Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to make life-changing breakthroughs possible.
We are looking for a confident and ambitious fundraiser to join our regional community team. The successful candidate will take ownership of fundraising activity in London, with focus on the West, including postcodes W, SW, N, NW, KT, UB, SM, TW, HA, EN and WD. This region is full of exciting fundraising events, now all we need is a dedicated fundraiser to seek out further opportunities to engage with and secure income from individuals, groups and corporates across west London.
Main tasks include:
- Use own initiative to extend volunteer networks, recruit new volunteers, develop new groups and supporters, and respond to fundraising opportunities.
- Identify and apply for ‘Charity of the Year’ partnerships with corporates in the region, account manage these relationships up to a value of £11,000 per annum and support with partnerships with a value of up to £75,000
- Provide high-quality account/relationship management to volunteer groups and regional corporate partners.
- Support existing volunteer fundraisers to encourage continued loyalty to the charity and to maximise funds raised, in accordance with fundraising legislation and good practice.
- Ensure that fundraising activity is implemented and managed locally by supporting and facilitating the development of groups and volunteers across the region.
- Liaise with local community organisations to extend income and activity in line with strategy.
- Provide face-to-face talks and presentations to community organisations.
- Arrange appropriate volunteer representation at events in the community, spreading the charity’s reach cost-effectively.
We are looking for:
- Educated to A Level or equivalent
- Knowledge of Institute of Fundraising Codes of Fundraising Practice and legal framework of event management and fundraising ethics.
- Knowledge of recruiting key volunteers and fundraising supporters
- Excellent customer service, communication, verbal and written skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- An ability to manage a busy and varied workload
- Understanding and practice of recruiting and supporting volunteer Fundraising Groups
- Proven ability of providing excellent stewardship of our supporters
- Experience in partnership fundraising and/or relationship building
- Experience in public-speaking, such as giving presentations and talking at events
- Experience in regional corporate acquisition and account management.
- Experience in working to ambitious targets.
- Comfortability in working remotely with a high standard of internal communications.
Location: Home based in London or Greater London.
Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum, plus benefits, car allowance and associated expenses (if applicable).
Please download the Vacancy Pack for more details.
The closing date for applications is the 10th November 2019, with interviews likely to be held on the 22nd November 2019 at our Cambridge office. We would encourage all applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Telephone interviews may also be conducted prior to the closing date and interview date. Should we wish to contact you to arrange a telephone interview this will be arranged based on the availability of the candidate and the panel. Please indicate in your cover letter if you are unable to attend any interviews on a certain day.
In order to be considered, please create an online account using our Online Recruitment System which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies Page. You will be able to attach a CV and covering letter to your application, track your application and view other vacancies that may be of interest.
To view further details about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit the Alzheimer’s Research UK website.
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Part-time 30 hours a week
£22,785 - £32,029 per annum (30 hours pro rata)
South East (Brighton, Oxford and Reading)
At St Mungo’s, our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,800 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.
Working as part of the overall Communications team, the South East Communications Coordinator (South East) will take a lead role on raising St Mungo’s profile in the South East of England to support awareness of our service impact, our campaigns and our fundraising initiatives and to help achieve organisational growth in line with our ambition to end homelessness and rebuild lives.
The successful candidate will initiate and coordinate impactful media coverage regionally and work alongside colleagues in the Press and PR, Marketing and Internal Comms teams on national coverage. This role will mirror a South West Communications Coordinator role which has a similar brief for the Bristol, Bath and Bournemouth areas.
The role will also help coordinate marketing communications and support for St Mungo’s services, including social media, and be a focal point for internal communications in the South East, promoting the organisation’s values and recovery ethos with clients and staff, which will particularly focus on our services in Brighton, Oxford and Reading.
The successful candidate will be a clear and confident communicator. You will have demonstrable experience of implementing and delivering press and PR, marketing plans, and building positive relationships with colleagues and partners to raise awareness and understanding about our work. You will also have good time management skills and the ability to manage a busy and varied work programme, working from a variety of locations and on your own initiative.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities in support of their personal and professional development.
We envisage this post being based 2 days a week in one of our services in the South East with flexible/home working and travel to and within the South East region as required.
Closing date: 10:00am, Tuesday 22 October 2019
Interviews and assessments: w/c 4 November 2019
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
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10 hours per week (flexible) • Home based with fixed monthly office hours to be agreed
We are seeking a Communications Officer who will support staff to plan and deliver communications to key groups.
The post holder will write, edit, proofread, co-ordinate and publish content across various channels, including the website, social media and marketing materials. The role will also contribute to planning and implementing campaigns to raise awareness or funds.
To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Do you like variety? Have you organised and managed successful events, have you experience of managing a website and do you like working with teaching professionals? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of those who are learning English in the UK? Would you like to work for a national charity with wide reach into different ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) provision and a national policy role? If you answered 'Yes' to these questions, you might be interested in being our new National Coordinator!
The National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA) is recruiting for a new National Coordinator. The role will be 60% of full time over 3-4 days a week, and can be done remotely, although we are particularly looking for someone who can attend our office in Birmingham at least monthly.
Who we are
With over 500 individual and institutional members nationally, we are the membership body for ESOL and community language practitioners in the UK. For over 40 years we have supported our members with professional development opportunities, individually and sector-wide. We connect ESOL professionals with their local peers and we have shaped the sector through our policy engagement at the highest levels. Most recently we have been influential in encouraging the government to create a national strategy for English language, part of the new integration strategy.
The role
As our National Coordinator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of our membership charity, organising national events such as our popular and successful annual National Conference, working with regional branches, and marketing and communications with partners and external bodies. You will supervise the Assistant National Coordinator, who is based in our Birmingham office, and work closely with her.
How to apply
Click on the link to our website and send us your CV and personal statement describing how you meet the person specification.
Applications close midnight Sunday, 3rd November 2019
• Interviews 12th November 2019
• Interviews are likely to be held in Birmingham or London
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Charity Description
Nightlines provide an anonymous and confidential listening and information service, run by students for students at their university. They work to improve student mental health and wellbeing and are open at night when no other university welfare services are available. Nightline services now cover over 100 universities and colleges, or over 1.5 million students, across the UK and Ireland thanks to an incredible team of over 2,100 trained student volunteers.
The Nightline Association is the registered charity that supports, promotes and develops Nightlines. Nightline Association is currently run entirely by volunteers, including the engaged Board of Trustees who play a hands on operational and strategic role in the running of a national charity.
Job Description
Nightlines are receiving a growing number of calls relating to suicideideation or action, and our student volunteers are well-placed to provide much needed support and a listening ear. However, to do this, our volunteers also need support to ensure they have the best possible training and policies to respond to this growing demand.
We have been working in partnership with the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust (CWMT) to develop bespoke suicide calls training for Nightline volunteers, first delivered in Spring 2019. Through generous funding from the CWMT, The Matthew Elvidge Trust and Accenture UK: Hive Staff Giving Fund, we are now able to recruit for a coordinator to ensure the effective roll out and continual improvement of this training.
Additionally, to support this new initiative, we are commencing a review of our exisiting suicide policy guidance to Nightlines, including the assembling of an internal task force and external advisory group, to bring their recommendations to our Annual General Meeting in Spring 2020.
This role would facilitate this review process and be instrumental in ensuring the Association offers the most appropriate, up-to-date and effective support to Nightline volunteers on this growing and devastating issue.
This role will report to and be line managed by a member of the Board of Trustees and work closely with our volunteer Head of Development. The coordinator will also oversee a group of 10 Suicide Calls trainers, liaising closely with them and other internal and external stakeholders.
Duties and Responsibilities
Suicide Calls Training:
- Administration and organisation of the Suicide Calls training
- Proactively organising training sessions at Nightline Association conferences and for individual affiliate Nightlines
- Overseeing current Suicide Calls trainers including welfare and operational support
- Liaising with training contact at the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust to continually develop training and update on progress
- Leading on collating feedback and evaluating project impact
Suicide Policy support:
- Facilitating work of Suicide Policy Task Force
- Preparation of key resources including review of current Nightline suicide call policies and external research
- Being the key contact for internal Task Force volunteers
- Liaising with external expert advisory group
Working closely with project stakeholders:
- Regular reporting to Board and funders on progress of above projects
- Utilising contacts and skills of the Board
Essential Experience and Skills
Qualifications
Desirable
- Mental Health related qualification
Experience
Essential
- Effectively managing and motivating volunteers
- Project management from start to finish
Desirable
- Experience of working or volunteering in an advice/support/helpline setting
- Attending or delivering suicide prevention training
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong organisational skills
- Effective project management
- Strong written communication, e.g. email, reports to Board and funders
- Proven self-starter
- Efficient time management
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Ability to self-manage
Values and Ethics
Essential
- Passion for good mental health amongst students
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles of equality and diversity
How to apply
Please email your cover letter (no more than 2 pages) and your CV to our applications email address by 5pm on Friday 1st November 2019.
As we are all volunteers, interviews will take place during the evening, most likely over Skype, in the week commencing 11th November 2019.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fixed term contract, initially for 18 months
Part Time 29.6 hours (4 days)
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, affectionately known as RAMM, is a much loved museum and art gallery which has been at the heart of Exeter and Devon’s cultural life since opening in 1868. Through exceptional collections of world cultures, natural history, antiquities, art, and a rich programme of exhibitions and events, RAMM seeks to enhance people’s quality of life. It is a place of discovery which encourages curiosity, where local and global stories inspire and connect people to the world.
With the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, RAMM is now in a position to transform its fundraising aspirations. You will play a crucial role in developing RAMMs fundraising potential through creating and/or supporting our Members, Friends and Patrons offers. This will include creating monthly and quarterly communications, and nurturing a closer relationship between these groups and RAMM.
We are looking for someone with experience of creating and managing supporter’s packages and communications.
You will need to be an enthusiastic team player, be highly organised, have excellent interpersonal skills and a can do attitude.
If this sounds like you, we look forward to receiving your application.
Be part of something special.
Who we are:
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.
We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.
We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.
We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.
What we can offer you:
- Pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave
- Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
- Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits (cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan)
- Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme
Who we are looking for:
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenging yet hugely rewarding role as we seek to develop and deliver a new casework service. This new service will support families whose loved ones have been detained, or are at immediate risk of being detained, in an inpatient unit, providing emotional and practical support via telephone and email to help families navigate their rights and entitlements with the aim of securing the return of their loved ones to the community. To help achieve this we are looking for someone with a good knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: inpatient units, mental health and mental capacity legislation, Transforming Care and community care rights and entitlements.
The service will be delivered by the Autistic Inpatient Mental Health Coordinator and Caseworker who will be the first point of contact for families, dealing with all enquiries professionally and efficiently. Your ability to support people who are under intense emotional stress empathically, with care and patience is essential.
You will also provide support to the Head of Casework to shape the service and develop appropriate resources and tools to help families tackle the challenges they face in their plight to have their love ones returned to appropriate placements in the community. The successful candidates will work closely with our other casework services to ensure we offer a holistic approach to supporting families and those detained in inpatient facilities.
An excellent communicator with a confident telephone manner, you will also have good organisational skills, work well as part of a team and be computer literate.
You will need to respond to ongoing telephone and email enquiries, often spanning long periods, and have some professional experience of providing direct support to people on the autism spectrum and their families, preferably in a casework role. An understanding of the condition and related issues is important, as is the ability to operate telephone and database systems.
Due to the complex and difficult nature of the casework, you will need to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and the ability to deal with families experiencing distressing circumstances in a considerate and encourage manner. You should feel passionate about the rights of autistic individuals and their families and be looking for a role where you can help to make a real difference.
To view the job description click here.
Hours of work: 28 hours per week, between the hours of 8am-8pm, Monday to Saturday, with willingness to undertake occasional travel and out of hours’ work. NB: These roles will initially be delivered between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
These are fixed term positions for one year initially, with the expectation of extension subject to successful funding for a period of a further 2 years.
Where you will be working:
Flexible: Home-based or London - with occasional travel across UK, mostly in London.
Please Note The Below
You will be required to complete and submit the written assessment, please submit this with your CV when completing the application. Applications submitted without the completed assessment will not be considered for interview.
You can find the written assessment here.
Closing date for applications and written assessment: midnight 20 October 2019
How to apply:
- To apply for this role please click the Apply button below
- When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.
- For more information about this job please contact Kelly Hains, Head of Contact Centre Strategy & Customer Experience
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
£23-25,000 per annum dependent on experience (pro rata)
Fixed term to end of June 2020
Home-working from Sheffield City Region/South Yorkshire
Reporting to: Head of Major Projects
About Demos
Demos is a cross-party think tank, working to heal national division, empower citizens and renew politics. Our strategic goal is to rebuild a cohesive ‘demos’ and functioning politics, with a research agenda to find new ways to give people:
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Power and voice for individuals
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Connection for communities
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And a stake in the economy for every worker and every consumer.
We are now recruiting for a part-time Marketing and Relationships Coordinator for our Sheffield Region Good Credit project. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced marketing and engagement professional to work in a thriving, cross-party environment. It will suit a candidate:
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Passionate about Demos’ mission to bring people together across party and social divides to find solutions to the problems of our age, with a particular focus on financial inclusion.
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Confident working independently and as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, with particular expertise in building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders to promote a project.
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Ambitious to grow Demos’ local profile, and help secure meaningful impact to improve the credit environment in Sheffield City Region.
Demos is an innovative think tank, with a broad portfolio of work from housing and financial inclusion to understanding populism and renewing democracy. We specialise in engaging with citizens, and bringing the voices of lived experience into the public policy debate. We reject partisan division and believe the problems of today will best be solved by people working together, informed by a deeper understanding of citizens’ lives and ambitions.
Demos is a friendly, welcoming place to work. We have gone through a period of substantial change in the last 18 months, and are now growing in scale and impact under the leadership of our Chief Executive Polly Mackenzie, and recently appointed Chair, Dame Julie Mellor. It’s a fast paced environment, where everyone pulls together to get things done.
About the role
Demos is looking to recruit a talented marketing and relationships professional to deliver our Sheffield Good Credit project.
The Sheffield Good Credit project is a place-based financial inclusion initiative that aims to transform credit provision throughout the UK, starting with the Sheffield City Region. Demos is working with Mayor Dan Jarvis MBE and local stakeholders from the public, private and voluntary sectors to co-design tailored initiatives to improve the credit environment for the region. This follows the launch of our groundbreaking Good Credit Index which identified 'credit deserts' where people struggle to access affordable credit despite a clear need for it.
Within this remit, our Marketing and Relationships Coordinator will engage stakeholders across the Sheffield City Region to promote the project and secure significant buy-in, and support the delivery of initiatives both with local stakeholders and Demos colleagues.
The role will involve developing and maintaining a wide range of relationships to both ensure the projects success and raising the organisation’s profile across Sheffield City Region, in the public and political eye.
Key responsibilities:
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Develop a network and database of stakeholders across the private, public, voluntary, media and political sectors in the region.
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Engage these stakeholders in the project and secure significant buy-in from them to take action on improving the local credit environment.
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Develop and maintain strong and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders to maximise the project’s success and raise Demos’ visibility in the region.
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Work with these stakeholders to support their initiatives, by being solutions-focused and quick to identify connections across the project.
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Work with Demos’ External Affairs team to write communications copy, and publicise and support the project’s associated events.
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Contribute to the intellectual capital of Demos via blogs, staff meetings and away days and by supporting colleagues as required.
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Identify and manage areas of reputational risk.
Person specification
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An enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, proactive and tenacious person with good judgment.
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Track record of successfully marketing products, initiatives or projects in either a B2B environment or a Campaign environment.
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Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to explain complex concepts in simple and engaging terms.
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Highly organised, able to work independently and manage a varied workload.
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Strong interpersonal skills, able to build and manage fruitful relationships including with information-rich, time-poor senior stakeholders.
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Knowledge of financial inclusion and/or experience of working in an organisation that promotes it (desirable).
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Experience of working in the Sheffield City Region (desirable).
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Experience using Microsoft Office/G-Suite (desirable).
Application process - details avaiable on our website
Application deadline: 08:00am 11th November 2019
Interviews: November 2019
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Mind’s Network Quality Team are looking for someone who is passionate about mental health and wants to enhance the quality and sustainability of local Mind support.
Mind won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect. This is a chance for you to support local Minds to help realise that promise and to recognise the excellence in the Mind network.
The team assures the quality of the 122 local Minds in England and Wales through the Mind Quality Mark (MQM), which was co-designed with local Minds and people with lived experience of mental health problems. The team also provides support to help local Minds reach and exceed the MQM, promoting a culture of continual improvement. The team run the annual Mind Network Excellence Awards to celebrate the high-quality work of local Minds.
As Network Quality Lead, you will undertake reviews of local Minds against the MQM, working with a small team of peer reviewers including an expert by experience. You will also provide organisational development support to local Minds and support the team of peer reviewers.
If you have experience of quality assurance approaches, knowledge of good practice in areas such as governance, monitoring and evaluation, service user engagement and equality and diversity, have strong communication and writing skills and a flexible ‘can do’ approach you may be just the person we are looking for!
The role can be based in London, Cardiff or homeworking, with regular travel across England and Wales. This is a fixed-term contract for 24 months, paid on grade D of Mind’s salary scales.
To apply, please follow the link below to our website.
Closing date: 8th November 2019.
Interviews: 26th November 2019.
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) is a Christian charity that is passionate about enabling people of all ages to grow in faith and understanding of the Bible. BRF resources the spiritual journey of individuals and the mission and ministry of local churches. BRF also provides a professional education service equipping primary schools to explore Christianity creatively and confidently.
We are looking for an enthusiastic marketer to join our marketing and communications team for approx. 12 months while our permanent Marketing Officer is seconded elsewhere in the organisation. This is a great opportunity for someone with excellent communication skills with experience of using social media and creating web content to further develop their marketing skills.
Based in our Abingdon office but with the possibility of some homeworking.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you are passionate about the needs and rights of SEND families in Surrey, then come and work for us. Family Voice Surrey is a family-friendly employer, offering flexible working and generous annual leave
This post will:
- Support the operational systems, processes and policies to underpin and support Family Voice’s team and core work: in particular membership services, finance, events and communications
- Support the Business Support Manager in implementing the systems and policies that underpin the work of the organisation
- This is a multi-faceted, hands–on role
See attached job description and person specification for full details.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Beanstalk
Last year 1 in 4 children left primary school unable to read well. These children are at risk of the damaging long-term effects of poor literacy.
Coram Beanstalk is a dynamic and expanding national children’s charity that recruits, trains and supports volunteers to work in education settings with children aged 3 to 13 who have fallen behind with their reading or are at risk of doing so. Our trained reading helpers provide the consistent, dedicated support they need to improve their reading ability and confidence, therefore better enabling them to read, grow and thrive.
Key Information
Hours and Location:
35 hours per week
Role will be predominantly home based covering the North West of England, with some local and national travel.
Salary: £19,000 p.a.
Working Pattern: Between 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday, some flexibility will be considered
Proposed Start Date: December 2019/January 2020
About the Role:
We are looking to recruit two Support Representative's to join our national Support Services team in the North West of England covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Our Support Representatives provide both reactive and proactive support to Coram Beanstalk’s active volunteers, schools and early years settings, and delivery partners through predominantly telephone and email contact, with occasional face to face support and attendance at events. They will also work closely with Coram Beanstalk’s internal teams to ensure the volunteers have a smooth journey and positive experience with Coram Beanstalk. They will be responsible for successfully matching volunteers with opportunities, helping to embed these volunteers within their new placements, and providing ongoing support and guidance to the volunteers, partners and settings. There may also be management of key projects within your identified area, and more general support to other Support Team members.
Please see the job description attached for further information.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be committed to our belief that life is better when everyone can read well and express themselves with confidence.
We are looking for passionate self-starters with good organisational skills who are able to manage the tasks generated by supporting a large volunteer network within the educational environment. You will have excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both verbally and written, able to operate with a good deal of autonomy and cope well under pressure. Ability to work remotely through the use of technology is essential, as well as effective use of our systems such as our CRM database.
You will be joining an existing, high quality team; you’ll be expected to work positively and in a supporting manner within this team as well as with colleagues across the organisation.
To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to the application form.
For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.
Closing Date: 9am, Thursday 31st October 2019
Interview Date: Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th November 2019
All posts are subjected to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and successful candidates will not be able to work unsupervised with children or young people until the completion of this process.
We ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this position. We have chosen to recruit directly as this helps us to minimise our recruitment costs, ensuring that valuable funds aren't diverted from the children and young people we help.
Registered Charity Number 296454
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About Beanstalk
Last year 1 in 4 children left primary school unable to read well. These children are at risk of the damaging long-term effects of poor literacy.
Coram Beanstalk is a dynamic and expanding national children’s charity that recruits, trains and supports volunteers to work in education settings with children aged 3 to 13 who have fallen behind with their reading or are at risk of doing so. Our trained reading helpers provide the consistent, dedicated support they need to improve their reading ability and confidence, therefore better enabling them to read, grow and thrive.
Key Information
Hours and Location:
35 hours per week
Role will be predominantly home based covering the East of England, with some local and national travel.
Salary: £19,000 p.a.
Working Pattern: Between 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday, some flexibility will be considered.
Proposed Start Date: December 2019/January 2020
About the Role:
We are looking to recruit a new Support Representative to join our national Support Services team in the East of England covering Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Suffolk. Ideally situated in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire or Milton Keynes.
Our Support Representatives provide both reactive and proactive support to Coram Beanstalk’s active volunteers, schools and early years settings, and delivery partners through predominantly telephone and email contact, with occasional face to face support and attendance at events. They will also work closely with Coram Beanstalk’s internal teams to ensure the volunteers have a smooth journey and positive experience with Coram Beanstalk. They will be responsible for successfully matching volunteers with opportunities, helping to embed these volunteers within their new placements, and providing ongoing support and guidance to the volunteers, partners and settings. There may also be management of key projects within your identified area, and more general support to other Support Team members.
Please see the job description attached for further information.
The Ideal Candidate:
You will be committed to our belief that life is better when everyone can read well and express themselves with confidence.
We are looking for passionate self-starters with good organisational skills who are able to manage the tasks generated by supporting a large volunteer network within the educational environment. You will have excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both verbally and written, able to operate with a good deal of autonomy and cope well under pressure. Ability to work remotely through the use of technology is essential, as well as effective use of our systems such as our CRM database.
You will be joining an existing, high quality team; you’ll be expected to work positively and in a supporting manner within this team as well as with colleagues across the organisation.
To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to the application form.
For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.
Closing Date: 9am, Thursday 31st October 2019
Interview Date: Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th November 2019
All posts are subjected to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and successful candidates will not be able to work unsupervised with children or young people until the completion of this process.
We ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this position. We have chosen to recruit directly as this helps us to minimise our recruitment costs, ensuring that valuable funds aren't diverted from the children and young people we help.
Registered Charity Number 296454
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This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in transforming homelessness services and policy by building an evidence base of the experiences of homeless people. Working closely with peer researchers, not-for-profit partners and academic research departments, you’ll design and deliver innovative, high-quality research projects. The Research Manager will embrace participatory methodologies that put lived experience of homelessness at the centre of all their work involving Peer Researchers throughout research and dissemination.
The main part of this role will be to design and deliver the peer-led research of our National Lottery funded #HealthNow programme based in Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle. In each of these cities the Research Manager will oversee thematic health inequality research that will drive the campaign to create an inclusive health system for people experiencing homelessness. More information is available on #HealthNow here. In addition, the Research Manager will oversee smaller pieces of commissioned research which form part of our successful social research consultancy and be actively involved identifying and securing new projects.
With a strong track record in undertaking timely and influential research projects, you’re an excellent communicator, able to analyse and interpret complex written and numerical information. A passion for making the research process and practice accessible and inclusive to people experiencing homelessness is key to success in this role.
The successful applicant will join an inclusive and well-respected team that is at the cutting edge of delivering participatory action research. They will play a part in further developing our approaches and embedding lived experience at the centre of creating meaningful systems change.
Groundswell is a registered charity, which exists to enable homeless people to take more control of their lives, have a greater influen... Read more
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Humentum is a global nonprofit/charity focused on advancing operational excellence for social good. We build the capacity of staff at international development and relief organizations to address the operational challenges they face while working toward their missions.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Marketing Assistant will provide support to Humentum’s overall marketing efforts, with a focus on digital marketing, content scheduling, and digital asset management. The Marketing Assistant works with both the Learning & Product Development and Membership, Advocacy and Client Services teams. This is a fixed-term part-time position until February 2020.
Core Competencies
Key Responsibilities
- Create and assist in the creation of targeted emails in Silverpop IBM Watson email system; pull queries from Salesforce and create content for promotional emails
- Work with the Marketing Manager and Marketing Coordinator and on creating, maintaining, and delivering on a content schedule for social media
- Assist in curating content for the blog and internal/external outreach to potential writers; edit content for e-publishing
- Create flyers for trainings, in-house workshops, and other events as needed
- Collect and archive all photos, videos, testimonials, and collateral materials
- Research and outreach to societies and organizations about upcoming training opportunities
- Assist with preparation for our annual conference and other events as needed
- Other duties as assigned consistent with the spirit and intent of the position.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications and Desired Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required; in communications, marketing, advertising, journalism, or a related field preferred
- Strong writing and communications skills;
- 1-2 years experience in digital communications, some nonprofit experience preferred but not required
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience with email marketing platforms, specifically Silverpop IBM Watson or similar CRM driven platform
- Experience with social media marketing and analytics
Experience with Salesforce or other CRMs and Drupal or other CMS a plus - Experience with Google Analytics a plus
Skills and Attributes
- Enthusiasm for marketing, analytics, writing, and research in a nonprofit environment
- Strong attention to detail – demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, organized, monitors own work to ensure quality
- Excellent editing and writing skills
- Independent problem solving ability; motivated learner
- Customer-oriented, positive attitude combined with ability to multitask and meet deadlines while juggling multiple priorities
- Excellent writing ability;
Job Related Information
Employment regulations applying to the country of each employee’s job assignment apply. This position is:
- Based remotely
- A fixed-term part-time position (3 days a week for 18 weeks)
Application Instructions
Please apply on the our job board
Equal Opportunities Statement
Humentum is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.