Advert programme manager jobs near Leicester, England

Salary: £32-55000

Grade: 2- Senior Management/Specialist

Hours: Full time, Permanent. Flexible working considered.

Responsible to: Head of Supply Chain

Direct Reports: Junior Buyer, Buyers

Location: Truro, Cornwall or remote with quarterly trips to Truro

Travel: Infrequent work away from home may be required of the role and will be predominately UK travel.

Role Purpose:

This exciting role offers an exceptional opportunity to build on the procurement work carried out to date and set up strong procurement foundations for the whole organisation following an organisational strategy review.

ShelterBox is committed to Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030 and the Procurement Manager will be pivotal in designing procurement processes and policy to support this ambitious goal.

The key purpose of this role is to lead the Procurement Team, drive smart procurement decisions, deliver procurement strategy and policy for the organisation, and to achieve the highest degree of ethical and sustainable purchasing and the best value for money across all indirect spend activities. The Procurement Manager is leader of the Procurement Team and will provide mentoring support for their team members. CIPS qualification is available to all Procurement Team members including the Procurement Manager.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Responsible for all indirect procurement activities across the organisation
• Senior decision maker for indirect procurement activity, working closely with the Head of Supply Chain
• Subject Matter Expert for indirect procurement, acting in a consultative capacity across the organisation as required
• Manage, coach and develop Procurement Team to meet personal and organisational objectives, deliver best results and support the team’s wellbeing
• Lead the creation and implementation of best practice procurement processes and procedures to support continuous improvement and optimisation including policies
• Lead, build and implement Indirect Procurement Strategy 2022+
• Responsible for identifying and managing relevant procurement risks within the organisation, working closely with the senior colleagues
• Regularly review and maintain appropriate procurement processes for the different buying categories ensuring compliance with ShelterBox’s processes
• Lead negotiation of rates and contracts with suppliers across the organisation
• Report on cost savings and avoidance, and risk management
• Lead on indirect supplier contract management across the organisations
• Responsible for identifying procurement improvement priorities by analysing forecast spend, supply markets and specification options
• Lead procurement projects such as procedure implementation, sustainability and software introduction
• Procurement training, upskilling and development across the organisation
• Work with different departments in the organisation to ensure compliance with the Procurement Policy/ies, reporting on non-compliance
• Drive ethical and sustainable procurement practice across all buying activity
• Provide support to organisational projects as required
• Ensure procurement administration is kept up to date and appropriate
• Maintain confidentiality for all internal matters, and commercial confidentiality for matters pertaining to suppliers
   
• Represent ShelterBox as required

Other responsibilities

• Any other duties as required which are deemed appropriate to the level and grade of the post

Please not that Interviews will be held on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the advert at any time

Public Relations Manager, Directorate of Development and External Affairs

Home-based (with travel to London and nationally when required)
30 hours per week (part-time, 4 days per week)

Grade 3 (upper) point 24-28: £30,751 - £34,072 FTE (£24,933.24 - £27,625.95 per annum)

+ £480 homeworking allowance per annum, pro rata

Permanent contract

Are you a dynamic and organised PR Manager, wanting to help shape Family Action’s PR strategy so that we can be a bolder, stronger voice for families?

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.

We are looking for a proactive PR manager with proven experience in media relations, with a strong knowledge and understanding of the media or public affairs landscape that will enable you to deliver tangible results. You will need to have a hands-on yet strategic approach and be able to curate and deliver authentic and compelling communications, stories and media opportunities, building narratives around our brand and services to influence recognition and reputation of Family Action as a respected service provider and voice on policy and practice. This role will support influencing and communication effectiveness and help us capitalise on income development opportunities by evidencing organisational and service specific performance and quality at a local, regional and national level. The role aims to support our influencing of professional audiences, policy makers and the general public.

You will be a committed team player, confident to lead PR for Family Action, and adaptable to the changing needs of the organisation as we respond to external circumstances and develop our Directorate of Development and External Affairs. An interest in or experience of public affairs PR, the voluntary sector, health and social care, children and families or wider policy environment would be beneficial - this role reports to the Head of Insight and Influencing at a time when we are expanding our work in this area.

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.  

For an application pack and further information please visit our current vacancies page.

We are unable to accept CVs alone, to be consider please complete an applicaiotn form. Email completed applications to the designated submission inbox (19).
 

Closing date: Monday 4th July 2022 at 09:00am

Interview date: TBC 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

ID: 420

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Government's transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio in order to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.

The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.

The Cash Manager is responsible for assisting the Head of Finance Operations with the efficient and effective operation of accounts receivable and cash management processes. The post holder will also ensure that GPA manages its cash balances effectively through the production of timely and accurate cash flow forecasts.

The responsibilities of the Cash Manager will include:

• Prepare cash flow forecasts to support cash management
• Provide cash flow reports to the Cabinet Office to support the monthly group submission to HM Treasury
• Work with the Cabinet Office Treasury team in relation to funding requests
• Support continuous process efficiencies and improvements across the function, delivering maximum value for the GPA and ensuring robust controls are in place
• Act as contact for external and internal auditors of cash and associated controls
• Build relationships with key staff across Finance and the business in order to maintain effectiveness. Working with stakeholders to ensure key information is provided to aid robust forecasting. 

To be successful in the Cash Manager post, you will be:

• Good experience of accounts receivable and cash management
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
• Ability to develop productive relationships and effective networks with stakeholders across government organisations
• Good experience of systems and reporting e.g. Oracle
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team
• Experience of working in property or estates (Desirable)
• Experience of working in a working in a rapidly growing organisation (Desirable)

For more information or to apply please use the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits dependant on experience 

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Homebased – UK.

Advert Closing date: Monday 4th July 2022 

About Us  

Action for Children supported 600,000 children and families through our services last year, but with 4 million children in the UK living in poverty, we need to be able to do more. By building on what we already do - growing and delivering more services in more communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, we will be able to provide more emotional and practical care and support to children and young people who need it.

What you'll be doing:  

Reporting to the Director of Growth and Service Design, this a pivotal new role for Action for Children. You will drive and deliver our ambitious growth plans for Children's Services and build our external reputation as a provider of sustainable, high-quality and impactful services. 

In this leadership role, you shape and drive the growth plan delivery with your team of Service Development and Relationship Managers to establish new commissioning relationships and services in our priority service areas.  

Our four priority areas for growth are Family Support, Mental Health, Looked After Children and Disability. 

You'll do this by: 

• Managing the Service Development and Relationship Management team. 
• Growing the charity's income through lead generation and the development of relationships with potential, existing and new commissioners.
• Leading the service development in our four priority growth areas.
• Collaborating with the Head of Business Development to create robust plans to ensure that growth targets are met.   
• Developing a three-year plan for proactively prospecting to win and grow business, .
• Ensuring growth strategies and programmes are based on market understanding including policy changes and insights into new markets and opportunities. 

What we need from you:  

• Relevant professional qualification in Education, Health or Social care or equivalent experience.
• Experience of developing business strategies to secure service delivery contracts. 
• Experience of public sector commissioning and problem-solving, particularly from a third sector and/or social care perspective.
• Experience of working at a senior level in children's services or a related social care field.
• Experience of working within a challenging, competitive external environment, and working to clear internal business objectives and targets.
• Ability to identify and convert new business streams into successful new business.

Action for Children is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff, volunteers and the children and young people we support. We value the diversity of our staff and are dedicated to becoming the most inclusive Children's charity where all staff can thrive and be themselves. Therefore, we are actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups, particularly people with a disability and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are committed to our Diversity & Inclusion strategy and to becoming an anti-racist organisation. You can read more on our website here: Equality and diversity | Action For Children

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact David Simpson, Recruitment Partner.

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.  

Salary - £32,000 - £35,794 + Up to £5,000 accountancy allowance

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Government's transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio in order to save £1.4 Bn over 10 years.

Beyond the bricks and mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices.

The Management Accountant role in the GPA is integral to ensuring transactions are accurately recorded, producing management information, forecasts and supporting the business and GPA clients to make informed decisions.  Working across a diverse portfolio of projects and related overheads, the post holder will need to build key relationships across the business, ensuring accurate management accounting and providing analysis and analysis interpretation to key stakeholders.

The responsibilities of the Management Accountant will include:

• Producing management accounts for relevant budget holders
• Preparing property reconciliations to ensure all expenditure has been fully recovered from tenants
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations including accruals and prepayments
• Analysing financial performance to identify variances and ensuring transactions are accounted for correctly
• Preparing and processing journals
• Supporting internal and external audits
• Facilitating forecasting and reporting
• Identifying trends, risks and opportunities in the financial data
• Ensuring Record to Report principles are embedded within the GPA
• Producing financial reports for GPA clients

To be successful in the Management Accountants post, you will be:

• Working towards or, willing to work towards professional qualification
• Good experience of management accounting, ideally in a public sector context
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
• Good experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders 
• Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team

For more information or to apply please use the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Age UK's Digital and Technology team are recruiting for a Service Request Analyst.

The successful applicant of this fantastic home-based opportunity will deliver the efficient and timely fulfilment of all IT service requests within Age UK.

Working within a friendly and supportive team, you will contribute to continual service improvements, ensuring all improvements are aligned to business objectives and deliver an excellent end user experience.

Utilising your skills and previous experience you will maintain the IT Asset Register, manage the lifecycle of assets, assist with the facilitation of audits and reporting, and carry out JML (Joiner Mover Leaver) processes for colleagues across the whole charity.

This fulfilling role offers home-based working and would suit a proactive and friendly person with experience in service requests.

Please note that due to some of the essential functions of the role, the successful applicant must be UK based.

You will have:

• Experience as a Service Desk Analyst or other relevant skills and knowledge
• A proven track record of delivering outstanding Customer Service.
• Experience in delivering customer service in a complex environment.
• A strong working knowledge of ITSM or other Incident and Request logging tools.
• A background in Service Desk with a demonstrable knowledge of how ITSM processes are utilised to deliver service.
• A solid understanding, of the Joiner Mover Leaver process and how this relates to end user experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with an ability to understand and translate requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out IT processes, with experience of managing end users' expectations in an IT environment.
• An excellent knowledge of and ability to implement an outstanding Customer Services approach
• High IT literacy with experience in documenting all Customer interactions and procedures.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• An understanding of asset management and procurement processes.
• An ability to work with a variety of suppliers and to understand how these relationships impact service delivery.
• An ability to use monitoring tools and provide analysis, to understand and interpret complex procedural documents.
• The ability to translate IT jargon into comprehensive end user guides.
• An understanding and ability to comply with data protection laws, in particular in understanding the impact of the current Data Protection, GDPR and other related UK or EU-driven regulatory compliance initiatives.

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Heka Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Head of Practice Development, Services & Innovation
Home-based (with travel to Head Office and Family Action services when required)
37 hours per week (full-time, 5 days)
Grade 5 point 39-46: £44,983 - £52,087 per annum + £480 homeworking allowance per annum
Permanent Contract

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.

We’re incredibly honoured to have won Charity of the Year at Third Sector Awards in 2021 and 3 Star award for staff engagement in Best top 100 companies. A 3 Star accreditation, as the highest standard of workplace engagement, representing organisations that truly excel, are awarded to organisations with a BCI score of 738 or higher, reflecting 'world class' levels of workplace engagement. Amazing recognition for our work over the past 12 months in response to the pandemic and beyond. These awards are some of the most important ways the third sector publicly recognises excellence and achievement, and so to win these are true testaments to the hard work, passion and commitment of our staff and supporters.

This is an important role in Family Action. You will report directly to the Director of Services & Innovation and your key purpose will be to Lead the organisational development of best practice across the 140+ services to achieve excellent outcomes for children, families and adults. You will lead the development and coordination of an organisational strategy and delivery plan for the thematic work areas across Family Action’s services, enabling a managed and effective delivery of evidenced informed practice, achieving excellent outcomes, maximising our ability to win new service contracts, and enhancing our influencing work on external policy.

You will also support the organisation to adopt a culture of learning, enabling and embedding the required learning and development across services and Family Action. You will lead, establish and coordinate Family Actions thematic groups across our identified service areas and develop organisational repositories for evidence based and informed practice tools, outcomes tools, and shared learning across the organisation.

You will be able to work collaboratively across the organisation, mapping and managing the organisation wide project interdependencies that will be critical to the success of thematic working, within services and Family Action organisationally.

Your role would be varied, exciting and incredibly worthwhile. At its heart is a striving for excellence, maximising outcomes and the need to ensure that children and adults get the right support, of the highest quality at the right time. If you are you looking for a diverse, ambitious and fast paced organisation, you have found it.

We are looking for an autodidactic self-starter, who can draw learning from a range of sources, contextually analyse the evidence, recognise the generalisable from the one offs, and piece it all together with strategic finesse. We need someone with substantial experience of frontline and management practice working in services for people. Alongside this, you must have extensive experience of  supporting organisational development and staff development including evidence informed practice as a means of continuous learning and improvement. You would need to be resilient and tenacious; and bring an understanding of the challenges faced by staff and managers, learnt through your direct experience.

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. We are happy to talk flexible working. 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 17th July 2022 at 23:59 (midnight)

Interview date: TBC 

We’re recruiting for a Test Lead, who will help people with sight loss live the life they choose by leading a team of test analysts and being the gatekeeper of quality configuration, customisation, and data for our Digital platforms.

As a Test Lead working in an Agile environment across a large and complex enterprise architecture, the successful postholder will be a key player in ensuring that all software change is optimised to the very highest quality.

Responsibilities include:

• developing a test strategy and function
• formulating and executing test cases, managing test data, and supporting the  team and colleagues in the execution of Business Acceptance Testing

We’re looking for someone who can be hands-on in ensuring the effective utilisation of defect tracking software (Jira), and who’ll work closely with our Technology Delivery Manager and other Heads of Technology verticals to ensure effective communication, coordination and feedback across our testing, development and delivery functions.

This homebased role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

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

• ISTQB certification or recognised equivalent certificate in Testing
• Experience in leading and managing test analysts
• Experience in developing testing strategy to support an organisations technology stack
• Experience in creating/Implementing Test Cases, Plans, Scripts etc.
• Experience of Selenium Webdriver
• Good interpersonal skills / friendly and approachable, strong facilitation skills. 

Desirable

• Agile accreditations
• Experience working in the non-profit sector
• Defining Test Strategies for functional and non-functional testing

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.

Learning Coordinator

About Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

About the opportunity

• Remote homebased in the US / UK or can be based remotely in a RI country of operation.
• The post holder will require the right to work in their homebased location and national terms and conditions will apply.
• This role is classified as requiring a standard pre-employment check.

As Learning Coordinator you will support RI’s Organizational Development and Training (OD&T) goals to develop and retain high quality staff through a comprehensive Learning and Development offering, which reflects RI’s global aims, and best practice, supported by a Learning Management System that is user-friendly, flexible and meets all reporting requirements.

You will form strong working relationships across all RI teams to support the delivery of a culture of continuous performance improvement, ethics and compliance and professional development

Working closely with the Director of Organizational Development and Training you will:

• Administrative support in learning rosters organisation, analysing data and reporting, as well as the curation of the Learning Management System.
• Support organization-wide learning sessions across various time zones, to meet the needs of the Global, Regional and Country-level team members.
• Support, monitor and track on boarding processes across the organisation.
• Act as primary point of contact / helpdesk for RI Academy learner support; answering questions, providing guidance, resetting passwords

About you

With a strong interest in the humanitarian and development sector, you will have a record of achievement in a similar role, with experience in supporting the design and development of eLearning content and learning management systems.

Experienced in working with different kinds of information, both qualitative and quantitative, you are equipped with excellent IT skills, strong technical expertise in Microsoft Applications and the ability to use advanced Excel

You are a great communicator, flexible and willing to learn, with robust organizational, analytical, and administrative skills, including a strong ability to focus on detail and quality assurance.

How to apply

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.

You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.  The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date. Note the closing date as per the job board listing, however, please apply immediately as we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis and may withdraw the position before the job board closing date.

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Relief International has a zero-tolerance policy for unlawful harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

Primary Care Project Coordinator (Full Time, 1 Year Fixed Term)

The Primary Care Project Coordinator (PCPC) will work with the Carer Services Director to implement the Primary Care Engagement Project, initially building relationships with health colleagues to understand their needs to enable them to better support carers. Carers Support West Sussex will receive additional funding to broaden the project in the coming months and this will allow us to recruit additional staff to provide direct support to carers within Primary Care. Once this funding is in place, the PCPC will support the recruitment of and provide line management to the 2 primary carer wellbeing workers and will lead on the development of this enhanced support to carers.

YOU will work as our primary care engagement officer whose role will be to pick up on the work started by our community teams and to engage with GPs, Social Prescribers, Patient Participation Groups, Pharmacy, and other community health providers to consider and implement recommendations from the NHS Long-term Plan and the Framework of Quality Markers. This one-year pilot will pull together best practice examples and work with Primary Care colleagues in West Sussex to support the development of Carer Friendly Practice, following guidelines from NICE to develop these Quality Standards:

Carers are identified by health and social care organisations and encouraged to recognise their role and rights.
Carers are supported to actively participate in decision making and care planning for the person they care for.
Carers having a carer’s assessment are given the opportunity to discuss what matters most to them, including their own health, wellbeing and social care needs, and work, education, or training.
Carers are regularly given the opportunity to discuss with health and social care practitioners the value of having a break from the caring and the options available to them.

The carers we support come from such different walks of life that we are particularly interested in attracting candidates from similarly diverse backgrounds, including Asian, Arab, Black, Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups, White Other (e.g. Eastern European, Gypsy, Roma) and any other Ethnic minorities. Please read more about our diversity efforts below and if you have any feedback or suggestions, we would love to hear from you.

Before you keep reading:

PLEASE DO NOT SEE EVERYTHING IN THIS JOB AD AS "MUST HAVE", BUT RATHER A GUIDING LIST OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. WE KNOW NO CANDIDATE WILL BE THE PERFECT MATCH FOR ALL WE HAVE MENTIONED IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT, SO DO NOT BE AFRAID TO APPLY IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE BRIEF BUT NOT "SPOT ON".

ABOUT YOU
You are a natural communicator who is sensitive to people’s individual situations and values the contribution of all stakeholders.
You demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to make decisions and use professional expertise.
You can remain calm and in control in a crisis and to be measured in your response.
You are confident, energetic and passionate about improving the wellbeing of others.
You are able to work across a diverse of communities and to work in an inclusive working environment.
You can work flexibly as part of a team and works in a way consistent with the organisational values.
You are able to to think creatively about the support available to help carers to set realistic goals. 
You have the UK right to work and are prepared to undertake relevant background checks, including references and Enhanced DBS (working with adults).

YOUR ATTRIBUTES
Others have described you as...
- A natural communicator who loves to listen and talk to people
- Empathetic and caring
- Calm in crisis and a good planner
- Open-minded
- Someone who values everyone's differences
- Have experience of working independently and without direct supervision

KEY DUTIES 
will have direct Line Management of 2 Primary Care Engagement Workers
YOU will work with Carers Support West Sussex Locality Teams to build relationships with local Primary Care to support the implementation of key streams of work, including Primary Care Quality Markers and the NICE Supporting Adult Carers Guideline
YOU will support integrated teams in primary care to identify carers and ensure that they know about their right to a carer's assessment and what this is, the benefits of having one and how to obtain one.
YOU will engage with local Integrated Care System / NHS partners to develop a programme of work with Primary Care Networks
YOU will map the local Primary Care support to carers – audit of GP websites and practices. Identify good practice.Work with 40 General Practices to agree how to support with embedding the Quality Markers to support carers
YOU will create a toolkit for Primary Care practitioners - carer awareness training and resources – mix of face to face and virtual
YOU will work with carers and Primary Care to define what does ‘Carer friendly’ mean, what are carer champions within the practice, what does their role entail.
YOU will ensure safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and the health and safety of staff, volunteers and carers is considered.

OUR CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
At Carers Support, we are building an inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work and be proud to belong.

We believe that talent is distributed to all of us in equal measure and our differences are a strength not a weakness. We recruit for potential, not perfection. Everyone’s unique history has value and our doors are open to people at every meeting of race, religion or belief, different physical ability, age, nationality or citizenship, ethnic origin, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, family structure, and gender identity. 

The carers we support come from such different walks of life that we are particularly interested in attracting candidates from similarly diverse backgrounds, including Asian, Arab, Black, Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups, White Other (e.g. Eastern European, Gypsy, Roma) and any other Ethnic minorities. If you have any feedback or suggestions about anything in relation to this job advert, we would love to hear from you

VALUES WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN CANDIDATES
We are focused, putting carers at the heart of everything we do.
We act together, working with and for carers, the communities they live in and the people that can make a difference to them.

We are leaders, working with each other to find potential and opportunities across all communities, enabling carers to be identified and involved.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEHAVIOURS THAT SUPPORT
Quality – the highest practical level we can reach in outcomes, learning and behaviour
Inclusivity – respecting people, cultures, and organisations
Caring – improving quality of life and influencing behaviour change
Integrity – operating with honesty and reliability
Loyalty – long-term committed partnerships and co-operation
Innovation – driving our service development and our will to succeed

Please note we reserve the right to close this role prior to the stated end date, should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered.

Salary £ 27,037 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week (We can be flexible with this eg. 30 Hours a week)
Benefits
FLEXIBLE hours – work around your commitments HOLIDAYS 25 days + 8 Bank Holidays increasing to 27 + 8 after two years and 28 + 8 after 5 years of service EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME with perks and discounts TEAM of kind and caring colleagues

Ref: 134188

We’re recruiting for three IS Business Analysts to help people with sight loss to lead the life they choose by gathering, analysing, documenting and validating the needs of business stakeholders, shaping IS solutions and acting as a voice of the business within IS developments. In this role the successful postholders will build a close understanding of operational requirements and work as part of a team capturing and defining system enhancement requirements between the business and IS across the agile development cycle.

This homebased role is worked around the core hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (35 hours per week) with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

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

• Diploma in Computing (or with a significant computing element) and/or Professional IT qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Experienced in business analysis, including tools and techniques for information modelling, understanding business operations and customer needs.
• Familiar with the principles, processes and practices associated with internal consultancy in the IT environment.
• Knowledge of demand management to enable optimal resourcing of the project portfolio.
• Ability to work with a broad range of user experience and abilities.
• Able to establish relationships and maintaining contacts with people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Able to convey complex technical issues to users and management.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the IT infrastructure (hardware, databases, operating systems, local area networks etc) and the IT applications and service processes used within Guide Dogs

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.

Head of Strategic Planning

Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V410
Hours/Days per week: 14 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £60,000 (FTE) plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Homebased or office based
Closing date: 10th July 2022
Interview date and Location: week commencing 18th July 2022, online

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.

Role Purpose

• To support the ongoing refining and development of strategic planning in the organization.
• Leading on our 90 day planning cycle and implementation approach
• Facilitating a capacity building approach for the organisation to implement 90 day planning and delivery in line with our strategy and KPIs
• Facilitating sessions that allow the organisation to tackle complex problems cross teams, that will then form part of the work programme for the 90 day strategic planning cycle
• The ongoing facilitation of refinement of strategy, achieved through statements and organisational KPIs

About Volunteering Matters

Our volunteering and social action programmes bring people together to overcome adversity, tackle isolation, improve physical and mental health, develop skills, and ensure young people can lead change.

What makes us unique is our approach to developing programmes in local areas. Our volunteering programmes are designed by communities, for communities, as they have the power, local knowledge, and energy to improve themselves from within.

We have nearly 60 years of experience in supporting people facing all sorts of life challenges, from financial wellbeing to loneliness or barriers to education and employment. Our projects range from mentoring schemes to social groups, from community drivers to young people raising awareness of the issues that mean the most to them.

While we share our experience and resources to create opportunities, we’re entirely driven by the ideas on the ground. Each project is built with the specific needs of a community in mind. Since we’re a national charity, we do this at scale, building partnerships dedicated to sustainable societal change across the UK.

This role

As a member of the executive leadership team, you’ll facilitate the organisation to plan in strategic 90 day cycles, ensuring that our work remains relevant to our strategy, addresses real problems and furthers the organisation’s mission.

In addition to directly facilitating this with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Head of Strategic Planning will also have a role in supporting capacity building across the organisation, running workshops and interventions that support the rest of the organisation to take a similar approach to strategic planning.  The part time nature if this role means the capacity building element is vital, and it fits with our decentralised structure to empower teams to manage their priorities directly, in line with the strategic aims of the organisation.

The Head of Strategic Planning will also help support the refresh of our strategy and achieved through statements, at least once every three years with staff, trustees and volunteers.

Key Duties Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Executive and Leadership Team to develop 90 day plans that are relevant and focused on achieving our strategy
• Support the organisation in it’s review and refresh of strategy and achieved through statements as and when required
• Provide capacity building support to the wider organisation in the ongoing development of strategic planning and strategy initiatives across the organisation

Experience / skills & attributes:

• Experience, or transferable relevant experience, in facilitating development of strong strategic planning initiatives in a dispersed and de-centralised model
• Experience working with multiple groups, from trustees and senior leaders to volunteers and communities, to form strategic approaches in a way that they find accessible and engaging
• Belief in the Power of Communities with a desire to platform volunteers and young people always.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills and the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with a range of stakeholders through a variety of means.
• Ability to engage in the process of strategic planning development, which includes strategy writing, implementing plans and reporting on projects.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to enable effective relationships

Qualifications

Relevant experience and values alignment is more important for this role than specific qualifications.

Other

Location

The post will be home based, or office based. The postholder will need internet access to enable remote working. I.T. equipment and infrastructure will be supplied. There is an expectation that occasional travel across UK will be required.

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 our 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.

Open Doors International is looking for a PROCESS AUTOMATION SPECIALIST

0.8 - 1.0 FTE

Do you have a special interest in automating business processes and are you eager to contribute to establishing a Business Process Team? This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop your knowledge and skills to become an expert engineer within Open Doors International.

There are Open Doors offices in over 20 countries around the world which connect the global church by telling the story of the persecuted church. Our international team supports these offices with their marketing communications, fundraising and reporting and enables them to deliver the best service to our supporters worldwide. Efficient, effective, simple and integrated processes (automated where possible) are crucial in our service.

You will take initiatives to continuously improve the service of multiple disciplines by using innovative technologies for automating our processes. Support will be provided as needed to enable you to do well in this role.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Continuously identify opportunities and design solutions to optimize and simplify processes;
• Specify and sharpen requirements to create the best process automation strategies;
• Collaborate with a variety of disciplines to find out and understand how automation can improve productivity within the organization;
• Assist with implementing and governing workflows that support business operations and monitor the performance of implemented workflows;
• Develop and promote automation methodologies to drive continuous delivery and integration;
• Document implementation of process automations and design decisions.

YOUR PROFILE:

• Committed Christian with a passion for the Persecuted Church;
• Educated to Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent;
• Excellent knowledge of automation technologies and affinity for process design;
• Experience in working across teams to provide expertise and solutions;
• Service-oriented and creative in problem solving;
• Strong team player and planner with a hands-on mentality;
• Proficient in English;
• Excellent knowledge of Office 365;
• Experience with MS Power Automate or Nintex is a plus.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER:

Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in serving the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international, dynamic environment, a professional team, and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. As a global organisation we are used to combining working from home with working from the office and flexibility in working hours. Location can be in any European country where we have a base. 

If you live in the UK then hybrid or full-time working can be arranged in the Witney office, Oxfordshire.

Questions about the role?

If you have questions about the role please email us by using the 'apply now' button. Please don't phone us as you'll get through to the UK development base and they are NOT recruiting for this role; this is an Open Doors International role.

Bid Officer

Home Based

Job reference: 69

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

(part-time working would be considered)

Salary: £23,150 to £24,805 per annum (dependent on experience)

Benefits:

- 25 days annual leave

- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan Cover

- Death in service benefit

- Option to buy up to 5 days annual leave

- Discretionary shut down days at Christmas

- 1 Community Leave Day per annum

- Bike to work scheme

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bid Officer, working within our support services, to provide administrative and bid support to the Service Design and Development (SDD) team. The successful candidate will support the team to submit high quality bids to retain and expand our services.

The Bid Officer will act in a supportive capacity, independently coordinating administrative functions as well as tracking new opportunities and supporting with competitor/market analysis and assisting with managing and tracking of contracts.

As part of POhWER’s Bid team you will support the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process; monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities. This role includes completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders and attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person).

We are looking for someone who has excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail. The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process.

We are looking for someone with good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages a good standard of English and maths and confident written and verbal communication skills with a commitment to a high level of confidentiality.

The successful candidate will have a confident and positive attitude as well as a strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business. You will have the ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation and have knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

Key Requirements:

To provide administration support for the team including:

· First point of contact for all communications to the Business Development inbox

· Implementing efficient filing systems for the SDD team and contracts including updating tracker systems

· Supporting the Bid Manager and Grants and Partnership Manager throughout the tender/application process

· Monitoring tender trackers and identifying and scoping potential tender opportunities

· Completing SSQs (standard selection questionnaires) for tenders

· Attending market engagement events (virtually or occasionally in person)

· Managing use of tender portals including expressions of interest, submitting clarifications and downloading and sharing clarification responses

· Carrying out research for bid submissions

· Submitting tenders via the portals, ensuring all formatting and time frame requirements are met

· Producing manager’s briefings for new services

· Liaising with commissioners, coordinating the contract signing process and chasing any outstanding paperwork

· Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organisation - from the Senior Leadership Team to frontline support staff

· Sending regular updates including preparing and circulating weekly bid updates

· Managing the bid library

· Compiling reports and statistics as required

· Undertaking analysis of competitors.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

As a minimum you should have:

· Excellent administrative, organisational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately, with attention to detail

· Knowledge and understanding of working in a Business Development team including good knowledge of the tender process

· Good IT skills with knowledge of standard Microsoft packages

· Good standard of English and maths

· Good confident written and verbal communication skills

· Commitment to a high level of confidentiality

· An energetic, confident and positive attitude with a high drive to learn new skills

· A strong team player with a flexible approach to meet needs of the team/business

· Ability to work confidently and independently with staff at all levels in the organisation

· Knowledge and understanding of production of reports in a variety of formats.

· Commitment to your own professional development

Ideally you will also have:

· Experience of using design software packages e.g. PowerPoint and Visio, to design visuals for tenders

Special Requirements:

· Occasional travel to POhWER’s offices

· A DBS check may be required.

· You should be able to work outside normal hours occasionally when required.

How to apply

We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply as soon as possible as we may close this job advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

Please submit your CV and cover letter (cover letter no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline. In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, how you meet the person specification criteria, and your notice period.

Please submit your CV and cover letter quoting reference 69.

Closing date: 30th June 2022

Interviews: 13th & 14th July 2022

For an informal discussion please contact Sarah O’Raw, Bid Manager.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.