A great opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working.
We are looking for a energetic Global Project Officer at Practical Action to support our work in delivering Renewable Energy to Refugees (RE4R).
About the Role:
You will support the Renewable Energy for Refugees Team to develop, co-ordinate and quality assure the global outreach of the project’s key outcome, building on the project’s in-country implementation to achieve global impact and aiming to re-shape the response to humanitarian energy needs.
You will develop activities and outputs to ensure that learning, evidence and advocacy, drawn from the project’s work in Jordan and Rwanda, is used to demonstrate the benefits and long-term viability of market-led renewable energy services in displaced settings. This aims to ensure that the positive outcomes of the project are delivered within the project timespan, but also beyond this, in the form of long-term systemic change, leading to more sustainable, and wider-scale impact beyond RE4R’s geographic and temporal boundaries.
About You:
You will have excellent written and oral communications skills in English and proven ability of producing excellent written content, including ability to devise and edit content for various digital platforms.
With experience of managing print and audio-visual production processes and with strong project management skills and ability to work to deadlines, you will have excellent administration and organization skills and a sound understanding of, and commitment to, gender equality.
In addition, you’ll have an understanding of relevant knowledge/communications tools and approaches to build awareness amongst targeted stakeholders. Some exposure to the international energy sector relating to energy access and international development would be an advantage
YOUR LOCATION:
We are looking for applicants you are able to work from one of our offices either here in the UK (Rugby), Kenya (Nairobi) or Kigali (Rwanda) - we do offer remote working patterns but would require the candidate to travel to the office frequently.
Our UK base in Rugby is commutable from London (45mins) or Birmingham (25mins) by rail
For further information and to apply visit our website
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£20,000 - £25,000 (Regional salary weighting may apply)
37.5 hours per week, permanent
Home Based, with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19 and
covering Central England (including: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire)
The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job.
We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible, and that support should reflect their individual needs.
To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services, and are looking for Employment Advisors to work on a DWP Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).
As an WHP JETS Employment Advisor, you will be providing advice and support to guide, encourage and support participants to overcome barriers to employment and achieve realistic job goals. This will be mainly delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.
Reporting to a Team Leader, the role holder will be expected to manage a caseload of participants, managing their journey to employment, offering advice and direction to enable participants to access support they need. The role will also involve re-building participant confidence and self-efficacy following a period on unemployment.
Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.
The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries. Additionally an understanding of government funded employment programmes such as the Work and Health Programme would be an advantage.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary.
- Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.
- Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.
- Enhanced annual leave.
£26,250 – £31,250 (Regional salary weighting may apply)
Full-time, Permanent
Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19 and covering Central England (including: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire)
The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job.
We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible, and that support should reflect their individual needs.
To help us in this mission, we are looking to expand our employability services and are looking for Team Leaders to work on a DWP Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).
The WHP JETS Team Leader role is integral to the success of our employment programmes, to ensure our staff integrate in multi-disciplinary teams and work together to provide regular, high quality support to participants.
The role requires an engaging, empathetic and motivating individual, with the ability to support staff to achieve day-to-day performance. The Team Leaders will develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and ensure the effective management of staff caseloads.
This role is perfect for individuals with proven leadership skills and experience of leading and supporting customer focused teams. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, a solution focussed approach, be target driven and highly organised.
Reporting to the Regional Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for managing and assisting the them in the day-to-day management and support of the teams.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary.
- Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.
- Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.
- Enhanced annual leave.
Senior Advocacy Groups Worker: The role will involve developing and delivering group work programmes for local carers which will meet their needs and help to achieve project outcomes. The post-holder will be responsible for the line management and supervision of P/T Advocacy Workers and Peer Support volunteers.
This role will coordinate and supervise The Carers Centre's Self Help & Advocacy Project across 3 areas in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The post holder will deliver the Leicester City group work and is expected to have significant experience and/or relevant qualifications in working with carers/or providing advocacy.
If you have experience of working with unpaid carers and understand the challenges they face, enjoy working with groups and like a job with plenty of variety, then this could be the role for you. We are currently delivering all of our group work via online virtual platforms however wish to return to a hybrid combination of virtual and face to face groups when circunstances allow.
18.5 hours a week - days/times to be agreed with some flexibility dependant on the project’s needs. This post can be a combination of office based and home working
This is a fixed term post until March 21st 2025 with extension dependent on funding.
CV's will not be accepted for this post and an Application form will need to be completed
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
New Arrival Support Worker & Residential Volunteer (Male)
Responsible to: Support Team Manager
Location: Based in Baca main office and at home for newly arrived young people in Loughborough. There will be travel throughout Loughborough and Leicester. The role may require travel to wider areas of the East Midlands and the UK.
Hours: 25 hours per week, which includes evening and weekend work
Salary Band: £18,000 to £22,000 per annum pro rata
Benefits in kind: Rent-free accommodation, including Wifi, gas, electric and council tax bills.
Contract: Permanent
Overall Purpose
- To provide support and care to the young people who are newly arrived in the country, providing the foundations for them to rebuild their strength and dignity and invest hope for their futures.
- To partner with social workers and representatives from other agencies, for the benefit of the young people.
- To enable young people to learn necessary life skills to live safely and productively as they transition into indepedent adulthood.
- To lead by example and be a positive role model, inspiring Hope in the young people to rebuild their lives for a better future.
- The role is a male residential role based in a house with a maximum of 4 male unaccompanied forced migrant young people who have been through a very traumatic past. The residential element of the role is compensated with free accommodation, utilities, wifi and council tax.
Please read attached Job description in detail before applying. Once an expression of interest has been made, an email with an application form will be sent and this needs to returned completed for the interest to be taken forward.
Interviews will be week commencing the 28th of September 2020.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
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We are looking for warm, resourceful, energetic and diverse team of Relief Recovery Support Workers to join our new service Forest Road Loughborough.
Forest Road is a step-through accommodation based service offering holistic support of up to seven Service Users. Your role will be to support individual service users, taking a person-centred approach to their care and support.
The position involves undertaking the responsibility of being a Key Worker/Co-worker. This will enable you to plan alongside members of the person’s circle of support, and to enable individuals to be happy, healthy and to be successful in achieving their wishes and aspirations. Our person-centred plans, meetings and processes are co-produced with the people we support and their families, to promote a unified approach. Together, you will set meaningful and aspirational goals which you will support our service users to move towards.
You will have previous experience of working with people who are experiencing mental health problems, either in a community, residential or inpatient setting. You will have experience of working in a recovery-focused way. You will be motivated with good communication skills and a commitment to achieving positive outcomes using a person-centred recovery approach.
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Hope for Justice exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society – do you share our passion to live in a world free from slavery?
Hope for Justice is seeking a multilingual Community Engagement Specialist, to be based in the East Midlands, to work with at-risk communities, law enforcement and business to develop an effective community-based approach to address modern day slavery, while developing effective networks and building trust with victims to help them escape their traffickers.
This role requires someone with fluency in English and either Bulgarian or one or more other Balkan languages, alongside other specific skills.
The role will depend on using local and cultural knowledge and language skills to engage effectively with potential victims and with key stakeholders in these communities.
The ideal candidate will have fantastic communication skills and well-developed emotional intelligence. They will be a confident self-starter, able to work unsupervised and with an understanding of the sensitivities and discretion required when working with vulnerable people.
This is an outstanding opportunity for anyone seeking to develop skills in community-based work while making a profound difference to the lives of people trapped in modern slavery.
Change lives
End slavery
Location: Leicester, UK. *Please note that with the current Covid 19 restrictions, there will be a requirement to initially work from home for office and administration activities, though office space and meeting facilities are available through partners *
To apply, please visit our website and complete the application form to accompany your CV.
As part of our commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.
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Carer Services Manager: This is a Senior Management role which will hold overall responsibility for the effective delivery, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance of our Carer Support Services across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. The Carers Centre LLR has recently recieved 5 years of National Lottery funding and is moving to new city centre premises which offers much opportunity for development.
It's an exciting time for this small but well respected charity and an excellent time for an experienced and ambitious manager to take on a new opportunity to help shape the charity for it's long term future.
The post-holder will be expected to have significant experience in a managerial role and an excellent working knowledge of what it means to be an unpaid carer, the challenges carers face and the impacts caring has. They will also have a good understanding of Health and Social Care services, the support that is available for carers and their legal rights under the Care Act and the Children & Families Act.
The Carer Services Manager will line manage a team of staff and volunteers and provide ongoing support for our Board of Trustees, acting as Company Secretary to ensure Charity Commission compliance.
Working in partnership with the Development & Funding Manager, the Carer Services Manager will work to develop carer involvement and coproduction of service delivery plans, ensuring The Carers Centre support offer continues to meet the needs of local carers.
Our services are currently being delivered virtually and by phone however we will be returning to a hybrid combination of face to face and virtual services when circumstances allow with a great new 'virtual' space enabling this.
20 hours a week – days/times to be agreed with some flexibility required to provide staff cover. This post can be a combination of office based and homeworking.
This is a fixed term post until March 31st 2025 with extension dependant on funding.
CV's will not be accepted for this post and an Application Form will need to be completed
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.