Key responsibilities
Service user support

• Manage a caseload of learning4living service users on their support journey with the Hope Centre.
• Carry out holistic needs assessment to capture individual learning/support needs for the service users’ employability pathway and action planning to ensure support needs are managed
• Ensure service user remain motivated to engage and their involvement is person-centred
• Listening to service users and encouraging positive steps towards personal development.
• Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to service users regarding their employability pathway and general support needs
• Regularly reviewing and reporting findings of caseloads to Skills and Employability Lead.
• Advocate for service users with internal and external services to ensure service users are engaging with the right support services and referrals to such services are appropriate
• Complete full, detailed and accurate records on the database.
• Complete relevant employability service and funding paperwork to required standards.
• Carry out regular progress reviews with service users.
• Ensure internal and external colleagues are kept up-to-date with service users engagement and progress.

Training design/delivery and group facilitation

• Design relevant groups and training resources (including Employability)– to include (where necessary) lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations and training handouts.
• Ensure all training & group materials are consistent with recognised learning standards.
• Support in the training of  other staff/volunteers to deliver training courses and facilitate groups
• Work with volunteers to ensure that learning support is available for identified learners during training and workshops.
• Keep accurate registers of all lifeskills/training sessions delivered and report any concerns with learner attendance or progress on the database and to the Service Manager
• Deliver engaging and interactive training sessions and groups
• Ensure all preparation is completed prior to training/group sessions – including printing of all relevant paperwork and delivery area set up correctly in advance.

General

• All information must be maintained within GDPR regulations and maintains confidentiality.
• Always maintain professional boundaries with service users.
• To ensure that all mandatory training is complete within specified timelines
• To update knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures and report any concerns timely and as per policy
• To be an active and effective team member.
• To work some hours outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends).
• At all times to carry out every aspect of your duties with due regard to Northampton Hope Centre’s policies and procedures.
• To offer support and guidance to volunteers within the service
• To maintain a professional level of communication at all times.
• To keep clear records and plans of all contacts with service users, professionals and meetings with external agencies.
• Undertake other duties as may be reasonably determined by the Service Managers, Head of Service Delivery, the CEO or Board of Trustees.
• To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help identifying your own job-related development and training needs.
• To adhere to the relevant health and safety requirements at all times and ensure registration of all visitors, volunteers and service users on site.

Administrative

• To raise and maintain service user records in terms of attendance to workshops and as required for case management.
• To complete and file required records in line with the requirements from external funding bodies.
• To record, monitor and report on service user progress and outcomes.
• To attend staff meetings as and when required.
• To attend relevant training sessions and courses.

To carry out other reasonable tasks as requested by the Skills and Employability Lead or Head of Service Delivery.

Service Objectives 

• To support service users in identifying realistic job/career choices and plan a pathway to getting back into work and (or) engaging in meaningful activity and life skills
• To provide service users with the tools and knowledge to independently seek employment/volunteering/learning opportunities.
• To support engagement in and delivery of Hope Centre’s ‘life skills’ programme of activities
• To deliver essential work skills training for sustainable employment.
• To support recent and relevant competency-based work experience.
• To provide opportunities to connect with local agencies, businesses, and charity partners to move service users closer to secure paid employment, learning or long-term volunteering.
• To work holistically with users of the service, focusing on an improvement in confidence and self-esteem and progress towards personal objectives
• To offer preventative support to stop a cycle of homelessness / poverty, supporting personal growth
• To work cohesively with other internal service delivery, including specialist Mental Health & Substance Misuse teams

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential Criteria

• L2 English and Maths
• Evidence of continual professional development

Desirable Criteria

• L3 or above Education or Training qualification (or willingness to complete)
• Education assessor or verifier certification
• First aid Certificate

Knowledge
Essential Criteria

• Good understanding and awareness of housing and homelessness issues
• Understanding of how mental health and substance misuse may impact on ability to seek and sustain employment
• Understanding of the barriers to employment for those who have experienced homelessness or are living in food poverty
• Understanding of risk assessment and risk management in working with vulnerable adults
• Knoweldge and understanding of safeguarding procedures and reporting any relevant issues in a timely manner.

Desirable Criteria

• Understanding of the principles of coaching and mentoring in supporting independent choice and overcoming barriers 

Experience
Essential Criteria

• Have experience of working in an advice and guidance setting, recruitment or support work setting
• Experience of preparing service users for work and training
• Experience of developing and sustaining effective working relationships with, and working successfully in partnership with, other services and organisations
• Experience of training design and delivery
• Experience of designing workshops around homelessness, employability or independent living and facilitating groups

Desirable Criteria

• Have experience of delivering career advice or progression
• Have experience of training and risk assessment in working with service users with vulnerabilities/long term unemployed
• Experience within a challenging, target driven work environment specifically within a mental health, substance misuse or employability skills setting
• Awareness of local services

Skills & Abilities
Essential Criteria

• Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent negotiating and advocacy skills, and the drive and commitment to achieve positive outcomes for service users
• The ability to communicate effectively, both across all levels of the organisation, and with external stakeholders
• Ability to take control and responsibility for stressful, disruptive or highly-charged situations, calling on emergency services when required.
• Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and work well under pressure, prioritise work and meet tight deadlines
• Empathetic and able to relate to staff, volunteers, service users and external agencies
• To keep composure in the face of emergency and unexpected events
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of using motivational Interviewing techniques

Practical
Essential Criteria

• Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, with proven ability to input and extract information and produce reports
• Willingness to complete Enhanced DBS

Desirable Criteria

• Full clean driving licence

Closing date of application if 28/10/2021.

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.

We’re looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Risk and Compliance Manager, to bring expertise and capacity to our new Corporate Planning, Governance and Assurance team. We’ve recently been reviewing our risk management, assurance and compliance arrangements, and have established this new role to take forward our work in these areas, and to strengthen and embed our policies, processes and practices.

About the role
As our Risk and Compliance Manager, you will co-ordinate, guide, challenge and support our leaders and teams to ensure that we’re effectively managing our risks, and that we’re compliant with relevant legislation, regulation, and best practice. Through your work, you will develop and refine the policies and processes that we have in place to manage risk and compliance. The work that you do will provide the senior management team and our trustees with assurance that these arrangements are appropriate and robust.

About you
To be successful in this role you will bring experience of successfully supporting the development and implementation of organisational-wide risk management frameworks, tools and controls. You’ll have a strong ability to articulate, assess and interpret risk, and to support others to do this too. You’ll have an understanding of the charity sector and the regulations within which we operate. And you will be a great communicator, confident to engage and collaborate with people in all roles and functions.  

We want Crisis to be an inclusive employer which then reflects our members and the communities we work in. We want to offer opportunities to everyone regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, class or age. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Working at Crisis
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 ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

We have 5 staff diversity networks which include Black, Asian and Ethnic people, LGBTQ+ people, those with Lived Experience of Homelessness, Women at Crisis and Disability Awareness.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 7th November 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held between the 12th and 17th November
 
Accessibility
We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website.
 
 Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We have a vacancy for a Team Administrator with specialism in Governance to join us on a full time permanent basis.

The role of Team Administrator – Governance is designed to provide professional and high-quality support to our nine key governance forums and trustee meetings.

The role includes organising meetings, issuing meeting invites and being the point of contact for queries from external stakeholders/partners. A large proportion of the job is taking and drafting minutes, reviewing  the drafts with the Chair of the respective governance meeting, distributing the minutes to governance meeting members / trustees and following up on key actions arising in readiness for the subsequent meeting.

Another important aspect of this specialism is to act as the point of contact for our key stakeholders and trustees including head teachers and governors of our Church schools and representative of our multi-academy trusts.

It should be noted that many of the meetings take place outside of normal office hours, so some flexibility will be required for evening or very occasional weekend meetings.

We welcome applications from all suitable candidates including those independent of the church, and for clarification, this role does not carry a Genuine Occupational Requirement to be a Christian or person of faith.

To the successful candidate, we offer a salary which is competitive within the charity sector, a very generous non-contributory pension scheme, and a modern open plan office environment with free onsite parking for when you are not working flexibly from home.

If you feel excited about being part of this team, have extensive administration experience (particularly in detailed and accurate minute taking), work with an efficient and organised style delivering a confidential and professional service, we would very much welcome an application from you.

The full role details including job description and person specification can be found in the attached application pack. There is also contact details for the line manager of the role, Mia Elliott, Office & Facilities Manager, who would be delighted to answer any questions you may have.

Your application should consist of a completed application form and supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Midnight on 31 October 2021 and the application should be sent by email - details of the address are in the pack and at the end of the application form.

We look forward to hearing from you!

This is an exciting time to join APIL’s executive committee members who are committed to injured people. You will help to deliver key aspects of our challenging and visionary new strategic plan, ‘Building a Brighter Future for Injured People’.

We want to build a larger and more diverse community of lawyers committed to injured people. We strive to do our best for our members so that they are happy, engaged advocates of our Association, committed to excellence through ongoing professional development.

About APIL

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has been fighting for the rights of injured people since 1990. A not-for-profit campaign organisation, APIL’s 3,000 + member lawyers (mainly solicitors, barristers and legal executives) are committed to protecting and enhancing access to justice, improving the services provided for victims of personal injury, and campaigning to change the law wherever appropriate.

Over the years APIL has grown to become the leading, most respected organisation in this field, constantly working to promote and develop expertise in the practise of personal injury law, for the benefit of injured people.

As a unique voice for injured people it is essential that, as the beneficiaries of our campaigning work, they have a say in what we do and how we do it. Therefore in 2021 we brought forward a special resolution to enable lay persons to join the Executive Committee alongside lawyers.

About the role

We are looking to recruit our first Lay EC Member this year. The term of office is three years, with the possibility of an extension to that term, at the discretion of the EC.

Remuneration is an honorarium of £500 per EC meeting (4 x EC meetings a year); plus expenses in accordance with APIL’s travel and subsistence policy.

APIL holds four executive committee meetings a year, currently in virtual format. It is envisaged that the meetings will move to a hybrid format when safety permits. In addition, the Lay EC member will be expected to assist with some working parties convened to work on and/or respond to government consultations or other policy areas of work.

Person Specification

We are particularly interested in candidates who fit the following criteria:

Essential

• Has experienced personal injury, either to themselves or members of their family;
• A commitment to APIL’s aims and objectives;
• Good, independent judgement and the ability to think creatively;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Strategic and forward-looking vision in relation to APIL’s aims and objectives;
• Active commitment to equality and diversity;

• Not a personal injury lawyer;
• Free from conflicts of interest.

Desirable

• Has knowledge of and experience with the not-for-profit sector.
• Has experience of working within a committee structure;
• Demonstrates skills which are of assistance to the association.

We are looking for an individual who shares our vision for the future to help injured people not only within the litigation process, but in respect of rehabilitation and injury prevention. We are also keen to broaden the diversity of the EC to include people from a range of backgrounds and different life experiences, who support our commitment to equality and diversity.

The closing date for applications is 5 pm Friday 29th October 2021.

To apply, please download our recruitment pack and recruitment monitoring form from this site and submit:

1. A detailed CV of no more than 2,000 words;
2. A supporting statement, of no more than 500 words, describing how you meet the criteria in the Person Specification outlined in the recruitment pack. Please provide examples of where your knowledge and experience match the required criteria;
3. Full contact details for two referees;
4. Completed recruitment monitoring form,

Project Administrator

Part Time - 21 hours per week

£19,704 to £22,605, pro-rata, per annum

Fixed term until 31st December 2023

Closing date: noon Monday 1st November 2021

Interview date: Thursday 11th November 2021, via Zoom

The Diocese of Manchester is the Church of England in Bolton, Bury, Leigh, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and parts of Rossendale, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford. To find out more about the unique make-up of the diocese and its diverse activities, please visit our website.

We are seeking a well-organised, adaptable and professional administrator to join our Strategy team.  The successful candidate will work closely with the Strategic Programme Director providing a wide range of administrative support for the effective governance and delivery of funded projects.

The post holder will be experienced in office administration and able to prioritise their work, with good attention to detail and excellent IT and minute-taking skills.  They should be comfortable dealing with a diverse range of people, including clergy, laity and other members of the diocese.

Although experience of working within the Church of England is not required, the post holder should be sympathetic to the aims and values of the Church.

The role is based at Church House, 90 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2GH.  However, there is the possibility of a move to Bury in 2023.

Benefits include generous annual leave: 22 days plus public holidays and 3 additional allotted days.  This rises to 25 days after 12 months’ service.  There is automatic enrolment into a Church Worker’s pension scheme and the support services of the Employee Assistance Programme.

Please click the APPLY button for application form.  Full job description/person specification are attached below.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND POLICY PROFESSIONAL TO JOIN OUR ORGANISATION IN A NEWLY CREATED SENIOR MANAGEMENT ROLE 

Role:       Head of External Affairs and Policy 

Salary:   £46,000 - £53,000 per annum based on experience 

Location:   Advance Head Office in Hammersmith with some travel across London and South/East England to other Advance sites

Contract:   Permanent

Hours:    Full time; 35 hours per week 

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check

About Advance

Advance is a national women’s organisation established in 1998 which empowers women and girls to lead safe, violence-free, equal lives so that they can flourish in the community. We do this through our mission of saving and changing lives, by working with women who experience domestic abuse to be safe and lead the lives they choose, and women who have committed crime or are at risk of offending to break the cycle.

Our approach is holistic and centred on the survivor, working with them to develop a safety and support plan that responds to their needs and empowers them, on the often-long journey to recovery from the trauma of their experiences. Our services reach over 8000 women and children annually across England, with an annual income of £6m and 125 staff.  Our values are to listen, empowerment, collaboration, innovation and accountability. 

Advance evokes systemic change by engaging with professionals within statutory agencies, including commissioners and policymakers, to deliver sustainable impact for women. Through a coordinated community response, we work in partnership with over twenty charities, as well as regional and national government to develop innovative responses and influence policy.

The role

You will join Advance at an exciting time of growth and development for the organisation. You will lead a new division for Advance, established to maximise our impact and engage with the community and stakeholders to raise awareness of violence against women and girls in line with our strategy. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and influence our organisational approach, working with the Senior Leadership Team and key partners across the sector to ensure the voices of our service users are amplified and given the narrative they deserve. 

You will lead the policy influencing function, develop, drive and deliver communications and influencing campaigns and build partnerships with and beyond our immediate sector to secure influencing goals. A strong relationships builder, you will engage effectively with senior policymakers (ministers, special advisers, civil servants, commentators) and ensure that our strategy is led by expert policy information. Working with the Evidence and Insights team, you will ensure the communication of Advance’s impact and improved outcomes for women to internal and external stakeholders in innovative and engaging ways. 

What you will bring:

• An excellent track record in policy influencing and strong political and media contacts. 
• Exceptional relationship building skills as you strive to enhance our influence and the profile of our work across the UK, as well as maintain strong relationships with our partners across the voluntary and statutory sector nationally.
• Experience of leading and developing people
• Demonstrable experience of liaising with press and high-profile partners
• A knowledge and understanding of UK social policy, specifically domestic abuse and child protection policy is highly desirable. 
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, writing and presentation skills
• A passion for the women’s sector and commitment to effecting lasting social change

What we offer:

• 30 days holiday plus public holidays, and a day off for International Women’s Day 
• Pension scheme 
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Various forms of wellbeing support 
• Organisation wide away days
• The opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience and grow your career

To apply: Please submit your CV along with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role and detailing your interest in the position. 

Applications close on Sunday 7th November 2021

Our Centre of Excellence, delivered in partnership with NCFE, is the first of its kind launched in the UK in 2020, and cited in the Government’s Skills for Jobs white paper as being a high-quality development programme. The programme draws on our unique insights into global skills systems to over 80 countries and nations to mainstream excellence in skills development. Through our partnership with NCFE, we are transferring innovations in teaching and training to educators, influencing standards of practice across technical and vocational education and training (TVET).

Central to the programme is our team of High-Performance Skills Coaches, who lead the development and delivery of a transformative workforce development programme drawing from a global network of experts. They train, coach and mentor educators across various institutions to supercharge the quality of teaching, training, and assessment, embedding world-class practices and techniques.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build on their industry expertise in digital skills, engineering and manufacturing or green technology and their experience in TVET, by having access to a global network of experts and a mandate to bring that learning back into the UK.

The successful candidate will also receive professional development through training, coaching and mentoring to support them in the role of High-Performance Skills Coach.

At WorldSkills UK, we have big ambitions to help the next generation, our education system, and the economy.

We are working to help create a world-class further education system that tackles vocational snobbery head on, so more young people get better opportunities and are not written off because going to university isn’t right for them.

We are working to showcase that the WorldSkills UK way of mainstreaming global best practice is working to drive up standards in training, helping more young people and employers succeed.

We are working to help create a more inclusive skills system that gives more young people from diverse backgrounds a better chance of success in work and life.

We are a unique platform working with leaders in education, business and governments across the UK and our partners across the world.

As an employer ourselves we aim to be truly inclusive, offering a hybrid and collaborative working culture. We pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and are happy to discuss flexible working options with suitable candidates. Although operating from a London-based headquarters, we welcome applications from candidates across the UK and will always consider requests to work from other locations on a case-by-case basis subject to business requirements.

Join us, if you are ambitious to shape the future of further education, change lives and help create a world-class skills economy for the UK. Because when young people succeed, we all succeed.

WorldSkills UK is an independent charity and a partnership between employers, education, and governments. Together, we are using international best practice to raise standards in apprenticeships and technical education so more young people and employers succeed.

We are a proud member of WorldSkills, a global movement of over 80 countries. WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment and benchmarking, with members’ national teams ultimately testing their ability to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills olympics’. The insights we gain from training as part of this global network help us raise standards across the UK.

At WorldSkills UK we strongly value equity, diversity and inclusion and recognise that it is critical to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. WorldSkills UK is an equal opportunities employer that encourages applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those from diverse groups, such as women, members of the BAME and LGBTQ+ communities, to join us as at WorldSkills UK.

We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee interviews to all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies, and we are committed to making reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process for candidates to perform to the best of their ability.

Community Hub Development Advisor- Children & Young People Engagement

To lead on supporting community hubs in identified locations to develop positive activities rooted in the voice of local CYP, as part of the work in the diocesan priorities of: Transforming lives and communities, collaborative leadership and discipleship and evangelism

Rationale: Young people across the diocese express a desire to discuss big issues, explore their worldview and have opportunities to develop supportive relationships with trusted adults and peers. This post will provide practical support, through the community hub model to:

• Support young people’s engagement in social justice and mission opportunities.
• Enable parishes and schools to work in their communities to provide meaningful opportunities for young people to explore and develop faith and for personal and spiritual development and reflective practice.

Develop community and school based support that meet needs of children and young people and creates a culture of instinctive engagement with CYP

Community Hub Development Advisor- Children & Young People's Mental Health & Well Being

To lead on the development of local initiatives that support CYP mental health and wellbeing in community hub locations. As part of the work in the diocesan priorities of Transforming lives and communities, collaborative leadership and discipleship and evangelism.

Rationale: Young people across the diocese express a desire to discuss big issues, explore their worldview and have opportunities to develop supportive relationships with trusted adults and peers. This post will provide practical support, through the community hub model to:

• Enable parishes and schools to work in their communities to provide meaningful opportunities for young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing and develop a strong holistic culture of MHWB.
•  Support young people’s engagement in personal and spiritual development and reflective practice.

Develop community and school based support that meet needs of children and young people and creates a culture of instinctive engagement with CYP

Examinations Policy and Quality Assistant
Aldgate, London
Full-time, 35 hours per week

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join a Royal Medical College in the Exams Department. The role is responsible for supporting examination development, policy revision, the provision of feedback to candidates, and analysis of examination results.

If you enjoy working in a small team, have great communication skills with an eye for detail, and have policy or quality assurance experience, this is an ideal role for you. 

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development and implementation of new and revised examinations
• Work with other regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council, the National School for Healthcare Sciences, and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences on the development of examinations
• Analyse College examinations results and produce statistical reports for the Examinations Committee
• Monitor and suggest improvements to quality assurance processes
• Provide candidates with feedback on their examinations
• Respond to and implement requests from candidates requiring reasonable adjustments to their examination
• Work on developing the department’s social media strategy

Pathology is at the heart of modern healthcare. Pathologists work to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor diseases and are involved in the diagnosis of disorders affecting every organ of the body, from before birth to after death. The majority of tests requested by doctors will be performed and interpreted by a clinical scientist or medically qualified pathologist. 

The Royal College of Pathologists is a professional membership organisation with over 11,000 members who are doctors and scientists working in hospitals, universities and laboratories in the UK and overseas. We work with pathologists at every stage of their career – from setting curricula, organising training and running exams, to approving job descriptions, publishing best-practice guidance and providing continuing professional development. 

We offer attractive staff benefits including 25 days annual leave rising with length of service, enhanced employer contributions to pension scheme, an employee discount scheme, and season ticket loans, as well as a cycle to work scheme.  The College values diversity, welcoming applications for all members of society.

Please submit your CV and a completed Supporting Information Form with your application, in order to be considered for the role. Further information can be found on our website when you click to apply.

Please note that applications will be considered on an ongoing basis, and candidates may be contacted before the closing date.

The closing date for applications is 9am 3 November 2021. 

Please note that all staff are currently working remotely and the interviews will be carried out online through video calls.

TERMS: Full time. One-year fixed term contract (maternity cover) to start mid/end of January 2022. 

LOCATION: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation.

We are looking for a Head of Policy Engagement and Communications to join us at this exciting time, for a one-year maternity cover role. This role would be suitable for someone looking to step into a leadership role or further develop experience of organisational and programmatic communications, and someone ready to lead on significant projects that you will develop, shape and add your own unique stamp to during your time with us.

In this role you will lead the communications and engagement function within Elrha managing the Policy Engagement and Communications team. You will play a key role in supporting the development of Elrha’s brand and policy narrative to showcase our impact and influence. You will also actively contribute in extending our reach and audience engagement, so our research and innovation activities can make a difference to people living in crisis settings. You will be joining an ambitions team at a time of new opportunity within Elrha, as we embark on developing our new strategy.

You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work, so to be successful, you will need to be flexible, creative, and work well in a constantly changing environment. You will bring with you [TMdA1] exceptional influencing and negotiation skills, and experience of managing a high performing team. You will advocate for diversity, authenticity and accessibility at the heart of all our communications.

In addition, you will also:

• Be a passionate and strategic communicator, who can translate and communicate a clear vision, mission and purpose, and bring others with you
• Influence and shape outputs and activities to have the greatest impact, by understanding audiences and stakeholder messaging
• Be solutions focused and creative in your approach to how things are done
• Be collaborative and inclusive, able to build strong and mutual beneficial working relationships
• Be a source of solid judgement, counsel and advice, able to mitigate and manage reputational risks

If you are passionate about using your communications skills and experience to support the humanitarian community and those affected by crises, and you are looking for a new challenge, then join us to help create positive change in the humanitarian sector - and we will give you every opportunity to succeed.

Please review the full job description for further details. Please ensure you tailor your CV to highlight appropriate skills and experience to the role and complete the personal statement to explain how you think you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is the next career move for you.

About Elrha

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach. We’re an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.

Elrha is a wholly owned subsidiary of Save the Children. We are able to benefit from a range of support services provided by Save the Children UK, including recruitment systems. For this reason, you will be directed to Save the Children UK’s job portal upon clicking ‘apply’.

Remote Working

Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In early 2022 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Salaries and benefits

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees are normally appointed at the bottom of the grade; however, the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role when this exceeds our expectations. Elrha is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.

Elrha also has a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday entitlement which increases year on year, up to 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution) and life cover.

Pre-employment Checks

We have a responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the right to work in the UK before and during their employment. Proof of right to work will not be undertaken at the initial stage but all necessary checks to confirm the eligibility to work in the UK will take place prior to employment.

Any Employment with Elrha will also be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references

Closing date: 31 October 2021
Interviews: Week commencing 8 November 2021.

Company Secretary and Administrative Officer

Our Company Secretary and Administrative Officer will ensure the smooth and proper legal functioning and administration of the Crystal Palace Park Trust, making sure that necessary reporting is carried out, in particular to ensure proper compliance with Companies House and Charitable Commission requirements. The post will also  manage the Trust’s essential databases and policy documents and keep records and minutes of Trust meetings.

The successful candidate will report to our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will make sure the Trust’s governance and administration are managed legally, smoothly and efficiently. The Trust is a new start up charity and the role will require a willingness to engage at all levels and the enthusiasm to drive the business forward in a flexible manner.

If you are a graduate with excellent writing and communications skills, are well organised, tech savvy, numerate and want to be part of an exciting new charity, focused on benefiting the local community and an historic park, this is a brilliant opportunity to utilise your expertise and knowledge, and we are interested in hearing from you.

The deadline for applications is 5:00pm on 15 November 2021.

We are a 'flexible working' employer with a passion for safeguarding. We welcome applications from candidates independent of the church, as this role does not carry a Genuine Occupational Requirement to be a Christian or person of faith.

A small but passionate team who believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and is at the heart of all that we do.  We are on a journey, taking all possible steps to ensure that our churches and worshipping communities are truly a place where all are safe and can flourish. 

The Diocesan Safeguarding team, play a key role in promoting a culture of safeguarding across the Diocese of Guildford through communications, management of incidents and cases, training and DBS activity. 

The primary purpose of the Safeguarding Caseworker role is to assist the safeguarding case work in parishes and safeguarding agreement reviews as directed by the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor. Casework will often involve investigation and on occasions the interview of complainants and respondents. The role also includes providing advice and assistance to parishes on safeguarding issues, cases and incidents, ensuring that all advice is in line with the law, government guidance and the Church of England safeguarding policies and practice guidance. For this reason, we are particularly keen to meet with you if you are an omnicompetent applicant with broad experience including exposure to working with victims/ survivors and with those whose behaviours pose a risk.

The role is a busy and varied one, in which every day is different. It is for 21 - 28 hours per week (negotiable) with some out of hours support and will require travelling around the diocese to support parishes and their teams. We have a flexible working policy and can accommodate home working for a proportion of the week.

The salary is £33 – 35K per annum full time equivalent, and there is a very generous non-contributory pension scheme.

The full details including job description and person specification can be found in the application pack on our website, and for an informal discussion about this role, please do not hesitate to contact Jane Huttly, Safeguarding Manager whose details can be found in the application pack. 

Your application should consist of a completed application form and supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Midnight on 31 October 2021 for full details of where to pick up the application form and where to send it into, please follow the link to our website.

The Business Support Manager is a post that is central to the success of Youth First as we look to grow. Alongside the CEO, Deputy CEO, Director of Operations and Operations Managers (responsible for targeted and universal services to young people) you will form part of Youth First’s Senior Management Team. You will provide leadership and management to Youth First’s back-office function enabling us to provide the best possible service to the thousands of young people who will be supported by Youth First.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about making a positive difference within society, a problem solver who enjoys a fast paced and varied working environment with;

• excellent communication skills
• administrative experience within the business or the not-for-profit sector
• experience and working knowledge of HR processes
• experience of line management
• a good understanding of systems including MS Office

What you can expect

Youth First will give you the opportunity to advance your skills

• Flexible working
• Excellent pension package with Standard Life
• Competitive salary
• 26 days holiday per year plus bank holidays – pro rata for part time employees
• Committed management team giving continuous support
• High performance is recognised and rewarded
• Training courses in a variety of topics
• Cycle to work scheme
• Computer loan scheme
• Employee Forums
• Employee Excellence Award
• Diverse workforce
• Staff socials

Healthwatch Essex are looking for a Research Manager to lead the research team and form part of the senior management team. The Research Team designs, conducts and disseminates research on people’s lived experiences of health and social care to inform local policy and practice. We work closely with stakeholders from the NHS, local authorities, universities, and voluntary and community organisations to help shape and improve the quality of care and user involvement.

Recent studies include men’s experiences of living with obesity, employment and volunteering experiences amongst people with learning disabilities, and mental health and suicide risk amongst middle-aged men.

Healthwatch Essex is an award-winning charity that aims to influence the future of the NHS and social care, formed as result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Government’s aim of ‘putting patients and the public first’.

One of the ways we do this is by using innovative research methodologies designed to access in-depth accounts of patient, service-user, carer, and professional experiences of health and care. Our team comprises professional staff as well as a thriving network of volunteers and a Board of Trustees.

Our work is primarily grant funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, via Essex County Council, and we also undertake commissioned work. 

The post holder will hold, or be close to completing, a relevant PhD and have expertise in applied social science research methods, preferably in health and social care. It is expected that the output of the research will be of sufficiently high standard to make Healthwatch Essex visible on a national scale, competing alongside comparable charities, think tanks, universities and private-sector research consultancies.

This includes the publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as our own highly regarded reports and other outputs.

The Role 

To ensure that each research project:

• is appropriately designed, planned, implemented, completed and presented in line with Healthwatch Essex’s strategic priorities  
• uses appropriate research methods 
• has received appropriate research ethics approval, and complies with other Healthwatch Essex policies and procedures, such as equality and diversity and safeguarding;  is completed on time. 

Supervise and manage Healthwatch Essex research staff which includes professional oversight and responsibility for all research activities and provision of appropriate informal training to support research staff.

To work with the CEO, senior management team, staff and volunteers to ensure that all those involved in Healthwatch Essex research activities are well-briefed and knowledgeable about ongoing and future research projects.

Keep abreast of research methods, policy developments and issues within local and national health and social care, and to work with the CEO, senior management team, staff members and volunteers to ensure that Healthwatch Essex’s research carries contemporary academic relevance and meaningful impact. 

Disseminate Healthwatch Essex research projects to relevant health and social care audiences, Healthwatch England, partners within the statutory and voluntary sectors, think tanks, and to work with the communications manager to strategically and appropriately liaise with local and national media.

Develop and maintain effective networks and relationships across the health and social care sector

As a member of the senior management team, the post holder will work with the CEO and senior management team to develop and implement quarterly reviewed operational plans and budgets.