Community Engagement Specialist, UK

Hope for Justice is seeking a multilingual Community Engagement Specialist, to be based at our West Yorkshire Hub, to work with at-risk communities, law enforcement and business to develop an effective community-based approach to address modern day slavery, while developing effective networks and building trust with victims to help them escape their traffickers.

The role will depend on using local and cultural knowledge and language skills to engage effectively with potential victims and with key stakeholders in these communities.

The ideal candidate will have fantastic communication skills and well-developed emotional intelligence. They will be a confident self-starter, able to work unsupervised and with an understanding of the sensitivities and discretion required when working with vulnerable people.

This is an outstanding opportunity for anyone seeking to develop skills in community-based work while making a profound difference to the lives of people trapped in modern slavery.

More detail about the requirements of this role can be found in the Role Profile, attached

Location: West Yorkshire, UK

Salary: Competitive and negotiable based on experience

Full time

Closing Date: Friday, 29th November 2019 (Note: Early applications are welcomed, as preliminary interviews may be conducted throughout the process.)

To apply: Please visit our website

Full time (37.5) 12 month fixed term contract in the first instance / Part-time (30hrs) working considered

The JU:MP Campaign Manager role is an exciting opportunity to join the Magpie team and to be part of a once in a life-time initiative which will have a real and lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in some of the most deprived communities in the country.

Magpie is helping to create healthier and happier communities one person; one campaign, one community at a time and creating behaviour change campaigns that transform lives and tackle important social issues.

At Magpie we are on a mission to create campaigns which have a positive impact on the communities around us. We call this The Great Campaign.

Working as a Campaign Manager representing Magpie and based primarily within the JU:MP team. JU:MP (Join Us: Move Play) is an important social movement gaining momentum within the North Bradford area.

JU:MP is a National Lottery funded Sport England initiative. Part of Active Bradford, JU:MP works with families and communities in North Bradford to inspire, energise and support children to be active.

Magpie has been chosen to deliver innovative behaviour change solutions which make it easier for communities to access sport and physical activity. 

The role:

The JU:MP campaign manager will play a pivotal role within the programme, implementing marketing strategy, building strong client and community relationships.

Experienced in campaign and project management and in delivering multi-faceted marketing campaigns you will be comfortable in taking an overarching client strategy and turning it in to marketing implementation strategies, initiatives, and campaign briefs.

You will have an eye for detail and with your meticulous project planning and excellent communication skills you will be excited by this opportunity and ready to embrace the challenge.

Leading on the creation and getting stuck in with the hands-on delivery of the JU:MP campaign, you will be expected to deliver successfully on the strategy which aims to increase the physical activity of young people in the following areas of Bradford:

1. Allerton, Lower Grange and Fairweather Green
2. Manningham, Toller, Girlington
3. Eccleshill, Undercliffe, Thorpe Edge, Windhill and Wrose

In this role we expect that you will be a self-starter who has the ability to take initiative and make things happen.

Job Dimensions and scope

You will be responsible for delivering the strategy of the JU:MP social movement, contributing to the measurable behaviour change through the JU:MP social marketing and communications campaigns.

You will be expected to be self-motivated and able to take on and manage all aspects of campaign management, leading the campaign independently. Working directly with the client team and the Director of Impact at Magpie directing and managing campaigns and activity and liaising with all stakeholders, suppliers and partners throughout.

JU:MP is being evaluated by academic researchers so you will be expected to support the evaluation where necessary, including the provision of fortnightly reflections about your approach to the project.

You will be based in split locations sharing time with the Magpie team in Leeds and the JU:MP team in Bradford.

Key Responsibilities

Client Service

Representing Magpie within our clients’ environment, bringing marketing expertise to their team. Independent project direction, always achieving the very best outcome for our client.

Regular and effective communication and liaison with both JU:MP and Magpie to provide timely updates on project progress and to ensure that the client receives the very best of Magpie and our experience in delivering behaviour change campaigns.

Closely linked to Magpie and embracing the purpose, culture and approach of our unique behaviour change campaigns agency.

The clear interpretation and organisation of client feedback.

Campaign Strategy

Working closely with the client and Director of Impact at Magpie you will be responsible for overseeing and developing sub-strategies for areas such as: insight; brand; partnerships; social media; digital and events.

Creating implementation plans, scopes, delivery plans and schedules and determining approval milestones and practices which ensure that delivery is smooth and standards are high at every touch point through all campaigns.

You will be an experienced campaign manager with the ability to keep all projects on track whilst ensuring that communication with all key stakeholders and in particular the client and Director of Impact at Magpie.

You will embrace our behaviour change approach and the co-creation and collaboration embedded within the Magpie way.

As a part of this:

Collaborating with the JU:MP Community Engagement Managers to devise a comprehensive community engagement plan and maximise the success of the campaign.

Gaining insight in to the three community areas, working alongside Community Engagement Managers to ensure that we provide campaign information, engagement and materials in the most appropriate way.

Co-creating with the community members in an open and inclusive way and adapting the strategy and approach to meet the needs of the community.

Selecting and managing relationships with partners and suppliers.

Working alongside the JU:MP Communications Officer to ensure the campaign fits in to the wider programme communications strategy.

Providing hands-on marketing as and when needed - capturing and creating social content, managing emails/database, promoting events and activities, writing press releases.

Organisation and administration

You will be experienced in managing all aspects of budget control, administration and organisation and the communication of all aspects of campaign management in order to deliver in the most appropriate way, on-brand, on-brief on-time and on-budget.

You will be capable managing a high volume of information about stakeholders, their organisations and activities.

Essential Experience and Skills:

We are looking for an experienced team member who can hit the ground running and who will embrace the challenge. Self-motivated and confident, you will work on your own initiative.

• A solid background in creative or marketing environments, with a proven ability to manage a brief
• The ability to plan and manage social marketing campaigns at a strategic / senior level, including time/delivery management and budget management
• Significant experience in relationship management, with the ability to exercise sound judgement, sensitivity and political awareness in working with multiple stakeholders and interested groups
• Proven experience and the ability to work with a wider Magpie team – including campaign management, creative, digital and content producers plus any key suppliers in order to deliver impactful high-quality campaigns
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of partners and proven experience of shaping partnership opportunities within communities to maximise campaign success

• A strong track record in meticulous project planning
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Effective team management and leadership capabilities
• A keen attention to detail and budgetary constraints
• Full awareness of creative processes and techniques – including digital platforms
• Innovative thinker, with proven ability to problem solve
• Self-motivation with confidence and ability to work on own initiative

Desirable

• A knowledge and understanding of the communities that the JU:MP campaign is targeting
• To be able to speak one or more of the following languages: Punjabi, Urdu, Polish, Bengali 

Background Information

Magpie

Magpie is a cause–led marketing agency placing behaviour change science at the heart of what we do. Our purpose is to help create healthier and happier communities; one person, one campaign at a time.

Born in Bradford

Born in Bradford (BIB) is an internationally acclaimed applied research programme which aims to improve health and wellbeing through the development and evaluation of interventions to promote health, and the application of research into practice.

BIB is experienced in delivering complex evaluations in real life settings and hosts a skilled staff set with expertise in qualitative and quantitive evaluation methods, routine data linkage, community engagement and dissemination.

Bradford Institute for Health Research

The Bradford Institute for Health Research aims to become a national centre for excellence in health research and to forge unique research collaboration between the people of Bradford, the NHS community and the Universities of Leeds Bradford and York.

Active Bradford

Active Bradford is a newly registered company made up of six member organisations who are committed to working together to increase the number of people being active and playing sport in Bradford. These six members are The University of Bradford, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Bradford College, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust (Born in Bradford), Yorkshire Sport Foundation and One in a Million.

Closing date – 1st December 2019

We are looking for a confident and ambitious fundraiser to join our team. Corporate partnerships are an important income stream for Student Minds and one we aim to develop substantially over the next three years.

​As a Corporate Funding Officer, you will be motivated to deliver the corporate fundraising strategy through securing new partnerships and developing existing relationships to bring in vital income for the charity, so we can support and empower more students across the UK. This is a great opportunity to work in a high-performing team to develop your career. You should have experience of fundraising, be a strong communicator and have excellent organisational skills.

Download the information pack for the full job description and more about what we would like to see in your application.

Application deadline: Sunday 24th November at 11:59pm.
Interview date: Wednesday 4th December

Calderdale is part of the NHS England initiative to expand access to employment for people living with serious mental health conditions. The Individual Placement Support (IPS) model of employment support is an innovative and evidence based way of working and we are currently seeking an Employment Specialist work in line with IPS. 

This is a full time 37.5 hour post, and is a fixed term or secondment opportunity, until March 2021, with any continuation of this being subject to funding after March 2021. 

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of widening access to employment for people with mental health conditions while working for South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust. The post will be based in Calderdale within Community mental health teams where you will deliver employment support to individuals with severe mental health conditions across Calderdale and be a highly valued member of a team of mental health professionals, which includes psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and psychologists. 

90% of people with severe mental illness say they want to work, but currently only 8% are in work. Getting into employment can be a critical part of a recovery journey, so as an employment specialist you will focus on providing motivational, supportive and person-centred advice to enable service users to secure paid employment. You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Core and Enhanced mental health teams in the community pathway in Calderdale and carry a caseload of 20-25 people. You will help to raise expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment and support people into paid employment related to their preferences and skills. 

You will be passionate about joining us in this exciting new role, and be willing both to help to develop the service and transform lives through enabling people to gain paid employment. You will need a good understanding of people and of mental health conditions, along with experience of local networking and partnership work such as with the DWP. This is a dynamic and diverse role where no day is ever the same – determination and strong listening skills are essential as is being able to take initiative. Working positively with local employers and negotiating job opportunities is a key part of what you will be doing. 

You will be part of a small IPS team within the Calderdale mental health teams while having support and supervision with the IPS Team leader. Full specialist training is funded for this role. 

The Role:

The postholder will manage a caseload of up to 20-30 service users in specialist mental health services using the principles of the Individual Placement and Support model to enable people to gain paid employment. The Employment specialist will work according to the Individual Placement and Support Model (IPS) under the direction of the IPS Team Manager to deliver a holistic recovery plan for mental health service users in secondary care. Training in IPS will be provided.

The role is to work directly with all relevant stakeholders; including, service users, mental health staff in community teams, Vocational team and local partner agencies. A key part of the role is to actively engage with employers to enable service users to gain paid employment and to sustain this with ongoing support within employment as required.

Care/service/function provision: To ensure that all service users who say they want to gain paid employment are successful in accessing/gaining and retaining paid employment.

Core duties and responsibilities

1. To work directly with mental health teams in Calderdale to generate referrals for IPS and assess service users who want paid employment using vocational profiling and an employment action plan according to their strengths and choices.
2. To work directly with all relevant stakeholders and external agencies to ensure that the  service users meet their employment goals. This includes mental health teams, employers, local DWP, the Council Business and Economy and other Council teams.
3. Spend time getting to know local employers in order to negotiate job opportunities that meet each individual’s strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.
4. To ensure that service users support needs are identified in terms of barriers to employment, disclosure with the agreement of the individual and reasonable adjustments.
5. To ensure as much as possible that the quality of work environments is explored including potential for workplace adjustments to accommodate individual strengths, skills and coping strategies.
6. To support service users to training and education courses as appropriate.
7. To support service users to access work placements as appropriate towards the employment goals.
8. To provide support with CV’s, interviews, rapid job searching, and applications for employment as required.
9. To provide the individual and employer with individualised support in work on an ongoing basis and help the person sustain employment as agreed with the individual.
10. To maintain and update accurate records within the required IT systems to ensure prompt communication with the Multi-disciplinary team around progress, change or adverse events.
11. To work flexibly, as required by the individual, to gain paid employment.
12. To adhere to administrative, monitoring and evaluation systems requirements for IPS.
13. To undertake mandatory training as required including in the IPS model.
14. To provide and seek benefit advice for service users seeking paid employment
15. To provide employment specialist caseload cover.

For the full job description and person specification, please see the 2 attached documents.

As part of the successful NHS England IPS bid, this full-time post is initially a fixed term contract until March 2021 with any continuation of this being subject to funding. 

We are also able to consider this post as a secondment opportunity until March 2021. For secondment, approval from your manager as to whether you would be able to take up a secondment is required before applying for the post. 

Find out more about how IPS can make a difference to people’s lives at our recruitment information session on Monday 18th November at 3.00pm at Hope Street Resource Centre, Hope Street, Halifax, HX1 5DW

Post closes on Thursday 21st November. 

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

Would you like to join one of North Leeds’ most established Social Care charities which positively changes lives and helps hundreds of people each year? 

Applications are welcome from candidates who have the appropriate skills in a Health and Social Care setting and have knowledge of Health and Social Care. You will be passionate about delivering the highest level of training to learners and you will have a real commitment to passing on your skills and expertise to the next generation of healthcare staff or improving the skills of existing staff, enabling them to progress and inspire others.

The role will also include assessment of competence within the workplace and supporting learners to collect evidence for the achievement of the Care Certificate.

You will have Level 3 Qualification or above in Health & Social Care and Level 3 Award in Education & Training (PTLLS) or equivalent or a willingness to undertake this. You will also have excellent time management and communication skills to enable you to support learners

CV’s are accepted however please ensure that you request a job specification to be able to evidence the essential criteria for the role.

For further information please call 0113-218-5899. 

The closing date for applications is 22 November 2019 or earlier if a suitable candidate is sourced.

Interviews will take place on 3 December 2019.

If you are shortlisted you will be contacted directly, if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, it can be assumed that unfortunately, your application was unsuccessful on this occasion.

LJWB is looking for a Finnace Assistant to join friendly team and great organization. 

As part of a small but highly motivated Finance Team you will support the recording and retrieval of financial transactions through the maintenance of records including but not limited to, asset management, investment reconciliations, sales & purchase ledger processing, petty cash and cash handling.

As someone looking to develop their financial skills and or studying towards a financial qualification you will support the Management Accountant in the production of monthly accounts utilising SAGE 50 and special care services software, preparing sales invoices, payroll data and balance sheet reconciliations.

You will be the first point of contact for all customers wishing to use our cash office facilities at the Community Centre and will assist in dealing with cash and online payments for sales invoicing, petty cash reimbursements, client account cash transactions etc. Experience and cash handling skills are essential.

This is a busy but rewarding environment which offers an excellent opportunity to become involved in and develop a full range of financial skills and experience.

Essential Skills:

Finance & reconciliations skills

Cash handling

Experience in customer service and dealing with the general public

Possess excellent interpersonal & communication skills

The ability to work individually or part of a team

Reading, Writing & Mathematics Skills

Excellent IT Skills

LJWB supports positive mantal health in the workplace. 

Project Manager - Young Writers (Contract)
Bradford, West Yorkshire

Do you have experience of working with young people? Want to support the success of projects that are inspiring young people to utilise their creativity and tell their own stories? If so, you may be the Project Manager we’re looking for.

About Us

The National Literacy Trust is a national charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK. One person in six in the UK has poor literacy skills that impact on every area of their life. A child without good reading, writing and communication skills can’t succeed at school, and as an adult they could be locked out of the job market. Poverty doubles the likelihood that, by the age of five, a child’s literacy skills will be below average.

Now, we’re looking for a Project Manager to join us on a 12 month fixed-term contract and facilitate the delivery of projects that support young people's understanding and enjoyment of writing.

The Benefits

- Salary of £28,500 per annum
- Pension (8% employer contribution)
- A generous annual leave allowance totalling 39 days per annum (including Bank Holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year)
- Cycle to work scheme
- The chance to lead projects that will have an impact on young people

We believe that the ability to communicate is a fundamental right and that society will only be fair when everyone has the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills they need to fulfil their potential.

By working with us, you can help to transform lives through literacy.

In this fast-paced and exciting role, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee projects that will make a positive difference to young people and nurture their passion for the written word.

Your Role

As the Project Manager, you’ll support the success of our Young Writers programme in Bradford and two other locations, which finds creative ways to engage disadvantaged young people in writing and poetry.

Joining the School Programmes Team, you will deliver a range of poetry and writing projects for primary and secondary school pupils.

Specifically, you will:

- Oversee project logistics, safeguarding, risk management, QA, event management and training
- Identify and recruit schools to take part in projects
- Deliver high-quality training sessions and workshops
- Present the work of the programme to a range of audiences, including teachers and businesses
- Help to manage and track project spend
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the programme, including designing and delivering content

About You

To join us as a Project Manager, you’ll need:

- Experience of working with young people
- Previous experience of working in, or with, the education sector
- Exceptional communication skills
- A proactive approach

Experience of working with culture or heritage sector organisations or with professional writers would be beneficial to your application.

Other organisations may call this role Project Manager, Education Project Manager, Education Programme Manager, Writing Programme Manager, or Project Delivery Manager.

The closing date for applications is 10am on the 2nd December 2019.

The National Literacy Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, ethnicity or religion.

So, if you’re seeking the chance to make a real difference as a Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in either London, Bristol, Leeds or Glasgow

As our Event Executive, you will be responsible for providing support to the UK-wide Events team in developing and delivering a range of national events as part of a team of 30 responsible for c.GBP 7m income and creating inspiring stewardship events as part of a team of 30 responsible for supporters.

You will play a key role in organising smaller events such as Golf Days or supporter-led dinner, as well as industry specific events in accordance with The Trust's strategy for events.

Regular travel to other Trust and event locations in the UK will be required.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Evolve HR Consulting is delighted to be supporting a national and international humanitarian and campaigning charity, well-known for being a pioneer in its critical, life-saving work, in its search for a critical role; Corporate Fundraising Manager. This is a unique and exciting time to be joining a team fighting for a cause that has a catastrophic impact on lives in the UK and around the world.

Are you an experienced and dynamic professional with a track record of achieving high level success in either national corporate fundraising for a charity, or in sales, business development, account management or similar roles outside of the charity sector? Are you driven by a fast pace, stretching targets and motivating a team to succeed? Do you have the high-end communication skills needed to gain entry to, and negotiate within, a corporate board room? If so, this could be the opportunity you are seeking.

Our client has innovatively led the way in its growing sector for 25 years and is recognised for setting the standard for robust and sustainable corporate funding and partnerships using a model often copied by others and that provides the majority of the charity’s significant income.

Reporting directly into the Head of Corporate Fundraising and with regular contact with the COO and Chief Executive, the successful candidate will take responsibility for developing and sustaining your own portfolio of our corporate partners working with them to secure significant funds and run engagement activities. 

The successful candidate will need to have demonstrated excellence in in a national or international corporate fundraising environment or a similar related field outside of the charity sector.

You excel in revenue generation, exceeding targets and sustainable relationship management through your own efforts.

Project Manager – Well-Established Charity 
Leeds, West Yorkshire (with travel throughout Leeds) 
£25,250 per annum 

Are you a Project Manager seeking a rewarding, new role? Want to drive the success of innovative services that are reducing isolation and helping older people get involved in their community? If so, we would love to hear from you. 

Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary service to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a Project Manager to support the success of our services in Leeds. 

This is your chance to become an integral member of a passionate team, make a positive impact on your community and oversee services that improve people’s lives for the better. 

As the Project Manager, you’ll oversee the delivery of our Neighbourhood Networks services in Leeds. 

Neighbourhood Networks offers a range of community support services. These services aim to help older people reconnect with their community and build strength, resilience and independence. 

Under the guidance of the Operations Manager, you will: 

- Oversee the ongoing development of our services in Meanwood, Roundhay and Chapel Allerton
- Manage all aspects of the service, including people, finance, governance and external relationships 
- Recruit, lead and motivate staff and volunteers 
- Communicate with stakeholders 
- Perform a range of admin tasks 

To be considered, you will need: 

- Project management and change management experience 
- Experience of managing and motivating teams of staff and volunteers
- Previous experience of managing high value services to agreed budgets
- Experience of working with public sector commissioners
- Direct experience of managing a service and delivering it over multiple sites with multiple stakeholders
- Previous experience of co-production and/or asset-based development or willingness to learn
- Experience of using databases to monitor and evaluate information
- Knowledge of the voluntary and community sector
- A full, valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle

Self-motivated and proactive, as the Project Manager, you’ll have fantastic organisational, planning and prioritisation abilities. You’ll also be a confident communicator who can quickly build strong working relationships. 

The closing date for applications is the 19th November 2019 with interviews to be held on 21st November 2019. 

This is a full-time role of 35 hours per week.

To apply for the role of Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Additional Keywords: Project Manager, Programme Manager, Project Delivery Manager, Community Services Manager, Community Project Manager, Community Programme Manager, Charity.

Department: Business Development

Contract Duration: 6 months

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

Citizens Advice is a leading provider of debt advice and financial capability services across England and Wales.  In the last year, we helped 380,000 clients with 916,000 debt issues through our local network and had 3.2m page views of our debt content on the Citizens Advice Website.

To support this work, Citizens Advice has a team focused on money advice development team covering debt and energy advice alongside financial capability. Reporting to the Head of Money advice, this role is responsible for the development and delivery of the programmes of work under the debt and financial capability strategies.

We are seeking an exceptional candidate with significant experience of debt advice and financial capability work whilst the current postholder is on secondment.

It is crucial that the successful candidate has highly developed project management and strategic thinking skills and has significant experience of managing effective organisational design and change, particularly where there is a high level of public interest in the outcome.  The successful candidate will be experienced in using their analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to develop and compare alternative courses of action and arrive at well-reasoned recommendations.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates. We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Interview date: 2nd December 2019