Permanent 3 days /21 hours per week  

We are seeking a highly skilled communications professional to join our team as Communications Manager, at an exciting time, as Acme approaches its 50th anniversary and looks to celebrate the value of the support we have provided over the past half-century. 

The Communications Manager will report to the Co-Director and will manage Acme’s communication and public relations strategy and activity.They will work collaboratively across the whole organisation to support the timely and effective delivery of regular and ad-hoc communications and marketing projects, as well as identifying future opportunities.

The Communications Manager will have a proven track record of delivering integrated campaigns, including press and media coverage. They will need to have proven experience of planning and managing multiple projects and work with others in the organisation to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This is a standalone specialist role, working in proximity to Acme’s Artist Support, Research and Archive functions.

You will have the following:

• Proven experience in communications, marketing or PR. 

• Experience of devising multi-channel media including social media / PR campaigns which achieve positive coverage.

• Experience of managing website CMS, e-newsletter systems and form building platforms. 

• Excellent MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Indesign) skills. 

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with colleagues across a range of skills and expertise, and to communicate effectively at senior level. 

• Exceptional attention to detail. 

Please refer to the person specification for full details of the key requirements in terms of qualification, knowledge, experience and skills.

In return, we offer: 

• Part time salary - £21,600 per annum pro rata (full time equivalent £36,000 per annum)

• A commitment to flexible working 

• Annual leave: 20 days pro rata (full time equivalent 28 days) including bank holidays 

• Enhanced sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay 

• Pension scheme 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Interest free season ticket loan 

• Training and development opportunities 

• Employee Assistance Scheme 

Supporting artists since 1972, Acme is a charity based in London which provides affordable studios, work/live space, and a programme of artist support. Acme is the single largest provider of affordable artist studios in England, and this year will support over 800 individual artists across 16 buildings in Greater London.

Applicants who do not demonstrate that they meet the criteria outlined in the person specification will not be considered for the role. 

Closing date for application is by 5pm Monday 3 August 2020 and interviews will be held on Thursday 20 August 2020.Digital and face to face options available. 

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should assume that you have not been short-listed for interview. 

Acme exists to support the broadest possible range of artistic practice and creates opportunities for artists to develop and take greater creative risks. 

We passionately believe in social equity and the benefits of diversity, seeking to support, encourage and include people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.

We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the arts and cultural sectors 

The job will involve working with people in custody or subject to supervision in the community, to engage them in learning, training and employment opportunities, either through one-to-one or group work.  You’ll need to be proactive, a good communicator and effective at working with partner organisations to ensure the best results for our participants. Recording of accurate information on participant plans is an important part of the job, so you’ll need to be comfortable working on databases and systems and have a strong attention to detail. 

We are especially looking for applicants who can connect with people to help move them forward, embrace the quality and compliance requirements of working on a contract and have the skills to work towards individual performance targets.

We’ll give you all the training you need to do the Case Manager job and provide you with support to get established in the new role.  We employ a team of 45 Case Managers across the NW, who are very proud to work on this highly successful ESF programme.

Our full-time staff enjoy a reasonable 35h working week and we also offer flexi-time, so when we ask our staff to do extra, we always make sure they’ve got those hours to take back another time.  It’s a great benefit of working for Career Connect. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR expert to support our small London-based charity with its vital work helping women with convictions to become work-ready and find employment.

We need someone to help us ensure we have the right people in the right roles, that our staff’s training and development is prioritised and that we have a happy, high-performing culture that means we can maximise our impact as a charity.

The successful candidate will have at least five years’ experience in an HR generalist role with solid and up to date knowledge of UK employment legislation and its application. Experience in developing and supporting line managers is essential, underpinned by an excellent understanding of coaching and mentoring approaches to people management. We retain an external HR consultancy for high-level advice should we need it, but you will still need a track record of managing a complex caseload. Qualification-wise, CIPD Level 5 is the minimum requirement, with level 7 preferred.

We are happy for the successful candidate to work primarily from home if they prefer but with occasional time spent in the office to ensure that they have every opportunity to build strong working relationships and understand our work.

Job Description

Job Title: Partnerships Manager

Location: Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3AB. Open to flexibility on location provided able to attend offices in London on regular basis.

Purpose: A fantastic opportunity to lead on managing relationships with our major charity partnerships including Bank of America and Health Education England (NHS Ambassadors). The charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential. The role is a fixed contract up to 12 months for maternity cover.

Reports to: Director of Operations & Programmes

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days – pro rata in accordance with the length of contract. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments.

Remuneration: £32k - £34k per annum (depending upon experience)

Appointment Terms: Fixed Term up to 12 months (Maternity Cover)

The role:

Working closely with the senior management team and colleagues across the organisation, the successful candidate will be leading on the account management of our major employer partnerships. Key partnerships with employers and professional associations from across the world of work are integral to the work we do as an organisation, contributing not only towards our reputation and network but also recruitment of volunteers for our programmes, delivery of campaigns and projects as well as funding.

This role will focus primarily on supporting our programmes aimed at inspiring the next generation through interactions with volunteers from the world of work (Inspiring the Future, Primary Futures) and work collaboratively with colleagues delivering the Inspiring Governance contract. The successful candidate will play a vital role in both account management and business development dedicated to consistently delivering a high level of service to all our partners.

We are looking for an experienced relationship manager to support our partnerships with Bank of America (BofA), lead corporate supporter of Inspiring the Future, Health Education England (HEE) major funder of the NHS Ambassador programme and the Department for Transport (DfT) Aviation campaign. The role focuses on supporting the organisations to ensure effective, successful, well-established partnerships and providing a key point of liaison.

The successful applicant will be expected to develop a strong network of contacts within partner organisations including attending their offices as appropriate. They will also work with colleagues in mobilising partner employees to volunteer their time to support students through Inspiring the Future and related programmes, planning and coordination of bespoke employee engagement sessions with groups of students and developing appropriate projects and resources.

We are looking for someone keen to take on fixed-term contract which is maternity cover for our existing Partnerships Manager. This is a very exciting period to be with the charity which has made a rapid pivot to virtual interactive events and has strong support from existing major partners to continue to innovate and grow the programmes. This role also provides a fantastic opportunity to develop significant skills both within the not-for-profit and corporate sectors through the partnership work.

Key accountabilities

Relationship/Account management (70%)

• Take responsibility for the stewardship of major partners covering any particular projects, initiatives and campaigns as directed, ensuring they receive a positive experience of working with the charity, and have experienced the benefits of a mutually beneficially partnership, all with the aim of extending the relationship including opportunities for fundraising.
• Successfully deliver the high value corporate partnerships with BofA, HEE and DfT. Ensuring that outcomes are appropriately measured and we meet all KPIs agreed.
• Maintain a strong personal network and high personal visibility across partner organisations to promote Inspiring the Future and Inspiring Governance to maximise employee engagement; acting as the principal point of contact for Inspiring the Future and Inspiring Governance enquiries from employees.
• Work with each organisation to engage their employees with Inspiring the Future and other programmes including Inspiring Governance
• Promote the partnership internally within each partner organisation as appropriate, using internal newsletters, video, intranet, direct mailings and case studies to recruit new employee volunteers and celebrate engagement.
• Working with colleagues to plan and deliver volunteering opportunities virtually and as appropriate in sites across the UK, inviting local school groups to meet volunteers to gain career insights; provide creative opportunities for departments and employee networks.
• Produce and disseminate guidance, and provide necessary resources, for employees taking part in Inspiring the Future volunteer events.

Strategic Planning (10%)

• Supporting the development of strategic plans across partnerships, ensuring funding pipelines are as visible as possible to SMT and plans in place to secure funding in the next cycle.

• Reviewing and enhancing resources and materials for employer engagement.
• Liaising with the Inspiring Governance regional managers to ensure that activities are complementary
• Keep up to date with current corporate issues, sector research and fundraising trends.

Developing new employer relationships (20%)

• Developing effective relationships with other key employers and professional associations identifying opportunities for effective promotion of Inspiring the Future volunteering schemes when appropriate
• Supporting the charity to develop employer bids and pitches identifying opportunities for income generation

Other

• Other ad hoc administrative tasks to support the team as needed

We are looking for an agile and enthusiastic individual, capable of absorbing key information quickly, as well as the ability to handle a diverse workload in order to meet the fast pace of the organisation. Education and Employers is a small, ambitious charity working to bring about change. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills and work well with a small team in a dynamic working environment.

Person specification

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential

• Experience in successful relationship management - of managing multi-stakeholder relationships and programme management. Ability to engage confidently, articulately and sensitively with stakeholders and partners at a range of levels of seniority up to and including board level
• Excellent, planning, prioritisation, time management, and organisational skills in order to effectively manage multi-faceted projects to agreed timescales, deadlines and budgets
• Polished presentation skills, adapting to different audiences and opportunities and including the ability to speak to research finding and create effective presentations.
• Excellent written communication skills. Fluency in written and spoken English
• Understanding of the corporate social responsibility landscape and knowledge and interest in the education and / or employment sector
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools

Desirable

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential
• Knowledge of the education and employment sectors including careers support for young people and corporate social responsibility agendas
• Experience of working in a small team
• Understanding of risk management and data protection

Personal Attributes

• Strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal.
• A “can-do” attitude and creative approach to a limited marketing budget.
• Calm and patient when dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to manage effectively the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between all stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of its work.
• Team Player: works collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos

Other

• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends
• Able to travel in the UK if required

Application process

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is 23:00 (11pm) Sunday 26th July 2020. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be notified no later than Friday 31st July 2020. Interviews will be arranged with successful candidates for the 5th / 6th August 2020 and will take place virtually.

Please your CV and covering letter (no more than 2 pages of A4) setting out your interest in and suitability for the role. Should you have any questions regarding the role please contact the recruiting manager Katy Hampshire.

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement.

About the Education and Employers charity

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here.

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work.

Over 55,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring.

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place.

In partnership with the National Governance Association the charity runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement.

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment.

Senior Manager

NSPCC JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:                 Senior Manager, Strategy & Impact Team

DEPARTMENT: Strategy, Policy and Evidence

LOCATION:                   Shoreditch, London

GRADE:                       P6

NSPCC are seeking an exceptional candidate to lead the implementation of our ten year strategy which will formally launch in April 2021. The next strategy will enable us to achieve greater change for children and further our aim of preventing child abuse and neglect.

The successful candidate will have strong support for NSPCC’s mission and values and experience of strategic thinking. They will work as part of the Strategy and Impact team alongside the Project Management Office to help teams across the NSPCC to transition to the new strategy.

JOB PURPOSE

To further the NSPCC’s impact by leading strategy implementation planning and the management of organisational change. This person will help us move to our new organisational strategy and to keep the strategy alive and relevant for teams across the NSPCC, strengthening strategic thinking on individual projects and services, so together we make the biggest difference for children.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Help teams across the NSPCC make the biggest difference for children

• Provide strategic advice and support to teams and cross-direct initiatives, providing advice, conducting strategic reviews, and leading workshops (eg what is the NSPCC’s strategy for xx type of abuse?).
• Provide thought leadership, working in a collaborative way to draw from the expertise that sits inside and outside the NSPCC e.g. becoming a trauma informed organisation, making EDI part of all we do.
• Lead and incubate specific projects to improve organisational delivery of the strategy, working with experts and key stakeholders to understand issues and develop solutions and buy-in.
• Identify opportunities for the NSPCC to make further progress towards its mission. Adapt the strategy/its ambitions over time, assessing internal and external learning and opportunities.
• Scrutinise and challenge evidence from a wide variety of sources.
• Develop ways of working and operating model/organisation design.
• Manage and commission primary and secondary research and/or consultancy.
• Bring best practice on strategic thinking, implementation planning and change management practice to the NSPCC’s work to strengthen strategic focus and delivery.

Coordinate cross-organisation planning processes

• Contribute to cross organisation annual business planning and target setting.
• Oversee implementation planning for the new strategy. Monitor and report on implementation progress and risks, identifying issues and taking mitigating actions.
• Contribute to reporting and communicating the progress being made towards our organisational strategy, shining a light on successes, and highlighting where leadership attention may be needed.
• Identify ways to strengthen organisational planning and performance management.
• Apply change management tools, to translate plans into action

Bring the strategy to life: make it meaningful for our people and our users

• Be an ambassador for the strategy and translate it into meaningful changes for all. Develop relationships, act as an information broker between teams, identify and raise issues and help us to understand where more engagement and support is needed.
• Provide proactive and sustained messaging about why this strategy, why now, why us, and the roles we all play towards achieving it. Support others to play these roles, internally and externally.
• Continually look for ways to strengthen the quality of performance management. For example, ensuring that high quality conversations around impact and progress towards the strategy are taking place throughout the organisation.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to the Associate Head of Impact, in the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Works closely with the Strategy, Policy and Evidence Senior Management Team and the NSPCC’s Leadership Team more widely
• Interfaces with Directors on the Executive Board including the Chief Executive
• Key influencers relevant to the children’s sector including other charities, local and national NSPCC partners 

KEY INTERDEPENDENCIES

• Linking to all parts of the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Linking to and facilitating annual business planning
• Linking to and facilitating the setting of annual targets, representing the scale of our ambition
• Linking to the Project Management Office, which oversees the top priority projects and programmes across the NSPCC.
• Linking with Communications teams

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. Commitment to our mission to end cruelty to children. Courageous in standing up for what is right, identifying and acting on concerns in a timely and sensitive way.
2. Confident strategic thinker: able to appreciate the bigger picture and apply sound judgment to identify highest impact options. Able to seek out relevant evidence, develop insights and relate this to the mission of the NSPCC.
3. An understanding of organisational strategy and planning, with some experience of change management.
4. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, comfortable working with senior internal and external stakeholders, with an ability to convince and inspire others.
5. Oriented to continuous improvement, finding solutions and making an impact. Takes the initiative, learns from past performance and is open to change.
6. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions.
7. Proven project management skills including project planning and managing multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise accordingly, working independently.

NSPCC Values

The NSPCC is the only charity focused on ending child cruelty across the UK. Everything we do protects children and prevents abuse. A brand’s values determine how an organisation acts; they shape the way it works and they create a point of difference. These are the values that we feel best embody the NSPCC brand and what we stand for:

Putting children first: we believe in children and we want what’s best for them.

Taking a stand: We are brave in our actions and we stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.

Making an impact: We base our decisions and actions on evidence and the difference these will make to ending cruelty to children.

Striving for excellence: We always strive to do and be the best we can, so that we can – directly and indirectly - give every child the start in life they deserve.

Working together: We always achieve more for children through working together.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an exciting time to join our team. During the Coronavirus pandemic our bold, collective action has helped thousands of people off the streets in the space of just a few weeks and prevented thousands more people from becoming homeless. The easing of restrictions is a time to build on this and shape a better future for all of us. To make sure everyone housed temporarily during the outbreak is helped directly into a secure home of their own. To make this the beginning of the end of homelessness.

About the role
In the temporary role as Fundraiser Manager covering the permanent post holder’s maternity leave, you will lead on the development and delivery of our established fundraising strategy and plans in Scotland. You will work closely with colleagues in Edinburgh and throughout Great Britain to ensure that our ambitious plans are achieved, and that our supporters and funding from a range of streams are integral to our success.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be an experienced fundraiser and networker, with a proven ability to develop and implement a fundraising strategy and plan involving a range of income streams. You will share our passion and commitment to ending homelessness and will put Crisis supporters and members at the heart of our work.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

 · Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
 · Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
 · 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online.

Please address points 2, 3, 4 & 11 only from the Person Specification in your supporting statement. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 26 2020 (at 23:59)
Interviews will take place week commencing 3 August 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a new challenge in the West Midlands.

Arden Place is a brand new supported living accommodation for adults with learning disabilities and autism in Tile Cross, Birmingham.  Arden Place is a Bromford My Place Service. My Place, is a unique Supported Living model created to provide appropriate accommodation for people with long term conditions such as learning disabilities or autism. Bethphage are the care provider, providing on site care and support for people living at Arden Place and helping them to connect with their community through meaningful activity.

These brand new purpose built flats are designed to meet people's current and future needs, providing a safe and secure long-term home in the heart of the community. The scheme has 14 purpose built self-contained one bedroom apartments.

Arden Place has a community hub with a lounge, meeting room and kitchen which not only provides a social area for people living in the scheme, but it also provides facilities to deliver training, employment advice and activities to both the people we support and the wider community.

This great opportunity has opened up for an Assistant Service Manager in our Supported living services in Birmingham.

As well as supporting the service manager in Arden Place, we require you to also support with our established supported living services for four adults with learning disabilities in North and South Birmingham. 

The people we support in all these areas have varying needs of support some of which require personal care. All services will be supporting people with Learning disabilities, Mental Health and Autism. The Assistant Service Manger will also be expected to support in all of these areas. 

Evening and Weekend Work may be required as part of the role and participating in our on-call rota.

All services will focus on a person centred approach and promoting people’s independence

About our organisation 

Bethphage is a registered charity which was established in 1994 and provides support to adults with learning and physical Disabilities in Shropshire and the West Midlands.
Everything we do is individually designed to enable people to achieve their potential and meet their objectives and need for support. The people that we support may live in their own home, a home that is shared with other people, their family home or a shared care home.
It is the aim of Bethphage to provide outstanding care and support throughout the organisation so it essential that you will be dedicated to providing the highest levels of care that you can.

You will be required to create a team that champions excellent support by actively coaching and modelling respectful positive approaches to achieve the greatest possible independence and quality of life for the people we support, based on an understanding of what is important to and for them.

If this opportunity sounds like you, and you can demonstrate the following attributes, please get in touch

• Open and Honest.
• Committed.
• Person Centred Approach.
• Proactive and innovative

Essential Requirements

• Level Three in Health and Social Care
• Previous Supervisory Experience
• Driver
• Car Owner

Desirable Requirements 

• Experience of developing new services for adults with a learning disability, Autism and/or Mental Health
• A good understanding of partnership working.

Benefits of Working for us

• Competitive pay
• Simply Health Cash Plan
• Long service rewards
• Contributory Pension scheme
• Development opportunities
• Recruitment awards
• Paid enhanced DBS certificate
• Paid training

*Please note, interested applicants must complete an application form

Closing date - 14th July (this may be extended) 

Interview Date - 22nd July - (this may change)

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PROGRAMME DELIVERY MANAGER - HOVE

Fixed Term Contract – 3 Years

Full Time – 35 hours per week

£50,000 per annum

The Diocese of Chichester is one of the 42 dioceses which make up the Church of England: we are the Church of England in East & West Sussex.  The Diocesan Office at Church House, Hove, serves the people of the Diocese: those in more than 360 parishes and more than 150 church schools and the wider community as a whole.  Our vision is to help people within the Diocese to know, love and follow Jesus.

We are searching for an experienced professional to manage the Diocesan strategic programmes, the aim of which is to strengthen the mission of the Diocese across the county. The Programme Delivery Manager will support the overall integrity, coherence and effective implementation of all the strategic development programmes.

The successful candidate will develop and manage the Diocese’s new strategic development  programme to resource churches across the Diocese and revitalise our urban centres through two key resource churches, with a number of possible church plants. We are currently bidding for a programme with an initial 5 year budget of £12 million, some of which comes from the National Strategic Development Fund. The programme aims to significantly increase the number of people worshipping in our urban centres and across the Diocese as a whole.

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• Working with the Programme Director to design and plan the Diocesan Programme of Apostolic Partnerships throughout the Diocese;

• In conjunction with the Programme Director and Deputy Director of Apostolic Life, working with key stakeholders in identifying and evaluating potential projects and partnerships, ensuring stakeholders communicate the vision and plans to others, prepare and manage proposals, stakeholder engagement and communication plans together with risk analysis of the projects using appropriate tools and templates.

• Assisting the Programme Director to define and work within the programme’s governance framework, obtaining approval from Bishop’s Staff/Programme Board, the Operating Committee and the Bishop’s Council.

• Aiding the Programme Director in preparing funding applications for projects for Strategic Development Funding from the Church Commissioners, including researching similar projects, conducting due diligence on potential partners, consulting with relevant stakeholders, ensuring financial, faculty and other implications are accepted by stakeholders, assisting with the preparation of applications and drawing up detailed plans and budgets.

• Helping parishes plan projects sufficiently in advance and manage expectations with timeframes.

• Ensuring that project governance is observed to progress projects and track the outputs/outcomes, ensuring that approval is obtained from the appropriate authority as required and that all necessary resources and responsibilities are identified and allocated.

• Responsibility for monitoring projects, including the development of implementation plans, timelines, resource allocation, budgets and metrics.

• Managing and resolving risks and issues, initiating relevant corrective action and escalating to the appropriate committee as required.

• Producing reports to the appropriate committee to update on project progress, highlighting issues or risks together with all materials required by the Strategic Investment Board for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

• Establishing baselines at the outset of projects to enable evaluation of quantitative and qualitative goals and carry out an evaluation at mid and full term of each project, highlighting successes, issues and providing key learning for the Diocese and the wider Anglican church.

• Being a point of liaison for parishes and participating projects for all financial and other matters.

• Assessing requests to vary plans, timelines or budgets and advise the Programme Director on whether to accede, escalating to the appropriate committee as required.

• Monitoring and managing the programme’s budget, with oversight of records of budget and spend, and of all variations agreed.

Applicants should have proven programme & project management experience within a complex organisation, strong influencing skills and be committed to enabling spiritual and numerical growth.  Strategic, organisational and analytical skills will be complemented by an ability to engage stakeholders, manage change and communicate effectively.

Candidates should support the ethos, aims and objectives of Christianity, the Church of England and the Diocese.

If you require further information or would like to discuss the role further, please email Rob Dillingham at the Diocese of Chichester (email address noted).

If you would like to apply for this role, please do so via the listed link.

Application deadline:  23rd July 2020

Interview date:  30th July 2020

Who are GMYN?

For many young people, the transition to adulthood isn’t easy. In the UK, one third of young people are lonely, half feel unready for work and half feel like they don’t belong to their community.

At GMYN, our vision is #YoungPeopleCan and we help young people in Greater Manchester overcome this. We deliver a range of development programmes and drop-in activities to help young people transition to adulthood feeling skilled, supported and positive.

Founded in 2007 by our Chief Executive, Alex Fairweather, we have grown from a single volunteering project to a registered charity and have helped over 10,000 young people.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join GMYN’s operations team, providing strategic and operational financial support and advice. The role holder will provide day to day management and reporting of the charity’s income and expenditure as well as responsibility for preparation of GMYN’s annual budget and accounts.

You will have experience of working within a financial environment ideally in a management/leading role within a charity. You will have the AAT or similar qualification, or substantial equivalent experience. You will also have strong numeracy and communication skills and the ability to provide accurate and timely information.

In addition, you will have the ability to work flexibly as part of a team and on your own initiative working independently when required.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will also work alongside GMYN’s Operations Lead and work closely with the Business and Finance Administrator.

Joining #TeamGMYN: Our Offer

At GMYN, we strive to be inclusive. Every member of #TeamGMYN is involved in all aspects of decision making, from strategic planning, setting the organisational values through to basic everyday practices to give everyone an active voice. We are responsive to the needs of the team and all support available is designed through consultation.

We are regularly reviewing our practices to create a safe, welcoming and supportive environment and encourage suggestions and feedback from staff to improve our offer.

Our offer currently includes access to

• The Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave, including 5 ‘no-questions-asked’ ad-hoc wellbeing days
• Flexible working hours, including working from home options
• Childcare vouchers for those already accessing the scheme
• Accessible, ethical and gender-neutral office space
• Living wage, with processes to request performance-based payrises
• An 8% pension scheme with 3% employer contribution

Whilst our staff team is diverse in many ways, people from BAME backgrounds and people with disabilities are currently under-represented, therefore applications from candidates who identify with these characteristics are welcomed and encouraged.

For full details on the role and the #TeamGMYN offer can be found in the job pack attached.

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) showing how you meet the attached personal specification via the link on this page by Monday 20th July. 

Plaese note we will only accept CV's with a covering letter clearly explaining how you meet the job specifications.

The Upper Room works with various disadvantaged groups including homeless people, migrants and ex-offenders, helping them to improve their lives. The successful applicant will have responsibility for managing and working with the Project Managers to ensure the smooth running of all operational activities of The Upper Room. This includes oversight of risk management, health and safety, Safeguarding and Data control.  

THE WELCOME DIRECTORY - helping faith communities welcome people leaving prison. Established as a charity in 2016 the Welcome Directory is entering a new and exciting phase of development. Already 125 Faith Communities have registered with us to state clearly that people leaving prison will find a welcome with them. Over the next two years our aim is to substantially increase that number, moving towards our simple yet powerful vision: to help faith communities become places where people who leave prison find acceptance. A place to belong that not only nurtures faith but also offers appropriate practical support.

People are at the very heart of this work; people who have found the benefits of being part of a faith community whether inside or outside the prison gates. If nothing else, we hope that engaging with The Welcome Directory will help faith communities to understand that in a deeper way; that those leaving prison have a name, a story as well as hopes and dreams for their lives beyond the prison gate.

JOB SUMMARY: The post holder will ensure overall leadership and day to day management of all operational aspects of The Welcome Directory.

This will include, but may not be limited to:

• Ensuring adequate funding is available for the financial stability of the project
• Developing the population of the directory with Registered Communities
• The engagement of appropriate partners in helping to establish the work of the Welcome Directory nationally, especially
  • Funding Partners
  • Operational partners
• The implementation of the authorisation framework for communities applying for inclusion in the “Welcome Directory”
• Oversight of the Prisons Awareness course, particularly to facilitate the “in-prison” element
• Oversight and development of suitable online resources to host and communicate the Welcome Directory
• From time to time, you may be required to undertake additional activities which are appropriate to the development nature of this role as required by your line manager.
• In the early stages of the contract the post-holder will identify and appoint additional key staff to assist in fundraising, communications and regional development roles as funding and operational requirements dictate.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

General: The post is to be home-based. Travel expenses as required for the successful development of the project may be claimed and suitable equipment for fulfilling the job will be provided.

Salary: £32,000 pa

Contract Type: Two Year Fixed Term

Hours of Duty: Normal hours of work are 40 hours per week over 5 days, excluding an hour’s unpaid break for lunch.

Annual Leave: 20 days paid leave per year exclusive of public and additional holidays.

Pensions: As the employer, The Welcome Directory pays National Insurance contributions under the ‘not-contracted-out’ contributions scheme and all members of staff not in a pension scheme are required to join one. The Welcome Directory will, during the term of the post contribute 5% of salary provided that the staff member also makes a contribution.

Location: Home based and at the London Office of The Welcome Directory, 27 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HH

Accountable to: The Trustees via single appointed trustee

Key relationships: The Welcome Directory Trustees and staff, Registered Faith Communities, Prison Chaplains, All Funders

PERSON SPECIFICATION: The post is open to any person with recent or ongoing experience of the resettlement of offenders. The ideal post holder will be able to demonstrate a high level of awareness of the resettlement issues faced by those leaving prisons as understood by Prison Chaplains.

Essential Qualities

Personal Attributes:

• Self-directing with capacity to prioritise
• Ability to set and meet deadlines
• Commitment to their own faith
• Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly

Education

• Educated to at least degree level or equivalent

Skills/Aptitudes

• Advanced leadership and motivational skills
• Advanced written and oral communication skills
• Ability to relate well to people of all faiths
• Analytical skills
• IT skills to an Advanced level

Experience

• Resettlement issues faced by those leaving prison
• Working with / alongside Prison Chaplaincy
• Working with / alongside those in leadership in church, society, and other faith groups
• New Project development
• Planning and executing meetings

Circumstances

• Willingness and ability to travel, with occasional overnight stays

Desirable Qualities

Education

• Higher degree and/ or evidence of research/ reading in proffered area of interest

Experience

• Prison Chaplaincy structures and the justice systems
• Experience of working within a multi-faith team
• Experience of web design / use of social networking in a corporate setting

GENERAL CONDITIONS:

Equality of opportunity, and diversity

Equal treatment amongst people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse perspectives is one of the central precepts of The Welcome Directory. The Welcome Directory as an employing body values the richness which this equal treatment brings to the workplace.  It therefore has an equal opportunities policy in place which not only requires the employer to fulfil certain obligations but also places responsibilities on staff.  Staff found to be contravening the policy or acting outside its spirit will be subject to disciplinary action, which could lead to dismissal.

The Welcome Directory is committed to implement the terms of all relevant Diversity legislation and to improving opportunities for people safeguarded by the protected characteristics.

Standards of Behaviour and Conduct

Staff are expected to act at all times with due consideration for others and in a manner befitting their position as employees of a body representative of the Churches and as professionals, whatever their job.

It is important that all members of staff present a neat and tidy appearance at all times. The post holder will be expected to model this to all staff and stakeholders. The general appearance should help convey a professional and efficient approach to work. Whilst not wishing to impose unreasonable obligations on staff, The Welcome Directory nonetheless expects you to look smart in appearance at all times while representing the organisation.

In this post, any action that would exclude the holder from prisons will disqualify them from this employment.

It is a condition of employment that the post holder is in possession of a recent and valid DBS certificate

Health and Safety Responsibilities

Staff must ensure that they do not endanger themselves or others by any act or omission on their part.

Home-working staff must ensure that they are mindful of health and safety responsibilities in their work place.

Confidentiality

Staff must not pass on to unauthorised persons, any information obtained in the course of their duties without the permission of their line manager or the trustees.

Please apply by submitting a letter of application explaining why you think you would be suited to this role and a current CV

Retail & Café Manager
St Margaret's Hospital, Epping
£9.59 per hour
16 hours per week, Monday – Friday (flexible hours)

Royal Voluntary Service hospital cafés, shops and trolleys are part of the fabric of the NHS and a real asset in their own right.

We are different from commercial operators, and rightly so. Our employee and volunteer teams offer comfort, reassurance and a friendly ear to patients and visitors and act as a valuable link with helpful community services. 

Our shops and cafés are staffed by volunteers and employees and provide an outstanding range of healthy food choices.

Our customers love the fact that the money they spend with us pays for volunteer action in hospitals and the community.

Would you like to make a positive difference to people’s lives? 

We are looking for talented, passionate people with the right skills and experience to work with us to deliver our mission - to keep people happy, healthy and connected in our communities and hospitals.

What you’ll be doing

As a Retail & Café Manager, you’ll be part of and lead a passionate team of staff and volunteers who work hard to deliver outstanding customer service to staff, visitors and patients at St Margaret's Hospital. In this busy role, you will be responsible for:

- Motivating and managing a team of staff and volunteers to deliver exceptional customer service, to include managing performance and development, training, creating fair rotas and recruiting as necessary
- Managing finances to include reporting on costs / profit and loss budgets and sales
- Overseeing stock ordering, deliveries and controls
- Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships health trusts, suppliers and other key local contacts 
- Managing the store to a high standard, ensuring compliance with all necessary checks and managing promotions and Royal Voluntary Service merchandise
- Creating a positive working environment and ensuring the site is clean, attractive and welcoming
- Supporting and promoting a variety of fundraising activities

What you will need

To be considered as a Retail & Café Manager, you will need proven experience of working in a retail or customer-facing role and a strong passion for delivering quality customer service. You must have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate with a variety of people in a friendly and professional manner. 

You will lead by example and maintain the harmony of the team of employees and volunteers, have a ‘can-do’ attitude and be confident in maximising sales opportunities. 

Experience of using EPOS systems would be desirable, as would experience of general administrative processes and the ability to use standard IT Microsoft and internet systems to a basic level. 

Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to pre-employment checks. This may include a criminal records check.  

Why work for Royal Voluntary Service

We’re proud to be in the top 25 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK, based on ratings from Indeed. As a valued employee at Royal Voluntary Service:

- We will train and support you in your role 
- We offer an employee assistance helpline
- We are happy to talk about flexible working 
- We offer a great pension scheme 
- You will receive 25 days’ annual leave plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)

How to apply

To apply for the position of Retail & Café Manager, please apply via the button shown.  

The closing date for this vacancy is the 26th July 2020. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. 

Interview date: 30th July 2020.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Retail Manager, Retail Supervisor, Shop Manager, Store Manager, Café Manager, Catering Manager, Retail Team Leader, Shop Supervisor, or Store Supervisor.

A social enterprise charity that provides counselling services for children, families and schools are looking for a General Manager. The post-holder is accountable to the Board of Trustees in providing a safe and fulfilling environment for adults with Learning Disabilities at the centre based in South East London. The successful candidate would need to provide operational management leadership and contributes to strategic planning to ensure they achieve its performance objectives. The post holder is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring effective structures, systems, and processes for the management of staff and charity operations and fundraising activities.

Key responsibilities

* Oversees the effective delivery of all services within the charity.
* To provide strong, clear, motivational, and visible leadership across all the services.
* To ensure these services are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible
* To support and manage the staff and to ensure effective operational leadership and management of resources including budgetary responsibilities including recruitment, appraisals and the review and implementation of Human Resource policies, procedures, and training.
* To lead on the implementation of new ways of working and cultural change where necessary for delivery of the service to adults with learning disabilities.
* To ensure that services continually review and improves the quality, effectiveness, and safety of care, actively seeking out and learning the lessons from complaints, compliments, investigations, reviews, reports and other information and intelligence.
* To regularly review the workforce to ensure services are appropriately staffed with staff who have the right level of knowledge, skill, and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way.
* To ensure that the Charity has appropriate resources and income to deliver the required services
* To ensure services are fully compliant with all relevant policies, standards and procedures.
* To represent the Trustees in dealings with local authorities, parents, carers and regional and national partners, services and agencies.

Person specification

* Must have substantial management experience within a social care setting (preferably working with adults with learning disabilities)
* Proven track record of achieving objectives
* Experience of leading programmes of change
* Experience of budgetary management
* Experience of managing people

If you'd like to find out more or to apply, please contact Shweta Prabhakar [email protected]

If you have the stated requirements, then please apply to Harris Hill with your up to date CV. Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted with further information.

Closing date: ASAP

Voluntary Income in The Church of England is over £800M a year, and funds most of the church's mission and ministry. The Church of England has adopted a National Giving Strategy for 2020-2025 that will invest in different ways to encourage giving within its churches.

The clergy have a critical leadership role to play in encouraging generosity and giving to the church, but often feel reluctant and lacking in confidence to fulfil this role. Currently giving is not taught to any significant degree in ordination training, and training for clergy within dioceses is limited and variable. This is an endemic and deep-rooted issue within the church - it has been this way for at least 100 years, probably much longer - and so the cultural change required will take determination and patience.

As Generous Giving Training Manager, you will create online and face to face clergy training resources and work with the Giving Advisors, to enable this to be delivered across all dioceses. You will also develop training resources for others within the church particularly laity, who take on responsibilities in this area.

To be successful, you will need experience of successfully delivering training, ideally within a church environment and of successfully encouraging giving in a paid or voluntary capacity. With leadership and influencing skills, you will be confident communicating to all audiences with a high degree of sensitivity and discretion.

Due to the specialist nature of the roles within the Giving team, training will be provided to successful candidates to enable them to carry out their role confidently.

We are a dispersed team and have a very flexible approach when it comes to working locations. In light of Covid-19, all team members are currently based at home. As a National Team we work throughout the dioceses and predominantly use online platforms to meet and train colleagues and parishes. However the willingness for some travel throughout England and Wales and work occasional weekends may be required from 2021 onwards.

Salary £38,331 p.a.- £41,216 p.a. (London based), £35,730 p.a.- £38,419 p.a. (Outer London).

This is a fixed term contact expected to last for 3 years.

Interviews are expected to be held w/c 10^th August 2020 remotely using Zoom.

In return we offer a unique environment with opportunities for continuous learning, generous annual leave for work life balance, season ticket loans and a range of benefits including discounted entry to attractions and what we feel is a market leading package when it comes to our scheme.

Main Responsibilities

The Role

Research and consultation

Work with key individuals within dioceses and NCIs to research and consult on the most effective ways to develop training for clergy.

This includes:

• Consult with dioceses, theological colleges and colleagues in the Ministry division to explore different ways that training can effectively be delivered to clergy.
• Develop an understanding as to how giving and generosity link with other training priorities including mission, discipleship, financial management and governance.
• Explore the opportunities for clergy to deepen their experience of a generous God, and reflect on the extent to which generosity is integral to their ministry, and how this opportunity can be delivered as part of pastoral care for their health and wellbeing.
• Review existing training provision, and map the extent of training currently provided for giving and generosity.

Train clergy

Create a training strategy for clergy, working with partners within NCIs, the wider church and external agencies, and manage the roll out of training across all dioceses.

This includes:

• Pilot different approaches to clergy training on giving and generosity with early adopter dioceses
• Write a report for the Archbishops' Council Finance Committee, Ministry Council and others on the conclusions reached and recommendations on the approach(es) to be taken for a national roll out.
• Create a project plan for the implementation of training on leading generous churches across all dioceses.
• Engage with dioceses, colleagues in the national team, colleagues in the Ministry division, theological colleges and training providers to create training frameworks and materials for clergy on leading generous churches.
• Implement the project plan, rolling out training across all dioceses.
• Integrate ongoing evaluation and monitoring of impact to help shape the roll out of the training.