With the retirement of the current Director later this year, the Chair and Trustees are looking for someone with a passion for community development, who is an innovative, flexible leader with prior fundraising or income generating experience and comfortable in public, private and voluntary sector settings. 

If you have the drive and enthusiasm to respond to this exciting challenge, then we would like to hear from you.

The closing date for recipt of completed applications is Friday 28 May and interviews will be held in Wakefield w/c 21 June. 

As a result of an exciting array of opportunities for greater impact and influence, TLG are creating the brand-new role of Schools Strategy Director to initially lead a strategic review of the TLG Education Centre model and the existing support structure. 

The School Strategy Director will build a shared understanding with senior leaders of the practices that are central to success and identify opportunities for school improvement, efficiency, investment and change across the TLG network of Education Centre Schools. 

They will bring leadership in the implementation of change and development with the goal of enabling local churches to play their part with TLG in transforming the lives of struggling children.  We are seeking a senior educational leader with a vibrant Christian faith and a passion for the Church to be at the forefront of changing lives.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Day One Trauma Support to recruit them a new Director of Service Development. Day One Trauma Support are a truly incredible national Charity based in Leeds, providing practical and emotional support to patients and family members in the immediate aftermath of a major trauma and throughout the recovery journey. They work alongside the NHS with patients and families and are able to provide support and advice alongside the medical treatment that a patient receives. This could be emotional, financial, legal and other practical concerns.

The Director of Service Development is a brand-new role within the Charity and it is certainly a very exciting time to join as Day One have ambitious growth plans moving forwards. The Director of Service Development will work closely with the CEO and the board to develop the growth strategy both regionally and nationally.

As the Director of Service Development, you will lead on the delivery, planning and implementation of service developments, including new contracts within Major Trauma Centres and community outreach projects. You will be instrumental in project managing the roll out to new trauma centres. As a member of the senior management team you will be directly responsible for the volunteer Manager and work closely with the Income and Communications Manager on bids for funding to support service delivery.

To apply for this role you must have had business or service development experience, preferably in a Charity or healthcare setting, as well as project management experience. Success in tender bidding management is also desirable. You will have had service planning and operational management experience and it is desirable that you have had some experience in working with or within NHS Trusts. You will also be a creative, strategic thinker with a practical operational approach.

Day One Trauma Support are a flexible employer and this role can be home based preferably with access to the head office in Leeds. Please note this role closes 28th May with interviews scheduled in for w/c 7th June. For more information about this incredibly exciting opportunity please contact Laura iliff on [email protected] .com or call 01132207540

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Director of Development Job Description

Hours:                        22.5 - 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)

Salary:                          £40k per annum (Pro-rata)

Reporting to:               Chief Operating Officer

Location:                    Cornerstone, Mercy UK, West Yorkshire 

Application Deadline:   Open until a suitable candidate is found 

Interview:                    Applicants deemed suitable for the role will be invited to engage with

                                        key members of the team before consideration for a Formal interview

Interview dates are:    27th April, 29th April, 17th May

Please note: This position carries an Occupational Requirement (OR) on the grounds of religion and belief in keeping with current guidance. The post holder must demonstrate an active Christian belief and value system in line with Mercy UK’s core objectives and values. 

Here at Mercy UK we have a passion for God, passion for people and passion for excellence – this means we are committed to becoming an organisation where team members feel supported, valued and challenged to deepen their personal and professional growth. As an agile and fast-moving team, we seek to give our very best to what we do in attitude and activity.

As the Director of Development, you are a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team, working collaboratively with peer members in directing significant and strategic business development plans. As an innovative director, you embrace ambitious financial targets and confidently lead on the production of professional high-value fundraising and trading proposals and hold a good track record of success.

You are a discerning leader, highly motivated at the prospect of shaping fundraising and communications for Mercy UK at a pivotal stage in the charity’s growth.

Your experience in communications enables you to inject the Mercy UK ‘voice’ in both internal and external communications, both written and spoken and in doing so, you are able to engage and retain stakeholders as integral players in the Mercy story.

Operations Director – Performance and Quality

Age UK Leeds is a leading local charity with a strong reputation for providing high quality services that contribute to improvements in the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds. Along with other partners across the city we are facing a critical period, as the full impact of the pandemic on the older population emerges it is essential that we are well placed to respond positively to address health inequalities, promote independence and increase resilience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well established Senior Management Team where you will be in a position to shape and lead the development of new initiatives as well as providing senior leadership oversight of two of our key city-wide existing services ensuring they continue to deliver to the highest standards meeting the diverse needs of the older people of Leeds.

Starting salary £35,745 to £38,890 + pension

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week

Closing Date: Tuesday 01st June 2021

Interview Date: Wednesday 9th June 2021

As the Operations Director – Performance and Quality you will be directly responsible for providing strategic operational leadership for the following key services; Hospital to Home (including the current Home Comfort pilot), Information and Advice and SWIFt (Supporting Wellbeing).

In addition, you will have organisation wide responsibility for;

• The development and implementation of organisation-wide quality management processes, procedures
• Service user engagement, to ensure that service user involvement is key in the development and delivery of all services, and is embedded in practice and development
• Oversight of volunteer recruitment, development and engagement

As a member of the SMT you will directly contribute to the strategic planning and development of Age UK Leeds, working as part of a team help to shape the vision, culture and core values of the organisation.  You must have the ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise conflicting work loads and delegate effectively. You will have proven ability to build and manage effective and high performing teams. Experience of effective partnership working in a health or social care environment and with a range of stakeholders is essential for this post.

Further details and an application pack are available on our Age UK Leeds website.

Are you looking to develop your work, with a team of experienced counsellors? To use your expertise in making a difference to some of the most vulnerable in our society? Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service celebrates 40 years in 2022 and is committed to supporting recovery after trauma.

We are looking for someone who is keen to support the team and the Service. With broad psychological therapies experience and sound clinical thinking, you will lead our counselling and therapy strategy. We have high expectations for this role and in return provide a competitive salary and terms and conditions, and a supportive work life balance.

About the Role

Based at our building Portland House in Leeds city centre (currently working mostly remotely), this role involves leading on our clinical framework, providing solid guidance to staff. With responsibility for the Counselling and Therapy Services Handbook, team of external supervisors, our BACP Service Accreditation, and CPD we’ll also rely on your ethical thinking in relation to complex issues. A key focus, will be on working with operational Managers and Senior Therapists to maintain excellent practice.

Hours: We are looking for the right person. Working hours / pattern are negotiable (to include Wednesday mornings).

Salary: £34,500 - £42,500 pa (pro rata based on 35-hour week); 5% employer pension contribution

Closing Date: 7 June Interview Date: 15 June (tbc)

Applications are invited from women (Genuine Occupational Qualifications apply under the Equality Act 2010)

About you

You’ll be an excellent counsellor/psychotherapist experienced at working in depth, a broad thinker, keen to work closely with and inspire others, with great communication skills, as well as passionate about addressing inequalities. Boundaried, calm and well-organised, integrity is essential. Voluntary sector experience would be an advantage.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, an enhanced family friendly approach, and pension.

WCTS provides long term individual and group therapy for Leeds women on a low income with long-standing moderate to severe mental health needs.  We provide a general service together with a range of further specialised projects working with mothers, girls, isolated communities and community leaders, and work in partnership with others.

To find out more about the role (including application pack) and the benefits of working for WCTS please visit our website or call us to arrange an informal conversation with our CEO.

At WCTS, we welcome and encourage applications from all women regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We encourage women from BAME communities to apply as we are underrepresented here at this level in the organisation. We also encourage applications from those who have accessed counselling or wider mental health or social care services.

WCTS does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

WCTS actively promotes the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children.

We’re excited to be recruiting across West Yorkshire for people who are passionate about working with and helping young people improve their lives. 
 
It's a unique time at the moment but our commitment to our young people is as strong as it’s ever been. We want to keep providing support to young people face to face, however, we’ve developed new ways of working to enable all young people access to our services including a blended approach to virtual and face to face programme delivery.

This role involves working on our Health and Social Care programmes, could you support young people to reach our aim of getting 10,000 young people into Health and Social Care careers?
 
As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you’ll engage and build quality relationships with young people, volunteers and partners, and as an effective communicator and collaborator, you will thrive in both team and independent work. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives then we would love to hear from you! 

Our Prince’s Trust Executives work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We therefore welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role, if you’re not sure if you do, please feel free to apply as you’ll have the chance to fill in a supporting statement and let us know what you would bring to the table and if you have lived experience that will help our young people. 
 
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. As well as being confident delivering with groups face to face you must also be comfortable working virtually and delivering programmes on virtual platforms.

Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people so you will need to have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following: 

•    Social and personal development 
•    Employability/self-employment training  
•    Volunteer training/management 
•    Partnerships management 
•    Health and Social Care

37 hours per week worked flexibly

Based in Shipley, Skipton or Harrogate, plus home working

Raising the profile of unpaid carers and reaching out to offer support, information and advice are the key dual roles of the Communications and Engagement Team.

You will work across the organisation identifying key communication and marketing routes to ensure that the voices of carers are heard locally, and nationally 

The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator with the range of skills commensurate with the array of communication methods in use today.  Leading the Engagement Team, the post holder will ensure that all communication both externally and internally adheres to our branding guidelines and is presented in a high quality professional manner.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to write, co-ordinate and edit others contributions to our quarterly newsletter, manage relationships with the media, lead publicity and carer campaigns and further develop social media as an effective form of communication. 

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Co-production Lead – Complex Rehabilitation Services Project
NJC Scale Points 23-25 starting at £27,741 pa
37 hours per week
This role is fixed term for up to 12 months

It is an occupational requirement for this role that the applicant is female.

The Complex Rehabilitation Service is a new initiative working to find ways “locked-in” Service Users, with complex mental health needs, can be safely and successfully reintroduced back into the communities of West Yorkshire to define, build and live meaningful, independent and satisfying lives. 

Women have shared their experiences with us, describing a vision of a community model which is “not just about keeping me safe – it’s about building a life worth living”.

You will be working dynamically alongside the male Co-production Lead to ensure that the service user voice is heard, valued and respected and becomes a part of the planning, development and implementation of services going forwards.

You will need to have experience of working with Women experiencing mental health difficulties and complex needs, including victims of sexual and/or domestic abuse, with positive outcomes. You will have substantial experience of report writing including research reports and/or evaluations. A knowledge of social inclusion is needed to carry out this role.

Closing Date:  Sunday 16th May 2021
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 27th May 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Home based/Mobile with regular travel to areas of North East Yorkshire and Humberside.

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. We give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.  We help with everything from money issues to problems at work, housing to consumer rights.

Universal Credit is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and Local Citizens Advice offices everywhere and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital.

Citizens Advice delivers a service called “Help to Claim” which offers end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.

We are looking for candidates with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a knowledge of – or appetite to gain an in-depth knowledge of – the benefits system, and a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.

You will be working as part of a national network of Best Practice Leads and will gather and share learning about how Universal Credit and the Help to Claim service is performing, develop relationships with relevant local stakeholders and sharing ideas and best practice.

The role will work across the North East Yorkshire and Humberside Jobcentre Plus district area to improve people’s experience of Universal Credit as well as feed into the wider Best Practice Lead network and work of national Citizens Advice.

Funding: This role is funded until 31st March 2022 by the DWP.

Pension: We operate the NEST Pension Scheme

Application Closing Date: 12 noon on 24th May 2021

Interview Date: Provisionally w/c 31st May 2021 (over videoconference)

Start Date: On or soon after 1st July 2021