The role of the Carers Engagement Project Officer will be to help place the voice of unpaid carers at the heart of Somerset health and social care decision makers.  This includes engaging with unpaid carers in creative and diverse ways, increasing awareness of the unpaid carer role, gathering views and experiences, working in partnership with statutory, community and voluntary sector partners already providing support to avoid duplication and ensuring their voices are influencing those who make decisions.  The post holder will develop an engagement model with unpaid carers using co-production techniques.  The role will be supported by the central team within Evolving Communities which includes management, finance, research and communication support.

Job Summary and key responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer you will:

• Develop an unpaid carer ‘co-production working group’ recruiting unpaid carers from across Somersets wide and diverse communities, working with partners to ensure the approach is inclusive and meets the needs of all unpaid carers.
• Create an inclusive recruitment campaign and promote widely across Somerset.
• Visit established groups and organisations already supporting unpaid carers to promote, targeting those from hard-to-reach communities.
• Facilitate focus group sessions with unpaid carers ensuring they are at the heart of the development of the engagement model.
• Undertake a scoping and mapping exercise to identify all organisations and groups already supporting unpaid carers and establish collaborative relationships.
• With the ‘co-production working group’ establish an engagement strategy and work plan to identify key themes and issues affecting the unpaid carer community.
• Develop engagement opportunities using a variety of methods; online, face to face, telephone, targeted visits, social media etc.
• Use a variety of methods to monitor and evaluate unpaid carer experiences, including identifying themes and concerns as well as identifying good practice.
• Working with the Carers Strategic Partnership Board develop and agree governance channels to ensure what unpaid carers say is heard at the most appropriate level.
• Develop close working relationships with key individuals from across Somerset’s adult and children’s commissioning teams to ensure the voices and experiences of unpaid carers are influencing ongoing service delivery.
• Work collaboratively with Somerset’s Fit for the Future commissioners to engage unpaid carers on relevant topics on their behalf.
• Undertake regular monitoring and evaluation of the project plan to ensure it remains on track.
• Draft reports, with the support of colleagues, that highlight the issues faced by unpaid carers.
• Attend key unpaid carer meetings on a regular basis.
• Work with Healthwatch Somerset team where this will deliver outcomes in a collaborative way. 
• Work with the Healthwatch Somerset Volunteer Officer to engage volunteers who may wish to support the project.
• Work with the EC Communication team to design materials – logos, leaflets and images – to promote the work.
• Provide regular updates and progress reports to the inform monitoring and evaluation with the commissioner.

The RCR is a great place to work, with an ambitious agenda. At the forefront of the health agenda, our members diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, stroke and more, while leading on innovations including AI, skills mix and community diagnostic hubs. As COVID-19 recedes and the cancer backlog rises up the agenda, our members’ work and views have never been more important.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious HR team, looking to redefine the way human resources adds value to organisations by implementing innovative HR practices and initiatives, allowing the RCR and its people to perform at their absolute best. As a team we value an evidence-based approach in achieving this, utilising data to measure the impact of our work.

We are looking for an experienced and switched-on HR professional to join the team in the position of HR Business Partner (HRBP). The successful applicant will have good knowledge of the range of HR and L&D disciplines, with a real understanding of how they contribute to business success. They’ll be confident and credible, able to establish great, trusting working relationships, gaining the respect of staff and managers in all aspects of their work.

At the RCR, we’ve built a HR team that values the benefit teamwork and diverse thinking brings, we like to be creative in how we solve problems and work at the cutting-edge of industry standards, ensuring everything we do adds value to the business and our employees. The HRBP will play a key role in all of this, contributing to the achievement of the people strategy by delivering and developing specified HR and OD functions and services across the RCR. The role is varied, with a focus on operational delivery, project work and partnering with and advising managers. As such, each day will be different, but the goal will be the same, whether you’re: compiling and reviewing PDR’s to develop training plans; reviewing payroll; advising managers; conducting exit interviews; updating policies; writing management reports; researching new initiatives or managing projects, you’ll be doing it with the aim of making our people’s working lives the best they can be, and in turn enabling the RCR to reach new hights, delivering on it’s ambitions and improving imaging and cancer care for all.

Founded in 2009, IHRB is the leading international think tank on business and human rights. IHRB’s mission is to shape policy, advance practice, and strengthen accountability in order to make respect for human rights part of everyday business.

The IHRB Deputy CEO plays a key role in shaping the direction and leadership of the organisation, collaborating closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and other team members. This position contributes to the strategic development of IHRB and its subsidiaries (currently IHRB Trading Ltd and Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Ltd), and associated entities (currently CREER, IHRB USA and IHRB Nordic).

The Deputy CEO also provides oversight of monitoring and evaluation of programmes, contributes to good governance procedures, and manages certain day-to-day aspects of the organisation. The Deputy CEO will deliver on IHRB’s vision, mission and goals, motivating and supporting colleagues to do the same.

The Deputy CEO will also play a key role in representing IHRB externally, speaking on platforms, building strong relationships with funders and strategic partners, and deputising for the CEO when required. This will involve participation in some meetings outside of normal working hours to accommodate multiple time-zones. IHRB has always worked remotely (pre-pandemic) with a geographically dispersed team, and welcome applications regardless of location; candidates must however have easy access to international travel and be willing and able to represent IHRB in person across multiple continents when required. 

For full details and to download an application pack please visit the IHRB website. Deadline for applications 9am GMT, 7th February 2022. 

About The Advocacy Project

We help people who are marginalised or vulnerable because of their circumstances make their own choices about their lives. We support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

•  voice their concerns 
• understand their rights
• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.

About the role

The post-holder will ensure sustainable income generation for The Advocacy Project in line with the strategic plan. Our current focus is to grow and diversify our income through winning contracts in new areas, while maintaining our strong performance in delivering sustainable services in the local government and health sector. 

We are targeting growth in the following areas: 

•  central government
• trusts, foundations and community funds
•  corporate
•  training for health, social care, advocacy and safeguarding across all market sectors

The role is responsible for identifying, qualifying, bidding/tendering, negotiating and closing opportunities, while making sure any resulting contracts are financially sound and are operationally and contractually deliverable. 

The post-holder will work closely the Board of Trustees and CEO; they will coordinate the Business Development and Fundraising Sub Committee of the board.  They will also work closely with:

• Head of Communications and Governance to make sure messaging and communications are aligned with the strategic plan and with our income generation strategy 
• Head of Finance for budgets included in bids, and income projections
• Head of Service Delivery to establish whether a potential bid is operationally deliverable, and to hand over full information about contracts we’ve won and expectations around delivery so they can be mobilised and delivered.

The Fundraising Officer will report to this role (post currently vacant).

Key responsibilities

 Develop and deliver income generation plan to meet our mutually agreed income targets. 

 Actively lead on searching out opportunities for income and market development in line with our approach to qualifying opportunities. 

 Develop and maintain relationships with key commissioners (current and prospective) and with key influencers.

 Lead on creating and submitting all bids, proposals and applications. 

 Attend relevant training courses and be proactive in your own learning to ensure compliance with legal and service provision requirements. 

 Along with other members of the Senior Leadership Team, the post-holder will:

• provide corporate leadership

• provide guidance, coaching and support to staff 

• ensure clarity around priorities and goals for sustainable income generation

• work across functions with fellow SLT colleagues to ensure effective collaboration on shared goals

• meet timescales for quarterly reporting

• collaborate with fellow SLT colleagues for strategy and organisational development including leading strategic priority areas 

• make sure all work is inclusive and responsive to the needs of local communities particularly those who are marginalised and excluded (we describe this as prioritising those in greatest need, and having the voices of lived experience at the heart of everything we do)

• communicate operational results, emerging challenges, and key performance indicators to direct reports.

General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training.
• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.
• Contribute to monitoring reports.
• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.
• Work to our mission, vision, and values.
• Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

Essential:

• Strong track record of income generation and leading winning bids.
• Experience of successfully competing for, negotiating, winning, delivering and implementing strong relationship-based new business development opportunities, including statutory contracts and working collaboratively with commissioners.
•  Extensive experience of fundraising and income generation within the charity sector, able to evidence securing significant funds.
• Experience of successfully managing a mixture of short-term tactical opportunities and longer-term strategic opportunities.
• Evidence of substantial experience and a track record of achievement in senior management/leadership team role in a service delivery organisation. 
• Credible networker at a senior strategic level, with demonstrable experience of using your existing network to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrable track record in financial management. 
• Passion for and commitment to The Advocacy Project’s mission and purpose, particularly making sure user voice is embedded in business development activities.
• Strong, clear and confident communicator, able to communicate very effectively at all levels outside and within the organisation, with excellent presentation skills.
• Solutions-focused self-starter with an ability to thrive in a busy environment. 
•  Ability to combine seeing the big picture with an eye for detail. 
• Relevant professional qualification or accreditation to a relevant body.
•  Evidence or commitment to ongoing professional development to ensure compliance with legal and mission requirements.
• Competent in using a range of IT tools, including databases, email, Word and Excel, Zoom and MS Teams.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.
•  Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.
•  Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and its services in line with our mission, vision and values.

Desirable:

• Understanding of issues faced by people with mental health conditions, physical health conditions and learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of current government policy and programmes and how they might influence the charity’s projects and services.
• Experience of digital service development and knowledge of the digital landscape. 

 Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. 

How to apply

Send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how your experience meets the person specification.
It’s a legal requirement that you are eligible to work in the UK for all our posts.
Upload your application via our website.

This is a great time to join the team at Haven House as a new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Governance Support and Executive Assistant.  We are about to head into an exciting new phase of growth and development, and we are building our team to reflect this.  Our newly appointed CEO, along with the Senior Management Team will be working to further develop our organisation wide strategy and this role is crucial to supporting the team in the achievement of our ambitious goals.

A key focus of this role is providing direct support to the CEO, including the Board of Trustees, and Senior Management Team to help coordinate meetings, delivering agendas and minutes, taking accountability for ‘action and decision’ logs and ensuring the alignment of crucial meetings.  You’ll ensure meetings are efficient and effective, and work collaboratively to ensure that decisions and actions are acted upon in a timely manner. The role will provide support in the delivery of the Charity’s governance arrangements that will have a key focus on forward planning and streamlining ways of working whilst ensuring essential compliance and regulatory requirements are met.   

If you have excellent planning skills and attention to detail, and you are at ease managing your own time, juggling multiple responsibilities at once and are a clear, confident communicator then get in touch today. You will need to have a good understanding of the principles of good meeting practice, governance and decision-making and you should be comfortable building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders, and happy working at pace. Whether it’s helping produce a report or capturing a senior level discussion, throughout your work you will need to place an emphasis on clarity and business-value.

If this role sounds right for you and you have the right skills and experience, please do download the job description, and apply by returning the application form to the resourcing team.

Benefits
As an employee you will be entitled to the following range of benefits:

• Hybrid office/home-based arrangement
• 27 days' annual leave
• Pension scheme (company matches contribution up to 7%)
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Blue Light Card discount scheme

Hours: 35 hours per week (flexible working options available)

In line with the Department of Health and Social Care regulations, and as a CQC regulated provider, all workers will be required to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are clinically exempt.

In line with the Department of Health and Social Care regulations, and as a CQC regulated provider, all workers will be required to provide evidence that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are clinically exempt.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.

Closing date: Friday, 5pm 28th January 2022 although Haven House reserves the right to commence the interview process before the closing date.

Interview:  Thursday, 3rd February 2022 (virtual)

This is an exciting time to join the RSPB with the launch of our new strategy to 2030 and the role of Risk and Resilience Officer will help incorporate best practice and the appropriate standards in our risk and resilience activities to support the new strategy.

Risk and Resilience Officer
Reference: JAN20223615
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £27,574.00 - £30,590.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

The RSPB is the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK and an income of over £140 million.

We work to conserve birds and other wildlife, in the UK, the Crown Dependencies and the UK Overseas Territories. We also work throughout the world in collaboration with BirdLife International, the world’s largest conservation partnership and other organisations. 

Nature reserves are vital to our conservation work and provide essential wild spaces for everyone to get close to nature. We manage 222 nature reserves, covering 158,751 hectares and providing a home to over 18,500 species of which more than 3,500 are of conservation concern. We’re committed to helping young people develop a greater sense of connection to nature, supporting hundreds of thousands of young people in experiencing nature every year.

This role forms part of the Corporate Governance and Risk department: it is a new role and we currently expect the postholder to work closely with colleagues in the wider department, including on support for the Data Protection Officer. You will also work with stakeholders across the organisation to support the RSPB’s assurance, risk and organisational resilience activities.

You will be responsible for supporting the RSPB’s internal risk committee (we use the ‘three lines’ model), reviewing the RSPB's resilience plans and collaborating with the future development of the charity’s approach to risk.  The role is also responsible for ensuring information on the RSPB's risk registers and dashboards is appropriately managed to enable the risks to be managed effectively.

We are looking for someone who has the necessary skills, enthusiasm and motivation to support the RSPB’s vision for a world richer in nature.

The main responsibilities of the role will be:

• Supporting colleagues in their use of registers for the management of operational and strategic risk
• Identifying and collating relevant information from registers, dashboards and assurance maps to provide information and assurance to senior stakeholders
• Reviewing the RSPB resilience and business continuity plans, incorporating the appropriate standards and best practice
• Ensuring regular reviews of the RSPB’s resilience plans are carried out and are fit for purpose.
• Working with the relevant teams to ensure the regular testing of the RSPB’s resilience plans are carried out.
• To provide support to the Head of Corporate Governance and Risk.
• To assist the Data Protection Officer as required.

What we need from you

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Detailed knowledge and experience of Risk Management best practice, methodologies and regulatory frameworks.
• A good understanding of the ‘three lines’ model.
• Strong people skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues.
• Initiative and judgement to resolve problems independently.
• Effective written and communication skills at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience.

• Experience using Risk Management software.
• A good understanding of Data Protection legislation.
• An understanding of project management methodologies.

This role could be conducted remotely, with occasional travel to our H/Q at Sandy in Bedfordshire, once or twice a year.

Closing date: 23:59, 04 February 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position late February 2022

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies.

Victoria, London & Home Based (minimum of 2/3 days per week office based) 

The vacancy

Do you have experience of data governance and data management and have led an enterprise-wide data governance initiative?

If you can lead the implementation of our data governance framework and contribute to identifying our key data issues/challenges around data quality, master data management, data management and security, this role is for you!

What you'll do

• Define the data governance scope, strategy, vision and align these to business objectives
• Lead the implementation of the data governance framework
• Define the overall governance framework for processes, rules & standards, metrics & KPIs
• Develop data governance policies and processes
• Develop the systems and processes to monitor enterprise performance against data policies and standards
• Provide an integrated view of the data and related processes that consume and store data across the organisation
• Deliver and embed enterprise-wide data management, working closely with technical/engineering and the wider business teams

What you'll bring

• Demonstrable experience of Data Governance and Data Management
• Experience in the design and maintenance of enterprise data governance, for example DAMA methodology (DMBOK2)
• Experience in Data Quality Management, classifying and cataloguing data, data lineage mapping, business data model development, policies, standards and process development and maintenance
• Excellent communication, influencing, organisational and time management skills
• Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels and challenge where necessary

Closing date: 1 February 2022

Interviews will be held w/c 7 February 2022

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Information Governance Manager to join our team based in Chingford. You will be working on a full time basis. In return, we will offer you a competitive salary of £43,890, Band G, Level 3, inclusive of outer-London weighting allowance. We offer hybrid working options.

About us:

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. We give over 400,000 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview: the skills they need for life.

The Role:

You'll have the opportunity to engage with colleagues across the organisation, supporting them with the consideration of Information Governance in all aspects of their work including some key projects; supporting the Data Protection Champions in all department; working closely with the external DPO; supporting the Information Governance Group; supporting colleagues to maintain ISO compliance.

Key responsibilities as our Information Governance Manager:

- Playing a key role in the on-going development and implementation of a data and privacy strategy with the Data Protection Officer and the Governance and Legal teams.
- Work closely with the Data Protection Officer to help maintain Data Privacy Legislation Compliance (GDPR/DPA 2018).
- Maintain the Scouts ISO 27001 standard, including the management of the Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- Govern, manage and audit the lifecycle of the organisation’s Information Security and Data Privacy Policies.
- Act as a change agent by working with Data Process Owners and other key stakeholders to ensure they are informed and supported in the execution of their data responsibilities. Provide mentoring, support and advice
- Work with the Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Champions to provide expertise on information governance, data management and information security guidance across the stakeholder community.
- Ensure that all training requirements for the Data Protection Champions are met and owning the group membership.
- Coordinating all planned Data Protection actions to ensure timely and effective execution.

What we are looking for in our Information Governance Manager:

- Demonstrable experience in implementing governance frameworks in previous roles
- Working knowledge of the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 and ISO 27001/2
- Ability to work with IT and Information Security teams to align data protection principles and privacy to technology best practices.
- Ability to explain the key data protection and privacy concepts to non-experts.
- Ability to influence at all levels in the organisation and able to develop and build strong relationships with people of different business and technical backgrounds.
- Strong communication skills are essential in their engagement with all company stakeholders to maintain a high level of data privacy awareness
- Ability to work with the business and IT stakeholders to embed data governance roles and responsibilities.
- Strong task management ability, especially when managing multiple threads of work

What we can offer you as our Information Governance Manager:

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
- Life Assurance
- Simply Health Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

- Up to four personal days paid leave a year
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Childcare Vouchers
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
- Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: Sun, 30 January 2022, 23:59

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team as our new Information Governance Manager! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

Purpose of the post:

The Chief Executive provides strong and inspirational leadership to develop and deliver our strategic vision and navigate us through a rapidly changing environment.

The Chief Executive, working with the Board of Trustees, will lead the Hospice whilst building and maintaining excellent working relationships with key stakeholders, role modelling the Hospice values both internally and externally.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• An inspirational leader, creating an environment and culture where best practice, governance, relationships and professional development of staff and volunteers flourish.
• Be accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall leadership, management, performance, governance, and development of KEMP Hospice.
• Build and nurture effective relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders and providers and act as an ambassador for the Hospice.
• Work with the Board of Trustees to develop and implement the strategic plan, ensuring alignment with the short- and long-term objectives.
• Lead all operational activities to ensure effective, efficient, and safe running of KEMP Hospice, meeting all clinical, statutory, financial, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Work closely with the Board of Trustees and Senior Team to continuously improve palliative and bereavement care services for patients and clients, and to extend the reach to those whose need is greatest, responding to changing community needs and individual’s requirements.
• Ensure income streams and financial controls are developed and maintained which provide ongoing financial security of the Hospice.

Strategic:

• Provide visionary leadership within KEMP, ensuring the Hospice achieves its mission, values and charitable objects.
• Develop the strategic direction of the Hospice, in collaboration with the Board of Trustees and Senior Team.
• Build effective strategic partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders locally to improve end of life care in the Wyre Forest as well as regionally.
• Maintain a high level of up-to-date knowledge of national, regional and local end of life and healthcare strategy.
• Maintain a strong governance framework for KEMP to meet external legal, regulatory, and clinical requirements, including Charity Commission Guidance, the Charity Governance Code and the Care Quality Commission Standards.
• Develop and maintain a culture and environment where KEMP’s people feel motivated, and which promotes learning and development of staff and volunteers.

Operational:

• Act as an inspirational role model always, internally and externally as ambassador, demonstrating KEMP’s values and seeking opportunities to raise awareness and increase the profile of the Hospice.
• Recruit, lead and manage the Senior Team, ensuring their professional performance and development needs are addressed and that the culture of a learning organisation, delivering high quality services permeates through the hospice.
• Ensure the Hospice has robust financial management processes in place, including budgeting, reporting, and monitoring arrangements.
• Ensure that the necessary funds are raised to maintain the viability of the Hospice.
• Ensure the Hospice provides high quality, effective and efficient services, meeting the standards required of regulatory bodies.
• Seek ongoing improvements in services to meet the changing needs of the Wyre Forest community, regularly reviewing staffing structures to ensure they support service development.
• Ensure that KEMP has effective risk management and audit systems in place.
• Ensure that incidents and complaints are fully investigated and that learning from them is implemented effectively.
• Ensure that professional policies and procedures are developed, implemented and maintained to deliver safe, high-quality services an operations across KEMP.
• Ensure effective performance review and appraisal systems are in place, providing staff with ongoing learning and development, enabling them to deliver their contributions to the Hospice objectives.
• Create a culture that supports the retention and recruitment of high calibre, motivated staff and volunteers.

Key Working Relationships:

• Chair and Board of Trustees
• Senior Team
• All other staff and volunteers
• Key local partners
• Care Quality Commission
• Commissioners within Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care System
• KEMP House Trust Board of Trustees
• Peers at local, regional, national Hospices and other providers and charities
• Supporters and local businesses

We are looking for a business development guru to help us expand our reach and support more charities and social enterprises by growing our customer base. We are a small and friendly team, providing loan finance and support to purpose led businesses, but we struggle to reach those who need our support most. The role, which is a six month contract for a couple of days a week to start, will allow you to use your marketing and communications skills, together with your networks and knowledge in the charity and community business space, to increase our profile and generate new leads. This is an opportunity to really make a difference - we are always interested in good ideas so if your research identifies gaps in the market or you think that we should be doing something differently, tell us!

£85,000 - £90,000 per annum, inclusive of car allowance (subject to having a UK driving licence/ own car for business use)

Mount Green Housing Association is a community housing association based in and around Surrey with around 1,600 homes. We are at an exciting point in our near 60 years’ history.  We have ambitious plans to shape everything we do with and for our residents. We can and will achieve this through the fantastic ‘one-team’ Mount Green approach, which is where this role plays its part and where you will be supported to do your best work.

At Mount Green, we believe in flexibility between working from the office and home and focusing on getting the right job done well rather than hours at the desk. We want our team to learn and develop professionally and we support colleagues with future career aspirations. Added to this, we offer a great benefits package, including private healthcare, generous pension scheme and annual leave offer - as well as the competitive salary.

Read the highlights below and for a detailed job description and information on how to apply, please visit our website.

Closing Date - 11 February 2022

If you think you are the right fit for us, we look forward to reading your application.

The role: you will lead, manage and develop Mount Green’s housing operations, asset management and development functions. You will bring strong, inspirational leadership and direction for staff, facilitating a ‘one-team’ culture across the business that delivers high performance and ensures residents are at the heart of our business. You will be able to develop effective working relationships with colleagues across Mount Green and with external partners, to deliver on Mount Green’s Corporate Plan.

We reserve the right to close these adverts early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

PA Governance Job Share Role – three days a week

12-month contract initially

This role can be carried out remotely, but the successful candidate is also able to work some of the time from a central London office if preferred.

Salary: Starting from £30 - £32k pro rata and attractive terms, dependent on experience

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is an international forum where science meets business.  Established in 1881, SCI is a registered charity, based in London, with members in over 70 countries.

SCI’s principal charitable objective is to advance the application of science into industry for public benefit, and it does this through events, publications, and other activities.

SCI seeks a part-time PA to provide administrative support to the charity’s governance function.  Working within a small and friendly team, the role requires governance or board committee experience (including minute taking), the role also offers scope to assist with elements of support for the Chief Executive.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be flexible, proactive and have experience of working within a busy executive office.  The ability to plan, prioritise and work to deadlines is important. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential. Experience of working in a professional or corporate environment is essential.

Knowledge, skills and experience required for this position

• At least 3 years’ demonstrable experience as a Personal Assistant.
• Some governance experience preferable but training will be given.
• Experienced minute taker and experience in organising senior committee meetings.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong organisational skills, and the ability to multitask.
• High level of computer literacy with Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with SharePoint, PowerPoint and with using MS Teams.
• Proactive and willing to act on own initiative both individually and as a member of a team.
• High aptitude for spelling and grammar, and accuracy in data entry and proof-reading.
• Personable, positive and a team player.
• Understanding of a charity or membership organisation desirable.

Deadline: 31 January 2022 by midday.
 

Ferne Animal Sanctuary is seeking an inspirational and creative leader who can build on the excellent work of our outgoing CEO. You will be a passionate advocate of animal welfare with extensive experience of charity operations. A confident public speaker, central to this role is to advocate for the charity and its objectives and our cause.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Inspirational leadership
• Excellent people management skills
• Financial acumen and budget holder experience
• Experience of working in an animal welfare environment
• Experience of writing and delivering business plans and strategies
• Strong fundraising background

The successful candidate will lead the senior management team and take overall responsibility for the operation of the sanctuary ensuring it is managed efficiently and effectively. Central to the role will be the ability to grow income for the sanctuary to meet current and future needs.

This role is 2.5 days per week - flexible hous on offer.

This role is a much-valued position and is responsible for the efficient management of administrative, finance and charity governance procedures for the Heart of the City team. Heart of the City is a responsible business charity which works with small and medium sized enterprises to help them to develop responsible and sustainable business programmes. The charity’s Co-Presidents are the Lord Mayor of the City of London and the Governor of the Bank of England.

The role will involve a mix of primarily remote / home based working combined with the requirement to occasionally work in our central London office which is located between Bank and Moorgate. 

This role requires a highly motivated individual, someone who can work autonomously, is pro-active and intuitive, a strong collaborator and a team player who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and is happy to be called upon to support wider team activities as required. 

The post holder will provide a comprehensive high quality support service - covering a mix administrative, financial and charity governance support - to the Heart of the City team enabling the delivery of the charity’s priorities efficiently and effectively. For example, this role is responsible for overseeing the administration of SharePoint, Salesforce and other systems used by the Heart of the City team ensuring processes are up-to-date and running effectively. The post holder also plays an administrative support role in event management including pre-event planning and post-event evaluation. 

The post holder will liaise with corporate contacts across the Heart of the City community - including Trustees and Council members (senior business contacts) - as well as across the wider City of London Corporation operations – constantly providing a professional and positive interaction for any external stakeholder with the charity. Heart of the City is an independent charity which is housed and supported by the City of London Corporation. The team is employed by the Corporation and seconded to the charity.

With a focus on responsible and sustainable business and climate action, roles in the Heart of the City team are a super opportunity for anyone with an interest in environment, responsible business, sustainability and CSR. 

We’re looking forward to hearing from candidates who would like to join our friendly and dynamic team and who can help us to provide quality support to small and medium sized businesses across London and the UK.