6% Employer pension contribution

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employer Assistance Programme with 24/7 telephone support service

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our service; we are looking for someone with wide ranging generalist advice experience to deliver advice and information across agencies in Salford. You will based in both our permanent sites and also be able to deliver self supervising advice at outreach projects. We are looking for someone with good communication skills who enjoys working one to one with clients and developing relationships with new partners.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2020 at 9am

Interview date: w/c 24 February 2020

For more information, and to apply, please visit our website.

Citizens Advice Salford recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.

Citizens Advice Manchester is an innovative and successful advice service. We are one of the country’s most progressive and dynamic advice services with a large Welfare Benefit team. Our Welfare Benefit Advisers support clients both locally and nationally through telephone, digital and face to face channels.
Our Welfare Benefit Team advise clients on benefit entitlement, assist with completing benefit applications and challenging and appealing benefit decisions. Our team receive referrals from our local Adviceline service, Help to Claim, local GP surgeries and partner agencies, such as Pharmacy Support with whom we deliver a national service.

We are seeking to appoint a Welfare Benefit Team leader who is experienced in delivering specialist welfare benefit advice and who is able to lead and coordinate the day to day delivery of our Welfare Benefit Service.

● A 35 hour working week
● Pension scheme
● City centre location
● Health plan with 24/7 telephone support service
● Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days per year (in addition to bank holidays) and rising with long service to a maximum of 34

Please click the apply button for more information and to download a job pack giving full information on this vacancy.

Closing date for applications: 10am on Monday 3 February 2020
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 11 February 2020

We have a strong commitment to equality of opportunity and working with diverse communities

As part of the wider Oasis family of hubs, Oasis Hub Oldham works to provide integrated, high quality services that benefit the whole person and the whole community.  This is achieved by bringing together the Oasis ethos and values, local and national resources and expertise, and working together in and with local partners. 

An opportunity has arisen for a Community Project Worker to cover a maternity absence within the Hub, based in Oldham.  This is a varied role, which encompasses a number of ongoing projects, all based around mentoring, cooking, gardening and engaging the young people in our community.

Under the supervision of the Hub Leader, the Community Project Worker’s key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the project lead in the delivery of the weekly Community Kitchen.  This includes the preparing of food.
• Delivering a holiday club, peer & group mentoring sessions and the Hollinwood growing and planting activities.
• Be involved in the recruitment, training, and support of project volunteers.
• targeting individuals and groups to improve engagement.
• Working with a network of local agencies and community partners leading partnership activities.
• Delivering effective qualitative and quantitative project outcome reporting.

This is very much a relationship and project building role, and the successful applicant will also need to demonstrate:

• Experience of working in a youth/community/education setting
• Knowledge of child protection practices and health and safety.
• Experience in 1 to 1 mentoring/counselling
• Proven ability to manage a range of different projects going on at the same time
• Excellent verbal and written communication and inter-personal skills.

Completed applications should be returned by Midday, Friday 14th February 2020.

Interviews will take place in Oldham on Thursday 20th February 2020.

For full details and an application form, please go to the Oasis UK website, or click "apply" on this page.  Please indicate in your enquiry where you saw this vacancy.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

6 month Fixed Term Contract

Part-time (0.5FTE) 20 hours per week, inc of breaks

Salary:  £10,187 p.a. (£20,373 for 1FTE)

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487

Victim Support is looking for a Learning and Development Project Manager for a fixed term of six months. The post holder will work 22.5 hours a week and their main area of focus will be management and leadership learning.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The successful candidate will be joining our Learning and Development Team on a fixed term basis (6 months) and will be responsible for project managing and supporting the creation of VS's Management and Leadership learning framework. The post holder will be working closely with the Head of Learning and Development, Senor Operational Managers and the existing Learning and Development Advisors to identify leadership and management learning needs and address this through utilising existing resources and creating new learning interventions. This post is a project management role, with a large proportion of time spent on developing learning interventions in a variety of formats including workshops, online learning and on the job activities.

You will need to be a creative learning and development professional, who is able to manage their time well and deliver results under pressure. Learning what we do and how we do it quickly will be essential, and relating this to what our managers and leaders need to know and do is the key aspect of this role.

Having knowledge and experience of creating leadership and management learning is essential for this post holder. You will be working on creating a framework from scratch, which will be an exciting project for the right candidate.

This is a home based role, that will include travel across the national organisation and the post holder must be able to work well independently and with the existing Learning and Development Team.

You will be IT proficient (word, Outlook, Powerpoint), and have some experience of developing e-learning packages either as a developer or as a project manager.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (A). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

The Head of Leadership Programmes is responsible for the Firstline programme design, organisation and delivery across the country. They hold responsibility for the coaching offer (an integral part of the second year of the Frontline programme) and ensure its’ smooth operation and impact. The Head of Leadership Programmes will work closely with the senior team to ensure programme quality remains excellent and to embed a culture of freedom and responsibility.

In all areas of work, they need to have high expectations, the ability to motivate others and the confidence and assuredness to hold people to account. The Head of Leadership Programmes is an influential and senior position in this ambitious social work charity.

The successful individual will bring their excellent programme management, understanding of social work and their advanced relationship management expertise to ensure the effective delivery and development of the Firstline programme and coaching offer. They will bring their expertise to the development and delivery of any future leadership programmes and will hold strategic oversight of Frontline’s leadership programmes.

Resonance, Senior Investment Analyst,  Birmingham (Permanent) &  Manchester (12-month FTC, part time option considered)

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the ambition of Resonance to strengthen social enterprises and develop the eco-system which enables social investment to thrive. Resonance is a leading Social Impact Investment company and the Senior Investment Analysts, based in Birmingham and Manchester, will contribute to its growing prominence in the sector.

The Role of Senior Investment Analyst within the West Midlands SITR Fund or the North West SITR Fund

Purpose: To support Resonance’s Investment team with a focus on the West Midlands SITR (social investment tax relief) Fund or the North West SITR Fund . The ultimate goal of these Funds is to dismantle poverty and disadvantage in the West Midlands and the North West by providing affordable investments to social enterprises so they can grow their business and scale up their impact. 

Key Function: 

Support the deployment and operation of the Fund. 

Responsible for coordinating and contracting with new business opportunities and ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard. 

Core responsibilities:

• Sourcing social enterprise investment opportunities 

• Assisting social enterprises with understanding SITR, the loans we can offer and how we work 

• Supporting social enterprises who are considering social impact investment to fund their growth 

• Managing ongoing relationships with both current and potential investees 

• Carrying out due diligence and financial analysis to assess investment opportunities
• Preparing investment papers and presenting recommendations to the Investment Committees 

• Supporting investees to meet their loan conditions 
• Executing deals from the Funds 
• Monitoring investments made 

• Helping to build the Resonance network in the West Midlands and the North West.
• Actively sharing the learning from projects across the Resonance team 


Secondary responsibilities: 

• Representing Resonance at events and other profile-raising activities 

• Developing relationships with investors and other partners 

• Assisting with reporting to Resonance’s leadership team and board of directors 

• Deputising for other team members 


Person specification 


The ideal candidate will have relevant experience to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: 


Key Strengths 


This person will be: 


• A team player; working with people in and outside of the organisation to get the job done 

• Resilient; capable of maintaining motivation and focus despite setbacks 

• Strong on execution; able to bring together and orchestrate numerous moving pieces and drive things forward in order to get the project delivered 

• Financially literate but socially motivated; not “in it for themselves” but still highly skilled in shaping commercial solutions to best fit the social goals of client enterprises 

• Empathetic in seeing the other side of the story and yet also holding people to account 


Essential experience and skills: 


• Desire to help address social issues through impact investment 

• Fully subscribes to Resonance’s vision, mission and values 

• Ability to understand, interpret and advise on business and impact strategy within the context of a values-led enterprise 

• Commercial acumen and ability to creatively identify and execute business opportunities 

• Strong financial modelling skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong networking, interpersonal, and influencing skills 

• Able to prioritise work towards clear goals and performance targets 

• Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative and tenacity in seeing tasks or projects through to conclusion.
• Thorough and detailed approach to organising work and maintaining accurate records 

• Highly professional and ethical approach in representing the company and marketing its products 

• Willing to travel within the UK and work with colleagues in multiple locations using appropriate communications technology 

• Enthusiasm to work in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment 


Desirable:

• Educated to degree standard 

• Other relevant professional qualification 

• Knowledge of social enterprise sector 

• Knowledge of social investment sector 

• Knowledge of 1) the West Midlands region 
or 2) the North West region
• Experience in social investment either from the social enterprise perspective or from the investor side (if very hands on experience) including deal structuring, executing and ongoing management 

• Experience of the development and implementation of social impact management frameworks 

• Experience in the implementation of systems and performance measurement processes 

• Strong project management skills 


Important functional relationships - internal:

• Funds Team; Central Team (finance, people, compliance); Communications Team 

Important functional relationships – external:

• Social Enterprise clients; Social Enterprise networks and support organizations; Investors; Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers, Resonance West Midlands SITR Investment Committee or Resonance North West Investment Committee

Mandatory Questions for Candidates:

1. Are you based in the West Midlands or North West?

2. Do you have FCA approval or other Professional qualifications (please specify?

3. What has led you to apply for a social investment role specifically rather than a mainstream investment role?

4. Have you worked with social enterprises or third sector organisations before? If so, please give a brief summary.

5. Are you willing to travel across the UK?

6. How would you rate your experience in using Microsoft Excel 1 – 4 (1 being basic and 4 advanced).

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please send your CV, Cover Letter and answers to the Mandatory Questions to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Resonance:

Our Vision 

A world where... 

• capital serves people and communities 

• all are empowered to invest in enterprise for positive social impact 

• resources are stewarded for future generations 


Our Mission 

• To connect capital to social enterprises
• To find creative solutions matching transformational enterprises with investors who share their values 
• To shift market motivations, aligning commercial returns with social impact

Our Values 

• We are a bridge, not an institution 

• We believe there is always a solution 

• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time 

• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits 
​

Location: Warrington Combined Court

Department: Witness Service - National

Hours per week: 29 hours

Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015.  The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.

Interview date: 11/02/2020

WHO ARE CATS?

We believe that all young people should be aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer, and how to check themselves, so that’s what we’re here for. We aim to empower these young people to be comfortable enough with themselves and their bodies to know when something is up, and when to go and see a doctor.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

You’ll be joining a small team to provide vital support to help us maintain our current income streams and grow them for the future. Our university teams are a huge part of our history, and as a key aspect of our community fundraising, help us deliver our main goals as a charity in a variety of ways. You’ll support the running of these teams on a day-to-day basis, the successful delivery of their events and any relevant campaigns. You’ll also ensure we are engaging with the community to create fundraising opportunities and supporting these individuals accordingly. As an Income Coordinator, you’ll also be supporting the creation of new income streams, and monitor those that are existing, against relevant targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of our fundraising goals.

• Monitoring and evaluation of the goals throughout the year.

• Completing grant applications.

• Supporting and maintaining current income streams and development of new ones. 

• Maintaining existing corporate partnerships whilst looking to develop new ones

• Recruiting passionate people to be CATS challenge fundraisers. 

• Working with our university teams and supporting them wherever necessary. 

The successful applicant will: 

• Be crazy about CATS - passionate about our cause and care about the work we are doing. 

• Be creative and innovative; offering a wide range of ideas. 

• Have the ability to work independently and use initiative. 

• Have great written and verbal communication skills and be able to deliver information in a clear unambiguous way. 

What can CATS offer you :

• You will work with a close team, who are incredibly passionate about what they do. 

• You will have the opportunity to develop your own skills and understanding around income generation and small charity world.

• You will be part of the growth and development of CATS.

• You will have flexibility in your role to make it your own. 

Things to know before you apply:

• The team is only two strong at the moment, meaning the successful applicant will be the third/fourth person employed by CATS (as we are currently recruiting 2 roles).
• We are a youth led organisation, so expect fresh and new ideas in all areas of our work.
• You’ll be our sole fundraiser (officially) however you will have the support of both the Head of Development and Head of Engagement if deadlines need to be met.
• This opportunity is office based (Manchester city centre) and we will not consider remote working. 
• This is a full time role, contracted at 37.5 hours a week. 
• This position is contracted until November 2021
• Please read the job specifications before you apply.

We are looking for a passionate, driven and hardworking Recruitment Manager to join our People team. You will be an experienced resourcing professional with knowledge, ability and experience of attracting, sourcing and selecting talent. Operationally, the HR Recruitment Manager will be responsible for all recruitment activities across the organisation and will manage processes to ensure they support the organisation to attract and retain the best talent. A key part of this role will be to launch and implement a new applicant tracking system.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

• Able to hit the ground running and get stuck into the role at pace and with minimal supervision.
• You will be adaptive, flexible and comfortable working at pace. 
• You will be versatile, flexible and collaborative, understanding the need for effective business partnering.
• You will have experience of leading a recruitment team or the recruitment process.
• You will have experience of working within a complex fast paced organisation and one that has gone through significant change.
• You will have experience of dealing with external candidates with a customer centric approach. 
• You will have experience of working with a wide variety of job boards and professional social sites such as TotalJobs, LinkedIn, Glassdoor etc.
• You will have proven experience of influencing hiring managers.
• Outstanding people skills, with the ability to influence others and establish effective working relationships with people of all working styles, backgrounds, experience, etc. 
• A team player, but with the ability to work under own initiative to deliver to deadline.
• Able to apply corporate style within a social enterprise.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A strong commitment to education, the non-profit sector and raising the aspirations, achievement and life chances of all children.

Desirable

• CIPD qualified or working towards a qualification relevant to HR and recruitment / resourcing and or employee retention

• Experienced HR Generalist knowledge with strong recruitment background

Our offer

We are happy to be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

At Depaul UK we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Progression Coach to come and join our Stockport team. You will join us on a full-time basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £19,608 pa + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that: prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within.

In return as our Progression Coach, you'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

- Cycle to work scheme

- Interest free Annual Season Ticket Loan

- Four Weeks Paternity Leave

The Progression Coach role:

You will be working with young people who are leaving the care system. This supported accommodation provision will equip young care leavers to make the move towards independence, increasing their resilience and helping them realise their full potential.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Progression Coach role?

- Experience of working with young people with high levels of need

- A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning

- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of Safeguarding requirements and procedures

- High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain them

Closing Date: 23 January at 12:00

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Progression Coach then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the roles:

We have recently been successful in securing 3 x new projects and need additional staff and volunteers to deliver them. We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

For volunteer opportunities alongside these workers, please visit our website.

1St 1000 Days Family Intervention Worker

The First 1,000 Days Project is a collaborative approach between 3 VCS agencies to establish a new service for children and their parents who are or have been affected by domestic abuse working directly with BAME parents and their children from conception to 2 years old.

You will work as part of a small team with colleagues in Wai Yin, Manchester Women’s Aid, (MWA,) and Manchester Young Lives to deliver a range of interventions which will help families and children thrive. 

You will be skilled in partnership working, with the ability to apply a whole family approach to protect children and families from harm and improve family functioning. The two year project will assist families to form meaningful links within their communities.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week, on a rota covering the hours of 09.00 – 20.00

Salary: £23 868.00 per annum

Duration: 2 years. Start date 1st April 2020

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers
 

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the roles:

We have recently been successful in securing 3 x new projects and need additional staff and volunteers to deliver them. We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

For volunteer opportunities alongside these workers, please visit our website

Emerge Worker – 2 roles available

The purpose of this role is the delivery of service user experience in refuge, ensuring that individuals’ therapeutic, practical and emotional needs are met within a psychologically informed environment.

You will work towards positive outcomes for individuals and families including reduction in crisis situations related to domestic abuse or relationship issues, improved mental and physical wellbeing, reducing demand on statutory services, increasing economic independence through debt reduction, improved budgeting and accessing employment.

Amongst other duties, you will work on the organisation’s referral line on a rota basis, assessing applicants for availability of bed space and checking eligibility criteria. You will work with families towards positive outcomes including reduction of crisis situations related to domestic abuse.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week on a rota covering the hours of 09.00 – 20.00

Salary: £21 077.00 per annum

Duration: permanent (subject to funding), start date 1st April

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

About us

As an independent body serving the public, we uphold information rights for all. We do this by promoting openness in public bodies, as well as data privacy for individuals. As well as this, we oversee legislation that ensures people’s data is secure, accurate and robustly managed. We have a number of vacancies in all our operational departments, which are both full and part time roles. 

The vacancies are in our Business Services Team and Public Advice and Complaints Team,  these manage the ICO national helplines and related case work, therefore to meet business demands we offer a variety of working patterns.

About the role

You’ll work in one of our operational areas which will include providing advice to the public and organisations, handling complaints and concerns and providing guidance whilst working on one of our helplines. Wherever you join us, you’ll be responsible for providing clear and consistent advice, in line with our policies and operational strategy.

About you

As well as a degree, equivalent qualification or relevant work experience, you’ll need to be a confident communicator who can deal with both customers and internal stakeholders. Your judgement, intellect and initiative will give you the ability to handle your work autonomously and confidently.

You’ll need to be able to quickly develop knowledge of the relevant legislation, policies and procedures and how these apply to your role. And as legislation changes, you’ll further develop your expertise accordingly.

Justlife are looking to recruit 2 Network Development Workers (1 full time and 1 part time) to join our Research and Policy team to help us develop our network of people and organisations across the UK who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of the thousands of people living in Unsupported Temporary Accommodation (UTA). The roles can be based at either of our projects, in Brighton or Manchester, and will involve regular travel between both areas and nationally. The role will include supporting the development of new and existing Temporary Accommodation Action Groups, gathering and sharing of information and learning related to UTA and developing potential solutions.

We are looking for people who are confident in communicating with a wide range of people, able to learn and reflect and think creatively to solve problems and develop solutions. Our values include collaboration, innovation and being people focussed and we will be looking for those who can fit our team and ethos as an organisation, and help us develop our work to help make people's experience of UTA be as short, safe and healthy as possible.

Research and Policy Team
The aim of the Research and Policy Team is to influence the housing and homelessness sector to ensure stays in unsupported temporary accommodation (UTA) are as short, safe and healthy as possible. Since 2013 Justlife have carried out research and produced reports including on the effects on the health and wellbeing of people placed in UTA, recommendations of solutions to the challenges faced by local authorities, landlords and support services, as well as mapping the provision of UTA across England.
The research and policy work build on local frontline services in Brighton and Manchester that support adults experiencing housing vulnerability, many of which face complex and multiple disadvantage. It uses learning from the services and wider research it carries out to influence policy and systems change for residents of UTA on a local and national level, as well as within the Justlife services.
One of the key recommendations in the ‘Not Home’ report was the development of Temporary Accommodation Action Groups across the country. The UTA Network has been developed as a means for Justlife to support local areas, organisations and individuals, to set up and run Temporary Accommodation Action Groups as well as sharing knowledge and experience, gain a better understanding of the national picture and provide a stronger platform on which to campaign for change in the sector.