Location: Home based in Blackpool

Salary: £26,500 per annum

Contract: Full-time (37.5hrs pw) fixed term contract until 31 March 2022, with the expectation to further extend until March 2023.

We are looking for a highly self-motivated, driven, and creative individual to join our innovative and engaging organisation at an exciting time of growth. 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.

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 09:00am on Monday 25 October 2021

As Head of Programmes you will be leading the team that works with young people and partners to plan and deliver engagement opportunities that enable young people to find their collective voice and use it for social and political change.

As the national youth council of the UK, we bring young people together through our membership network and a range of partner programmes to advocate with and for young people. We are a small but ambitious charity working across the UK to empower young people and to use our national mandate to influence UK Parliament and the Government.

You will be an experienced leader with experience of working with young people, ideally within a youth participation setting. You will bring your passion for youth work and youth engagement to help the British Youth Council to increase our reach and impact, ensuring that all our activity is delivered in a way that is equitable and inclusive, and that puts young people front and centre.

As part of the leadeship team you will be shaping the charity and working closely with our Board who are all young people.  As Head of Programmes you will also be the lead for safeguarding within the charity.

The British Youth Council is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

Programme and Impact Manager GFS 9167

35-28 hrs (Full time or part time)

£31,500 pa (pro rata)

GFS staff have been working remotely during Covid and will transition to hybrid working. 

About Girls Friendly Society

Established in 1875 Girls Friendly Society (GFS) is a feminist organisation and one of the oldest UK registered charities working to support girls and young women (GAYW)

Our small staff team and national network of more than 160 volunteers deliver a variety of activities, services, and support to girls and young women in a safe, single gender, non-judgmental environment throughout England and Wales. 

We support girls and young women through the difficult transitions from childhood to adolescence to young adulthood by providing opportunities for them to have fun, make friends, and develop their confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, and resilience to enable them to fulfil their potential and live as independent women.

About the job

This is a new and exciting role for the charity and has two priorities:

• To develop a strategy for GFS to engage with GAYW to ensure that they have the opportunities and support to shape and influence all aspects of development of GFS with the aim of improving their experience at GFS.

• To lead on the development and delivery of our impact measurement for GAYW so that we can best describe and quantify our impact as well as ensure we are delivering what GAYW need and want. We are at the early stages of this thinking and so this will be developing the strategy and working with Operations to implement some change management with our teams across England and Wales.

We offer a range of flexible working options including hybrid working and compressed hours. You will have access to the Employee Assistance Programme, a generous pension scheme as well as training and development opportunities.

Applications from Black and Minoritised women are encouraged.

To apply please download the application pack and submit your application form by the closing date Monday 25th October 12 noon.

CV’s are not accepted.

Do you want to join a small, dynamic and dedicated team seeking to level the playing field of opportunity and boost social mobility across the country?

We are seeking a dynamic Programme Manager who is passionate about addressing educational disadvantage and ensuring every child gets a fair shot at achieving their best.

The Talent Foundry is an independent education charity offering a range of fully funded opportunities to schools and colleges across the United Kingdom. Each year we work with around 80,000 young people. Our mission is to increase social mobility by helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds discover what they are amazing at, develop valuable new employment skills and take that first step into the world of work.

We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you’ll enjoy autonomy in your role, as well as the opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience of both the education sector and the corporate world.

Working closely with a tight-knit core team, as well as a range of corporate partners, you will have the opportunity to help shape the programmes that we offer to the schools in our network, making a real difference to disadvantaged young people across the country.

Early applications are encouraged as we may appoint before the closing date if a suitable applicant is identified.

Main purpose of the job:

• To oversee social mobility programmes designed by TTF and corporate partners run in the most efficient manner and have maximum impact for deprived students.
• Manage TTF programmes from start-to-finish, including designing and managing budgets, school recruitment, commissioning facilitators, ongoing monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Specific Responsibilities relating to the role:

• Liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including corporate partners, local authorities (where applicable), schools, facilitators, students, and volunteers.
• Ensure that programmes run by TTF are successfully implemented and evaluated and that they achieve the stated aims and objectives within budget
• To work with senior management to develop new programmes and identify new corporate partners. 
• To direct/manage the work of junior team members as necessary.
• Set up and implement effective schemes of evaluation both pre and post the programme.
• Assist with the recruitment of new facilitators and organise and attend training for anyone connected with the programme or TTF as required.
• Act as an ambassador for both the programme and TTF in interactions with all external parties and respond to queries in a timely, polite and effective manner.

We are currently working from home due to the current circumstances, and are planning on a partial return to the office as soon as government guidelines allow.

TTF is committed to embedding Equality and Diversity across all its work and believes that a diverse range of perspectives at all levels is essential for our legitimacy and effectiveness.  We therefore strongly encourage applications from suitably experienced applicants from all walks of life who will continue to strengthen the diversity of our team.We would particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates as they are under represented on our team at the present time. 

The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Talent Foundry Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times.  If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the job holder identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, they must report this in line with the Safeguarding policy. 

The Girls' Network are looking for a new Head of Programmes, to join the small Senior Team running this award-winning national charity. We are looking for someone experienced in leading programme delivery, to start as soon as possible, and help lead our bold vision for a world where no girls' future is limited. The role is home based, but ideally in one of our existing programme locations (London, Sussex, Portsmouth, West Midlands, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester) as there is a requirement to travel to meet the programme team. 

Reporting to the Director of Development, this is a career development role and will appeal to someone who may already have some experience of fundraising, who is passionate about higher education and wishes to advance their skills in a highly successful college development and alumni relations office.  The role is varied but in general the appointee will assist the overall purpose of the office of fostering and deepening relationships between the Hall and its alumni and in securing financial support from those alumni and other friends but will also take the lead in some smaller discrete projects and responsibilities.  This will include some general administrative support for the team (the Director of Development, the Alumni Relations Manager, the Development Manager and the Campaigns Operations Manager) whilst also being the first point of contact for all visitors to the office.

Whilst each member of the team has specific responsibilities considerable teamwork is also expected.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) usually 09:00 to 17:00 (some flexibility is negotiable in regard to the start and finish time).  The role is based in the centre of Oxford but we are can offer the possibility of working one day per week at home if you wish so please get in touch to discuss.

You will have excellent organisation skills and be confident in your ability to work across a range of internal and external audiences.  You will have excellent relationship building skills with a strong commitment to supporting the delivery of the highest level of donor engagement and care.

In return, the College offers excellent benefits which include a competitive salary, 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) with further leave at Christmas and Easter when the College is closed, a free lunch and membership of the University of Oxford’s Staff Pension Scheme.  Travel and cycle loans are also available.

Do you want to help Young People to be the best they can be?

The Mix is a free, confidential support service for under 25s - making a massive difference to around four million young people in the UK each year.We are in the most exciting time ever for our fundraising team. Whatever issue a young person is facing, The Mix is always there for them - online, over the phone or via social media. It connects young people to experts and their peers to talk about everything from money to mental health, from homelessness to jobs, from break-ups to drugs.

The successful applicant will work across national partnerships, including strategic and commercial opportunities, Charity of the Year including employee fundraising, cause-related marketing and high-profile events and campaigns

This is a great opportunity to join our dynamic team in an innovative and ambitious organisation at a time when The Mix is becoming one of the most important charities in the UK for young people right now. 

Make-A-Wish UK is looking for two Wish Referral Officers to join the Wishgranting Team. We are looking for someone to bring happiness and magic to every eligible child who turns to us for a Wish!

Right now, 63,000 children in the UK are eligible for a wish because they have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, a diagnosis that changes their lives and the lives of their families forever.

The power of a Wish revives a childhood stolen by critical illness. It brings light and joy to children and their loved ones, with a profound and lasting impact on all their lives.

However, granting wishes takes an army of volunteers, community support, skills and donations to help children feel like children again. So, we’re looking for people like you to help.

Make-A-Wish is an inspiring place to work as we’re immersed in the magical world of children’s imaginations! You'll be joining us at an exciting time as we launch our ambitious new strategy which will, ultimately, enable us to reach more children and young people with a wish.

The Wish Referral Officer role will be responsible for processing new referral applications working with our referral partners, wish children and their families at the first stage of the Wish Journey You'll be the first point of contact for any new enquiries and will ensure that all paperwork is completed, permissions given and all data is secure and uploaded onto our CRM system.

You're the key to starting each eligible child on their wish journey and will be making a difference to hundreds of wish families who turn to Make-A-Wish UK each year.

You'll be managing the communication and allocation of wish volunteers for wish capture. Wish Capture is part of the Wish Journey where Wish Visitors visit the home of the wish child to capture the wish! Once the wish is captured, it is then handed over to a Wishgranter who will continue to grant the wish. The Wish Referral Officer will act as a point of contact for the Wish Visitor community and will need to be articulate in communications, both verbal and written.

You'll need to have an eye for detail to ensure all data entry is correct and up to date, alongside strong communication skills as you communicate with multiple stakeholders - from volunteers, wish families to medical professionals. You'll be handling sensitive data and must ensure that this is handled confidentially, so awareness of the Data Privacy Act is a must to ensure accuracy of data entry.

You'll need to always keep calm and professional especially in emotional situations and be able to prioritise an ongoing workload of wish applications.

You'll support the Wish Referral Lead in building relationships with new stakeholders and supporting them in their journeys as well as supporting the Wish Referral Lead in development of the wish journey and its processes.

You'll be encouraged to support all Make-A-Wish UK activities and will be asked to get involved in activities outside of your job role.

Knowledge of medical terminology is preferable although is not essential.

A DBS check will be required.

We're a flexible organisation that promotes agile working and had the technology in place for employees to work from home before the pandemic. We also work out of accessible, bright, airy offices directly opposite Reading train and bus stations.

Make-A-Wish UK is a rewarding place to work, every day you will be helping to make a difference granting life-changing wishes to seriously ill children.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested where required.

Make-A-Wish is committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as it’s important that our trustees, employees, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we serve at every level within the organisation.

Location:
The Make-A-Wish Team is based in Reading and the successful person will be required to travel to the Hub at least once a week.

Hours:
37 hours a week (flexible), fixed term 12-month contract.

To apply:

Please ensure you have read the full job description before applying for this role. If you would like to be considered for this role, please download and complete the application form found on our website.

This new post of Executive Director will focus on raising the profile of Breck Foundation with the aim of increasing awareness of the educational programme and growth of the Foundations work.  They will identify opportunities and secure further funding through stategic and commercial partnerships, sponsorship, trusts and foundations.  Through effective leadership they will oversee its developmet into a robust and resilient programme, giving leadership to the Breck Foundation, raising its public profile and brand awareness through media and PR strategy.  They will ensure all policies, procedures and systems are compliant with relevant best practice and legislation, as well as following Charity Commission guidelines diligently.

They will build strategic relationships with Ministers, political decision makers, and technology companies to influence future technology and safeguarding policy.  They will build relationships with relevant NGO's, media and potential partners to grow awareness and campaigning.  They will develop an ambassador/patron programme to enhance the profile and awareness of Breck Foundation.

Through organisational leadership they will advance on business and financial planning for the Breck Foundation whilst strengthening reporting of performance.  They will support the board of trustees to ensure sound governance of the charity including management of risk.  They will increase the resilience of the Breck Foundation, leading on the organisational development, staffing requirements, staff performance and working planning, team building, training and development.  The will build the fundraising strategy and approach ensuring compliance with the Fundraising Regulator as well as securing a broad income base.

Through effective management they will increase the awareness and understanding for the programme with parents and children through proficient promotion and communications.  They will hold oversight and development of Breck Foundation education progamme including the Breck Ambassador Programme to ensure the rigorous maintenance of quality standards across the programme.

They will be a passionate and proactive leader with a commitment to safeguarding children and  building the charity to improve children's online develpment and resilience.

Are you the dynamic, entrepreneurial and resilient person we are looking for to lead our organisation forward?

We are seeking someone who has the business development expertise to build on our past successes and to develop existing and new services for older people. 

Though operating in a rapidly changing environment, we have maintained our strong track record of delivering advice, care and preventative services and we are ambitious to achieve more. 

You will bring knowledge and understanding of health and social care as it affects older people, experience of leadership and management at a senior level and the personality to build and maintain effective relationships with older people and key agencies across the city and nationally.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 25th October 2021. Interviews will take place on the 1st November.

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted. An application form and details of how to apply are available in the recruitment pack below. 

Equipment Officer Advert

Do you have a passion for problem solving and finding solutions for people? This role involves setting up and managing an assistive equipment/aids service for visually impaired people across Berkshire. It is a proactive role, managing your own service whilst working closely alongside the rest of the Berkshire Vision team.

We support over 700 adults and children with sight loss across the county and this number is increasing quickly. Many of them also have hearing loss or mobility issues. The Equipment Service aims to increase (or maintain) quality of life and independence through assessing their needs and supporting them to identify practical equipment-based solutions to everyday challenges - from reading post to pouring a hot drink, identifying the contents of a tin can or reading an expiry date, there’s a solution for every problem out there somewhere.

This is a person-centred role, helping individuals to find the solution which is right for them. The Equipment Officer is also the ambassador for assistive equipment internally and externally, ensuring colleagues, partners and volunteers know what is available including through producing relevant digital media such as blogs/vlogs.

Please see attached Job Description for further information.

Donor Engagement Officer

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your donor engagement and finance administration skills to this highly effective and expanding heritage charity. The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust is a separate entity to the SVR Holdings Company who operate and run this much-loved attraction.  The Trust’s focus is to help secure the future of the Severn Valley Railway through donations, grants, and sponsorship.  The position of Donor Engagement Officer is key to our future success, working with the individual giving manager to deliver the donor stewardship programme for the 15,000 donors we have.  You will be responsible for the thanking and processing of donations, keeping our CRM system up to date, delivering engaging fundraising asks, thanking our donors and keeping them abreast of the impact their donations have had.

You will have CRM experience, ideally with ThankQ and Tessitura, along with income processing and reporting.

Are you ready to take the next step forward in your career, to develop your fundraising expertise? We are seeking a dynamic self-starter who has oodles of passion and drive to join our highly efficient and friendly team and be part of delivering ambitious fundraising plans to future proof the Severn Valley Railway. The successful candidate will be highly organised, numerate, analytical and have strong verbal and written communication skills, have an inquisitive and creative approach and be a proactive and enthusiastic completer finisher. You will be able to demonstrate previous success with the areas of customer service, income management and reporting, donor stewardship and managing data. This is your chance to join an amazing local charity that is committed to safeguarding the Severn

Overview

Post: Donor Engagement Officer

Reporting to: Fundraising Manager – Individual Giving

Employer: Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust

Salary:  £20,000 to £24,500

Primary location: Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Holiday: 31 days (inclusive of Public holidays)

Summary of Role

• Deliver all areas of our donor stewardship programme.
• Banking and processing income.
• Ensure supporters feel engaged, are thanked appropriately, and communicated with effectively in order to build strong relationships maximising all opportunities for future income generation.
• First point of contact for all our donors.
• Manage the fundraising CRM and ensure the database is being utilised in the most effective way and the data we store is both accurate and up-to-date.
• Create and edit supporter records, manage mailings, record communications, produce reports analysing our performance using the Railway’s CRM system.
• Deliver the financial processing and reporting.
• Assist the Fundraising Manager in delivering the Individual Giving plan.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver the day-to-day implementation of the Trust’s donor recognition programme, including donor thanking banking, processing and reconciling.
• Keep our supporters engaged with impactful updates, using all communication platforms.
• Input accurate donor and prospect data into the Trust’s CRM database, creating reports on fundraising activities.
• Deliver accurate financial inputting and reporting.
• Steward donors through the supporter journey.
• Maintain the fundraising databases, ensuring the Trust is compliant with data protection legislation.
• In conjunction with the Individual Giving fundraising manager, assist in delivering campaigns and appeals.
• Evaluate fundraising and communication impact, preparing reports and analysis.
• Work with the Finance Manager to produce Gift Aid claims.
• Identify, recruit, and manage volunteers to assist in delivering against your objectives.
• Represent and promote the Trust to internal and external stakeholders.
• Be an ambassador for the Trust and the SVR Family as a whole.
• General administrative / office duties.

Essential experience/skills required

• At least three years donor care including banking and processing donations.
• Individual giving fundraising experience, confident in communicating with supporters.
• Financial support experience within a not for profit.
• CRM, ideally ThankQ and Tessitura.
• Xero software experience desirable.
• Competent Excel user, looking to build on their skills.
• Delivering multi-channel appeals (electronic and print).
• Confident and eloquent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong administration and organisational skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Excellent telephone manner and an ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

We will offer

• Free parking.
• Subsidised meals.
• Flexible working hours.

Person specification

• Ability to think creatively and apply problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• A willingness to learn and commitment to self-development.
• Accurate in data entry and a high level of attention to detail.

As a volunteering organisation, we ask staff to volunteer 5 days per year to support our operational staff in the busy season.

SVR Family

The SVR Family consists of the three separate companies

1. Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc (Company number 01046274) is a not-for-profit company limited by shares.  No dividend is paid to shareholders with all profit used to support the running of the Railway. It owns the infrastructure and assets of the SVR, employs the paid staff, and is responsible for the governance, operation, finance, planning, customer service and management of the SVR.

2. Severn Valley Railway Company Limited, (Company number 00906842), a company limited by guarantee, supported by a paid membership of 12,500 members and provides volunteer staff who assist in the operation of the Railway from a working volunteer membership pool of 1,700.

Both organisations are led by Helen Smith, Director and General Manager.

3. Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Limited, a company limited by guarantee (Company Reg, No.04341280) Registered with the Charity Commission (Reg.No.1092723).

The focus of the SVR Charitable Trust is to generate funds:

• To enhance, maintain and restore SVR rolling stock and infrastructure.
• To provide educational and interpretive displays for the SVR
• To provide educational and heritage skill training used in the restoration, repair, and operation of the SVR.

The Charitable Trust is led by Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director.

Our Staff

Volunteering

The Severn Valley Railway is run by a team of 150 full-time equivalent paid staff and 1,700 volunteers.  As part our commitment and recognition to our volunteers, we request that all paid staff give five volunteer days to the Railway every year, this may involve supporting key events, to include Santa Specials, Halloween, and Gala’s.

Our Objective

SVR is recognised as an outstanding visitor attraction, with great days out and inspiring events, all with consistently high standards of customer service. SVR provides an authentic heritage railway experience where you can let your senses take you on a journey through history, with learning opportunities in abundance.

The organisations to support this are professionally led, values-based, and commercially strong. While it may be old on the outside, on the inside, SVR uses 21st century technology to run its activities effectively. It is able to recruit, train and retain the Staff and Volunteers it needs, and brings in the wide range of Financial and other support required to develop further. SVR is known for having good and enduring relationships with its stakeholders, from the diverse local communities in which it sits, to the Loco and Rolling stock owners, the Regulators and Industry partners.  On a day-to-day basis the 3 key areas of Management focus for SVR are Safety, People and Heritage. In addition, SVR has an industry-leading approach to the issue of Sustainability.

Make-A-Wish is looking for a Volunteer Engagement Lead who will report directly to our Director of Organisational & Community Development and be supported by a small team in ensuring we reach our ambition to empower communities and volunteers to create, resource and deliver accessible magical wish experiences for every eligible child.

You'll join a talented team of employees and volunteers passionate about creating a community-led model where volunteers will be at the heart of everything that we do.

Right now, 63,000 children in the UK are eligible for a wish because they have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, a diagnosis that changes their lives and the lives of their families forever.

The power of a wish revives a childhood stolen by critical illness. It brings light and joy to children and their loved ones, with a profound and lasting impact on all their lives.

However, granting wishes takes an army of volunteers, community support, skills and donations to help children feel like children again. So, we’re looking for people like you to help.

Some of the Volunteer Engagement Lead’s responsibilities will be to:

• Lead in developing the strategic approach for organisation-wide volunteer engagement, including recognition and resource development.
• Lead on establishing a community-led approach, ensuring our volunteers have all the support, advice, care, love and resources required.
• Be hands-on and lead exciting innovative projects to recruit and retain volunteers.
• Lead and manage our systems and volunteer management platforms ensuring we offer the very best volunteer journey.
• Build relationships and work effectively with Wishgranters; lead volunteers and community members; the senior leadership team and all colleagues.

We're looking for an individual with a strong commitment to the Make-A-Wish mission and vision and to our values who is a highly effective communicator and will be focussed on delivering an exceptional service to our volunteers, colleagues and stakeholders.

If this sounds like a role that you'd like to take, please take a look at the full job description and apply using the application form provided on our website.

We're a flexible organisation that promotes agile working and had the technology in place for employees to work from home before the pandemic. We also work out of accessible, bright, airy offices directly opposite Reading train and bus stations.

For any questions about the role and/or the organisation, please contact Jamie Macdonald at Make-A-Wish.

Location: Reading / Homebased with UK travel

Closing date: 12pm on Monday 25 October 2021
Interview dates: TBC

Make-A-Wish UK is a rewarding place to work, every day you will be helping to make a difference granting life-changing wishes to seriously ill children.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested where required.

Make-A-Wish is committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as it’s important that our trustees, employees, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we serve at every level within the organisation.

Swindon Domestic Abuse Support Services (SDASS) are looking for their next CEO. This is a rewarding and challenging role for an experienced senior charity leader. Please see the attached information pack for more on SDASS.

Hours:  37 hours per week

Monday to Friday: 1 day per week from home

Salary: £53,000 - £55,000

The SDASS CEO will:

• Provide inspirational leadership and development of SDASS in meeting the needs of people experiencing domestic abuse.

• Ensure Safeguarding and risk management is embedded into all processes and decision making.

• Be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of both business and financial strategies and plans to facilitate the delivery of the objectives of SDASS.

• Promote and support a positive and supportive working environment.

• Ensure the organisation is managed in an efficient and cost-effective manner consistent with the values of SDASS.

• Develop and maintain good and effective working relationships with key stakeholders including Swindon Borough Council and Police and Crime Commissioners Office and Wiltshire Police and all relevant statutory bodies and relevant organisations.

• Be responsible for the governance of SDASS and ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies including the Charity Commission and Women’s Aid Federation of England

• Effectively promote SDASS

• Drive and deliver on the development of a fundraising strategy.

To learn more about SDASS go to: About us – SWA Domestic Abuse

Responsible to:

• Chair of Trustees – line manager
• Board of Trustees - governance

Direct reports:

• Director of Services
• Senior Accountant
• Co- manager HR Officer
• DA Training Manager
• Charity Shop Manager (volunteer)

Main duties:

STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP

• To work with the Board and Management team in the development of a long-term strategy and implementation.
• To be aware of, respond to and inform Trustees of any National and local policy developments which may impact on SDASS services and adapt the services as relevant
• To be responsible for the effectiveness of the organisation in accordance with SDASS's mission statement, aims and objectives, rules, policies and procedures.
• To provide inspirational leadership encouragement and motivation to the organisation.

MANAGEMENT

• To ensure SDASS has an appropriate management structure and management systems to enable it to fulfil its strategic objectives aims and objectives.
• To develop and maintain a working environment that attracts, retains and motivates excellent quality staff and volunteers.
• To ensure best practice employment policies and procedures are followed.
• To ensure that recruitment, management training and development of staff are directed towards achieving SDASS objectives.
• To manage and supervise designated members of the management and wider team.
• To ensure effective mechanisms for the development, review and implementation of SDASS policies.
• To identify appropriate methods for monitoring the performance of SDASS and to report back to Trustees on the performance indicators against the strategic, business and operational plans.

FINANCIAL

• To act in accordance with SDASS financial regulations and ensure that expenditure is controlled in line with budgets as agreed by the Board.
• To work with the Accountant to ensure budgets are prepared and that systems are maintained for financial monitoring up to Audit standard.
• To ensure systems are in place for expenditure authorisation within defined budgets.
• Work with the Accountant to ensure the financial audit is managed in an appropriate manner and that all financial reports are made in a timely manner to the relevant statutory bodies including Charity Commission and Companies House.
• To ensure that financial policies and procedures are followed and that financial risks are identified and managed.

FUNDRAISING

• To be responsible for the management and securing of appropriate funding through statutory charitable and voluntary streams to meet SDASS's Business Plan developments.

CHARITY SHOP

• To be responsible for the SDASS Charity Shop.
• To ensure that volunteers are recruited and engaged to support the goals of the shop.
• To ensure the Charity Shop has the appropriate structures in place to ensure it can thrive and deliver a source of unrestricted funds for SDASS.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

• To identify gaps in service provision and enable development of new services to meet the aims of the charity.
• To ensure that relevant external policy information is monitored so that SDASS is resourced and informed.

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RELATIONS

• To be responsible for the public profile of SDASS and ensure positive and professional relationships are in place with agencies from the statutory, voluntary, community and private sector.
• To lead on Marketing and Communications within SDASS and externally using appropriate staff and agencies as required.
• To ensure there are effective mechanisms for the involvement of service users in the development and organisation of services.
• To establish SDASS as the lead specialist organisation in Swindon which represents the interests of service users experiencing domestic abuse and their families to other agencies in the development of effective local and national strategies. 

GOVERNANCE

• To have responsibility for the effective governance systems throughout SDASS including risk management, financial probity, audit and health and safety.
• To be the vice Chair of the Risk & Audit Committee
• To ensure the Trustees are informed of any identifiable responsibilities and risks to enable the Board to fulfil its governance responsibilities.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To provide management support as part of the management rota to staff working outside office hours and the SDASS out of hours telephone helpline when necessary.
• To undertake such other duties, training as maybe reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
• To have responsibility for maintaining personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and SDASS by undertaking appropriate training and development activities.
• To ensure equality of opportunity both in service provision and employment as reflected in  the diverse community  of Swindon.
• To comply with legislation and SDASS policies including but not limited to Confidentiality, Information sharing, Data Protection, Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the seniority of the post.
• To support all staff and volunteers in ensuring the well being of service users.

The duties of the post may change and develop over time in response to new legislation, SDASS policies, organisational development and national policy. Such development will be monitored in conjunction with Senior staff and Board of Trustees and will be reflected as necessary in the aims and objectives of the post.

Person Specification

Essential

• Demonstrable successful track record in management at a senior management level in at least one of the voluntary, statutory or charity sector.
• Demonstrable record of leadership of organisations or departments of at least 25 staff.
• Evidence of participating in multi-agency partnership working and decision making.
• Evidence of ability to fundraise for grants, bids and unrestricted funding
• Experience of formulation of strategic plans and the successful implementation.
• Experience of negotiation of formal agreements and contracts with external organisations.
• Experience of compilation of budgets.
• Experience of budget management and control at a senior level and experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on-time, on-schedule and within budget close.
• Strong effective leadership, interpersonal and motivational skills.
• Demonstrable ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal and presentation) skills.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.
• Ability to collate and analyse data and write effective and impactive reports as required.
• Ability to assess operational risk.

Desirable

• An understanding and knowledge of the practical, emotional, social and economic issues facing victims of domestic violence and abuse.
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the effective provision of domestic abuse services and management of a voluntary sector organisation.

General

• Full UK driving licence and access to own transport is essential for this post
• This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check
• This vacancy is open to females only (Exempt under the Equality Act 2010, pursuant to schedule 9, Part 1)

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It is essential to the development of SDASS service delivery that the post holder is able to respond flexibly to changes in the requirements of this post.  This job description is therefore a guide and not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities the post holder may have over time.