12 Month Contract | 30 hours per week

The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is a leading disability organisation operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.

Our mission is ‘to build a sustainable business to empower disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society’. This is at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced person to assist the Information, Advice and Guidance team to support clients in achieving a better state of wellbeing as well as conduct Focus groups and telephone research and provide a platform for disabled people and their families to highlight their needs in such challenging times.

As our ideal candidate, you will be able to provide effective and efficient person-centred casework support within our Information and Advice team. Candidates should have relevant experience of working with complex cases, possess a Level 2 in Information, Advice and Guidance, sound knowledge and understanding of third sector disability issues and welfare entitlements as well as good working knowledge of IT including MS Office and data management.

To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 21 May 2021.

Interview date: w/c 24 May 2021.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 15hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within 1 hours commuting distance of central Birmingham

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW are currently recruiting for the position of ‘International HR Manager' to join its dynamic International Programmes Division. The purpose of the role is to lead and strengthen the global HR remit and provide empowerment to the function by building global people practices that enable success. The post holder will provide strategic leadership, coaching and supporting globally based HR staff to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture. The post holder will actively align to the CHS HR standards and implement within practises. 

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Level 7 CIPD qualified
• Strong and seasoned analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to overcome challenges
• Strong organisation skills and attention to detail to ensure high quality in ones work
• Ability to prioritise and work efficiently under pressure and subject to changing priorities; proven experience of managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines and using judgment and initiative in problem resolution
• Excellent communication (written and verbal)
• Excellent levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications and HR software

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 12/05/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

A high capacity, resourceful project manager and effective leader of staff and volunteers is needed to coordinate the operational activities to deliver the mission of Samaritan’s Purse UK both internationally and in the UK.

The major annual project is to lead all the operational and logistical aspects of resourcing, receiving, collecting, processing and exporting all Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts donated each year by thousands of churches, schools and workplaces nationwide, which are then distributed through local churches in communities of great need globally. You will also be required to assist in other relief projects as they arise.

You will excel at analysing and interpreting data and information, and producing workable solutions to a range of problems. You will enjoy building wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation; relating well to people at all levels. You will have a strong record of consistently achieving project goals, working systematically but also adjusting resourcefully to contingencies.  You will have proven people and project management experience.

In accordance with the Equality Act of 2010 and due to both the nature and context of the role there is an ‘occupational requirement’ for the post holder to be a committed Christian. The job holder should be committed to the purpose of Samaritan’s Purse and be able to demonstrate enthusiasm for the Christian purposes of the organisation and be able to live out, hold to, support and contribute to its Christian ethos.

Financial Controller

ROLE: Financial Controller
LOCATION: Nationwide
DURATION: Permanent
HOURS: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

WHO ARE THEY?

Our client is a national housing association with charity status and a leading provider of residential centres, foyers, supported accommodation and move-on housing for single and homeless people across the UK.

They are on a transformation journey, striving to assist their residents and their employees alike, to help them in Transforming Lives and are looking to recruit a Financial Controller to join their team.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

As a Financial Controller you’ll help them push the limits to provide a great service by working enthusiastically and at pace to own the production of management accounts and Financial Statements.

You will be responsible for leading the Finance Team in producing reports that can help steer the company strategically whilst highlighting operational performance where needed and assuring their timeliness and accuracy. You will work to embed a culture of continuous improvement within the Finance Team.

You will lead the team in making best use of systems and resources, ensuring efficient processes and communication between colleagues and will take charge of the budgeting process and compliance to budget and/or forecast throughout year as well as reviewing and updating monthly MI to ensure relevance and appropriateness.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU?

In return for your help, they’ll reward you with:

SALARY: £60,000 - £70,000 depending on experience, paid monthly

BENEFITS: 26 days’ annual holiday, plus Bank Holidays, increasing one day a year for the first five years, Life Assurance, pension scheme, an employee health assistance programme, professional development opportunities, flexible working arrangements and more!

DATES FOR THE DIARY:

CLOSING DATE: 25 May 2021 - Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier depending on the number of successful candidates.

INTERVIEW DATE: TBC

THEIR COMMITMENT:

They are an equal opportunities employer. They celebrate diversity and they are committed to creating inclusive environment for all current and future team members, working together to continue to help Transforming Lives.

You may have experience of the following: Financial Controller, Accountant, Management Accountant, Commercial Accountant, Assistant Financial Controller, Qualified Accountant, Finance Manager, Head of Finance, ACCA, CIMA, Remote Working, etc.

Ref: 98823

We are looking to recruit to the role of Health Promotion and Improvement Lead.

The  postholder will ensure that the people we support and our staff, receive additional support with a range of health needs.

We are inviting experienced registered nurses to apply for the position, ideally someone who has experience of working with people with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health.

This role will provide an effective clinical link between primary health care and social care across our current provision working effectively with managers and support staff. In addition, you will have a key focus on medication administration competency and work effectively with the management team to upskill staff and continuously improve health care practice.

You will develop a range of information to enhance the learning opportunities, enabling support staff to deliver the best outcomes for the people we support. The postholder will hold the key role of Infection Prevention and Control Lead for the Organisation; ensuring that we deliver safe and effective care in line with best practice and guidance.

About Bethphage

Bethphage is a registered charity and was established in 1994 to support adults with learning and physical disabilities and mental health needs in Shropshire and the West Midlands. Everything we do is individually designed to enable people to achieve their potential and meet their objectives. The people we support may live in their own home, a home that is shared with other people, their family or a shared home (supported living).

The role is based at our Head Office in Shrewsbury and will include working from home, visiting local offices and services.

 Skills required

• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent written skills, e.g. reports, procedures etc.
• Keen to promote healthy living
• Ability to motivate, encourage and influence
• Ability to analyse results of research and present findings in an accurate and methodical way
• Ability to create strategies
• Excellent organisation skills
• Confidence to Identify and collaborate and network with external partners and stakeholders to gather key information and share it with the management team

We welcome applicants looking for full and part time hours. 

Essential requirements

• RGN/RNLD/RMN qualification
• Driver
• Own vehicle (if appointed you will be expected to have business class insurance)

 Benefits of Working for us

• Competitive pay
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Long service awards
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Development opportunities
• Recruitment awards
• Paid enhanced DBS certificate
• Paid training
• 34 days annual leave including bank holidays increasing to 39 days after five years and 44 days after 10 years 

Interview date to be confirmed 

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Do you have a strong knowledge of core HR matters along with practical HR experience ?

Are you passionate about helping other families across Birmingham who are experiencing perinatal depression and anxiety?

Acacia Family Support is a Birmingham based award winning Christian charity that offers a range of support services to mothers and families that are affected by perinatal mental health issues, in particular, pre and postnatal depression and anxiety.

In this new and vital role you will undertake a wide range of duties  including co-ordinating the core HR tasks relating to the full employee life cycle , processing and submitting all payroll and pensions information to our external provider, ensuring appropriate application and update of HR policies and procedures, providing support to line managers, staff and external stakeholders and dealing as required with a variety of other adhoc business support tasks.

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With a strong knowledge of core HR matters , we are looking for someone with practical HR experience. You will need to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, excellent organisational and time-management skills. You will need to be to highly numerate, have great attention to detail and demonstrate good problem-solving ability. You will also need to have good IT skills, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.

Experience of co-ordinating recruitment processes, payroll and pensions administration, a CIPD level 3 qualified or equivalent are  desirable, but not essential.

This is a part time position – 18 hrs per week (days/hours negotiable) that will be based from Acacia’s head office in Sutton Coldfield with occasional home working

Salary scale: £22500 - £24500 (dependent upon experience)

We also offer a generous benefits package including:

• 33 days annual leave (pro rata and including bank / public holidays)
• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• Flexible working

The closing date for applications is Monday 7th June 2021 at 9am

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 15th June 2021

The opportunity

Can you deliver exceptional customer service and aspire to make real impact on our customer journey? 

About the role

Our Customer Payment Advisors play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth process of customer payments, working closely with data and income processing. 

You’ll  also put the customer first in providing excellent customer service.

About you

You’ll be a self-starter with excellent attention to detail and a calm, can-do attitude. Strong communication skills are essential plus the ability to build successful working relationships.  You'll be able to work with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll have a good standard of IT skills and computer literacy specifically relating to Microsoft Office packages, database/CRM systems and the recording / inputting of information. This will be matched by your data entry and manipulation skills and ability to proof read.
 
With excellent numerical skills you’ll have the following skills and experience:
• Ability to use own initiative and manage own workload
• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service skills and respond by telephone and in writing sensitively to our supporters and customers
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail, this is key when proof-reading all of our acknowledgement letters

About us
 
We’re here to keep hearts beating and blood flowing. With research spanning all heart and circulatory diseases, we are out to beat the world’s biggest killers. From head to toe you have over 60,000 miles of blood vessels in your body so we have our work cut out.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.
 
Interview process 

The interview process will be held over MS Teams. 

The BHF is currently following Government guidelines regarding working from home. Although the role is based in Birmingham, the expectation is that once restrictions are eased, we will follow a blended approach between office and home working.

How to apply 
 
To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and a supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role’s criteria.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can beat heartbreak for everyone.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us

We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our small independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.

Martineau Gardens, holders of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, is an organically managed community garden close to Birmingham city centre. We offer volunteering opportunities for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; work placements for SEN students; environmental education for schools; family activities and courses for adults. We supplement our charitable income through public engagement activities including events; plant and produce sales; venue hire and visitor donations.

The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity as we seek to grow our resources and expertise to support more people and maintain the restorative properties of the Gardens. We are seeking an individual who can develop strategy using a creative approach; someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, who has experience of managing a team with diverse skills and who has expertise in budgeting and governance.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your team of 10 and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic and operational aims.
 
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.

Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds. Knowledge of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is desirable but not essential.

If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you. Any offer made is subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.

Closing date: 27th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 9th June 2021

Warwickshire Vision Support (WVS), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charity based in Warwick, Salary circa £48,000 - £58,000 per annum dependent on experience.

About you:

Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated and well organised individual who can take the reins in leading a dynamic Charity as it embarks on a brand-new strategy?

If so, you’ll be a real team player, friendly and committed with a ‘can do’ positive attitude. You will be keen to bring your experience to shape this role and implement new ways of working both internally and externally.

This is a great opportunity to develop our thriving, successful charity supporting people living with sight loss.

The Charity:

Warwickshire Vision Support (WVS) is the primary local charity for people living with sight loss in Warwickshire. We offer a holistic service from the point of diagnosis, through visual impairment rehabilitation to long term social support to ensure that any person with a visual impairment gets the support they need, when they need it. 

We have a staff of 24 people and value diversity and inclusion in our approach to the community we serve.

We believe that diversity and engagement is not only the right thing to do, but is the only way we can achieve our goals.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures.

We are looking for an experienced and proactive CEO who can embrace this role within Warwickshire Vision Support (WVS), leading the organisation with responsibility for operations, finance, quality and strategy. The purpose of the role is to lead and further develop the Charity, providing statutory rehabilitation and voluntary support services to visually impaired people in Warwickshire.

This is a full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday with occasional weekend and evening work. A part-time position will also be considered.

You will be entitled to the following package:

• 23 days annual leave (increasing to 25 days after 4 years’ service) plus an additional 2 days at Christmas, and 8 bank holidays.
• Flexible working from home and office.
• Pension scheme.
• Sick pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Professional fees supported.

Please can you upload a covering letter to explain why you are the perfect candidate for this position and what skills and experience you will bring to this role. Please note, CV only applications will not be accepted.

CEO Main Duties (non-exhaustive list):

• Ensuring that the Charity achieves its missions for blind and partially sighted people, through inspiring leadership and a collaborative approach.
• Ensuring that the Charity meets the requirements of contracts, grants and other agreements that have been entered into.
• Ensuring that the Charity has the resources to function, developing opportunities from diverse income streams.
• Building an effective working relationship with the Board of Trustees.
• Preparing an annual operational plan/business plan and annual budget for approval by the Board of Trustees.
• Ensuring that all contracts held by the Charity are managed, monitored, evaluated and reported as required, ensuring that contractual obligations are met by all parties.
• Operating within the annual budget; providing regular reports on income, expenditure and annual forecasts to the Board of Trustees.
• Developing and maintain productive working relationships with national, regional and local charities, public sector organisations and other bodies.
• Leading the promotion of the Charity and the voluntary sector to members and the community at every opportunity.
• Representing the rights of visually impaired people regarding equality of access to services and the environment.
• Recruiting, supervising, managing, and training staff, delegating responsibilities to staff members as appropriate, including employees who are home based and officed based working.
• Carrying out such tasks and duties from time to time as are required by the Charity’s Board of Trustees.

CEO Necessary Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Previous experience in a Senior role, in management or organisational leadership, is essential.
• Previous experience within the Voluntary sector is desirable.
• Previous experience in setting and managing budgets is essential.
• Experience using a CRM system is essential (the Charity use Charitylog which is desirable).
• High level of self-motivation with the ability to exercise professional judgement.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to balance conflicting priorities.
• Ability to delegate responsibilities to staff members.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with proven success in influencing and negotiating at all levels.
• IT literate and experienced with the Microsoft Office Suite including, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Willingness and ability to adopt a flexible approach to accommodate the demands of a senior role.

While we would like to contact all our candidates, unfortunately, this is not possible so if you haven’t heard from us a week after the closing date, your application has not been successful.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies.