Senior Development Worker – Mental Health Crisis Alternatives

This is an exciting new role and the successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting communities to provide an alternative to crisis support. This is a role that requires an understanding of mental health challenges and would be an opportunity to work at a senior level to develop new services across Derby and Derbyshire. We require someone with excellent interpersonal skills, a track record in community development and some knowledge of the mental health voluntary sector would be desirable.

37 hours, including some weekend and evening working

Salary: £31.746.00 -  12 month contract (possible extension subject to external funding and review)

We need a new senior development worker who will support the development of pathways for supporting delivery of Crisis alternatives across a wide range of stakeholders.

You will need excellent communication skills, and an aptitude for learning. You must be self motivated and able to work independently within an agreed framework. You will be self-supporting so must be fully computer literate. You will need to be able to work flexible hours and to travel across Derby and Derbyshire.  Posts will be based at our office in Long Eaton.  

The post is initially for a one-year contract (possible extension subject to external funding and review)

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  9^th February 2022 4PM.

INTERVIEW DATE: 16^th February 2022

About the role

Are you an experienced prospect researcher, who is passionate about connecting donors with opportunities to make a significant difference to students, researchers and society?

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and successful team in the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) as a member of the Development Services team. This role is one of a number of new positions that will be advertised in the coming months, making it an exciting time to join. The post holder will play a central role in the team’s success during this period of growing investment, with significant opportunity to contribute to the future direction of our hybrid-working team.

Starting in our centenary year, you will play a transformative role by delivering a pro-active research service, identifying new potential sources of major gifts and continuing to keep the portfolio of current and prospective supporters up-to-date. You will work closely with the Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement teams to match supporter motivations with opportunities to be engaged with the University through philanthropy, volunteering and advocacy, supporting strategic university priorities.

About you

You will have strong organisation and communication skills, with attention to detail and the ability to solve problems independently. You will possess the necessary experience to continually refine and improve processes while managing and inspiring other members of the Prospect Development team. We are looking for someone who is composed, collaborative, thrives in a fast-paced environment and shares in the team’s success.

Additional information

For informal enquiries, please contact Stephen Jones, Senior Development Manager (Fundraising Intelligence).

Closing date: 13 February 2022.

We expect interviews to take place week commencing 21 February 2022.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

The University’s professional services, including DARO, have adopted a hybrid working model, which blends remote and campus-based working. There is flexibility in the balance between home-based working (UK) and working from our brand new WorkSmart spaces on campus according to job role and personal preference. Semi-regular attendance on campus is required for this role.

We are an organisation with exciting people ambitions looking to appoint a Business Partner- Policy and Change on a one year appointment, with a possible view to extension or permanency. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference and, if you are an experienced Human Resource professional who would enjoy sharing their expertise and leadership across an emerging international Human Resource team, then we would like to hear from you.

About the role
As our HR Business Partner- Policy and Projects, your role will sit within our wider Global People and Culture Unit, and will work across a number of areas to facilitate the people agenda in support of the achievement of our strategic business plan.
You will help support the global HR team in their delivery across the full range of HR people matters and will be responsible for the overall delivery of day to day Human Resources in the UK. As well as focusing on building operational excellence, a key focus will be to lead on policy development, and to design new ways of working, which encourage purposeful integration and collaboration across our global organisation. In addition, to contributing to the delivery of a broad range of strategic projects, and leading and implementing key activities arising out of these projects.
It will also provide strategic and operational expertise and leadership in partnering, coaching and supporting UK teams in building capabilities which support and facilitate a high-performance culture in achievement of our global change ambitions. In addition to lending support to our emerging Global HR teams to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and deliver on our strategic objectives relating to People and Culture.
The role offers a unique opportunity to play a key role in helping to build a strong Human Resource infrastructure across a range of geographies and cultures. Covering the UK and our regional country offices, this is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to have operational responsibilities in support of the organisation’s strategic ambition to put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

About you
Having the drive and commitment to build good practices and create impact through our people strategies, you will have demonstrated operational excellence and management capabilities. Confident at building strong trusting relationships and communicating across different cultures and professions, you will have the tenacity and adaptability to make a difference.
Building global people practices that enable success, you will enjoy partnering, coaching and supporting others to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture.
Critical to the success of the role will be the ability to demonstrate a drive to improve people practices and balance a range of different priorities. Passionate for the cause, you will also need to keep a calm head and be resilient when things don’t go right first time.

Why join us?
You will join a high performing team of HR professionals, all committed to making the world work better for everyone. You will experience and contribute to a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged teams, and where work life balance and agile working is valued.
Our brand-new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
• Most staff in the UK are currently working from home due to coronavirus and we expect to it be this way for
the next few months. It is however our normal practice to operate an agile working policy, where flexible
working hours are enabled as well as remote working (2 days per week depending on the role).
• 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
• Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Bike to Work scheme.

About us
We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change
their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic
climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and
locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we
share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in
Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service.
We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Additional information
We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not
relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates
will be subject to pre-employment checks, including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier
than the specified date.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing Date- Friday 28th January 2022
First round of interviews – second and third week of February 2022

Regional Manager – East Midlands Gateway

Remote based; with frequent travel across region.

£32,000 to £35,000 DOE, plus 25 days holiday & pension

Monday – Friday 35 hours per week

Career Ready is an award-winning agent for change. Over the last 18 Years, Career Ready has been transforming the lives of more than 150,000 Children and Young People across the UK. We believe that every young person, regardless of background, deserves the opportunity to enjoy a rewarding and successful future and to progress to a sustained, positive post-school destination.

We are working in partnership with SEGRO to recruit a Regional Manager to support the launch of a new partnership to deliver the transformational Career Ready 16-18 programme within local schools/colleges across the East Midlands Gateway. This new partnership will inspire the next generation of employees across the East Midlands Gateway and will help young people, particularly those from underprivileged backgrounds - to meet their full potential.

Across the Midlands we are currently engaged in working with schools and colleges in Staffordshire, East and the West Midlands. This role will expand our reach in the region, into the East Midlands Gateway (Leicester and Leicestershire) an area of huge opportunity and need for young people. Our Career Ready programme is based on our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes, delivered by employer volunteers. The core pillars of our programmes are a series of structured masterclasses, mentoring, workplace visits and  four-week internship. Last year 98% of students aged 16-18 leaving our Career Ready programme went on to positive destinations.

You will be joining Career Ready at an exciting time following the launch of our most recent strategy 2021-2024. We are on a drive towards growing our work across the U.K with employers to support and invest in young talent. This role will support us over the next three years, as we grow our work and solidify our position as a sustainable charity that boosts social mobility for more young people across the UK. 

About the role

This is a significant opportunity for a new Regional Manager to lead on a landmark employer partnership and be at the centre of innovating to create partnerships locally. Identifying the schools/colleges and students who will benefit most from the programme, to ensure we are having the greatest impact possible on the lives of the young people. There will also be opportunities to collaborate and be creative, as well as being autonomous in how you run and develop programmes with your schools/colleges and employer accounts.

The Regional Manager will be responsible for launching the Career Ready programme across the East Midlands Gateway and will help to :

• Raise awareness and aspirations of career opportunities for young people across the East Midlands Gateway;
• Promote local industries and social mobility within local communities;
• Support participating students with practical and ‘real life’ learning opportunities
• Provide a sound medium to long term pool of young people entering the local workforce;
• Develop a pipeline to entry level roles with our students;
• Provide a significant volunteering programme to support local employer volunteering and skills opportunities.
• Deliver a robustly evaluated community investment for programme, with impact data for social value reporting.

Main duties and responsibilities

Regional management

• Stakeholder mapping and outreach to onboard new employers to support schools within the region.
• Recruit new schools/colleges to enrol on the programme for September 2022 in agreement with targets.
• Strategic account management and reporting for the Career Ready and SEGRO Partnerships.
• Project management of running the Career Ready programme working on a regular basis with schools and colleges e.g. support internships, managing events for students and corporate supporters, etc.
• Account manage relationships with regional and local corporate supporters and regional or local operations of national corporate supporters.
• Promote the contribution of Career Ready and awareness of Career Ready to potential supporters and assist in engaging their commitment to give both practical and financial support.
• Provide regular communication and reporting to the Lead Manager for the Midlands and external funders.
• Set up and Manage the  Local Advisory Boards (employer board) – for your region.
• Help support mentor volunteers with their programme support.
• Ensure that all regional management information is submitted to the organisational database (Salesforce) in a timely and accurate way.
• Support schools and colleges in delivery of internships and work placements.
• From time to time there will be need to deliver sessions to skills and careers leads and to groups of young people within the school and college setting.

National and strategic management

• Contribute to the corporate work of Career Ready.
• With the Chief Executive, Director of Programmes and Midlands Lead Manager  - monitor the state of Career Ready in the region and seek ways to promote its achievements and improve the service given by the central staff team.
• Attend meetings and training days .

Profile raising

• In conjunction with senior staff and the communications team, work to raise the profile of Career Ready in the Regional Manager’s area, and its key stakeholders in the regional and local media, business and education communities.
• Undertake public speaking and media engagements as required to promote the work of Career Ready in the Regional Manager’s area.                                       

Events

• Assist schools and colleges on our programmes to plan, manage and run events to promote Career Ready to potential corporate supporters, students, parents / carers and the local community, and be prepared to present at such events.
• Attend national Career Ready events such as A Capital Experience.
• Arrange and manage regional events including launch events, mentor icebreakers, work place visits.
• From time to time, Regional Managers may be required to deliver programme materials (e.g., assemblies, masterclasses etc.)

General

Promote a commitment to high standards of service, and to equality of opportunity through leadership, policy development and good practice. You will be able to build local partnerships with schools, colleges and employers with a view to growth with the Career Ready strategic plan. An entrepreneurial spirit allied with a can-do attitude will go a long way.

Person Specification

• Target driven, but able to balance financial and non-financial objectives.
• Entrepreneurial with the ability to follow through and achieve results.
• Forward planner with excellent time management skills.
• Able to deliver targets and objectives, often alone, but also to rise above the detail and take a strategic perspective.
• Able to communicate effectively in a wide variety of situations, including formal speaking engagements to large audiences.
• Able to reach, network with and communicate to a wide range of stakeholders and potential stakeholders including senior business people, principals of schools and colleges and students.
• Able to operate corporately as part of the Career Ready team.
• Consultative and supportive management style.
• Skilled negotiator, internally and externally.
• Ability to use databases, Word, excel, PowerPoint and other ‘Office’ packages.

A flexible approach to working hours is essential as ‘out of hours’ meetings are common within the requirements of this role.

Experience

One of the following:

(i) Preferably three years in an education role.  Experience could have been gained in schools, FE colleges or not-for-profit organisations, but the successful applicant must be able to gain credibility with senior managers in a variety of educational institutions; or

(ii) Three years experience in a not-for-profit organisation involved with young people; or 

(iii) Three years experience in a community development or Corporate Social Responsibility role in a company; and

Evidence of commercial awareness and proven experience of account management.

Appointment will be subject to a 3-month probation period during which time the contract may be terminated with one week’s notice.

An enhanced criminal record (DBS) check will be required for the role.

The role is home based (remote working)

Salary & Benefits

• £32,000-35,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Plus 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution
• Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The Charity is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there are an additional 2 days of leave available in August.
• Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans.
• Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Work Anniversary Gift Voucher

Application

If you are interested in the role then please submit a CV and a covering letter stating why you believe you are suitable for the role, giving details of your current salary.

If you would like to discuss this role further before applying, you are welcome to request a call back.

The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Sunday 30th January 2022 and interviews will take place virtually in week commencing 7th February

Registered Charity Number 1092891

Leicestershire Cares is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and passionate Project Development Officer to deliver and develop our new Community Development project, funded by the National Lottery Fund. The aim of the project is to develop and deliver activities and partnerships across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland between business, community and public sector that enable young people to:

“Develop key soft and hard skills, confidence, peer and community networks, and connections that will enable them to live happy, fulfilling and rewarding lives.”

If you enjoy working with young people, are creative, entrepreneurial, ambitious, resilient, committed to making a change and want to lead and develop community-centred projects, we would like to hear from you.

Your enthusiasm will be matched by your organisational and planning abilities and your ability to work in partnership with a wide range of organisations and business partners.

The project will give you opportunities to network locally and feed into policy and practice debates.

Given the nature of this post an enhanced DBS check will be carried out.

Salary: £23-25K per annum

Job type: Full-time (35 hours per week) fixed term contract until the end of March 2025.

Closing date: Midday on Friday 28th January

Interview date: Friday 4th February face-to-face at our offices in Leicester, subject to Covid restrictions

About us

Leicestershire Cares is a creative, vibrant and supportive organisation with a friendly working environment. We offer lots of opportunities for development and progression, and have a staff social committee that organises regular team socials and wellbeing initiatives.

Other employee benefits include:

• Employer pension scheme (Leicestershire Cares matches employee contributions by 5%)
• Free parking on site
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance scheme
• Generous leave allowance
• Flexible/agile working
• Cycle to work allowance
• Employer-supported volunteering opportunities

Leicestershire Cares is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to inclusivity. A core part of our work focusses on ensuring that we support the full and diverse range of local communities in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and our team brings together staff from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity.

We would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. 

About the role
We are looking for a dynamic individual to support our global Agriculture programme to drive Practical Action’s strategy in the use of participatory market systems development (PMSD) across the organisation and support our teams across the world to make it a reality. You will be responsible for building capacity among regional and country office staff to lead the development of market systems that are inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

You will provide leadership and technical advice to strengthen our use of market systems development across the organisation by developing and updating relevant tools and guidance, and facilitating learning and training for teams across our regional and country offices (RCOs). In addition you will coordinate a ‘Markets Community of Practice’, an internal platform designed to build capability across the organisation, facilitate networking and embed learning.

This role would be the ideal opportunity for an experienced professional with commensurate experience, e.g. assignment overseas, or a post with a private-sector organisation that is relevant to this post.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

Flexible working/hours – full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.

It is our practice normally that we operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (between 2-3 days per week depending on the role).

26 days holiday in addition to public holidays.

A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment – (rules apply) employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.

Life assurance (3 x annual salary).

Bike to Work scheme.

About Us 

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

Practical Action believe that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued. We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 6th February 2022

Interview Process: 

First round of interviews to be conducted in the week commencing 14th February 2022.

If needed, second round of interviews to be conducted in the week of 21st February 2022

Assessment task TBC.

Would you love to work for a small but mighty International Development charity which is striving towards four goal areas: access to energy; sustainable agriculture; water, sanitation and waste management; and disaster risk reduction?

Charity People is delighted to be partnering exclusively with Practical Action in search of an talented Senior Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer to join their team. If you are looking for a role with real, tangible impact in a charity that is making huge strides forward, this is the one for you….

Practical Action is a global innovator, encouraging people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. From incredible practical solutions like enabling marginalised farmers without land to earn a living by cultivating pumpkins on barren sandbars, to innovative ideas like their extraordinary floating gardens, which uses water hyacinth to construct rafts enabling farmers to grow crops on flooded land.

Reporting into the Philanthropy Manager you'll be responsible for managing and developing relationships with a portfolio of trusts and foundations and major donors, both existing and new, capable of giving five and six figure grants or gifts, securing income and contributing to the wider Partnerships and Philanthropy strategy. You'll get the opportunity to work across the whole organisation, including the Board as part of their giving circle.

We are looking for a brilliant relationship fundraiser with:

* Experience in fundraising from high net worth individuals making gifts privately, or through trusts and corporations
* A proven track record of identifying and securing new business
* Experience of using a range of prospect research techniques to identify and qualify new prospects to feed the donor pipeline
* A strong track record of managing and developing a portfolio of donors

Practical Action offers a flexible, life and family-friendly working culture.

Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. It is Practical Action's normal practice to operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.

For lots more detail on this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.

Closing: 28th January
Interviews: w/c 31st January

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Would you love to work for a small but mighty International Development charity which is striving towards four goal areas: access to energy; sustainable agriculture; water, sanitation and waste management; and disaster risk reduction?

Charity People is delighted to be partnering exclusively with Practical Action in search of an talented Senior Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer to join their team. If you are looking for a role with real, tangible impact in a charity that is making huge strides forward, this is the one for you….

Practical Action is a global innovator, encouraging people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. From incredible practical solutions like enabling marginalised farmers without land to earn a living by cultivating pumpkins on barren sandbars, to innovative ideas like their extraordinary floating gardens, which uses water hyacinth to construct rafts enabling farmers to grow crops on flooded land.

Reporting into the Philanthropy Manager you'll be responsible for managing and developing relationships with a portfolio of trusts and foundations and major donors, both existing and new, capable of giving five and six figure grants or gifts, securing income and contributing to the wider Partnerships and Philanthropy strategy. You'll get the opportunity to work across the whole organisation, including the Board as part of their giving circle.

We are looking for a brilliant relationship fundraiser with:

* Experience in fundraising from high net worth individuals making gifts privately, or through trusts and corporations
* A proven track record of identifying and securing new business
* Experience of using a range of prospect research techniques to identify and qualify new prospects to feed the donor pipeline
* A strong track record of managing and developing a portfolio of donors

Practical Action offers a flexible, life and family-friendly working culture.

Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. It is Practical Action's normal practice to operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.

For lots more detail on this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.

Closing: 28th January
Interviews: w/c 31st January

Please note our offices are closed over Christmas and New Year but do send in your CV and we will be in touch ASAP in 2022.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Since our establishment in 2004, SEA has grown into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which provides advocacy to vulnerable people using housing, health and social care services in Nottingham (shire), as well as further afield in the wider East Midlands region. Our work is highly regarded and provides dedicated person-centred support to a diverse range of advocacy partners, who are either vulnerably housed, experiencing homelessness or suffering from social exclusion.

In early October 2021, our Chair stepped down from his role after two successful terms of leadership, which resulted in growth in key areas across the organisation. SEA is committed to continuing this upward trajectory and we are specifically looking to diversify both our reach and service provision, together with developing our income base within the broader health and social care sector.

The Board of Trustees are now seeking to build on this progress by recruiting a dynamic, visionary and forward-thinking Chair who will provide the necessary guidance and strategic direction to ensure that our organisation remains effective and inclusive and continues to thrive.

We are open to UK based applications, providing the applicant can attend Nottingham based quarterly board meetings in person. 

Trustee

3 opportunities

A commitment across c.10 days per annum

Do you believe in the power of sport to offer life lessons, develop life skills and affect young people’s life chances?  Are you passionate about building a brighter future for the next generation? If so, then this Trustee role with the Youth Sport Trust is the role for you.

We are the UK’s leading charity improving every young person’s education and development through play and sport. Our vision is a future where every child enjoys the life changing benefits of play and sport and we work tirelessly to increase equality. 

Sport gives young people a platform to have their voice heard and a place where they feel they belong, and we are on a mission to harness this extraordinary power to change young lives today and help them build a brighter tomorrow.

Over 25 years we have developed a unique way of maximising the power of sport to grow young people, schools and communities through the development of physical and mental health, fostering inclusion and building character and leadership skills.  We have been fortunate enough to work closely with government to influence policy and deliver national strategy, as well as in delivering and co-creating projects for a range of Trusts, Foundations, Lottery distributors and Corporates.  We are now seeking a Trustee to join our Board of Directors to influence key strategic and governance issues and ensure we meet performance objectives.

As a Trustee you will work to guarantee the highest standards of integrity and governance, and help ensure statutory requirements are met. We will look to you to make sure financial controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible as well as provide expert advice on all matters of Board business. You will also monitor and review the executive teams’ activity and provide challenge and feedback as needed to enhance their performance. Important will be the ability to help the Board maximise impact for the young people we support as well as ensuring sustainability of the charity without compromising our moral position and brand.

The Youth Sport Trust was established in 1995 by our benefactor and President, Sir John Beckwith supported by our Vice President Duncan Goodhew. The organisation is now the leading national charity working within education on youth sport and is looking for a Trustee who thrives on accountability and is unfazed by the responsibility of being the guardian of our reputation.  We are looking for someone who will champion all we stand for and will promote our work through external relations and stakeholder engagement.

Naturally, you will have knowledge and a genuine interest in the sporting and education landscapes, and the use of sport to drive social outcomes. Commercially astute, you will have sound business judgement and the ability to challenge and constructively criticise. You will have good diplomatic, communication and interpersonal skills too. A background in the charity sector, primary education, public health, and/or sport would be highly valued.

Youth Sport Trust positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.  We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including candidates from an ethnically diverse background and candidates with a range of lived experience.

If you share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people and have the skills and energy to take a successful charity onto the next stage of its development, please send in a comprehensive CV and covering letter to us via the link. For more information on this role please go to jobs youthsporttrust org.

Closing date: 10am on 14 February 2022

Interview date: 23 February 2022 via videocall

Registered charity number: 1086915

Finance Volunteer

We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Our volunteers are a key part of achieving our goals and their support is vital. Join us.

About this opportunity
We are looking to recruit a Finance Volunteer for our Leicester Group. As a Finance Volunteer, you would be joining a coordinating team of volunteers to plan and deliver services and activities to support people locally.

You will maintain and approve income and expenditure records and explain financial information clearly to other group members. You would ensure our financial requirements and policies are followed, and that money is spent in a cost effective manner.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience with a large charity, develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.

About you
You’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You’ll be comfortable with figures, preferably with an accounting or business background.

Apply 

Read through the role description carefully

Please apply online

The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.

Are you a Vet Nurse who is passionate about animal welfare, loves dogs and is looking for an excellent work life balance? We are seeking registered Vet Nurses to join our Veterinary Teams based in rehoming centres in Cardiff, Glasgow and Loughborough.

Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK with a nationwide network of rehoming centres and charity shops. Last year, Dogs Trust centres cared for over 9,000 dogs; we never put a healthy dog down.

In this key role, you will work closely with the Dogs Trust rehoming centre team and the centre Veterinary Surgeon to help provide excellent veterinary care and welfare to our dogs. You will be involved with all aspects of surgery, assisting with consultations, maintaining clinical protocols, monitoring our recovery kennels, and you will also be a point of contact regarding veterinary assistance for the centre team, helping to ensure that protocols are adhered to by providing informal, occasional training to staff.

To be successful in this role you will be a Registered Veterinary Nurse with an appreciation of handling dogs in accordance with Dogs Trust guidelines, using positive reinforcement techniques. Experience of working in a rehoming/charity establishment would be desirable, but a full induction is provided. You will be able to show empathy and understanding towards both dogs and people and be committed to delivering the highest standards of patient care and customer service. You will also need a full, clean UK driving licence.

The role benefits from a Monday to Friday working schedule, with no out of hours or weekend commitment. Dogs Trust actively encourage professional development, with opportunities to work alongside our in-house behavioural teams, and a generous CPD allowance (including access to external opportunities). Additionally, RCVS fees for Vet Nurses are paid.

To apply for this position please visit our website.

At Dogs Trust we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to achieve our mission. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, either at application or interview stage, please contact us on the email address listed on the job advert.

Empowering young people aged 11-19 to build confidence and make positive choices in their health, relationships and education. 

Love4Life is the primary programme delivered by TwentyTwenty and is run by a dedicated team of youth workers committed to making a difference in the lives of young people.  Based in Loughborough and working across Leicestershire and Derbyshire, Love4Life specialises in supporting vulnerable girls to develop their self-esteem and form positive and empowering relationships by delivering Love4Life groups, one-to-ones and workshops in secondary schools and in the community. 

Love4Life delivers targeted relationship and sex education to support young people who are facing difficulties in these areas.  We provide honest and age-appropriate resources to help them understand their sexual health, how to stay safe and the potential risk of sexual exploitation.  All of our work embeds positive self-esteem, body image and the handling of emotions in order to help a young person become more resilient.

We believe that once young people feel good about themselves they are more likely to make healthy and positive choices for their lives.

Love4Life Sessional Worker

Our sessional workers support young people who attend our groups, guiding them through these topics in creative and engaging ways.  You will be responsible for supporting the Love4Life area Youth Worker in the planning, resourcing and delivery of group sessions.  These may take place in the community or in schools, and could sometimes include our paid Relationship & Sex Education workshops. 

You will need to be passionate and confident in working with disadvantaged and vulnerable teenage girls (11-19 year olds) and know how to deliver inspiring and engaging activities. 

You will be organised and efficient with time, resources and administration, and uphold our high levels of conduct when engaging with young people, including embracing the diversity of our groups. 

Some previous experience working with young people – whether paid or voluntary – will be required for this role.  We encourage interested candidates who do not have this experience to consider volunteering with us first. 

Working with Us

Sessional workers are guaranteed 8hrs work per week (term-time only) and you may also be offered additional hours at busy times. 

Your initial hours will be:

Monday 13:30-15:30

Tuesday  15:00-17:00

Wednesday 15:00-17:00

Thursday 14:00-16:00

Hours can vary between school terms depending on when exactly delivery is taking place so some flexibility is required.  However, we will always discuss any changes to your hours with you in advance and take into account pre-existing commitments. 

Sessional workers are valued members of the Love4Life team and have access to the same benefits as full-time employees including annual leave (pro-rata, to be taken during non-working weeks) and sick pay. 

Closing date 26th January 2022. Interviews w/c 31st January 2022.

An environmental charity who work to create stronger, healthier communities, responsible business and greater prospects for local people are looking for a Carbon Literacy Coordinator to work on an exciting new employability project across Nottinghamshire County Council.

As the Carbon Literacy Coordinator, you'll deliver digital and environmental sessions to a case load of adult participants who are not in employment and face barriers to learning, with the aim of equipping them with key digital and Carbon Literacy skills to assist them with their long term goal of securing sustainable employment or education. This is a need that has been identified through recent observations and consultations with employers, educators and partners across the employment sector.

You will deliver sessions that focus on Carbon Literacy topics such as Climate Change and social action but may also include employability skills, IT basics, social media and using search engines. Upon completion, your participants will have increased their online employability skills and have greater appreciation of the climate change challenges ahead.

Working in a busy team, you'll ensure high quality sessions are delivered while outcomes and business deadlines are achieved.

To be considered, you'll need to have some experience of working with an unemployed client based delivering advice and guidance, or experience as an educator or trainer with the confidence to deliver sessions to adults. You'll need to have knowledge or a keen interest in climate change/environmental literacy or similar as well as good digital skills, and will be passionate about educating others on these topics.

You will be appointed on a fixed term contract until June 30th 2022 and will be home based, mostly delivering sessions online. There may be a need for some travel throughout the Nottinghamshire area to meet participants face to face.

In turn, the charity will provide you with equipment to work from home, a potential bonus of 20% of the FTE salary for successfully delivering the required outcomes and an excellent opportunity to develop your career in employability and carbon literacy.

To show your interest, please click apply or send a copy of your updated CV to [email protected] quoting the job title and reference number.

The charity will review applications as they are submitted, so please show your interest quickly.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.