Job Title:    Assistant Operations Director (FTC 9 Months)
Salary:        £40k per annum
Location:    Bath
Hours:        Full time, 37.5 hours

Role :        Responsible for a team of 5 direct reports. Responsible for overseeing a wide range of specialist services for people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion across the South West.  Ensuring that everyone we support experiences a consistently great quality service, delivered in line with our vision, mission and values and that our clients are at the centre of everything we do.

Are you passionate about working for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of marginalised people? Julian House is a charity supporting people who are homeless and socially excluded, and the aim is to build sustainable independent lives. We operate more than 40 different projects, accommodation sites and social enterprises across the south west.

We have a great opportunity to work with our Operations Director to ensure Julian House clients receive a consistently great quality service from our skilled, experienced, and motivated staff teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Operations Director to deliver organisational strategy for operational services.
• Contribute to the strategic direction, development and continuous improvement of the organisation.

• Lead on retaining existing services through the achievement of outcomes and contractual negotiations.
• Support the Operations Director in exploring new opportunities and models of support.

• Make recommendations to the Operations Director where changes to structure and resources are required to deliver organisational aims

Quality, Safeguarding and Safety

• Work with managers to deliver compliant and safe services in relation to people, buildings and performance.
• Effective management of any safeguarding incidents and appropriate escalation of any emerging risks.
• Lead on improvement action plans following audits and inspections and ensure improvement plans are prepared, monitored, complied with and improvements embedded.
• Ensure compliance with key policy and procedure in areas such as safeguarding, health and safety, equalities and diversity, data protection, code of conduct and all other statutory requirements.
• Ensure clients are living in accommodation that we would consider suitable for our own family members.

• Create opportunities to maximise staff and client involvement and co-production in all aspects of operational service delivery.

Financial and Performance management

• Manage a large budget, maximising income through arrears and voids management, and ensuring services remain within set budgets.

• Ensure compliance with KPIs across all services.

• Ensure all managers are managing, coaching and developing all staff to ensure the highest level of performance.
• Lead and motivate direct reports to ensure they are championing and maintaining a consistent and positive team culture across entire operations.

Stakeholder Management

• Develop and maintain excellent internal management relationships with all other Julian House departments & functions, ensuring sharing of best practice and supporting initiatives to improve organisational performance.
• Support new business opportunities across operations and ensure effective and timely implementation of new services and contracts.

Qualifications

• Evidence of qualification to degree level or equivalent
• Training and/or experience in fields such as social care, housing, homelessness, domestic abuse and criminal justice

Experience

• Experience of having successfully undertaken a similar senior role and a background of work within the sector
• Experience of multi-site and remote management of services and people
• Track record of delivering client-focussed services that meet a multiplicity of needs
• Ability to work with IT based records, produce reports, analyse budgets and monitor KPIs
• Experience of effective recruitment, performance management, supervision and team leadership
• Experience of leading, engaging and motivating colleagues through change
• Experience of implementing new services and project management on a large scale
• Experience of working collaboratively with stakeholders, staff and clients

Skills and knowledge

• Knowledge of safeguarding, homelessness regulation, rough sleeping, offending and domestic abuse issues
• Knowledge and experience of housing management in a supported housing environment
• Knowledge of delivering services which are strengths based, trauma informed and create psychologically informed environments
• Knowledge of contract and commissioning environment in which our services operate
• An eye for detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with clients and staff to gain insight on how to develop services
• Ability to build productive networks and partnerships
• Expertise and practical experience of managing services safely

A clear understanding of the social and political environment within which the organisation operates

If this sounds like the kind of role you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT US

Dean Farm Trust established in 2007 is a registered charity and animal sanctuary. Operating in Chepstow South Wales we offer a home for life to unwanted, neglected and abused animals. Our sanctuary is currently home to 185 farmed animals in 62 acres of pasture, paddocks and woodland, We promote compassion and a vegan lifestyle. Our sanctuary is open to the public, private visitors along with hosting tours and events throughout the year. Our ethos is to treat every single animal as an individual, caring for it giving the correct enrichment, feed, space, freedom and companisnship for their life. In the short time we have been open thousands of visitors have come to the sanctuary, many returning with their families and friends.

The primary aim of the Trust is to provide a home for life, shelter, warmth, food, and enrichment, to sick, ill-treated, and abused animals and animals that have been subjected to farming or sport.

To promote humane behaviour towards animals by providing care, treatment, protection, and security for animals and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals. The Trust also promotes compassionate living and humane behaviour towards animals through a variety of public education and outreach activities.

Our Charity was delighted when earlier this year the wonderful "Matt Pritchard" became our Patron. He is an animal advocate and is about to embark on a huge challenge of Rowing aacross the Atlantic Ocean to raisefunds for our charity. 

We have had a number of articles written about us in the local and National magazines and papers supporting the work we do and sharing our stories.

In the sHORTt time we have been established our charity has one a number of awards and recently been voted the "Favourite Animal Sanctuary" in the UK by the prestigeous Vegfest.

In 2021 we plan to open our sanctuary doors full time from April to October  for visitors, educational tours and events to share the work we do and promote compasionate living.

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Customer Insight Analyst 
Salary: London - £28,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, National - £23,900per annum + Excellent Benefits
Location: London, Manchester or Bristol 
Contract: Permanent 

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. 
Housing associations are social landlords, and are the largest providers of homes for social rents in the country. We and our members, believe that everyone should be able to live in a great quality home that they can afford. 

Many housing associations are also developers in their own right, building around a quarter of new homes every year, and build almost all new social housing. Our sector is not-for-profit, investing its revenues into the people and communities we serve. 
Interested in housing associations, marketing and data analysis? Want to work in an exciting and dynamic team?
We’re advertising for a Customer Insight Analyst to join the NHF’s Member Intelligence team. You’ll primarily be involved in collecting and analysing customer data from NHF events, while also playing a key role in our member intelligence work as it relates to policy, engagement and communications. We’re looking for someone who has strong communication skills, is able to work collaboratively with various colleagues, and who will put members at the heart of everything they do. 

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background.

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Closing date for applications: 21 January 2021
Interview date: 28 January 2021
 
Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date

akt is looking for a service manager to develop and oversee our service delivery in Bristol and the Southwest.

Job Summary

• To work in partnership with the Director and Assistant Director to develop the services plan and manage the successful delivery and development of Bristol and project.
• Oversee the development of existing project as it transitions from pilot to a core offer and explore new opportunities and partnerships specific to the Bristol service offer including across the South West.
• Identify and develop business development opportunities and commissioning relationships within Bristol and the South West
• Manage and provide supervision for; staff, students and volunteers who provide case work and advocacy to homeless LGBTQ+ young people. 

Support Worker

As well as our existing contracts, we expect to launch a number of new projects in 2021 and so are looking for people who can commit to full or part time hours (3 days per week) for three months (and possibly longer) as well as bank staff.

Support Worker Responsibilities:

As we are looking for bank staff as well as those who can make a firmer commitment to part-time or full-time hours, this is an ideal opportunity for anyone studying, with caring responsibilities or who already has a part-time job and we would welcome a discussion on how this work could fit around the other commitments in your life. As well as offering flexible working from the start of your employment, our staff benefits include access to mental and emotional health support via our partner agencies and opportunities to further develop your skills, including by our own excellent in-house training. Our culture is open and we encourage everyone to contribute to the direction of the organisation. Successful candidates will have to undertake a DBS check.

Support Worker Requirements:

To be considered for this role, you must be qualified in Information Advice & Guidance (IAG) to level 3 or have an equivalent qualification or have at least one year’s experience of IAG in a role supporting / mentoring clients to develop a plan to improve their situations. You should be a great communicator with a naturally coaching style and the ability to provide a service that is welcoming to all. You will have insight into the needs of vulnerable people from diverse backgrounds and understand the need for confidentiality when working with personal information.

You must be a competent user of IT, including email and using the Internet, as well an organised administrator. It is absolutely essential that you share our values. It would be helpful if you have an understanding of discrimination and equality and diversity issues, including those not set out in law such as the ‘poverty premium’. An understanding of housing rights would also be an advantage..

The ability to speak Arabic, Bengali, French, Gujurati, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian or the language of another group that is affected by financial and digital exclusion would be an advantage.

About Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC :

Clean Slate is an exciting and innovative social enterprise working towards a world where everyone can provide for themselves and their families, where society addresses everyone’s needs and where it does not cost more to be poor. We believe in fair opportunity for all so anyone willing and able can access employment. We enable people to improve their financial wellbeing, supporting them to access the help they need to manage their money well and find work. Clean Slate, in partnership with Quids In! magazine, is re-writing the rulebook on helping low income households to become better off.

Clean Slate is expanding. We are looking for Support Workers to join our team to support us in delivering remote services for people who are struggling with their finances: the risk of debt, rent arrears and ultimately even homelessness. You will make contact with new referrals by phone and email and provide information, support and guidance, including signposting them to specialist advice and regulated bodies. You will help people to use digital tools to be better off. You will support clients to build their skills, take control of their finances and find employment. You will work with partner agencies and statutory bodies in the local area and will assist us with the money skills and employment workshops and training run by our tutors.

Location: London

Salary: £25,650 per year including London Weighting, £22,500 per year for applicants based outside London, Pro rata for part-time hours

Type: Full Time, Part Time and Bank Staff, 3 months Fixed Term Contract

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Staff, Residential Care Worker, Challenging Behaviour, Social Care Worker, Community Services, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant etc.

Ref: 96372

Great Western Air Ambulance Charity is looking for a variety of retail professionals for our shops, in Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol and Yate in South Gloucestershire. 

Shop Management Roles
Location: Westbury-on-Trym & Yate
Hours: 16 – 40 hours per week (to be negotiated)
Salary: £18,700 - £21,210 FTE, plus performance bonus

We are preparing to open a large shop in Yate Shopping Centre, and are looking for a Shop Manager and one or two Assistant Managers to help us set it up and then run it for us. 

We’re looking for experienced retail managers who can help us set up our new shop, develop it and turn it into a high performing store, contributing to the charity’s income, raising our profile and becoming a focal point for the local community. You will need to be a good all-rounder, but most importantly you should share our values, be motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about helping our charity make a difference to local communities. 

We opened our Westbury-on-Trym shop in September 2020, and now need a part-time Assistant Manager to support the existing management team at this lovely and well supported, spacious shop. 

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 21st January 2021

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 where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

No agencies please.

Carer

Our client has a vacancy to join the Care Team at Charlton Farm in Bristol. Applicants should be experienced in caring for children with life-limiting conditions, complex needs or chronic illnesses.

They provide respite, palliative and bereavement care for children with life-limiting conditions on a one-to-one basis. Having the time to build relationships with children and their families whilst they are at the hospice and between visits helps to make their roles incredibly fulfilling.

Working as part of a friendly team, Charlton Farm offers a beautiful, homely and fully equipped workplace.

About our client:

An established and successful charity, they provide hospice care for children with life limiting conditions and their families in the South West of England. With three hospices, in Cornwall, North Devon and North Somerset, they have a well deserved reputation for high quality, child and family centred care and a determination to place the children and families they care for at the centre of their decision making and service planning. Holistic care is delivered by highly motivated medical and multi-disciplinary Care Teams.

Location: Charlton Farm - Bristol

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 25 to 40 hours per week , hours are worked on rotating shifts including nights, weekends and bank holidays, with enhancements for night, weekend and bank holiday working.

Salary: £19,011 to £23,334 per annum

They value their staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team. Benefits include free parking, generous annual leave, occupational health, wellbeing and counselling services, personal pension scheme and of course the knowledge that every day your work makes a real difference to short and precious lives.

Closing date for applications: Monday 25th January 2021
Anticipated Interviews: TBC

Under the Health and Social Care Act, all employees must apply for an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

They welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Carer, Social Care, Childcare, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

Ref: 96355

We’re looking for a motivated, imaginative and organised human to be the heart and soul of this small team and large community. You would be responsible for innovating and implementing new Covid-safe cycling adventures whilst meeting ambitious fundraising targets to support Choose Love. 

Thighs of Steel

Our purpose is to raise money and awareness for refugee-supporting organisations. We do this by running empowering and community building cycle adventure events. To date, we have raised over £450,000 for Choose Love, Europe’s largest donor of grassroots refugee aid, providing emergency support and long term solutions where they are most needed.

Our rides are deliberately uncompetitive, accidentally but proudly feminist, and offer genuine adventure. Our organisation is small, purpose-led and independent. The team consists of two Directors, who will coach you into the role and work together with you on strategy, finances and impact goals. There is also a dedicated team of volunteers within our community who run aspects of the organisation including Comms and the London Cycle Club. With this small team around you, you will be the driving force of the organisation, spending more time working on it than anyone else. Our community of cyclists are so engaged we see them as a wider part of the organisation . With many of our community craving adventure after lockdown, but social distancing necessities reaching into 2021, it is a creative time to join the organisation as new events and adapting existing ones will be the first priority.

Essential responsibilities:

• Inventing: Creating new fundraising cycle adventures, that empower, challenge and are enjoyable for participants. They must also be financially sustainable and add to our purpose, fundraising for Choose Love

• Fundraising: Meeting an ambitious fundraising goal of £150,000 per year for Choose Love.

• Organising: Making the cycle adventures happen on time and to a budget. Recruit and organise training for the core team for the rides. Build a team of volunteers from the community to support you with route planning, booking accommodation, etc

• Community Building: You will be the point of contact for all communication with participants. You’ll be a highly organised and easygoing person that always has time for people on and offline. Community building will include ensuring the Cycle ‘Clubs’ are thriving and led by the community itself as much as possible. 

• Partnerships: Collaborating and communicating with our key partner, Choose Love, including regular check-ins about our fundraising progress, comms collaboration and event opportunities. Additionally, building and exploring new partnerships to help us meet our goals. 

• Comms: Creating the strategy and delivering content to engage and grow our audience through online and occasionally offline mediums. This includes social media platforms, website building, content creation and designing. Comms strategy will involve working towards building the breadth of our community, in collaboration with Choose Love.

About you 

• Experience in an organisational role in the third sector (social enterprise, charity etc)

• Passionate about refugee rights and freedom of movement 

• Have an interest in cycling and adventures

• Organised with good attention to detail and comfortable organising online with tools such as Mailchimp, Slack and Google Drive incl Sheets, Docs.

• A good communicator, sociable and able to contribute and encourage a close knit community. 

• Good at multitasking a varied workload

• Comfortable being your own boss, taking initiative and responsibility, whilst co-creating a team who collaborate and respect each other.

• Flexible with workload, there may be times in the year where things are busy and other times where it’s a lot quieter, so weekly hours will vary, whilst monthly pay remains at an average of your annual workload. 

• You are passionate about helping to create an inclusive, anti-oppressive organisation that treats people with respect and dignity. Considering accessibility in the ways you work, such as in communication and events design

Practical information

Contract: 12 months (possibility of extension depending on funding) with a 6 month probationary period

Salary: £21,000 pro rata, 0.6FTE, therefore pay is £12,600. 28 days of holiday pay are offered, including bank holidays, pro rata. Salary is the London Living Wage.

Hours: 3 days a week on average, if working 7.5 hours a day. 

Location: Whilst Covid-19 restrictions make supported group rides impossible, the role can be remote. However once rides are possible you would need to be able to work regularly in Bristol or London, where the majority of our community are. If this wouldn't be possible but you still feel you are right for the role, please do apply and let us know your location and how you think it would work.

Our approach to hiring:

We encourage applications from a wide variety of backgrounds who can drive and inspire change for refugees and displaced people. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic candidates, and candidates with disabilities.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We are happy to talk about flexible working and we promote a workplace where you can be your authentic self and achieve success based only on your merit.

Policy Leader

Salary: London - Between £42,00 - £46,100 + Excellent Benefits, National - per annum + Excellent Benefits

Location: London, Bristol and Manchester

Contract: Permanent

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. 

Housing associations are not for profit social landlords, and are the largest providers of homes for social rents in the country. Housing associations build around a quarter of new homes every year, including almost all new social housing.

In this role you will shape and lead a long term programme of policy work on the supply of new homes, particularly social homes across England. You will work closely with our members – the nation’s largest developers of social housing – drawing on their frontline expertise and experience to shape and respond to government policy. 

You will help our members secure the public investment, private finance, land and planning permission they need to build new homes. And you will hold our relationships with high profile external stakeholders including senior Government officials. There is also the possibility of line management responsibility for one or more policy officers / assistants, and a chance to lead work across other policy areas as required. 

You will not necessarily be a policy expert in all areas of housing supply yet, but you will be passionate about social housing and the role of housing assocations in helping solve the housing crisis. You will have experience of shaping and leading a strategic and successful programme of policy work. You will be comfortable representing the NHF to senior stakeholders in Government, our members and elsewhere with credibility, expertise and political judgement. And you will be a strong collaborator, able to lead colleagues across the organization to deliver on our policy priorities. 

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background. 

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Closing date for applications: 3 February 2021

Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date

Job Purpose

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and experienced administrator to join a small but successful team delivering community led approaches to tackling the climate crisis.

The postholder will be responsible for admin support for BWCE’s small staff team and board, as well as supporting the further development of BWCE’s organisational systems and maintaining them on a day to day basis. The postholder will have a specific role providing admin support for a three year, EU funded project developing a community approach to home energy demand management.

For a full job description and application form, click the 'Apply on website' button that will take you to our website where you will be able to download more details.

Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE)

BWCE is a not for profit, Community Benefit Society. Since launching in 2010, BWCE has built over 12 MW of community owned solar power systems and one small hydro scheme, enough power to meet the equivalent annual electricity demand of around 4,000 homes. For more information see www.bwce.coop. 

BWCE is working to put people at the heart of the energy transition, placing ownership and control of energy in the hands of consumers via clean energy projects that actively involve and benefit local communities. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and are keen to develop a team that is more representative of the communities we serve.

More than three million people in the UK are estimated to have osteoporosis. The impact on their lives is huge. It has been calculated that every minute, someone in the UK suffers a broken bone through a fragility fracture. As the only UK charity dedicated to ending the pain and suffering caused by osteoporosis, the Royal Osteoporosis Society has been making a real difference to people living with osteoporosis for more than 30 years. We help the nation look after its bones and appreciate the importance of bone health for everybody. For those who develop osteoporosis, we are here to help them live well.  With our recently acquired Royal title and new strategy, we want to deliver a step change in our reach across the country.

In common with other charities, the impact of the Covid-19 downturn has been challenging. However, we have taken swift action to address the current challenges and are confident that the charity now has the resilience and resources necessary to grow and develop through any future uncertainty.  This has included successfully bidding for Government investment in our services, while widening our reach into a number of new funding partnerships. We currently employ 42 staff, and we are finishing 2020 with financial surplus with another projected in 2021.

As Director of Finance & IT, you will report to the Chief Executive as a member of the charity’s Senior Management Team. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development of a new financial strategy, building on the strong position achieved this year to deliver a sustainable, ambitious, robust plan for the future
• Working closely with clinical and fundraising colleagues on our growth and development plans, providing advice and constructive challenge to new proposals
• Giving oversight to IT and data management across the organisation, working with our in-house team and external providers to ensure our IT infrastructure is robust and we are embracing new technologies
• Managing a small team across Finance and IT, fostering a culture of learning, professional development, innovation, and customer focus.
• Overseeing the review of our existing offices outside Bath
• Undertaking Company Secretarial work and providing assurance to Trustees that governance, controls, risks and compliance are being managed across the charity
• Playing an active role in the wider leadership of the charity as a member of the Senior Management Team

We are looking for an experienced financial leader with a strong understanding of how to develop and deliver a successful financial strategy. You will need to be a qualified accountant and have operated at Director level previously or had significant exposure to Board-level reporting. Ideally, you will have previous experience gained within the charity sector, although this is not essential. Alongside your finance role, you will be leading our IT services; we are not looking for technical expertise in this area, but you should be able to act as an intelligent client and ensure that we have robust and effective business systems in place. As a smaller national charity with ambitious growth plans, your role as business partner, enabler and critical friend will be vital to our success and you can expect your professional knowledge and experience to have a refreshing level of impact.

This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting new chapter at the Royal Osteoporosis Society, under a new leadership team, as we emerge from a period of restructuring and seek to scale up our services nationally.  If you are looking for a role where you can have a transformative impact on people’s lives and make a significant contribution to societal wellbeing, we hope you will apply.  

Our offices are based outside Bath, but we have a flexible approach to working location and this post can be based remotely although we would expect a weekly visit to the office in normal circumstances.

I am currently looking for a part time (3 4 days a week) experienced Marketing Coordinator for an innovative disability charity based in Bristol. I am looking for someone with experience to support the Director in the marketing and development of the charity's online equipment shop, compiling a contact database, drafting emails, making personal follow ups and establishing new partnerships.
You will also work closely with the Social Media Officer to ensure website and social media posts are up to date and shared.

Main responsibilities:
Market and promote projects, reaching out to potential partners to find and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes.
Ensure that marketing reports are produced on time and to a high standard.
Develop ways to improve how the charity market their services.
Contribute to the marketing and strategic development of projects and to the completion of funding applications.

Main Tasks:
Support and drive project success by implementing the business plan and following through with activities detailed in the marketing strategy for the online shop.
Develop a framework for evaluating the marketing impact of various projects.
Be responsible for the creation of website pages and social media post for projects and for ensuring that information remains up to date.
Be responsible for the collection of data for marketing reports to Trustees, funders and stakeholders, for the analysis of this data and for the writing of reports.
Contribute to the development of our strategic plans that implement the charity's Business Plan.
Help develop and market the events programme.
If you are immediately available and have the above skills and experience, please apply online today!

Job Title: Marketing Co-ordinator (3 months)

Salary: £24,000- £28,000 a year (pro rata)

Hours: Part-time, 18.75 hours a week (3 – 4 days a week). Core working day is between 10:00 and 16:00.

Location: Bristol

We are working in partnership with a small-sized disability focused charity. The charity is expanding, with more projects developing, and they now seek an experienced Marketing Co-ordinator to manage marketing strategies for a portfolio of projects. The postholder will be responsible for the start-up and marketing of new projects, co-ordinating communications and the delivery of existing project(s). The successful individual will support the charity Director in the marketing and development of their online equipment shop, compiling a contact database, drafting emails, making personal follow ups and establishing new partnerships. The creation of website pages and social media posts, as well as the collecting and analysing of data, to produce reports for Trustees, funders and stakeholders, is also expected.

The successful individual will be able to demonstrate:

• At least 2 years of marketing experience, preferably in a charity or not for profit setting.
• Practical marketing experience supporting small scale projects, including excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Liaising with partners, to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Data collection, demonstrating analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, and report writing.
• Ability to contribute to marketing and development strategies, as well as funding applications.
• Knowledge and understanding of the voluntary sector.

For this exciting role we are seeking a proactive, self-motivated individual, who has excellent communication and organisational skills and experience of marketing. You will be able to take on responsibility and work without close supervision. Effective time management when working on complex projects or on multiple projects, is essential. 

If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV with a supporting statement, to Katherine Anderson-Scott, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment.

Quote our reference JO2802.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. 

Due to the nature of the role, we are reviewing applications as they come in, please apply as soon as possible.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Life Project in 2021 at its next stage of growth as an  excellent provider of services for those with learning disabilities in Bath and surrounding areas, and we are looking to appoint an outstanding individual to this leadership role of Chief Executive. 

The successful candidate will have the drive, enthusiasm, passion and ability to help realise the significant ambition of this Christian charity. Working with the Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers, the job-holder will further develop and implement our strategic goals to become a robust and sustainable organisation. It encompasses developing new income streams and hands on management of all organisational and operational functions. 

Are you an experienced leader who has genuine commitment to, and sympathy with, the charity’s vision, mission and strategic objectives?  You must be able to:

• Demonstrate leadership, management and organisational skills, displaying fairness and impartiality, welcoming people in all their diversity.
• Work closely with the Chair, Trustees, staff and volunteers in building positive working relationships, acknowledging the contribution of others and building the team to ensure good performance and demonstration of best working practices.
• Be strategic in your thinking and delivery.
• Influence stakeholders positively in order to achieve results that are in the best interest of The Life Project (Bath).

The Life Project is a charity founded on Christian principles and this ethos permeates all the work within this role. In this respect being an active Christian is a Genuine Occupational Requirement of the job as per the terms of the Equality Act 2010.

Further details and how to apply

Full details about this role, its responsibilities, a person specification and how to apply are outlined in the Job Application Pack available when you click 'Apply on website'.

The Life Project was founded by a group of Christian families who wished to provide support, fellowship, meaningful activities and potential accommodation for their young adults with learning disabilities. We now run a variety of projects for those with learning disabilities and their families and carers and we would welcome opportunities to share with your own church family how we accomplish this in a Christian context.