This highly entrepreneurial, creative and rewarding role cuts across our exciting children’s literature programmes and publishing ventures. Working as part of an energetic team, they’ll play a lynchpin role in our life-changing work - enriching our content, raising our profile, securing sustainability and driving growth. The right candidate will be a highly skilled multitasker and excellent copywriter, bringing expertise and imagination from similar roles to infuse our public-facing content. Must love literature and believe in its power to change lives!

THE ORGANISATION

We’re a non-profit community interest company, with a team of eight full-time and one part-time staff, governed by a Board of Non-Executive Directors who volunteer their time to offer strategic support and ensure accountability. We take a business-minded approach to achieving our charitable mission; this greatly informs our ethos, making us enterprising and ambitious. Since 2011 we’ve secured almost £5,000,000 from funders and sponsors. 

OUR WORK

We deliver imaginative and ambitious programmes and projects which transform lives through literature - especially by working with people in deprived places and challenging circumstances. We achieve our mission through three strands of work:

• Educational programmes in schools, facilitating rich learning opportunities through contemporary literature, interactions with diverse authors, and training for educators
• Talent development, investing in and advocating for aspiring, emerging and established writers and illustrators, especially from under-represented backgrounds
• Community projects, providing literature creation opportunities for and with children and young people experiencing marginalisation, isolation or who are at risk

This is an exciting time to join us, as we mark our 10th anniversary, celebrate the impact we’ve had on 125,000 people, and set out our vision for the next ten years. Covid-19 has deeply challenged the way work, but the gap in children’s education and the untold impact on young people’s wellbeing has made that work more vital than ever. Disruption has also catalysed rich innovation and we’ve successfully transformed our offers for schools, communities and artists into dynamic online experiences, sustaining engagement through successive lockdowns. We’ve also launched new commercial and community publishing ventures. These new areas of expertise will only increase revenue, enhance our offers and widen participation in the years to come.

The four main strands of work the candidate will have a role in:

- A national children's literature festival which connects thousands of school children nationwide with quality children’s books and authors

- A talent development programme increasing minority representation in children’s publishing, with investment from 12 publisher and 9 university affiliates

- Our first commercial publishing venture, a collection of 10 new books giving a platform to untold stories and diverse new voices, with plans to launch a new collection annually from 2022

- The Rainbow Library: A UK and Ireland-wide literature creation and publishing programme involving LGBTQ+ young people collaborating with LGBTQ+ writers and illustrators

In June 2021, Covid-permitting, we’ll be celebrating our 10th Birthday at an event in central London, where we’ll launch 10 Stories, publish our 10 Year Report, and showcase the diverse people we’ve worked with over the last 10 years in a photographic exhibition. The Marketing and Comms Manager will work closely with the whole Pop Up team to produce that event.

The role requires entrepreneurship, imagination and responsiveness, to:

• Market our products and services;
• Promote our work and its impact;
• Generally raise the profile of our organisation.

Main responsibilities include:

• Managing and enhancing our overarching marketing and comms strategy, in line with organisational goals as well as commitments to funders and stakeholders, including periodic review of and reporting on KPIs, targets and objectives
• Developing and leading execution of promotional and sales campaigns in support of products, services, programmes and projects - including the creation and distribution of key (print and digital) assets
• Writing and overseeing copy creation for assets as well as comms messaging - including press releases - for campaigns targeted to particular audiences
• Managing and developing our websites supported by teams. This includes working with design agencies, commissioning content from others, and optimising user journeys
• Steering digital/social media strategy to drive growth, engagement and lead generation across platforms and channels, including line-managing a Social Media Coordinator (2dpw)
• Enhancing marketing systems and processes through developing CRM pipelines and dashboards, and automating activities wherever possible
• Creating and managing briefs and contracts with agencies and freelancers from time to time, supervising delivery to milestones and managing risk
• Occasional event management responsibilities, including our 10th Birthday celebrations in 2021

Because we have many relationships and collaborations with (aspiring and professional) children’s writers and illustrators, as well as editorial teams and publishers generally, we regularly produce literary content including original writing and illustration, which the Marketing & Comms Manager will make use of to enrich our assets and tell the stories we want to tell.

IS THIS YOU?

The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years in a similar role, and ideally at least five years working in the publishing, cultural or charitable sectors. However, we are open to candidates from other sectors. You’ll need to demonstrate experience in managing high quality and effective marketing and strategic campaigns across digital and print channels. As a children’s literature agency with strong educational impact, the content of our communications and assets needs to be of the highest quality, balancing sophistication with imagination and accessibility - a strong candidate will be a skilled communicator with proven copywriting skills. You’ll need to be an excellent multitasker, capable of balancing a portfolio of multiple projects at all points in the year. The ability to work both independently and collaboratively under pressure, and to adapt flexibly and responsively to changing circumstances, is essential.

Experience of the following would be ideal:

• website content management systems (ideally wordpress)
• understanding of SEO strategies, social media, direct marketing
• PR campaigns and media relationships
• using CRM systems to monitor and optimise lead generation

The following are general requirements:

• Must be eligible to work in the UK
• Must be able to work in London as well as remotely
• Willingness to work flexibly in accordance with the demands of the work, which will include occasional evenings and weekends

Candidates with a BAME background are encouraged to apply as they are currently under-represented at this level.

Please send the following to the email address provided on the 'How to apply' tab:

1. A CV highlighting relevant skills and experience, no more than 3 pages long, we especially like succinct, well-designed CVs that speak to the role being applied for!

2. In your email or covering letter EITHER send a link to an online marketing asset (e.g. website, film) you produced OR attach a marketing asset (e.g. digital, print item) in PDF or JPG - we’re looking for substantial examples that show you’re a fit for our brand!

The  deadline for applications is on Monday 22nd March at 1pm and interviews will be the following week. If you have any questions, please send them to the email address provided on the 'How to apply' tab.

Community Regen has an exciting opportunity for an energic and creative engagement practitioner to work 3 days a week on a project in Cambridge and 2 days managing and delivering key projects, contracts and commissions for Community Regen. The role will also involve some working from home as well as some evening work.

Working as part of a small team, the Coordinator will be responsible for bidding, planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating key projects. The role will involve engaging residents, businesses and partners to develop initiatives and projects that benefit local communities. The position requires an experienced and approachable community engagement/development practitioner who can engage communities, develop and support projects and initiatives as well as being a good communicator, writer, and able to generate new partnership and project opportunities.

To apply please follow the steps in "How to Apply" above.

About Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind

This is an exciting opportunity to join and support a fast growing and dedicated team supporting the wellbeing of communities across West London.

We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover. We listen, support recovery, fight stigma and work with partners to take action. We provide services for adults, children and young people, signposting for everyone and training and consultancy for employers.

Job Purpose

This role is within our crisis alternative service, which is an out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. The service will operate 365 days a year from 6pm-1am across all of our boroughs.

Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis.

The objectives of the service include:

• To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in HFEH.
• To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation, planned wellbeing activities etc.
• To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
• To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
• To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
• To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
• To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
• To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
• To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual.

The Role

The role of the team coordinators will be to support the rest of the team in delivering interventions on a one-to-one and group basis. The role will also involve triaging and assessing all clients accessing the service, signposting and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing. The role will also include line management and supervision of support workers within the service.

Fixed Term until 31st March 2022 (with potential to extend)

Post is subject to a DBS check.

We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Please apply by sending your completed application form, following the steps in "How to Apply" above.

DataKind UK exists to transform the impact of social change organisations - charities, social enterprises, grantmakers, public sector bodies - through data science capacity building, for the benefit of the people of the UK and other parts of the world. We want a future in which these organisations are making full, responsible use of data science to increase their impact. 

Why? We believe social change organisations make a massive difference to our society, particularly the most vulnerable people and communities. Yet most are not making full use of data and data science to fulfil their missions. We believe that to not do this actively reinforces patterns of inequality and disadvantage in the UK and elsewhere. 

We need a Team Coordinator to join the team to provide critical administrative and logistical support across all of DataKind’s programmes of work. The post will contribute both capacity and skills to the team at DataKind – particularly offering support around managing DataKind UK’s volunteer community of data scientists and building the internal operational processes of the organisation.

The Team Coordinator will also provide a comprehensive PA service to the Executive Director, including diary management, planning meetings, and providing general administrative support. The role will also include liaising with key contacts and stakeholders on behalf of the Executive Director and providing the secretariat function to the Board of Trustees.

We’re looking for an organised and confident administrator with excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional attention to detail. Our ideal candidate would be happy working autonomously and have experience of supporting a busy and fast-paced team managing multiple different work streams. We are looking for someone who will anticipate need and suggest solutions to logistical challenges. You’ll need to be helpful and enthusiastic in your approach to work, flexible and people oriented.

The full job description and details on how to apply can be found attached.

You will be embarking on this new and rewarding role in Big Leaf Foundation, working with the support of the trustees and core team to develop and implement a communications and campaigns strategy for the organisation that helps deliver our objectives and increases support for our overall vision.

You will also support the development of our new young leader’s programme, working with the team and the young people to explore potential campaigning partnerships and empowering the young people we support to have a meaningful voice within local and/or national campaigns. 

Big Leaf Foundation is now entering its third year and we are expanding – both in terms of the number of displaced young people we support and our geographical spread. To ensure we can continue to fulfil our objectives we need to engage more people in our work and make our collective ‘voice’ louder through increased awareness of the issues and how people can help. We also want to build links with other organisations that campaign to improve the rights of displaced young people and/or ensure existing legal rights are upheld – exploring how Big Leaf can best support and add value to these campaigns.

• Contract: Self-employed position funded for 1 year (with option to extend subject to funding).
• Hours: Full-time (40 hours) p/w
• Salary: £115 – £135 per day depending on experience
• Location: Surrey (home-based but with some in person meetings/activities)
• Reports to: Line Manager & Trustees
• Closing date: 17 March 2021
• Interviews: week commencing 22 March 2021
• Start date: 19 April 2021

KEY TASKS

Communications

• Develop and implement a communications strategy to engage more people in our work and make our collective ‘voice’ louder through increased awareness of both the issues and how people can support.
• Cultivate existing and new relationships with the media/journalists to grow the organisation’s influence and reach. 
• Draft, edit and proofread materials (website content, newsletter, blogs, reports, social media content etc) and project manage design of materials as needed.
• Support the wider Big Leaf Foundation (BLF) team to create impactful content that is consistently on brand, representative of BLF’s voice and in line with the overall communications strategy, providing team training and editorial oversight as needed.
• Work with the BLF team to produce relevant documents and content (incl. case studies) to support fundraising activities. 
• Contribute to BLF fundraising activities through the writing of case studies/content as needed.
• Ensure BLF beneficiaries and directly affected individuals have a meaningful voice within our communications, keeping safeguarding front of mind at all times.
• Regularly evaluate communication activities and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

Campaigns & advocacy

• Cultivate relationships with organisations that campaign to improve the rights of displaced people; and/or ensure existing legal rights are upheld, exploring how Big Leaf Foundation (BLF) can best support and add value to these campaigns. 
• Work with the BLF team to support the new young leaders programme (currently in the planning phase); exploring potential campaigning partnerships and empowering young people (who want to) to participate in local/national campaigns.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local MPs to build their understanding of the issues/challenges facing local displaced young people; and work with BLF caseworkers to obtain local MP support/advocacy on individual cases, where appropriate.
• Ensure BLF campaigns and advocacy activities are in-line with Charity Commission rules on political campaigning.

General

• Represent BLF (aims, mission and programmes) to external audiences.
• Understand your responsibilities in regard to safeguarding and data protection and retain best practice to inform your work with BLF.
• Liaise with other members of the BLF team and trustees as needed to fulfil the role and undertake other areas of work as required.

TO APPLY

If you feel that you have the skills, experience and motivation required for this role, please complete the application form and return it to us before 6pm on 17 March 2021.

Cruse Bereavement Care is the largest bereavement charity in the UK.  Our mission is to offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.  

Our South Hub region covers Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, West Sussex and Surrey and our bereavement support is delivered by 700 volunteers across the Hub, to over 7000 clients each year. 

The role of Hub Coordinator (Contracts) based in the South Hub is a new role, which will lead on the development of our ‘Bereaved by Suicide’ project in West Sussex, as well as supporting our bereavement services across the Hub. 

The ‘Bereaved by Suicide’ project in West Sussex is initially funded for 12 months.  The Coordinator will be working with our local volunteer-led services to recruit volunteers to the project, ensuring clients receive the best possible support, liaising with external stakeholders, ensuring reporting requirements are met and taking client referrals into the project. This role will also support the Hub Manager to maintain an overview of funding contracts within the region and support the Hub staff team across the Hub where needed.

We are looking for someone with a passion for what we do, who will work both pro-actively and collaboratively.  You will have the experience and drive to ensure our services are the best they can be, build strong working relationships with our local volunteers, Hub staff team and external stakeholders, and have the skills required to support clients bereaved by suicide. 

This role will be homebased and therefore you will need a reliable internet connection and the space to work from home.  When Covid restrictions are lifted, there will be a requirement for regular travel within the Hub, particularly in the West Sussex region.  The post is a fixed term contract for 12 months. 

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday 17th March.  Interviews will be arranged for Thursday 25th March and conducted via Zoom.  Your application should consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role in reference to the job description and person specification, and should be no longer than two pages.

Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.

Care Coordinator

This is a remarkable time to be joining them as they focus on their growth and expansion in delivering world class Nursing and Care.

They are a recognised market leader in nursing, domiciliary, social and personal care. They pride ourselves on their professional and discreet service with their staff applying our 4 Cs; Compassion, Collaboration, Competence and Commitment.

You will have a chance to work alongside the gold standard in Registered Nurses and Carers. Their daily and live-in care enables their clients to remain in their own home whilst being cared for by professional and highly trained Carers and Registered Nurses.

For over 20 years they have been recognised by doctors, consultants and clients for exceptionally high professional standards and 24/7 support. Now driving an exciting partnership to provide on-site healthcare within a unique new complex of 5-star luxury London apartments.

They are looking for a new Care Coordinator who will be working alongside and supporting their Clinical Care Coordinator team. You will ensure high quality standards of care are delivered and maintained by working closely with the Clinical Care Coordinator team and in the field to ensure that suitable qualified carers and nurses are assigned to Clients and high levels of customer service is maintained.

Care Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Managing Client and staff bookings as directed by the Clinical Care Coordinator.
• Ensure staff rota’s are issued each week in a timely basis to a high standard, minimising the amount of rescheduling required.
• Dealing with changes to rota’s throughout the week as a result of changes in Clients requirements or of staff availability.
• Arranging and involvement with supervisions and spot checks in the field.
• Updating Client notes on both computer and hard copy files.
• Ensuring Client files and Mobizio (electronic records)/ nursing notes are in each Client’s home, all relevant paper work is in situ
• Ensuring all Clients, both new and existing have had their Risk Assessment & Care Plan completed, and filed on the internal care systems.
• Ensuring daily updates are completed by Nurses and Carers for Clients records
• Review and update of relevant information to appropriate parties, on receiving completed daily nursing notes and updates
• Ensure Client Files and all property returned to office at termination of contract
• Sending out relevant documentation and attending to all administration from enquiries.

Care Coordinator Requirements:

• To be successful in this role you will have experience in supporting care staff in a domiciliary setting including rota management and payroll, supervision/spot checks and management of Client files and nursing notes. You will be confident in your knowledge of CQC regulations and safeguarding legislation.
• A background in Domiciliary Care is preferred.
• Experience working with care plans and treatments of clients.
• Providing guidance to healthcare staff on compliance with:
CQC regulations
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 or equivalent framework
• Previous experience in processing a weekly payroll.
• Experience with managing multiple staff rotas and rota management software.
• Excellent IT skills including knowledge using Microsoft Office applications or similar software programmes as appropriate and good knowledge of our specific software (Access Care Planning/People Planner) for the bookings system would be preferred.

About their organisation:

Delivering world class Nursing and Care. Their daily and live-in care enables their clients to remain in their own home whilst being cared for by professional and highly trained Carers and Registered Nurses.

Established in 1996, for over 20 years they have been recognised by doctors, consultants and clients for exceptionally high professional standards and 24/7 support. Now expanding out of London and driving an exciting partnership to provide on-site healthcare within a unique new complex of 5-star luxury London apartments.

Location: Kensington, London

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £23,000

You may have experience of the following: Nurse, Nursing Student, Care Coordinator, Service Coordinator, Care Team Leader, Care Supervisor, Support Coordinator etc.

Ref: 96978

Job Role: Development Coordinator - 6 Month Contract

Reporting Line: Head of Development

Attendance Times: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.00pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.  Evening and weekend working will be required when Safeline events are taking place and to attend fundraising talks and events.

Salary: £12,000 - £13,000 pro rata (full-time annual equivalent £24,000-26,000) depending on experience plus 25 days’ annual leave entitlement (full-time annual equivalent) and matched pension contribution up to 5%. 

Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon and Home Based

Safeline is a leading Warwickshire-based, independent, and professional specialist sexual abuse and rape charity.  We help people aged 3+ who have been abused to rebuild their lives, we protect those at risk, and we find ways to prevent abuse from happening.  We have been protecting and supporting people affected by sexual abuse and rape for over 25 years and we intend to continue this vital work for many years to come because the need for organisations like ours has never been greater. 

Job Purpose

To increase awareness of Safeline, its services and partnerships in Stratford-Upon-Avon and beyond and to generate fundraising income and support fundraising activities to contribute towards meeting Safeline’s income needs to support people affected by sexual abuse. To develop and deliver social media content, focusing on awareness raising and fundraising in Stratford-upon-Avon and contributing to Safeline’s social media strategy.

 This is a 6-month funded post but if it delivers against the objectives of the role there is the potential to convert to a permanent full-time position.

Safeline is committed to the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults and adopts strict measures to ensure the safety of its clients. Safeline expects all staff to work within its safeguarding policies and procedures.

Application

An application form and job description can be downloaded here or alternatively please contact Safeline via telephone or email.

 Please note CVs are not accepted.

Once completed, please return to F.A.O Emma MacLellan, Head of Development at Safeline, 6a New Street, Warwick, CV34 4RX or via email.

Closing date: Friday 26th March 2021 at 5pm

Interview Date: TBC

If you are passionate about supporting young people to reach their potential, we want you to join our partnership! Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA) and Renewal Programme (RP) have come together in an exciting new youth project and are seeking 2 x experienced Youth Co-coordinators to provide the young people of Newham with spaces to enjoy, support to achieve their best, and opportunities to make a positive difference in their community.

About us

BDCA is a dynamic community-led charity that has been serving the residents of the London Borough of Newham since 1998. Our motto is, “working together to change lives and transform our community”.  The Renewal Programme has also been working in the borough for 50 years and is passionate about investing in community and supporting people to rise through dignity, inspiration, and empowerment. Together we have a combined track record of over 70 years’ Newham focussed service delivery. including local club youth provision. holiday activities, evening drop-ins, sports activities and youth leadership programmes.

About the roles

These new posts offer an exciting opportunity to play a driving role in launching a new package of services for young people across the economically disadvantaged but beautifully diverse East Ham area of Newham. Each role is 36 hours per week and for an initial fixed term period of 2 years pending further funding. Please see the full job descriptions and person specifications attached and do note an enhanced DBS check will be required.

Our ideal candidates will have significant youth work experience, a passion for working with young people from diverse backgrounds and a high level of motivation to develop an excellent and impactful youth offer.  You will be excellent relationship builders that are enthused by partnership working, and given current circumstances you will also need to be creative in your approach to adapt youth engagement offers safely and in line with Covid-19 restrictions. You will need to demonstrate that you are professional, organised, efficient and able to manage our sessional youth staff, sports coaches, junior leaders and workshop providers. You will also have a robust understanding of safeguarding policy and procedures.

With one role based predominantly at BDCA (London E6) and the other at RP (London E12), you will work together to plan, lead, manage and evaluate sessions in venues across the East Ham community, ensuring project outcomes are effectively delivered. Key shared project outcomes are:

• Provide safe places to enjoy = at least 6 venues will be open for a total of 1759 hours of youth activities each year.
• Increase youth engagement = Each year, at least 495 unique young people will access our regular activities and accredited courses and feel a greater sense of community connection as a result.
• Grow youth leadership = Each year, at least 45 young people will receive intensive year-long support to achieve their best and build their hope and agency to make positive change in their own lives and in their wider community too through accredited youth leadership courses and social action campaigns.
• Deliver inspiring and diverting activities = Each year, the programme will deliver at least 25 co-produced activities including sports, creative arts, wellbeing workshops, free play, tuition support, educational workshops, offsite trips, training and mentoring.

Each role will however have slightly different areas of responsibility as follows:

Youth co-ordinator 1 (BDCA)

This post holder will be specifically responsible for coordinating: four outdoor MUGA sports sessions and one outdoor BMX session per week; year round Saturday volunteering sessions for young sports leaders; support to complete Duke of Edinburgh award scheme led by specialist partner and an annual music production project led by specialist provider. They will also be directly delivering: three virtual activity videos per month; two annual residentials for 15 participants; three-week summer volunteering placement with accredited Sports Leadership Award for 30 participants; monthly Stepping Up life skills training and social action campaign planning workshops plus regular mentoring calls for 15 participants; annual music premiere event for up to 100 attendees; and 10 day trips per year for up to 15 participants.

Youth co-ordinator 2 (RP)

This post holder will be specifically responsible for coordinating and delivering five evening youth clubs per week including a tuition club, journalism club and three drop-in free play sessions with creative workshops. They will be charged with leading the project’s monthly youth forums during the above sessions and also supporting participants to attend borough-wide Youth Citizens Assemblies and Area Youth Forum meetings. So as well as delivering high quality inclusive activities in safe supervised spaces, this new Project Coordinator will focus on increasing access to platforms where youth voices can be heard and younger leaders are supported to help steer local services to boost engagement and impact.

Application process: Please apply by attaching an up to date CV AND covering letter (max 2 pages, applications without cover letters WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED) demonstrating how your skills meet the Job Description and Person Specification and why you are interesting in applying for the role. If your application preference or request is for one specific role over the other then please state this in your cover letter otherwise we will assume you wish to be considered for either role within a single application. We are also willing to consider job share applications for each role from strong candidates

Application deadline:

Please note there is no fixed  closing date, but we are keen to recruit to these posts as quickly as possible and so early applications are very much encouraged. We will invite interviews and begin the selection process on a rolling basis, with the aim to have the positions filled as soon as appropriate candidates are identified.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Both BDCA and RP are committed to recruiting high quality candidates whose skills and experience are most suited to the jobs on offer regardless of sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion (or beliefs), marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age or political affiliation.

About Healthwatch England

We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. We’re here to find out what matters to people and help make sure their views shape the support they need.

Our sole purpose is to help make care better for people.

We have an ambitious vision to ensure that health and care works for everyone. Using the power of people’s stories, we aim to help improve how services are run now and in the future.

To help us do this, we are looking for with a track record in community engagement who wants to use their skills to make a difference.

Join our small but dynamic team, and in return, you’ll get to enjoy a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about involving communities in shaping local services. You’ll need to be highly experienced in developing effective community engagement approaches, with the drive to lead a new national programme to support our 151 local Healthwatch services to establish common community engagement approaches.

As well as further increasing our reputation for outstanding community engagement, you’ll also play a key role in protecting and increasing the resources local Healthwatch need to carry out their role.

Let us tell you a little bit about the role....

You will be a senior member of the Network Development Team which supports local Healthwatch to be high performing and sustainable champions for people who use health and care services.

You’ll build a picture of local Healthwatch approaches to community engagement, especially with seldom heard groups, support the spread of good practice from within and outside the Healthwatch network and help enhance our reputation as a critical partner in supporting communities to have their say.

You’ll make sure local Healthwatch have a strong case for funding by leading our work on impact, quality and collaboration. You’ll also support five Regional Managers with advice and support when negotiating with local authority commissioners of local Healthwatch services.

What we're looking for from you....

You’ll have a track record on engagement, know the sector and how to achieve change at a national and local level and get the best for small organisations on tight budgets with a big remit.

You’ll have experience of, or the ability to demonstrate how you will quickly acquire an understanding of, commissioning, perhaps with experience in a related area. You’ll be a team player, enjoy collaborative working across Healthwatch England with excellent communication and analytical skills, judgment and ability to negotiate at senior level.

Whilst leading on our engagement and sustainability work, this role will also be pivotal in providing support to the Head of Network Development, so the ability to deputise is required.

Role Accountabilities:

Develop and implement an Engagement Plan which supports best practice on community engagement across the 151 local Healthwatch and builds Healthwatch England and Healthwatch’s reputation and profile for expertise in engagement within the health and care sector

Develop and implement a Sustainability Plan which seeks to protect and enhance local Healthwatch income and supports effective local authority commissioning and evidenced case for support from local and national funders

Provide support to Network Managers on sustainability, support them to manage stakeholder relationships, identify and manage risks across the Healthwatch network and provide high level intervention

Contribute to development and delivery of the Healthwatch England strategy and business plan, contribute to achieving outcomes, meeting deliverables and KPIs and development of Healthwatch England’s support offer to local Healthwatch.

Provide line management and effective support to 3 x Regional/Programme Network Managers, lead work within the designated region and Programme and contribute to the development of a high performing Network Development Team.

Contribute to team working and ensure effective integrated and collaborative working across Healthwatch England, local Healthwatch and external partners.

Cultivate and manage stakeholder relationships in relation to the job role, including at senior level with a particular focus on engagement at the national level in conjunction with Healthwatch England colleagues.

Manage resources, projects, events and/or partnerships that help deliver the Network Development Plan.

Provide self-administration

Essential Skills and Experience

A personal commitment to the mission and behaviours of Healthwatch England.

Related experience and ability to develop a deep understanding of, and operate effectively in, the Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch environment: federated structure;
supporting and influencing local authority commissioning as core funders of local Healthwatch; acing in an advisory role to support effectiveness of independent small/medium local voluntary organisations focused on influencing health and care with a statutory role.

Track record on community engagement with the vision and ability to drive change and support the achievement of Healthwatch England’s ambitions on engagement.

Ability to undertake high-level analysis of voluntary organisations’ effectiveness, associated risks and statutory contract arrangements, with the ability to identify, plan and implement solutions

Ability to provide effective support to and manage the performance of team members.

Track record on influencing and managing complex relationships including at senior level and negotiating effectively.

Excellent judgment with the ability to know when to escalate, act or delegate.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills that can be utilised for a variety of audiences and levels of authority.

Ability to work remotely and autonomously, be part of virtual team and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders.

Desirable Skills and Experience

Track record on organisational development of small/medium sized voluntary organisations.
Understanding of the health and care sector

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. With nearly half a million members we are the largest charity dedicated to girls and young women in the UK, and one of the largest and leading youth charities. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our 100,000 amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week. We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

The Volunteer Learning and Development team is responsible for ensuring the high-quality learning provision for our 100,000 + volunteers. We work in partnership with volunteers and subject matter experts to design and deliver content, oversee the content design and management of internal qualifications and support hundreds of local volunteer trainers to design and deliver their own content. As well as compliance training, we support volunteers on a broad range of topics from virtual guiding, outdoor and adventure, international experiences and leadership.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we implement a new digital learning platform in 2021 and increase our digital offer to volunteers expanding our eLearning and webinar offer. This role will be responsible for the coordination of a wide diversity of projects which fall under the remit of Volunteer Learning & Development which includes content and learning design, as well as event planning, community engagement and project management learning related projects. You will be working with volunteers and relevant teams to ensure the effective planning, implementation and evaluation of projects, so that Girlguiding continues to deliver high quality learning experiences to develop inspirational volunteers who provide excellent Girlguiding experience to girls and young women across the UK.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

We ask that you submit your CV and supporting information as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close vacancies at any time, when we have received sufficient applications. 

It is important that you submit all of the above documents with your CV, including the declaration form, supporting statement and diversity questionnaire. We will consider only those applications that include these completed documents.

Get Berkshire Active works with organisations across Berkshire to increase participation in sport and physical activity. Our overriding aim is to use physical activity to contribute to social, economic, health and community agendas across Berkshire, through the personal development of individuals. We provide our partners with support to achieve these shared aims alongside the delivery of a number of projects to encourage people to be active.

We are seeking an individual with a passion for making a difference to play an integral role in the coordination and delivery of our Employability and Crime Prevention programmes. There is a focus on young people but our programmes also support adults of all ages. The post holder will be required to organise, coordinate and (on some occasions) deliver appropriate interventions, in consultation with partners and participants. We use activities and sport to help develop soft skills in those who are unemployed and self control, empathy and positivity in those at risk of offending. The objective is to encourage participants to become confident and motivated to undertake further training / education or to find employment and therefore reduce their likelihood of becoming involved in crime.

We understand that this is a very unique post, combining elements of physical activity knowledge with employment and crime prevention experience. Therefore we are looking for individuals with experience in one of these areas, but who have the capability, interest and drive to challenge themselves to develop the skills and knowledge in the other areas. If you have transferable skills and are a fast learner we will support you to grow and develop in the role with a wide range of CPD and personal development opportunities. This role may be appropriate for someone with:

• Recruitment / Work Coaching Experience (with an interest in sport / physical activity)
• Youth / Offender Mentoring (with an interest in sport / physical activity)
• Sports Coach / Physical Training Instructor (with knowledge / interest in employment / crime prevention)
• Health / Social Care / Housing Support Advisors
• Personal Development Coaches

Programmes delivered by GBA involve significant numbers of partners working together and the post-holder will be required to manage delivery partnerships between referral agencies and specialist coaches to achieve results.  The post-holder will also need to be comfortable promoting the programme and engaging with participants to take part in the course. 

The post-holder will also support other projects or areas of work focused on using physical activity as a vehicle to improve physical, mental and social health. Ideally candidates will have experience in a coaching, mentoring or employability training role.

*The role will require travel around the county to deliver courses. The role is based at Bisham Abbey however we support working from home where appropriate.

Note: applicants will need to complete an Equal Opportunities and Criminal Record declaration form upon application.  Both are available via the below link.

See full vacancy and application details on our website

Fixed Term Contract
Engagement Manager - Health Champions Warwickshire
Ref: V303
Start date: ASAP
Contract length: 1 Year
Hours/Days per week: 35/5
Salary: £24,000
Location: Locally homebased – Warwickshire
Closing date: 10 March 2021 – 12 noon
Interview date and Location: Online – TBC

Purpose of role

Volunteering Matters has been commissioned by Warwickshire County Council to deliver a new community-based programme to promote healthy lifestyles and encourage behaviour change to improve the health and wellbeing of people aged 18+ within Warwickshire. There will be a focus on COVID-19 prevention and prehabilitation messages. COVID-19 Prehabilitation refers to improving physical health and mental wellbeing in preparation of a “stressor” such as a COVID-19 infection, so that the individual is better equipped to cope with a possible infection and to minimise its impact.

Volunteers will utilise their life experience, understanding and position of influence to help their families, friends and their communities to lead healthier lives. By raising awareness of health and healthy choices, sharing health messages, removing barriers and creating supportive networks and environments. Promoting physical well-being and nutrition, smoking cessation and stress reduction.  Volunteers will be supported to empower and motivate people to get involved in healthy social activities, create groups to meet local needs and signpost people to relevant support and services.

Benefits package: Pension, unlimited annual leave, fully flexible working, cycle to work & season ticket loan.

To apply please visit our website.

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

We are recruiting a Trustee with a background in managing and developing heritage assets in particular medieval buildings and/or museum management.

You will work with the Priory Dean and Director of Priory and International Affairs to develop the charity's use of its heritage assets as well as developing a long-term strategy for those assets. You will also chair the Heritage Committee.

This is a voluntary role and the annual commitment is around 20 days per year.

The closing date for applications is 22 March 2021 and interviews will take place on 31 March 2021.