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Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for social justice and passionate about positively transforming society?

Then this could be the role for you. Join us as our next Centre Manager, and use your leadership and interpersonal skills to head up the team of three, delivering employment support in London.

You’ll be working with the local church to manage the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 20 years, Spear has equipped more than 9,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the barriers they face. 

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.

The important stuff 

Location: Spear Hammersmith & Fulham & Clapham Junction

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am -5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £30,000 

Closing date: Monday 29th April, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Application pack: Download the application packs below for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Strategy, vision and impact [25%]

• Be at the forefront of leading Resurgo’s ‘big picture’ vision of a transformed society, empowering churches to transform young lives
• Build and implement a strategy for developing relationships with local referral agencies to ensure effective recruitment of young people onto the Spear programme
• Oversee the reporting of the Centre outcomes and ensure the Spear Programme is delivered in line with agreed targets

Leadership, line management and training [25%]

• Lead your team with confidence; spurring them on in Resurgo’s mission; invest in a team culture of excellence, belonging and fun
• Manage and develop the Lead Coach and Graduate Coach, using a coaching approach to invest in their growth and development. This includes weekly 1:1s, performance reviews and regular feedback
• Equip your team to drive change through a data informed approach, and keep them accountable to agreed targets for the Spear Programme

Relationship management [20%]

• Manage great relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including referrers, local businesses, donors, and your Board of Trustees
• Embed into your local church; working closely with your Spear Trustees and congregation, and actively participating in their mission and events
• Partner with the Spear Trustees and assist in implementing their funding strategy by helping to build corporate and donor relationships. For example, by hosting prospective donors in the Training Room

Delivery of the Spear Programme [20%]

• Support group and 1-1 coaching with numerous 16-24-year-olds: equipping them with practical work-ready skills and resilient mindsets
• Provide guidance to the Lead Coach in the training room when dealing with behavioural and safeguarding situations and upskill coaches with consistent coaching feedback
• Use a coaching approach to engage young people in challenging conversations that will enable them to take responsibility and over significant barriers to employment

Operations [10%]

• Liaise with relevant staff regarding site operations and work to resolve any issues as soon as possible, ensuring the office and training room are safe and tidy working spaces in line with health and safety policies

This role will suit you if:

• You are an active Christian, passionate about your work being a lived expression of your faith
• You want to help others reach their full potential, and enable young people to overcome significant barriers to employment
• You have demonstrable experience in coaching, teaching or training and development, as well as being keen to develop these skills further
• You are an experienced and mature leader/line manager, or have great leadership potential, and are eager to bring out the best in your team
• You are confident building relationships with a variety of stakeholders, with effective written and verbal communication skills
• You are steady under pressure, and able to juggle competing priorities
• You are looking for a varied, hands-on role, where you won't be tied to a desk
• You are IT literate

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities
• Training, guidance and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
• Progression opportunities through professional development 1-1s
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat

A couple of things to note:

This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)

In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested.

We are seeking an enthusiatic candidate to take overall operational management and administrative responsibility for internal and external venue bookings, principally at St George's Centre and St George's Church Leeds. With support for the Events Coordinators at other venues in Leeds for which St George's Church has responsibility (currently Holy Trinity Boar Lane and St Augustine's Wrangthorn). 

About the role

The main purpose of the role is to coordinate the Methodist Church’s response to the arrival of Hong Kong nationals in Great Britain.  

This will involve liaising with the Methodist Church in Hong Kong and with circuits and local churches in Britain to ensure pastoral support for Hong Kong Methodists as they make the transition to this country.  You will help to motivate local circuits and churches to welcome and integrate the new arrivals into congregations, and you will provide support and training to facilitate this.  You will also develop connections with Cantonese-speaking groups and congregations already in existence, and may be involved in facilitating the formation of new ones.  Establishing connections and fostering supportive relationships to enable an effective network that brings together Methodists from Hong Kong and British churches, is key to your role.

About you

Bilingual in written and spoken Cantonese and English and a confident communicator in both languages.  You enjoy bringing people together and helping form new groups and congregations.  As this role will entail working with circuits and local churches, you will need strong project management and administrative skills. You need to be both self-motivating and a strong team player. Your work will help the Church to communicate and live out Our Calling.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

Closing Date: 8 May 2024

Interviews: 17 May 2024 in London

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Pause works with women who have experienced – or are at risk of – repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care. The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma. We are now working with more women who have experienced multiple removals than anyone else in the country.

The Pause Practice Lead will manage one of our largest teams – six Pause Practitioners and one Coordinator. The Practice Lead will ensure effective delivery of the Pause programme – they will work alongside their team, bringing a wealth of direct practice experience of complex work to maximise the team’s potential. 

The Practice Lead will provide high levels of supervision and leadership to team members from a variety of disciplines, as well ensuring fidelity and integrity to the model. They will typically have significant experience in both operational and project management, with an ability to manage complex data and demonstrate impact. Additionally, they will usually have experience of evidence informed approaches.

Key responsibilities

• Effectively lead and coach the Pause Practice to achieve positive outcomes for women - setting vision, targets and priorities;
• Ensure fidelity and integrity to the model through delivery of the Pause Framework elements, for example, assertive outreach with women and ensuring the most effective form of long-acting reversible contraception is in place;
• Ensure effective pathways are established and maintained with key agencies, e.g. sexual health, housing and mental health;
• Ensure an evidence base is applied to practice through assessment of a woman's needs, case formulation, intervention delivery and review;
• Ensure outcomes are achieved and monitored through the Pause Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework and that real-time data is used to improve practice and reported to relevant funders;
• Report to the Local Pause Board and any other relevant funders;
• Manage expenditure of the Pause Practice and ensure any financial spend on women is aligned with their goals as set out in the care plan;
• Ensure the effective management of all statutory requirements related to the Pause Practice at all times, including safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults, and health and safety of staff;
• Represent Pause to external stakeholders;
• Embed continuous learning ethos within the Pause Practice. 

Please download our Briefling Pack for more information about the role, and about Pause.

About us

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an opportunity to join the Individual Giving team, leading a team recruiting and developing individual supporters.

Contract:  Fixed term maternity cover (up to 1 year)   

Location: London, but flexibility to work from home with minimum one day a week in the office.

About the role

As Digital Fundraising Manager (Individual Giving), you will develop and deliver digital plans to support sustainable income growth and individual donor acquisition and development. Working closely with other Individual Giving Fundraising Managers and agencies, you will use your digital expertise to ensure campaigns are targeted and effective. And it’s not just about fundraising today, you will help inform our future thinking from a digital perspective.

You will be an experienced digital fundraiser, with a track record in using your expertise to deliver successful campaigns. You will have experience of managing digital teams and agencies. You will be passionate about raising income to help end homelessness, and inspiring supporters.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 28 days’ annual leave which increases with service 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.  

How to apply

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

Closing date: Sunday 21st April 2024

Interviews:  Wednesday 1st May 2024

Accessibility

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.

 
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Are you interested in joining a dynamic team that contributes to educating doctors to deliver the best care to their patients? If so, the Learning Projects Officer could be the opportunity for you.

The Learning Projects Officer will be responsible for developing new learning programmes designed for Clinical Radiologists and Clinical Oncologists at any (and all) stages of their careers, wherever they practice. The role holder will work alongside the RCR Learning team to understand our members’ needs and in response develop high-quality, income-generating educational pilots and resources.

What you’ll do:

• Develop from conception to completion in collaboration with colleagues several high-quality learning programmes on time and within budget.
• Be responsible for the quality of newly developed programmes beyond the project completion.
• Undertake desk-based research and horizon scanning to inform the decision-making process for the development of new learning programmes.
• Work with the Learning Technologist and Learning Technology Coordinator to produce quality digital learning content.
• Track the ongoing performance of programmes and resources against agreed metrics.
• Develop and maintain faculty pools comprised of UK-based doctors.
• Create a project plan for each learning programme with clear goals, targets, budgets and deadlines.

What you’ll need:

• Experience delivering high standard projects on time and in budget.
• Experience with stakeholder management, working with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Ability to initiate and lead projects independently and with minimal supervision.
• Effective interpersonal and teamworking skills to help negotiate, solve problems, and share knowledge with internal and external stakeholders where needed. 
• Clear and analytical thinker with the ability to exercise sound initiative, judgement and discretion and think through issues to offer practical solutions.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you then please view our candidate pack and visit the RCR website for further information on the role and how to apply.

We care about our staff and our volunteers.

The logistics and communications officer role is to support the whole staff team, volunteers and the stakeholders of Let’s Grow Preston. We are looking for a flexible, competent and creative person to join our dynamic team. The role is predominantly administrative, but there will be days when the role will require you to collect food for distribution, load and unload the van with trolleys and plants for an event, or just to drop off at another community hub.

A full clean driving licence is essential to enable the post holder to drive the charity’s van.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To assist and communicate with the support of Let's Grow Preston's existing network of community groups across the PR postcode area and support regular network meetings.
2. To assist and communicate with the support of Let's Grow Preston's existing network of contacts within the charity, public and private sectors; including local schools.
3. To support the work of the staff to ensure that all communications are delivered in a professional and friendly style.
4. To ensure that all volunteers have access to and understand the volunteer handbook and that any amendments in policy are alerted to the volunteers and staff in a timely fashion.
5. To oversee the calendars of Let’s Grow Preston, to help to coordinate the volunteering sessions and the van to ensure that there are appropriate staff to cover volunteering sessions and that there are adequate resources such as the van, gazebos are available, drivers forms completed and filed etc.
6. To assist the Chief Executive and staff to establish robust methods of evaluating the work of Lets Grow Preston against project indicators.
7. To deliver and co-ordinate workshops, evaluation and feedback, reviewing activity and making recommendations for revised activity, or new opportunities.
8. To promote the work of Lets Grow Preston and support, coordinate and communicate on the delivery of key events in the organisations calendar e.g. Spring Fair, Christmas Fair etc.
9. To develop and implement robust health and safety procedures and working practices including keeping of relevant records.
10. To keep accurate records of equipment provided, activities undertaken, location of activities and number of participants.
11. To support the Chief Executive and Volunteer Co-ordinator in ways in which local businesses can be involved and linked with LGP to promote corporate involvement and support going forward.
12. To produce regular LGP newsletters and update LGP's website and social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram and X.
13. To help keep all of the LGP sites clean and tidy including the office spaces and other buildings.
14. To uphold and demonstrate the spirit and core values of Let’s Grow Preston
15. Any other duties commensurate with the post.

• Min 5 GCSE at Grade A_C or equivelent and above inclusing Maths and English
• Keen interest in horticulture
• Experience of dealing with general public
• High level of IT competency 
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, time managament
• An interest in creativity and art
• Commitment to our work and our core values
• Ability to be able to work on your own in a community garden or building as well as working as a team
• Ability to remain calm, use tact and diplomacy, and instigate solutions resulting in positive action/change

Would you like to spend your day working and playing with children aged 0-5 and advising their parents and carers?

How would you like to be part of a friendly team doing a job that makes a difference to children’s lives in an organisation that puts people before profit?

If the answer is YES, then we would like to hear from you.

Coin Street Family and Children’s Centre have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic Early Years & Family Educator to join our Early Years team. 

The purpose of the role is to deliver stimulating and engaging play sessions, building relationships with parents/carers, and monitoring the progress of children, carrying out 1-2-1 work with families experiencing a range of difficulties. Working in partnership with other services and professionals, we develop a whole family approach, referring parents/carers onto other activities and organisations that could play a useful role in their lives. 

We are looking for people who have: 

• ideally qualified to a level 3 in childcare or early years (at least level 2)
• experience of working with families and children aged 0-5 years
• appreciate the importance of parent partnership
• experience of providing activities to support children’s learning and development 
• a can-do and enthusiastic attitude
• an understanding of how to safeguard and protect children

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Access to high quality training
• Coaching and mentoring support
• Generous pension at 8% (5% from the employer if you contribute 3%)
• 20% discount of childcare fees
• 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays (additional days awarded for long service) - pro-rated for part time staff
• Personal development grant of up to £1,000 per year, once you pass your probation

There's more… 

• Six inset days per year (three with the wider Coin Street team)
• Refer a friend bonus of £500 for existing employees
• Health and wellbeing package including a confidential employee assistance programme and online therapy sessions plus free gym and daily fresh fruit
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (on completion of probation)
• Staff social events (summer BBQ and Christmas party)
• Opportunities to join Coin Street committees (for example the Black lives Matter Race & Equality Steering Committee, Inset planning, staff social committee)
• Local retail (star card) and online discounts

We are ideally looking for someone who can work 25 hours per week, but will consider 15-25 hours.

About Us

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. Core to our work is the development of strong working relationships with councils, charities and other organisations to deliver, health leisure and community services and events that enrich people's lives.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours & a hybrid working environment
• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Yoga, activities, massages, monthly talks)
• Free Gym Membership
• Free breakfasts/snacks
• When in the office, we enjoy a well-stocked fridge and food cupboards, and a variety of social activities

Reports to: Programme Lead 

Based: Across Wandsworth and Battersea 

Salary: £31.52 p/hr (Inclusive of annual leave)

Contract: 12-months / Casual - Hours dependent on interest and availability 

DBS: Enhanced 

Programmes: The successful applicant will have the option to work on any of the programmes below dependant on hours of availability and interest. 

The Active Wellbeing programme (AW)

The Active Wellbeing programme is a specialist mental health exercise referral programme. This programme is designed to engage and promote health and wellbeing to people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI). The programme involves delivering a 10 week, 1:1 personal training programme to clients with severe mental health illnesses (SMI) which can include: Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Severe Clinical Depression.  

The Active Wellbeing programme – Learning Disabilities (AW)

The Active Wellbeing programme is expanding to work with adults with learning disabilities who also have a long and enduring mental health condition. The programme LD involves delivering a 10 week, 1:1 personal training programme to clients with long and enduring mental health conditions and individuals with learning disabilities.  

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver a weekly physical activity session for each client considering safety and progression with each of the 10 sessions. 
• Monitor clients exercise intensity, type, and ability to ensure clients are exercising safely.
• Monitoring clients mental wellbeing during sessions to ensure safety and communicating any concerns to the line manager.
• Responsible for arranging weekly sessions with clients (and in some cases carers alongside)
• High level of communication between instructor and client (in some cases carers or support workers) to confirm session times and locations.
• High level of communication between instructor and line manager to report any concerns with a clients mental and physical wellbeing during sessions.
• Provide motivation and encouragement for clients to engage in sessions and stay engaged in their programme. 
• Responsible for the setup of equipment for outdoor or online sessions.
• Responsible with checking in and out of sessions with the admin team to ensure safety of both instructor and client. 
• Responsible for checking the safety of equipment. If equipment is faulty and needs to be replaced, responsible for communicating this with the Active Wellbeing programme coordinator. 
• Responsible for administering first aid in the event of an accident and ensuring that safety requirements are met in all areas. 

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in our Active Wellbeing Programme's and make a positive impact to individuals in the Wandsworth community. If you are interested, please APPLY NOW and follow the prompts. 

About us 

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. 

It has never been a more important time for Crisis. With homelessness reaching record levels and a general election around the corner, we have an opportunity to secure commitments from the main political parties to the policy solutions that we know can build a future free from homelessness. This role will play a key role in delivering our priority general election campaign – the ‘Make History’ campaign. Beyond this, you’ll be helping to establish Crisis’ relationship with a newly elected Parliament and Government 

Location: London - You will be required to work from the London office once a week or twice a fortnight. 

About the role 

As Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs officer, you will be responsible for the shaping Crisis’ political influencing strategies for our national campaigns.

Through our research of what works both in the UK and internationally, and our work supporting thousands of people who are homeless or at risk each year, Crisis has developed the solutions needed from Westminster Government to reverse the rising levels of homelessness and we campaign to secure the policy changes needed. With the right political will and leadership, homelessness can be ended.

This role will oversee design and delivery of creative public affairs tactics that will inspire politicians to support our campaigns. This includes overseeing our work to provide the secretariat for the APPG for Ending Homelessness, managing our monitoring and stakeholder relationships and proactively identifying local and regional influencing opportunities.

The role sits within the Campaigns Team in the Policy and Social Change directorate, but you’ll collaborate with a wide range of teams across the organisation to identify influencing opportunities, ensure our campaigns and public affairs activity have maximum reach and ensure people with lived experience are at the heart of our political influencing activity.

We’re a passionate and supportive team, dedicated to our mission of ending homelessness. 

About you 

You will have significant experience of working with politicians in Parliament or Government and will have experience of designing and delivering political influencing strategies to secure policy change.  To be successful in this role you will have solid understanding of Parliamentary process and have worked on a range of tactics to raise the profile of issues in Parliament, with excellent political judgement and intuition.

Effective communication and ability to manage a range of internal and external stakeholders will be vital in this role in order to work collaboratively to further our campaigning objectives. You will have good ability to understand policy solutions and how best to communicate them to a range of audiences. Line management experience is desirable, but more crucially you will have experience of motivating teams or individuals to deliver results.

Understanding or knowledge of homelessness or housing policy is desirable. You may have experience in; public affairs, policy, communications and public relations.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds. 

Working at Crisis 

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy 

• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5% 

• 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave 

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay 

• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm 

• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website) 

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. 

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

How to apply 

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. 

Closing date: Sunday 21 April 2024 (at 23:59) 

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 May 2024 

Accessibility 

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help. 

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy to join our team in Birmingham, with hybrid working (two days a week in our Birmingham office and three days working from home). In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £40,560 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience.

NGA is an independent, not-for-profit national membership organisation for state school governors, trustees and governance professionals in England. Our work aims to improve the educational standards and wellbeing of young people by increasing the effectiveness of governing boards and promoting high standards. As expert leaders in school and academy governance, we provide information, advice, guidance, professional development and e-learning.

About the role:

The role of Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy would suit candidates who are visionary leaders, passionate about transforming education and governance across England. NGA are looking for a candidate who will be able to innovate and enhance our current outreach and influence at national level, maintaining NGA’s reputation as the go-to authoritative voice on school and trust governance. As the role is new to the organisation, the ideal candidate will have considerable experience of developing an external affairs programme and leading on parliamentary work, harnessing the voice of NGA members to develop the advocacy strategies. Excellent project management and communications skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines are essential.

Benefits of working for NGA:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days (FTE) increasing to 27 with continuous service, 8 days bank holiday and 3 days Christmas closure, with the ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Employer contribution pension scheme at 7%
• Hybrid working (between our Birmingham office and home working) and other flexible working arrangements on request
• Wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme
• A healthy training and development budget (CPD) with a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• A commitment to environmental sustainability includes a cycle to work scheme and encouragement to use public transport, including railcards

Key responsibilities of our Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy:

• Development and delivery of programme of advocacy and influence 
  • Craft and implement effective strategies to influence national education and governance related policy and practice, working closely with NGA’s chief executive and Deputy chief executive 
• Maintain effective oversight of NGA’s PR activity
  • Ensuring NGA positions, research findings and recommendations are well defined and effectively articulated through impactful messaging
  • Ensure invitations to address external events are taken by and used to their best extent to further governance practice and our policy positions
• Oversight and development of NGA’s campaigns
  • Lead of the development and, with the Senior Policy Officer, the delivery of NGA’s specific campaigns to influence policy and practice for example NGA’s Visible Governance, Funding the Future 2024 and Everyone on Board campaigns 
• Managing NGA’s parliamentary work
  • Establish a strategy for NGA’s parliamentary focus, driving NGA’s political engagement and related activities 
  • Monitor parliamentary business on a weekly basis to identify issues arising and opportunities to engage parliamentarians in discussion and debate about education policy and school governance
• Oversight of NGA Member voice and events
  • Working with NGA’s Event Coordinator and SLT to ensure plans are in place, implemented effectively to budget and events evaluated to ensure member voice is both heard and acted upon
  • Oversight of NGA’s webinar and podcast programme, ensuring these engage members and the wider sector on NGA’s policy and practice priorities and messaging 
• Contributing to NGA’s policy, information and research work

What we’re looking for in our ideal Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy:

• Experience in public affairs, developing and implementing impactful external affairs strategies
• Experience of influencing public policy and/or parliamentary business 
• Educated to degree level or equivalent, or similar ability gained through work experience relevant to the role
• Excellent understanding of local and national government, political and legislative processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including a proven ability to write confidently and concisely for a variety of audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders including members, partners and officials
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and metrics 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, social media and media monitoring tools

Closing date: Wednesday 24 April at 9am

Interview Date: Wednesday 8 May 
We will aim to offer alternative dates if shortlisted candidates are unavailable on this date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

If you feel that you are the right candidate for the role as our Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click ‘apply’ now.We’d love to hear from you.

Would you like to join a service that makes a difference to older people in Wales? As a Regional Volunteer Officer living in North or Mid Wales you will help meet the Community Assistance Project objectives by recruiting, inducting, training and supporting suitable volunteers within the region to deliver support at a community level, working closely and in collaboration with local partners.

About you:

• You will be able to work with others to deliver successful projects and services
• You will have experience of recruiting, managing and working with volunteers
• You will have experience of establishing and maintaining productive collaborations.
• Be able to negotiate at a range of levels both in and outside the organisation
• You will have experience of networking
• You will have knowledge of Issues affecting older people in Wales and barriers to accessing support
• You will have knowledge of local services in the public or voluntary sector
• You will have knowledge of diversity of the cultures, environments and communities in which older people and carers live
• Live in North or Mid Wales 

If successful you will:

• Implement the volunteer recruitment plan for the region
• Process all volunteer applications in a timely and professional way, taking the prospective volunteers through the Community Assistance Project recruitment process
• Ensure all prospective volunteers are inducted with Age Cymru and Community Assistance Project partners across the region
• Ensure the delivery of all the relevant training required
• Provide a mentoring / buddying system for the new volunteers
• Ensure all volunteers have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service checks prior to starting the role.
• Provide ongoing support to volunteers
• When referrals are received, match the service user with the most appropriate volunteer while ensuring a high quality, timely and responsive service is provided
• Identify and attend relevant networks, publicise the Community Assistance Project, establish community links with all appropriate stakeholders and promote the service through a range of methods
• Promote and cascade information, including real-life examples of positive intervention through all available methods
• Maintain accurate and up to date records in the region utilising our case management system and other databases, to provide for the effective monitoring and evaluation of the project
• Support programme evaluation through surveys and questionnaires
• Make onward referrals internally or externally to provide a holistic support package for service users

Great to haves:

• Ability to speak Welsh (Desirable)

Live in North or Mid Wales (Essential) 

What we offer in return:

• Holiday - 27 days made up of 24 choice days and 3 days to be used between Christmas & New Year - Including carry forward
• Flexible Hours Working Scheme
• Employer pension
• Generous life assurance up to four times your annual salary
• Healthcare cashback plan

How do I apply for this role?

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for this role. Your application will not be considered without the covering letter. 

Additional Information:

Age Cymru is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age Cymru is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age Cymru politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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