• To provide emotional and practical support to women affected by domestic abuse.
• To provide advocacy and support around finances, housing options and other support areas as required
• To work alongside colleagues at SCH to devise safe and realistic housing action plans for women
• To provide briefings for and share specialist knowledge of domestic abuse with colleagues at SCH.
• To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project
• To develop policies and practice guidelines appropriate to the project in accordance with BSWA policies and procedures
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding violence against women on a national and local level
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To identify and attend training and conferences relevant to the post, in agreement with your line manager
• To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Location:                Remote working in the UK

Responsible to:Head of Engagement 

Salary:£25,000 to £30,000

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered. 

Although this role is based remotely, having knowledge of education relationships in the Midlands and South West England is required. 

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

To engage with our network of 4,000 secondary schools and colleges as well as local authorities in sharing out programme, onboarding and training in their usage.  Taking on the views of educators and educational leaders in what we provide and need to provide and enabling us to more closely match local and national need with our programme. This role will also support the delivery team with the delivery of the programmes from marketing opportunities to schools/students work experience placements. 

Key Duties / Responsibilities:-

• Recruit and onboard new educational establishments to working with us 
• Training and supporting users to maximise the opportunity to their students accessing our programmes through our newly developed portal and app. 
• Delivering training sessions to schools and colleges on our programmes and building on engagement in your defined region. 
• Building partnerships with Multi-Academy Trusts, SEND and PRU provision within your region to maximise our impact 
• Liaise with local government organisations to actively promote our programme to NEET young people in the region 
• Developing long standing relationships with school and college contacts to access, support and maximise employer engagement relationships in your region 
• Build a regional network of educational contacts, ensuring high level of customer service and reporting opportunities and issues to Head of Engagement 
• Retain our registered schools and colleges in our network, and increase engagement levels in all programmes across the region 
• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes 
• Support Fundraising Leads in region to embed school-based initiatives where appropriate 
• Ensuring all data relating to school and college engagement is accurate, recorded and presented in reports when required 
• Networking in the region with your regional team to collaboratively build brand awareness of Speakers for Schools across all partners and organisations working in the Education landscape. 
• Supporting the wider UK Education Strategy for Speakers for Schools 

Delivery Team support:

• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records and generating reports
• Other duties as required, within the scope of the role. 

Key skills and experience:

Essential: -

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders 
• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality 
• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels 
• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management 
• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery. 

Desirable: - 

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Educational Providers/Youth/Engagement teams an advantage 
• Knowledge of SEND and PRU education establishments and NEET students 
• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision and social mobility challenges within UK schools and colleges 
• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management. 

We are looking forward to holding video interviews through September 2021 and appointing our Education Relationship Manager swiftly so we can start delivering a difference in October and beyond. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• Flexible working 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

The closing date for this role will be on or before October 25th. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

Over the next three years we are ramping up our ambition. We want to include and mobilise many sectors and organisations who can bring yet more power to change the situation for those who are isolated and marginalised in our city. That includes the Business Sector.

The Connecting for Good movement is looking for a dynamic Community Organiser to work with local people, businesses, retailers and city leaders to ensure that belonging and connectedness stays at the centre of bigger plans to reimagine our city centre for the future. 

Your mission as an Organiser will be to create/nurture business led solutions to end loneliness and isolation. The work requires 'movement building' and 'community organising' . Your focus will be on listening, building relationships and organising people to take action that makes a difference. 

You will be a self starter, a thoughtful relationship-builder with a strategic mind who can confidently relate to businesses, city leaders and ordinary citizens. 

The location of the role is flexible (must be based near one of our offices in either central London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol or Manchester).

Anyone who completes one of our programmes joins the Frontline Fellowship. A growing community of over 1,500, the Fellowship is a space for social workers from across the country to connect, collaborate and innovate. The Innovation Lab is an exciting new area created at Frontline to increase the number of opportunities for fellows to have a lasting impact on children and families without a safe or stable home.

The manager will lead the Innovation Lab, and its annual 16-week innovation programme and by doing so deliver the Frontline goal to have more than five sustainable fellow-led ventures operating by 2025. To do this the Innovation Lab manager must ensure a minimum annual pipeline of more than 25 diverse fellow-led innovative ideas to develop via the innovation programme. This will be achieved by championing the Innovation Lab across local authority partners, Frontline’s Fellowship network and internally within the organisation.

Location: Home based in the West Midlands (Black Country)

Salary: £26,500 per annum

Contract: Full Time (37.5hrs), Fixed Term Contract until end of March 2022. This role is funded externally, with the option to extend subject to funding availability.

We are looking for a highly self-motivated, driven, and creative individual to join our innovative and engaging organisation. Seize this opportunity to develop our Big Bike Revival programme and engage with local community cycling clubs, initiatives which are integral to helping us achieve our goal of getting millions more people cycling.

Cycling UK is the national cycling charity delivering community-based behaviour change programmes to increase cycling participation levels in traditionally hard to reach groups across the country. As part of our Behaviour Change and Development Team, you will be helping run these projects and engaging to help more people cycle, more often.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity and change lives.

Head to our website to explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team (contact details of our jobs page).

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Apply before 9am on 4 October 2021

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

Job Title – Service Manager

Contract - Permanent

Hours - Full time (35 hours per week)

Salary - £40,000

Location - Home based (Midlands or North of England)

About Coram Voice

Coram Voice is part of the Coram Group of charities. We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime. Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Coram Voice as our new Service Manage. This is a pivotal role for the organisation as you will lead our specialist children’s rights in the Midlands and North of England.

You will have overall responsibility for the management of our range of locally commissioned and grant funded advocacy and children’s rights services including advocacy for looked after children, care leavers, and children in a range of residential, mental health and secure settings, and a number of independent visitor services.

Leading a small team of local service managers and coordinators you will be a resilient and supportive leader with excellent interpersonal skills. You will also be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with commissioners, and other stakeholders.

We are looking for an experienced professional who can lead, work as part of a team, and proactively contribute to service development. We want someone who likes a challenge, wants to make a real difference in the lives of the children and young people and will innovate to achieve this. Above all we want someone who will be a champion for children and young people’s rights.

Coram Voice reward and recognise the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offer an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 28 days’ annual leave plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year and a suite of family friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.

We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services.

The post holder will be based at home with occasional travel in England. They will report to the Head of Services who is based at the head office in London

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: Thursday 21st October 2021 - 23:59

Interview date: Wednesday 27th October 2021, to be held over Zoom

Candidates will be notified of whether they have been invited to interview by 12 noon on the 25th October

Coram Voice is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Coram Voice particularly welcomes applications from care leavers or individuals with experience of being ‘looked after’ by the state. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No.1046207.

Liveable Cities & Towns Officer, Staffordshire

(ref: SUS3387)

£24,938 per annum

37.5 hours per week – 12 month fixed term contract

Home working in the Staffordshire area

Discussions on working hours to suit individual circumstances welcome

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together

About the Role

We now have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team and support us with our vision to make cities and towns more liveable for everyone – places that connect us to each other and what we need, and where everyone can thrive without having to use a car. 

Working in Staffordshire to raise levels of ambition for better walking and cycling environments, you will help Sustrans to deliver one of our key strategic objectives by advocating for change to enable active travel infrastructure to be understood and supported by the community.  Your work will inspire community groups, campaign organisations, local businesses and councils to make the case for change and to amplify seldom heard voices.

Clearance by and Enhanced DBS check is mandatory for this role.

About You

We are looking for a creative and innovative individual with experience of working with community groups and/or organisations and have knowledge of the workings of local councils.

You will understand the challenges that communities and individuals face in moving around their town or city healthily.

You will be a well-organised self-starter and have experience of motivating and engaging a range of audiences through events or workshops.

So if you are a confident advocate for the benefits of walking and cycling, understand the role and how both have a role to play in making better places to live and work, apply today!

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 11 October 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 20 October 2021.

To apply, please complete our online application form. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Sophie Hayes Foundation is the only independent organisation in the UK that focuses on providing women survivors of modern slavery with employability and educational skills necessary to help them achieve sustainable freedom. Our mission is to reach 1000's of women survivors of modern slavery in the UK today to shape a better future for themselves. We provide employability programmes to remove barrier to freedom, including vocational work placements, internships, volunteer opportunities, training, and formal education. We are committed to creating a society that views and treats these women with respect, leading to a better society for us all. 

We are seeking a hard-working and talented fundraiser to join us as we embark on a new phase of our fundraising strategy. While we have built an excellent platform for growth, we are seeking someone who can bring a range of fundraisings skills, energy and passion to our team and who can take activity to the next level. You will be our only full-time fundraiser, so you need to be confident, articulate and prepared to cover all aspects of fundraising from data entry to stewarding some of our most valued supporters. 

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of major donors, corporates and/or charitable trusts and be looking for the next step in their career. We can offer enthusiastic colleagues, a committed Trustee Board and lots of flexibility. 

To apply please email your CV and a short covering letter detailing your suitability for the role.

Candiates looking to be based in all three regions will be considered.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support Work:

• To recognise women and children’s individual needs, providing a support service to meet those needs, advocating on their behalf where appropriate
• To support the empowerment of the service user and facilitate their understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence
• To carry out and regularly review risk assessments and safety planning with women, keeping them informed about developments in legal proceedings as they arise.
• To provide a duty service at Birmingham’s specialist domestic violence courts
• To work with women to access services to help keep them and their children safe
• To devise and implement appropriate and safe methods of communication with women and children, in agreement with your line manager

Development:

Ø  To work with the staff team to identify and develop support strategies to meet the needs of women and children seeking support.

• To work in partnership with the project’s steering group.
• To work with line manager to develop operational protocols to define partnership arrangements and the referral process.
• To identify and build up links with referral agencies such as Police, Witness Care and other partners.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level,  including legislative changes, with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the project.
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager.
• To explore the development of volunteering opportunities within the Project.
• To promote awareness of BSWA services and the impact of domestic violence on women and children.

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that clear and accurate records are kept for all service users
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date

Ø  To monitor and evaluate the Court work project, via various methods including feedback from service users, evaluation and statistical information

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the services, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager.

• To attend in-house training.
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager.
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies.
• To feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate.
• To be involved in the Annual Review process.
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services to external agencies linked with the Court project.

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA and local multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Duties and Responsibilities:
Development:
 To identify and develop support and safety strategies to meet the needs of women
and children seeking support through BSWA’s Home Options Hub
 To work in partnership with West Midlands Police force in developing the support
service around DVPN/Os.
 To work with the manager to develop and implement appropriate practice guidance,
including information sharing protocols
 To set up referral pathways and build up links with potential referral agencies
 To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level,
including legislative changes that impact this work.
 To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager.
 To explore the development of volunteering opportunities within the Project.

Coventry Independent Advice Service offers advice across Coventry and holds the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) for our casework in welfare benefits and debt.

We have two exciting opportunities to join our team!

1. Caseworker (Pathways from Poverty). Full-time, 2 years fixed-term.

Funded by Feeding Britain, this new post will focus on delivering a predominantly face-to-face advice with casework service for individuals and families accessing community supermarkets in Coventry. You will be part of the CIAS team providing advice, casework, and support across the city on welfare benefit and debt matters.

2. Caseworker (Maternity cover). Full-time, fixed-term to 31/12/2022.

In this role, you will help to deliver a citywide welfare benefits and debt advice service using a mix of telephone, digital and face-to-face advice. You will give advice and undertake casework with individuals and families, becoming a valuable asset within the community.

For both roles:

You will work within the aims, policies, and principles of our service and to Advice Quality Standard (AQS) requirements. You will have full access to support, resources and expert supervision and be part of our friendly advice team.

You will have significant recent experience of advice delivery, ideally in an organisation where a commitment to empowerment and high quality is paramount. You will have a good knowledge of EITHER welfare benefits OR debt advice. Ideally, you will have some experience of both, but appropriate training will be provided to help you achieve the required standard in the relevant area.

You will have an awareness of wider social welfare issues, being able to signpost and refer where further help is needed. You will be able to communicate effectively with people from a range of cultures and backgrounds and will have a keen interest in delivering services for communities. You will be client-focused and demonstrate a positive and flexible approach.

Why should I join Coventry Independent Advice Service?

• A competitive salary, 25 days paid holiday (on top of public holidays), 4 additional service days over Christmas/New Year and 5% employer pension contributions.
• Hybrid-working, with options to work from home when not undertaking tasks that require face-to-face engagement.
• We work as a team and encourage everyone to share ideas and to continue learning, giving you the opportunity to develop personally and professionally in a supportive environment.
• A friendly, open plan, office within a building shared with two other local client-focused charities.
• We use AdvicePro and Office365 to enable remote working and are keen to further develop the use of technology to support our service.
• You can be part of our success! Last year, we helped local people to secure over £2.75 million in benefits. As well as the direct impact on individuals and families, we estimate our activity is worth over £6 million to the city each year as our clients mainly spend this money locally.

Interviews: To be held on 6th and 7th October (online via Microsoft Teams)

Coventry Independent Advice Service strives to be an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applications regardless of your age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or race.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support work:

• To recognise women and children’s individual needs, providing a short to medium term service to meet those needs
• To support the empowerment of the service user and facilitate their understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence
• To carry out risk assessment and safety planning with women
• To promote women’s safety within multi-agency arenas such as MARAC and Drive meetings
• To work with women to access services to help keep them and their children safe
• To facilitate access to BSWA and its services
• To devise and implement appropriate and safe methods of communication with women and children, in agreement with your line manager

Development

• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the service
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that clear and accurate records are kept for all service users
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Ø  To monitor and evaluate the MARAC IDVA and Drive Service, via various methods including feedback from service users and produce statistical information

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the project, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend in-house training
• To identify and attend training and conferences relevant to the post, in agreement with your line manager
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA and local multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures.
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

About Migrant Help: 

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

The Role 

To work as part of Migrant Helps AIRE Outreach team, this role will primarily assist with the Asylum Interview Project which ensures Service Users are prepared for their Asylum interview and have access to legal representation. This role will provide face to face services at various hotels as well as providing guidance by telephone. There is a requirement that the post-holder will meet the changing local business needs and will re-prioritise work as necessary to work closely with other members of the team, departments and external agencies. The role would cover the stated region and potential other areas in the UK as required.
 

Main Duties & Responsibilities: 

•   The post holder will provide day to day support for the Asylum Interview Project which will provide guidance by telephone or face to face at various locations as required by the Outreach and Move on Manager .
•   To assist clients with signposting to find legal representation.
•   Assist clients with guidance of what to expect from the Asylum Interview process as directed by the Outreach and Move on Manager.
•   To manage a caseload offering appropriate support in a designated timeframe
•   Keep accurate and up-to-date case records, complete case follow up within the requisite time scales and undertake any necessary administrative tasks.
•   Ensure that their work meets overall quality standards and, where possible, exceeds it in line with Government and other Stakeholder contracted arrangements.
•   Provide Advice and Guidance to Asylum Seekers as required.
•   Provide signposting and make referrals to other services as appropriate.
•   To assist clients report any issues to accommodation providers and the Home Office to highlight any safeguarding concerns.
•   To keep the Outreach and Move on Manager updated with any trends.
•   Occasionally training or meetings are organised outside of normal working hours. The post-holder will be expected to attend whenever reasonably practicable.
•   Undertake any other duties which may be assigned from time to time and may include cover for other funded projects.

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work. 

Benefits include:

•  Flexibility and work life balance
•  Enhanced family friendly provisions
•  Additional holiday entitlements
•  Perkbox benefits
•  Non-contributory pension scheme.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.​

Special Requirements:  

•  This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
•  This post is subject to a Counter Terrorism Check (CTC).
•  Suitable candidate must be OISC registered or have the willingness to work towards OISC qualification. 

Therefore the applicant must:

•  Be able to prove their right to work in the UK by providing a valid passport or other right to work documents, such as work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration or naturalization as a British citizen etc. Any offer of employment will be subject to CTC clearance which requires a valid passport.

•  Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years.

•  Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment
​

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. 

We need an outgoing self-motivated person to enhance our work in the West Midlands.

At the forefront of the organisation, you will be responsible for maintaining partnerships, supporting tutors/coaches and delivering our programmes from volunteer recruitment and workshop delivery all the way through to evaluation. This is an “in-at-the-deep-end” role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence. 

Key Areas of Responsibility

Contributing to the development of the WM region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Supporting a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)
• Maintaining relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Meeting recruitment targets for tutors/coaches across the region each term.
• Training volunteers in tutoring/coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school and online programmes (university student led and peer to peer) across the West Midlands:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality.
• Managing and running online sessions.

Programme Design and Delivery:

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school or digital workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Line managing a team of Head Coaches:

• Delivering training for Head Coaches
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, service, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience:

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (businesses, senior members of MATs, universities etc.
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Independence: this role requires you to work independently/alone from time to time in the office and/or from home
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation/working with young people.
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends

Desirable knowledge/experience:

• Experience working with young people in a school or youth work setting.
• Experience recruiting volunteers.
• Experience measuring and evaluating impact
• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or tutoring/coaching.
• Knowledge of UK schools and UK university sector.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £22k per annum • Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: West Midlands Office, Handsworth Wood Girls Academy, Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham B20 2HL
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development.

Key Information:

• Length: permanent
• Hours: Full Time
• Reporting to: Head of Region
• Responsible for: Individual Programmes
• Start Date: November 2021