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Manchester Art Gallery is looking for a dynamic person to taken on a key role in the Development Team. You’ll be focused on sourcing and securing grants from charitable funders and your contribution will be vital to the continuing success of fundraising at the gallery. You’ll help support the creative, educational and community activity at Manchester Art Gallery and Platt Hall.
The Gallery’s small Development Team is a busy and successful one, working with colleagues across the gallery to secure funds, though its independent charity, from public funders, trusts and foundations, individuals and businesses. You will be a key member of the team, line-managing the Friends Coordinator who manages the Friends membership scheme and offers administrative assistance.
Our main strategic priority for the next five years is to deliver a capital programme across all three of our sites to re-think, reorganise and re-home our collections, alongside the civic and educational roles of the gallery.
Could you join us and use your skills and life experience to engage Manchester residents and visitors to the city in all aspects of gallery life?
About us:
Manchester Art Gallery is the original useful museum, at the centre of city life for nearly 200 years, created as the Royal Manchester Institution for the Promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts and has been proudly part of Manchester City Council since 1882.
The gallery’s 45,000-strong collection - which belongs to the people of Manchester - spans six centuries of art, craft and design, and fashion and dress, with a particularly rich collection of 19th-century art, including a large number of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The gallery is free and open to all people as a place of civic thinking and public imagination, it promotes art as a means to achieve social change.
Manchester Art Gallery sits within the Libraries, Galleries and Culture Service as part of the Neighbourhoods Directorate of Manchester City Council (MCC). It has two public venues - Manchester Art Gallery and Platt Hall and Queens Park Conservation Studios in Harpurhey that serves as the ‘engineroom ’of the gallery, providing essential collection housing and conservation studios. Manchester Art Gallery is a National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England to work in strategic partnership with the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum to deliver the city’s cultural objectives and promote Manchester as a centre of knowledge and creativity. As part of Manchester City Council we deliver the’ Our Manchester’ strategy for the city.
This post is also subject to satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks where applicable.Manchester City Council is committed to giving fair support to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, whilst recognising and remembering the sacrifices they have made. The aim of The Armed Forces Covenant is to ensure that the Armed Forces and veterans are not disadvantaged, when applying for vacancies with Manchester City Council. Armed Forces and veterans will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the Minimum requirements for the role.
Manchester City Council values equality and works to provide a fair and inclusive environment for a workforce that is as diverse as the communities it serves. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly welcome applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.
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Job Title: HR Manager
Reports to: Head of Finance and Operations
Line reports: None
Contract terms: Fixed term – 12 months (maternity cover), 28 hours per week
Grade: F
Salary: £49,643-£52,415
Location: 18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Background Information
About The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) is the only professional body for medically qualified eye doctors, who specialise in the prevention, treatment and management of eye disease, including surgery.
RCOphth acts as the voice of the profession and champions excellence in the practice of ophthalmology. We work collaboratively with government, health departments, charities and eye health organisations, developing policy to influence eye care services in the UK, including workforce planning.
We provide continued guidance, education and training to maintain professional standards and promote research and science for all members and other key healthcare professionals.
Our Clinical and lay volunteers on the Trustee board, Council and committees, with the senior staff leadership team, work with all staff to develop and deliver RCOphth’s strategy. The team of 35 staff work under a hybrid working model with staff working from home or at the prestigious head office is based in Euston, London depending on business need.
The HR Manager role
The post of HR Manager is part of the Finance and Operations department, reporting to the Head of Department (who reports to the Chief Executive). This department also includes Finance, IT, Membership, and Facilities, and provides vital services and support to the College to enable it to carry out work on behalf of its members.
This challenging role requires you to provide all aspects of HR services to the College. You will be required to work at the highest levels with Senior Managers, Trustees and Officers and support line managers and front-line staff.
Main Purpose and Deliverables
The HR Manager will be the sole HR specialist at the College and will be required to provide coaching, support and challenge to line managers in the application of HR policies and procedures. The HR manager will also work with and advise the College’s Remuneration Committee and staff and is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring effective HR strategy, policy and practice, and related procedures and systems.
Main Areas of Work and Responsibility
Development
• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall College strategy, including the development of recruitment and retention strategies to meet mid to long term people requirements
• Implement and manage KPIs for key people processes and generate reports and data to quantify performance and skills
• Develop and implement robust HR policies and procedures and monitor HR systems and procedures across the College that reflect legislative and best practice requirements.
• Work collaboratively with senior managers and other colleagues, assess training needs and implement learning and development programmes
• Review all HR documents to ensure that they are of good quality and are compliant with employment legislation, including GDPR
• Act as the internal HR adviser to the SMT and governance levels of the organisation, including the Remuneration Committee
• Advise, coach and empower managers to build and develop engaged and effective teams
• Drive organisational change by understanding business needs and influencing managers to implement positive practice
Operational
• Be the trusted advisor to colleagues proactively providing HR guidance and support
• Advise managers, staff and trustees on HR policies, processes, employment legislation and relevant updates
• Manage informal and formal employee relations including dispute resolutions, disciplinary matters, grievances, absence, family leave, retirement and redundancy
• Maintain strong relationships with recruiters and other stakeholders
• Manage the recruitment process by assisting hiring managers to develop suitable job descriptions, preparing job adverts, liaising with recruitment agencies, checking application forms, shortlisting, arranging and attending interviews (where necessary)
• Liaise with the Finance and Payroll Co-ordinator (who manages the payroll and pension scheme)
• Work with the Remuneration Committee and SMT on reward strategy, policy and practice, budgets and reviews. Provide professional support to job evaluation and grading
• Nurture a positive working environment, including identification and establishment of employee engagement opportunities
Administration and information resources
• As the sole HR practitioner, undertake all areas of HR administration and maintenance of employee records, including managing the paperless HR system.
• Streamline and administer employee-related paperwork, such as employment contracts, new starter packs, or formal notices of termination.
• Review and refresh all HR information resources, including staff and manager communications and information resources on HR policies, practice and processes
• Administer the Remuneration Committee – set meetings, take minutes etc.
Key Working Relationships
• College staff – providing advice sharing information, working collaboratively, handling complex employee relations issues Trustees and senior management team – providing strategic advice and guidance in relation to HR, employee relations, and employment legislation
• Suppliers – negotiating with training providers, HR consultants, recruiters
• Other Royal Colleges – networking, collaborating on joint projects
Scope and Accountability
Financial:
- Monitoring spend on HR specific activities – budget c£90,000 + recruitment costs
- Shared responsibility for reward budget (with SMT and Remuneration Committee)
Other resources:
- Responsibility for managing the data in the new HR system and all HR related information and personnel records
People management:
- N/A
Legal, regulatory and compliance responsibility:
- Responsibility for ensuring organisational compliance with employment legislation
- Compliance with health and safety procedures, including prompt reporting of any defects, risks or potential hazards.
- Compliance with the organisation’s data protection and privacy policies.
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential (E) Desirable (D)
Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience
CIPD qualified – ideally MCIPD or FCIPD. E
Working knowledge of relevant employment and equalities legislation and their implications for organisational policy and practice. E
Experience in advising and managing grievance and disciplinary investigations. E
Experience working as an HR generalist. E
Knowledge of best practice in specific HR areas – recruitment and selection, absence management, performance management (including capability). E
Experience in advising managers on all aspects of people and performance management issues. E
Good all-round IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications, as well as HR database systems. E
Knowledge of pay, grading and remuneration matters. D
Experience in organisational development and change management. E
Skills and Abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including policy and procedure drafting, engagement and information/reporting documents. E
Ability to build positive relationships at all levels of the organisation. E
Ability to plan and prioritise a complex and varied workload and to multi-task. E
Methodical, pragmatic and flexible approach to problem solving. E
Ability to manage difficult situations and relationships and work with those involved to devise solutions. E
Excellent organisation and administration skills, attention to detail. E
Personal Qualities (Attributes)
Have a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude. E
A high degree of emotional intelligence, self-awareness and a commitment to their personal and professional development. E
Commitment to equality and diversity and understanding of how this applies to own area of work. E
Operate in an honest and trustworthy way, with discretion and tact. E
Committed to own continuing professional development. E
Other requirements
N/A
The College acts as the voice of the profession, we set the curriculum and examinations for trainee ophthalmologists, provide training in eye s... Read more
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Are you looking for an opportunity where your skills will make a difference in helping to end homelessness and rebuild lives?
About the role
The Sutton Vulnerable Adults Pathway is an interlinked group of floating support and accommodation services operated in Sutton by St Mungo’s and commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton. Our aim is to deliver a recovery focused service that provides a place of safety, appropriate housing and support for all clients. We have a variety of flexible accommodation services across 36 sites including 24 hour assessment hubs, Housing First and Semi-Independent accommodation, which means we can adapt our service to meet the needs of a broad range of people. We are now looking for a Deputy Manager to join the team where you will work across sites, providing a point of consistency for service users from referral to move-on. in the role you will:
- Work closely with the service manager to ensure the effective day to day running of the service.
- Provide supportive supervision and line management to staff ensuring high quality, person centred support is provided to clients with a broad range of support needs.
- Build and maintain strong relationships, and work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders including local authorities, accommodation services.
About you
This role will suit a passionate and committed individual who has the ability to empower individuals to make positive changes. In addition you will have:
- Experience of managing staff and volunteers; or the willingness to develop these skills.
- The ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload and come up with practical ideas to improve services.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of people.
- A good working knowledge of substances and supporting clients within the Substance Misuse Recovery Model is essential, including an understanding of the challenges that clients can experience when transitioning to abstinence or controlled use and developing a life away from drugs/alcohol.
- Finally, flexibility is necessary for this post, as you may be required to work outside of normal working hours.
Above all, we are looking for someone committed to the overall aims of the service and working with a recovery focused, person centred approach.
What we offer
Flexible Working and Other Benefits
- We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
- St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.
A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
- Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
- We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.
Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
- We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.
What we do
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.
How to apply
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10am on 10 June 2022
Interview and assessments on: week commencing 20 June 2022
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
As a homelessness ch... Read more
Are you looking for an opportunity where your skills will make a difference in helping to end homelessness and rebuild lives?
About the role
The Sutton Vulnerable Adults Pathway is an interlinked group of floating support and accommodation services operated in Sutton by St Mungo’s and commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton. Our aim is to deliver a recovery focused service that provides a place of safety, appropriate housing and support for all clients. We have a variety of flexible accommodation services across 36 sites including 24 hour assessment hubs, Housing First and Semi-Independent accommodation, which means we can adapt our service to meet the needs of a broad range of people. We are now looking for a Service Manager to join the team where you will:
- Work with the Senior Service Manager to take overall responsibility for the smooth running of the service.
- Lead team of Deputy Managers and Housing Support Workers to provide a recovery-focused service for individuals with a broad range of support needs.
- Working across sites, providing a point of consistency for service users from referral to move-on. The Service Manager will ensure that staff have the training and tools to work peripatetically hubs and satellite supported housing services.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and to promote multi-agency working in order to ensure clients with multiple and complex needs can access comprehensive support and appropriate accommodation across the Sutton Vulnerable Adults pathway.
- You will support budget management, relevant reporting and a robust void management and referral process.
About you
We are looking for a proactive and dedicated person with of leading a service delivery team in a similar environment, and effectively line managing staff and volunteers. You will also have:
- Excellent communication skills, and demonstrable ability to develop strong internal and external partnerships.
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple service priorities.
- A good working knowledge of substances and supporting clients within the Substance Misuse Recovery Model is essential, including an understanding of the challenges that clients can experience when transitioning to abstinence or controlled use and developing a life away from drugs/alcohol.
- Passion and enthusiasm to achieve the overall aims and objectives of vulnerable adults service.
What we offer
Flexible Working and Other Benefits
- We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
- St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.
A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
- Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
- We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.
Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
- We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.
What we do
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.
How to apply
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10am on 10 June 2022
Interview and assessments on: week commencing 20 June 2022
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
As a homelessness ch... Read more
Causeway Education is a charity supporting young people to overcome barriers in accessing Higher Education and apprenticeships. Our mission is to ensure students have the support they need to explore options effectively, make ambitious choices and produce outstanding university, college and apprenticeship applications.
We are looking for a dynamic and creative Programme Manager: Employer Outreach to join us on the next stage of our journey. The pandemic has made our work more urgent than ever, and we are scaling up to meet this challenge. If you share our passion for ensuring progression is not determined by privilege, then we’d love to hear from you.
About Causeway Education
Causeway is a small, ambitious charity with national reach, supporting young people to overcome barriers in accessing higher education and apprenticeships.
We exist to make sure that progression is not determined by privilege.
We believe that, with the right support in exploration, choices and applications, all young people can find and realise their ambition.
In our unequal society, some young people face far greater challenges than others in accessing Higher Education and apprenticeships. Dedicated teachers, advisors and outreach professionals work tirelessly on redressing these inequalities. We are there for all those confronting these barriers, helping to bring about:
Expert support
We give teachers the skills and resources they need to ensure all their students can navigate HE and apprenticeship applications effectively.
Transformational outreach
We help universities, charities and corporates to develop initiatives which inspire and equip participants to take their next steps.
Outstanding applications
We support students directly, providing impactful workshops and mentoring to help them successfully clear the hurdles of complex application processes.
Last year we helped 10,352 students submit high quality applications. Alongside this, we gave expert support to 2,096 professionals, helping them to hone their provision so applicants are better served year after year. We have an ambitious strategy to significantly increase our reach and impact over the next 5 years, building capacity in our education system and directly supporting students. We deliver annual applicant-facing support on behalf of a number of universities, charities and corporates, as well as innovative training and resources to teachers, outreach professionals and employers.
Purpose of the role
As Programme Manager: Employer Outreach you will be responsible for the delivery of our key employer outreach programmes. This work is core to our mission of improving the support in place for young people to explore different options and apply successfully for apprenticeships and HE. You will manage a portfolio of employer outreach programmes supported by Programme Officers and freelance specialists. Initiatives range from one-off workshops through to insight days and work-experience weeks.
Key responsibilities
Programme management
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Oversee the delivery of our key employer outreach programme and a portfolio of smaller employer outreach projects.
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Manage relationships with our employer partners, ensuring they are kept up to date with progress.
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Establish KPIs for programmes in your portfolio and ensure these are achieved.
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Ensure your programmes have effective monitoring and evaluation measures in place which link to Causeway’s monitoring and evaluation framework.
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Liaise effectively and efficiently with staff across the organisation.
Programme Delivery
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Ensure high quality design and delivery of general aspects of the programmes in your portfolio.
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Oversee our specialist freelancers to design and deliver more specific programme resources and activities.
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Oversee recruitment and/or marketing campaigns, including drafting emails and adverts and managing communications via Mailchimp and other channels
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Facilitate workshops for a range of audiences including students and undergraduate ambassadors, teachers and advisors, and university and employer outreach staff, alongside other members of the Programmes Team.
Quality assurance and improvement
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Employ principles of effective quality assurance throughout project and programme life-cycles, to ensure learning experiences consistently meet defined quality standards and reflect our values.
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Lead on evaluating and continuously improving programmes in your portfolio
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Support and share good practice with colleagues.
This job description is designed to give an overall view of the role and is not a definitive list of tasks.
Person specification
Essential
We are more interested in what you could do than what you have already done, hence the emphasis on skills over experience.
Experience
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Outstanding relationship management
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Management of a portfolio of projects/programmes
Skills and knowledge
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Demonstrable organisational skills: able to manage multiple projects both small and large
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Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
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Strong interpersonal skills: able to interact with different audiences from professionals through to young people
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Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, and exceptional presentation skills
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Understanding of effective monitoring and evaluation
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Creative thinking and problem-solving: the ability to generate and implement innovative and practical solutions
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Strong ability to lead and motivate across the organisation
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Good understanding of the importance of safeguarding
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In possession of, or able to secure, an enhanced DBS check.
Desirable
There are a number of different paths the successful candidate may have taken to develop the skills and experience needed for this role. The following list is not intended to be exhaustive, but instead to give a sense of the range of experiences which are relevant:
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Personal experience of structural inequalities, or experience of supporting young people from underrepresented groups
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Experience of working in employer outreach
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Experience of university Widening Participation
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Experience of working in schools/colleges or of recruiting and maintaining relationships with teachers/schools
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Experience in a charity supporting young people
Personal Qualities
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Passionate about helping young people access Higher Education and apprenticeships
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Committed to Causeway’s values of ensuring our work is high-quality, collaborative, practical and evidence-led
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Clear commitment to diversity and inclusion
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Flexible and adaptable to meet needs of the post
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A positive outlook and sense of humour
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Resilient, collaborative, diplomatic and emotionally intelligent
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Results-focused with the desire to personally deliver tangible outcomes
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Educated to degree level or having relevant qualifications or experience indicating the ability to apply an appropriately high level of analytical skills.
We actively work to improve diversity in Higher Education and apprenticeships, therefore personal experience of facing related barriers, or experience of supporting young people from underrepresented groups, will be a valuable asset to the organisation.
We are a small and friendly team. Although we work from home, we meet up at least monthly and we have established a number of ways to keep in regular contact and continue to support each other. We will go out of our way to welcome a new member of the team.
Application Instructions
Please submit the following:
1. CV (maximum 2 sides)
2. Covering Letter
Closing date for applications is 5pm on 22nd June.
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 4th July.
Causeway Education is a charity supporting young people to overcome barriers in accessing Higher Education.
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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 Programme Manager who is responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of some of our key North West programmes at a local level. The projects will involve working with a range of secondary schools, Post-16 providers and senior multi-agency stakeholders serving low-income communities to support them to effectively identify and meet the learning and development needs of their pupils.
To apply for this position, please send a CV and supporting statement via our advert on CharityJob by midnight on 22nd May 2022. Your supporting statement must not exceed 2 pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification. We are scheduling interviews as applications are received, therefore an early application is recommended.
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Could you help develop our services to care leavers? Can you use your experience to shape new and innovative delivery models for the benefit of young people? Do you bring the enthusiasm and vision needed to make creative solutions a reality through strong partnership working?
We have a significant opportunity for a new colleague to join our Reboot West education, employment and training programme.
It is a very exciting and interesting time to join 1625ip for this opportunity:
- Reboot West already delivers an evidence-based model that helps care leavers across the South West to succeed in education, training and employment.
- It is an innovative programme that enables young people to develop confidence and wellbeing by underpinning our relationship-based support using a psychological framework (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and DNA-V).
- We are in the closing stages of entering into partnership to extend this pioneering service to more care leavers across the region as part of a major impact trial - this will involve partnership working to deliver a large-scale evaluation of what works in supporting care leavers into employment and education – on a scale that has never been done before in the UK.
- The role provides the opportunity to be creative, collaborative and shape new approaches to supporting care leavers, with the potential to influence the future of delivery models nationally.
- The role will also oversee our Training Enterprise, which delivers training to share best practice in psychologically informed approaches to other organisations - to enhance the support provided to homeless young people and care leavers across the region.
We are particularly keen to increase applications from ethnic minorities, Muslim and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We would also like applications from people with relevant lived experience.
Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 06 June 2022. If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.
We are a leading youth homelessness and care leavers charity based in the South West, working with over 1,500 young people. We have strong local partnerships and adhere to the best practice in the sector. We build trusting relationships between our young people and our colleagues, and this is at the core of our work.
What we are looking for:
- You have confidence to effectively work in partnership with multiple, cross-sector agencies, including local authorities, the regional authority and large funders.
- You are practised at leading and managing new projects, sustainable change and service improvements.
- You have advanced experience in leading high quality support services for vulnerable people (or transferable leadership experience).
- You are an assured leader and can motivate other organisations and internal colleagues towards our shared objectives for young people - to attain tangible, measurable outcomes for them, whilst supporting and directing your teams with care and compassion.
- You can effectively manage complex financial and performance data to identify causal impact in order to take objective, informed action.
- You can oversee effective delivery of 1625ip’s Training Enterprise so the provision of external training meets its aims of creating value to learners and generates income for 1625ip to support our work.
What you will be doing:
- Designing, negotiating and project managing new service models - through collaborative partnership work with young people and with external statutory agencies, funding bodies, evaluators and others.
- Shaping our services to enhance opportunities and experiences for the young people we support, enabling them to achieve their goals and aspirations across the West of England.
- Leading, supporting and guiding operational managers and our learning & development work to enable the delivery of high quality services.
- Playing a key role in the development and internal delivery of our psychologically-informed framework, in which our work is rooted.
You will be based in our Prevention, Support and EET directorate and your line manager will be our Operations Director (Prevention, Support and EET).
If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.
What we are offering:
- 30 days holiday plus the usual Public and Bank Holidays.
- A supportive team – both internally and externally.
- An opportunity to develop skills in project management, service development and evidence-based delivery.
- Opportunities to learn through our training programme and to reflect through monthly group reflective practice with the senior leadership team.
- Flexible working hours and base.
Contract details:
- Hours per week: 37.5 (this represents full time hours)
- Contract type: Permanent
- Pay: £36,371 - £39,571 per annum
- The location: 1625 Independent People’s head office: Kingsley Hall, 59 Old Market Street, Bristol, BS2 0ER. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home.
Application information:
- To access the Job Pack for this role and submit an application, please visit the link to the vacancy.
- Please refer to the Cover Letter guidance below to ensure your application can progress to the shortlisting stage.
- To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Paul Hale. You can find his email address in the ad on our website (via the vacancy link)
Important dates:
- Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 06 June 2022.
- If you have not heard from us by Thursday 09 June 2022, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- Interviews are on Monday 13 June 2022.
Covering Letter / Supporting Statement Guidance
Please note that the online application form cannot be saved until it is fully complete. We recommend that you prepare your Covering Letter before you start the online application.
Your Covering Letter is essentially your Supporting Statement and will form the most important basis on which your skills, experience and behavioural competencies will be tested against the job criteria. Without it, your application cannot progress to the shortlisting stage.
You should refer to the Person Specification document within the Job Pack and cover only the elements that are tested at this stage of the recruitment process. Elements that only have the word ‘interview’ next to them will be tested at the next stage of the process and do not need to be covered in your letter.
Please try to keep the word limit to 250 words per criterion.
ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION FORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO UPLOAD A CV, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A CV AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AND WILL NOT BE USED IN THIS PROCESS.
Equal opportunities for everyone:
We safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Barred List Disclosure Check.
We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers. We also pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation.
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.
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The RSPCA has launched a new strategy, ‘Together for Animal Welfare’, which will take us to 2030, so it is a very exciting time to join us.
We now need to ensure that our operating model will enable us to fulfill our ambitious strategic aims, so we are building a Design and Development team to focus on redesigning the operating model for the RSPCA.
As one of four Design and Development Managers, you will play a hugely significant part in designing the future of one of the largest charities in the UK.
The Design and Development Manager roles have been created to support the Head of Design and Development for a two year period and will focus on work that delivers our revised Target Operating Model (TOM) and outlined service offering.
As a team, the Design and Development Managers will conduct analysis, present options appraisals, support the design of relevant pilots, development of business cases and the design of the TOM and its implementation.
The team will initially support the creation of the ‘Animal Journey’ as a priority, with
ultimate responsibility for ensuring there is a single unifying operating model for the entire RSPCA and a clear articulation of our service offering..
As a Design and Development Manager, you will be responsible for supporting and stress testing a commercial/payment model and for gathering insight and benchmarking data from relevant external partners and for building strong relationships and networks that will benefit the wider team and organisation.
You will test new ideas against the operating model and will provide analysis of your findings.
As a Design and Development Manager, you will support the head of the team with implementation planning of the transformation and you will provide options to inform key decision making.
The role will be hybrid working from our London Hub in Blackfriars with a high focus on remote working. Trips to our hub will be for core collaboration.
What we are looking for in you:
To deliver all this, we are looking to recruit four Design and Development Managers, who are able to demonstrate that they are creative and innovative and that they are critical and strategic thinkers.
To succeed within this role, you must have a proven ability to create proposals and communicate them to a variety of stakeholders at all levels. You must be able to tailor your approach to ensure understanding and to gain support for delivery.
Our Design and Development Managers must be able to demonstrate clear, timely and considered decision making skills and must be strong communicators, influencers and negotiators.
If you have excellent interpersonal and communications skills and you are experienced in working with customers / stakeholders at all levels, along with experience of working with multiple large data sets in a complex business environment, we are keen to hear from you.
These roles will be well suited to those from a management consultancy background, or those with experience of working within business development or solution designt eams.
If you would like to play a huge part in shaping the future of the RSPCA, this is a fantastic role for you.
Our values:
We are compassionate * We are inspirational * We are committed * We are expert * We act with integrity.
What’s in it for you:
You’ll have an opportunity to work for the largest animal welfare charity in England and Wales.
We value and recognise our employees’ contribution and are proud to offer an extensive benefits package that includes:
Great Annual Leave benefits
All staff receive 25 days annual leave on entry rising to 30 days after five years service and 31 days after six years service plus an additional Society day around Christmas. Staff can also carry over up to five days leave to the next leave year. We also offer a generous pension scheme with associated life assurance and group income protection scheme; access to private healthcare scheme; support for professional development after qualifying period and access to our employee assistance programme.
Flexibility in Hours
We understand the importance of work-life balance and we offer our colleagues the flexibility to vary their location between both the office and home. Core Hours (currently being trialed) with agreement staff can work their 35 hours flexibly across Monday to Friday. Provided the core hours of 1000-1500 are covered start and finish times each date can be flexed (prorated for part time staff) If you are looking for further flexibility, speak to us at the interview stage so that we can consider your request.
How to apply:
To apply, please send your CV and Cover Letter quoting reference DDM2124 by the closing date of 6th of June 2022.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.
All online information and documents are available in alternative formats, including Braille and large font, upon request from the Resourcing team.
We strongly believe in being an innovative, diverse, and inclusive organisation and recognise that diversity in all of our people will help achieve that purpose and our mission more effectively. We actively encourage and seek applications from a wide diversity of candidates and in particular welcome applications from minority ethnic, black, and candidates with disabilities, who are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.
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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 looking for an Impact Communications Manager to improve how Right to Succeed monitors and communicates the impact our programmes achieve and the value we bring to communities. This is an unusual role, which sits in the External Communications team and works closely with the Data and Insights team.
The ideal candidate will be able to understand complex concepts and communicate them clearly to a variety of specialist and non-specialist audiences. They will have a passion for communicating positive stories. This is a fixed-term role to deliver a two-part project: reviewing our existing programmes to identify and evidence impact, and developing processes that enable us to build this into future programmes.
To apply for this position, please send a CV and supporting statement to apply via our advert on CharityJob by midnight on Monday 6th June 2022. Please note, we are scheduling interviews as applications are received, therefore an early application is recommended.
Your supporting statement must not exceed 2 pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification.
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The Single Gifts Campaign Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing the Single Gifts Campaigns team to deliver campaigns that maximise income for the organisation and also maximise the number of new recruits through various media channels, whilst monitoring quality and cost of acquisition. The role will develop the supporter journey for all supporters to reduce attrition, maximise lifetime value and create a world leading supporter experience.
This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. This role is offered on a six-month fixed term basis.
We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.
We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate profile
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;
Essential
· Educated to degree or diploma level.
· A recognised marketing/fundraising qualification or equivalent experience.
· A proven track record and experience in a results-driven direct marketing/Fundraising environment, managing budgets and a variety of projects to delivery simultaneously.
· Charity sector experience.
· Management of a team in a fast-paced environment.
· Good understanding of direct marketing principles and techniques.
· Good understanding of Gift Aid.
· Confidence, motivation and great organisation and communication skills.
· Good time management, prioritisation and negotiating skills.
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply
As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.
The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.
Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.
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Project Manager
Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V404
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £28,500 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Ipswich, UK
Closing date: 6th June
Interview date and Location: Week commencing 13th June 2022
Volunteering Matters
At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.
We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues. From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great. And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.
People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK. We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England. We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.
This is an exciting time to be joining the team. We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.
Purpose of the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive Project Manager to innovate and develop our Adult Social Action Programme within Ipswich and Suffolk. The aim of the role is for the Project Manager to empower adults into volunteering, social action, and community activities. Especially adults who are unheard, unseen and have been marginalised. This is currently happening through volunteer training, engagement workshops and the management of a micro shop.
There is scope within the role to create new projects based on the needs and wants of the communities they work with but currently the two main projects are:
Perspectives:
This is a partnership project with Health Outreach Ipswich, a health centre which provides GP services for marginalised communities, including newly arrived asylum-seekers, the Roma community and people experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the partnership is to provide opportunities for people from these communities to engage in social action and volunteering.
Survival Stories:
An inter-generational project which supports adults with symptoms of severe mental illness to share their survival strategies with young people. This is achieved through a therapeutic pathway which supports project participants to produce creative works. The project specifically targets adults with a BAME identity and those who are aged 65 and above as these communities tend to be under-represented in mainstream mental health services.
The post-holder will also contribute to the wider work of our regional team, which involves empowering communities to grow their resilience and organically find solutions to the challenges they face with the end aim of engaging them into other community and volunteering activities.
This post will involve face-to-face interaction with volunteers and members of the public and will predominately be office based.
Job Description
The job description gives an outline of key duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked from time to time to take on other responsibilities as reasonably requested by their line manager.
Key Duties:
- Manage several small project-specific teams, which include volunteers and sessional workers.
- Recruit, interview, induct, train and support volunteers to carry out community engagement activities.
- Empower young people and adults facing participation barriers.
- Work closely with partners and build new partnerships within the local community.
- All admin needed for the projects.
- All reports needed for the projects.
- Risks assess volunteer activity and carry out regular reviews and take action to resolve any safety issues which arise during the delivery of the project.
- Contribute to the wider work of the organisation locally, regionally and nationally.
- Support and promote safeguarding throughout all delivery, and identify and act on any safeguarding concerns.
- Promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy, Safeugarding Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies relevant to this role.
- Play an active role in identifying and developing new business, including through representing and platforming the views and ideas of volunteers and beneficiaries.
Person Specification
Your statement of suitability should demonstrate how you fulfil these requirements.
In deciding who to shortlist and appoint to this post, we will be looking for evidence of the following skills, knowledge, experience, and personal qualities:
- A passion for working with people of all ages, especially people from marginalised communities.
- Solution focused.
- The ability to work proactively and ability to prioritise deadlines.
- Resilience and flexibility, with an openness to different approaches and solutions.
- The ability to work in a non-judgemental way
- The ability to maintaining appropriate boundaries and personal safety.
- Experience of empowering staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.
- Ability to support those with trauma and severe mental health issues through a values-based approach.
- Ability to support those who have been marginalised and unheard.
- Adaptability to different communication styles.
- Flexibility and able to work in different working environments.
- Ability to assess risk, carry out risk assessments and adhere to health and safety and safeguarding procedures.
- An understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- An understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding, data protection and confidentiality.
- Ability to self-reflect and ability to collaborate with the team towards new learning and development.
DBS
Appointment to this position is subject to an enhanced disclosure check. Having a conviction will not necessarily cause a bar to employment.
Our Values & Way of Working:
In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.
This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.
Diversity & Inclusion
Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.
Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact the HR team for more information.
We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.
Benefits
Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications.
GDPR Statement
If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months. We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.
The CAS Operations Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading and managing a cross functional operations team of staff and volunteers working with adults, children and young people and their families to provide the consistent delivery of person-centred services in accordance with their needs.
This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.
For this role, there may be opportunities to work from home as well as the office.
We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate profile
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;
Essential
· Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Experience of collaborative working in a multi-professional setting and can demonstrate a strong ability to liaise effectively with statutory or voluntary sectors.
· Proven experience of planning and delivering person-centred services to meet the needs of adults, children and young people with sight loss and their families.
· Certified Management qualification such as ILM or equivalent relevant work experience in a management, supervisory or volunteer management role.
· Knowledge and understanding of effective management protocol Knowledge of models of person-centred service delivery to adults, children, young people and their families.
· Knowledge and experience of ensuring safeguarding compliance within a team.
· A comprehensive knowledge of GDPR.
Desirable
· Project Management qualification (Prince-2 or equivalent)
· Professional qualification in a related field (e.g. CQSW/DipSW, post graduate, Dip/Cert, BEd/PGCE/QTS, Habilitation/Rehab/GDT/GDMS.)
· Project Management experience
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
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Are you a highly motivated self-starter with excellent communication skills? Do you want to be part of an award winning organisation that makes a difference? If so, Family Action has an exciting opportunity and would love to hear from you.
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
Introduction to the role and service / project
PARCS merged with Family Action in 2021, and we are continuing to build a team motivated by providing progressive and inclusive support. The right candidate will be focused on quality, care and resilience and be committed to developing our excellent longstanding reputation in Portsmouth and extending our reach. PARCS work with children, young people and adults, as individuals and groups within the community.
Our Portsmouth Rape and Abuse Counselling Service provides individual and group time limited and outcome focused counselling to children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual violence, rape and domestic abuse. It currently provides a range of specialist, trauma-informed support services to young people and adults of all genders who have been subjected to sexual and domestic abuse including a telephone helpline, advocacy, outreach and co-production projects.
Your Impact
Your focus will be both internal, as a holder of a key management role with a team of counsellors, practitioners and volunteers, and external, building on positive relationships with our commissioners and stakeholders, ensuring that PARCS plays a central role in influencing and developing trauma informed services in the local and surrounding areas. You will manage and oversee our volunteer services with the support of the Volunteer Coordinator. This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine management, leadership and development of a specialist service while also holding a reduced clinical caseload.
Your Skills
We are looking for an experienced manager and qualified counsellor, who can deliver excellent quality counselling for adult survivors of sexual and or domestic abuse, and effectively lead a team of counsellors and volunteers, demonstrating sound safeguarding knowledge and a commitment
to ethical practice. You will be experienced in working with trauma, with an excellent understanding of the impact this has on survivors and be skilled in leading teams to implement and maintain high-quality trauma-informed practice throughout service delivery.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
What will we offer you?
We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs, and all new starters will have the right to make a flexible working request from day one of employment. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: Sunday 5th June 2022 at 23:59 (midnight)
Interview Dates: Thursday 9th June 2022
Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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We have an exciting opportunity to join our organisation in this pivotal role, which will focus on managing the recruitment and engagement processes to attract and retain fantastic people who share our values and passion for delivering excellent quality services for people with learning disabilities, Autism, and their family carers across 6 London boroughs.
As Resourcing and Engagement Manager, you will drive a proactive, innovative and agile approach to recruitment. You will oversee the full recruitment lifecycle – from job description through to interview and job offer. The successful post-holder will also work closely with our Director of People and Resources on the development and management of staff engagement activities across the organisation and ensure that Centre 404 is a great place to work, providing opportunities for career growth, development and ensuring the wellbeing of our employees. You will liaise with stakeholders from across the organisation, including senior management, to make a real and lasting difference.
We are looking for someone who is results driven and passionate about sourcing and retaining great staff, recognising the value this adds and promoting it effectively. As an excellent communicator and leader, you will have the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a range of stakeholders, as well as working on your own initiative and generating innovative ideas for recruitment and retention purposes.
Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.
We are dedicated to providing a meaningful and rewarding work environment, as well as offering a range of perks and benefits for our staff to enjoy.
Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889
How to apply: Please submit a CV along with a cover statement (either within the email itself or as an attachment) addressing the following: “Tell us more about why you are interested in this role and what you would bring to this post in terms of your knowledge, skills and experience”. Please ensure you refer to the job description/person specification in your statement and explain how you meet the criteria.
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Are you passionate about building a high performing team to support clients experiencing homelessness?
About the role
The causes and complexities of homelessness cannot be resolved within one night, therefore our Assessment Centre in Harrow Road offers additional assessment and reconnection support to clients over a 28 day period ensuring those at risk of rough sleeping can be directed to services suitable to their immediate, medium and longer term needs.
In the pivotal role of Deputy Manager you will:
- Work closely with the service manager to ensure the effective day to day running of the service.
- Provide supportive supervision and line management to staff ensuring high quality, person centred support is provided to clients that meet their individual needs.
- Build and maintain strong relationships, and work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders including local authorities, accommodation services.
About you
We are looking for a motivated and creative individual with:
- Experience of working with vulnerable people and supporting a service delivery team.
- The ability to negotiate with a wide range of internal and external partners and build positive relationships.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload to meet a number of different and competing tasks in a sometimes pressurised environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of the housing and support needs of rough sleepers.
- Experience of motivating and empowering staff and/or volunteers to take responsibility for delivering a high quality service to a vulnerable client group.
- Above all we are looking for passionate people who are committed to the overall aims and objectives of the Rough Sleeping services.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants, as they are under-represented within St Mungo’s at this level
What we offer
Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
- We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.
A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
- Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
- We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.
Flexible Working and Other Benefits
- We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
- St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.
What we do
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.
How to apply
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10am, on 8 June 2022
Interview and assessments on: 20-24 June 2022
It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
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