Full time/37.5 hpw (4 days/30 hpw week considered for the right candidate)

Salary £28,000 - £32,000 FTE

Do you have a passion for the local community, love working with people and a positive/can do attitude? We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated leader to join our high-achieving and dynamic Fundraising team.

This is a permanent position, leading on our Community Fundraising income stream. Working with and managing our current (successful and experienced) team, the ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in Community fundraising (including events) and the ambition to help achieve our organisational strategy to double the reach of our care by 2028.

You will lead the rebuilding of this core income stream following the pandemic and maintain the direction of travel, to bring our Community Fundraising activities back to their pre-pandemic levels. Then through experience and innovation grow our wonderful network of support and income line for the future.

This role would suit a Community Fundraising Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge, or an experienced Senior Community Fundraiser looking to take the next step in their career, and can evidence the required skills, ability and ambition to achieve.

About You:

• A confident communicator and team player able to engage and inspire your team and a wide range of supporters
• Substantial experience of implementing safe and well regulated community fundraising activities including larger scale events
• Proven track record in achieving targets in a fundraising role
• Passionate about delivering an exceptional experience to our supporters
• Excellent organisational skills
• Decisive decision maker
• Experienced in performing well under pressure, strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently
• Solid IT skills in Microsoft Office and fundraising databases
• Flexible and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities (hybrid working available, minimum of 3 days required in the hospice/local community)
• SMART pension scheme with employer contribution
• Free onsite parking at our office in Northchurch, Berkhamsted
• Wide range of free training courses
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro​

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our friendly, creative and professional Fundraising team to help us to raise the £5million a year which we need to deliver our free expert care.

Closing date for applications is Monday 1st November 2021

Interviews to be held on Thursday 4th and/or Monday 8th November 2021

#YourPreciousLife

Background

Shared Lives Plus is the UK membership charity for more than 6,000 Shared Lives carers, 150 Shared Lives schemes and a growing network of over 25 Homeshare services.

Our vision is a kinder, stronger society built on sharing our lives and our homes. We help build communities where everyone lives a full life, regardless of the support they need. We do this by turning Shared Lives, Homeshare and Family by Family into thriving, mainstream options, with all the right structures in place to support and guide those who want to share their lives and homes.

Homeshare UK is the network for Homeshare services supported by a team at Shared Lives Plus. We’ve recently secured funding to develop two new Homeshare services in Liverpool and Newcastle, as well as develop a social franchise model for small towns and rural areas.

Shared Lives Plus is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do.  

We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives.  We are focused on equality and believe that all the fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.

Overview of the role

We are looking for a communications officer who can help our existing network and new Homeshare services grow to scale, reach new audiences and compel them to action. Can you write copy that engages and inspires? Can your words change attitudes and actions? If you come alive working in a fast-paced environment aren’t afraid of a challenge and skilled in navigating complex relationships, we would love to receive your application. You will be responsible for delivering tactical marketing, communications and media relations to promote Homeshare at a national, regional and local level. This is a role where understanding across disciplines is essential to coordinate and deliver full communications for Homeshare UK.

You will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to produce high-quality creative, effective and accurate press and marketing materials. You will be working with a diverse range of internal clients - an understanding of housing, social enterprise, or older people’s interests would be an advantage.

Shared Lives Plus is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do.  We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives. We are focused on equality and believe that the diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.

Key responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering communications plans and tactics for colleagues leading Homeshare UK’s new programme of work and membership network. The role will drive national, trade and regional media interest and growth for Homeshare services in key locations across the UK, and its social franchise model, developing marketing to support services’ growth, along with maintaining and updating our digital platform and social media channels.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Advising Homeshare UK colleagues and members on the most effective forms of communication for their target audience
• Creating, editing and uploading content for the web, social media communities, print marketing collateral and internal communications
• Sourcing stories about Homeshare for news articles for regional, national and trade media
• Collating and maintaining regional press and media lists
• Copywriting, editing, proofreading for publications and internal bulletins
• Editing the website and other digital platforms
• Assisting in the management of the story, image, video and design libraries
• Developing and delivering communications channels and processes to ensure consistency and delivery of work on time to internal clients and external audiences
• Organising and developing creative marketing campaigns with online and print marketing collateral, sourcing quotes and liaising with designers
• Regularly monitoring and evaluating engagement in communications channels which can provide insight into current trends and contribute to the Communication team’s operational planning
• Working with people who participate in Homeshare and their local organisation to bring Homeshare to life with key audiences
• Contributing to the team’s strategic planning with ideas to improve communications and engagement based on evidence
• Building strong internal relationships to support colleagues across the organisation to promote brand consistency, tone of voice and facilitate robust communications internally and externally.
• Actively engage with the Homeshare UK network attending monthly practice meetings, training events and annual conference
• Work in accordance with Shared Lives Plus aims, objectives, policies, and procedures and promote a positive image of the organisations and its members
• Engage in continuous self-development and training
• Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice and Human Rights
• Undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required, commensurate with the level of the post. 

Background

Shared Lives Plus is the UK membership charity for more than 6,000 Shared Lives carers, 150 Shared Lives schemes and a growing network of over 25 local Homeshare organisations. Our vision is a kinder, stronger society built on sharing our lives and our homes. We help build communities where everyone lives a full life, regardless of the support they need. We do this by turning Shared Lives and Homeshare into thriving, mainstream options, with all the right structures in place to support and guide those who want to share their lives and homes.

We have recently secured funding to further develop Homeshare in the UK in areas of the country that are currently not well serviced by our existing network. 

The Homeshare Services Manager is a key operational role providing support to our new service delivery team working across the North East and North West regions. Working closely with the HSUK Social Franchise Manager and the Head of Homeshare UK the primary focus of the role will be to support the sustainable growth of Homeshare across two northern regions. The role will also contribute to the further development of knowledge, expertise and practical resourses supporting the wider Homeshare UK network.   

Shared Lives Plus is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do.

We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives.  We are focused on equality and believe that all the fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.

Job Objectives

The overarching objectives of this role include:

• Take the lead on setting up and promotion of Homeshare programmes in the North East and North West

• Manage the day-to-day activities of the programme and support and line manage a team of Homeshare Coordinators.

• Oversee the recruitment, matching, and support for Homeshare participants

• Promote the Homeshare model widely across the regions

• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholder groups

• Take the lead on the development of key resources for the programme including an online management tool. 

• Use learning from the project to support the development of new guidance for the wider network

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Developing the infrastructure for Homeshare programmes in the North East and the North West

a. Take the lead on collection and collation of underpinning feasibility information for the region including focus group sessions with older people, potential Homesharers, and wider key stakeholders.

b. Working within the Homeshare UK, Quality Assurance Framework and Good Practice Guidance develop appropriate processes and paperwork for the delivery of the Homeshare programme.

c. The development of a CRM system and monitoring tools to help manage the programme and to capture information about participants.

d. Development of project policy for the delivery of Homeshare.

e. Develop links with key local stakeholders including; local charities, statutory authorities, and organisations who can be potential referral partners and supporters of the project.

2. Day to day operational management of Homeshare programmes based in the North East and the North West

a. Day to day line management of Homeshare UK Services programme staff

b. Support regional coordinators to recruit, match and support participants to the programme and ensure that practice and process are followed

c. Take the lead on any safeguarding issues that may arise within the programmes

d. Ensure that accurate records of Homeshare activity in both regions are maintained and provide regular verbal and written reports and information.

e. Be responsible for collecting and collating outcomes data for the programmes and provide quarterly and annual reports. 

f. Take the lead on liaising with any third-party stakeholders involved in the Homeshare match as appropriate e.g., Health care professionals, domiciliary care providers, family members

3.Raise awareness of Homeshare in the North East and the North West. 

a. Promote the Homeshare programmes locally in both regions through appropriate channels to potential participants and wider stakeholders including Health and Social care professionals. 

b. Actively promote the Homeshare programme through our existing social media channels and by providing regular content for the Homeshare UK website

c. Support the wider work of HSUK and the HSUK Communications Officer by helping coordinate effective and timely engagement between the Homeshare participants, media, and PR opportunities.

d. Attend any conferences, seminars and meetings representing Homeshare UK and promoting the pilot project through delivery of talks, briefings, and round table discussion at both local and national level

4.General 

a. Working with the HSUK Team help Identify the need and scope for new resources including learning materials, guidance updates, and training that will be beneficial to the wider Homeshare sector

b. Actively support the collection of data, case studies and provide content for the annual Homeshare Sector Reports

c. Actively engage with the Homeshare UK network attending monthly practice meetings, training events and annual conference 

d. Work in accordance with Shared Lives Plus aims, objectives, policies, and procedures and promote a positive image of the organisations and its members

e. Engage in continuous self-development and training

f. Promote diversity, equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice and Human Rights

g. Undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required, commensurate with the level of the post.

Please note that this role is homebased but within easy reach of the North East or North West and with extensive travel across both regions. Occasional travel to our head office in Liverpool and potentially other locations in the UK.

You’ll set up and grow our press and media arm and develop a range of ways to get Hatch into the spotlight, whether that’s through thought provoking commentary, engaging real life stories or media campaigns that highlight the challenges founders face. It’ll mean building relationships with journalists, corporate partners’ press teams and making sure people know who we are and importantly, why we exist. 

If making the UK a fairer, more equal place to live and work sounds like a good idea to you, read on. We’re looking for someone who’ll roll up their sleeves and get stuck into this new role that’ll help make sure opportunities are for everyone, not just a select few. Having powerful, impactful communications is part of that bigger picture we’re working towards at Hatch.

Understanding what makes people tick is key to this role, whether that’s founders living with a disability, women and other marginalised genders or people from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. Above all else, you’re someone who has bright ideas, knows what makes a good story and how to go about making things happen.

As an experienced communications manager, you’ll be creating supporting content for social media that gets people talking, and be comfortable in a broader communications capacity, whether that’s writing copy for an impact report or adding to how we understand our stakeholders.

This is an attractive and challenging opportunity for a talented individual who cares about driving change in society and can seize the possibilities to grow Hatch’s press and communications capacity. 

A wonderful opportunity for an experienced Individual Giving Manger to join Sobell House Hospice Charity based in Oxford. You will be a talented, creative, and innovative professional focussed on inspiring people to support life-changing hospice care in Oxfordshire. Over the past year, the hospice charity has received immense support from individuals, and it is an exciting time to join us.
As part of your role, you will be driving forward income through various channels which include, regular giving, fundraising appeals, lottery and in-memory giving. You will be managing the Individual Giving Fundraiser and an income of circa £600,000 as well as championing data, allowing you to implement strong stewardship plans from the analysed data.
You will need
- Extensive experience of working in/managing an individual giving or appeals fundraising environment
- Excellent understanding and experience of relationship database/CRM systems and how these are applied in appeals to achieve results
- Demonstrable experience of direct marketing (both donor development and donor acquisition campaigns) and demonstrable understanding of database marketing principles
- Experience of effectively planning, scheduling and delivering successful integrated projects/appeal
- Knowledge and understanding of data protection legislation
- Experience of campaign analysis and testing methods.
If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you. You will be joining a busy and thriving fundraising team with a clear vision for the future and the drive to succeed.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Monday 25th October 2021
Interviews will be held the week of the 1st November 2021

Closing date: 3rd November 2021 at 11.30 pm

Do you have excellent leadership skills, working knowledge of homelessness, housing and related issues affecting local communities and experience of managing and delivering contracts, partnerships or services? Then join Shelter as a Service Manager and you could soon be making the most of your expertise at the heart of our Sheffield Hub.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
Shelter Sheffield has been providing housing advice and support to the city’s residents for over 20 years. Specialising in emergency homelessness work, intensive support to children and families, people experiencing domestic abuse and people with multiple and complex needs, our multi-disciplinary team takes a holistic approach to helping people to alleviate their housing issues. This includes providing high intensity support, legal representation, practical DIY assistance, and specialist housing, employment, training, and welfare benefits advice. Our aim is to help individuals to address a range of inter-connected issues that may be impacting on their ability to sustain accommodation and thrive within the community. We currently provide frontline support to over 5,000 people a year whilst simultaneously working to improve the underlying systems that prevent people from living securely in suitable, safe, affordable accommodation. 

About the role
A new position, but not a new role, as our second Service Manager, you’ll work closely with the current one in a varied and complex role that also involves deputising for the Hub Manager when necessary. Day-to-day, you’ll lead on delivering our services, both Housing Support and Advice, and line-manage Team Leaders and designated functions while ensuring service delivery meets high quality standards and is contract compliant. We’ll also rely on you to oversee the monitoring and reporting of our work, take delegated financial responsibility and work closely with partners, commissioners and other stakeholders to ensure our services are aligned and impactful. In short, it’s a key role in linking up the national campaigning and policy work we undertake with local activity and insight and ensuring we co-produce our activities and involve people with lived experience fully in our work.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
As well as relevant experience that includes being involved in implementing and reviewing change management, you’ll need a proven ability to lead and support staff and manage budgets and financial reports. You’ll also need the communication skills it takes to proactively develop and maintain key relationships and a flair for taking a strategic approach to developing new ones while ensuring they are aligned with local strategic priorities. A demonstrable ability to understand and apply relevant health and safety, safeguarding and data protection legislation and policy is important too, as are the analytical skills to use insight and evidence to present data, manage performance and improve services.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
 
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
 
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
 
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
 
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

The Children's Services (known as SISS at Guide Dogs) Operations Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading and managing a cross functional operations team of staff and volunteers working with adults, children and young people and their families to provide the consistent delivery of person-centred services in accordance with their needs. The successful candidate will manage a small team of Habilitation specialists, who are geographically spread across the North East. Our Habilitation specialists deliver a range of contracts predominantly to local authorities within the area.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential
· Proven experience of planning and delivering person-centred services to meet the needs of adults, children and young people with sight loss and their families.
· Extensive experience and proven ability to work safely with adults, children and young people with developed understanding of both child protection issues and the issues affecting all vulnerable groups.
· Experience of collaborative working in a multi-professional setting.
· Able to demonstrate experience of managing a complex operations environment where exceptional, customer-focused service delivery is achieved.
· Experience of handling safeguarding concerns within a service delivery setting. 

Desirable
· Project Management experience
· Experience of Rehabilitation practice and Habilitation Quality Standards
· Experience of professional supervision of staff working with children with complex needs. 
· Up to date with current policies, practice and thinking in the Education and/or Health and Social Care sector.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button on our careers site.

As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

This is a great opportunity to provide leadership and co-ordination across all of Muscular Dystrophy UK’s marketing and communications work and to develop and implement the MDUK brand.

Managing and co-ordinating a small expert team, you will support them and harness their expertise to continue raising awareness and the profile of the charity and its work, ensuring that more people know of us and recognise us as a source of support; and provide opportunities to convert this into support of the charity. You will evolve and oversee the processes and working practices the team has recently developed to help maximise their capacity and impact.

You will bring specific marketing expertise to the charity and will finalise and begin delivery of our new marketing strategy which aims to maximise recognition and understanding of the charity and deepen relationships with key audiences.

The role will provide engaging and motivating leadership, coaching, management and development of your direct reports and will work closely with the Director of Care, Communications & Support and with the other Heads in the directorate as part of the directorate Leadership Team. 

Applicants

The successful candidate should have:

• Demonstrable and extensive record of achievement at senior manager level in a high profile voluntary and/or public organisation
• Extensive brand development and strategic marketing experience across the whole marketing mix
• Extensive experience of raising the profile and reach of an organisation through integrated marketing and communication activity

Expectations in the role

• To manage the completion and delivery of the charity’s marketing strategy, working with colleagues across the charity to develop the supporter proposition and supporter journey
• To maintain strategic oversight of our external messaging and plan marketing in conjunction with colleagues
• To work with the Director of Care, Communications & Support to set and manage the Marketing & Communications department budget
• To ensure the smooth running of the marketing and communications function, effectively managing its processes and workflow and continuing to foster a culture of joined up collaborative working across the charity

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 70,000 children and adults in the UK.

Benefits

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, season ticket loan, ride to work scheme, health cash plan, and an employee assistance programme.

Location

This role is based at our office in Southwark, London with flexibility for home working 2-3 days a week. It is within a short walking distance of Southwark and Borough Tube stations. It is also a short distance from Waterloo Station, London Bridge Station and Blackfriars Station. We are also a 5 minute walk from the Tate Modern and Southbank, perfect place to go for lunch during the warm summer months.

In order to apply, please click on the Apply Now button and send your CV with a covering letter detailing why you are best suited for the role.

Please note interviews likely to be held w/c 1 November 2021.

*Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

Legacy Marketing Manager

Part Time 22.5 hours per week 

£30,000 - £34,000 (FTE) pro-rata (depending on experience)

Leatherhead KT22 0BN

(with some flexibility to agree working from home)

JOB PURPOSE

The QEF Engagement and Partnerships (E&P) team is based at Leatherhead Court. The team raise money to support all QEF services and the activities of the family of charities, through a combination of individual giving campaigns, legacies, events, community and corporate support, trusts and major gifts. 

Based within the Supporter Engagement & Legacies team in Leatherhead, Surrey, we’re looking for a passionate Legacy Marketing Manager to come and join our growing team. This role is responsible for implementing the legacy and in-memory strategy to increase growth of our legacy portfolio, introduce new supporters to the work of QEF and ensure pledgers, intenders and prospects are stewarded appropriately. Legacy stewardship and legacy marketing experience is essential.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a Legacy Marketing Manager to come and join us at a time when legacy and in-memory giving is currently relatively small at QEF, but the potential is large. In this role, you will be critical in running a first-class legacy and in-memory programme. There is also room to develop the current strategy.

This role is varied and you'll have an interesting remit, ranging from creating supporter journey’s to maximise legacy engagement to project managing the annual direct mail campaign (Will’s Week) to running legacy events to developing and delivering a training programme for colleagues.

ABOUT YOU

• You are passionate about your area of work
• Our Values and Behaviours inspire you
• You have experience of legacy marketing
• You have experience of legacy stewardship
• You have excellent communication skills
• You have experience in developing and implementing support journey programmes, events and direct marketing campaigns
• You have a proven track record in relationship management

BENEFITS

Being part of QEF means that you will be valued as a key member of a charity that is passionate about its work.  You’ll gain a sense of professional satisfaction from knowing that every day you have worked as a team to improve someone else's life. Whether you work in one of our client-facing services, or at the head office, you’ll never be far away from the inspiring journey of our service users.  In addition, you’ll receive:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)

• Pension and Life Assurance

• Westfield Healthcare Cash back scheme and shopping discounts

• Free on-site parking

• Range of training opportunities provided to ensure career development

FURTHER INFORMATION

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing date: 16th November 21

BEING PART OF QEF MEANS

• Actively participating in learning, development and feedback opportunities.
• Promoting QEF’s Equal Opportunities policy.
• Being an active team player.
• Being an ambassador of QEF’s Values and Behaviours.

DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER

• QEF is proud to be an equal opportunities employer
• We guarantee to interview all applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy and to consider each applicant on their ability to do the job
• Please contact HR if you require any reasonable adjustment(s) for the application process or interview stage

Deputy Shop Manager (Cheadle Hulme) (TRD3166)

About us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Oxfam Purpose

To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering 

Trading Purpose

To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering

About our Oxfam Shops

Open for business since 1948, Oxfam shops are at the heart of the charity and their community, raising vital funds and increasing public awareness of what we do. They are always guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness and focussed on making as much money as possible.

The Role of our Deputy Shop Managers

The main focus for the DSM will be the Cheadle Hulme online shop.

Commercially aware and constantly looking for new business opportunities, deputy shop managers motivate their teams and create a safe and energised work environment. They have high standards, a strong drive to achieve results and are accountable for their business.

The role of the deputy shop manager is empowered, varied, busy and gives the opportunity to work with some amazing people. Shop managers are pivotal for the success of our business and can make a real difference. Oxfam operates a volunteer operating model, in which volunteers are empowered to take over most of the tasks within the shop, including running the shop in the manager’s absence. 

Often the only paid member of staff, our managers and deputy managers are comfortable in this environment, really enjoy working with others and are great at delegating to their teams. Excellent communicators, they are creative, and always look for opportunities to attract new supporters every day.

Our Values and Commitment to Safeguarding 

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Key Skills and Competencies required

Significant leadership qualities and experience. (E)

• Ability to build, retain and develop a team. (E)
• Strong drive to achieve results through others. (E)
• Ability to delegate, coach and listen. (E)
• Enjoys working with people and has a friendly and approachable manner. (E)
• Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities. (E)
• Ability to demonstrate resilience to the everyday pressures that come with the role. (E)
• Excellent communication skills.(E)
• Ability to motivate self and others. (E)
• High level of motivation, enthusiasm and a sense of fun. (E)
• Open and adaptable to change and able to support others through it. (E)
• Commercial awareness and judgement. (D)
• Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising. (E)
• Ability to understand and interpret basic financial reports. (D)
• IT literacy and numeracy skills. (Using email systems and online resources; use and understand basic spreadsheets and word processing packages. Be aware of and be open to the role of social networking and ecommerce.) (E)
• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of diversity and gender rights (click here).  (E)
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles. (E)

How to apply 

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS), as this role involves unsupervised access to the above-mentioned groups.

For full information surrounding DBS and the vacancy, please view the full job description. 

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) are a community benefit society and cooperative, based in Birmingham, working to tackle inequality and promote community wellbeing. Our work with communities cuts across a wide range of policy agendas – from health and social care to transport and planning, community cohesion to climate action, jobs and skills to physical activity – and is increasingly recognised nationally as demonstrating best practice in reaching and supporting those from our most disadvantaged communities and achieving significant system and behaviour change.

As Communications Lead (Funding & Strategy Team) your role will be to help raise the profile of The Active Wellbeing Society with key strategic audiences, including through media engagement. You will have a proven track record of engaging with the media and high-profile stakeholders, working proactively to share stories and influence change across a wide range of policy areas.

Note from the hiring manager 'This role is suited to someone with a passion from tackling inequality and promoting community wellbeing, and a keen understanding of the social and political landscape in which we operate'.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

1. Build and maintain rapport and positive relationships with members of the media (local and national), drafting press releases, and responding to media requests

2. Act as our first point of contact for journalists and provide a professional, flexible and responsive service to the media

3. Support the organisations wider engagement strategy and working across departments to engage with key audiences

4. Oversee the development of our media strategy, identifying opportunities to promote and share stories

5. Maintain an in-depth, up-to-date knowledge of key issues and policies relevant to our work, including emergent thinking across wellbeing, community development, health and tackling inequality

6. Monitor national, regional and local trends, news and opportunities and provide regular internal briefings, making sure emerging issues are part of our thinking

7. Support and brief the senior leadership team in relation to policy positions and responses, and identify influencing opportunities

8. Draft and develop policy materials including briefings, documents, letters, reports and key messages, and ensure consistency of communication in organisational policy and public affairs messaging

9. Work with our marketing team to support digital content that engages strategic audiences and is aligned with our key messaging

10.Build our organisational profile with key strategic audiences online through social media engagement and content creation

11. Produce blog articles, reports, newsletters, and presentations, using appropriate design software

12. Work with the marketing team to maintain and update an organisational media library (photos, videos, stories and audio) in line with data protection/consent, including capturing/recording media where necessary

EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

1. Proven track record of proactively engaging with the media, in public relations/journalism

2. Experience of collaborating on or managing media projects to generate positive media coverage

3. A strong understanding of how the media works and what makes a good story

4. Strong knowledge of key policy areas relevant to our work, including understanding the barriers faced by our communities

5. Proven ability to assimilate new issues and areas quickly and make connections between different areas of policy and practice, to initiate and frame new agendas

6. A passion for tackling inequalities and promoting community wellbeing – and a strong understanding of the social and political landscape we operate in

7. Skilled at summarising complex ideas in writing – and ability to write, review and edit copy to a high standard

8. Experience in managing relationships with influential stakeholders both external (e.g., politicians, government officials and members of the press) and internal.

9. Experience of using social media in a professional context

10. Creative skills and a good idea for design (experience of using design software desirable)

11. Experience of working proactively, working on own initiative and as part of a team.

STAFF BENEFITS

• Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3 % employee contribution.
• Heath Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
• Death in Service – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
• Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days
• Flexible working
• Hybrid working options
• Bring your own device - £20 towards your phone bill monthly
• Fantastic volunteering opportunities within TAWS every month

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

Closing date: 25th October 2021

Due to the high numbers of applications we received for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP

Interview date: wk comm 1st November 2021

The organisation:

Girlguiding UK is the leading Charity for girls and young women in the UK. They empower 240,000 girls be their best and face the challenges of growing up today. Supported by 80,000 volunteers, they have been doing this through adventure, friendship and fun for over 100 years.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with Girlguiding UK to recruit a Communications Lead to join is busy team.

The role:

The charity has begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of its organisation. They are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase their reach and impact; and to increase the support they offer their amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

The team and this person in particular will be responsible for delivering engaging campaigns, ensuring the strategic plan and annual business plan is implemented and understood by membership. This role is a key role within the team with a remit to lead the implementation of an ambitious membership strategy - to deliver excellent communications to Girlguiding's community that drives behaviour change and pride, as well as retention for volunteers and girls. This is a great opportunity to join a passionate team and directorate and take a lead role in supporting a UK youth organisation in sharing and shaping important messaging about the valuable role of volunteers and the work they do to support girls and young women.

The person:

We are looking for an experienced communications professional used to multiple audience and stakeholder communications at all levels, to join an enthusiastic Communications team. This person will need to have demonstrable experience of managing multi-faceted and complex communications projects across a range of channels, creating and developing compelling content, a good eye for design, producing newsletters and/or (online) magazines or blogs in addition to website development and e-marketing. Creative, solutions driven, firm, diplomatic and resilient, this person will be an excellent creative writer, will be highly organised and skilled at leading and inspiring others by example.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding's young members may be women only, the staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

The Digital Communications Officer will develop, implement and manage our websites, social media and email engagement activity in line with the wider digital communications and engagement strategy, and wider organisational objectives. The role will work closely with services to provide service delivery content across the organisation. The role will manage the relationship with our Email Service Provider (ESP) and provide platform management.

The will role include supporting bids and tender applications for new work, including writing, project management and collating and presenting data and visuals.

Additionally, the post holder will support key organisational stakeholder events and publications. The events might be delivered in a virtual context, attended in person or possibly a hybrid model. The role will also include supporting statutory, trusts and foundations and corporate fundraising by ensuring content within our supporter database, Donorfy, is up to date.

This role will report into the Associate Director of Fundraising and Communications.

CCS Adoption is a Voluntary Adoption Agency and registered charity. Continuously Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (for over 10 years), we find permanent, loving homes for children who are waiting to be adopted. We also offer a wide range of post-adoption support services for adoptive families in the region through The Centre for Adoption Support & Education. We are committed to maintaining this high level of performance and developing further the innovative services we provide for children and adoptive families.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Adoption Social Worker at CCS. The posts are based in our Bristol office, covering Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bath, Bristol, Swindon and South Wales.

The post holder will be 3 years qualified Social Worker preferably with adoption experience, who will be undertaking adoption assessment and making and supporting placements as well as contributing to all aspects of the Agency’s adoption service. This will include recruitment activities, family finding, Post adoption Support, assisting on training.

Opportunity for creativity and innovative practice is encouraged and welcomed.

We provide a range of generous staff benefits:

25 annual leave days, statutory bank holidays plus additional 2 days over Easter, an additional day in May and the office is closed between Christmas and New Year. As an employer we take the Well-being of our staff seriously, we also provide access to the Cycle to Work, Eye care schemes and an Employee Assistance Programme.

CCS values itself on being an inclusive employer, committed to developing a diverse workforce and looking for people who can demonstrate dedication to our cause and core organisational values.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and continue to celebrate the diverse community that different individuals create.

You can find the full CCS Equal Opportunities policy on our website