Debates around Black Lives Matter, mass remote working, inequality in our education system exposed by Covid-19 restrictions and debates about privilege – our society and our world of work is very clearly at a turning point.
As a social mobility charity, The Brokerage is in the fortunate position to influence that change in a positive, practical and meaningful way, working with underprivileged young people from state schools. We partner with corporates in the City (financial and professional services) that want our help with building and accessing a different talent pool and change organisational practices to create a post-inclusion culture where people from all backgrounds can thrive and be themselves.
The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand, all supporting our vision of a world where a young person’s ability and aspiration alone determine their career path. At the heart of this exciting new direction is implementing our new partnership model to ensure that The Brokerage is both re-positioned as a Changemaker with corporates and ensures sustainable funding of its activities.
To achieve this The Brokerage is currently recruiting for a Placement & Recruitment Manager to lead the ‘Placement’ strand of our delivery, working closely with the Partnerships Team and wider programme delivery team to manage all entry-level recruitment with our corporate partners. This role will primarily focus on the management and delivery of our Year 12 and Year 13, and undergraduate placements. The postholder will be responsible for selection and preparing suitable candidates for our corporate partners from the Brokerage’s candidate cohort. It will also act as an expert advisor to our corporate partners on what works in terms of recruiting young people from diverse backgrounds.
Main duties
- To manage The Brokerage's Summer Placement Programme ensuring there is a match between supply and demand, working closely with the partnerships team
- To develop and implement a virtual internship programme as an integrated option and alternative to our face to face placement programmes
- To work closely with the Outreach and Academy Manager to ensure that there is a pool of suitable candidates for placements and recruitment and manage all our support workshops and one to one sessions for candidates (e.g. CV, interview and assement centre prep)
- Work with the Outreach manager to develop, test and pilot new ways to assess talent that go beyond looking at grades and advise/work with our corporate partners to implement these
- Produce cutting edge guidance for our corporate partners working with the Corporate Changemaker Manager, e.g. employer guides and produce external thought pieces and research
- Manage, develop and run “Into-work” type of conferences (recruitment fairs with corporate partners) in collaboration with colleagues in the delivery and partnerships team
- Provide support and coaching to our candidates during recruitment processes and vice versa support partners with designing recruitment systems that work for our candidates working closely with the corporate consultancy manager
- To deliver a high quality placement service to employers which will meet their recruitment needs.
- Manage the development of our new apprenticeships offering, working with the selected training provider and the partnerships team
- To proactively support the Marketing and Communications Manager with case study and other materials
- To play an active role in the planning and delivery of The Brokerage’s strategic objectives and participate in The Brokerage events and activities as required.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience of placing young people into paid job opportunities, including school-leaver, apprenticeships and undergraduate vacancies.
- Experience and understanding of the whole recruitment cycle
- Experience of working directly with young people.
- Experience of working in partnership with corporate partners.
- Highly organised with an ability to track multiple projects with competing deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent IT skills, including demonstrable usage of the Microsoft Office suite, CRM database (e.g. Salesforce or equivalent).
7% pension contribution
25 days’ paid annual leave plus Bank Holidays
2 days’ paid volunteering leave
Season ticket loan and a range of other staff benefits
Please apply by submitting a Cover Letter and CV by 0900 on Monday 2 November
Interview - dates tbc
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Trust and Foundations Manager
Salary: Circa £45K
Location: Poplar High St, Poplar, London E14 0AF
Reports to: Group Head of Strategic Projects
Work closely with: Senior Management Team; Poplar campus redevelopment team; Finance
Type of position: Full-time, permanent
Introduction to New City College
New City College (NCC) is the fourth largest further education college in England. It has been formed through five mergers: the merger between Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College in August 2016 and subsequent mergers with Redbridge College in April 2017, Epping Forest College in August 2018 and the mergers with Havering College of Further and Higher Education and Havering Sixth Form College in August 2019.
NCC currently has over 25,000 students with a small provision of 14-15 education, a large cohort of 16-18 students and a significant number of adult students. It offers over a 100 courses from A Levels, BTECs and ESOL to vocational subjects, such as business, IT, performing arts, trade skills and catering as well as pre-University courses. Throughout its intensive period of growth, NCC has maintained a focus on students and teaching and learning.
NCC is based in east London and has 10 sites in five local authorities: Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Redbridge, Epping Forest and Havering. The College continues to maintain its strong local presence, serving the needs of its local communities.
Join an ambitious and exciting redevelopment project
The College has an ambitious plan to redevelop its campus in Poplar. Located on Poplar High Street, right next to Poplar DLR station and within 200m of Canary Wharf and Crossrail, the current campus is formed of an amalgam of buildings from different areas. The oldest part is a 1894 Poplar library building and the campus also includes a grade II listed Naval College from 1906. Newer parts of the building are from 1990s and 2006. The current building is inefficient and it is no longer future proofed to accommodate education and training provision for decades to come.
As such, the College is looking to redevelop the new campus into a state-of-the-art education facility which provides a flexible learning environment, is aligned with industry requirements, is green, accessible and sustainable and celebrates the heritage of the local area and the Naval College. The new campus will be funded through an enabling development, built on the same site as the new campus. There is also an opportunity to enhance the public realm around the new development, including invigorating Poplar High Street.
As part of the early planning for the redevelopment, NCC has worked with fundraising consultancy More Partnership to assess the overall potential to seek philanthropic support for aspects of the redevelopment, including specific subject areas and student groups. From this, it is clear that there is considerable scope to engage Trusts and Foundations with the project and that resulting impact NCC has on the lives of young people in this part of London.
As a result, NCC now wishes to appoint a Trusts and Foundations Manager to lead this work, and in so doing, to put in place a long-term and sustainable grant-focused fundraising programme.
How to apply
If you wish to apply please email your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 explaining how you meet the requirements of the role
Closing date: 1st November 2020
Interviews will take place week commencing: 9th November 2020
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a dedicated Development Manager who’s keen to build on their career in corporate fundraising as a key member of our Development Team to support us to continue to grow. This is a new role and will play a vital part in developing our corporate fundraising strategy, with dynamic partners to manage and new potential supporters to engage. This job requires exceptional strong relationship management experience, solid writing skills and a good understanding of how to position West London Zone and our work within applications and funder reports. If you are passionate about changing the lives of children in west London, excited by our high impact delivery and funding model, confident using qualitative and quantitative evidence, with a talent for good relationship management – we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities include
- Lead on key corporate partnerships and work to constantly build on and improve our offer to companies. You will be responsible for managing our corporate partners and have a target for new business.
- Write high-quality bids for companies/corporate foundations and any other fundraising applications, including proposals to High Net Worth Individuals as required.
- Work closely with the Head of Philanthropy to drive forward our existing pipeline and target new potential funders to meet fundraising targets on an annual basis.
- Conduct prospect research on potential companies (both local and national) and lead action plan for new prospects in order to help build our pipeline.
- Work closely with our development board to explore their links to companies and individuals.
- Write bespoke external reports for funders, collaborating across the organisation as required.
- Work closely with other members of the Development Team to support all fundraising activity, including events.
To apply, please send a completed application form which you will also find on West London Zone’s website via the Apply button.
Applications received before 5pm on Wednesday 21st October will be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5pm on Friday 23rd October. Interviews on Wednesday 28th October. Interviews would be via video call.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS COORDINATOR (YOUTH AND SAFEGUARDING)
ST JOHN INTERNATIONAL
From £30K Up to £32K depending on experience + 11% pension contribution
The Order of St John (also known as St John International) is a prestigious chivalric organisation with a rich history and is an international development Charity. It aims to support its members and its establishments around the world in delivering first aid and health care services in more than 35 countries. The International Office of the Order is a small but busy organisation that serves as the secretariat for the global organisation and is on the cusp of expansion. It is looking for an experienced International Networks Coordinator. This is a mid-level role in the organisation, with real scope to help shape and drive change in a global organisation that reaches and engages millions of people every year.
St John International is currently undertaking a Strategy Review and the post holder will take an active part, both in the Review and developing their own job specification. The organisation’s role, as the international secretariat, is to provide services that enable linking up and synergy to develop between all 40 of the organisations within the family of St John, while encouraging a movement towards internationally consistent standards in all areas of organisational delivery. Functions of St John International in line with this include facilitating the development of thematic working groups to build consensus for subsequent action across all organisations.
The post holder will need to be comfortable in a role that involves considerable network building, developing consensus among peers, and using that consensus to define and enable further actions. The role would suit someone who is able to build strong peer relationships among thematic groups and able to guide a working group towards delivery of their purpose. It requires an ability to provide absolute clarity in communications and decisions, along with a willingness to hold peers to a deadline or agreement.
This role is orientated around two specific themes of Youth involvement in governance and building a world class safeguarding system in all St John organisations. It will be necessary, however, for the post holder to recognise that these themes will evolve over time, and they could be called upon to address other themes in the same facilitation role.
This role is chiefly facilitating two developing areas of the Order of St John: The International Youth Advisory Network (40%) and development and implementation of an Order safeguarding strategy (40%). The remaining time will be involved in other network functions, such as supporting an international community of practice that is identifying good practice in volunteer management. (20%)
Although still developing in structure, aid and support for many of our smaller organisations around the world will come from the larger St John organisations based in the region. The post holder may be required to work closely with the regional leads, linking their work with the requirements of the International Office.
International Youth Advisory network (IYAN): Facilitate the meetings of the IYAN group as per the IYAN ToR, and coordinate support discussions with youth staff managers to enable IYAN. Assist IYAN members to understand their role and encourage development of a vocal and empowered IYAN cohort.
Methods:
- Provide a secure online space for IYAN members to use. Respond to IYAN opinion and needs in development of this space and ensure that all members are fully able to use it.
- Develop an IYAN culture and infrastructure that is youth friendly and responsive to young people’s needs, to encourage participation.
- Encourage discussion, remind members of deadlines, prompt engagement where necessary
- Provide access to information as requested by IYAN members (consulting with Head of development if necessary)
- Ensure IYAN members remain true to their purpose as described in the ToR.
- Provide a secretarial role to IYAN as necessary, although encourage members to create their own material and minutes as much as possible.
- Relay questions about strategy development from IEM to IYAN, and vice versa
- Assist IYAN in producing formal documents that clarify the support that IYAN needs from staff (in the event of further youth consultation for instance)
- Assist IYAN in delivery of their purpose in any other way
- Coordinate peer meetings of priory youth management staff meetings, to ensure they are aware of IYAN’s discussions, and that they are prepared to assist IYAN members in delivering their purpose.
- Facilitate IYAN in putting members forward to join other governance committees of the Order and ensure those members are adequately aware of the issues and discussions to be able to contribute meaningfully.
Safeguarding: Coordinate delivery of a safeguarding strategy for the Order, including management of a consultant to provide an indicative baseline assessment of the Order’s current situation and roadmap for improvement. Ensure that the Order strategy adequately responds to the risk from poor safeguarding, and that resources necessary to provide a world class safeguarding strategy are planned and ultimately put in place for the Order.
Methods:
- Advocate and discuss the strategy for safeguarding development across the Order with all Priories and regional management teams. Build awareness and adherence to the strategy means and method.
- Manage an internationally experienced safeguarding consultant, able to understand the complexities of safeguarding in international organisations that work in LMICs. The consultant should:
- Conduct baseline assessment of safeguarding policies, procedures and culture in at least 1 Priory and 1 Association.
- Provide a presentation to the trustees of the Order that highlight the current status of the Order’s safeguarding risk, the requirements and responsibilities of the trustees from a legal and moral standpoint
- Develop a roadmap for the improvement of safeguarding to a world class system in all of the Order’s establishments
- Build consensus among all Priories for the safeguarding roadmap, or a variation of it. Ensure the actions identified within it are resourced and built into the Order development strategy
- Lead in the development of any secretariat functions with regards to the agreed safeguarding strategy
Volunteer Management Community of Practice: The Order has engaged several staff managers from around the world in an effective community of practice (CoP) that discusses the subject of Volunteer management. The post holder will be required to support the continuation of this CoP
Methods:
- Schedule and communicate with all CoP members about next meetings
- Facilitate a rotating chair to create lively and engaging discussion around preferred issues
- Document discussions, identifying good practice, ideas, areas requiring research, etc.
An ideal applicant would have experience in:
- Managing a support function for an international organisation or network of organisations.
- Working to facilitate disparate groups of people around the world to come together with a shared understanding of purpose
- Driving committees towards clarity of decisions and purpose and holding them accountable.
- Working with and to empower young people, particularly working with them to encourage their involvement in governance type roles.
- Managing consultants in a timely and effective manner.
- Using a baseline survey to evidence needs and developing costed action plans to address those needs.
- Working successfully in a variety of countries and cultures, particularly the LMIC’s within the commonwealth.
Along with technical knowledge of:
- Safeguarding in organisations, especially those working in resource poor settings.
- Using digital applications to facilitate collaboration, particularly MS Teams
- Consultancy contract management
The role will have an expected element of travel, including to LMIC countries from time to time. It is estimated that this will not exceed 6 weeks a year. The global reach of St John means that the post holder will occasionally be required to be flexible with working hours to match different time zones.
The Order of St John are committed to increasing diversity in the workplace and across our practices. Applications from all minority ethnic or under-represented groups will be very welcome.
To apply, please send a CV and a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience and skills and providing your current salary.
Applications will be accepted until 1700hrs on Friday 30 0ctober 2020.
INTERVIEWS:
Video interviews will take place on 4-5 November 2020.
Face to Face interviews will take place on Thursday12 November (subject to Covid19 restrictions)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Frontline Services Day Adviser
Full time at 35 hours
Home based, UK
Salary: £21,000 - £25,000 Dependent on experience
Permanent
GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling-related harms.
GamCare operate the National Gambling HelpLine to provide information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling as well as providing free treatment across England, Scotland and Wales.
GamCare is now looking to recruit Frontline Service Adviser on a full-time basis to work across our support services.
Advisers Key Responsibilities include:
- Providing empathic advice and support to callers via our Freephone HelpLine and web chat NetLine;
- Identifying appropriate clinical and non-clinical support including referral and signposting to other services;
- Undertaking Brief and Extended Brief Interventions;
- Ensuring safeguarding issues are managed effectively;
- Maintaining caller and call records on our database;
- Moderating our online Forum and Chatrooms.
We operate the National Gambling HelpLine 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are looking for people to work flexibly across several shifts, including weekend and evening work on a regular basis between 8am and midnight.
You should have previous experience in working in a helpline or clinical/addiction setting. You should have excellent ICT skills. Training, supervision and a full CPD-programme is offered to staff.
The role is home-based; however, you will occasionally be required to attend training and update sessions in our offices in London. You will need to have a modern ICT set-up at home and you will need to ensure that you have a confidential space within your home to work from, a home working risk assessment will be carried out by your line manager.
You will form part of an enthusiastic team working and committed to supporting those affected by problem gambling across Great Britain.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.
If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:
Job application: <name of vacancy>
Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.
To discuss the role further please email Fiona Macleod Senior Service Manager. Application forms forwarded to this email will not be accepted.
Previous applicants need not apply. Please note we do not accept CVs
GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.
Closing date for applications is 09 November 2020.
Interviews will be held via video conference
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.