GoodGym runners support those who are isolated and lonely by providing practical houshold support and social visits. Join a dedicated team and make sure many more older people get the help they need.

Job Title: Operations Support Coordinator
Team: Older People Operations
Contract Type: One year contract with possibility of extension
Hours: 5 days (37.5 hours) per week with flexible arrangements considered
Location: Central London (remote working until at least September due to Covid-19)
 

Report to: Older People Operations Manager
Salary: £21,500
Application Closing Date: 24/08/2020
Interview Date: 31/08/20
 

About GoodGym
GoodGym is an award-winning charity that encourages people to get fit and do good at the same time. GoodGym supports people to do so in four different ways:
 

• Group Runs:running  in a group to help community projects with practical tasks.
• Community Missions: We run, walk or cycle to help community projects with practical tasks.
• Missions: We run, walk or cycle to help older or isolated people with practical household tasks.
• Coach visits: We run, walk, or cycle to visit isolated or lonely older people for regular weekly social visits. 

GoodGym is active in 58 areas and boroughs across the UK and is recruiting for an Operations Support Coordinator to assist its busy Older People Operations team, during a particularly busy period.
Our work is  shown to reduce isolation, improve community cohesion and to improve wellbeing for all involved. It is frequently cited as a leading social innovation by the government, mainstream press and leading think tanks.
 

Job description
As part of GoodGym's Older People's Operations Team, you will play a key role in the organisation helping to tackle social isolation and loneliness by supporting volunteers and their work with older people across the UK. The work will focus on supporting both volunteers and beneficiaries onMissions and Coach Visits, 
 

The ideal candidate will have experience in office administration, working with volunteers and vulnerable people, and will be looking to join a small but dynamic team during a period of significant organisational change.
 

Primary Responsibilities

Office Management

• Answering phone calls on Zendesk and managing the Older People Operations Team’s shared email inbox
   

Volunteer Support

• Acting as first point of contact for volunteers, whether over email or over the phone; supporting them on either coach runs or missions, troubleshooting and resolving issues where necessary, maintaining complete volunteer records and reporting to the Older People Operations Manager if any safeguarding issues/allegations are made in line with GoodGym’s Safeguarding Policy
• Providing administrative support for missions, including but not limited to  communicating with referral partners, screening and listing missions on the GoodGym website, confirming missions with beneficiaries on the phone and ensuring best safeguarding practices are upheld
• Supporting volunteers through the process of DBS application, checking references, conducting document checks and making judgement calls on volunteers’ suitability for volunteer role
   

Relationship Management

• Communicating with potential and existing referral partners over the phone and via email, answering questions about GoodGym and providing technical support as and when necessary
• Seeking out partnership opportunities for GoodGym
   

Other Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of the Older People Operations Team and respective processes and policies
   

Person Specification

Knowledge

• An understanding of the needs of older people and volunteers
• Awareness of services available to older people
   

Skills and abilities

• Excellent verbal communication skills, particularly over the phone
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to provide information, advice and assistance appropriately, to volunteers and older people who use GoodGym’s services
• Ability to build strong relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds
• Record management skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work from own initiative and as part of a team
• IT literate and able to pick up new systems quickly
   

Experience

• Experience of volunteering
• Experience of working with or supervising volunteers (desirable)
• Experience managing relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders (desirable)

How to apply:
 

To apply for the role, please fill our application form.

GoodGym is specifically looking to address the underrepresentation of certain groups in its staff and would strongly encourage candidates from a BAME background to apply for this role. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity as an organisation. We welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic applicants in order to better represent the communities we operate in. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital or disability status.
 

The information collected during our recruitment process is only used for monitoring purposes to assist us in analysing the profile and make up of individuals who apply, are shortlisted for and appointed to each vacancy. In this way, we can check we are complying with the Equality Act 2010 and with our own Equality Opportunities and Diversity policy.

An opportunity to work with a Christian Charity committed to alleviating poverty in the London Borough of Sutton and be responsible for managing and developing the Foodbank

As a member of the Admissions team, you will have key responsibility for ensuring participants for the Frontline Programme have undergone comprehensive checks and  ensuring they meet the eligibility criteria. You will support the Admissions Manager and the Selection Manager to ensure a highly effective and efficient recruitment process and a positive applicant experience throughout.

As a member of the Attraction team, you will play a key part in the team by supporting our events and other projects to source candidates. You will also manage candidate enquiries and work with the wider Attraction team on our cultivation plan for applicants, ensuring people who have registered their interest go on to submit their application and stay engaged throughout their journey with us.

This is an exciting time to join our creative and dynamic National Programmes Team as a positive, proactive and highly efficient Programmes Coordinator. This role will initially be a fixed term contract for 1 year.

This is a busy role for a talented individual who has experience of coordinating effective projects, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and is passionate about raising awareness of the youth sector. We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience working in a youth work setting, who is proactive and uses their initiative to find creative solutions and manage priorities. You will have excellent attention to detail, be super organised and a team player.

As the Programmes Coordinator you will be responsible for coordinating and scheduling project related activity to facilitate the delivery of a portfolio of large-scale programmes that support young people to develop the skills, knowledge and experience they need to succeed in life.

You will be a key member of the National Programmes Team working across a portfolio of our inspiring projects that give young people the skills they need to grow into confident and capable adults who lead fulfilling lives.

Our programmes tackle widespread issues and range from music and sport engagement, coding, social action, road safety, financial education and employability. Our partners and funders include Microsoft, UPS, CCEP, Spirit of 20212 and The National Lottery Community Fund.

You will be creative, proactive and have initiative and ideas. You will be organised, driven, reliable and have a positive approach to your work and have demonstrable experience in a youth work setting. You will be able to work at a high level both within UK Youth and with our charity and corporate partners, have a flexible approach to work and a willingness to work irregular hours, and be prepared to travel away from home on occasion to meet operational needs.

This is an exciting time to join our team in a role that offers you the opportunity to have a real impact on the effectiveness of the team and helping to make a difference to the lives of thousands of young people.

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising with colleagues through activities such as office yoga, lunch and learn sessions and potluck lunches; as well as optional out of work social events such as bowling, tennis and baking.

This role will be located at our new Head Office in Westminster, although due to the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the role will initially be home-based.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment. We can offer flexibility through the interview process and endeavour to accommodate candidate’s needs.

Visit our website to find out more about the role, working at UK Youth and what we can offer you.

Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference?

If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking for a Programmes and Office Assistant   to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts).

Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression. 

At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments.

Could you join us and help us achieve our mission? 

Knowledge of the Welsh arts environment and the ability to lead and inspire facilitators, mentors and trainees are must-haves for this role.

In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme.

Salary: 15k (pro rata)

Hours: 0.8 (preferably worked over 5 days) 

The core skills we are looking for:

• Strong administration skills 

• Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy 

• Ability to plan and manage tasks in an organised and efficient manner

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to a high standard, and 

• Work with a wide range of people, demonstrating excellent team player skills

• Ability to establish systems, record information and maintain records systematically 

• Experience in Microsoft Office packages including Word and Excel. 

• Experience and understanding of database packages and their functions

• Sympathy with the organisation’s mission and values

Highly desirable (extra) skills:

• Experience of working within a busy office environment

• Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing through the medium of Welsh

• Ability to drive, with access to car

• Experience of working within an Arts / Community organisation

To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter by Friday at 5pm on the 28th August 2020 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role. 

Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.

Application guidance 

• Please submit an up to date CV and a letter outlining why you are suitable for the role. 

• In your covering letter when telling us about your main strengths in applying for this post, please address each point in the Person Specification from the job description in turn. 

• Any statements that you feel are relevant to the post should be backed up with evidence and examples. Do not use general phrases such as “I have the necessary skills ...” or “I am confident I can do the job well”. We need to know how you meet the requirements based on the evidence you provide. If, for example, you tell us that you are a good project manager, tell us why and where you have used these skills before. 

• You should include details of any current or previous jobs, outlining tasks, responsibilities, and achievements that would be relevant to this post.

• Experience gained outside paid employment may also be just as important. For example, you may have done voluntary work in the community, or have skills acquired through other interests. 

• Concentrate on relevant information and experience, transferable skills from your home life, voluntary work, past and present employment. 

• Sometimes it may feel like you are stating the obvious but remember that we can only assess the application on the information you give us. 

• If at all possible, please ensure you provide a daytime telephone contact number on your CV or covering letter. 

We are a medium sized grass roots charity working on the refugee crisis within Europe.  We are recruiting a second Operations Coordinator for a 6-12 month contract, to join our team based at our main distribution centre. Reporting directly to the CEO this is an excellent opportunity to work for a great cause and gain international experience with the support and direction of someone who knows the workings of the charity inside out. Whilst this is a challenging position, you will be given a thorough induction and will be working alongside another Operations Coordinator who is already in place.

We have implemented a raft of new procedures to protect our staff, our volunteers and the refugees from Covid-19. These need to be rigoursly applied. As front-line staff, humanitarian aid workers are needed to respond to this emergency and, as a crisis response charity, Care4Calais is determined to do all we can to ensure the most vulnerable are not forgotten in these dire times.

The complex logistics of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of refugees and people continually on the move is one of our key challenges with aid needed in various locations and a consistently fluid situation.  Candidates will naturally need strong organisational skills, and have the temperament to make numerous important, and compassionate, decisions every day.

With a changing team of more than 2,000 volunteers assisting us in 2019, the relationships you build with your voluntary team leaders will be key to the success of this role.  We have recruited some strong team leaders who are highly valued and truly live our values.

The Operations Coordinator will be required to: co-ordinate operations and lead teams distributing aid to refugees in challenging situations; coordinate and motivate teams of volunteers; and manage warehouse operations and logistics.

The refugee crisis is politically controversial, and the debate and sensitivity around this often heightens within Europe.  An awareness of the risks and consequences of public actions and statements by of our personnel is therefore necessary.

Characteristics

The candidate needs to display clear leadership ability, with the capability to act with initiative and drive in a variety of situations. Requires a positive mental attitude with a warm friendly persona, who will be able to motivate and enable volunteers to complete challenging jobs over long hours in our warehouses and coordinate deliveries across the region. Also needs to be aware of surroundings, risk management and safety issues whilst working inside informal, illegal settlements on distributions of essential items and food to a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Is required to present a professional, respectful attitude towards police and other government authorities to enable the charity to continue working in controlled areas.

Functions

Lead Distributions

Will be required to lead distributions of essential supplies and clothing, ensuring volunteer safety through calm confident leadership. Will be able to clearly brief volunteer teams on safety procedures and structured distributions within informal settlements. Will possess ability to assess threats and reduce tensions through appropriate body language and measured verbal communication with a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Will manage large volumes of data coming in from across centres ensuring a good knowledge of conditions across the region with support provided as appropriate.

Lead Warehouse Work

Will have the ability to motivate volunteers in warehouse operations, enabling a positive work environment and solving problems as they arise. Will be able to quickly train and brief volunteers in sorting and organising donations, ensuring quality checks and procedures are adhered to. Will have knowledge of or be open to learning basic warehouse management and storage procedures, recognising the importance of tidiness and maintaining order to enable quick access to resources.

Manage Volunteers

Will be capable of managing volunteer motivation and expectations, with respect to activities likely to be conducted, and the importance and relevance of these actions to the overall operations conducted by the charity. Will have ability to challenge and motivate people to approach new situations whilst recognising individual limitations and difficulties. Will enable a good working environment by mediating volunteer differences and leading by example with acceptance of a range of attitudes, backgrounds and cultures, recognising that each volunteer has an ability to contribute if utilised in the right manner.

Secondary Desired Functions

Degree in appropriate field

3 years or more driving experience

Experience working in informal settlements or abroad

Experience working in volunteer organisations

Word processing and data entry skills

Note: the above represents a challenging role which will enable development and demonstration of high level skills,.  Appropriate training and support will be provided.  Please note that we recieve a high number of applications and are a small internal team so if you do not recieve a response in the first round this means you have not been selected.

Please provide a covering letter that explains why you are suitable for this role and why you want to work for Care4Calais - We will only consider applications that are accompanied by a covering letter.

Assistant Shop Manager

Permanent

Part time 21 hours per week contract (including weekends, and overtime up to 37 hours per week, on a regular basis).

£18,192 pro rata with annual progression up to £18,755 pro rata

Location Southwater Shop

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

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in our Southwater shop. Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting in the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to work closely with staff and Volunteers to ensure we deliver the best level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead in the absence of the Shop Manager, inspire and empower people around them. We are looking for someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and can instil an energy to those around them. Have you got a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work.

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, 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.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. To include a basic DBS check, these will be required before employment can commence.

Vacancy closes at 23:59pm on the 14th August 2020

Personal Assistant

We are looking for a PA to the Chief Executive who will provide high quality, effective, proactive and confidential administrative and governance support to the Chief Executive, Directors and Trustees to enable the delivery of strategic and operational objectives. This is a pivotal and varied role in which you will be involved at all levels of the charity.

Personal Assistant Responsibilities:

• Manage the Chief Executive’s incoming post and emails, ensuring Chief Executive is aware of priorities and take initiative to action these promptly
• Manage the Chief Executive’s busy diary, including complex travel arrangements, compiling detailed itineraries, expenses and preparing papers for meetings
• Carefully schedule all Leadership Team, Director Group, Board of Trustees and Finance & Resources Committee, and other governance meetings around quarterly reporting timeframes. To compile agendas and papers, produce minutes of a high standard and ensure actions are followed up
• Main point of contact for Trustees and the Chair of the Board
• Preparation of agenda to incorporate relevant reports and actions from previous minutes in consultation with the Chief Executive, Chair and other senior leaders
• Progressing actions on minutes, including ensuring prompt circulation to Board
• Liaise with those preparing papers for meetings to ensure they are available for distribution and distribute the agenda and papers prior to the meeting
• Attending and minute-taking all Trustee and Finance & Resources Committee Meetings and Leadership Team meetings

Personal Assistant Requirements:

• Experience of providing Personal Assistant support at a senior level
• Experience of diary management including arranging meetings, ensuring all appropriate documentation is available for those meetings and arranging travel and accommodation;
• Experience of building effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels internally and externally;
• Track record of excellent written and verbal communications skills including the preparation of board papers or similar
• A confident and approachable communicator, able to communicate with people at all levels appropriately via email, letter, telephone, video conference and face to face;
• Able to work unsupervised on own initiative with the ability to prioritise and deliver competing tasks under tight deadlines;
• Able to write clear and accurate correspondence, minutes and papers appropriately tailored to the audience;
• Analytical skills and able to filter and prioritise information;
• Able to deal with issues of a confidential nature in a courteous and diplomatic manner

About Missing People:

Missing People is an independent charity that relies on donations. Our Vision is that every missing person is found safe.

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. We are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working around the clock for everyone who needs us. We provide free 24-hour confidential support, help, advice by phone, email, text and online, including the opportunity to reconnect. We also coordinate a UK wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search when someone goes missing.

Location: Mortlake, SW London

Job Type: Part-Time, Permanent

Hours: 21 per week over 4 days

Salary: £23,000 to £29,000 pro rata, depending on experience

Closing date: 16th August 2020

You may have experience of the following: Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, Senior Secretary, EA, Corporate Secretary, Senior Administrator, Senior PA, etc.

Ref: 93761

We are looking to appoint a new Employment Broker to join our small, friendly and experienced Service Delivery team. This is a crucial role and at the heart of what we do, your role will involve building relationships with employers and brokering new opportunities for supported employment and work placements,  and you will also provide some specialist one to one coaching to support young people to progress towards further independence and work.

You will have previous experience of working with disabled young people and understand the barriers that often prevent them from getting a job. You will be able to demonstrate a track record of working with employers and supporting disabled people into employment and be passionate about their right to live the life they want. With a good level of literacy and numeracy, you will be a strong communicator and self-starter who is also willing to support the wider team at my AFK from time to time as needed.

This is a rewarding role and one where your efforts directly impact the lives and employment experiences of young disabled people.

Starting Salary: £35,002 - £36,479 pro rata

Hours: 17.5 hours a week

Job Profile

The postholder is responsible for the development of prayer and reflection resources for the Catholic community. These resources can be both digital and offline and will enable the Catholic community to participate in CAFOD’s mission through prayer.

The role sits within the Theology Programme. This is a cross-organisational programme based in the Fundraising and Participation Group.

The ideal candidate will have a proven understanding and awareness of the Catholic Church and parish life. With a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), creative ideas, and an interest in digital and audio-visual forms of communication, they will be able to create engaging spiritual content for a Catholic audience of all ages.

Key Responsibilities

1.Develop prayer and reflection resources for the Catholic community on CAFOD’s priority themes and issues

• Research and develop the resources necessary to communicate with members of the Catholic community of all ages, enabling them to pray and reflect on CAFOD’s priority themes and issues
• Contribute to the development of appropriate key messages for the adult Catholic community, particularly those aged 35-45
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with CAFOD staff and volunteers about programme resources and liaise with CAFOD colleagues to ensure their effective promotion

1. Maintain the Pray section of the CAFOD website and the Theology Programme’s online presence.

• Ensure that the programme offers effective, creative, engaging online resources for the Catholic community, enabling them to pray and reflect on CAFOD’s priority themes and issues 

1. Contribute to the monitoring of Theology Programme resources to measure and improve their effectiveness.
2. Contribute to wider organisational thinking on external communications, offering a clear understanding of the adult Catholic community and parish life.

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD 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.

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Person Specification/Essential Criteria

Understanding our context 

-Understanding Catholic identity: Able to communicate effectively with CAFOD’s audiences of all ages via a range of on and offline techniques

-Understanding CAFOD: Understands and actively supports CAFOD’s vision, mission and values and has a willingness to learn about CAFOD’s priority themes and issues

Working together

-Working with others: Builds collaborative relationships with colleagues across CAFOD, with the ability to compromise and find creative solutions

-Communicating: Able to present complex issues and ideas simply and clearly, excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to communicate politely and effectively with supporters and internal stakeholders

-Looking outwards: Keeps up to date with news and developments in fields of publishing and communications.  Builds cooperative, professional relationships with supporters and suppliers

Making change happen

-Managing resources: Delivers communications on time and within budget.

-Achieving results: Uses own judgement to make sound decisions, accepts responsibility for decisions made and action taken.

Job-specific competencies

1. Demonstrable ability to create engaging spiritual content, both written and audio-visual, for a Catholic audience.
2. Proven understanding and awareness of the Catholic Church and parish life.
3. Proven interest in digital communications, with experience of using digital channels and of uploading content to websites.
4. Knowledge of publishing production processes including writing, copy editing and proof reading.
5. Interest in all forms of communication.

Desirable Criteria

1. Understanding of Theology sufficient to edit for accessibility.

 Please click here for a full list of CAFOD’s Staff Benefits

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults..

 

The Programme Coordinator will support the management of, and contribute to, Scope’s Digital Influencing Programme: The Big Hack. The role will help to organise and drive the Programme to meet its objectives and fulfil its business and influencing plans for the year.

About the role

The Programme Coordinator works within the Big Hack team to support its online presence, business model and charitable offer. They will have an understanding of agile project management and principles of lean. The Coordinator will support the team to work to deadlines and manage a growing number of internal and external stakeholders.

The Coordinator will set up processes which drive the programme forwards and help to measure its progress. They will be able to translate research and reports into accessible, engaging articles. It is a creative team who welcome creative thinkers.

About you

• You are an organised person who enjoys project management and managing various stakeholder groups.
• You have strong interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work on your own initiative. 
• You have experience in writing and translating potentially complex information into engaging content.
• You have an understanding of agile, and an appreciation for process and reporting.
• You also recognise the need to be flexible and potentially pivot on plans.

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of Scope’s mission and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace with equality of opportunity for everyone.

We welcome applications from disabled people and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria. Please let us know in your application if you would like to be considered for this.

The Women’s Support Centre (WSC) was established in 2008 by Women in Prison (WIP) with the support of Woking Borough Council. The WSC is based in Woking and provides support to women throughout Surrey who are in contact with, or at risk of being in contact with the criminal justice system. High quality, innovative services are delivered including 1:1 support and advocacy, group work, counselling, specialist substance misuse, domestic abuse and child sexual exploitation services. The WSC works in partnership with a number of agencies including all Surrey local authorities, the Police, the National Health Service and the National Probation Service.

We are currently looking for a Volunteer Counselling Coordinator to recruit, coordinate and support volunteers to deliver a counselling service to women who have had contact with the criminal justice system.  This will include completing detailed assessments, and delivering one-to-one counselling sessions as required. You will be BACP registered and work within both the BACP and Women In Prison’s frameworks to ensure high standards of practice.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system. The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

To apply, please download and read the Recruitment Pack including the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the application and equalities monitoring forms in full. For infornation please visit our website. 

We are looking for a dynamic, effective and innovative communicator with substantial online experience to join our team and help us grow Link UP to new boroughs in London. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a small but enthusiastic team and play a key role in expanding our initiative aimed at mobilizing professional skills to create vibrant, engaged and linked communities.  At Link UP London we do this in 2 ways:

• Through Skilled Volunteering we connect people with professional skills to local charitable organisations on short term (up to 6 months), structured projects that assist the organisation in doing its work better. 
• Through ReLaunch we support women who have been on a career break to re-connect with their skills, build confidence and define a goal for their next steps. 

A little bit about Link UP London

Link UP London began 4 years ago in Battersea and tested the model of connecting people with professional skills within a community to local charitable organisations within that community to help them do their work better. Our projects are structured with flexible time commitments and are designed to fit into busy schedules. Over the past few years we’ve grown to offer our service throughout Wandsworth and Lambeth.

In 2018 we launched our ReLaunch Programme to support professional women on a career break to re-engage with their skills, as this represents one group whose professional skills are vastly underutilised within communities. The ReLaunch workshops offer women safe space in small groups to identify strengths and develop plans for next steps. While skilled volunteering isn’t required as part of this workshop, we support these women into volunteer projects as they offer a wonderful stepping stone back to work by boosting confidence and helping people understand the value of their skills. 

We have continued our skilled volunteering services online over the past few months as well as running our first online ReLaunch session. We have also begun new services such as Flash Consulting and webinars with our skilled volunteers sharing their skills to a wider audience.  We would now like to build on what we’ve learned through our experience to date to help mobilize more skills in structured and effective ways and direct them into communities in some of the most deprived areas of London. 

We registered as a Community Interest Company in 2018.

Key Objectives for this Role

• Take a lead in communicating and marketing Link UP’s work on and offline
• Ensure CRM system is working to the best of its abilities
• Support skilled volunteering placements along with process improvement
• Contribute to the development/expansion of Link UP

Role & Responsibilities

Communications / PR / Digital Marketing

• Ensure regular, up to date, communications strategy is being developed and followed to support and grow our work
• Ensure a wide and engaged social media presence and maintain different social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
• Take the lead on developing or facilitating creation of regular content about our work including stories, videos, blogs to distribute across platforms and use on our website 
• Generate regular newsletters, updates and other content for the Link UP Community
• Track and identify new distribution channels to ensure wide coverage of our work in all communities of operation
• Continually identify new ways for us to reach our different target audiences
• Communicate regularly and share our work with key contacts, partners and mailing lists 
• Identify areas of potential cooperation and facilitate discussion with other organisations where working together could improve impact
• Co-manage CRM (Active Campaigns) to ensure that it is supporting our work as effectively and efficiently as possible

Events

• Lead in the organisation of Link UP events on and off-line to increase our presence within the communities where we work
• Regularly represent Link UP online and in person (when possible again) at events and within networks 

Other Duties

• Support Skilled Volunteer projects, organisations and volunteers as needed to ensure successful projects as needed
• Work with CEO to track funding opportunities and assess potential fit for Link UP
• Assist with developing project proposals as needed
• Assist with creating and implementing new funding ideas / events / activities to help us ensure sustainability
• Conduct regular research about our different areas of work to ensure we stay up-to-date and relevant
• Participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal; help to identify your own job-related development and training needs
• Undertake your role in a professional manner and maintain a high-quality standard of work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of Link UP

The above job description reflects the position at the time of writing; it is not intended to be a task list but indicates the general level of work involved. It is expected that duties will be reviewed and revised as required.

Person Specification

• Excellent communications skills with ability to target different audiences
• Excellent knowledge of and experience of various forms of social media
• Extensive experience with interesting / creative content generation
• Experience with digital marketing  
• Knowledge of SEO optimization
• Experience with CRMs (ideally Active Campaigns) and automations
• Website management experience (ideally Wordpress)
• Project coordination experience including managing process and procedures
• Experience with event management (on and off line)
• Knowledge of the charitable sector and/or social enterprises

Competencies

• Experienced writer and story teller
• Detail focused 
• Organised and methodical, able to plan, prioritise and manage a diverse workload
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills; knowing when to make decisions and when to refer to others for advice
• Ability to work flexibly and independently as well as part of a small team
• Ability to remain calm and positive while adapting to changing priorities and demands
• Ability to build strong relationships and networks with people and organisations from all backgrounds and at all levels
• Willingness to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements

Qualities that would fit our team:

• Personable / warm / caring / friendly
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Good networker
• Creative
• Hardworking / Dedicated / Committed
• Professional

Application Process 

Please submit a CV and covering letter addressing your suitability to this role in relation to the job description and person specifications & competencies (no longer than 2 pages max) with the subject line ‘Communications and Events Coordinator’

Closing Date for Applications: Wed 26th deadline     

Interview Date: 3rd and 4th Sept -  second round 10th and 11th

School-Home Support (SHS) is a dynamic charity with extensive experience and expertise in attendance, parental engagement and safeguarding for disadvantaged children and families, with proven outcomes and success in increasing attendance and reducing exclusions.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop our service in supporting schools growing needs. Although based in London, it will require travel across England at times. The post holder will manage a team of practitioners and support SHS, schools and members to promote positive outcomes for children and their families.

Schools Coordinator
Location: London (with travel across England)
Hours: Part Time - 3 days per week - Term time only plus 2 weeks
Salary: £16,130 to £17,205 per annum depending on experience

The successful candidate will have a confident ability to form professional partnerships with schools and other agencies and proven experience of sharing good practice and setting high standards. They will also have experience of managing staff and working effectively to build family resilience and be highly skilled in engaging children and their families.

Closing date for applications: Midnight Wednesday 19th August 2020
Interviews: Friday 21st August 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply on Website' button to be directed to the School-Home Support website where you can download the relevant information pack and application form. 

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

The post holder will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check.

No agencies please.