Thames Valley Partnership is an established charity of over 25 years, delivering a range of services to support those who are vulnerable and at risk of exclusion.  We also work to develop long-term solutions to the issues of crime and social exclusion, working at both practical and strategic level to influence policy and share good practice. We have a proven track record of supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse as well as delivering training around this. Since 2010 we have been particularly involved in working to help develop, promote and roll out technological solutions to protect victims of domestic abuse on a national level, including TecSOS and the Bright Sky App.

The Role:

We now have an exciting role within a newly shaped learning function where there is a real appetite to embrace digital learning within this rapidly growing area. The purpose of this role is to design, develop and deliver a range of bespoke training packages to prevent and respond to domestic abuse and sexual violence. This role would ideally suit an innovative and organised person experienced in both creating and delivering training, ideally virtually and in the area of domestic abuse or similar. A good understanding of adult learning techniques is essential, along with a creative eye and a strong digital skillset. This is an exciting and rewarding role where you will also be involved in supporting an ongoing digital project currently in development with another charity and where you will make a real and positive impact on the safety and well-being of those who suffer domestic abuse.  

Please note that this is a full time post on a salary of £35Kper annum and is offered on a fixed contract basis until March 2021 (however, there may be the possibility to extend this depending upon funding at that time).  The post is available to start asap.

The closing date for applications is: Wednesday 12th August 2020 at 1700hrs

Interviews (Virtually) Week Commencing 17th August 2020

A full Job Description and Application Form can be download from the Partnership website.

Holidays: 25 days pro rata + 8 Bank Holidays + a discretionary 3 days over Christmas + additional length-of-service entitlement; we also offer a generous pension scheme, an Employee Assistance Porgramme, and travelcard loan and cycle to work schemes
Start date: 7th September 2020 (negotiable)
Location: 95 Sirdar Road, London W11 4EQ
Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 17th August 2020
Selection day: Tuesday, 25th August 2020 (via Zoom video call)

Dear Candidate,
 

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our staff team as a Community Development Worker with the aptitude and ability to learn on the job. 

The ClementJames Centre is an award-winning charity that provides programmes that address underachievement and social exclusion.  We support over 2,900 children, young people and adults each year, most at risk of failing to meet their potential to go onto higher education or employment, due to disadvantage. 

We have four main programmes:

• Adult Learning - supporting adults to improve their English, Maths and ICT skills. We offer a wide range of Functional Skills courses and intensive literacy & numeracy support.
• Employment Support - helping people to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. We offer tailored advice and support, mentoring and work skills activities
• Wellbeing & Support - empowering people to overcome barriers and challenges and to engage with their own wellbeing. We do this through the provision of Information, Advice and Guidance, and wellbeing support and activities
• Children & Young People’s Education - helping young people to learn, flourish and achieve their potential. We provide academic support, mentoring, intensive literacy & numeracy support and aspirational activities

The role of the Community Development Worker is a varied one and includes delivering our bespoke Employment Programme to local adults and young people, supporting with a range of health and wellbeing projects and providing at least one element of either, Advice and Guidance on a range of issues, or literacy and numeracy support to children and adults.

Our dedicated staff team is essential to the success of everything we do. Together, we work towards a fairer society where everyone is empowered to release their potential and live fulfilled lives. As a Community Development Worker you will be at the forefront of positive social change, helping local children and adults to grow and succeed.

This exciting training scheme will not only give you a real insight into the charity sector, but also provide you with the skills and hands-on experience required to excel as a charity professional. The scheme offers full training, development and support, and you will have the opportunity to work with driven and compassionate colleagues within a vibrant community.

If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to release their potential and live fulfilled lives and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.

The ClementJames Centre is a welcoming and unique place to work and if you would like to speak to a member of staff prior to submitting your application please email us to arrange a phone call.

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At ClementJames, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. If you require the application documents in a different format please do not hesitate to contact us.

Black and Minority Ethnic people are currently under-represented in The ClementJames Centre’s workforce and also within the charity sector. The ClementJames Centre particularly welcomes applications from Black and Minority Ethnic people.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. The ClementJames Centre is committed to protecting the health and wellbeing of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff are required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

£19,847 - £23,350 (unqualified); £22,526 - £26,501 (qualified) – salaries to be pro-rated (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Part-Time (17.5 hrs p/w) - Fixed-term contract until 25th June 2021

HMP Drake Hall

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Are you a collaborative and proactive individual with extensive experience of delivering training to vulnerable adults and the ability to work with people who have multiple and complex needs? 

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Trainer Assessor to join our team and deliver an inspiring training programme leading to the achievement of NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.

About St Giles Trust 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

St Giles Trust’s peer-led services form the backbone of our work; we firmly believe that Peer Advisors bring something special to our services, increasing engagement, having more time to spend with clients and becoming role models to their peers. Our successful candidate will be a part of a Peer Hub team that provides a high-level service to individuals with lived experience whilst working towards their NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.

About this pivotal role

As part of a larger Trainer Assessor team, which is at the heart of the Peer Advisor Network, you will plan and deliver an effective training programme. This will involve liaising with St Giles Trust staff and external partner organisations to identify and engage learners with the relevant skills, motivation and aptitude, plus interviewing applicants, completing assessment paperwork and assessing learning and other needs.

You will also work with learners to produce realistic individual learning plans and provide a comprehensive induction, and maintain and develop the range of work placement opportunities, matching learners to placements and ensuring positive and supportive relationships with placements hosts. 

What we are looking for:

• Experience of working to targets and recording information and statistics to enable effective monitoring of performance against targets 

• Knowledge of the issues faced by project participants in accessing and sustaining training or employment

• A proven capability to apply a creative approach to planning programmes and activities

• Ability to effectively assess evidence and identify assessment criteria using a range of assessment methods

• Excellent time management, prioritisation and communication skills, both verbal and written

• A professional, flexible and collaborative approach to your work

We offer a generous benefits and rewards package, which includes a competitive salary, leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, eye care scheme, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: 11pm, 22nd August 2020. Interviews: 4th September 2020 (interviews are likely to be held via zoom)

Seeking a motivated, self-starter who is passionate about supporting young people through relationships education.

The Covid-19 pandemic has put relationships education in the spotlight. With many family relationships being put under immense pressure due to the social and economic challenges created by lockdown, it is more important than ever to provide young people with the opportunity to consider what a healthy relationship looks like and what their future relationship ambitions might be.

Explore is a small but established educational charity. We provide young people with the time and space to explore healthy relationships. Our youth-led sessions are facilitated by our specially trained team of Local Development Officers and provide a rare opportunity for young people to ask adults about their experiences of relationships and marriage in order to inform how they might approach creating and sustaining healthy and happy relationships for themselves in the future.

We are seeking a part time (2 days per week during school term time) Local Development Officer to run our Essex / North London region. This role will involve:

• Engaging with secondary schools in your region, to promote Explore’s mission and to offer sessions using Explore’s methodology
• Negotiating session pricing with schools, using the guidance provided by Explore
• Coordinating, planning and leading on school session days, including facilitating some sessions, with the support of volunteers and other colleagues where needed
• Recruiting high quality volunteers in your region to ensure sessions can run effectively and to a high standard
• Communicating regularly with existing Explore volunteers in your region to keep them engaged in Explore’s mission and their role within our work
• Reporting to schools, volunteers and colleagues on the impact of each session using electronic feedback requests developed by Explore
• Providing weekly progress reports to your Line Manager, the Operations Manager

Skills, Experience & Qualities we are seeking:

• Experience of working with young people, ideally in a youth work or educational setting is essential
• Experience of influencing and / or negotiating fees for a product or service is desirable
• Experience of working in the educational sector in some form is desirable
• Ability to facilitate, coach, mentor and / or teach is highly desirable
• Ability to connect and engage with young people is essential
• Resilient, with the ability to adapt to unfolding situations
• Personal qualities of patience, integrity and a sense of humour would be an advantage
• Strong active listening skills, excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a remote team

We are an educational charity however our organisational values and culture are aligned to a Christian ethos. Applications are accepted and encouraged from individuals of all faiths and no faith. We would expect the successful candidate to share our Christian values of compassion, kindness, treating others fairly, acting ethically at all times, and being respectful.

This role is part time two days per week during school term time.

This role is home based however the successful candidate will be required to travel to schools within their region regularly and will be expected to attend occasional team meetings / training days further afield.

PLEASE APPLY THROUGH CHARITY JOB BY SUBMITTED YOUR CV (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES) AND A COVERING LETTER (MAXIMUM 2 PAGES) OUTLINING YOUR SUITABILITY FOR THE ROLE.

Business Development Officer

Location: Flexible

Job ID: 2020-2356 

Type of Contract: Permanent

Contracted Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 33 to 36 (£31150.00 - £33568.73)

Overview

Change Grow Live are looking for Business Development Officers to join our national Business Development Team

Responsibilities

We want excellent writers who share our passion for supporting people to make positive changes in their lives.

Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s largest charities. We provide a range of services including community and prison substance misuse, criminal justice, children and young people’s and housing/homelessness.

Joining us means being part of a well-established and successful team, and the chance to develop your skills, knowledge and experience whilst working with great people from across our organisation.

Last year we won tenders with an annual value of almost £50 million but what this really means to us is that we can provide more support to more people across the UK.

Working as part of Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team you will play a key role in the development and writing of tenders and proposals for a variety of health and social care services.

You will engage with people and teams across our organisation, from Consultant Psychiatrists and Nurses to Data Analysts and Web Developers, to produce high quality written tenders and proposals that clearly demonstrate the positive impact that our services have on people’s lives.

You will support our successful and growing Business Development Team to improve the quality of our work and develop our team culture, by thinking creatively, sharing your own knowledge and experiences, and challenging existing ways of working.

Ultimately you will contribute to the design, development and delivery of our services and help us to deliver on our organisational aims, strategy and values.

This role offers a great opportunity to learn and develop while using your established skills, and you’ll be encouraged to take on more responsibility as you progress.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can call to discuss this role further.

About you

You’ll be a confident and highly competent communicator with excellent writing skills and an exceptional eye for detail.

You’ll have proven experience of writing tenders, proposals or grant applications, or writing in other professional or academic environments, for instance journalism, research or marketing.

You’ll have good IT and research skills and be able to analyse data and interpret evidence.

You’ll be proactive and creative, and happy to give and receive challenging feedback.

You’ll share our passion for our values and mission, and you’ll be ready to work hard to achieve these.

Above all, you’ll want to use your skills and experience to develop and write winning tenders for services that help people to make positive changes in their lives.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We’ll support you to develop and grow. You’ll be joining a diverse team which welcomes new ideas and ways of working, and you’ll receive structured support, training and coaching to help you to progress in your career.

Joining Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team means you’ll benefit from a positive, supportive and flexible working environment which includes:

• Regional offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds;
• The option to work from home;
• Flexible hours and working patterns including compressed hours and job share options.

We pride ourselves on providing a supportive and inclusive workplace and this is evidenced through our 2019 Stonewall Top 100 Employers Award and Investors in People Silver Award.

For further infomration, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing Date: 23/8/2020

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through, please contact us.

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level. 

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible

Main purpose of job:To lead CARA’s Adult Practice and manage the day-to-day provision of specialist sexual violence counselling and group support for our adult clients.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.

Start date:As soon as possible (subject to Enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references).

Salary:£32,029 - £33,779 (NJC scale 29 - 31), per annum pro-rata, with pay rise expected.

Hours:28-35 hours per week (exact hours to be agreed).

Place of work: To work flexibly at CARA premises across mid and north Essex, including Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester and Dunmow. At present, due to COVID 19, CARA staff are predominantly working from home.

To apply: Please complete the application form, which can be downloaded from our website, explaining how your skills and experience relate to the person specification.

Applications must specifically address each essential and desirable criterion, giving evidence from previous experience or qualifications. 

Application deadline: 12pm, Wednesday 19th August 2020

Interviews:  Tuesday 8th September

Start date: As soon as possible, subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

Mandatory Training Dates: To be confirmed.  

This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.

About CARA

CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. 

CARA is a registered charity working with adults of all genders, young people and children from across mid and north Essex.  We have a head office in Colchester and outreach premises in Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Dunmow and Harwich.

During the COVID-19 crisis, CARA has continued to provide a range of remote services.  From early June, we have gradually started to offer limited face-to-face support.

About Synergy Essex

CARA is part of Synergy Essex – the Essex Rape and Sexual Abuse Partnership. We work closely with South Essex-based SERICC and Southend-on-Sea Rape Crisis (SOS Rape Crisis) to deliver the contract for the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse across Essex.

Job Description

The role of CARA’s Adult Practice Manager is to lead CARA’s team of Adult Practitioners and manage the day-to-day provision of specialist sexual violence counselling and group support for our adult clients. The post holder will also provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.

This is a new and exciting role, giving the post holder significant opportunity to develop CARA’s adult practice and lead a talented and committed team of counsellors. As well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the team, the post holder will be part of CARA’s management team and will have the opportunity to play a key role in CARA’s wider development, working closely with the Director and Manager. The post holder will also work closely with our sister centres, SERICC and SOS Rape Crisis to develop the coordination of counselling and group services across Essex.

Main Responsibilities

Management and leadership

• To manage the day-to-day operations of CARA’s Adult Practice, including overseeing the delivery of our specialist counselling service and our social group. This may also include managing any new adult practice projects that CARA develops.
• To work in accordance with CARA’s policies and procedures and embed a feminist approach in CARA activities.
• To review, develop and coordinate effective processes within the Adult Practice, pro-actively solving problems. The post holder will work closely with the Manager, the Allocations Co-ordinator and the counselling team.
• To line-manage a team of Adult Practitioners and our Allocations Co-ordinator, providing day-to-day support, monitoring performance and identifying training and development needs. This will include keeping up to date notes of line management meetings and conducting and recording annual staff appraisals.
• To oversee the work of a wider team of sessional and volunteer counsellors, including supporting Adult Practitioners in line managing this team and identifying training needs.
• To support Adult Practitioners and sessional counsellors in maintaining up-to-date client records and ensure that gaps in data are addressed, as required.
• To work with CARA’s manager to recruit and train new staff and sessional and volunteer counsellors, as required.
• To lead regular Adult Practice meetings, producing notes to share with team members and with senior management.
• To help co-ordinate a monthly sessional and volunteer counsellor meeting.
• To maintain an overview of Adult Practice waiting lists, working closely with the Allocations Co-ordinator, Manager and Director to ensure that staff and resources are deployed effectively.
• To keep up to date with relevant legislation, policy and practice issues, including BACP guidance and ensure the Adult Practice is aware of changes.
• To liaise with CARA’s other teams and more widely with Synergy Essex teams, resolving problems and ensuring good communication and mutual understanding of respective roles and ways of operating.
• To liaise with external agencies, including mental health and social care, ensuring CARA is represented at meetings as required and developing effective relationships to ensure our services co-ordinate with statutory and voluntary services.
• To be part of the CARA management team and attend regular management team meetings, contributing to CARA’s ongoing development.

Counselling and client support

• To oversee client work within the adult practice, working closely with team members to resolve client issues and ensure consistent, high quality service provision.
• To undertake client assessments and make appropriate arrangements for client support.
• To provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.
• To keep client records up to date.
• To work flexibly at CARA centres across mid and north Essex, providing face-to-face and remote sessions, as required.

General 

• To work flexible hours, including some evening work and occasional weekends.
• To participate in CARA team meetings, supervision, training and development. 
• To provide specialist advice to other workers and agencies, including participation in delivery of training sessions.
• To raise awareness of sexual violence and its impact in the community and within other agencies.
• To keep appropriate records in accordance with CARA policies and procedures.
• To adhere in full to all CARA’s organisational policies and procedures, including safeguarding procedures.
• To be administratively self-servicing.
• To report to the Manager, Director and Trustees as required, including the production of regular written reports and verbal reports.
• To undertake any other related activities as required by the Manager, Director or the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Project Officer

£26,789 pro rata, £16,073 per annum (0.6 FTE – 21 hours per week)

Contract until March 2023

Location: Cardiff (Office based). Home working will be considered

Carers Trust Wales is part of Carers Trust, a major charity for, with and about carers. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.

With locally based Network Partners we are able to support carers in their homes through the provision of replacement care, and in the community with information, advice, emotional support, hands on practical help and access to much needed breaks.

We are currently looking for a Project Officer to support the Carers Trust Wales team to deliver against 3 key projects:

• Supporting health and social care professionals to be better able to identify and support carers
• Working to improve awareness of and support for older carers
• Supporting the development and roll out of a National Young Carers ID Card Scheme.

This role will be responsible for working with a range of stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of these projects.

This is a great opportunity for an organised and creative person interested in joining a vibrant organisation and very successful team. 

Closing date for applications is 12pm on 2nd September 2020 with interviews 15 September 2020.

Carers Trust is committed to valuing diversity.  

Carers Trust has a number of measures in place to support the carers in its employment including carers leave.

Complex Adults Team Leader
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 31 March 2021 (potential extension if more funding is secured)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,500.00 pro rata
Closing Date: Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon)

Julian House is a growing voluntary organisation providing services to people facing acute challenges in their lives. We are currently looking for a Team Leader within our Complex Adult Service in BANES.

As well as working directly with new, returning and entrenched rough sleepers, the service will focus on engagement with people who have a street based lifestyles e.g. beggars and street drinkers, who are at risk of becoming homeless. The service seeks to work in collaboration through engaging and partnering with the whole community.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for a new service that is designed to provide intensive, person centred support and reduce rough sleeping in Bath and North East Somerset
• Lead the multi-agency working with external agencies required to reduce rough sleeping, including cross authority
• Track and monitor support delivered and its impact through review and use of outcome tools, with a focus on trauma informed care and gender informed interventions
• Support clients to engage in consultation events both within the organisation and in the wider community
• Provide supervision, support and guidance to other staff and volunteers as agreed with Line Manager.

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and personal specification.

If you want to work for an organisation that genuinely helps others and has real opportunities for advancement. If you are up for a new challenge or want to develop your existing skills, then we would love to hear from you. 

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Julian House has a supportive culture, providing regular supervision and line management alongside externally facilitated reflective practice which enables staff to look after their own health and well-being whilst giving their best in their roles. 
 
To Apply: 
Please apply by completing an online application form outlining why you would fit the role, via our jobs page on our Julian House website by the closing date of Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon).

This is the perfect job for someone who makes things happen and gets a kick out of seeing people's lives change. You'll further develop a successful project supporting seventy 16-21 yr olds with learning disabilities in Beds & N Herts. 

Please submit your CV which must be accompanied by a covering letter addressing the requirements of the role as detailed in the Job and Person Specifications. 

Working with schools, colleges, local authorities and employers, you will manage 2 PT hub co-ordinators and 2-3 PT assistants and will directly recruit, deploy, manage and support a team of 70 peer and adult volunteers. Together you and your team will support 70+ young people with special needs through a two year person-centred transition programme which works to help them move towards independence and adulthood, including work and next steps education.. Current hubs are in Luton, Bedfordand Stevenage.

You are an excellent organiser, team leader and communicator with a can do approach. You are great at forging relationships. You have experience of working with Special Needs and launching and developing projects.  A key part of the role will be developing stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for young people with special needs. From experience you also know how to work sensitively and effectively with this group - and you have the drive and ability to provide leadership and a quality response to the challenge of futher developing this project as we emerge from lockdown, including virtual as well as face to face provision. 

Reporting directly to our Senior Projects Manager, you will be excited by the opportunities in a charity and a project needed more than ever. You will be determined to deliver successful outcomes for the young people we support. 

As Project Support Officer you will support London’s Area and Regional Managers with volunteer recruitment,
documentation of training (such as DBS, references, Food Safety Level 2, First Aid), giving our volunteers a fantastic
experience and giving extra support to our London projects as and when required to aid development and growth
within the region.

Each of our Projects are run by Project Leaders (volunteer position) and supported by Regional Managers through
recruitment and training of volunteers. Your role will be to support the Regional Managers so that they can manage
more projects, knowing that you have helped with the embedding of volunteers, along with supporting the London
Area Manager with expansion plans within London.

This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to
support with guest outreach, and recruiting new Project Leaders for the Region. The right person for this role enjoys
being organised, has a great personality, pays attention to detail, and understands that they are a key component in
supporting our fantastic Projects.

Katherine Low Settlement (KLS) Age Well Programme for Older People – Two Vacancies

We have been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to run a new Age Well Programme in Battersea for older people. The vision is to enable older people in Battersea to continue living as independently as possible with the support of their community. This support includes the development and delivery of preventative services. This is a new programme driven-by local older people, the shape and contents of the services determined by them.

Vacancy 1 Community Development Officer (Age Well) 

You'll run day-to-day operations of a comprehensive Age Well programme with older people in Battersea that encourage ‘Active Citizenship’ 

You'll work 28 hours a week and be based in our centre which is at the heart of the community in Battersea, South West London.

Job Title: Community Development Officer (Age Well)

Position: Permanent contract

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)

Hours: 28 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays: 25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP

The role includes:   

• The planning of KLS’ Age Well older people’s service with older people themselves, partners and funders 

• Conducting a Participatory Needs Assessment to help build an understanding of the assets and needs of older people in Battersea 

• Supporting communications work of the Settlement about older people and the Age Well programme

• Supporting the Director and Elders Organisational Development Worker to make funding applications

• Undertaking marketing and promotion activities to recruit older people to the Age Well programme

• Managing referral and assessment process 

• Conducting outreach work with older people in the community from a variety of venues incl. home visits

• Supporting older people – one-to-one support as well as group work

• Ensuring delivery of all the Age Well activities throughout the week

• Keep accurate records to help monitor and evaluate our older people’s Age Well service. 

Vacancy 2 Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well) 

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic organisational development worker, with fundraising experience, to join our Elders team. The Age Well programme will be delivered in part by local community partners, some of whom are small and (un)funded. They will need additional capacity building support so that they can work with more older people in Battersea. You will have experience of working with charities and community organisations to develop their infrastructure and increase their skills and capacity including governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. 

Job Title: Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well)  

Position: Permanent contract  

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)  

Hours: 7 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays:25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Responsible to: KLS’ Head of Elders Team  

Responsible for: Supporting a small team of volunteers  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP 

The role includes: 

• Researching and mapping local community partners in Battersea

• Researching and identifying suitable Charitable Trusts, Foundations to support the Age Well programme

• Working closely with the Elders Team to build relationships with existing and new local community partners

• Conducting organisational assessments to identify their development support needs

• Developing tailored action plans for each organisation incl. milestones and timescales

• Providing a suite of one-to-one and group support that cover issues of governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. This may include developing and delivering training sessions on skills development for fundraising and monitoring & evaluation, for example and/or bringing in consultants and training providers as appropriate

• Identifying and cultivating existing and new relationships with trusts, foundations and individuals to secure significant, multi-year donations for the Age Well programme

• Working with the Elders Team to package up the Age Well programme, translating its work into relevant, inspiring, professional and compelling funding applications that meet the funders criteria and are reflective of KLS mission, vision and values

• Submitting high-quality, multi-year funding applications

• Once funding is secured manage a portfolio of Charitable Trusts and Foundations and individual donors

• Ensuring all donors receive the appropriate level of acknowledgement, recognition, appreciation, thanks and feedback tailored to their specific requirements

• Providing excellent donor stewardship through high-quality updates and monitoring reports, face-to-face meetings, opportunities for personal involvement, project visits and events and other key communications

KLS is committed to equal opportunities. 

All offers to work at KLS are subject to two satisfactory references, which is standard KLS policy applicable to all roles. KLS also ask for an enhanced DBS check. You will adhere to matters of confidentiality concerning this role and the KLS team. An induction is given to new staff, which includes sharing our policies and procedures relevant to this post.  There is a 6 month probation period for these role 

Application Process 

Please send us a copy of your CV with covering letter that covers why you feel you would be suitable for this role, to KLS  by 9.00am on Wednesday 19th August 2020. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th 2020. Please tell us if you have a preferred time. 

WHAG

WHAG is a leading charity delivering quality support services to women, men and their families who are affected by domestic abuse and homeless vulnerable women across North West England. Improving the safety and life opportunities of our service users and supporting them in their recovery

Our people impact on the lives of others and our business everyday so we’re committed to developing talent and growing ambition. We’re looking for people who want to be the best they can in their role and who want to make a difference day in, day out.

We currently have opportunities for:

Assistant Domestic Abuse Support Worker (Nights) (Rochdale)

We are looking for an Assistant Domestic Abuse Support Worker to provide clients with assistance and support as required in a safe and secure environment and assist them to reach planned goals.

• Salary: NJC scale 9 (£19,283 + £50 per sleep allowance)
• Actual Salary: £14,803
• Hours: 14.92 hours

• Thursday 4.30pm to Friday 8.45am (Sleep 11pm-8am)
• Friday 4:30pm to Saturday 8.45am (Sleep 11pm-8am)
• Every 3rd Saturday 5.30pm to Sunday 8am ((Sleep 11pm-8am)

• Closing Date: 10.00am, Wednesday, 26th August 2020
• Interview date: Wednesday, 9th September 2020

As this post is at women only project schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 applies 

We are recruiting for our first ever HR, Learning and Development manager to develop and implement our people strategy and directly support our exciting scale goals.

ABOUT US

Lively Minds is an award-winning NGO working to get preschoolers in rural Ghana & Uganda school-ready.

Over 250 million children under 5 years globally do not get the early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) they need, leading to poor health, poor education, lost life opportunities and poverty. We believe that one of the main barriers to ECCE is that parents in remote resource-poor villages lack the information, education and aspiration to provide basic and affordable opportunities for their children. We have developed an innovative behavior-change programme that empowers marginalized, poorly educated Mothers to run educational Play Schemes for preschoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources.  Not only does this result in positive outcomes for child development, but also has positive impacts for the Mothers too.

These are exciting times for Lively Minds. In Ghana, we are finalising a partnership agreement with Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ghana Education Service to integrate the programme in to the national kindergarten system and scale across 60 rural districts in the northern regions of the country, reaching approximately 4000 kindergartens and 1.1million children. Our programme in Uganda is in a test and position for scale stage with the long-term aim of national roll-out. Our long-term goal is for the programme to be adopted in several countries in the global south so that it can have a large impact in tackling the global early childhood development crisis.

Over the next year we will be expanding our Ghanaian team significantly and building strategies to support our organisation’s scale-up. We are therefore recruiting for our first ever HR, Learning and Development manager to develop and implement our people strategy and directly support our growth ambitions.

The immediate priority for the postholder will be to develop and implement new HR processes and systems across our global organisation. These will include appraisals/performance management;  behaviour & culture management; developing leadership development and training.  The postholder will also be responsible for driving and managing the mass recruitment and onboarding exercise in Ghana.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic development

• Contribute to the organisational development and programme scale strategy
• Develop and implement an HR strategy to support the achievement of strategic goals and to ensure that our HR strategy reflects our values.

Recruitment, induction & retention

• Develop and implement an effective recruitment process
• Lead on the recruitment and induction process for a mass recruitment in Ghana (circa 40 new hires)
• Design and manage each element of the end to end employee life cycle
• Work with Head of M& E to establish robust and effective “people” measures and metrics that can be used to report on employee satisfaction, recruitment effectiveness, measure retention rates.
• Establish a tool and process to “temperature test” the organization and understand the different culture dimensions.
• Lead on developing and implementing a new Diversity and Inclusion policy

People Development & Performance Management

• Establish working norms to ensure Lively Minds’ culture, values and behaviours are embedded in staff behaviours and management practices.
• Create and implement a Learning & Development strategy, including a package of trainings on our core and  leadership competencies, together with tools and processes to embed these competencies in to working practices
• Support the implementation of our new performance management system and competencies. In particular ensuring development plans are being used effectively to build capacity; tracking and reviewing metrics
• Develop a succession management plan for key management positions

HR systems

• Be part of a team to advise on the purchase of an online HR system and lead on the implementation of this system
• Update HR handbook and policies, engaging with staff to ensure buy-in to these
• Manage change and ensure teams understand and are appropriately implementing policies and systems
• Recruit and manage an HR officer in Ghana to support the HR function
• Implement day-to-day HR administrative functions
• Be responsible for ensuring compliance with HR-related issues

You are…

We are looking for an HR/Learning & Development expert with the confidence and experience to set-up and grow our HR function. You will be working in a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team that is spread across three countries and will be the go-to person on all HR issues. Lively Minds is a fast-paced, results-oriented organisation with a drive for excellence. To succeed in this role you must be able work strategically to ensure that our HR function is truly values-driven. But you must also be a doer and capable of implementing the strategies with minimal supervision and on a small budget. 

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

Minimum of 7 years of experience in an HR role

Experience managing others

Experience designing and delivering skills-based training

Experience working with global/cross-cultural teams

Desirable

CIPD qualified (or equivalent)

Experience working with/managing teams in the Global South or Africa region

Position: Learning & Development Manager

Reporting to: Head of People & Volunteering

Contract type: 12 month contract, full-time, Oct 2020-Oct 2021

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is a dynamic London charity that works with food suppliers and charities and schools to reduce food waste and food poverty. We were set up in 2016 by entrepreneur, Justin Byam Shaw. 

More than eight million people in the UK struggle to afford to eat every day, while our food industry generates 100,000 tonnes of edible food waste each year. 

We rescue good food that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste.  This is high-quality and nutritious, including a high proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables, baked goods, salads, meat and fish.  We collect or receive food from 170 suppliers, including supermarkets, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and delis. 

We sort and then deliver this food to charities that cook meals and prepare food parcels for vulnerable people and to primary schools to distribute to children and their families. In 2019 we delivered over 2,700 tonnes of food to more than 310 London frontline charities and primary schools. This is enough food to make over 6.6 million meals. 

We have 40 staff, 500 active volunteers, and a fleet of 22 vans.

At the moment we have 3 main operations: our 2 depot operations at Enfield and Park Royal and our Central London operation.  The depots are open during the day and from these we collect, sort, deliver and store surplus food using our own vans completing pre-configured routes.  Our Central London operation runs in the evening and does point to point re-distribution directly from food retailers to charities, without the need for depot storage.  The Central London operation is fully “green” and uses electric vans and walking and cycling routes to extend our reach.

In October 2020, The Felix Project will be joining forces with FareShare London, with staff and volunteers from FareShare London becoming part of the Felix Family. This exciting partnership means that all current FareShare London volunteers will join us as The Felix Project volunteers, and will involve a transition period as we begin working more closely together and learning from each other. The goal of this partnership is to ensure that we are able to deliver more food to the Londoners who need it most.

Purpose of the Role

Quality induction, training, and development of all our people is vital to the success of The Felix Project. As part of our ambitious plans for growth, we will need to ensure all our staff and volunteers are trained and supported to deliver maximum impact and meet our operational targets.

The Learning & Development Manager will play a key role in the development, delivery and evaluation of all learning and training within The Felix Project. You will be the sole L&D specialist and will work very closely with both the People and Operations teams.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Lead a skills audit for our staff and volunteers
• Working closely with the People and Operations teams, create a plan to train and develop our whole workforce
• Research, commission and lead work on a programme of e-learning and traditional training
• Research and develop training content
• Advise teams and individual staff on their CPD needs
• Support the establishment of a blend of learning and development methods that will assess and enhance the contribution of all teams and create a culture of learning/continuous improvement
• Support the Head of People to procure and develop an LMS system
• The promotion of, and consultation on learning across the organisation

Person Specification

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly welcome applications from those of a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as BAME people are currently under-represented within The Felix Project at these levels.

You will be passionate to play an influential role in a charity that is expanding rapidly, and thrive in a busy environment. 

Our ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of training and learning. You may have a background as a teacher, in HR learning & development, volunteer training, or adult education. The important thing is that you understand how to develop and deliver engaging content using a variety of different techniques and platforms.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Certified qualifications in L&D, training design and facilitation, or equivalent experience
• Significant experience of designing and facilitating learning activities for differing audiences, including session planning, access, materials and resources
• Experience of procuring and managing training solutions or providers
• An understanding of, and experience in using e-learning tools and software; awareness of trends in the e-learning industry
• Understanding of learning methodologies and styles
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work across teams, building long term relationships
• Experience of conducting learning needs analysis, designing and implementing development initiatives
• Experience of evaluating learning programmes, measuring cost effectiveness and impact

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

The ideal candidate will have as many of these as possible, but none are absolutely essential to the role.

• Experience developing training programmes for charities (staff and/or volunteers)
• Experience of managing, creating, delivering and maintaining e-learning
• Knowledge of best practice in accessibility and the creation of user-centred resources
• Experience of working collaboratively to create learning material
• Background in volunteer management and/or HR
• Experience designing or running employability programmes
• Experience volunteering in charities
• Committed to our cause, and have a desire to help reduce food waste and fight food poverty.

What you’ll get in return

You’ll be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team.  We would expect you to come in to the office 1-2 days a week, and we currently have offices in West and North London – the role would involve regular travel to both locations, with hot desking. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and occasional flexi-working.

Application procedure & timeline

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 26 August

Interviews: w/c Monday 7 September 2020 (If needed, second interviews will be held w/c 14 September)

Anticipated start date: October 2020