About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our PBS team who support individuals with complex needs, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders and behaviours that challenge. Our purpose-built supported living service, incorporating three self-contained flats, is set in tranquil surroundings on the edge of Leigh Woods, Bristol.

About us:

Freeways is a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We are a highly regarded provider of residential care and supported living services. We are passionate about helping people to become as independent as possible by supporting them to make choices, learn new skills and make links with their local community.

Responsibilities:

• To provide support to our residents, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.
• To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including mental or physical health).
• Contribute toward the development and implementation of PBS plans, strategies and risk management.
• Support our service users to achieve positive outcomes and to enable them to participate in their local community.
• Work within policies and procedures to administer medication as required.
• When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.
• To complete and maintain written records.

About you:

• Do you have an outgoing and enthusiastic personality with a commitment to succeed?
• Are you resilient to work with people who communicate through their behaviours?
• Are you able to put the complex needs of people first?
• Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?

We support some of the most vulnerable and marginalised adults in our society, no day is ever the same; we are looking for passionate, resilient and committed individuals who are willing to share in some amazing and challenging experiences.

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values and approach. Staff will be fully inducted and trained in a range of positive support approaches.

Due to the location of the service, a driving licence and access to transport is advantageous.

Benefits:

• 28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service
• Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards. You will also receive bespoke specialist training that reflects the needs of the service
• Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us
• Company sick pay
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

COVID-19 considerations:

Freeways are committed to keeping staff and service users safe during the Covid-19 outbreak and have implemented a number of measures to reduce the risk of infection.

Location: Bristol, UK – office-based 
Salary: £21,905 p.a
Duration: permanent
35 hours/week • Benefits • Pension

This is a great opportunity to join a professional fundraising team in a dynamic international development charity. Our goal is to reduce poverty and protect the environment in the drylands of Africa – helping some of the poorest communities in the world to grow a way out of poverty.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, personable and conscientious individual with a passion for providing excellent supporter care for Tree Aid’s donors. Your role will be to support all areas of administration for the Supporter Fundraising department, primarily through the administration of donations, donor correspondence and database analysis.

Key objectives are to:

1. To support all areas of administration for the fundraising department
2. Process donations and respond to enquiries, maintaining a high level of donor service
3. Work with the Finance Department to ensure accuracy of donations reporting
4. Assist with income generating activities and provide support to the Fundraising Officers

Who we are looking for:

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and organised administrator to join our professional fundraising team.

You will be confident in communicating with our supporters on the telephone and by email, have excellent written communication skills and be familiar with using databases for inputting and analysing data. 

You will be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks, have excellent organisation skills and will be expected to play a vital role within the fundraising team. 

Our approach to recruitment:

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background.

We recruit with openness and transparency. We employ people on the basis of their ability to carry out the role being recruited for. We ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment than any other on the grounds of disability, gender, race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, caring responsibilities or hours of work.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit the Tree Aid website. Please send us your CV, together with a Supporting Statement (max. 2 pages) explaining how you meet the person specification, plus equal opportunities form. See Tree Aid website for details. 

Key dates:

Closing date: 9am Monday 15th March
Online task submission: Tuesday 16th March
Interviews: Friday 19th March
Start date: Monday 19th April or as soon as possible thereafter

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at time of application.

As a charity with limited resources we can only respond to successful applicants.

Supporter Care and Fundraising Assistant
Location: Bristol, BS3
Hours of work: Full or part time considered
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £18,000 - £21,000 FTE

Searching for a career with purpose? Looking to make a real difference in your local community? 

At Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, we are looking for a special kind of person to take on an exciting new role in our small team. As Supporter Care and Fundraising Assistant, your purpose is simple: making every single one of our amazing supporters feel fantastic. What a lovely job! 

At GWAAC we know that our lifesaving care would be impossible without our incredible donors. You will focus on making sure we are doing everything we can to let our supporters know what a difference they make. With full support and training to develop your skills in fundraising, this role will progress your career in the charity sector, whilst making a real difference to families across the South West. 

When you work for us, you feel part of something special. By the time you come into work in the morning, our crew may well have saved the life of someone you know, or someone living in your local community. You will be a vital part of this team, helping to make sure that our Critical Care Team can be there for those in need. 

We’re not looking for years of experience in fundraising, but we do want someone who is passionate and enthusiastic - someone who believes that nobody in our region should go without our lifesaving service. Whether you are looking for your first step into the wonderful world of charity, or you are looking to change up your career for something more meaningful, we can assure you that once you are a part of Team GWAAC, you will never look back.

If you are passionate about saving lives, and committed to caring for people in your local community, it sounds like this could be the opportunity for you! 

Closing date: 9am on Friday 2nd April

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

No agencies please.

Supporter Care Assistant, Fundraising department

• Location: Bristol, UK – office-based
• Salary: £21,905 p.a
• Duration: permanent
• 35 hours/week
• Benefits
• Pension

This is a great opportunity to join a professional fundraising team in a dynamic international development charity. Our goal is to reduce poverty and protect the environment in the drylands of Africa – helping some of the poorest communities in the world to grow a way out of poverty.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, personable and conscientious individual with a passion for providing excellent supporter care for Tree Aid’s donors. Your role will be to support all areas of administration for the Supporter Fundraising department, primarily through the administration of donations, donor correspondence and database analysis.

Key objectives are to:

1. To support all areas of administration for the fundraising department
2. Process donations and respond to enquiries, maintaining a high level of donor service
3. Work with the Finance Department to ensure accuracy of donations reporting
4. Assist with income generating activities and provide support to the Fundraising Officers

Who we are looking for:

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and organised administrator to join our professional fundraising team.

You will be confident in communicating with our supporters on the telephone and by email, have excellent written communication skills and be familiar with using databases for inputting and analysing data.

You will be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks, have excellent organisation skills and will be expected to play a vital role within the fundraising team.

The full job description and person specification, and equal opportunities monitoring form can be downloaded from the Tree Aid website. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at time of application.

Apply through the Tree Aid website. Please send us your CV, together with a Supporting Statement (max. 1 page) explaining how you meet the person specification, and equal opportunities form.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at time of application. As a charity with limited resources we can only respond to successful applicants.

Key dates:

• Closing date: 9am Monday 15th March
• Online task submission: Wednesday 17th March – you will be notified of this if successful at first stage
• Interviews: Thursday 18th March
• Start date: Monday 19th April or as soon as possible thereafter

Our approach to recruitment:

We value diversity and welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with a Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background.

We recruit with openness and transparency. We employ people on the basis of their ability to carry out the role being recruited for. We ensure that no applicant receives less favourable treatment than any other on the grounds of disability, gender, race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, caring responsibilities or hours of work.

Talking Money is a Bristol-based money advice charity with a vision of ‘Communities living without poverty’. Our team provides free, independent, specialist debt and benefits advice, and general money guidance, information and support to local citizens. We have provided high quality, effective and innovative advice services in Bristol and the surrounding areas for nearly 30 years.

We are seeking a confident and experienced finance officer to be responsible for the day-to-day administration and maintenance of our financial records and bank accounts, ensuring that our financial rules are followed and that we use our accounting software (currently Sage) to the best of its ability.  

We are looking for someone on a part-time basis for between 15 and 24 hours (split over 2 to 4 days, depending on your preference). There are points within the year where additional hours would be helpful; overtime arrangements could potentially be agreed for these times were that convenient for you.

The role can be either home-based or office-based, or a mixture of the two.

Your main responsibilities would include (but are not limited to):

• Processing all transactions (currently through Sage)
• Monitoring expenditure, processing and raising payments to partners agencies, contractors and suppliers
• Monitor grant income and pre-payment accounts held
• Preparation and processing of monthly staff payroll and expenses
• Preparation of submission of returns to HMRC, including VAT and gift aid
• Preparation of management accounts for the leadership team and trustees
• Monitoring cash flow and preparing projections as required
• Monthly bank and cash reconciliation

You will be a confident and experienced finance professional with experience of using accounting software, ideally Sage; raising and processing invoices; reconciling bank accounts, and running a payroll system. As well as strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills, you will have a proactive, methodical and flexible approach to your work. With excellent time management skills, you will have demonstrable experience of managing a heavy workload and working effectively as part of a team.

Closing Date: NA. This is an open-ended recruitment; we will close the advertisement when we have met our recruitment needs.

To apply, please download the documents below.

We are committed to supporting you in the application process; please do let us know if we can help in any particular way.

Can you manage a wide portfolio of organisational priorities to support effective operations and service delivery in a successful and dynamic charity?

Developing Health & Independence is an award winning charity that supports excluded and marginalised young people and adults to overcome structural barriers and life limiting behaviours holding them back from achieving their potential.

We provide a comprehensive range of services for people who are socially excluded for a wide variety of reasons such as homelessness, alcohol or drug problems, or lack of opportunity.

With contracts totalling £6 million+, we are looking to recruit a Corporate Services & Finance Director.

Reporting to the CEO and an integral member of the Executive Team, the post holder will be expected to manage the central administrative and core infrastructure across DHI to ensure safe and effective operations, whilst building capacity in our processes and systems to meet the strategic direction of the charity.

As well as being closely involved in the day-to-day functions for which he/she is responsible, the post holder will work closely with the CEO and Operational Directors to provide high level proactive advice, and high quality client facing services.  Key accountabilities include, finance and procurement, corporate governance, communications, information governance, contracts and legal, technology development and support, health and safety, premises and office services.

Closing Date: midday, 24th March 2021

For an informal confidential conversation please contact our recruitment partner, Carroll Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting 

The New Room (also known as John Wesley's Chapel) is an award-winning museum and heritage attraction in the centre of Bristol.  We are seeking to appoint a part-time fundraising officer to deliver and develop its fundraising strategy for the next 12 months with possibility of extension.  When government coronavirus regulations allow museums to reopen, the post holder will be asked to work at least one day per week at the New Room in Bristol.

As the oldest Methodist building in the world, the New Room shares stories of 18th century Bristol, the Methodist movement, social justice, equality, health and wellbeing with over 50,000 visitors annually.  The site consists of the chapel, museum, library & archive, meeting rooms, Fairtrade café and gift shop. 

The New Room receives some funding from the Methodist Church but is responsible for securing most of its income from a variety of different sources in order to maintain its extensive programme of events, activities, and educational provision. 

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to be responsible for owning and implementing the New Room’s fundraising strategy in order to increase income and help make the New Room more sustainable.  This post is focused on securing funding that will allow the New Rooms to continue its work with its existing staff team and volunteer base.The role holder will oversee all areas of fundraising with a constant focus on return on investment and with a primary focus on trust and grants fundraising.

If you interested in applying for this position, please submit your CV, along with a covering letter stating why you wish to be considered for this role by Friday 12th March. 

Applications can be submitted via Charity Job or emailed directly to the New Room director - see New Room website for full details.  All applications will be anonymised before consideration.

Interviews - Wednesday 24th March
Proposed start date - Tuesday 6th April

Are you committed to improving the lives of older people? Looking for a new challenge? A change in direction or a new job?  We are looking for a highly skilled and dynamic CEO to take our ambitious charity forward. 

With an annual turnover of £750k, over 50 skilled staff and around 200 dedicated and committed volunteers, we provide a range of services to 3,500+ older people but must do more. It is a period of great change for our organisation so this is a real opportunity to shape our strategy and achieve our vision that all older people in Bath and North East Somerset love later life.

You will be supported by a diverse and effective Board of Trustees who bring strategic insight and experience.  You will be part of the Age UK national network working closely with other Age UKs in the country.