Coram Family and Childcare

Fixed-Term (until November 2021), Part-Time

This is an exciting opportunity to work on an innovative programme at a dynamic national charity, enabling parents to signpost and co-produce family services and improving outcomes for 0-3 year olds in Nottingham.

We’re looking for an approachable, friendly and professional person who has the confidence and ability to communicate with a range of audiences. You’ll have experience of supporting volunteers, and be well-organised, flexible and a good team player. You will be supporting a group of inspirational parents – coordinating activities and training, supporting with recruitment and evaluation, and raising awareness of the opportunity to actively involve parents in the design of family services.

This post is contracted until November 2021, with a possible extension, and is being offered part-time (21 hours per week), based in the SSBC office in Nottingham, with occasional travel to the London office and other locations across the UK, and occasional evening work. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.

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, Monday 15th June 2020

Interview Date: TBC

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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 107744

Department: Science and Innovation

Due to growth in the team, we are seeking a driven and a proactive Team Coordinator to join us at the Institute of Physics in the Science and Innovation department.

The role

This is an exciting role that requires administration support to the Science and Innovation department and its activities. The role involves communication, marketing of projects, as well as delivering a number of events and projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Organising team meetings, events, workshops and bi-annual away-days.
• Producing minutes and meeting reports.
• Handling diaries, appointments, making arrangements for travel and accommodation and correspondence.
• Facilitating the preparation and distribution of departmental publications and reports.
• Carrying out marketing activities, including preparation of marketing collateral, delivering e-campaigns, arranging advertising and carrying out telephone campaigns.
• Preparing expenses forms, cheque requisitions, invoices and processing expenses.

The Person

We are looking for a professional who has previous experience in a project coordinator or personal assistant position.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication, written and verbal, and interpersonal skills, personable and committed to customer focus. They will also have the ability to maintain the technical skills and knowledge required to undertake the tasks of the demanding role. Practical experience of working in a customer facing role is essential.

Takes responsibility for personal learning and improvement and has the ability to measure and manage own work, takes responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress and results.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and transformation of our digital estate is a high priority. Our newly expanded communications and marketing function will be central to delivering our strategy and plans. We are looking for a superb digital professional to join the team and help develop our digital estate to its full potential.

Working from our new flagship King’s Cross offices, at the heart of the exciting ‘Knowledge Quarter’ our communications and marketing teams will raise awareness and understanding of our ground-breaking education, diversity, science and innovation programmes and help spread the word about physics and its value with the public. This is an exciting time to join IOP.

In addition to a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

For further information on this role, you can download the job description below. 

Closing date for applications: 11 June 2020
Interview date: 18 June 2020 (via GoToMeeting)

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer. We request no contact from agencies or media sales.

This role is on a rolling deadline. Applicants will be shortlisted and interviewed as and when required, therefore it may close earlier than the closing date

About us

Christian Aid believes that everyone, regardless of faith or race, is entitled to live a full life, free from poverty. We believe in tackling the root causes of poverty, not just the symptoms. And we believe the world can and must be changed so there is equality, dignity and freedom for all. If you're as driven as we are to make this change happen, and want to inspire others to help make it happen, then join us.

About the role

Central Supporter Engagement Coordinators play a leading role in stewarding, inspiring, and engaging churches, Christian Aid groups and individuals to build on the agency of Christian Aid's supporters. They are responsible for establishing stronger and more effective relationships and maintaining and increasing supporters' level of engagement. They undertake a diverse range of stewardship and enquiry management activities, as well as being proactive in equipping and motivating churches, groups and individuals to pray, act and particularly give, in order to expose the scandal of poverty and to contribute effectively to its eradication. They are responsible for capturing and processing supporter information and providing consistent outstanding customer service and stewardship. The team will be experienced in data management and will gain specific expertise in Christian Aid systems. The Central Supporter Engagement team are also responsible for providing excellent office-based support to complement support from regional colleagues, working together to achieve the strategic objectives of the Fundraising and Supporter Engagement department and the wider organisation. You will be required to work closely with regional colleagues across the UK.

About you

You will have a solid track record of working in a customer care environment, including handling enquiries and complaints and dealing with difficult and/or sensitive calls. You will have experience of having worked with a customer database, including inputting, editing and extracting data. You will be used to dealing with new and existing supporters by telephone and in written communications and be able liaise with, and build relationships with, a broad range of people in a friendly, outgoing and positive manner. You will have knowledge and experience of good donor management or customer care.

You will be able to demonstrate appropriate assertiveness to set manageable expectations and deal positively with supporters whose expectations cannot be met. You will also have the ability to retain clarity and focus in a very busy environment with excellent attention to detail as well as a systematic approach to work.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

W3RT has been at the heart of Watford’s community for forty years. We now have an opportunity for someone who can:

• be W3RT’s champion
• tell our story
• help us attract more volunteers
• take great photos
• identify and collate the information to make our newsletters and publications compulsive reading
• design great graphics
• get our volunteers interviewed in local media
• create the content to drive up visits to our website
• boost our social media presence across all platforms
• inspire our staff to generate brilliant case studies

We think this is a full-time role, but we can be flexible. This post is offered on an initial three-month contract, at a salary equivalent to £33k pa. This can be extended by mutual agreement. The post-holder will report directly to the CEO and be based at home or at one of W3RT’s sites. The successful candidate will be familiar with Watford’s community, have a passion for community engagement, and have the skills and experience to make an immediate impact.

If you think this might be you, please respond with a CV and tell us what you know about Watford and W3RT, and how you will address the challenges of this post.

Are you a digital communications specialist with a track record of success in social media campaigns, experience of website management and an understanding of gender equality? If so, then we want to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who is a strong team player with a creative flair and an eye for design who can present complex issues in a clear and engaging way and who can work well under pressure.

We offer a dynamic, friendly team and a supportive and caring working environment. This role will be based at home, so we welcome applications from all over the UK.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME, LGBT, disabled and older applicants who are under-represented in our staff team.

To apply, please download and complete the application form on our website.

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. Over the past 45 years Women’s Aid has been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic violence and abuse through practice. We empower survivors by keeping their voices at the heart of our work, working with and for women and children by listening to them and responding to their needs.

We are a federation of just under 180 organisations who provide more than 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across the country. Our campaigns achieve change in policy, practice and awareness, encouraging healthy relationships and helping to build a future where domestic abuse is no longer tolerated.

Do you have the creativity and digital knowledge to help grow our online presence?
Women’s Aid is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Digital Communications Officer who can help support the digital presence of the charity during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Digital Communications Officer will work within the communications team, taking an active and creative role in all aspects of digital communication, and supporting wider team activity.  You will need to be organised, with an eye for planning and detail, while also being able to create and collate exciting and engaging content. You will assist the Senior Digital Media and Publications Officer, Digital Officer and wider communications team in the development and maintenance of the website, newsletters, publications and reports.

The Digital Communications Officer will have an important role in increasing our digital  capacity, at a key time for the charity. You will help develop, design, produce, and promote Women’s Aid websites, publications, social media and related online services. The role will also involve assisting with regular newsletters and bulletins.

Location Bristol or remote

Salary                        £22,666 based on WA scale point 25

Contract 37 hours per week, 6 month contract

Closing date             12pm, Monday 15th June 2020

Interviews Monday 22nd June, over video call

Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach Women’s Aid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered

Working through a combined approach of programmes and advocacy, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women helps release the potential of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries.

Through our work we support them to grow and start successful micro, small and medium businesses so that they can create better futures for themselves and their families, enable their communities to prosper, contribute to strong economies, and move the world in a whole new direction. Over the 12 years since the Foundation’s inception, we have directly supported over 160,000 women across more than 100 countries, and our ambitions continue to grow.

We’re looking for a skilled communications professional to join our workforce at an interesting, challenging, but extremely rewarding and exciting time as a Senior Communications Officer. The ideal candidate would be a highly motivated individual with strong skills in writing, editing and proofreading, creating engaging communications materials, using social media and other digital platforms professionally, administration, and managing many competing priorities.

You’ll be an important member of the External Affairs team and work closely with our Programmes and Partnerships teams to co-ordinate and support the delivery of a rich, engaging communications plan which promotes our work to a wide range of stakeholders and influences for progress towards closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship.

This is a full time, permanent role at 35 hours per week, with core office hours being 10am to 4pm. We have some flexibility around working hours but this is reviewed case-by-case on an applications basis, at the discretion of the Senior Leadership Team. The Foundation’s workforce are currently all working from home and you will be too until such a time that we can safely return to our Central London office (W1), from where you’ll be based after then.

We have a lively, friendly, passionate and hard-working team, with an international and collaborative culture. This role has a salary of £25,375 per annum, and you’ll be entitled to 28 days of annual leave (which includes 3 that must be taken at Christmas), and other benefits.

To apply, please download the Job Description, and send us the following:

• Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (1,000 words max)

• Current CV – no more than two pages

• Two examples of communications materials you have produced or led on, including one written piece, e.g. a blog, press release or news post. This can be a web link or a file attachment

Please send your application, or any questions you may have, to the email address listed.

Apply by midday, 12 June 2020. Interviews will be held via Zoom during the week commencing 15 June 2020. Our current aim is to hold only one round of interviews.

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in UK. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.

Due to the large amount of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.

Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.

Global Canopy is looking for a Part Time/Flexible Finance Sector Communications Lead to support sustainability and stop deforestation by leading the development and implementation of our Finance Sector communications and marketing strategy

Global Canopy

Global Canopy brings unprecedented transparency to the supply chains of commodities that drive the majority of deforestation worldwide – and to the trillions of dollars in investment and lending that finance them.

Our work with the finance sector

We produce powerful new data and insights for the finance sector and for other key players working towards a more sustainable financial system. We identify sustainability risks and opportunities for financial institutions, and assess their progress against global sustainability targets. 

What we do:

• We produce innovative and open data on finance sector impacts and dependencies on nature, supporting the business case for action and improving transparency and accountability for all.
• We enable leading financial institutions to identify and better manage deforestation and other natural capital risks in their loan and investment portfolios.
• We work directly and indirectly with investors and international and regional banks to better understand their data needs and to help them to integrate our tools and data into their decision-making processes.  
• We assess the policies and performance of key financial institutions against their sustainability targets, and produce reports on progress of the sector as a whole.

We collaborate with a range of public, private and civil society networks to promote policy development and drive the transition towards a more sustainable financial system.

The role: Finance sector communications lead

Drawing on our unique deforestation and natural capital data, and working closely with our finance and research teams, you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of Global Canopy’s finance sector communications and marketing strategy.
• Lead on media engagement and management across the finance programme; identifying targets, building relationships and converting potential opportunities to raise awareness of our work and drive impact. 
• Develop key messages to ensure our unique data is understood and used by third parties to achieve change.
• Write and create content that maximises the reach of our data through innovative methods.
• Plan and implement effective communications around key external events.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and develop the finance programme’s network of influencers and decision-makers. 
• Work with the wider communications team to support Global Canopy’s mission. 
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of your work and key pieces of content.

About you

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter most:

Skills & Experience:

• Adept at developing communications strategies.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, and experience producing a range of media materials.
• Previous experience engaging financial sector media. 
• Understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. 
• Experience of working in multiple teams, with externals partners, and with a range of stakeholders. 

Behavioural competencies:

• Independent thinker with team orientation, who owns tasks and is accountable to colleagues.
• Effective communicator with emotional intelligence.
• Action-oriented and pragmatic problem solver.
• Able to work effectively to tight deadlines.

Qualifications:

• Strong university degree

We actively seek applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Salary and Benefits

Salary :
Competitive

Nature of contract

Part time 3 days/week, We are a flexible employer and welcome candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Base

Home-based until Covid-19 restrictions lift. Then at least one day a week in Global Canopy’s office in central Oxford, with flexibility on which days and remote working.

Holidays

28 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to buy up to the maximum of 5 additional days for a full time member of staff. Pro rata to 60% for this 3 day/week role

Pension

Employer pension contribution of 5%.

Healthcare cashback plan

Covering dental fees, eye-care, wellbeing, massages, physio, chiropody and much more – for you and any children. 

Employee Assistance Programme

Which provides free, confidential advice on personal and legal matters.

Other

Huge range of discounts and cashback deals at gyms, restaurants, holidays, and much more.

How to apply

Please read the full job-pack available to download from the Global Canopy website before you apply

To submit your application, send an up-to date CV and covering letter.

The covering letter should explain your motivation for the role, and how your skills and experience fit the  person specification. (Please no more than 2 sides  A4, mentioning where you first saw the role advertised).

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 2nd June 2020 at 9am (UK time)

Interviews are provisionally planned for Tuesday 9th June.

Interviews will be conducted remotely via a video call.

Please note that COVID-19 will not impact the successful candidate’s start date. Global Canopy is working remotely until our Oxford office re-opens.

If you have any questions about the position, then please contact: Zuzka Majcova. The email address can be found on our website.

Applicant data will be managed in accordance with the candidate privacy policy which is available on our website.

Justice Studio is a values driven consultancy entering an exciting new phase of development in our mission to reduce social inequality.Effective communications are at the heart of this as a crucial tool in raising JS’s profile while making sure key social justice issues are part of the wider political and public agenda. 

In order to deliver on these objectives, Justice Studio is looking for a pro-active, thoughtful, and creative Communications Consultant to build our communications and transform how we engage with the social justice landscape. A primary focus of the role is to help design and implement a communications strategy that furthers Justice Studio’s work by developing our communications activities, raising our profile, expanding our reach and increasing our influence.In addition, the role includes using your communications expertise on consultancy projects for our clients.

We are based in London and work both in the UK and across the world for governments, charitable and not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises that are striving to promote global social equality.Our work for them spans strategy, research, policy and advocacy and demonstrates impact. Since our establishment in May 2011 we have undertaken over 75 social justice consultancy and research projects for a range of clients in over 30 countries.

Job title: Communications Consultant
Salary Band: £35,000 – £45,000 per annum, pro-rata, depending on experience 
Hours: 3 days a week. We can be flexible on how this is worked for the right candidate. 
Job Location: Caledonian Road, London, N7
Reports to: Managing Director
Anticipated Start Date: July 2020

Overview

As Communications Consultant you will use communications tools and techniques to inspire people from different professional and personal backgrounds to notice, address, and take action to resolve social justice issues. You will manage the day to day comms platforms as well as design and deliver our communications strategy as part of our vision through 2022. In addition, you will have the opportunity to deliver communications projects for our consultancy clients.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategic vision:

• Contribute to the creation and formulation of a clear integrated communications and engagement strategy, advancing Justice Studio’s objectives, increasing its profile and developing its ability to influence the social justice landscape. 
• Devise engaging and targeted messages that clearly communicate Justice Studio’s wider social justice objectives, as well as those of individual projects, raising JS’s profile and increasing its influence. 
• Learn Justice Studio’s existing target audiences, while identifying and expanding future target audiences as part of medium and long-term engagement strategies. 
• Embed comms planning and frameworks into JS outputs from outset, thinking strategically about how publications will raise JS profile, including communication through and reception by press, social media and other engagements channels. This will also require thinking about how and with whom this could lead to other opportunities for future work. 

Press, PR, and media 

• Create, collate, and maintain weekly and monthly media grids, planning ahead and ensuring communications objectives and outputs are disseminated to relevant audiences through the appropriate channel(s).
• Plan and manage the delivery of PR, including public affairs and media campaigns, in line with a broader communications and engagement strategy. 
• Create and maintain Justice Studio’s media monitoring and press database, building a targeted list of relevant media, journalist and other contacts in order to ensure JS’s objectives and messages reach the right people, at the right time, through the right channel(s). 
• Manage the production and dissemination of Justice Studio written and digital outputs, ensuring maximum reach and impact. 
• Develop and manage media relations, building a network of expert commentators and good relationships with key journalists, to enhance media coverage of Justice Studio and its social justice objectives. 
• Draft PR and press materials, including briefings, press releases, comments and opinion pieces, as well as setting reasonable coverage and pick-up targets.
• Monitor and identify opportunities for comment in line with Justice Studio expertise, strategic objectives and areas of focus, including UK government and parliamentary consultations and inquiries, and other opportunities as appropriate. 
• Work with colleagues to support the planning and delivery of major events and launches, with special attention to engaging appropriate target audiences, communicating relevant messages in the appropriate format. 

Consultancy

• Design and lead Justice Studio’s communications consultancy projects and contribute to communications aspects of other consultancy projects in the UK and internationally. 
• Develop and design proposals, and methodologies for a range of large and small consultancy projects. 
• Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with key clients in our consultancy work. 
• Write clear and accessible reports using the findings from a mixture of quantitative, qualitative and other innovative data collection methods.

Communication platforms, messaging, and brand identity 

• Manage and develop Justice Studio’s digital and social media footprint through its website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook, maintaining integrated communications between platforms, as well as with offline outputs and ensuring consistency in message frequency and dissemination; establish reasonable, measurable social media targets. 
• Manage, safeguard and develop Justice Studio’s brand identity both online and in print, ensuring consistency and continuity in its deployment and implementation across channels and in public engagement.
• Produce regular reports evaluating communications performance and progress, including web and social media analytics, press hits, and PR and other profile-raising activities. This will require establishing and agreeing reasonable performance targets.

Internal communications:

• Manage and maintain regular communication with Justice Studio’s stakeholder groups, including its core team and associates, ensuring each group is properly informed of JS activities and has the opportunity to offer expertise in advancing JS’s strategic objectives, where appropriate. 
• Design and curate Justice Studio’s newsletter, ensuring relevant information is included in a timely, informative and engaging manner. 

Qualifications

• A good degree or equivalent, ideally in a social science or a social justice oriented discipline, coupled with a passion for social justice.
• Experience of successful project or communications campaign planning and implementation.
• Strong, creative communicator with excellent spoken and written English; expertise in writing for various channels, including websites, blogs, social media, and press.
• A proven ability to understand the interplay between research and comms, with an ability to communicate complex social justice issues in engaging ways to both professional and public audiences.
• Experience in dealing confidently and professionally with high profile external stakeholders.
• Ability to secure buy-in of comms objectives to JS team, ensuring clear explanations and understanding of their role in JS strategy.
• Experience of tools and approaches to monitoring and evaluating communications, social media, and PR impact.
• Strong IT skills, including Mail Chimp and web CMS, and uploading and management of content.
• Confidence and awareness of various social media platforms, including tools, techniques and styles necessary to maximize social media exposure and reach. 
• Attention to detail as well as the ability to set organisational priorities and see how these feed into long-term strategies. 
• Political acumen, including an understanding of domestic and international political landscape as it relates to social justice, along with an understanding of the social justice sector and players more broadly. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrable success in relationship building and stakeholder management.
• Imagination, creativity, and an ability to think outside the box.
• Ability to work as part of a small team, and to support others when necessary, embracing Justice Studio’s values and ethos. 

Since 2005, Age UK has offered a free telephone friendship service called Call in Time, which supports older people who may not have someone to talk to regularly.
We match hundreds of older people with trained and supported volunteers who, together, enjoy a weekly phone chat about anything from the weather to what's been going on in both their lives.

We are looking for a Friendship Coordinator to join our team, to help us deliver an effective and efficient telephone befriending service. You will be supporting our existing friendship members and our volunteers.

About you

* Confident dealing with people from different levels and situations
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships on the telephone
* Ability to prioritise competing deadlines and workloads.
* Excellent oral communication skills
* Excellent telephone manner and excellent customer service skills
* Project management skills including the ability to work flexibly and autonomously, managing individual projects to meet KPI's and deadlines.
* Proven ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
* Understanding of the issues facing older people.
* Commitment to promoting equality and valuing diversity

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme (we will contribute up to 9%), life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* Perkz (online employee benefits scheme offering discount with UK retailers.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

We have a number of roles in Ashburton, Devon and Blackpool. Please specify within your application your preferred location.

Due to Covid-19 interviews for these roles will be conducted via video.

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

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

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

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

Since 2005, Age UK has offered a free telephone friendship service called Call in Time, which supports older people who may not have someone to talk to regularly.
We match hundreds of older people with trained and supported volunteers who, together, enjoy a weekly phone chat about anything from the weather to what's been going on in both their lives.

We are looking for a Friendship Coordinator to join our team, to help us deliver an effective and efficient telephone befriending service. You will be supporting our existing friendship members and our volunteers.

About you

* Confident dealing with people from different levels and situations
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships on the telephone
* Ability to prioritise competing deadlines and workloads.
* Excellent oral communication skills
* Excellent telephone manner and excellent customer service skills
* Project management skills including the ability to work flexibly and autonomously, managing individual projects to meet KPI's and deadlines.
* Proven ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
* Understanding of the issues facing older people.
* Commitment to promoting equality and valuing diversity

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme (we will contribute up to 9%), life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* Perkz (online employee benefits scheme offering discount with UK retailers.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

We have a number of roles in Ashburton, Devon and Blackpool. Please specify within your application your preferred location.

Due to Covid-19 interviews for these roles will be conducted via video.

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

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

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

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

Founded in 2016, Ambition Aspire Achieve (AAA) is a registered charity focused on supporting some of the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and at-risk young people in Newham and east London, providing them with new opportunities to build self-belief, enabling them to overcome their personal barriers to progression. Delivering projects and activities from our community hubs, the Terence Brown Arc in the Park in Canning Town and the Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub in Stratford, we provide high quality youth provision enabling each young person to achieve their full potential, personally, socially and educationally. Boosted by funding secured from the City Bridge Trust, we are now looking to grow and further develop our youth programmes to reach even more vulnerable young people, making the best possible difference and changing lives.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, motivated and energetic SEND Coordinator. Reporting to our Operations Director, this exciting role will take responsibility for leading, developing and delivering our projects and programmes supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, including the delivery of a new project funded by the City Bridge Trust. Offered on a full-time basis (with the option to discuss the possibility of reduced hours), the role will provide a combination of delivery support and coordination of AAA’s projects supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND), supporting their personal, educational, creative and social development, helping them to reach their full potential. This is a great opportunity to join a growing charity and make a difference to the lives of vulnerable young people, whilst contributing to the development of our offer for SEND young people and young adults at a key time.

Successful candidates will have demonstrable experience in developing and delivering projects and programmes supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, meeting pre-determined output and outcome targets. You will also bring experience of leading teams of paid and volunteer workers delivering high quality programmes meeting the needs of vulnerable young people. You will be self-motivated with a commitment to the equality of opportunity and Ambition Aspire Achieve’s purpose and bring strong communication skills with the ability to build effective, positive and professional relationships with SEND young people, their parents/carers, project staff and key stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading on the development and delivery of specific youth-related projects supporting young people and young adults with SEND across AAA, ensuring project milestones and outputs are met or exceeded
• Leading and line managing a small team of sessional workers and volunteers delivering AAA’s SEND projects 
• Working collaboratively with key partners (e.g. schools, community stakeholders, delivery partners) to support the recruitment of young people and the effective delivery of provision
• Providing for the social, personal, educational and leisure needs of young people with SEND by leading in the running, organisation and delivery of AAA projects, enabling service users to increase their skills and confidence and realise their full potential
• Liaising with parents and carers of SEND young people participating in AAA’s projects, building strong relationships to support the development of service users
• Supporting SEND young people to identify positive progression opportunities

The salary for this post will be £25,000 to £28, 000 per annum pro-rata (depending on prior experience and qualifications). 

The closing date for applications is Thursday 9th April 2020 at 5pm with interviews expected to take place shortly after the Easter holiday break.

Ambition Aspire Achieve is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Our recruitment and selection processes are in accordance with best practice in safeguarding children and young people.

Fixed-term contract until 31 March 2023

Part-time, 21 hours per week

Live Well with Hearing Loss is a three year project funded by the Welsh Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant. The project has three strands in which recruiting, training and supporting volunteers is an essential element.

Through the Volunteer Led Befriending Service we will offer support to people with deafness and hearing loss who are dealing with feelings of isolation, loneliness and empower them to improve their wellbeing and access services within their local community. This will be delivered in two ways:

• ‘Time for Me’ – at home volunteer led befriending service. 1 hour a week for 10 sessions to be a companion to those with hearing loss, tinnitus or D/deafness who are looking for someone to meet with.
• ‘Out & About’ – volunteer led befriending service to support those with hearing loss, tinnitus or deafness to become more independent and active. Volunteers support for 1 hour a week for 10 sessions to support independence when accessing social groups.

Communication is a basic human need. Yet most of us know someone who struggles to communicate through hearing loss. It can cause substantial harm to friendships, family relationships, confidence, employability, mental health and life chances.

Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID) is the UK’s largest charity for the 11 million people in the UK who confront deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss every day. Established in 1911, we help people to take control of their lives and live the life they choose, removing the barriers standing in their way. We give people support and care, develop technology and treatments, and campaign for equality. 

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

Interview Date: 29th June 2020

This post is also subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

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