About the role

Salary: £21,000 | Annual Leave: 39 days | Hours: Full-time | Term: Ongoing

The Duty Manager is responsible for supporting the smooth running of the leisure operations and delivering a high quality and safe experience for all who visit the Leisure Centre.

We expect you to come with experience of having worked in a customer facing and operational capacity in the leisure industry, where you will be able to hit the ground running to provide this essential cover. You will be working closely with the office teams across the site, swimming teachers, and lifeguards to maintain ongoing operations; and part of your role will ensure supporting the smooth operation and maintenance of the pool plant.

We are looking for someone enthusiastic, motivated, and customer focused. You must demonstrate a strong commitment towards ensuring excellence in customer service and enhancing the customer experience. This is a customer facing role, and as such you must be ready to communicate with a diverse range of clients, including members of the public, children and young people, youth group leaders and teachers.

Our commitment to anti-racism

In July 2020, we issued a statement committing to become an anti-racist organisation and to actively tackle racism. Since then, London Youth has worked with our staff and trustees to understand first the issues within our organisation, collaboratively developing a Theory of Change to define our areas of focus, approach and plan of action moving forward.

We have a Race Equality Action Stakeholder Group which is chaired by a London Youth member and trustee. This group includes representatives from across the organisation and oversees the implementation of our Race Equality Action Plan.

At the heart of youth work is the drive to level the playing field for all young Londoners to succeed, regardless of their backgrounds. Over two thirds of the young people we work with are from racialised communities and we know that without the opportunities which youth organisations provide, there would be limited experiences open to them.

London Youth embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to the ongoing development of an organisation that values and represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills and welcome applications that reflect this.

Full details regarding this role and how to apply are in noted below. Please do read this carefully to ensure there are no delays in processing your application.

Important dates and how to apply

Read the full Job Description and Person Specification that outlines the expectations of this role in detail. If this sounds like you and you are interested, please ensure you meet the eligibility criteria before you apply.

Simply click on the 'Apply on Company Website Button' at the top of this current page where you will be prompted to send us your:

• Your comprehensive CV
• A supporting statement indicating clearly how your experience meets the essential requirements of the Person Specification (no more than 2 A4 pages) - Job Spec downloadable on here and our website
• Completed Declaration of Criminal Convictions Form - downloadable on here and our website
• Completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form - downloadable on here and our website

NOTE: Applications will be considered upon receipt and only those that satisfy the criteria will be shortlisted and invited to an online first round interview. If successful, we will then invite you to a second in-person interview, where you will meet the team, see the centre and have the opportunity to demonstrate your interest in the role as part of this process.

Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to every application submitted – if you have not been invited to an interview within 14 working days of submitting your CV and supporting statement, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

If you would like to ask any questions about the role or process, feel free to ring our Centre and ask for Leisure Operations & Duty Manager, Hannah Lyon; or Facilities Manager, Mark Saville.

Do you have experience in the care sector and the passion and drive to set up a community business in Southmead, Bristol?

In this exciting new role you will have the opportunity to develop and deliver our new Care Connect service, matching care-seekers with carers/support workers.

About you

• You are looking for a new role which is exciting and innovative, helping to improve the care system in Bristol to give people more choice
• You will have experience of working holistically, on a one-to-one basis, with individuals with biopsychosocial health problems.
• Whilst we aim to recruit a candidate with experience of line management, we would consider applicants with a strong background in 1:1 support work with the skills, aptitude and potential to step up to management.
• You will have exceptional inter-personal skills, with experience of and enthusiasm for supporting people using a person-centred approach
• You will have experience of successfully developing and managing collaborative community-based health and wellbeing interventions, including successfully achieving targets, producing reports and working to deadlines
• You will have excellent IT, organisation, problem solving and project management skills
• You will embody our values of: Positivity – Integrity – Excellence – Welcoming – Entrepreneurial

About us

We’re Southmead Development Trust, a charity made up of staff, volunteers and residents who work together to achieve our vision of a thriving community. We improve health, wellbeing, local pride, and employment. We bring business and investment to the area.

We partner with many, influence the future, and deliver world class services. We have a number of significant partnerships within our delivery of Health & Wellbeing services. We are piloting an innovative project with Adult Social Care which seeks to provide an individualised service by using our social prescribing and volunteer coordination expertise. This new Care Connect Southmead service will carefully match people in need of care and support with people who can provide this support, working on a self-employed or directly employed basis. This model increases the capacity of the community to meet care needs in a person-centred way, so individuals can feel their needs are being met safely and comfortably. The development of Introductory Services is part of a larger, city-wide strategic approach to developing community-owned and led services that help to fill care gaps, relieve pressure on the regulated care market and create new, local employment opportunities. This role will work pro-actively with the partnership group to further this approach.

Events Executive (Fixed term contract for one year)
Education Training and Events Executive (Fixed term contract for one year)

Central London with hybrid working offered
Salary £30k (plus generous benefits package)

Are you an ambitious, hardworking and enthusiastic events professional looking for a fast moving role full of challenges and opportunities to grow and learn? We’re currently working from home, but we’re usually based in central London and support hybrid working.

We’re looking for two new people to join our welcoming Events team. If you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for event management, with excellent customer service skills, then this is the opportunity for you. Both roles will be key members of a close-knit, dynamic team who are in charge of running a busy calendar of online and face to face events for UK optometrists – the eye care professionals who look after the health of the nation’s vision.

You will work on all elements of running an event, so this is a great place to hone your skills and learn new ways of working. They are varied roles that require you to use your initiative and manage multiple tasks and priorities.

We’re looking for candidates with proven experience of planning and delivering a range of online and physical events and of developing and delivering improvements. You will have excellent time management and organisational skills, and we’ve already mentioned that keen eye for detail – but we say it again because it’s a must for this role! If you have a proactive and hardworking approach, coupled with event management systems experience, strong IT, customer focus and communication skills, then this is the job for you. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to progress their career in events.

We are recruiting for two positions within the Events team. The Events Executive role will lead a series of continuing professional development events for members which take place in the evening, both online and in person across the UK. You will also work with the whole team to deliver our larger events including the annual conference and prestigious Diploma ceremony.

The Education Training and Events Executive will work closely with the Education team to plan and deliver a range of events for different audiences including assessor, examiner and supervisor training; a series of virtual Hospital Eye Service (HES) workshops; student presentations and webinars; This role will also work one day a week within the Events team to assist with the co-ordination of continuing professional development events for members.

About us
The College of Optometrists is the professional body for optometry. It qualifies the profession and delivers the guidance and development to ensure optometrists provide the best possible care. We promote excellence through the College’s affixes, by building the evidence base for optometry, and raising awareness of the profession with the public, commissioners, and health care professionals.

We are a supportive and friendly team. The College provides a range of benefits to employees including a generous pension scheme, season ticket loan, a health cash plan scheme, a good holiday entitlement, life assurance, and an employee assistance programme. We also provide time off in lieu for evening and weekend events.

Apply
The job description for both roles can be downloaded below. To apply please send your CV, and a cover letter (no more than 500 words) clearly demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role, and stating if you have a preference for either role,

Application deadline: 25 October at midday (both roles)

First interview date:  1 November (Education Training & Events Executive)
Second interview date:  8 November (Education Training & Events Executive)

First interview date: 3 November (Events Executive)
Second interview date: 10 November (Events Executive)

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to inform those who are not shortlisted, or give feedback. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Equality and inclusion
The College is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and to avoiding unlawful discrimination. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation. In support of this we follow a fair recruitment process in which shortlisting and other recruitment decisions are made on the basis of skills, competencies and experience demonstrated in the application and interview process. 

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made to support your application due to a disability or other condition please let us know.

No agencies or other recruitment services, please.

We are looking to recruit to the post of 3 care coordinators, to work within our Primary Care Network multidisciplinary healthcare team. The successful candidate will play a key role in proactively identifying and working with people, including the frail/elderly and those with long-term conditions, to provide coordination and navigation of care and support across health and care services. They will work closely with GPs and practice teams, making sure that appropriate support is made available to people; supporting them to understand and manage their condition and ensuring their changing needs are addressed.

They will enable people to access the services and support they require to meet their health and wellbeing needs, helping to improve people’s quality of life. They will work alongside social prescribing link workers and health and wellbeing coaches to provide an all-encompassing approach to personalised care and enable people navigate through the health and care system. The postholder will work with a diverse range of people from different cultural and social backgrounds. The ability to work confidently and effectively in a varied, and sometimes challenging environment is essential. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be organised, patient and empathetic. They will have experience of working in health, social care or other support roles including direct contact with people, families or carers.

The successful candidate will work alongside social prescribing link workers and health and wellbeing coaches to provide an all-encompassing approach to personalised care and enable people to work out how best to use the health and care system. Cambridge City 4 PCN’s vision is to work together to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients and staff. With a patient size of just over 55,000 across six practices, we are recruiting for 3 whole time equivalent care coordinators who will focus on Cornford House Surgery, Petersfield Medical Practice, Queen Edith Medical Practice and Woodlands Surgery.

To apply for this role pleases apply with a full CV, covering letter and personal statement ensuring you address as many of the points within the person specification. If you do not sumbit a personal statement, your application may not be considered. Closing date is the 27th of October at midday. 

Community based covering areas in and around Southampton

Full time - working a 35 hour week

Applications are invited for the position of Dog Training Instructor. This position will be based in and around Southampton.

Working as a Dog Training instructor, you will be fully responsible and accountable for overseeing the entire training lifecycle from puppyhood to the moment they qualify as a Hearing Dog.  This is a highly rewarding role where you can directly impact a person’s life.

We are looking for a self-motivated and positive individual with practical and theoretical experience in dog training and behaviour, with skills in teaching, mentoring and coaching people. The ability to develop and train dogs using the skills of our volunteers is essential so we are looking for someone who finds value in working with both people and dogs and is driven by the overall goal to help train more dogs for deaf people.

You will need resilience and a high degree of efficiency to be a successful Dog Training Instructor and preferably be educated to degree level or equivalent in the relevant subject area.  If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you.

If you are interested in working with us in this varied and immensely rewarding job, please contact Kayla Mackenzie for an application form as detailed on our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 22nd October 2021

Registered charity in England and Wales (293358) and in Scotland (SC040486)

About the Role

As a Trainer in St John Ambulance’s Workplace Training team, you will be responsible for delivering and assessing a variety of First Aid and Health & Safety training courses.

While the main requirement is to train our 1,2 and 3-day first aid courses, we are also the country’s leading provider of Fire Marshal and IOSH Managing Safely training and are fast-becoming the premier provider of mental health and wellbeing programmes. All our trainers deliver the first aid suite and for that we need candidates to have a level 3 assessing and teaching/training qualification (such as CiLD).

Our courses receive incredible customer satisfaction ratings because they are the best on the market delivered by passionate, well-trained, adaptable trainers in cohesive teams supported by expert advice and guidance. We are an organisation that truly believes in giving delegates not just the certificate, but the skills and confidence to make a difference when the time comes. We do that by making our courses interactive, enjoyable and practical as well as assessing understanding throughout the course. We also all seek to live our values every day, those of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork. If that sounds like something you could fit into, then please get in touch.

Most of the time you would be working in one area and on weekdays in our training venues (we have around 200 across the country), in addition you would run courses on customer premises and travel to other areas when necessary (so you need to be able to get yourself there, with the required equipment) and occasionally do courses at weekends or in the evening.

Please note, we will accept applications from Trainee Trainer candidates.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

Summary of what we are looking for:

· Trainers with an Assessing and Training Qualification at Level 3 or above (eg CiLD)
· People who are passionate and engaging, adaptable and flexible
· First aid training experience would be a distinct advantage.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, sharing the values of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork, and united by aims to serve humanity without judgement, to take time to care, to be skilled to meet health needs, and to develop new and better ways to preserve and protect life.

Other benefits:

· Competitive salary & pension scheme
· Cycle to work scheme
· Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
· Discounts - Blue Light, NHS and SJA discounts including on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping - including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date:TBC
Application Review Date:   20/10/2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

We are looking for a committed administrator to provide full administrative and programme support to the Education and Training team. The role will involve data processing and managing data on the designated Client Management Systems (for which full training will also be provided) and to help co-ordinate enrolment days and course administration. The role will also involve preparing service paperwork (such as registration and evaluation forms), the preparation, publishing and circulation of programmes and timetables and answering queries (by phone, email and in person) from learners and prospective learners on the courses and programmes High Trees are running. The role may also include providing administrative support to tutors during exams, audits or during delivery.

The successful applicant will have experience of providing efficient administrative support, strong organisational skills, able to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines, be flexible and excited about being at the heart of our biggest team, Education and Training, and be committed to providing an excellent service to High Trees’ users.

Please note the deadline for recruitment is the 24th October at 11.59am 

About the Role

As a Trainer in St John Ambulance’s Workplace Training team, you will be responsible for delivering and assessing a variety of First Aid and Health & Safety training courses.

While the main requirement is to train our 1,2 and 3-day first aid courses, we are also the country’s leading provider of Fire Marshal and IOSH Managing Safely training and are fast-becoming the premier provider of mental health and wellbeing programmes. All our trainers deliver the first aid suite and for that we need candidates to have a level 3 assessing and teaching/training qualification (such as CiLD).

Our courses receive incredible customer satisfaction ratings because they are the best on the market delivered by passionate, well-trained, adaptable trainers in cohesive teams supported by expert advice and guidance. We are an organisation that truly believes in giving delegates not just the certificate, but the skills and confidence to make a difference when the time comes. We do that by making our courses interactive, enjoyable and practical as well as assessing understanding throughout the course. We also all seek to live our values every day, those of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork. If that sounds like something you could fit into, then please get in touch.

Most of the time you would be working in one area and on weekdays in our training venues (we have around 200 across the country), in addition you would run courses on customer premises and travel to other areas when necessary (so you need to be able to get yourself there, with the required equipment) and occasionally do courses at weekends or in the evening.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

Summary of what we are looking for:

· Trainers with an Assessing and Training Qualification at Level 3 or above (eg CiLD)
· People who are passionate and engaging, adaptable and flexible
· First aid training experience would be a distinct advantage.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, sharing the values of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork, and united by aims to serve humanity without judgement, to take time to care, to be skilled to meet health needs, and to develop new and better ways to preserve and protect life.

Other benefits:

· Competitive salary & pension scheme
· Cycle to work scheme
· Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
· Discounts - Blue Light, NHS and SJA discounts including on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping - including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date:   TBC
Application Review Date:   22/10/21 

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

About the Role

As a Trainer at St John Ambulance, you will be responsible for delivering and assessing a variety of First Aid and Health & Safety training courses to our workplace and community training customers.

The main requirement is to train our 1,2 and 3-day first aid courses, but we are also the country’s leading provider of Fire Marshal and IOSH Managing Safely training as well as fast-becoming a major player in mental health and wellbeing courses. All our trainers deliver the first aid suite and for that we need candidates to have a level 3 assessing and teaching/training qualification (such as CiLD).

During the Coronavirus pandemic we ceased most training however we are now building back up, have adapted our courses and implemented social distancing and other measures. We are seeing significant customer demand but need to be able to respond to the changing circumstances, especially when social distancing measures ease which will allow us to train more courses and more delegates per course. Therefore, we are ideally looking for people who are able to be flexible and adaptable. We anticipate that between November 2020 and March 2021 no Trainer will work more than 4-days per week, but there will be the option to be full time after then. We also have opportunities to work on casual terms, where you would be able to choose which courses you do - at attractive assignment rates.

Our courses receive incredible customer satisfaction ratings because we believe they are the best on the market delivered by passionate, well-trained, adaptable trainers in cohesive teams supported by expert advice and guidance. We are an organisation that truly believes in giving delegates not just the certificate, but the skills and confidence to make a difference when the time comes. We do that by making our courses interactive, enjoyable and practical as well as assessing understanding throughout the course. We also all seek to live the values of the organisation every day, those of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork. If that sounds like something you could fit into, then please get in touch.

Most of the time you would be working in one area and on weekdays in our training venues (we have around 200 across the country), in addition you would run courses on customer premises and travel to other areas when necessary (so you need to be able to get yourself there, with the required equipment) and occasionally do courses at weekends or in the evening.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

Summary of what we are looking for:

· Trainers with an Assessing and Training Qualification at Level 3 or above (eg CiLD)
· People who are passionate and engaging, adaptable and flexible
· First aid training experience would be a distinct advantage.
· Permanent roles at either 3 or 4 days per week (with full time, 5 days/week likely to be available after March 2021)
· Casual roles at attractive assignment rates
· We are also interested in hearing from people who are NEBOSH qualified to deliver safety courses on a casual basis

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, sharing the values of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork, and united by aims to serve humanity without judgement, to take time to care, to be skilled to meet health needs, and to develop new and better ways to preserve and protect life.

Other benefits:

· Competitive salary & pension scheme
· Cycle to work scheme
· Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
· Discounts - Blue Light, NHS and SJA discounts including on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping - including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date: 08/11/2021
Application Review Date: 25/10/2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

The VCS Alliance is a successful organisation that prides itself on delivering high quality work through partnering with a wide range of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations across Bradford District and Craven. We work closely with the local Health and Care System, and co-ordinate some of the local VCS representation within this thematic area.

KEY PURPOSES OF THE POST

• To develop and manage contracts and grants managed and delivered via The VCS Alliance.
• Responsibility for ensuring that contracts of The VCS Alliance are delivered in line with contract specifications and to a high standard. 
• To develop, maintain and manage relationships with a wide range of delivery partners, to support the development of a diverse Provider Community as a resource pool for contract delivery.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Creation of suitable contracting documentation, in collaboration with team colleagues and Delivery Provider organisations.
2. Ensure the successful delivery of The VCS Alliance contracts and grants of varied sizes and complexity within legal requirements.
3. Establish, manage and develop arrangements, frameworks and systems to ensure appropriate monitoring of all contracts and grants under your responsibility, including performance and finances.
4. Take responsibility for monitoring and analysing performance within The VCS Alliance contract frameworks by leading on regular contract management processes with delivery partners.
5. Collation and analysis of information to highlight all contractual and performance issues in accordance with contract timetables.
6. Advise line manager of all contract performance issues, along with issues relating to compliance against contract/service level agreement terms and conditions.
7. Ensure all contract management issues are resolved in a timely manner.
8. Undertake the central administration of the contract arrangements including supporting the development and production of information systems and reports to support the contract monitoring process. 
9. Ensure effective processes are in place to answer all contract queries efficiently and in a timely way.
10. Produce regular reports updating the Board on the delivery and performance of The VCSA contracts.
11. Produce contract and activity monitoring reports for funders as required.
12. Any other tasks required in line with the role.

ADMINISTRATION

1. Complete relevant administrative tasks including record keeping and data management.
2. Contribute to The VCS Alliance’s general administration through dealing with enquiries via the telephone, email and drop-ins when needed.
3. Contribute information to The VCS Alliance’s newsletter/mailings/e-bulletins/website, where relevant to the role.
4. Complete any other related administrative tasks.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Undertake any training or development opportunities as may be required to keep up to date and fulfil the requirements identified for this role.
2. Attend regular supervision sessions and staff meetings.
3. Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
4. Undertake any other duties as prescribed by and agreed with your Line Manager.
5. Work in line with The VCS Alliance’s Code of Conduct and maintain good relationships within and outside of The VCS Alliance.
6. Have a collaborative and flexible approach to work undertaken.
7. Work in accordance with The VCS Alliance’s Aims, Objectives and Values.
8. Promote The VCS Alliance with all relevant stakeholders.
9. Flexibility is an advantage. Please contact us to discuss what this means before accepting any offer of employment.

EQUAL OPORTUNITIES

The VCS Alliance is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. Everyone who comes into contact with The VCS Alliance and its staff and volunteers will be treated with dignity and respect, and will not be discriminated against directly or indirectly on the grounds of any protected characteristic described in the Equality Act (2010) including their gender identity, sex, race/ethnicity, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, mental health status, age or disability. Job applicants, employees, volunteers and service users will be entitled these protections too.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The post holder is expected to comply with The VCS Alliance Health and Safety Policy and take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by the work.

NOTES

All job roles are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly. The job description is a guide to the work that you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the seniority of the post.

This post is subject to a 3 month probationary period. This post is currently fixed for two years (subject to review of ongoing funding).

Our clients values and ethos simply expressed are care, compassion, and commitment, and love for the people they work with and serve. Their values are practically expressed in humble service, helping those in need, in poverty and experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation.

In living out these values as an organisation they will seek as a priority to recruit trustees, staff and volunteers who are committed to and actively live out these values in contributing to the work of their teams.

Find out about volunteering opportunities with them. 

Location: Bedford

Hours: Full-time 37.5hrs, Monday to Friday, Fixed term contract until July 2022 with the possibility of extension

Salary: £24,000.00 per year

Due to the growth in demand for their services, they are seeking to recruit a Training Project Supervisor (ESOL) who will live out their core values in managing and organising their new ESOL programmes. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who shares our organisational values of care and compassion, is confident working with initiative and has strong organisation, prioritisation, and mentoring skills.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and manage the provision and delivery of ESOL programmes in Bedford
• Work with colleagues at their Academy to streamline the provision of ESOL services, creating an ‘ESOL Pathway’ that serves learner needs
• Meet funders and budget targets
• Manage the day to day running of courses and associated communication, in coordination with the admin team
• Oversee and coordinate external contracted Teachers to plan and deliver programmes in line with OFSTED requirements
• Ensure full compliance with the rules and regulations of funding bodies, ensuring returns are completed to deadline
• Market and promote programmes with stakeholders and partners to meet all target outcomes.
• Communicate the organisational values of care, compassion and Commitment both directly and through behaviour and attitude
Ideal candidates will have experience in project supervision/management, developing training programmes and liaising with awarding bodies as well as understanding of quality assurance standards.

Required Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Delivering projects to standards.
• Project supervision/management
• Working under own initiative and as part of a team to achieve good outcomes for learners.
• Able to monitor and manage targets and outcomes for learners successfully
• Teaching/Training experience

Desirable experience or qualifications:

• Full driving licence and own transport
• Quality Assurance
• Experience of developing and running programmes
• Ability to speak a second language

Our client is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills, and work experience opportunities in their charitable businesses. They are a Living Wage Employer and are committed to promoting wellbeing and a work-life balance amongst their staff.

To apply for this exciting post, please submit your CV along with the Supporting Statement to let them know why you are perfect for the role!

You may have experience of the following: Project Supervisor, Project Coordinator, Training Coordinator, L&D Coordinator, Project Management, etc.

Ref: 103 684

Background

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

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

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

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

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

Job Objectives

The overarching objectives of this role include:

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

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

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

• Promote the Homeshare model widely across the regions

• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholder groups

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

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

Main duties and responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4.General 

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

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

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

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

e. Engage in continuous self-development and training

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

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

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

About the Role

As a Trainer in St John Ambulance’s Workplace Training team, you will be responsible for delivering and assessing a variety of First Aid and Health & Safety training courses.

While the main requirement is to train our 1,2 and 3-day first aid courses, we are also the country’s leading provider of Fire Marshal and IOSH Managing Safely training and are fast-becoming the premier provider of mental health and wellbeing programmes. All our trainers deliver the first aid suite and for that we need candidates to have a level 3 assessing and teaching/training qualification (such as CiLD).

Our courses receive incredible customer satisfaction ratings because they are the best on the market delivered by passionate, well-trained, adaptable trainers in cohesive teams supported by expert advice and guidance. We are an organisation that truly believes in giving delegates not just the certificate, but the skills and confidence to make a difference when the time comes. We do that by making our courses interactive, enjoyable and practical as well as assessing understanding throughout the course. We also all seek to live our values every day, those of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork. If that sounds like something you could fit into, then please get in touch.

Most of the time you would be working in one area and on weekdays in our training venues (we have around 200 across the country), in addition you would run courses on customer premises and travel to other areas when necessary (so you need to be able to get yourself there, with the required equipment) and occasionally do courses at weekends or in the evening.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

Summary of what we are looking for:

· Trainers with an Assessing and Training Qualification at Level 3 or above (eg CiLD)
· People who are passionate and engaging, adaptable and flexible
· First aid training experience would be a distinct advantage.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, sharing the values of humanity, excellence, accountability, responsiveness, and teamwork, and united by aims to serve humanity without judgement, to take time to care, to be skilled to meet health needs, and to develop new and better ways to preserve and protect life.

Other benefits:

· Competitive salary & pension scheme
· Cycle to work scheme
· Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
· Discounts - Blue Light, NHS and SJA discounts including on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping - including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date:  TBC 
Application Review Date:   27/10/2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

Carer Engagement and Training officer

Would you like to work for an organisation that makes a difference within your local community, an organisation that supports unpaid carers and impacts positively on their lives? The charity provides support directly to carers by raising the profile of carers and their needs with health and social care professionals, employers, and the public.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is resourceful and willing to get “stuck in” to represent the voice and needs of unpaid carers in Wiltshire County and the surrounding area.

Position: Carer Involvement and Training Officer

Location: Wiltshire

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week

Salary: £23,541 – £25,991 pro rata

Closing Date: 22nd October 12pm

The Role

The Carer Involvement and Training Officer will be part of a highly skilled team that continuously strives to improve the lives of unpaid carers and their loved ones.

Your main duties as Carer involvement and training officer are:

• To manage the charity’s carer involvement and engagement work, manage requests from internal and external sources for carer input, and plan and monitor attendance at carer groups
• To facilitate, co-ordinate and develop a broad range of carers’ groups across Wiltshire, and facilitate Wiltshire Carers Forum (WCF) meetings
• To source and manage carer training, working with training providers across the county to ensure quality training is provided.

About You

As Carer Involvement and Training Officer, you will have knowledge of health and safety, in particular undertaking risk assessments. With a commitment to high quality Carer focused services and an understanding of carer’s needs and issues, you will have an organized approach to work.

You will be asked to upload your CV as part of the application process.

The charity is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity and are also a Mindful employer, operating carer-friendly policies.

In return…

You can work for an organisation that really makes a difference within your local community, an organisation that supports unpaid carers and impacts positively on their lives? If you want to work somewhere that can offer you a meaningful career, training and development opportunities and a great benefits package, apply today!

About the Organisation

3 in 5 of us will become a carer at some point in our lives. Whether we are caring for a parent, partner or family member with an illness or disability, caring is a rewarding and demanding role.

Unpaid carers save the economy over £132bn every year – that’s the cost of a second NHS. The carers our client supports save the Wiltshire economy over £961 million a year.

The charity helps carers access services, information, education and training, respite, and breaks from their caring role. It ensures they have a voice that is heard and work with health and social care professionals and employers to raise carer awareness and develop best practice.

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