Shop Assistant Shirley

Hours 19 hours per week - usually 2 full days and 1 half day to be discussed at interview

£9.31 per hour

We offer many enhanced benefits including; 28 days holiday a year - plus Bank Holidays and stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%. Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

Location:

We are looking for a dedicated Shop Assistant in our Shirley shop, to ensure that the shop stay's open full trading hours in the absence of the Shop Manager or the Assistant Shop Manager. You will also be driving productivity and leading on key shop tasks, like shop displays and working the Till.

We are looking for someone who has ideally worked in the Retail environment before and can bring new ideas to the table.

You will be working closely with your Shop Manager and Assistant Shop Manager to make the shop a success, and build links in the local community. You will need to be confident at working with people from different backgrounds creating a welcoming and positive experience for all of our staff, volunteers and supporters.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Management team to be the best it can be, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

Please note previous applicants need not apply

Please be advised that due to the volume of candidates likely to be received for this post, we may close at an earlier date.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer 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 practices across our services.

Vacancy closes midnight:

Interviews will be held on:

Are you experienced in project, programme or grant management? Are you passionate about supporting communities and promoting practical action on the environment?

Groundwork UK
Programme Assistant
Salary: £24,287 per annum
Location: Based in Birmingham – some remote working considered

Groundwork is a charity working locally and nationally to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.

We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. We help people gain confidence and skills, get into training and work, protect and improve green spaces, lead more active lives and overcome significant challenges such as poverty, isolation, low skills and poor health.

Groundwork’s grant programmes have never been so needed, we are recruiting for assistants to help us manage national grant programmes, based in our national offices in central Birmingham.

We’re looking for people that share our values, are passionate about our cause, and will bring new skills and experiences to our team.

Closing date: 12 midday 2nd November 2020
Proposed Interview dates from w/b 9th November 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please.

Customer Communications & Marketing Specialist
Location: Birmingham, Bath Row, B15 1LZ
Salary: £31,000 to £35,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

The Role
What to expect? As our Customer Communications & Marketing Specialist, you’ll join us at a really exciting time as we further seek to secure our position as a market leading organisation, providing products and services that significantly impact the quality of our customers' lives. 

We’re looking for someone to take a proactive approach to our customer communications and help redefine our priorities - ensuring current and potential customers receive high quality communications and marketing content. Reporting to our Head of Customer Communications & Marketing, you’ll manage our key customer communication channels and take ownership for producing high-quality, engaging content. You’ll support the team to embed our corporate tone of voice and act as a brand ambassador across key projects and services.

You’ll be responsible for delivering a ‘new-look’ brand for one of our key services and maximising their marketing and sales potential. Your day to day role will also involve using your expertise to support our business to realise the impact of each customer communication, across all platforms.

Our ideal candidate? You’ll come equipped with experience of successfully delivering customer communications and product marketing, understanding the audience and positioning the messages to deliver. Key to your success will be your proven ability to advise and influence a range of stakeholders and turning a brief into effective communication and marketing campaigns that utilise the full range of channels available. You’ll bring creativity, be willing to take a fresh approach and have an awareness of current trends.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 27th September 2020. Please be aware that we may close applications earlier, should the need arise.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete the application process.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

No agencies please.

• An exceptional opportunity to work for an established charitable organisation
• Street UK have ambitious growth plans with the FD playing a fundamental role

About Our Client

Street (UK) Foundation (Street UK) has been established for 20 years and is not your typical charity. Their mission is to support financial inclusion by providing access to affordable financial services for those individuals who are excluded from mainstream finance and who would otherwise fall prey to predatory lenders.
The charity has a number of subsidiaries which help to deliver its mission; and support the wider Responsible Finance industry by providing business services to like minded organisations; all of whom are ethically aligned with Street UK with an interest in catering for those that are under served.

Due to the current economic climate the organisation is at a stage where significant growth, product diversification and a stronger online offering is planned.

Job Description

• Financial budgeting, strategy planning for whole Group
• Monitor the working capital and cash-flow for the business
• Completing monthly cash-flow forecasts
• Producing monthly financial accounts and performance reports for SMT, Board and Investors
• Supporting investment raising efforts and managing on-going investor relationships
• Managing relationships with key external clients and stakeholders including external audit
• Reporting to Audit and Risk Committee
• Working closely with CEO, SMT and Board in driving strategy and performance
• Management and development of the team

The Successful Applicant

• Previous Finance Director or held a similar position
• Financial budgeting and strategy planning
• Involvement in investment raising
• Financial services experience (FCA/Compliance) would desirable
• Capable man manager
• Strong interpersonal skills
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Knowledge of UK GAAP, and FRS102
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast pace environment

What's on Offer

£55,000 - £60,000 plus excellent benefits

Flexible working arrangement, mix of home and office based

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

 

35 hours per week.  Monday to Friday with some evening and weekend working.

£37,770 per annum plus 8.5%  Employer Pension Contributions

This post is a fixed term contract for 3 years

The Diocese of Coventry is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents all aspects of the communities we are part of and welcomes all applications.

The Diocese of Coventry is seeking to appoint a full time Reconciliation Enabler on a 3 year fixed term contract to help the Diocese to work towards the objective of equipping the whole Diocese for the work of reconciliation. This is a new expression of our partnership with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Reconciliation Ministry, and is a jointly funded post.

The main responsibilities are:

• Work closely with the Archbishop’s reconciliation team in both London and Coventry to mobilise, envision, equip and empower churches and individuals across the West Midlands to engage with the movement of reconciliation and run the Difference course.  This will include networking with ecumenical partners and supporting the course to be run in a variety of contexts such as Prison Ministry and Universities.
• Mobilise, form and train teams of people committed to the work of reconciliation within the Diocese of Coventry.
• Take a lead role in Coventry focus areas including steering the diocese through the Living in Love and Faith process, and developing ‘courageous Coventry conversations’ in areas of societal need and tension as part of the work of Coventry City of Culture.

The successful applicant will be educated to degree level or equivalent in theological studies or another relevant subject area, have experience of working in a reconciliation related field, of organising and delivering training to a variety of audiences and of developing and delivering a vision and strategic plan. The impact of Covid-19 on church and society will shape both the context and function of the post.  It will require intellectual energy, spiritual stamina and practical agility.

This post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure and it is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

Applications are particularly welcome from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented within our workforce.

For an informal discussion, please contact Christine Camfield, PA to the Bishop of Coventry (details on the advert on the Diocesan vacancy page)

Full job description and application form are available from the Diocesan vacancy page by clicking on "apply".

Closing date for applications: 12 noon on 16th November 2020

Interviews will take place at the Diocesan office or via Zoom depending on Government COVID-19 regulations on : 1st December 2020

Our client, a West Midlands based Housing Association are looking for an experienced Development Project Manager to join them for 6 months (interim)

The Development Manager will be responsible for delivering the pre-contract elements of a development programme. Scheme responsibility including delivering internal stakeholder expectations, the overall financial performance of individual schemes and meeting programme targets.

The role:

• Deliver pre-contract services within the new homes construction team
• Working on major projects and initiatives within new homes and construction
• Negotiate as appropriate land, build and development contracts/agreements
• Ensuring that schemes comply with internal requirements and those of the HCA, other lending bodies and statutory authorities

The successful candidate will have:

• Minimum of 3 years of development experience
• Effective programme and project management experience within a Housing Association context
• Detailed understanding of the development process
• Experience of scheme and financial appraisals
• Detailed knowledge of land acquisition, purchase agreement and development agreements within a Housing Association context

If you would like more information about this particular role then get in contact with Jeanette Eccleston, or email [email protected]

Telephone Adviser - Dementia

We are the UK's leading dementia charity. Every day, we work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. We provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need our help. And we are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice.

Telephone Adviser Responsibilities:

Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect service provides high quality tailored information and support to anyone affected by dementia in the way they need it, when they need it:

• A specialist telephone based information and navigation service
• Community based services offering an increased level of support for more complex cases
• Self-management - our online community (Talking Point) and online service directory are always available 24/7
• Keeping in Touch Calls - a way of keeping in contact with service users as their journey with dementia progresses

This role is an Adviser working in our telephone based service. You will be the first point of contact via phone, letter, email or social media, for people affected by dementia. You will assess their needs and identifying desired outcomes, providing excellent support in the moment as well as referrals and signposting to ongoing support where needed.

As a Dementia Adviser (Telephone) you will provide a highly responsive, individualised information and signposting service to people with a diagnosis of dementia as the first priority for the service and provide an extended information and signposting service to immediate carers, families and friends of the people who are referred to the service.

You will have knowledge of working alongside volunteers and have an understanding of the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services whilst championing their inclusion in all that we deliver.

Telephone Adviser Requirements:

We are looking for empathetic, motivated and professional individuals. You will join a team of people who are passionate to improve the life opportunities of people living with dementia and those close to them; and who are committed to learning from and supporting each other.

You will have an understanding of the needs of people with dementia and their carers and direct experience of working in a telephone and e-mail based service. You will have excellent spoken and written English, be skilled in active listening and questioning skills, and have strong keyboard skills. A health and social care qualification, such as NVQ level 3 or equivalent would be an advantage.

Our service operates seven days a week and you will have the flexibility to support our service users across our working hours, which are currently Monday – Wednesday 9am-8pm, Thursday – Sunday 9am – 5pm. We will only be able to consider candidates who can commit to regular evening and weekend working as part of a rota.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Position: Dementia Adviser (Telephone)
Location: Birmingham
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Flexible, 28 hours per week, variable up to 35 hours per week during periods of high demand.
Salary: £15,971.20 - £16,616 up to £19,964 - £20,770 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 29 October 2020
Interview Date: W/C 9 November

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, Customer Service, Telephone Advisor, etc.

Are you organised and highly motivated with a passion for supporting people with visual impairments and other complex needs?

Focus Birmingham has a new opportunity for a talented Income Generation Officer with the skills to help us raise the vital funds we need to provide the services we deliver for the people we support.

We are looking for a team player with a track record of delivering significant sources of income for restricted, capital and unrestricted core funds, achieving financial targets.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Delivery of income generation KPIs achieving financial targets

• Previous experience of working within an charitable income generation role

• Successful writing of detailed and accurate project based applications to secure funding within strict deadlines

• Production of timely progress and impact reports for funders

• Sector knowledge for the researching of new funding opportunities

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with supporters

• Support of a wide range of income generation programmes

• Writing detailed and accurate project based applications to secure funding within strict deadlines

• Production of progress and impact reports for funders

• Sector knowledge for the researching of new funding opportunities

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders

• Support of income generation programmes

You will be a pro-active self-starter and adept at working collaboratively across the sector, the organisation, and with our extensive network. You will be an excellent communicator, able to prioritise tasks, have exemplary attention to detail as well as being highly organised to manage individual projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for a high calibre candidate with income generation experience to join a friendly and talented team and support our vital work.

If this is sounds like the role for you then apply today.

To apply

Please download and complete an application form or alternatively upload your CV and personal statement and submit using the link below. .

Please ensure you read the job description and person specification provided.

The closing date to apply for this position is 27th September 2020. Due to the high number of applications received in the past, if you are among the qualified candidates you will be contacted within approximately 2 weeks of the vacancy closing to attend an interview.

About us

Focus Birmingham is a specialist charity providing expert support, advice and information to anyone in the Birmingham area affected by sight loss or other complex disabilities.

Focus Birmingham is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, age, gender, sexuality or disability.

It's an exciting time to join NHS Charities Together, and we're looking for a great administrator to support our Grants programme to members.

The role will assist NHS Charities Together grants function as an important service to our member charities.  The post holder will provide a first class administrative and secretarial service in support of our grants team and grants sub groups.

Islamic Relief Worldwide are an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 35 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 effected by poverty, conflicts or natural disasters.

Islamic Relief Worldwide are currently recruiting for the position of a ‘Field Development and Operations Manager’. The post holder will also be expected to set strategic direction, manage and oversee all local fundraising initiatives and support in the development of the establishment of the Fundraising focus area of the field office.

Furthermore, the selected individual will be in charge of managing local risk management within the unit and ensuring compliance.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Good knowledge of Fundraising Models and Risk Management
• Excellent and proven fundraising and senior management skills and experience
• Proven experience of managing and motivating staff and/or volunteers at a senior level
• Senior level experience of successfully setting, managing and delivering on targets
• Experience of generating positive publicity from local media

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 12/11/2020.

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

The University

Our University has a proud history of philanthropy stretching back to its foundation in 1900.  With a clear vision to change the lives of the people of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain raised the funds required to build the University from citizens and corporations based locally and around the globe. Since then philanthropy has continued to play an important role in shaping the University. Having closed the Circles of Influence Campaign in 2015, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London, we have chosen to launch another, Birmingham in Action.  This is the fifth largest fundraising campaign in the modern history of UK Higher Education.

The University has global reach, including several partnerships with other leading universities around the world, and is grounded in its local community, having opened the first fully comprehensive University secondary school in the country in 2015.  It is also an innovative institution, being the first University to incorporate a Medical School, the first to create a students’ union, and the first to offer a women’s hall of residence.  We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.  

Our student body is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK.  

The Office

The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) exists to support this academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities.  The Office, which comprises nearly 60 staff across four teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni and individuals who are passionate about our five current campaign themes: everyone getting an education; treating and preventing cancer; families fleeing war, violence and famine; young people’s mental health; and protecting our planet.

The campaign has been planned, the framework created; it is unique and hugely ambitious, and will see Birmingham become one of the leading fundraising and volunteering universities in the world.  

The Role

We are now looking for an Associate Director of Fundraising to maximise our enormous income generation potential; coach, nurture and challenge the well-established fundraising team; and deliver a bold and innovative strategy to support this exciting campaign, raising significant gifts yourself as you do.

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. 

Purpose of the job:

• To contribute to the overall success of the Organisation in accordance with Migrant Help's aims and objectives.
• To provide professional administration support for Asylum Services.
• To assist the Business Support Manager - Regions and team colleagues with their day-to-day work in the provision of the AIRE contracts regional services. 

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Maintain an efficient up to date recording and monitoring system.
• Maintain logs for appointments for the completion of Asylum Support Forms, Change of Circumstances and Inductions on a national basis.
• Assist in making appointments for clients where required.
• Keeping accurate records on Service User location and contact details.
• Keeping accurate records of any vulnerabilities and monitor any changes to location working with all regional officers.
• Liaise with the Submissions team regarding completed and returned documentation.
• Support the timely and accurate allocation, recording and distribution of ASPEN cards in line with agreed processes. 
• Monitor the completion of scorecards for quality purposes.
• Ensure that the ASF main spreadsheet (or alternative) is accurate and reflective of the current situation. 
• Ensure that the Inductions spreadsheet (or alternative) is accurate and reflective of the current situation.
• Assist with Data entry.
• Maintain operational statistical information as directed by operational need.
• Maintain accurate records of invoices, delivery notices received from contractors and service commissioners.
• Monitor stationery, consumables and office supplies, ordering on a regular basis.
• Maintain diaries for appointments and briefings and circulate these to the appropriate members of the team.
• Open, sort and record all incoming and outgoing mail.
• Ensure monthly petty cash return and other documents are posted timely to finance team.
• Circulate, update and file information received via admin email inboxes as appropriate.
• Participate in regular team briefings/meetings and take accurate records.
• Responsible to take minutes of team meetings, daily briefings and external partnership meeting as required.
• Provide administrative support to other colleagues as and when required. 
• Any other reasonable duties assigned, including administrative and operational tasks within the post holder’s competency.

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

 Therefore the applicant must:

• Hold a valid, full current 10 year British passport; full EU passport or have indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
• Provide full UK address history for the last five years. 

Transforming Communities in Lichfield Diocese - the Black Country, Stoke, Staffordshire and Shropshre

Are you an experienced, passionate leader who feels called to energise and sustain this vibrant and established charity into a new phase of its development?
Do you have initiative, creativity, and the ability to think, plan, and act strategically? Most importantly do you have a heart for social justice that longs to see communities flourish and those who are vulnerable, isolated, and disadvantaged enjoy life in its fullness?
If the answer to these questions is a resounding yes, then please consider applying for this role!

The primary role of the Reception and Workspace Supervisor is to train a small team of beneficiaries on JERICHO's social projects whilst ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the head office reception and the Jericho Workspace social enterprise.

• Job Title: Reception & Workspace Supervisor
• Salary: £20,000 - £22,000 per annum
• Working Hours: 37.5 per week
• Reports to: People Support Manager
• Based at: JERICHO, 196-198 Edward Road, Birmingham, B12 9LX

Main Duties & Responsibilities

The role will include such tasks as:

Jericho Reception

• Training and supporting a small team of beneficiaries for a wide range of reception and admin duties
• Delivering JERICHO's training manual
• Supporting beneficiaries to ensure they remain engaged and reach their potential
• Supporting beneficiaries with their qualifications
• Liaising with the People Support Team regarding beneficiaries' progress and concerns
• Maintaining health & safety records
• General building housekeeping
• General reception duties such as:
• Answering and directing phone calls for JERICHO & workspace tenants
• Greeting visitors & dealing with their enquiries
• Sorting & distributing incoming post
• Photocopying, filing, laminating and other office duties
• Any other duties deemed necessary by the Line Manager

Jericho Workspace

• Showing potential tenants around the workspace
• Setting up new licence agreements
• Workspace tenant liaison/customer services,
• Sorting coffee, tea, milk, printers, room bookings, setting up for meetings
• Any other duties deemed necessary by the Line Manager

Personal Specification

Values

• Commitment, understanding and living of Jericho’s five values: Respect, Equality, Love, Integrity and Excellence
• An appreciation of the Christian ethos of the organisation

Skills & Experience

• A self-motivated person, with a mature, professional outlook, who can also motivate others
• Evidence of ability and/or experience at helping people grow in confidence and self esteem such that they can achieve their true potential
• Knowledge and experience of supporting and training others
• An ability to prepare one’s own work plan and manage the activities of others
• Experience of managing a reception or administration team
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of programs

Additional Consideration Will Be Given For The Following

• Evidence of ability and/or experience of working with socially-excluded or marginalised people
• A recognised business administration qualification
• Experience of working in a multi-ethnic, multi- faith setting

To Apply

please provide your CV and a covering letter. The covering letter must include:

• Where you heard about the job vacancy
• Why you want to be considered for the role
• How you meet the criteria outlined in the personal specification