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Join us as the Group Social Value Manager at LHCPG, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our social impact strategy. Working closely with various teams, you'll integrate social value principles into our products and services, fostering innovation and partnerships to drive positive change across Great Britain.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead the integration of social value priorities into LHCPG's products and services.
- Establish LHCPG as a leading authority in social value, internally and externally.
- Build and nurture a network for innovation in social value approaches.
- Stay abreast of social value trends, best practices, and regulations.
- Align LHCPG's social value strategy with our mission, vision, and external influences.
- Support clients and suppliers to deliver their social impact priorities.
- Develop and implement social value measuring approaches and standards that enable social value data and information to be collected and recorded, across LHCPG’s operational activities.
- Support the delivery and impact reporting of the Community Benefit Fund.
- Provide guidance and training on social value principles and practices.
- Produce annual social value reports and coordinate impact case studies.
What You Need:
- Ideally, a relevant degree or professional qualification in CSR or social impact.
- Expertise in social value measurement frameworks used in the public sector.
- Understanding of technology's role in driving social innovation.
- Experience in managing complex projects and influencing outcomes with stakeholders.
- Familiarity with ESG frameworks and their application.
- Strong IT literacy, including proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Ability to work with confidential information and meet strict deadlines.
- Positive, supportive attitude with a collaborative and flexible approach.
- Previous experience in a social value role or not-for-profit organisation is desirable.
What You Get:
- Basic salary on POC starting at £62,886
- A non-contractual and discretionary annual bonus scheme is in place based on the achievement of personal and company targets.
- Local Government Pension Scheme (Defined Benefit).
- 34 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- 36-hour week.
- Personal training and development plan.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee Discounts.
If you're passionate about driving positive social change and have the skills and experience we're looking for, apply quickly to join our team at LHCPG. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please note that we reserve the right to close this job posting before the application deadline if a suitable candidate is identified.
We improve lives and places through the impact of our products & services and social value generated through our community benefit funding & activity
Sightsavers is looking for a Deputy Director: Institutional Funding - a new role within our expanding team, deputising for the Director and ensuring the effective implementation of the organisation's institutional funding strategy.
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000
Location: UK remote - with very occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
Working across more than 30 countries globally, Sightsavers is dedicated to eliminating avoidable blindness and empowering people with disabilities to participate fully in society. Our mission is to bring effective and innovative solutions that enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in health, education, and employment programmes and we lead on the elimination of debilitating neglected tropical diseases. We are looking for a Deputy Director: Institutional Funding to deputise for the Director and ensuring the effective implementation of the organisation's institutional funding strategy and development of targeted strategies to access new donors/funding streams.
This role will involve:
- Leadership and management
- Development and operationalisation of strategy
- Capacity building
- Profile building
To succeed in this role you will need:
- Extensive experience in senior bid development roles with a proven track record of having raised and managed significant funding from a range of programme funding donors including commercial contracts.
- Proven track record of successful commercial contract experience.
- Experience of complex grants/contract management.
- Significant experience of management within a programme funding environment.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders up to senior management.
- Deep understanding of international development issues and how they relate to Sightsavers' work.
- Established relationships with major multilateral and bilateral government and foundation donors, particularly FCDO, USAID and Gates.
- Ability to build effective cross organisational relationships, including leading teams.
- Planning and coordination skills.
This is an involved role, please read the full job description for further details
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW). This role could be worked part-time - a minimum of four days per week.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late June/ early July.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
Application Closing Date: 21st June 2024 at 23:00 GMT
Location: Remote within the UK through a hybrid work model preferred; strong preference for individuals in the greater London area to ensure team continuity and collaboration with episodic in-person office days in London as needed and prescribed by the organisation. This role requires applicants to be able to show that they have the right to work in the UK.
Term: Full Time- 35 hours a week
Organisation: Global Greengrants Fund UK
Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund UK (GGF UK) are dependent on applicable salary scales, and internal pay policies including equity considerations, and budget. Due to how salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF UK has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. Our best offer for this position is £42,500 per annum.
Benefits: We are in the process of improving our benefits package, to include a 10% pension contribution, remote and flexible work arrangements, generous family and sick leave, an employee assistance programme, health and life insurance, death in service x 4 salaries, income protection, and annual leave of 28 days plus all UK bank holidays.
About Global Greengrants Fund
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) supports grassroots activists and civil society organisations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory and decentralised model in making grants to grassroots groups through regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks, and independent funds, to support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund believes solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from people whose lives are most impacted. Every day, our global network of people on the frontlines and donors comes together to support communities to protect their ways of life and our planet. Because when local people have a say in the health of their food, water, and resources, they are forces for change.
Global Greengrants Fund comprises two organisations located in the USA, Global Greengrants Fund Inc (established in 1993), and Global Greengrants Fund UK (established in 2012). The two organisations work closely together with a shared grantmaking programme and strategic collaboration at the senior leadership level. GGF UK consists of nine staff members working on fundraising and influencing philanthropy; finance; communications; and operations, with all of these functions operating autonomously but in close collaboration with their US counterpart functions.
In 2024, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively centre our values, including diversity, equity and inclusion, and organisational care in our work, and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past two years and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations to new levels. This includes creating a globally networked learning organisation and transforming our organisational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering – we call this our transformative journey. The Finance and Grants Officer needs to understand the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and can remain flexible, steady, and adaptable.
The Role
Global Greengrants Fund UK is looking to hire an energetic and passionate individual who will play a key role in collaborating across teams to support finance and grantmaking. They are responsible for the smooth running of all transactional processes for grants, payments, reconciliations, and financial reporting. They will also lead on any applicable system enhancements thus offering a critical and wide-ranging systems support role for the grantmaking charity. They will ensure that financial transactions are properly allocated, recorded, and maintained and assist in the preparation of audit data as well as supporting project reporting to aid in the preparation of the annual statutory audit and project reports.
As part of the finance and operations team, they will join a growing team currently staffed by four members in the UK. In the present accountability structures, the Finance and Grants Officer, GGF UK is line managed by the Director of Finance and Operations, GGF UK while building and working in more collaborative ways.
The Candidate Profile
The successful applicant will have significant relevant experience in a similar role in a charitable, environmental, development, social justice, feminist, gender, human rights, and/or grantmaking organisation. They demonstrate knowledge and experience in charity/nonprofit grant accounting/financial issues and dealing with both financial and grant information and processes, understand accounting principles, and have knowledge of accounting, grantmaking, and budgeting processes. They have cash management, banking, and payment experiences. They demonstrate excellent administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to ensure the accuracy of work and demonstrate precise attention to detail. They will have the skills to give, receive, and work with feedback constructively. They also thrive in a virtual environment, motivated to take on challenges and collaboratively find innovative and creative solutions. Multiple language skills would be ideal, while English fluency is a must.
The right candidate will understand GGF’s core values and be committed to the guiding principles and mission of GGF and ensure they uphold them in the way they take up the responsibilities of the role.
How to Apply
Applications need to be submitted through GGF UK’s recruitment platform (Rippling) by June 21st, 2024 at 23:00 GMT. To apply, please apply via the link in the 'apply via website' button which will redirect you to GGF UK's recruitment platform (Rippling) and a detailed job description. You will be required to upload a current CV and complete a set of screening questions which will need to be submitted in English. If you’re intrigued by this position but feel like you don’t fit the profile precisely, please still apply.
We thank all those who apply, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
EDI Learning & Development Manager
Reference: MAY20242151
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
We know that to tackle the nature and climate emergency, we need to enable more, and more diverse people to act for nature. We are committed to not only improving our workplace and its culture but also driving forward EDI as it is our responsibility towards a sustainable future for people and nature together.
This is a very exciting time at the RSPB, with an ambitious strategy and a commitment to improving the way we operate to protect and enhance nature. The EDI Learning & Organisational Development Manager will play both a strategic and operational role in driving change through learning, leading as a member of the EDI team.
This position will lead the design, development and delivery of our strategic EDI learning program, supporting the needs of our whole workforce, including our volunteers. The successful candidate will develop close relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation, working collaboratively to support the transformation in behaviours and skills required to make the RSPB a more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming place for all. You’ll be a leader in the EDI space, with opportunities for creativity, innovation and thinking differently to how we engage and embed learning on inclusion, in an accessible, inspiring way.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver a strategic EDI learning plan, to build the RSPB’s capability on a creating a more inclusive workplace culture.
- Align with L&OD team on creating consistency of learning approaches and key messages across the organisation’s learning offer.
- Build expert knowledge and skill within the organisation on EDI, prioritising any current programme key themes.
- Identify skills gaps and future learning requirements, keeping abreast of latest learning and development products and approaches. This would include a keen understanding and application of accessibility, neurodiversity and different learning needs, to support and upskill the EDI team and other colleagues.
- Curate, develop and design EDI learning content, including online, and assess relevant EDI learning and development options. Including workshops, action learning sets and peer support sessions.
- Working with EDI specialists to consider and incorporate a range of approaches and best practice to the EDI learning offers.
- Co-ordinate the logistics of training programmes and identify external training partners.
- Embed solid evaluation processes across learning interventions, analyse and provide reports on key recommendations and findings to stakeholders including programme board.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally including within Environmental, Conservation and NGO partners – to network, share good practice and develop partnerships or learning opportunities.
- Support and develop the capability of any direct line reports around EDI Learning and Development.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge and experience of designing, developing and delivering high quality, engaging training programmes, workshops and educational resources. Ideally to a wide range of audiences in a workplace or post-16 setting.
- Experience of the full training lifecycle from needs analysis through to developing strategic approaches for meeting those needs.
- Excellent up-to-date knowledge and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues across a range of characteristics, including the Equality Act.
- An ability to build relationships with, and persuade and influence people at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong IT user with a willingness to develop further skills.
- Experience with delivering training online and good practices around creating accessible online training or education resources.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to demonstrate leadership without line management.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and to all levels.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions.
- Experience in project management and budgeting.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Teaching or training qualifications.
- Knowledge of barriers to marginalised or underrepresented people in conservation sectors.
- Experience of designing training and resources around EDI or culture/ behaviour change.
- Experience of the conservation, environmental or charity sector.
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 23rd June 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from week commencing 15th July 2024.
We will be holding an optional online recruitment briefing session prior to the application closing date which is open to all prospective candidates and provides the opportunity to learn more about the role.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
You have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, criminal justice, housing or social care setting? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker).
Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. We are part of ‘One Recovery Buckinghamshire’ (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief providing support for alcohol and drug issues across Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker) to join our team in Aylesbury.
Your challenge? To provide advice, assessments, brief and structured interventions and group programmes. As a Practitioner (Criminal Justice Outreach Worker) in this role you will be the initial contact for referrals into the service from the courts and probation for clients who are being considered for a community sentence treatment requirement, conducting initial assessments via telephone, face to face and offering relevant and appropriate advice, harm minimisation, family interventions risk assessment and management, actioning onward referrals to partner agencies. Facilitating comprehensive assessments and interventions for people who are attending court or have recently been released from prison to encourage engagement in services. You will also be required to manage a caseload.
An energetic and confident self-starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. As well as good knowledge of alcohol/drug and health related issues, you're used to liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and comfortable engaging with clients in a variety of service delivery settings. You will also have the ability to collaborate and work professionally with service users, families and external agencies to provide a service which maximises outcomes for service users. What’s more, you have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality and excellent record keeping and Microsoft Office.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.
Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you have an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health related issues, and experience of working with adults in an addictions, housing or social care setting? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Complex Needs Practitioner (Recovery Worker).
Aquarius is a charity that helps people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling. We are part of ‘One Recovery Buckinghamshire’ (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief providing support for alcohol and drug issues across Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for three Complex Needs Practitioners (Recovery Worker) to join our team in Aylesbury.
The purpose of the role is to engage people in a variety of interventions, using a person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.
All Complex Needs Practitioners (Recovery Worker) work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings. The caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health and social care. You will join our caring multi-disciplinary teams, to help empower you to provide quality psychosocial interventions to our diverse client groups.
A core part of the role will be working with people to address holistic support needs across all aspects of the person’s substance use and wellbeing. This could include diverse work related to physical and emotional health, meaningful use of time, family and relationships, community engagement and activites, accommodation, physical and emotional health, offending as well as substance use (drug use and / or alcohol use).
An energetic and confident self-starter, you have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. Experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings is essential. You’ll also need a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills and a willingness to work flexibly across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.
Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.
We are seeking an experienced and senior researcher to play a leading role in the development and growth of the NCB research team.
Position Title: Senior Research and Development Manager
Reference: 2389
Location: Flexible in UK
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week.
Salary: London - £53,457, National - £49,448 with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus Bank holidays and 3 days of Christmas closure.
About Us
For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.
As a leading children’s charity, we take the voices of children to the heart of Government, bringing people and organisations together to drive change in society and deliver a better childhood for the UK. We are united for a better childhood.
About the Role
The post holder will lead on key programmes of evidence and evaluation work and be accountable for its quality delivery. They will provide expertise, methodological input and guidance across research projects, including on advanced quantitative and qualitative research design.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a significant role in a growing team that works across the justice, health, education and social care systems on behalf of a range of statutory, academic, voluntary and community sector funders.
Applications close at 11:59pm on 12th July 2024.
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on 26th July and will be held in person in our London Office or remotely for NI based candidates.
Please quote the job title and reference number in your application.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
NCB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, political opinion, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, paternity, and carer status.
No agencies please.
Are you looking for a new role where you can make a tangible difference to a small charity? Would you like to work for an organisation that is described as kind and supportive by it's members? We are currently recruiting for a new Charity Manager.
At the University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) we empower Mental Health professionals working in education to develop their skills and expertise, and practice safely by providing networks, training and resources. We believe that mental health conditions should not be a barrier to accessing higher education, experiencing it positively or to benefitting from the opportunities that it creates. We actively work to address inequalities for students with mental health conditions.
This is an exciting time to join us as we are:
- Planning a name change
- About to start our strategy review to plan our next few years' development
This role offers a great opportunity for someone who enjoys a mix of self-driven and collaborative work and is keen to deliver impactful services to our members and the sector as a whole.
We’re looking for someone with excellent all-round management skills, who is experienced in developing funding opportunities and services.
Networking and communication is a large part of the role and so you will need confidence to be able to communicate and develop relationships with a wide range of people. Our members are at the heart of our work, and you will need to be able to represent them, and the students they work with. We currently work with the Office for Students, Department of Education, Student Loans Company and UCAS, as well as other sector organisations, and are on advisory boards for several large research projects.
Please have a look at our website for more information about who we are, what we do and how we operate.
JOB TITLE: Charity Manager
LOCATION: Remote
RESPONSIBLE TO: Board of Trustees, through the Chair of the board
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Administrator, Policy & Engagement Officer
SALARY: £33,000 - £38,000 (£26,400 - £30,400 pro rata)
Application deadline: 2/7/24 midday
Benefits of working for us
We offer flexible working, to help you manage your homelife, external commitments and wellbeing. We are happy to pay for co-working space for you.
As well as generous annual leave, the Charity Manager enjoys a wellbeing half day per month.
We also have a budget for ongoing training, so that all staff can feel confident in their role.
Job description and person specification
For a full job description and person specification please see our attachment. Although we are looking for particular skills and experience, we highly value people's capacity to learn and try new things. You need to be passionate about creating an equitable society for all, whatever your background.
Main roles and responsibilities
- You will provide strategic leadership and direction to the charity, developing business plans and measuring impact
- You will represent the charity in key forums and promote our work and that of our members
- You will oversee effective governance of the charity, working closely with the Chair and Board of Trustees
- You will help to ensure the organisation is sustainable and financially viable, developing new funding streams and partnerships
- You will promote a positive and healthy working environment, demonstrating leadership through personal example and continuing our work to ensure UMHAN is an organisation that people want to belong to and work with
Person specification
Essential requirements include:
- Educated to degree level, or postgraduate professional qualification, or can demonstrate equivalent qualifications, skills and experience.
- Experience of working in Higher Education, membership organisation or charity
- Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience
- An alignment with and commitment to the aims, purpose and vision of UMHAN
- A commitment to equality and diversity within the workplace and the delivery of services
- Substantial experience of business and strategic planning, with an ability to create objectives, track performance and deliver results
- Experience of developing good working relationships with a wide range of people at all levels
- Adaptable and flexible to new and changing working practices
- Highly self motivated; driven
- Resilient, with techniques for working remotely, managing a wide portfolio of responsibilities, within established budgets, and successfully meeting deadlines
Although we offer remote working, you must have a current right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sightsavers is looking for a Head of Institutional Funding - a vital role within our expanding institutional funding team to lead the development and implementation of a portfolio of work currently focused on West Africa and lead on the development of strategic partnerships with individual institutional donors
Salary: £58,000 - £65,000
Location: UK remote - with very occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
We are looking for an experienced institutional funding expert to lead and manage a busy portfolio. This is a role in which the successful candidate will need to juggle multiple and complex projects. Key duties will include:
- Leading the development and implementation of a portfolio of work within the institutional funding team (IFT) currently focused on West Africa (17 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone countries), and lead on the development of strategic partnerships with individual institutional donors as prioritised.
- Providing direct line management and strategic support to a sub-team within IFT, that will support continued income growth and contract management, in line with the Institutional Funding strategy.
- Managing existing grant / contracts falling within the remit of this role and secure new income to the organisation.
- Supporting programme learning and capacity building of country office teams and partners and to deputise for the Director of Institutional Funding
This role is involved and multi-faceted with regular meetings across the organisation. This is a full-time role that may be worked from home for the majority of the time however some visits to our offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) will be required. On average this is likely to be twice per year. If you prefer to work from or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London. Programme travel to West Africa and other locations will also be necessary - we anticipate approximately three trips per year, usually of one week each.
Further information about the role.
This is a varied role, please read the for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced individual with great multi-tasking skills from an INGO or consultancy background. To succeed in this role, you will need
- Extensive experience of working in government or statutory funding for an international development organisation
- Proven track record of having raised and managed significant funding from a range of institutional donors e.g. DFID, USAID, EC, major foundations
- Experience of support and capacity building of non-programme funding specialists in grant application and grant contract management
- Line management experience
- Demonstrable strong organisational and multi-tasking skills
- Established relationships with major multilateral and bilateral donors
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Project coordination skills
- The ability to train and develop others' understanding
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
- Willingness and ability to travel overseas regularly for proposal development, workshop delivery and donor visits
- Strong spoken and written French would be of particular benefit
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit a CV and covering letter via our recruitment portal. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late June/ early July and the evaluation process will include an initial timed, written task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this and a presentation at second interview stage. We are keen for the successful candidate to be in post as soon as possible but encourage applications from all candidates with the relevant skills and experience.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis? Are you calm, non-judgmental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Courage, Together, and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?
If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.
Crisis House Coordinator
Reference: 217
Responsible to: Crisis Centre Team Leader
Based: Hemel Hempstead Crisis House
Salary: £24,928 - £27,250 per annum, FTE
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time or Full time available (22.5; 30; 37.5 hours)
+ We are also seeking a Night Coordinator working 3 Night Shifts 3 out of 7
About the Service
The Crisis Centre and rest of Nightlight Services (Café’s, Helpline, Daylight provision) is proud to provide urgent support, crisis intervention and emotional support to people experiencing a mental health crisis in Hertfordshire as an alternative to statutory pathways. We provide support to adults across Hertfordshire 7 days a week, 365 days a year through our helpline, crisis cafes and 24/7 Crisis Centre. We aim to provide a safe space for people in crisis to talk and feel supported, be listened to without judgement, access relevant support with problem solving and facilitate access to external services when necessary.
As a member of our diverse team, you will work closely with service users in crisis by using a person-centred approach to ensure that each individual is supported with dignity and respect. By honouring the individual experience of each service user, we are able to respect their autonomy as well as encourage and facilitate positive steps towards management of crisis and recovery.
About the Role
This role is managing a shift, delivering emotional support within a 24/7 four bed crisis house.
Alongside other Crisis Centre Coordinators, to be a key member of the Crisis Centre team, providing effective operational leadership delivering the Nightlight Mental Health Crisis Centre Service. You will be ensuring the delivery and development of quality crisis support services and instilling Hertfordshire Mind Network’s values throughout the provision. You will provide management support to Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and support the Crisis Centre Team Leader in ensuring practice within the service is safe, effective and person centred.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing emotional support and developing, alongside service users, flexible and realistic crisis support/person-centred plans within agreed guidelines with support from the leadership team (including assessments of need, risk, crisis support plans and review forms) in person or via telephone.
- Draw upon own lived experience as appropriate to inform the delivery of person centred support.
- Providing immediate advice and information to clients to support with crisis presentations.
- Liaise with Nightlight management and external services e.g. police, ambulance service, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, Single Point of Access, Safeguarding Out of Hours Service, Mental Health Liaison Teams, Adult Community Mental Health Services etc. as needed in terms of accepting referrals and proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitating appropriate support.
- Complete appropriate signposting/onward referrals to both internal and external services in accordance with identified needs and risks.
- Ensuring record keeping is maintained to the required standards at all times and contributing to service monitoring requirements.
- Arranging transport for service users to facilitate access to services as needed.
- You will line manage a number of Crisis Centre Mental Health Support Workers and be part of the operational management for the Nightlight Crisis Centre.
We offer:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
- An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
- An Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 7th July 2024
Interviews shall take place week commencing 15th July 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close the advertisement once sufficient applications are received so would encourage early applications.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.
We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
No agencies please.
About Affinity Trust
At Affinity Trust, we are committed to making a difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. With over 30 years of dedicated service, we champion inclusivity, support independence, and create opportunities for the people we support, enabling them to live their lives in their way.
Position: Integrated Care Systems Lead
Contract: Two-year, fixed term basis. Applications for full or part-time are welcome
Salary: £60,000 (pro-rata if working part-time)
Location: Home-based role
Flexible, with a requirement to travel across our operational areas in the UK.
The Role
As our Integrated Care Systems Lead, you will play a pivotal role in steering Affinity Trust's engagement with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across the UK. Your primary focus will be building robust relationships with ICSs, aligning our services with their strategic ambitions, and securing new social care contracts. This role is critical in ensuring Affinity Trust is positioned as a partner of choice within the evolving health and social care landscape, providing innovative and person-centred services to support people with learning disabilities and autistic people
Why Join Us?
- Impactful Work: Make a tangible difference in the lives of people we support.
- Career Development: Opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.
- Competitive Salary and benefits package, including a focus on work-life balance.
- Inclusive Culture: Be part of a diverse team that values every individual’s contribution.
How to Apply
We're excited to hear from experienced professionals who are passionate about shaping the commissioning landscape for health and social care. Please share your CV and a cover letter explaining why you're a perfect match for the role and why you would like to be a member of the Affinity Trust team.
Application Deadline: 01 July 2024
Affinity Trust is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job description
Are you passionate about patient and public engagement, effecting system change, and improving services? Are you confident to design and carry out research, and tell the story of the findings in briefings and reports? Do you relish building relationships with external partners, and working together to bring about change? If so, we’d love to work with you to improve the experiences of people using health and social care services in Barnet.
As our Senior Research & Participation Officer, you will be working on an exciting new project to improve primary care access for residents. Your flair for planning and logistics will enable you to both gather evidence about the experiences of Barnet residents, and to collate existing data. You’ll also be comfortable producing accessible how-to guidance, to enable people experiencing health inequalities to access services.
The role will involve building effective relationships with stakeholders including GP Practice Managers, voluntary sector organisations and NHS Integrated Care Board partners. You will work with these stakeholders constructively and persuasively, to seed partnership initiatives and achieve positive change for Barnet residents.
In return for your commitment to the cause, you will become part of a friendly and supportive team, working within a focused but flexible culture, where diversity is valued and you can bring your whole self to work.
Applicants must have lived experience of disability, which could include a mental health issue or other long term condition.
Interviews with held online on the 2nd and 3rd of July.
About Healthwatch
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 required each local authority area to set up a Healthwatch organisation. Healthwatch gives people a powerful voice both locally and nationally. At a local level, Healthwatch Barnet works to help people get the best from their health and social care services, whether it's improving them today, or helping to shape them for tomorrow. Healthwatch Barnet is about local voices being able to influence the delivery and design of their services, not just for the people who use them, but anyone who might need to use them in future.
Healthwatch Barnet transferred to Inclusion Barnet on 1st April 2020. It is commissioned by the London Borough of Barnet to provide the following 6 key functions:
· Gather views and understand the experiences of patients and the public
· Make people’s views known
· Promote and support the involvement of people in the commissioning and provision of local care services and how they are scrutinised
· Recommend investigation or special review of services via Healthwatch England or directly to the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
· Provide advice and information (signposting) about access to services and support for making informed choices
· Making the views and experiences of local people known to Healthwatch England (and to other local Healthwatch organisations) and providing a steer to help it carry out its role as national champion
About Inclusion Barnet
Inclusion Barnet is a thriving peer-led charity based in North-West London. We believe in the power of experience, and this is demonstrated by all our services being led, developed, and delivered by people with lived experience of disability, including mental health issues and long-term conditions. We believe that learning to use our lived experience for social change is a skill. We have become experts in harnessing the lived experience of our staff, members, volunteers, and people who use our services to design and deliver higher quality, more person-centred services. We believe that this benefits both disabled people and society more widely. We also work to support other organisations to do the same. Our work is very much influenced by the Social Model of Disability.
Please submit a brief covering letter with your CV outlining how your skills match the job description and person specification. In your covering letter, please advise where in the country you are based, and ensure that you explain how you would draw on insights from your own lived experience of disability to deliver the role. A DBS check will be required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
Can you demonstrate our values of Hope, Courage, Together and Responsive and want to be part of our mission to create opportunities for individuals to make choices, find their own solutions, build resilience and manage their whole life and wellbeing?
If the answer to all of these is yes, we want to hear from you.
Carers Service Coordinator
Ref: 206
Responsible to: Service Manager - Peer Support, Wellbeing and Volunteering
Based: East and West Herts
Working hours: 30 hours per week.
Contract length: Permanent
Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 per annum, pro rata
Purpose of Post
This is an exciting time to join our innovative carers service. We are in a position to grow the current support offered and develop other ways of supporting carers across Hertfordshire.
The Carers Coordinator is an integral role within Hertfordshire Mind Network (HMN) and to the future development of the service. Using the ethos and values of peer support, the post holder will support carers in an empathetic, safe, respectful and empowering way; using their lived experience to bring hope.
Using the ethos and values of peer support, the post holder will support unpaid carers in an empathetic, safe, respectful and empowering way; using their lived experience to bring hope.
Key Responsibilities
- To recruit, train and support a team of volunteers to provide 1-1 support and group support
- Arrange regular 1-1 and group support via Teams for volunteers
- To work within the model of peer support to help unpaid carers to discuss common experiences and to establish and maintain relationships built on trust
- To work with the Service Manager to assist in the planning, organisation and development of the Carers service
- To work closely with the Volunteer Team around the volunteer recruitment process and Volunteer Selection Training
- Ensure volunteers are aware of all training opportunities
- Attend training, supervision sessions and appraisals as required
- Act as a positive role model for unpaid carers
We offer:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays)
- An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
- An Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health cover (after 6 months employment) – compensation payment for Optical, Dental, Chiropody and Therapy Treatments.
Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.
Closing date: Applications are welcome on an ongoing basis until this role is successfully filled.
Interview date: Interviews shall take place on a rolling basis.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.
We are delighted to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
No agencies please.
The Digital Transformation Manager leads THET’s efforts to transform our own programmes of work and the way THET operates, and also that of the Health Partnership community to better incorporate and enable best practice in digital solutions. The Digital Transformation Manager will work with teams across the organisation to consider how in every aspect of THET’s work we can transform our use of technology to achieve greater efficiencies and effectiveness, improve inclusivity and equity, and whilst reducing our carbon footprint. Digital Transformation is a key enabler for the organisation to help advance access to health services in low-and-middle-income countries, via activities such as building online communities, online learning for health workforces in complex and humanitarian settings, e-health, amongst others. This role will require engagement across the different departments of THET including programmes, and research, evidence and learning, and external engagement, as well as engaging with external stakeholders to drive and raise visibility of this agenda.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategy
• Lead the review and delivery of THET’s digital transformation strategy.
• Lead and implement THET’s digital enablers to support the organisation’s strategic plan.
Product management
• Develop and enhance the user experience of both external and internal stakeholders across key digital products including the THET website, Pulse platform, learning platforms and bespoke applications.
• Conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive a long-term strategy across our digital portfolio.
Stakeholder and project management
• Provide guidance and capacity development to both THET staff and the Health Partnership community on digital implementations and best practice
• Ensure THET has accurate data and analytics to support operations and programmes across THET.
• Project manage key digital projects including scoping, testing, implementation, and review.
• Engage with external experts to promote and drive THET’s digital agenda across the global health sector.
• Lead and develop THET’s digital reporting mechanism to track the success of digital implementation across programmes.
• Lead a Digital Transformation Working Group to support digital transformation across THET and the wider HP community.
External representation and publicization
• Representation at key THET and external events raising visibility of digital working within health partnerships and across the health partnership community.
• Working with THET external engagement and research evidence and learning teams to deliver communisations and policy documents on digital transformation.
Fundraising and digital transformation project design
• Lead fundraising for digital transformation at THET, working closely with colleagues across the organisation.
• Support colleagues in integrating digital transformation across project proposals.
• Reporting back to donors to demonstrate the value of THET’s digital interventions.
Operations
• Manage third party providers including vendors and Managed Service Providers, ensuring compliance with SLA’s.
• Working with the Chief Operating Officer, ensure THET has adequate and appropriate IT infrastructure and cybersecurity processes in support with IT MSP
• Support the implementation of GDPR practices across THET in line with regulation and best practice.
Line Management
• Line manages the Digital Transformation Officer.
• Mentor and coach other team members as required
This job is remote with occassional travel to London and upto 4weeks per year international travel.
How to apply
Candidates can apply by submitting a two-page cover letter stating why they are interested in this position, what they would bring to the role and how they fit the person's specification. Please see Job Pack for full details and instructions
This letter should be submitted with a CV to THET by midnight Monday, 24th June, with ‘Digital transformation manager’ in the subject line. Applicants must be available for interview and assessment over the following two weeks
THET is an equal-opportunity employer, and any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
This post is UK based. Non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Healthwatch Milton Keynes' vision is that people's lived experiences are used to design and improve health and social care services and our mission is to champion people's rights and access to high-quality health and social care. We're seeking a project officer to deliver an exciting new project.
You’ll be interviewing patients who have been recently discharged from hospital to capture their experiences of hospital discharge and follow-up support. You’ll collate and report on their feedback, so it can be used by the teams of professionals working together to ensure discharge and post-discharge support works effectively for all. You'll have a key role in liasing with an integrated team of professionals to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the project and ongoing compliance with data processing agreements.
We're a small, driven team with a big role. The ideal postholder will be dynamic, flexible, self-motivated and most importantly, great and building rapport and talking to patients and families about their experiences. You'll be able to demonstrate your experience of working with people, communities and the professionals that provide their care. You'll also have a track record of working to, and meeting project deadlines and show a strong understanding and experience of compliance with GDPR and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults.
You'll present evaluations and insight and report on the impact of our work, demonstrating the positive difference Healthwatch Milton Keynes makes to its beneficiaries.
Healthwatch Milton Keynes is committed to equalities and strongly values diversity and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
We highly recommend interested candidates contact us to have an informal conversation about the role prior to application.
Please provide a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role against the Job specification. Applications without a supporting cover letter will not be accepted.
CVs without Cover letters will not be accepted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.