Assistant Team Manager
Full time, permanent appointment 

Based in Pimlico, London 

Salary in the range £38,685 - £46,549 inclusive of London weighting 

Are you driven to deliver the best outcomes for children and families?  Would you like to join an outstanding voluntary adoption agency as an Assistant Team Manager? 

PACT helps hundreds of families every year through outstanding adoption services and award-winning therapeutic support and inspirational community projects across London and the south of England.
This is a new role in our London adoption team.  Our adoption teams focus solely on adoption and recruiting adoptive parents who can consider fostering to adopt and adopting a wide-range of children.

Working closely with the London Adoption Team Manager you will provide support and supervision to a team of dedicated and experienced social workers.  This will include managing workloads across the team as well as coaching and supervising team members to ensure that the highest standards of quality and professional practice are achieved and maintained and they reach their full potential.   

You’ll lead team discussions and workshops to share learning and best practice and keep the team updated on practice developments and service improvements.   In addition, you will carry your own caseload and deputise for the Team Manager as needed.

You should be a qualified registered social worker, with at least 3 years’ child social care experience including adoption experience.  Skilled at undertaking more complex assessments, your own standards of practice will be consistently high and you will work with the child at the centre of all that you do.

With excellent communication skills, you’ll be a confident networker, able to build successful working relationships within your own team, across the service and with external professionals.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is keen to move into management and you will have access to learning and professional development opportunities. 
As you will be working with families and colleagues across a geographical area, you must be able to travel and work flexibly as needed. 

Interested? If you would like to join an inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference to children and families, further information and details of how to apply can be found on our website.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date:   noon, Monday 8th February 2021
Interview date: Friday 19th February 2021

Please note that we may close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable). Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities. Together, alongside their local and national partners, Right to Succeed delivers coordinated, impactful programmes aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and wider communities. We are now recruiting an inspiring new Programme Manager to manage day to day implementation of the discovery phase of a whole system improvement programme in two of Liverpool City Region’s most left behind communities.

As a Programme Manager in the Liverpool City Region, you will work with the Programme Director on the initial discovery phase of the programme, working alongside multiple agencies, research professionals and stakeholder groups to create and maintain the conditions required for an effective, collective place-based change approach.

Together with the team, you will support and build the capacity of residents in selected communities, in order to develop a long-term, place-based vision designed to improve children’s capability, wellbeing and access to opportunities.

To apply for this imporant role, you must have significant experience of developing and delivering impactful programmes and interventions, ideally working collectively with colleagues in the community and public sector spaces. You must be an excellent communicator, skilled at building and maintaining relationships with a range of stakeholders, including those at a senior level. With strong facilitation skills and proven effective line management experience, you will support the Programme Director to monitor and evaluate complex programmes and report key outcomes to funders. Overall, you will be passionate about ensuring high quality programmes to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, young people, families and communities.  

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please initially submit a word-formatted version of your CV and a 2-page maximum supporting statement outlining your interest in the role and how your skills and experience meet the requirements on the Person Specification in the Recruitment Pack.

Please note this is initially a 12 month fixed term contract, subject to funding.

Depending on Covid-19 restrictions, this role may initially need to be home-based but will be based with the team in the Merseyside area, location to be confirmed.

Part-time, 21 hours per week

Location: 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS (currently working remotely)

We work to tackle the causes and impacts of poverty here in East London, and further afield. Based in the East End since 1884, we offer high quality, timely services, informed and shaped by the experiences of the people we work with.

Our advice services, youth and older people’s projects and financial inclusion work are all geared towards supporting members of our community, not only in times of crisis but on a longer term basis by providing them with the skills and support they need to open up access to opportunities.

We are looking for a passionate colleague to co-lead on Participatory Action Research and grow our research
portfolio.

• Are you passionate about using research to solve social problems?
• Are you enthusiastic about co-producing research with local communities?
• Are you interested in exploring innovative participatory approaches?

If your answers are yes, we are inviting you to apply for the Research Manager role at Toynbee Hall.

Please click the apply button to be taken to our website.

Deadline: 25th January 2021 (9.00am)

Shortlisting: Tuesday 26th January 2021

Interviews: Thursday 4th February 2021

The preference is for this role to be London Office based (in line with Government Guidelines during the pandemic). However, for the right candidate we may consider this post to be based in any of our UK Offices. Please be advised that London Weighting advertised only applies to London Office based candidates. 

Please make sure to address and answer the competency questions listed at the bottom of the advert in your application. 

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

About the role

This role is responsible for growing Christian Aid’s institutional funding portfolio in our Francophone programmes specifically in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Sahel, and in support of the DRC and Burundi, and other country programmes to ensure strong contract management on their funds from institutional donors. The post holder will work closely with Country Managers and programme colleagues to initiate new donor engagements and sustain relationships with current donors; to coordinate the development of funding applications, and to advise and provide support on the delivery of on-going contracts ensuring compliance with donors’ and Christian Aid’s regulations.

This is a senior role that is expected to engage at strategic levels both at the country and corporate levels to influence Christian Aid’s business models and the way we deliver our programmes. The role will be critical to supporting the relevant Country and Regional Managers in representing the organization to donors and other external stakeholders, and to improving Christian Aid’s in-country visibility.

About you

Candidates should have a good knowledge and expertise in working with institutional donors, which may include the UN, DFID/FCDO, USAID, European Union / ECHO, with a deep understanding of the humanitarian cycles in-country, as well as the humanitarian-development nexus. They will have proven experience of successful bid leadership across development and humanitarian grants, alongside excellent communication and networking skills.

The role also requires fluency in English and French, and knowledge of Project Cycle Management and monitoring, evaluation and learning methodologies.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

All successful candidates will require either and Enhance  or Basic Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. Information will be forwarded to you by the HR team with your offer.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions 

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions in your supporting statement:

Build Partnerships

Tell us about a time when you had to build and maintain relationships with others in order to secure significant restricted income that will help to reach the goals of your organization.

Steward Resources

Tell us about a time when you have been involved in the development of a funding strategy for an organisation or programme?

Communicate Effectively

Tell us about a time when you had to communicate a complex issue to a donor in writing and convince them that your way to approach the issue was the best way to achieve common objectives

This is an exciting opportunity for a exceptionally motivated professional, with strong business development experience and a track record of success with relevant clients and funders, to join the Business Development team of a dynamic British company. 

Position: Business Development Manager

Location: Sidcup, Greater London (partial remote working arrangement)

Contract Type: Permanent and full-time

Salary: £34,000 to £45,000 per annum (commensurate with experience) plus benefits

Purpose

Development Pathways is the leading provider of Social Protection services to a variety of donors worldwide. Our focus areas are social policy, social and economic analysis, and management information systems for social protection. Being a thought leader and acknowledged world leader in these areas, we are continuing to grow our portfolio and footprint.

Our Business Development  team currently comprises a Head of Business Development, this role, and two junior roles. We anticipate team growth in the medium term. The team is responsible for driving our growth, leading on opportunity identification and proposal preparation, drawing on inputs from our technical teams. As the most senior role reporting to the Head of BD, you will lead on a range of opportunities, operating increasingly independently across the spectrum of Business Development activities. You will deputise for the Head of Business Development where necessary, and there may be opportunities to line manage a junior staff member. You will also contribute to improving our Business Development  processes and tools.

Responsibilities and Duties

The responsibilities of the Business Development Manager will cover the following areas:

• Identify and generate business opportunities for Development Pathways. This will include working closely with the technical teams to develop innovative opportunities, engaging with new donors, building our presence in countries, and developing new products and services.
• Lead and support the development of bids for a wide range of clients, including managing inputs from technical teams, building budgets, assembling teams of internal and external staff (associates and consultants), and drafting key components of bids.
• Build good relations with clients and donors to position Development Pathways in the market place, in particular with potential new donors.
• Strengthen Development Pathways’ links with consultants, and help build our network of associates.
• Support the strengthening of our BD processes and tools.
• Deputise where necessary for the Head of Business Development, and take on line management of junior staff as required.
• Represent Development Pathways in a range of fora, in particular international business development opportunities.
• Lead in the design and development of events that position Development Pathways within the market place.
• Support the communications team to ensure that our communications are tailored to building Pathways’ international profile and position us for future opportunities.
• Undertake other activities as requested.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• A relevant university degree in International Development, Social Protection, Gender Studies or another relevant area
• At least five years’ experience in international development, the humanitarian sector, consulting or another relevant sector
• Significant experience and successful track record in business development in international development, the humanitarian sector, consulting or another relevant sector
• Expertise in developing proposal budgets
• Expertise in assembling mixed teams of internal and external staff for assignments
• Familiarity with key clients and funders, including UN bodies, the World Bank and other international financial institutions, bilateral government donors such as the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and major grant-giving philanthropic foundations
• Excellent organisation skills, including an ability to work to deadlines, manage multiple demands, and deliver high quality work under pressure
• High level professional written and verbal English
• Excellent communications skills, including in cross-cultural environments
• Commitment to values of international development, social justice and equality

Desirable:

• Experience with social protection programmes
• A relevant second language, e.g. French, Arabic
• A Master’s degree in a relevant area

Reporting

You will be reporting to the Head of Business Development.

Terms of Employment and Benefits

This is a permanent and full-time post. Along with the salary, the successful candidate would receive an attractive package of the following:

• Fulfilling work – working to make a difference to some of the world’s most underserved communities. 
• Flexible work – Development Pathways offers employees flexible work hours and remote work options.
• Generous time off – recharge with 30-holiday entitlement plus standard bank holidays.
• Travel the World – we are committed to seeing our work in action, all around the world up to 3 weeks in a year (when permitted).
• Excellent health and well-being provision – access to the company private health care scheme (after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period), pension scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Commitment to professional development opportunities – we encourage our staff to participate in professional learning and development.
• Provision of a company laptop and working at home benefit

How to apply

We invite interested candidates, who meet the requirements, to submit their applications, by including:

1. A Curriculum Vitae (CV) specifying your qualifications, education and relevant work experience.
2. A cover letter explaining why you are applying for this position, and how your recent relevant experience and skills meet the requirements for the position of Business Development Manager.
3. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.
4. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we retain the right to close this role without notice. Therefore, interested candidates are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible.
5. Due to the high number of applications expected, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
6. Applications should be sent by email.
7. The closing date for this vacancy will be the 14th February 2021.

Development Pathways is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, family or parental status, or disability status.

Applicants should be aware of our privacy notice on our website.

Shortlisted candidates: you will be invited to participate in an interview and complete a written assessment.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. With nearly half a million members we are the largest charity dedicated to girls and young women in the UK, and one of the largest and leading youth charities. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our 100,000 amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week. We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

Girlguiding is recruiting a PR Manager to lead a bold and integrated PR and ambassadors programme to help us deliver Girlguiding’s new strategy. We want to help girls make their voices heard and appeal to more and a greater diversity of girls and potential volunteers so even more girls can benefit from our award-winning youth offer and the life changing opportunities guiding offers.

It’s a crucial time for girls and for Girlguiding as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. We have an important, positive story to tell about our role in communities and how we support girls’ and young women’s wellbeing, offering them ways to stay connected, learn and have fun in guiding even through the most challenging of times.

We’re looking for someone with extensive experience of developing and delivering high impact, creative PR strategies to engage target audiences. They should have an excellent news sense, be able to produce high-quality press materials and integrated campaign plans, and be able to train and coach other team members to do the same. They will need to have extensive knowledge of the UK media, strong social media know-how, and an ability to anticipate and identify PR opportunities and trends relevant to Girlguiding to help us meet strategic goals. They will have experience of crisis and reputational risk management and managing celebrity ambassadors.

The post requires working outside of 9-5 office hours, such as evenings and weekends, to be part of the press on-call rota and to travel to other locations as necessary, for which time off in lieu will be given.

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

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

We ask that you submit your CV, declaration form and supporting information as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close vacancies at any time, when we have received sufficient applications.

Interviews will be held remotely during the pandemic.

£50,000 per annum

12-month fixed term contract

37.5 hours per week

Flexible remote working with regular travel to our London Bridge office (currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions)

What the job involves

You’ll be leading the way in our adoption of Agile, owning high profile projects and taking us through our transformation into an Agile organisation. Along the way you’ll be sharing your experience and helping people develop their own skills while owning and maintaining the training to get them there.

You will be given the freedom and support to have a substantial and lasting impact on the UK’s leading men’s health organisation, getting involved in a diverse range of projects from delivering our support for men with prostate cancer, to inspiring people to fundraise for us, to technical infrastructure improvements.

What we want from you

You have solid experience of Scrum and Kanban across a number of different projects, products, campaigns or companies and now you want to put that experience to good use at an organisation fighting a disease that kills 11,000 men every year.

You’ll be joining a team focused on transformation aimed at making us fit for the digital age and capable of adapting to a worldwide pandemic. You’ll need to be able to deliver noticeable improvements quickly to prove the credibility of your change programme and have the tenacity to see things through when faced with obstacles. This role works with all levels across the organisation and that will be only possible if you are an excellent communicator capable of both sharing big visions and giving detailed instructions.

You have a practical understanding of Agile with a pragmatic approach to implementing it across a range of projects. You’re comfortable talking about and demonstrating Agile methods and will have some experience of Agile transformations in previous roles – helping people learn and develop their skills. You might have aspirations to be an Agile Coach in the future.

You’re passionate about the positive effect Agile can have and are keen to help people realise that in a practical way. You are comfortable giving talks and training to large groups and building up one-to-one working relationships across a diverse skillset.

Why we’re here

We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance, childcare vouchers, and season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date: 8th February 2021

Interviews: 15th February 2021

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

Are you looking for the chance to do something different and find a counter-cultural way to live and work? The Iona Community is recruiting for mainly seasonal staff to live-in and re-open the newly refurbished Iona Abbey to guests in spring 2021.     

The Programme Manager is an exciting and creative post at the heart of the life of the Abbey. Working closely with the Warden you will develop and organise a varied and dynamic programme of workshops, events and activities that create for guests opportunities to deepen their commitment to peace and justice, understand and live out the vision and values of the Iona Community, and laugh and build friendships.     

We are looking for someone who is very well-organised, imaginative and with previous experience of devising, facilitating and running programme events and group activities. Having a sense of humour and being happy leading ‘up front’ will also help!     

Staffing at Iona Abbey is provided by a resident team who live and work together sharing in the common life assisted by a wider team of volunteers. Work and worship are valued equally at our centres. A resident allowance is paid and all accommodation and meals are provided. Previous staff say their time at our centres has been ‘life-changing’. We hope to welcome your application soon. 

Application notes: 

Applications must be made using our application form. CVs will not be accepted.   

A full job description and application form can be found in the vacancies section of the Iona Community website. 

If you wish to apply for more than one post, you must complete a separate application form for each post. 

Each job has a different application form tailored to the person spec for that post. Please make sure you complete the correct form.  

PLANNED WORKS AND INVESTMENT MANAGER, ASSET AND DEVELOPMENT, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK22 £37,363 - £39,854

We aim to make people’s lives better. Do you?

Framework is a charity delivering housing, support, health and employment services to people with a range of needs.  We assist rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness.  We support excluded youngsters into adulthood, and those just starting work.  We provide treatment for mental health, alcohol and substance problems, and join up services for people with complex needs. 

Through 70 services across the East Midlands, Framework is both a safety net and a platform for change.  Each year more than 12,000 people approach us for help.  Responding to their needs, respecting their choices and empowering them to achieve, we aim to make life better.

We have made a commitment to understand better the role and performance of our assets – in terms of both financial and social objectives. We are close to concluding our Stock Condition Survey when we will consider our stock investment and disposal priorities, in addition to responding to other factors including:

•Meeting carbon neutral targets

•A continuing focus on fire prevention and safety

•Any new requirements of the social housing white paper – for instance around building safety, eradication of damp, and enhanced rating systems

In addition, we are hopeful that the new 21-26 affordable housing programme and the Next Steps programme will enable us to increase the scale of our new build and acquisitions ambitions and enable a structured programme of re-improvement and conversion.

The role of Planned Works and Investment Manager will bring in additional technical skills and knowledge and provide the capacity to meet those challenges in addition to providing resource to the repairs team.

The Planned Works and Investment Manager will ensure the effective performance, direction and leadership of Planned and Programmed Works. This will include capital and cyclical maintenance programmes, and tenant liaison services in the planning, maintenance, improvement and investment of housing stock and other assets held.

They will also be responsible for identifying the performance of individual assets and properties and recommending appropriate action with regard to both investment and disposal. The manager will be effective in developing and implementing co-ordinated systems, process and plans.

This is an opportunity to join a value-driven organisation taking responsible risks to tackle poverty, injustice and exclusion.  If you believe you can meet the challenge we would love to hear from you. 

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

SUPPORT WORKER, EDWIN HOUSE IPDU, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK03 £16,915 - £18,840

SUPPORT WORKER REQUIRED FOR NEW AND EXCITING SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICE IN NOTTINGHAM

Framework Housing Association is the lead provider of drug and alcohol treatment within Nottingham City and is excited to be able to offer this unique opportunity to work within a specialised service.

Framework is looking to appoint a Support worker for its Inpatient Detox Unit (IPDU). You will join our team of Doctors, Nurses, Support Workers and Therapy staff - providing high standards of care and support to Service users looking to change their relationship with drugs and alcohol. The IPDU sits within Edwin House, a CQC registered facility located in Nottingham.

Excellent communication skills are essential alongside experience of working with vulnerable people.

Please note Support Workers are required to work shifts over a 24 hour period, over a 7 day week.

Closing date: on receipt of sufficient number of applications

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

Assistant Management Accountant

Part time, permanent post – 18.5 hours per week

Based in Reading

Salary in the range £25,773 - £31,499 pro rata per annum (£12,887 - £15,750 per annum actual) 

PACT is one of the UK’s leading independent adoption charities, rated Outstanding by Ofsted, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support.

PACT also runs inspirational community projects supporting vulnerable children and adults facing a range of issues including domestic abuse, homelessness and debt.

The Assistant Management Accountant will assist the Head of Finance with the effective operational control of the charity’s finances.  This is a new role and provides the opportunity for someone to join us at an exciting time of growth and development.

The postholder will be responsible for the day to day control of the charity’s financial processes and for monitoring project budgets, as well as supporting the Head of Finance with monthly payroll and the preparation of monthly and end of year accounts. 

We are looking for someone with knowledge of charity and company financial legislation and previous experience in the management and use of computerised accounting systems (Access Dimensions or Sage is preferred), with a recognised accountancy qualification (e.g. fully or part qualified ACCA/CIMA) or significant relevant experience.

You will be a strong team player and communicator, with the ability to present financial matters to non-financial managers.  Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines and demonstrate effective time management is also important.

Interested? If you would like to join an inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference to children and families, further information and how to apply are available on our website.

Closing date: 5pm, Wednesday 27th January 2021

Interview date: Friday 5th February 2021

Please note that we may close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We look forward to hearing from you!

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable). Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK. No agencies please.

Exciting opportunity for a trained and qualified counsellor to take over the running of an established prison counselling project and drive it forward into its next phase of growth. This is a chance to make a difference in a dynamic and growing charity, working with some of the most marginalised and deprived women in our communities. Choices is looking for a qualified counsellor who blends warmth and being a people-person with a proactive, can-do attitude, strong project management experience and confidence working with a variety of different stakeholders.

About Choices

Choice4Change is an established service, offering counselling in HMPs Bronzefield and Downview for pregnancy loss and child separation issues. Choice4Change is provided by Choices, a high-impact charity offering practical and therapeutic support to women in London facing pregnancy crises, both in and following the perinatal period. Choices is a faith-based charity operating with a Christian ethos committed to providing compassionate and constructive, non-directive support. 

Choices creates a warm and supportive working environment; we recognise that our staff are our most valuable asset and are committed to supporting each other and our own professional development. We offer 25 days holiday pro rata, as well as bank holidays, and one week of office closure over Christmas.

The Role

As the Prison Counselling Manager, you have responsibility for delivering and developing Choices’ prison counselling service, Choice4Change. This includes overseeing all operational aspects of the Prison Counselling Project; with clinical responsibility for seeing clients in two prisons, managing counselling volunteers and staff, and liaising with partners in the prisons (eg Mental Health Team within the prison).

Your main place of work is shared between the prisons, and the Choices offices near Kings Cross/flexibly at home. The Prison Counselling Manager works at two different prisons during the week and a day from home/the Choices office. Choices is a faith-based organisation and requires key staff to be practising Christians, able to subscribe to the organisation’s Christian ethos and values and to participate in weekly prayer meetings. The Prison Counselling Manager has the following specific responsibilities:

Job Description:

1. Clinical client work

● Attend the weekly Mental Health Team referrals meeting at each prison to process Choice4Change referrals and manage complex cases

● Assess clients for counselling work and match with counselling team

● Provide counselling to individual clients (up to a max of three - four clients per prison)

● Oversee the clinical work of the team and ensure the quality of the Choice4Change service, maintaining best practice in all Choice4Change’s counselling, in accordance with BACP guidelines and the BACP ethical framework and Choices’ Christian ethos

● Attend monthly supervision with Choices’ qualified supervisor

● Provide discretionary advocacy for existing clients strictly on a needs basis

● Take responsibility for maintaining and updating personal counselling skills, as well as knowledge updates eg re abortion law and procedures; adoption law; changes in the prison service etc and disseminating to the team

2. Liaison with CNWL NHS Mental Health Teams

● Liaise with the Mental Health Team manager about the service; maintain good relationships as a voluntary agency working alongside prison staff and healthcare workers

● Monitor and renew Choice4Change’s three yearly Service Level Agreement with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust.

● Negotiate funding for the counselling service with senior staff of the Mental Health teams

● Ensure C4C is adequately publicized at the prisons

3. Management of Prison Counselling Team

● Manage a team of two staff members providing counselling across three prisons

● Recruit and line manage a volunteer team (between 6-8) of counsellors (usually on placement for their training institutions) using a standardized application form and procedure

● Support the counselling team:

o Organise formal monthly, group supervision with a qualified supervisor and monthly team meetings

o Organise the required training (prison induction, computer and data management systems etc) for new volunteers and ensure they attend all necessary prison training, are kept informed of changes in the prison service and are offered skills update sessions

o Organise and provide training for volunteer counsellors in using the ‘Time to Heal’ counselling material

● Ensure all personal data is managed in line with data protection legislation

4. Reports and statistics

● Maintain up to date data on prison counselling client numbers and service evaluations on Choices’ database (Salesforce) and on prison NHS database

● Create procedures where necessary to ensure all volunteers are maintaining up to date records

● Provide annual whole project report for CNWL NHS Trust line manager at each of the prisons

● Provide annual update and statistics on C4C for Choices’ Annual Report

● Write quarterly reports for CNWL NHS Trust for the Quarterly Contract Review

5. Operations

● Finance: work with the Executive Director to:

o Feed in to budget setting and manage annual spend of the prison counselling budget

o Contribute to allocation of restricted funds

o Write grant fund reports as required

● Policies: contribute to all policies relating to the Prison Counselling Project (eg safeguarding, client protection, confidentiality, data protection) in conjunction with the ED and the Board

● Fundraising:

o As required, contribute statistics and case studies to bids for new grant applications for the prison counselling work where appropriate and compile grant reports as required by funders

o Contribute to other Choices fundraising initiatives and events along with other members of the management team, where appropriate

Person specification

● Qualified and preferably registered counsellor or therapist within any orientation

● Proven project management experience including: team management (including volunteers), budgets, monitoring and evaluation

● Highly organised and self-motivated

● Strong administrational skills and experienced in use of databases and online administration/project management software, confident with MS Office and word processing etc

● Confident communicator with written and oral skills – including ability to work with internal and external stakeholders

● Passionate about supporting women within the criminal justice system - preferably previous experience with this client group or similar

● Experience of working in prisons

● Work well and proactively on your own and in multidisciplinary teams

● Ability to work under pressure and flexibly within the confines of a restrictive institution

● Preferably has a car – able to travel to Surrey prison(s)

● Practising Christian and able to subscribe to Choices’ Christian ethos statement

(As this post entails managerial responsibilities, an Occupational Requirement is applied which requires the post holder to be a practising Christian who is comfortable attending and leading prayer meetings.)

Using the person specification and job description for this post please explain in your covering letter how your experience and achievements to date qualify you for this role. Please illustrate your skills and knowledge with specific examples from your education and employment (paid or unpaid) so far.

Please supply the names and contact details of two referees, one of which should be a previous employer and one a senior leader in your church. Neither should be related to you. References will not be taken up prior to interview.

If you have an up to date DBS and/or have already been cleared to work in prisons, state this in your application. Please also confirm that you have the right to work in the UK.

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with the line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices.

Full Time Permanency Service Team Leader (37.5 hours pw)

• Are you experienced in managing fostering and/or adoption services?
• Are you committed to providing the best quality foster carers and adopters for troubled children?
• Do you want to work in a multi-disciplinary team of skilled professionals to ensure good therapeutic Post Adoption and Fostering support, and to motivate and support other social workers to do so too?

If the answer’s ‘yes’ – get in touch!

Why? Family Futures is:

• An adoption and adoption support agency awarded an outstanding rating by OFSTED in 2018 for our third consecutive inspection.
• Has a reputation for innovation and offering a high-quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and family finding service for adopted and fostered children who often are more challenging to place or to maintain in placement.
• Now developing a therapeutic fostering service to bring our skills and wrap-around support to children in care

As the Permanency Service Team Leader you will be responsible for continuing to develop and support our Adoption Service, be a central part of developing our exciting new Therapeutic Fostering Service and manage the staff within these services to help them maximise and develop their skills and practice.

We Need an energetic experienced manager with a background in permanency services who will lead a small team of social workers in the Permanency Service and carry a small caseload of assessing adopters and foster carers, and post approval support. You will also (for an additional salary element) take a turn at staffing the out of hours support line.

Ideally applicants will have experience of both fostering and adoption. However, given our experience in adoption, it is more essential that the Permanency Team Leader brings experience and knowledge of fostering and is willing to build their skills in adoption.

We Offer:

• High quality support, supervision and training
• The opportunity to work creatively, as a key part of our multi-disciplinary team, in a child-centred way, informed by current research, using a well-evidenced model of understanding the need of children with traumatic histories.
• Small caseloads, meaning you can work in depth with families and support the staff team to do so
• Competitive salary and a supportive working environment, which recognises the stress of this type of work and nurtures staff, enabling staff to grow their skills and gain satisfaction from supporting carers/adopters to become therapeutic parents and children to heal and thrive.

Family Futures is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and follow safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, requiring the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure.

This is a permanent position. Salary: £46,000 - £51 000 per annum

In response to Covid 19 we have had to adapt our services, therefore the role is currently largely home-based with some days at our office in Islington.

Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 14th February 2021 with interviews scheduled to take place on Monday 22nd February 2021.

We're looking to recruit a Marketing Technology Product and Business Lead to join and work on an ambitious new project.

About the role

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is embarking on an ambitious project to reinvent our use of Marketing Technology. We want to give our teams modern marketing tools that support more efficient and effective ways of working and this role will make a major contribution to the success of the project.

As a lead digital marketing stakeholder for BHF’s Technology to Inspire Action (TTIA) project, you'll play an intrinsic part in scoping, implementing, testing and embedding our new Marketing technology platform and associated tools, including a new Customer Data Platform at the BHF.

You’ll work across a range of marketing, technology and insight teams, representing the business needs and wants to the solution provider and project team. You'll help to ensure that the solution development meets business requirements, and support teams to change ways of working to take full advantage of updated technology, instilling best practise in performance marketing as you go. 

With expert Digital Marketing knowledge and experience you’ll drive adoption of our MarTech stack, working with various internal teams to find solutions to business challenges such as data visualisation, single customer view, and acquisition and retention challenges such as audience saturation. 

About you

You'll have experience in formulating digital marketing strategies which drive incremental revenue through search, programmatic display and paid social. 

With excellent quantitative and qualitative skills, you’ll have demonstrable proficiency in statistics and a proven ability to provide actionable insight from multiple data sets. You’ll be able to think critically and challenge and interrogate information.

You’ll have excellent communication and relationship building skills and have successful experience in supporting teams to adopt and implement these technologies, with experience in leading change management initiatives that lead to successful technology implementations.
 
To be successful in this role you must be technically literate, savvy, and knowledgeable. Highly detail-oriented, you’ll be able to thrive in an extremely fast-moving, dynamic environment. You'll enjoy working collaboratively and will be organised and adaptable. 

You'll also have knowledge & experience in: 
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Google Ads 360, Google DV360, Google Search Console
- STAT Search Analytics
- PPC
- AdWords
- Facebook Ads & LinkedIn Ads 
- Adobe Analytics/ Salesforce
- Search/Display programmatic
- Online Media Buying

Please note this is a 12-month fixed term contract.