Legacy Case Manager
Central Office, Burghfield Common, RG7 3YG
£34,688 to £36,729 per annum
Permanent

Interviews: 11th February

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as the Legacy Case Manager within our Fundraising team in our Central Office.

The role
Legacy Income is the largest, and therefore high profile, income sources for Guide Dogs. The efficient and accurate processing of these unique gifts is key to the charities financial and brand health, and this role manages the team to deliver the best outcome for the charity financially, whilst protecting the Guide Dogs brand from negative sentiment as part of the activity. The second element to this role is to work closely with the Finance and Fundraising Management team to ensure accurate accounting and income forecasting, given the scale of this income source.

Who we’re looking for
You will have proven Line Management experience, as well as substantial experience in Charity Legacy Administration or Estate Administration within private practice.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for the role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

Benefits
This role is 9am to 5pm, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can.

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.

How to apply
Applications can be made using the online application form. You will need to evidence the criteria as set out in the attached job description. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do not accept CVs for job applications.

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 disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who 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.

We reserve the right to close adverts early.

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.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
This is an exciting time to be joining Crisis Client Services as we work towards our Vision to 'End Homelessness' for more of the members we work with. We are a value's driven organisation with members at the heart of what we do.

We have recently restructured our services here at Skylight London, with a real focus on delivering planned and structured support for our members, ensuring they receive a well-planned and supportive route out of homelessness. This will incorporate housing, employment, learning and engagement with community based partners to ensure our members get the best support when they need it. The role sits within the management team of Skylight London and will play a key part in the ongoing development of best practice.

About You
We are looking for an experienced, skilled and driven person to join the team as one of two Operations Managers within the Structured Coaching team. Working in a psychologically informed way, you will support and manage a team of highly aspirational coaches to use IAG and Coaching, to support members to end their homelessness. You will ensure the delivery of high quality, person centred coaching support and activities for homeless and vulnerable people. You will lead on quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation of our processes whilst working within Crisis operational policies and procedures and values. 

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 
 - Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
 - Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
 - 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, the contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 7th February 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Friday 19th February 2021

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Chief Executive Officer

Salary: £45 – £50,000 per annuum

Hours: 35

Contract: Full time (but will consider part-time, flexible hours and job share)

Annual leave: 30 days

Pension: 5.6%

We are recruiting a new CEO to join our team.

We are a vibrant, forward thinking law centre co-located in Hammersmith Library. We have a strong reputation locally and nationally for providing people in need with legal advice and representation and campaigning on access to justice issues.

The law centre was established in November 1979 to assist those most vulnerable and disadvantaged to access their legal rights, to promote social inclusion and reduce homelessness and poverty. These goals still remain at the core of our vision to uphold equality and social justice.

We have a 40-year history of providing an excellent service to the community. Our patron is Lady Hale, retired president of the Supreme Court.

Closing date for applications is 9am on the 12th February 5pm.

Interviews will take place on the 24th February 2021

The Regional Policy and Campaigns Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading the development of policy and campaigns in the English region to support Guide Dogs strategic aims, working in collaboration with the central policy, public affairs and campaigns team and the regional leadership team. You will develop and foster strategic partnerships to further the aims of Guide Dogs across the South East and South West (excluding London), including relations with local government, local societies, local authorities and other relevant organisations. You will ensure, that Guide Dogs is aware of all policy initiatives in the region in matters relating to the organisation and its stakeholders.

The role will prepare policy position papers and responses to consultations from councils, combined authorities and other local or regional government bodies. The role will lead Guide Dogs' campaigns at a regional level and increase the involvement of blind and partially sighted people in campaigning.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. 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.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• A degree level qualification with relevant professional or research based qualification and / or experience.
• Experience of working in a policy role with responsibility for liaison, internal and external networking, project leadership and reporting.
• Experience of networking with and influencing opinion formers including politicians, civil servants and professional groups.
• Experience of campaigning to secure change in policy and practice and working with groups of campaigners.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a professional management, supervisory or teaching / training role related to vulnerable people.
• Experience of working in the third sector.
• Experience of volunteer management.
• Able to demonstrate experience of managing a complex operations environment where exceptional, customer-focused delivery is achieved.

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.

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

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

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.

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 disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who 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.

Context:
We are undertaking a 2 year programme to transform our debt service. We aim to improve our service offer to church partners, increase client empowerment and achieve scalability of our service. The needs in the UK for debt counselling are already great, and growing further. This will mean re-imagining our service design, our processes and systems that support our debt work.

The Debt Transformation Programme Manager will work closely with Church Network, Technology and Debt Operations. Together these teams are passionate about delivering an excellent, compassionate, Christ-centered debt service to our clients. We desire every client working with CAP to have a clear understanding of a route to a debt free life whilst increasing their financial capability in the process. 
 
Purpose:
The role of the Debt Transformation Programme Manager is to provide point leadership of a complex transformation programme composed of different streams of work. You will work closely with the COO, relevant Directors and Heads, leading the programme so that CAP is able to achieve its desired outcomes for transforming our Debt Service in the UK.   

You will need to establish relationships with our internal Debt Operations, Church Network teams and our c300 Debt Centre Church partners, ensuring their involvement and buy in throughout. You will need to plan and manage multiple threads of work (often delivered by different teams) in a timely manner and through to delivery of key milestones. This involves working in a fast paced organisation, discussing requirements that support all our work, and managing a large programme to deliver a solution for internal teams and external partners. It also involves having a keen understanding of change management and complex stakeholder communication and management.
 
Passion:
We are passionate to see CAP working with Church partners to ensure our life transforming services are available to all communities across the UK, giving our clients the opportunity to hear and respond to the love of Jesus.
 
Personality:
You will be someone who is passionate about, and experienced in, delivering complex programmes and excited by the mission of CAP. Someone who cares about the long term impact of CAP’s Debt Service in bringing lasting change across the nation. 

Central & South London NEETS Manager
Ref: 686/NM
Location: Groundwork London Offices – Central and South London
Contract: Fixed term 12-month contract with potential to extend
Salary: circa £30,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Groundwork London is a leading social and environmental regeneration charity.  We deliver projects each year aimed at: supporting people to stay in education, gain new skills and secure employment; reducing our environmental impact through energy efficiency, waste minimisation, reuse and recycling; and engaging communities and enterprise in improving their environment.

The Central & South London NEETS Manager is a key role within the Employment and Skills Training (E&ST) team. The role oversees the delivery of the Trust’s NEETS contracts, supporting and line managing Employment Advisors, whilst also ensuring workless clients are effectively engaged on our programmes.  They are responsible for the operational delivery of these contracts across the Central and South London region and ensuring that these meet the stated performance objectives of the projects and are delivered within the agreed timescales and budgets.

We are seeking a proactive, skilled NEETS Manager for our Employment and Skills Team to oversee the successful delivery of employment and skills contracts across various Central and South London locations. The role will manage teams to assist workless clients in all aspects of the journey from benefits to sustainable employment or training.

This exciting role requires excellent organisational skills to manage staff working in a high performing target driven environment. Your personal effectiveness and efficiency in the role will help you lead on and manage the broad range of programmes and partnerships that you will be dealing with in a challenging and diverse environment. You will have the ability to plan and manage complex work and support programmes, ensuring effective project monitoring and evaluation and ensuring the fulfilment of our contractual obligations to funders and the Trust.

In return you will get to work on some of the most innovative and exciting employment and skills training projects currently being delivered in London and the South East.

An excellent team player, you have sound experience in programme management as well as sound Microsoft Corporate applications (MS Office) knowledge and skills.

Closing date for applications: 12th February 2021
Interview date: 22nd February 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position

Appointment to this post is subject to Enhanced criminal records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

No agencies please.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Advice and Guidance Welfare Benefits Manager

London, Birmingham, Glasgow or Belfast office or home based

£33,134 - £39,218 per annum 

(Glasgow, Birmingham or Belfast office or home based)

£36,517 - £43,279 per annum 

(London office)

35 hours per week

Permanent

We are looking for an exceptional self-starter for this new Welfare Benefits Manager role. 

The post-holder will join our thriving Advice and Guidance department which comprises of Helpline, Advice and Guidance Officers and an Education Appeals team. The teams’ provide information, advice and guidance for deaf children, young people, families, carers and professionals, taking a child centred approach, on a range of subjects including education, communication, social care, discrimination, independence and welfare benefits.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of the department’s ambitions in meeting National Deaf Children’s Society’s strategy, specifically in relation to Welfare benefits.  They will lead the development and delivery of specialist Welfare benefits services and ensure that accessible, good quality welfare benefits related information, advice and guidance is available to our beneficiaries through a variety of channels, largely digital.

The role will include planning and delivering targeted welfare benefits advice and guidance sessions to different audiences using a variety of channels and line manage the Advice and Guidance Appeals Specialist (Benefits), fixed term contract, and oversee their case load.

You will have significant experience of delivering complex advice and guidance in Welfare benefits, to families and young people within the third or public sector, or equivalent (including digitally). You will have excellent in-depth knowledge and understanding of the policy and political context in which services, specifically welfare benefits, operate across the UK. 

You will also have excellent communication and influencing skills, experience of managing partnerships and in designing and delivering accessible training to different audiences, using a range of formats. 

The successful candidate will receive a full induction and training, including deaf awareness and British Sign Language (BSL) along with continuous learning and development opportunities.

To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Monday, 1 February 2021 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Thursday 11 February 2021. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

Digital Information, Advice and Guidance Delivery Manager

On behalf of a fantastic, well-known charity you will use your extensive digital experience to define and deliver the Digital Information, Advice and Guidance, collaborating with and leading subject matter experts in both Services and Digital disciplines.

Via a programme of ongoing Customer and Market Intelligence (research, Customer feedback, web analytics, SEO analysis), you will identify the information, advice and guidance that people with disabilities, their friends and families need to live the lives they choose.

Key responsibilities in the role:

* Responsible for defining, planning and delivering the full Digital Information, Advice and Guidance plan:

* Use a combination of Digital service design & delivery, content marketing, and a sound working knowledge of SEO and Digital development, collaborate with in-house and 3 rd party Digital specialists to deliver best in class Digital information and services
* Use outstanding stakeholder management and a clear understanding of Digital service excellence, to ensure that the information, advice and guidance that we provide works for both the customer and the organisation

* Ensure that audiences and content are prioritised to deliver maximum benefit as early as possible, ensuring the achievement of annual Digital service targets.
* Collaborate with colleagues in Service Development and Digital Delivery to design and continuously optimise Customer journeys, to ensure a well-integrated, excellent overall customer experience
* Accountable for planning and ensuring the delivery and continual refresh of all Services content, working with stakeholders in Operations to prioritise work and Digital to deliver it
* Work closely with the Digital Analyst to ensure that robust and actionable metrics and sentiment analysis are continually monitored.
* Follow a person-centred approach, ensuring that the correct range of channels and optimal set of assets are used for each content area.
* Line manage 1.

The ideal candidate:

* Essential

You must have experience of delivering and leading excellent Digital services as key components of an integrated service offering, as well as experience of delivering large-scale Digital content projects, working with a Digital Delivery and Marketing teams, internal stakeholders and 3rd party Marketing agencies.

* Desirable

It would be advantageous to have experience of strategy implementation and leading organisational and cultural change initiatives, experience of delivering accessible Digital solutions, and experience of conversation design and artificial intelligence.

Benefits

Based in the Office in Reading, with some home working.

£54,414 to £57,133 per annum

Permanent

Full Time

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, they're always keen to support flexible working as best they can.

They offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, they provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

Diversity

The charity welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice.

How to apply

Please call me 02078207305 or email me your CV [email protected] for more information, and we can discuss the opportunity and your fit for the role in more detail.

Carers Trust Wales provides information, advice and support to Wales’ 370,000 unpaid carers and to professionals who work with carers. Together with our Network Partners, a network of local carer focused charities, we provide support, information, advice and services for children, young people and adults caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend.  The number of carers is growing, with 3 in 5 of us likely to become a carer at some point in our lifetime. Unpaid carers save the Welsh economy over £8.1bn every year and act as a crucial support to our stretched health and social care systems.

We are currently looking for a Wales Office Manager to provide a full business management service to the office of Carers Trust Wales and support the work of the Director of Wales.

The successful candidate will have a range of responsibilities including diary management and supporting governance processes. The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of processes and systems to facilitate the effective running of Carers Trust Wales’ office in line with annual plans and funding requirements. 

The post will sit within the Carers Trust Wales team and be managed by the Director of Wales.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, the ability to read and draft relevant information at pace along with event management experience.

This is a great opportunity for someone interested in joining a vibrant organisation and very successful team to make a difference to the lives of unpaid carers across Wales.

Interviews are provisionally set for w/c 22 February in Cardiff.

To apply please complete an application form.

Applications close at 12 midnight Sunday 14 February 2021.

Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru yn darparu gwybodaeth, cyngor a chefnogaeth i’r 370,000 o ofalwyr di-dâl yng Nghymru ac i weithwyr proffesiynol sy’n gweithio gyda gofalwyr. Gyda’n Partneriaid Rhwydwaith, rhwydwaith o elusennau lleol sy’n darparu ar gyfer gofalwyr, rydym yn darparu cefnogaeth, gwybodaeth a gwasanaethau i blant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion sy’n gofalu, yn ddi-dâl, am aelod o’r teulu neu gyfaill.  Mae nifer y gofalwyr yn tyfu, ac mae 3 o bob 5 ohonom yn debygol o fod yn ofalydd ar ryw adeg yn ein bywydau. Mae gofalwyr di-dâl yn arbed dros £8.1bn i economi Cymru bob blwyddyn ac maent yn rhoi cefnogaeth allweddol i’n systemau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol sydd o dan bwysau dybryd.

Rydym yn chwilio am Reolydd Swyddfa Cymru i ddarparu gwasanaeth rheoli busnes llawn i swyddfa Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru a chefnogi gwaith Cyfarwyddwr Cymru.

Bydd gan yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus nifer o gyfrifoldebau gwahanol gan gynnwys rheoli dyddiaduron a chefnogi prosesau llywodraethiant. Bydd yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus hefyd yn gyfrifol am sicrhau ansawdd prosesau a systemau fel bod swyddfa Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru yn rhedeg yn ddi-drafferth yn unol â chynlluniau blynyddol a gofynion ariannu.

Bydd y swydd yn rhan o dîm Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru ac yn cael ei rheoli gan Gyfarwyddwr Cymru.

Bydd gan yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus sgiliau cyfathrebu rhagorol, y gallu i ddarllen a llunio gwybodaeth berthnasol yn ddioed ynghyd â phrofiad o reoli digwyddiadau.

Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych i rywun sy’n awyddus i ymuno â mudiad bywiog a thîm llwyddiannus iawn er mwyn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau gofalwyr di-dâl ledled Cymru.

Trefnwyd cyfweliadau ar hyn o bryd ar gyfer yr wythnos yn cychwyn ar 22 Chwefror yng Nghaerdydd.

I wneud cais dylech lenwi ffurflen gais.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 12 ganol nos dydd Sul 14 Chwefror 2021.

Residential Centre Manager (Education / Site Management / Hospitality)

Williton, Taunton

Salary £30,012 - £35,790 per annum

Permanent

Full Time - 37.5 hrs per week

Our client is one of the UK’s leading providers of outdoor environmental education. 

They now have a fantastic opportunity for a Manager to provide day to day management of one of their residential learning locations in Taunton.

The role

This is a key operational and leadership role, working closely with the Head of Group (Group) and Group Operations Manager (Group) in which you will manage and recruit staff and ensure that all users have a high quality experience by providing a high level of customer service.

You will take an active role in ensuring the excellent reputation of the venue for delivering high quality professional, amateur interest, individual and family courses, university and school courses are maintained and further developed. 

About you

They are looking for proven ability of managing a key function such as Education, Site Management, Hospitality or Sales along with experience of working in an education environment and / or similar residential centre. You will be a strong people manager who can demonstrate effective leadership skills and have experience of leading customer focused service delivery.

An ILM 5 /HNC/HND/NVQ Level 4 or Degree (or equivalent) in a related subject would be beneficial and you are required to hold a full UK Driving Licence for use in the UK.

The location

The centre lies in a secluded valley at the eastern edge of Exmoor National Park. The house is a striking example of a Tudor and Georgian country mansion set within its own grounds. 

About them

Our client follows a recruitment and selection process that is applied fairly, consistently, and without favour or prejudice, and which promotes a working environment in which diversity is recognised, valued and encouraged.

They want to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment, so that they can enjoy the benefits it gives and makes choices that help protect it – especially now when their planet is facing issues such as climate change and loss of biodiversity. 

As an Investors in People charity, they realise that to achieve their vision they need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and a pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering their mission and vision…if this inspires you, they would love to hear from you.

The closing date for receipt of your completed application is 9am Monday 4th January 2021

Interviews are scheduled to take place virtually on Thursday 7th January 2021

We are looking for someone to manage a small team of Recovery and Wellbeing workers across South Somerset, in a new whole-system, holistic approach to mental health.  This is a new role.

You will be employed by the Balsam Centre, an independent, place based community charity.  It is part of a dynamic partnership of Voluntary Sector organisations working with NHS and Local Authority colleagues across Somerset, through OPEN Mental Health.

Advice Officer (Housing)

Permanent

Part Time - 2.5 days a week

Up to £30,000pa pro rata (depending on experience)

Do you want to make a positive impact on people’s lives? Our Advice Service exists to improve opportunities and reduce poverty in London. Working primarily with people who identify as Irish, the service works to empower people using a strengths-based approach. We are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic individual with experience delivering advice on housing and welfare to join our friendly and dedicated team. 

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with partner agencies to achieve the best outcomes for clients, the Advice Officer will provide advice on housing and welfare benefits as well as advocating with third parties. The role requires good knowledge of the housing and benefits system for people of working age and older people

Since March 2020, our advice service has been delivered remotely, with advisers working from home until further notice in response to government guidance.

ABOUT THE LIC

The London Irish Centre is the Irish Heart of London. Our Mission is to empower and enrich lives through Irish community and culture. For over sixty years, we’ve been proud to provide vital frontline welfare services to multi-generational Irish diaspora in London, whilst instilling positive impact within local communities through education, entertainment and cultural awareness; courtesy of our vibrant venue and home: The London Irish Centre. As a charity, we represent all that is celebrated about Ireland: warm, welcoming, inclusive, diverse, unique, and open to every generation.

The deadline for applications is Monday 1st March 2021, 9am.

The London Irish Centre is a London Living Wage and Equal Opportunities employer.

We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We encourage BAME and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and all opportunities provided by the LIC. Whilst our offices have some barriers to access, we are taking steps to resolve these, and in the meantime continue to encourage interest from applicants who require reasonable adjustments within the workplace.

Staff Benefits

• Free tickets to LIC core cultural programmed events (subject to availability and may not apply to fundraising events and partnership events at external venues)
• 50% discount on LIC education courses (subject to availability)
• 20% staff discount at the LIC shop and 10% staff discount a the LIC bar
• Mindfulness App membership
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme with Health Assured
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Team socials and activities

Full time, 37 hours per week (job share applications considered)

Location: East Berkshire (Bracknell and Maidenhead)

This is a new full-time role in a new organisation and presents a genuine opportunity to shape the service to meet our clients’ future needs. Citizens Advice Bracknell and District and Citizens Advice Maidenhead and Windsor have decided to merge because together we are stronger and more resilient allowing us to grow our vital services.

We know more people need our help and we wish to accelerate operational changes to enable us to see more clients. That means investing in infrastructure and changing our ways of working. We want a Training Manager who can be part of the change - recruiting, training, and supporting the volunteers and staff we need to deliver high quality advice services.

Our ideal candidate will come from an advice services background with the ability to train staff and volunteers. However, we are open to considering applicants from a range of advice and/or training backgrounds who can quickly gain credibility with staff and volunteers.

We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 9th February at 9.00am.

For further information and to apply, please download the attached documents including Job Pack, Guidance Notes and Application Form. 

No Agencies please

Prospectus is supporting a London-based homeless charity which provides the highest quality support to men and women who find themselves rough sleeping in Westminster. They are currently looking to recruit an Administration & Advice Worker to support the wider team, as well as provide benefits advice to their clients. This role is offered initially on a 6-month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension.

As their Administration and Advice Worker, you will provide admin support to the wider team of the assessment centre, ensuring their financial accounting and client database systems are kept up to date. Offering direct benefits advice to their clients, you will also be responsible for managing housing benefit claims and general benefit support to ensure their clients are in receipt of financial support, enabling their journey of a life away from the streets.

To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience of the benefits system and maximising housing benefit income, combined with a knowledge and understanding of the varied needs of homeless people and those at acute risk of homelessness. This is a crucial role for the service, and as such you must also be a confident administrator with the ability to engage with varied stakeholders including clients, statutory bodies, colleagues and housing benefit departments.

If you are interested in finding out more information about this new opportunity, please register your interest and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below. The position is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews scheduled with the client, on an on-going basis.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.