The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand, all supporting our vision of a world where a young person’s ability and aspiration alone determine their career path. At the heart of this exciting new direction is our service delivery with hundreds of disadvantaged young people and our work around changing organisational practices with our corporate partners.

We are recruiting for a skilled and experienced Executive Assistant to support the CEO in the smooth running and good governance of The Brokerage and as well as support our partnerships and finance functions. You will be organised and efficient, with excellent attention to detail, able to quickly pick up new systems and procedures, and to prioritise and juggle competing priorities and requests. Although able to work with substantial independence and initiative, you will be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills, dealing proactively and confidently with a range of people, tasks and situations. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious person to work as a key member of a small but fast-paced, innovative team.

You will need to share the CEO’s vision of creating a modern, trust - not rule -based organisation that is high-performing and offers its staff the ability to work pro-actively, autonomously and with an entrepreneurial spirit whilst offering a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment.

Divisional Resourcing Coordinator

Find your place with us and help change lives.

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a team that welcomes creative ideas based on sound judgement and experience and allows for growth and efficiency, supporting operational colleagues and hiring managers in creating an excellent candidate to employee journey.

As a Divisional Resourcing Coordinator you will be field based across 6 regions, responsible for coaching and guiding hiring managers in recruitment and selection activities. Working to KPIs, you will provide support and advice to operational colleagues involved in recruitment, ensuring consistency in processes to reflect best practice and Hft values.

Salary: £28,515 per annum plus car allowance

Hours: Full time, Contract - Fixed term - 6 months with the view to start ASAP

Location: South East: Kent North, Kent South, Sussex, Surrey, North & South Oxfordshire

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) increasing to 25 days after a year of employment (pro rata for part time staff). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

To be successful you will need to have significant experience within a similar capacity, including providing professional advice and support to recruiting managers. Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering recruitment and selection campaigns to a positive outcome is essential, as are excellent IT skills with experience of MS Office and the ability to gather, analyse and interpret data and draft basic reports. Up to date knowledge of relevant employment law is required. You must also be able to travel across your division which may include overnight stays.

Closing date: Saturday 30th January 2021

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience of the following: Resourcing Coordinator, Recruitment Coordinator, Recruitment Advisor, Recruitment Assistant, Recruitment Executive, Resourcing Advisor, Resourcing Assistant, Resourcing Executive, Recruiter, In House Recruiter, Internal Recruiter, Recruitment Consultant, Recon, HR Assistant, HR Advisor, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

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Programme Coordinator 

We are currently recruiting a full time Programme Coordinator to work within our Partnership and Programmes team. 

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and services for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

To support the delivery of the QA Review. This position requires a self motivated, organised, detail-focused and personable individual to work as part of our team.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of the programme, including scheduling programme dates, training sessions, and other supporting activities.
• Respond to email and phone queries relating to the QA Review in a timely and professional manner
• Manage associated programme communication as appropriate
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with external stakeholders
• Maintain agreed relationships with programme stakeholders. As directed, maintain relationships with customers, service providers and other stakeholders as identified and resolve all queries and operational issues, escalating as appropriate
• Utilise and update our internal CRM system (Salesforce)
• Other tasks commensurate with the role as appropriate

Person Specification:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a friendly, personable demeanor
• Positivity and optimism
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Outstanding attention to detail, and pride in your work
• High computer literacy required. Experience of using Google Docs, Sheets and Slides is highly desirable. Experience of using Salesforce desirable
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands, through excellent organisation and time management
• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

• Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.
• Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.
• Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools
• Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve
• Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity
• Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

Challenge Partners is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

If you would like to be a part of our team, then please send your application as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications and interviewing on a rolling basis.

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A cover letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and the person specification.

Please note that we will disregard your application if we do not receive a CV and role-specific cover letter.

Appointment will be dependent on receipt of satisfactory references and completing a DBS check.

Recruitment process: Interviews to take place via video link. Candidates will also be required to complete additional tasks via email.

Start date: We are ideally looking for someone who is able to start immediately, although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

Position:  Programmes Coordinator (Temporary)

Location:  London

Status:  Full-time, temporary (9 months, with a possibility of extending to 12 months)

Reports to:  Chief Programmes Officer (CPO)

Deadline to Apply:  28 January 2021

I. Position Summary:

The Programmes Coordinator provides extensive support to the Chief Programmes Officer (CPO) and the wider Programmes Department. Key responsibilities include providing support to the CPO with scheduling, travel, expense reports, as well as administering critical aspects of Malala Fund’s Programmes Department, project managing special initiatives, facilitating departmental coordination (including meeting management), providing logistical support for physical and virtual meetings with grantees and programme participants and corresponding with internal and external parties.

Excellent communication skills, time and priority management, strong attention to detail and discretion are essential for this role.

II.  Responsibilities:

Executive Support 

• Plans and coordinates diary scheduling for the Chief Programmes Officer (CPO).

• Compiles and helps prepare pre-read documents, interview briefs and trip information to ensure the CPO is well prepared for all meetings and events. 

• Manages critical deadlines and special projects for the CPO to ensure smooth implementation.

• Supports other members of the department’s Senior Leadership Team with logistical support for special projects. 

• Provides logistical support for travel, including booking air travel, hotels, visas and preparing expense reports. 

• Performs other administrative functions as necessary to best facilitate the CPO’s ability to effectively lead the Programmes Department and support Malala Fund’s Executive Leadership Team. 

Departmental Administration and Coordination

• Manages the Programmes team’s meeting schedule and agenda, takes notes, tracks departmental decisions and action items and prioritises conflicting needs to follow projects through to successful completion. Works cross-departmentally to ensure coordination across projects.

• Builds, maintains and manages excellent relationships with all members of the Programmes and Executive Leadership Team, grantees and other stakeholders. 

• Leads on logistics for group events and supports the Programmes Team in trip scheduling and event logistics, including booking travel and securing visas. 

• Coordinate and administer all departmental contracts, invoices, translations and consultant recruitment.

• Ensures key Programmes contacts are captured and recorded in a Salesforce database. 

• Compiles Programmes data as written summaries for internal and external stakeholders. 

• Helps facilitate onboarding of new Programmes Team staff members. 

Programmes Support

• As directed by the department’s Senior Leadership Team, project-manages projects for the Programmes department to ensure quality and timely delivery of objectives. 

• Develops and implements streamlined processes for furthering efficiencies in team systems.

• Conducts desk research as necessary to advance programme development and expansion. 

• Provides scheduling support to senior members of the team as required. 

Organisational Culture

• Upholds the values of Malala Fund.

• Actively contributes to making Malala Fund a diverse and equitable workplace through inclusive practice and openness to different perspectives, cultures and ideas. 

• Maintains behaviour and conduct that uphold the highest standards for safeguarding, professionally and personally.

• Acts as a role model for a ‘learning organisation’ culture by seeking insight and using problems as opportunities to learn.

III. About the Ideal Candidate 

Skills and Knowledge (Essential)

• Experience managing communications for high-level political, business and non-profit officials in the UK and/or the US and preferably internationally.

• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information with the highest level of discretion.

• Familiarity of project management, including planning, coordination and monitoring. 

• Experience planning and managing events, including facilities and external vendor contracts. 

• Experience managing complicated domestic and international logistics – ideally with experience securing travel visas.

Skills and Knowledge (Desirable)

• Formal certification in project management such as PRINCE2 or similar.

Experience and Qualifications (Essential)

• Superior organisation, prioritisation and project management skills with high attention to detail.

• Resourcefulness and ability to work independently and with excellent judgment, taking ownership of a wide range of responsibilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Availability to occasionally travel both domestically and internationally as needed.

• Pre-existing authorisation to work in the United Kingdom (given temporary nature of position).

Experience and Qualifications (Desirable)

• Experience of operating in international settings, especially any of Malala Fund’s programmatic countries.

• Experience  with any of the following would be a plus: budget management, large event management, or travel security protocols. 

Behaviours

• Strong commitment to Malala Fund’s mission, purpose and values.

• Strong commitment to gender equality, racial justice and other social justice issues. 

• Strong commitment to professional development and continued learning. 

• Excellent team player with ability to work independently and in collaboration with colleagues at all levels across departments and external stakeholders. 

IV. About Malala Fund

Registered as a public charity in the U.K. and U.S., Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn for 12 years and lead without fear. We advocate for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves — and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them. We invest in developing country education leaders and frontline organizations — the people who best understand girls in their communities — in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school. We amplify girls’ voices. Malala Fund is building a movement of young education activists who, like Malala, speak truth to power around the world.
 

V. How to Apply

Before 28 January 2021, please submit your resume and covering letter, outlining how you meet the requirements of the role, through the “Programmes Coordinator” position on Malala Fund’s hiring page.

Please note that due to the very high number of applications we receive when positions are posted, we are only able to respond directly to candidates with whom we wish to move forward in the interview process.

Malala Fund is an inclusive organisation and welcomes applications from under-represented and intersectional groups including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are seeking people from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity, to provide a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights into the strategy, policies, culture and ambitions of Malala Fund.

Malala Fund is committed to ensuring the safety of those involved in our work. Our first priority is protecting everyone who comes in direct or indirect contact with our organisation. Malala Fund has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse and exploitation by any of our staff, representatives or partners. We commit to ensuring that those who work with Malala Fund or on our behalf are able to work in an environment that is free from harm. To this end, Malala Fund reserves the right to conduct background checks on prospective and current employees.

Services Administrative Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive, enthusiastic administrator to provide exceptional levels of administrative support, across all patient facing services. If you want to use your awesome administration skills to help an amazing team to deliver support to people affected by bowel cancer, we want to hear from you!

Position: Services Assistant

Location: Home based – UK wide

Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)

Salary: £25,000 per year pro-rata

Contract: Fixed term for 6 months

Benefits: Pension Scheme and Stakeholder Pension, Life Assurance: provides a four times salary death in service benefit, Flexible working: core hours are between 10am – 4:30pm, Holiday: 25 days plus 3 between Christmas and New Year and Statutory holidays, Employee Assistance Program available to all staff, Cycle to Work Scheme.

Closing Date: 10th February

Interview Date: 17th February

The Role

The Services Assistant will report to the Head of Services and is responsible for providing exceptional levels of administrative support to the Services team, across all our patient facing services.

Along with general administrative support, responsibilities also include:

• Collecting, collating and analysing all monitoring and evaluation data for patient services
• Ensuring systems are accurate and up to date
• Working with the Communications team to produce and deliver marketing mail outs and promotion across all services including producing and mailing newsletters to health professionals
• Supporting the distribution of publications by volunteers
• Regularly communicating with the wider Services team

About You

As Services Assistant, you will have excellent administrative skills including experience of using a database, Survey Monkey and all Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook, with the ability to use your initiative, prioritise and demonstrate a problem-solving approach.

You will have experience of:

• Working in an administrative support role or support service role
• Using a database to manage work and keep accurate records
• Collecting and analysing monitoring and evaluation data and reporting findings in a professional way
• Contributing to event planning and marketing
• Project co-ordination experience

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a CV and Cover Letter, detailing how you meet the person specification (no more than two A4 page).

In Return…

In this rewarding role you will be joining a passionate team of staff, determined to improve the lives of people affected by bowel cancer, in a warm environment. The charity offers a great benefits package including flexible working options and a generous holiday allowance, if this sounds like the role for you… then we would love to hear from you!

About the Organisation

As the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity, determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer, the organisation supports and funds targeted research, provides expert information, supports to patients and their families, educates professionals about the disease and campaigns for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.

You may also have experience in areas such as Service Assistant, Support Service Assistant, Service Coordinator, Service, Programme, Service Administrator, Service Admin, Services Administrator, Service Support Administrator, Admin, Administrator, Admin Assistant, Admin Support, Patient Service, Patient Services, Patient Service Admin, Patient Services Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator.

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, homeless, isolated and in despair there must be a place to turn. The Connection is there to be with people as they overcome that isolation, recover and move on to a meaningful, fulfilling life.

However, this is not enough.The experiences of people on the edge matter.Their story must be told to those in a position of power and influence, so that homelessness, exclusion and isolation are not acceptable features of life in the UK.

The Connection at St. Martin’s empowers those who are on the edges of society to take control of their lives by:

• Providing practical support in an active environment designed to help people to recognise their own strengths, recover from crisis and move on;

• Collaborating with others who share our vision and mission not just in London, but other parts of the UK and the world;

• Sharing our learning with others, to deepen our own understanding and create a more socially just society for those on the margins.

About the role:

The Client Involvement Co-ordinator will deliver and develop our innovative plan to build co-production and a strengths based approach across CSTM, building on our core values. This role requires someone with a strong track record with clients to improve services which are designed for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage.The post holder will be able to build the capacity and skills of others to engage clients in the design, delivery and evaluation of services. They will also have experience of developing policies and procedures to balance legal compliance with client accessibility. Finally, the Client Involvement Co-ordinator will have the credibility and personal leadership to effect cross charity change regardless of level of seniority.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits?

To apply, please submit an application highlighting that you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification attached. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

This is a 1-year fixed term contract, covering maternity leave.

Closing date: Friday 19th February 2021

Interview date: Monday 1st March 2021

We are looking to recruit a new Student Groups Development Coordinator to continue to support and create opportunities for the student leaders and volunteers at Westminster.

At Student Opportunities we are committed to becoming the number one destination for volunteering at Westminster, therefore our key aim is to ensure student volunteers and members will develop, formalise and articulate employability skills that they have gained through participating in our activities.

We are invested in building relationships with our students and stakeholders to provide a personable approach in the way we work through identifying the different needs and requirements of our diverse student body and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be committed to supporting students to shape their University experience and the world around them. They will be forward thinking to ensure we are relevant to the student body and they will continue to build UWSU’s reputation as an inclusive and progressive organisation that puts the needs of its students at the forefront

Carers Support Merton

Carers Support Merton (CSM) is a well established and respected charity in the London Borough of Merton with an ambitious development programme of work to support promote and improve the quality of life of unpaid carers from the age of 5 years. CSM has an exciting opportunity for a Digital Skills Project Coordinator to join our friendly team on a fixed term basis of 12 months with possible extension subject to funding. 

The pandemic has spurred us on to embrace technology as an effective tool with which to deliver our services. It has made us all the more determined to bridge the divide between those Carers who rely on such technology for their daily interactions and those without access to the Internet, or indeed the skills to take advantage of it, and who are subsequently missing out on a wealth of knowledge, information and services as a result.

The project will train volunteer Digital Champions from the local community to provide Carers with one-to-one or small group support to develop basic digital skills to reduce isolation and increase access to information, advice and services.  Training will take place remotely initially, but as the COVID restrictions lift face to face at community venues or in Carers homes.  The project will also address access to equipment and connectivity through distributing equipment on a loan or a donated basis.

The post will include line management responsibility for one other part time post holder.

Carers Support Merton, as an employer, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This includes a commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures.

The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Digital Skills Project Coordinator

Hours: 27 hours per week (can be worked over 4 or 5 days and be worked flexibly mainly including core hours of 10am – 4pm but to include some early evenings and occasional weekends depending on service demand).  

Salary : £ 30,794.40 per annum pro rata ( Actual Salary:23,755.68)

The ideal candidate will be passionate about digital advancement and the benefits to Carers. 

It goes without saying you will have excellent digital skills and the ability and patience to build skills and confidence in others.  You will have a flexible and pro-active approach to work, attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people, both in person and remotely.  You will have experience of project and people management.  As this is a 12 month project in the first instance you will need to be able to ‘hit the ground’ running and make it a success and make a real difference to the lives of Carers.

We are currently home based due to COVID-19.  However, in the future the role will be based at our offices in Mitcham and will involve travelling independently around the borough delivering teaching sessions in community venues and Carers homes.  However, there would be the opportunity for continued homeworking for some of the working hours.  This role is NOT suitable for permanent fulltime remote working.

Closing Date:  Monday 1st February 2021 5pm

Interviews:  Week beginning 8th February 2021

Harris Hill has an exciting opportunity for an Events Assistant to join a national charity for approximately 2 months on a full time basis.

As a Challenge Events Assistant, you will support the events team with a social media challenge event, providing stewardship to Facebook participants as well as general events team support.

Experience:
Experience of working within community fundraising and volunteer management.
Experience of reporting through Raisers Edge or a similar database
Has a track record of meeting and exceeding financial targets
Ability to use Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, email and internet
Works proactively
Client and Customer focused
Works collaboratively with others

Due to Christmas time constraints, applications require a CV and supporting statement of around 1 page, addressing and giving examples of where you meet each point in the experience list.

If you require further information, please apply and I will endeavour to get a JD to you during the break.

Carers Support Merton (CSM)

Executive Assistant

Salary: £28137.20 per annum pro rata

Carers Support Merton (CSM) is a well-established and respected charity in the London Borough of Merton with an ambitious development programme of work to support promote and improve the quality of life of unpaid carers from the age of five.

We are seeking a highly organised Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the Chief Executive to ensure the smooth running of the charity.  To be successful in this role you will be highly literate/numerate and have excellent digital skills.  You will have a strong desire to help drive the organisation forwards in improving efficiency and be able to manage a diverse workload and competing set of priorities.  Working in a small organisation you will need to have a ‘can do’ attitude and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

We are able to offer the opportunity to join a friendly team and the benefits of flexible working.

Carers Support Merton, as an employer, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This includes a commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures.

The successful candidate will be subject to a basic DBS check

CSM Vision:

We want unpaid Carers of all ages to have real choices to improve their quality of life and to receive the respect, support and recognition that they deserve. 

Holiday Entitlement: 25 days + Bank Holiday per annum pro rata

Hours of Work: 21 hours per week (open to 3 full days or 4/5 shorter days)

Accountable to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: We are currently working from home due to COVID-19 restrictions but in future the role will be based at our offices in Mitcham, but with the opportunity for some continued homeworking.

Safe Passage is recruiting an Operations Assistant to support our operations internationally, and to enable continuing and sustainable growth in our ground-breaking work to ensure that safe, legal routes to sanctuary exist for all people seeking asylum. This is a practical and administrative role that is crucial to the effective operations of a young and successful refugee charity.

Experience in a similar role would be welcome, but this could also be your first paid position in the charity sector, or you could be returning to work after time out. We are looking for strong, transferrable administrative and organisational skills. This position will have a dedicated training budget and you will be supported to grow and develop within your role.

You will be attentive to detail, flexible, efficient, great at time management, and able to work well both independently and under supervision as part of a small and energetic team. A keen interest in the charity/NGO/refugee sectors is advantageous. 

Closely supporting the International Operations Manager, you will facilitate the day-to-day work of Safe Passage across all our entities in the UK, Greece, and France. You will provide remote support to our teams in Athens and Paris, as well as Campaigns, Legal & Arrivals, Fundraising, and Board of Trustees in the UK. This is a varied and dynamic role that works across HR, logistics, volunteer, IT, payroll, and facilities functions.

How do I apply?

Please visit out websitet to read the Job Description and Person Specification and to view details of how to apply in full. 

Closing date: Sunday 7th February 2021 at 11.59 pm

Please note that only candidates successful in being invited to interview will be contacted. We really appreciate your interest in this role and the time taken to submit an application. 

About Safe Passage

Safe Passage was founded in late 2015 in response to what became known as Europe’s modern ‘refugee crisis’. In the past four years we have grown from a small UK project, to an international organisation with 25 members of staff supporting refugees to access safe and legal routes to asylum across Europe. To date more than 2,000 individuals have travelled to safety through routes we have opened.

• Our vision is for every person seeking asylum to be able to access a safe and legal route to a place where they can lead a full and dignified life.
• We do things differently - championing refugees’ rights by combining strategic legal work, advocacy, capacity building and community organising.
• We are focused on achieving systemic change in refugee and asylum policy at both nation-state and international level.

We value equality and diversity in our organisation, and strive to build a workforce reflective of the communities we work in. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. People with refugee or asylum seeking backgrounds are experts by experience and are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you are passionate about supporting young people to reach their potential, we want you to join our partnership! Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA) and Renewal Programme (RP) have come together in an exciting new youth project and are seeking 2 x experienced Youth Co-coordinators to provide the young people of Newham with spaces to enjoy, support to achieve their best, and opportunities to make a positive difference in their community.

About us

BDCA is a dynamic community-led charity that has been serving the residents of the London Borough of Newham since 1998. Our motto is, “working together to change lives and transform our community”.  The Renewal Programme has also been working in the borough for 50 years and is passionate about investing in community and supporting people to rise through dignity, inspiration, and empowerment. Together we have a combined track record of over 70 years’ Newham focussed service delivery. including local club youth provision. holiday activities, evening drop-ins, sports activities and youth leadership programmes.

About the roles

These new posts offer an exciting opportunity to play a driving role in launching a new package of services for young people across the economically disadvantaged but beautifully diverse East Ham area of Newham. Each role is 36 hours per week and for an initial fixed term period of 2 years pending further funding. Please see the full job descriptions and person specifications attached and do note an enhanced DBS check will be required.

Our ideal candidates will have significant youth work experience, a passion for working with young people from diverse backgrounds and a high level of motivation to develop an excellent and impactful youth offer.  You will be excellent relationship builders that are enthused by partnership working, and given current circumstances you will also need to be creative in your approach to adapt youth engagement offers safely and in line with Covid-19 restrictions. You will need to demonstrate that you are professional, organised, efficient and able to manage our sessional youth staff, sports coaches, junior leaders and workshop providers. You will also have a robust understanding of safeguarding policy and procedures.

With one role based predominantly at BDCA (London E6) and the other at RP (London E12), you will work together to plan, lead, manage and evaluate sessions in venues across the East Ham community, ensuring project outcomes are effectively delivered. Key shared project outcomes are:

• Provide safe places to enjoy = at least 6 venues will be open for a total of 1759 hours of youth activities each year.
• Increase youth engagement = Each year, at least 495 unique young people will access our regular activities and accredited courses and feel a greater sense of community connection as a result.
• Grow youth leadership = Each year, at least 45 young people will receive intensive year-long support to achieve their best and build their hope and agency to make positive change in their own lives and in their wider community too through accredited youth leadership courses and social action campaigns.
• Deliver inspiring and diverting activities = Each year, the programme will deliver at least 25 co-produced activities including sports, creative arts, wellbeing workshops, free play, tuition support, educational workshops, offsite trips, training and mentoring.

Each role will however have slightly different areas of responsibility as follows:

Youth co-ordinator 1 (BDCA)

This post holder will be specifically responsible for coordinating: four outdoor MUGA sports sessions and one outdoor BMX session per week; year round Saturday volunteering sessions for young sports leaders; support to complete Duke of Edinburgh award scheme led by specialist partner and an annual music production project led by specialist provider. They will also be directly delivering: three virtual activity videos per month; two annual residentials for 15 participants; three-week summer volunteering placement with accredited Sports Leadership Award for 30 participants; monthly Stepping Up life skills training and social action campaign planning workshops plus regular mentoring calls for 15 participants; annual music premiere event for up to 100 attendees; and 10 day trips per year for up to 15 participants.

Youth co-ordinator 2 (RP)

This post holder will be specifically responsible for coordinating and delivering five evening youth clubs per week including a tuition club, journalism club and three drop-in free play sessions with creative workshops. They will be charged with leading the project’s monthly youth forums during the above sessions and also supporting participants to attend borough-wide Youth Citizens Assemblies and Area Youth Forum meetings. So as well as delivering high quality inclusive activities in safe supervised spaces, this new Project Coordinator will focus on increasing access to platforms where youth voices can be heard and younger leaders are supported to help steer local services to boost engagement and impact.

Application process: Please apply by attaching an up to date CV AND covering letter (max 2 pages, applications without cover letters WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED) demonstrating how your skills meet the Job Description and Person Specification and why you are interesting in applying for the role. If your application preference or request is for one specific role over the other then please state this in your cover letter otherwise we will assume you wish to be considered for either role within a single application. We are also willing to consider job share applications for each role from strong candidates

Application deadline:

Please note there is no fixed  closing date, but we are keen to recruit to these posts as quickly as possible and so early applications are very much encouraged. We will invite interviews and begin the selection process on a rolling basis, with the aim to have the positions filled as soon as appropriate candidates are identified. Candidates will need to apply before 1st February to be considered for the first set of interviews fixed for 4th February.

• First interviews via Zoom: Thursday 4th February 2021
• Ideal start date: w/c 15th February 2021

Equal Opportunities Statement

Both BDCA and RP are committed to recruiting high quality candidates whose skills and experience are most suited to the jobs on offer regardless of sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion (or beliefs), marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age or political affiliation.

Marine Society and Sea Cadets are seeking to appoint a Growth & Development Worker to join our team. You will be home based but will be required to travel around the area. You will join us on a part-time, fixed term basis working 21 hours per week for 6 months, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £25,000 Gross per annum (pro rata).

Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a leading maritime charity in lifelong learning and personal development and is the governing charity of the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), a civilian voluntary youth organisation engaging some 15,000 young people over 400 Sea Cadet Units, throughout the UK.  The SCC offers a wide range of youth opportunities with the same enduring objective – to give young people the best possible head start in life through nautical adventure and fun.

The Growth and Development team is based across the UK and works on a variety of projects that aim to grow the Sea Cadets. These projects include setting up new Juniors Sections, supporting Sea Cadet units in schools and helping existing Sea Cadet units to develop plans and strategies for sustainable growth.

Key areas of focus for our Growth & Development Worker include:

- Delivering a variety of training sessions on, for example, recruitment of cadets and volunteers
- Developing new growth and recruitment tools and ideas
- Promoting flexible volunteering and the volunteer strategy
- Assisting with running our social media accounts
- Working with and empowering our volunteers to develop plans for growth
- Planning and setting up Juniors Sections in new and existing locations/units
- Delivering assemblies in schools
- Forming part of various working groups with colleagues to develop the tools, resources and processes needed to increase the positive impact of the Growth and Development team.

Our ideal Growth & Development Worker will:

- Experience of working with volunteers and a good understanding of how to ensure they are most effectively recruited, on-boarded, supported and managed
- Experience of actively promoting projects or programmes to engage adult volunteers and young people from diverse communities to participate
- Practical understanding of equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion
- Experience of communicating with internal and external stakeholders using excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to present information in a manner appropriate to the audience, including through formal and informal presentations
- A track record of working with others to develop and deliver projects
- Experience of delivering projects against targets
- Experience of monitoring project activity and outcomes to meet external and internal reporting requirements
- An understanding of health, safety and safeguarding legislation and best practice procedures as they relate to working with children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Working knowledge and understanding of the voluntary and community sector

In return as our Growth & Development Worker you will receive:

- Pension Scheme
- Life Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- season ticket loans
- Eye Care

Closing Date: 29th January 2021 Midday
Interviews: W/c 1st February 2021

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Growth & Development Worker then please click “apply” below – we’d love to hear from you!

Applications should consist of a CV and supporting statement. Without this, we sadly will be unable to consider your application for this role.

We are recruiting for a part time purchase ledger assistant for a grant giving charity , the role is 3 days a week and they are fairly flexible on the days but if a Wednesday would be preferable , the role will be remote working .

The Role
Enter supplier invoices and credit notes into the Purchase Ledger for either the Charity or the subsidiary.
Ensure all invoices are coded accurately, and are correctly authorised for payment by the authorised budget holder, and have correct VAT treatment including zero-rating (medical VAT exemptions), standard, or reduced VAT when appropriate. Withhold payment if necessary until correct authorisation is recorded, before entering them into the purchase ledger system.
Coordinate the correction of any errors, making contact with suppliers where appropriate.
Create accounts for new suppliers as necessary, ensuring appropriate authority to use the supplier has been received and all due diligence has been carried out.
Reconcile supplier statements and contact suppliers for duplicate invoices if not previously paid.
Answer queries over non-payment of invoices promptly.
Operate anti-fraud controls diligently - Contact the senior leadership of any supplier who changes their bank details, to verify that changes are valid. Withhold payment until changes have been properly verified.

The Candidate
Purchase ledger
Processing of invoices
Accounting systems experience , Great Plains or XLedger
Attention to detail

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.