the successful delivery of various funded projects in geographic target areas of the country such as Dorset, Blackpool and Derby by:  

• Managing relationships with a case load of primary schools in different areas of the country to host planning calls, deliver sessions, gather evaluation data and ensure a legacy of independent use of Primary Futures beyond the project. 

• Setting up virtual and face-to-face activities including school liaison, securing volunteers, test calls, setting up on the Primary Futures system and hosting on tech platforms (Zoom, MS Teams, Google Classrooms, etc)

• Facilitating virtual activities to primary school children to link with volunteers, hosting sessions online to ensure an interactive and engaging experience for children and volunteers, following a Q&A or job guessing-game format. 

• Supporting and co-hosting sessions to teachers including training, staff meetings and info webinars to promote Primary Futures, deepen engagement and demonstrate independent usage

• Assimilating and understanding the area-specific context facing schools and children, funded targets, KPIs and timescales

• In collaboration with rest of team, identifying need for and developing new resources and guidance to support greater school engagement. 

General schools engagement nationally  

• Providing targeted support to schools such as phone calls to mainly primary and potentially some secondary schools and colleges independently utilising the programmes using a RAG (red, amber green) system to convert them to successful activities 

• Work with target groups of teachers and schools to progress their journey with Primary Futures towards repeat independent usage

• In collaboration with rest of team, develop and implement new processes and system improvements, to support increased school engagement.  

• Use Salesforce CRM for data management, assisting with maintaining up to date records and supporting data cleansing as needed  

• Handling general enquiries about both Primary Futures and Inspiring the Future

• Other ad-hoc administrative tasks as needed 

Person specification 

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise 

Essential  

• Experience in successful relationship management – ability to engage confidently and sensitively with schools/colleges and at a range of levels of seniority up to and including headteacher level 

• Strong organisational and administrative skills including close attention to detail and effective time management

• Persuasive and confident communicator who is influential, and effective in presenting a concept both face to face and on the phone. 

• Good level of education, demonstrating capability in producing written content to a high standard.

• Comfort and confidence in working with data to inform actions

• Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload; being able to prioritise work and working under pressure.

• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools 

Desirable 

• Passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through harnessing skilled volunteers to engage in education 

• Experience of marketing to schools

• Experience of working with or within a primary school setting 

• Experience of delivering directly to children or young people in a volunteer or work capacity

• Experience of client relationships management (CRM) databases in particular Salesforce 

• Experience of working to deliver targets

• Experience of working in a small team 

• Experience of working with volunteers  

• Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and data protection. 

Personal Attributes  

• Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of audiences 

• Having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work.

• A “doer”- ability to anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions 

• Creative and solutions orientated, perceiving processes as the means rather than the end and as an aid to effective delivery 

• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre

• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to manage effectively the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between all stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of the event.

• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos 

• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends

• Able to travel in the UK if required

Application process 

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds.  

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 27th September, 2021.Interviews will take place online in the week beginning 4th October.

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa.  

  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.  

  

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement.  

About the Education and Employers charity 

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here. 

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work. 

Nearly 65,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring. 

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America. 

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place. 

The charity runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. 

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment. 

LGBT Foundation is looking for a creative and ambitious individual with a passion for marketing and communications to join us as our Communications Coordinator!

LGBT Foundation’s work is driven by two-way communication with the LGBT communities we serve. Our national influence and visibility continue to grow as does the range and ambition of our work. We are looking for a Communications Coordinator to support the delivery of our national marketing and communications campaigns. You will work closely with our Communications Manager, the communications team and the wider services and projects team to plan, implement and increase the profile of our services, nationwide activities and opportunities to a wide range of audiences.

The post holder will:

• help market LGBT Foundation and advocate for our work
• lead national campaigns
• enhance our e-marketing campaigns
• work with the team to promote our programme of events

We are taking positive action to encourage applications from people of colour (PoC) and other racially minoritised communities, trans, non-binary and/or older people (aged 50+), to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in our staff team.

* Trans is an umbrella & inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

Salary: £24,061 (+10% Pension)

Special Terms: Full time, Permanent

Reporting to: Communications Manager

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 11th October 2021.