The Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham mission is to serve the people living within the Archdiocese, supporting parish priests and the people in our parish and school communities, to worship and live according to Gospel values and to evangelise within their local communities through the witness of their lives. 

It extends from Stoke in the North to the Thames in the South, including seven cities and five counties; an area with over five million people. It serves a Catholic population of c.450,000 through a network of 217 parishes and some 240 schools. 

The needs of our communities are changing. While some congregations are shrinking, others are seeing significant growth. Ensuring the Archdiocese manages its resources to enable it to deliver its Mission is vital, and this is the responsibility of our Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). 

Key details: 

Job title: Chief Operating Officer – Archdiocese of Birmingham 

Location: Birmingham  

Contract tenure: Permanent, Full-time 

Salary: £80,000 to £90,000 p.a. 

Working closely with the Archbishop, Area Bishops and the Vicar General, the COO is responsible for the lay workforce, and the financial and property resources involved in providing administrative services in fulfilment of the Mission of the Catholic Church in the Diocese, primarily through the provision of support to parishes. In the lay matters, the COO will be the voice of the Archbishop. Their role includes ensuring compliance with all legal requirements – including Charity Law – on behalf of the Trustees of the Archdiocese.  

The COO will play a lead role in developing and implementing the Diocesan Plan, modelling principle of Co-Responsibility in the Archdiocese’s leadership between the clergy and laity.  

Amongst other criteria, the successful candidate have: 

• Experience of strategy development at board level.
• Experience in compliance, governance, and internal controls.
• Experience of leading multi-discipline senior team.
• Significant experience of leading a finance function.
• Proven motivational skills.
• Ability to reach sound judgements through strategic, analytical thinking. 
• Experience of delivering organisational change.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role with details on how to apply, please send an expression of interest in confidence to our consultant, Jenny Hills via the apply button.

For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny at Harris Hill with your number and suitable times to speak.

Please note: responding to this advertisement will not in itself be considered an application. We will need a CV and a supporting statement addressing the full person specification in the information pack. 

Closing date for applications: 9am, Friday 18th December.

Who we are looking for

This is an exciting, high profile and demanding role that will allow the post-holder to have system-wide impact through the successful delivery of national professional development programmes and qualifications for teachers and school leaders. It is a senior leadership team post at Ambition Institute, based within our Programmes Division.

We are looking for someone to join us to lead a number of high profile professional development programmes for school leaders, which will be mobilised throughout 2021.  You will be responsible for ensuring the effective development and delivery of our programmes, so that we have the greatest possible impact on developing the expertise of school leaders across the country.

Working with others across the organisation, you will develop and set a clear vision for their purpose and impact.  You will need to ensure the programmes are of the highest quality, as well as being financially sustainable and contractually compliant.

In order to excel in this role, you will need to understand the principles of high quality professional development and be able to work strategically to translate these into successful development programmes at scale. You will need to be customer- and participant-focused, with the ability to respond effectively to trends and shifts in participants’ feedback and needs, and be able to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will have experience of programme/ project management and leading professional development programmes at scale.  This will include bringing experience of managing a large and complex team and its budget, and working with partners to deliver effectively.

As a director within the Programmes team you will manage a team of Associate Directors, act as an external voice for the organisation when required, deputise for your Executive Director when required, and take on wider leadership responsibilities across the organisation.  The successful candidate will champion our values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 7th December. Interviews are expected to take place later that week.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Interview date: w/c 14 December 2020

Contract Duration: 12 months

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We are a diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome applications from black, asian and ethnic minority people. We are a flexible employer, so this role would suit working parents or people returning to work after raising children. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates. We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Citizens Advice is hiring Programme Director to oversee a 12 month fixed-term programme of work related to the organisation’s online advice content.

This is a vital role for the organisation, overseeing work that helps millions of people each year. The role will help us focus on meeting user needs through the creation of clear and accurate content, while also remodelling the organisation’s content as we move to a new modular content architecture enabled by our migration to a new content platform, Contentful.

This role will oversee a focused portfolio of work in five areas:

1. Meeting user needs through the creation of clear and accurate content, in particular in relationship to Covid-19 and Brexit
2. Remodelling the organisation’s content to support the migration to a new content platform, with a view to making the content more sustainable
3. An accelerated programme of archiving and maintenance work to rapidly reduce a backlog of legacy content and tackle content at risk of inaccuracy
4. Maturing the metrics used to assess the performance of content, complementing the wider work of the organisation’s data team
5. Considering how Citizens Advice promotes content proactively to make sure we’re reaching the people who most need our help

The role will report to the Executive Director of Advice & Advocacy and will oversee the day to day work of the organisation’s content and expert advice functions - the content designers and legal experts who collaborate to produce online content for the Citizens Advice website and adviser-facing intranet.

Citizens Advice is needed more than ever as demand for advice rises as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, our service faces the challenge of supporting people in a remote context, making it all the more important that we have best-in-class online content. We face a number of fascinating challenges in relation to content, requiring a candidate who can operate at a strategic level:

• We are in the process of migrating from a legacy content platform to a new headless content management system, including a move toward a more modular architecture for our content
• We face a significant challenge - as with many organisations - with legacy content, which makes it hard for us to maintain our content at high levels of reliability and accessibility
• We are considering how best to bring digital capabilities, and our website and content itself, closer together with operational delivery teams as part of the organisation’s wider digital transformation

We need to make progress on these strategic challenges while at the same time meeting the significant daily demands of high volume online service delivery, particularly in the context of high demand as a result of Covid-19 and Brexit.

The ideal candidate for this role will be dedicated to internet-era ways of working: starting with user needs, focusing on delivery and outcomes over process, and working in the open. You will be able to evidence your commitment to diversity and inclusion in the way you recruit and build teams and in your approach to accessible digital services.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

This is a great opportunity to join our local delivery teams in our Central Region.  We are looking for an Operations Executives to manage a caseload of Young People into sustainable outcomes.  We are currently working from home which will feature for the foreseeable period.

Your responsibilities will include delivery of a range of sessions to local Young people helping them secure positive outcomes in Employment, Education or Enterprise. Working as part of a small team you will need to be flexible, adaptable and build great relationships with Young People, our delivery partners and volunteers. You will help to deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to young people across the area whilst ensuring the Trust is known to local recruiters for referrals. Within your role you will have responsibility for a specific theme, either Enterprise, Education or employability.

We have the ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review, and support our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across the area.

We want to hear from applicants that have high motivation to succeed, can work to local contract requirements and KPIs and are a great team member.

 You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external) and ensure that our delivery plans are achieved, and the quality and impact is high.

The Trust has a behavioural framework which informs all our work with colleagues, young people and partners. Through the process, the successful candidate will demonstrate their ability to lead by example, communicate effectively, continually improve themselves and others and by working as one team deliver results for the benefit of young people.

Please note: We will begin reviewing applications prior to the closing date so we advise you to submit something sooner rather than later. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply. 

Director of Income Generation, Marketing and Partnerships

Compton Care is a large hospice in the West Midlands that excels at delivering care to people who have been diagnosed with a life limiting or end of life condition.

Established for nearly 40 years, Compton Care is a dedicated and integral part of the Wolverhampton Health System, having been fortunate enough to receive excellent support from local communities and businesses alike.

Compton Care has remained in a relatively stable financial position during the current pandemic however, we recognise that we need to continue to develop new relationships and change the way we generate income in readiness to face new challenges that may lie ahead.  This is why now is such an exciting time to you to join us on our journey as we embark on our next period of change to continue to provide excellent care across Wolverhampton and beyond.  

Our patients are always at the forefront of everything we do, and we are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative individual to join our Leadership Team, to help further shape and enhance what we have already achieved. The successful candidate will need to have demonstrable experience of creating and delivering plans for income generation in commercial activities, including fundraising and retail, in both corporate and individual donations. We require a dynamic strategic leader who will build on our existing success in increasing sales across all our Retail stores.

The successful candidate must also have experience of defining and developing commercial strategies to generate income and accelerate growth. A strong financial and or strategic development background is advantageous as you will be monitoring and forecasting the commercial budget as well as developing and negotiating commercial agreements and partnerships. With excellent communication skills you will be confident in building and maintaining relationships, both internally and externally with an ability to react positively to change and think outside of the box

At Compton Care, we pride ourselves on developing our teams and nurturing our talent ensuring we provide opportunities for personal growth and development. A cultural fit is also important and as such we are seeking candidates who share our values, For the right candidate, with relevant experience and ambition, we would consider adding the Deputy to our CEO into this role.

If you feel you have what we are looking for, we would welcome an application from you, or if you would like more information or a discussion, please contact Rachel Overfield, Interim Chief Executive on

0 3 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 50  Ext 223 who will be happy to have an informal discussion with you.

The closing date for applications is the 7th December 2020 and interviews are scheduled to take place on the 15th December 2020.

The role is home and site based.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth and health & social care focused person to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate must be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career. Meanwhile, across the health and social care sector there is currently in a workforce crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of different roles.

See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too! Could you lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 3 years?

As an Operations Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 16-30-year olds into sustained health and social care jobs. Working as part of a team within our Central region you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

 Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust's Health & Social Care project.
• Accurately record and track young people’s journey and progression using The Prince’s Trust CRM system.
• Supporting young people into positive sustained outcomes including education, training, and employment.
• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged through outreach.
• This role could be based in any Prince’s Trust centres within Central region or as a homeworker this role can involve travel throughout Central England, but we are particularly interested in people with local knowledge of the following areas: Birmingham, Nottingham and Norwich.
• Co-ordinating with partners to deliver employment programmes, including leading skills sessions.
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support and keeping detailed records of our engagement with them.
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services.
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services.

Requirements: 

To support our delivery requirements across Central England we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who have some of the following qualities: 

• Experience of the NHS or Health & Social Care sector in any capacity
• Experience of recruiting people into roles within Health & Social Care
• Experience in caseload management to a varied audience
• Have experience in using customer relationship management systems and reporting data
• Able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Experience in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• A natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Youth Work or Teaching
  • Health & Social Care sector
  • Recruitment
  • Careers & Employability Sector
  • Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
  • Possesses a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face. 

Our charity is on an incredible journey and this is a hugely exciting time to join our team.

2020 has seen the UK come together in an outpouring of love and support for the NHS. As the NHS’ national charity and membership organisation for the NHS’ official charities throughout the UK, NHS Charities Together is the central charity receiving additional funding and support for our National Health Service where and when it needs it most. Thanks to phenomenal public support, our national Covid-19 Appeal has raised more than £130 million to help NHS staff, volunteers and patients through the immediate and long-term effects of coronavirus. 

The recruitment of this post is part of an ambitious plans and commitment to develop and execute a proactive and sustainable Fundraising strategy, building on the success of our Covid-19 Appeal. We are very proud of what we achieve.

We are a small but growing staff team and as a Fundraising Executive you will play a key role as we work hard to make a difference to the lives of NHS patients, staff and volunteers. If you are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our nation, and believe that through supporting NHS charities we can significantly increase the vital support given to our hospitals, community, mental health and ambulance services, we would love to hear from you. 

Director of Income Generation, Partnerships and Marketing

Our client has remained in a relatively stable financial position during the current pandemic however, they recognise that they need to continue to develop new relationships and change the way they generate income in readiness to face new challenges that may lie ahead. This is why now is such an exciting time to you to join them on their journey as they embark on their next period of change to continue to provide excellent care across Wolverhampton and beyond.

Their patients are always at the forefront of everything they do, and they are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative individual to join their Leadership Team, to help further shape and enhance what they have already achieved.

Main responsibilities:

• Enable our client to realise their vision, mission and strategic ambitions through the delivery of the required funding to support the future financial sustainability of the organisation.
• Develop and deliver a progressive and comprehensive income generation strategy utilising all available voluntary and commercial income streams.
• Develop and deliver a strategy to engage all communities with our client’s vision, services and activities, building a thorough understanding of their work and galvanise the financial and volunteering support of those communities.
• Develop and deliver with the CEO a key stakeholder and strategic partnerships plan that supports the future sustainability of our client.
• Develop and deliver internal and external communication and marketing strategies.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will need to have demonstrable experience of creating and delivering plans for income generation in commercial activities, including fundraising and retail, in both corporate and individual donations. They require a dynamic strategic leader who will build on their existing success in increasing sales across all their Retail stores.

The successful candidate must also have experience of defining and developing commercial strategies to generate income and accelerate growth. A strong financial and or strategic development background is advantageous as you will be monitoring and forecasting the commercial budget as well as developing and negotiating commercial agreements and partnerships. With excellent communication skills you will be confident in building and maintaining relationships, both internally and externally with an ability to react positively to change and think outside of the box.

Our client prides themselves on developing their teams and nurturing their talent ensuring they provide opportunities for personal growth and development. A cultural fit is also important and as such they are seeking candidates who share their values, For the right candidate, with relevant experience and ambition, they would consider adding the Deputy to their CEO into this role.

About our client:

They are a large hospice in the West Midlands that excels at delivering care to people who have been diagnosed with a life limiting or end of life condition.

Established for nearly 40 years, they are a dedicated and integral part of the Wolverhampton Health System, having been fortunate enough to receive excellent support from local communities and businesses alike.

Location: Wolverhampton

Job type: Full Time, Permanent.

Salary: £75,000 Circa

You may have experience of the following: Director, Income Generation, Director of Finance, Director of Fundraising, Fundraising Partnerships, Third Sector, NFP, Charity, Not for Profit.

As Head of Property at St John Ambulance, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of the St John Estate, its related resources and facilities to ensure they are in line with strategic objectives. You will provide strategic leadership and effective management of the build estate and hard & soft facilities management through a combination of both in-house and outsourced resources.

About the Role

This role can be based out of any St John Ambulance office

As Head of Property at St John Ambulance, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of the St John Estate, its related resources and facilities to ensure they are in line with strategic objectives. You will provide strategic leadership and effective management of the built estate and hard & soft facilities management through a combination of both in-house and outsourced resources.

The successful candidate will provide expertise to support the development and delivery of the Estates Strategy across the organisation and be the principle advisor on all land, property, estates and facilities matters to the Executive Board through the Chief Executive Officer. You will lead the organisation through a radical strategic review of the whole Estate portfolio and deliver key strategic changes across core areas of the built estate.

The Head of Property will ensure through an effective strategy, policies and procedures, that the estate is financially efficient, legally compliant and environmentally sustainable.

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

About You

To be successful in the role of Head of Property you should have broad commercial previous experience of working in a similar position sand successfully managing a complex property estates and facilities portfolio, with associated staff, outsourced contracts and budgets. You will have considerable detailed experience of delivering strategic and practical changes across a large Estate portfolio and significant experience of influencing key stakeholders and demonstrating value for money across all transactions.

The Head of Property must possess a wide set of technical qualifications as well as detailed understanding of all relevant Property legislation and have a minimum of 10 years track record in a leadership position.

This role will be fast paced, dynamic and intellectually challenging. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the commerciality required to lead, influence and shape strategy across a broad property portfolio that creates considerable opportunity for both value creation and career development.

If you have the hunger, drive and skills required to deliver in a multi - level operational environment that is evolving fast as well as the confidence and competency to deliver substantial property change, then this opportunity will meet your career expectations.

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, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: w/c 11 December

Application Review Date: 2nd December

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.

Key accountabilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the marketing, social media and creative strategies with plans and activities to raise brand awareness including the adoption of GRT’s brand and values across the organisation. To also deliver impactful fundraising and advocacy campaigns.
• Provide effective leadership and build strong working relationships with departments across the organisation to ensure integrated marketing plans are developed and implemented to achieve maximum impact with external audiences.
• Play a key role as a member of the UK Executive Team in developing GRT’s strategic priorities and implement plans to raise awareness of the Organisation’s activities and their impact.
•  Provide effective leadership for team members, delivering marketing and creative activities, ensure digital marketing and branding plans are in place and act as an inspiring role model at all times.
• To lead on the creation and development of key building blocks, processes, systems and guidelines for the Marketing Department to deliver effective and sustainable growth and high-quality materials that are consistent with GRT’s brand across all departments.
• Manage the creation of engaging social media posts using graphics, videos and photography.
• Manage and lead effective digital content, images for media, printed flyers, events programmes, videos, sound bites and magazine adverts.
• Work with external suppliers such as designers, printers and media buyers to pull together integrated marketing campaigns.
• Work with digital colleagues to forecast and implement the annual advertising budget, ensuring maximum value for money and return on investment.
• Need to ensure that good communication is maintained with current donors and minimise any attrition.

   

One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.

About One Million Mentors:

One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.

1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners. 

1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.

The Role:

As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentees in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.

Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.

For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.

Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.

We are looking for a part-time organiser, based in the Birmingham area, to strengthen and expand our network of Equality Trust-affiliated groups. As part of our objective of reducing inequality in local areas, this role will seek to further develop our network of local groups, by increasing support to existing groups, supporting new groups to form, as well as working strategically with other like-minded organisations at a local level.

We are seeking an exceptionally motivated and organised individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, high-profile environment. We offer a dynamic, friendly team and a supportive and flexible working environment. The Equality Trust is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in recruitment. We know that organisations with a diverse team perform better for their beneficiaries, and we particularly welcome applications from those who identify as Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and older applicants who are under-represented in our staff team.

This post is advertised as 21 hours, and we are open to this being worked flexibly over 3, 4 or 5 days. Note all staff are currently working remotely until further notice. This post will require some evening and weekend work which can be taken as TOIL. 

About the role

The role will involve facilitating local activity, developing the capacity of local groups and broadening the reach of our networks. It will also involve developing and strengthening our Speakers’ Network and responding to the increased demand for speakers on the topic of inequality. It will also involve delivering and/or organising training sessions for local groups, contributing to the monthly newsletter and organising online events. The postholder will be a point of contact for local groups and will support individuals to start local groups. The post-holder will broaden the scope of campaigning issues our groups feel confident to work on, including social inequalities, poverty (and the Poverty Premium), fair pay, education, health, business behaviour, etc. There will also be opportunities to get involved in different aspects of The Equality Trust’s work. 

Specifically the organiser will, in line with agreed priorities, facilitate and support local groups to:

• Develop and deliver local campaigns to reduce inequality, encouraging our activists to think strategically and eliciting active participation from across the community, in wider TET campaigns as well as locally
• Grow the local groups network and build power within local communities
• Organise a range of interactive events, including national local groups conferences, film showings, webinars, speaker events, craftivist sessions etc.
• Hold public stalls and stalls at local events and conferences subject to public health and safety advice.
• Establish links and hold events with local academics, student unions, schools and colleges, and local like-minded organisations
• Train and recruit more members into our Speaker Network
• Develop and deliver training to volunteer activists on a range of topics, including online and offline organising, dealing with media, communications and other skills.
• Prepare campaigns materials for hustings for local/national elections and campaigns
• Engage with like-minded local groups on campaigning work to reduce inequality
• Engage with schools, youth groups and colleges where appropriate, through the Speaker Network and our education programme.

About you

Essential experience 

• Experience of community and/or union organising and a proven history of grassroots campaigning.
• Demonstrable success in devising and delivering online and offline campaigns and materials
• Experience of developing a strategic approach at a local level that motivates supporters and where appropriate brings pressure to bear on relevant stakeholders.
• Experience of influencing and working collaboratively with others, both internally with staff and volunteers and externally with prospective partner organisations.
• Experience of organising in an inclusive way that proactively seeks to address any underrepresentation of disadvantaged groups.
• Experience of developing and delivering training materials to supporters.

Desirable experience

• Experience of creating media opportunities to further campaigning strategic objectives.
• Experience of editing/creating films, podcasts and designing materials.

Skills and abilities

• Proactive, with meticulous attention to detail and the ability to plan and organise own work and use own time effectively.
• Ability to travel to our local groups to support them, subject to health and safety advice.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to address different and diverse audiences.
• Excellent IT and social media skills, including the use of membership databases, webinar programmes and calendar coordination.
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Proactive with initiative, actively seeking information from internal or external sources as required.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to persuade, influence and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders, sensitive to their communications needs.
• Deadline driven, able to remain calm in the face of several simultaneous deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours when needed.
• A strong understanding of the causes and effects of social and economic inequality and a demonstrable commitment to the principles that underlie The Equality Trust’s work.

How to apply

Please submit the following documents by 9am on the closing date:

• Your CV (not more than 2 pages)
• Your covering letter addressing the person specification AND answering the the questions at the end of the attached pack, using the questions as headings. 

One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.

About One Million Mentors:

One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.

1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners. 

1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.

The Role:

As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentors in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.

Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.

For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.

Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.

Job Title: Regional Fundraising Manager

Location: Whittington

Department: Fundraising

Salary: Dependent on experience

Working hours: 37.5hrs per week, including some weekend and flexible hours

Application review date: 13th December 2020

Interview Date: tbc

About the role:

St Giles Hospice is looking for an experienced Regional Fundraising Manager to join and lead its busy Fundraising team. St Giles launched its 5 year strategy in April 2017 alongside a successful rebranded. In response to COVID-19 St Giles Hospice has had to innovate to ensure we can meet our growing community demand, deliver new and increased services in a changing environment, without compromising the quality of care we are providing. Fundraising will be key to our success in the future.

Joining the fundraising team at such a crucial time the Regional Fundraising Manager will be responsible for managing the Regional Fundraising Team and will lead on the development and delivery of a sustainable and cost-effective community fundraising strategy across the St Giles footprint that will align with the objectives for growth in voluntary income across the fundraising department. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for leading and delivering the St Giles IMO campaigns.

As a senior member of the fundraising team you will have previous management and leadership experience in order to lead, support and develop your team to be the best they can be and have experience in managing remote teams across a large geographical footprint, with significant and demonstrable experience in securing and growing a regional fundraising programme. The post holder will also have extensive account management and supporter journey experience, putting our supporters at the heart of all we do. You will also be a passionate advocate across the region for Hospice care.

The post holder will be responsible for all financial budgeting, planning and performance results for the regional fundraising team and its activities and will be accomplished in achieving income growth through the delivery of their strategic plan.

Company benefits:

To reward the hard work of our fantastic staff, St Giles Hospice offers an excellent benefits package as per the below

-27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 35 days with service)

-Contributory pension scheme

-Free car parking

-Training & Development opportunities as well as progression within the organisation

About us:

St Giles Hospice is a registered charity with a CQC rating of Outstanding, providing high-quality medical and nursing care for local people living with cancer and other serious illnesses, as well as offering support for their families and helpers. Care is offered in a variety of ways according to the individual’s needs and is offered out in the community as well as from 3 sites, an inpatient unit at Whittington, with other day unit facilities at Sutton Coldfield, and Uttoxeter.

We receive funding from the NHS but primarily we rely on fundraising activities and legacies, together with trading activities (Shops, Lottery and other trading) to support our work. We employ more than 400 people across a broad range of roles – from direct patient care to fundraising and administration as well as support from over 1400 volunteers to provide our services.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

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.

All correspondence in response to applications will be sent via email. Due to the number of applications received, it is not always possible to respond to every application. Therefore, applicants who do not receive a response within 14 days of the review date should assume that they have been unsuccessful.

St Giles Hospice, Fisherwick Road, Whittington, Lichfield, WS14 9LH. Registered charity 509014 Company limited by guarantee 1430090