Role:                  Engagement Coordinator 

Location:            Remote in the UK

Responsible to:  Inspiration Manager 

Salary:               £24,000 - £27,000

*Please note, if you do not submit a covering letter your application will not be accepted*

Why us?  

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has doubled in size in the past year. This has supported 278% growth in our Experience programme and 10% growth in our Inspiration programme during the past 12 months.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost two hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles.

Role Summary

The Engagement Coordinator role is crucial to the delivery of the Inspiration programme and ensuring our key stakeholders (speakers and schools) are engaging with the charity. Our Inspiration Programme provides a network of today’s most inspiring figures across business, arts, politics and more donating their time to help inspire students to fuel their ambition. We are passionate about providing a high quality and personal service, making it seamless for speakers, educators and organisations to get involved.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

• Managing own the speaker network including mobilising speakers, responding to speaker queries, and ensuring they feel supported by the charity. Driving forward speaker participation with the charity
• Securing talk confirmations and progressing talks through the pipeline from matching speakers to schools, coordinating with schools and ensuring all stakeholder expectations are met
• Coordinating, hosting and producing virtual events and broadcasts for the Inspiration programme
• Working independently and swiftly on high-volume outreach and mobilisation within a structured programme plan to meet targets, as agreed and set by the Inspiration Manager
• Taking ownership of speaker network and planning approaches and engagement for the academic year
• Contacting speakers as agreed with Inspiration Manager
• Maintaining and increasing quality of SfS talks and providing speakers with feedback from schools and pupils
• Securing media collateral from talks as required
• Ensuring consistent and accurate updating of CRM and ensuring proper data management
• Confidently discussing SfS and our goals, aims via email communication, virtual meetings, and telephone
• Attending schools talks on behalf of the charity and where required
• Developing stakeholder’s relationships with speakers to maintain their participation in the charity
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for
• Other duties as required, within the scope of your role.

Education / Experience / Knowledge

Essential 

• Experience in a similar delivery-focussed role within a small, fast-paced team or organisation
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Experience of using CRM software to achieve the tasks outlined above 
• Good customer service skills that mean queries are answered professionally and clearly
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes
• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

Desirable 

• Experience of using Salesforce
• Experience of producing, hosting and managing the technical functions of virtual events and broadcasts 
• Experience communicating with educational establishments and a familiarity with how schools and colleges operate

We are looking forward to holding video interviews and appointing our Inspiration Coordinator swiftly. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restrictions to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful. 

This role will be closing on or before Friday 29th October. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

About FareShare UK

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups. During 2020, we redistributed 113 million meals through our FareShare Regional Centres and our retail surplus model FareShare Go, reaching over 1 million people.

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.

The COVID19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the issue of food insecurity in the UK and with it, FareShare’s ability to get food to vulnerable communities nationwide. We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

About the Role

This important role has been created to support delivery of the FareShare strategy over the next three years and to develop innovative approaches to our work with the food industry which will further drive our growth and support the delivery of sustainable food volumes.  We have ambitious volume plans and, whilst there are still high volumes of surplus food going to waste in the food supply chain which we aim to access to drive this growth, we are in a challenging and dynamic environment for the food industry and we are operating alongside a number of commercial and charitable food redistribution organisations who also have equally ambitious plans.

Reporting to the Director of Food, and working closely with the other members of the Food Team, this role will co-ordinate and oversee delivery of the activities identified to deliver the Food strategic objective which is to be the food redistribution partner of choice.  It will identify and develop innovative approaches to accessing increased volumes from both existing and new food partners as well as considering engagement and collaboration within the sector, with trade bodies and other organisations engaged with the food industry e.g. waste companies, software houses etc. 

This role will have line management responsibility for the Food Trade Marketing Manager role which will be responsible for developing our industry facing comms through all channels, ensuring our partners remain engaged and motivated as well as raising FareShare’s profile through industry facing activities and supporting the engagement through trade bodies and other relevant organisations.

We are looking for an energetic, motivated, well organised individual able to use their insight and experience to add value to the work of the food team.  This role is a great opportunity to have real impact that will benefit your colleagues, our Network partners and, most of all, make a meaningful difference to the work of the 11,000 charities who rely on us to help them improve the lives of the beneficiaries they support

Main Responsibilities

• Strategy Delivery
• Project and Initiative Management
• Food Partner Experience and Industry Engagement
• People and Culture

Essential Criteria

• Successful track record of managing cross-functional projects to timescales and budgets, ensuring involvement of all key stakeholders
• Proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Track record of securing new business and managing partnerships in the food industry
• Good working knowledge of the key players in the food industry and an appreciation of the ways of working in the food industry supply chain
• Understanding of the barriers to accessing surplus food
• Experience of negotiation to deliver win:win outcomes

Desirable

• Knowledge of, and interest in, FareShare’s mission
• Awareness of UK and global initiatives to reduce food waste
• Experience of managing direct reports

Competencies and behaviours

• Pro-active, organised and able to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritise effectively with strong time management skills to ensure effective allocation of FareShare resources to cope with competing demands
• Ability to use own initiative working independently and responsibly
• Resourceful innovative problem solver
• Good numeracy skills with excellent attention to detail 
• Excellent written and verbal communication with effective presentation skills
• Good team player able to work collaboratively across teams with competing priorities
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Offices packages
• Commitment to equal opportunities

Join our amazing team and help tackle food waste and get great quality surplus food to charities and communities groups across the UK.

Benefits

25 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Employers pension contribution of 4% Life assurance -  group life scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme

Season ticket loan

Flexible working 

Closing Date: 31st October 2021

Interview Date: TBC

Service Manager (Carers' Hub Rochdale)

Location: Carers' Hub Rochdale (flexible hybrid working arrangements - home/office)

37 hours per week

FTE £29,000 – £31,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)

For more information, please see attached below our Recruitment pack which includes the Job Description, Person Specification and how to apply. 

About the role

n-compass are looking to recruit a Service Manager to join the Rochdale Carers’ Hub team. The purpose of this job role is to manage and lead the operations of the Service, identifying and supporting unpaid carers in their caring role. The role will also undertake distinct project management duties such as staff management, monitoring performance/quality, reporting, implementing policy/process and stakeholder management.

About you

We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting unpaid Carers to reduce the impacts of their caring role by providing professional and quality support. We are looking for someone with; experience of managing a service including staff management, supervision and support; experience of being responsible for and working in partnership to meet contractual obligations and experience of evaluating delivery and leading continuous improvements/change

Most importantly, we are looking for people who are highly motivated, hardworking, flexible and who really want to make a difference.

About us

n-compass was established in 2009 and is a not-for-profit organisation determined to improve the lives of vulnerable people across the North of England, delivering a range of Advocacy, Health and Wellbeing, Carers and Counselling services. N-compass’ values are what inspire us to make a difference and enhance life opportunities for adults and young people across local communities by being, professional, responsive, innovative, dynamic and empowering. They determine what we do, how we do it and what we are trying to achieve.

Benefits

• A local employer working with local people
• 25 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday!
• Health Plan Scheme
• Buy and sell annual leave scheme
• 5% Employer Pension contribution
• A protected company-wide learning and development funding pot

If you would like to apply for this position, please see attached below our Recruitment pack which includes the Job Description, Person Specification and how to apply. 

The closing date is Friday 5th November 2021 at 12 noon. Interview dates are yet to be confirmed.

n-compass is an equal opportunities employer.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (formally CRB)
Registered Charity Number: 1128809

We’re looking for an experienced Communications & Engagement professional to provide specialist communications for Street Support Network and our partner locations. You will need to communicate more clearly what we do and help the locations spread awareness of their existence and activities and develop their own local brands.

The successful candidate will provide a professional and high-quality communications service, supporting opportunities to raise our profile, celebrate our achievements and look for new opportunities for growth. This role provides an opportunity to work across many channels, particularly with our expanding digital and social media platforms. 

We envision the successful candidate creating a ‘Best Practice’ bible which includes information, tips, guidance, and other relevant information. This task will involve research, interview and data collection from locations featured in the Network and development and roll out of the bible.

The Communications & Engagement Coordinator will organise our quarterly UK Network wide events. These events bring together all of our locations to connect, share best practice and challenges and co-create ongoing solutions to tackle homelessness.

Flexible location

Closing date: 31 October 2021 at 11.30 pm

Interview dates: 10th & 11th November 2021

Do you have proven experience of supporting the development of volunteering programmes and managing volunteers, plus an excellent understanding of what makes a quality volunteer journey? Then join Shelter as Corporate Volunteering Manager and you could soon be playing a pivotal role at the heart of our Volunteering team.

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

We engage more than 2,500 volunteers in our shops, hubs and local communities around 495 individuals as corporate volunteers each year. Indeed, volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. Our Volunteering Team, which is part of a new Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, supports the mobilisation of volunteers to deliver Shelter’s strategic priorities and provides the infrastructure and insight that enables that mobilisation. We also enable best practice approaches to volunteer management and are delivering an increasingly coordinated, consistent approach to how we engage volunteers across the organisation.

About the role
This particular role involves working closely with our Corporate Partnerships Team – which is part of the High Value Partnerships department. They’re responsible for generating income by securing new corporate partnerships and managing and developing long term partnerships, the success of which is underpinned by volunteering opportunities. Your challenge will be to lead on the co-ordination and development of a meaningful, engaging and impactful corporate volunteering programme that delivers excellent volunteering experiences. We’ll also rely on you to effectively manage volunteering activities across all our corporate partnerships. That will involve proactively leading work programmes and collaborating with colleagues in Corporate Partnerships and across Shelter.

Developing new corporate volunteering opportunities that align with our strategy will be important too, and, because we have a large network of stakeholders, you’ll also need to build a number of effective relationships as you actively seek out opportunities to collaborate in order to ensure success. Establishing robust processes and procedures, seeking to continuously improve them and working towards a consistent approach to volunteering at Shelter based on volunteer management good-practice – all are aspects of this interesting and unique role.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need an innovative approach to setting up new volunteering activities and the processes that will support them. You’ll also need experience of applying best practice principles to volunteer engagement and up-to-date knowledge of additional relevant areas including GDPR, Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity. Comfortable planning and managing multiple projects simultaneously, including identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities to meet agreed objectives, your great communication skills include an innate ability to influence and negotiate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels. What’s more, you’re used to monitoring and evaluating volunteering activity, including collating qualitative and quantitative data from volunteer systems, surveys and stories and adept at interrogating and analysing data on volunteering activity so that innovation and developments can be driven by insight.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

We will be sharing the interview questions with candidates shortlisted for an interview 3 days before the interview.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Engagement and Impact Manager

We are recruiting an Engagement and Impact Manager to lead the development of our internal and external communications activity for the Research, Policy and Influencing and Systems Partnerships teams.

Position: Engagement and Impact Manager

Location: Homebased, U.K nationwide

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £35,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,299 per annum or outer London weighting £1,755 per annum may also be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 24 October 2021

Interview Date: 2 November 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

The role will lead on development of a clear and compelling core narrative for our stroke research, and systems engagement work, which demonstrates our ambitions and impact as a charity in these areas. The post-holder will collaborate closely with the teams across the organisation and support them in the development and delivery of their products and communications with a range of audiences.

The role will ensure our investment in stroke research is used as an attractive and appealing proposition for income generation, and demonstrates our impact through research. The Engagement and Impact Manager role is also key to supporting our people, staff and volunteers, to understand our Research, Policy and Systems Partnerships ambitions and impact, empowering them to support and share messages about our team’s work. You also play a key role facilitating our funded researchers’ impact through research dissemination, and their role as ambassadors for our charity.

You will be a source of expertise and information on stroke research for the organisation, working across systems engagement to raise the profile of research, support research engagement, influencing and partnerships. The role will establish strong and trusted relationships with funded researchers, wider research community, research charities and membership bodies to manage and develop our partnerships, gathering insight and opportunities.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter, please also highlight if you are at risk of redundancy.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Engagement Manager, Impact Manager, Engagement and Impact Manger, Digital Content, Web Content, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, PR, Public Relations, Research, Monitoring and Impact, Impact Officer, Research and Impact, Impact and Evaluation Officer, Evaluation Officer, Impact Delivery, Quant/Qual Research, Impact Development Lead, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist, Research and Evaluation Consultant, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, etc.

The Girls' Network are looking for a new Head of Fundraising & Communications, to join the small Senior Team running this award-winning national charity. We are looking for someone experienced in leading either or both areas, who is keen to work in both, to start as soon as possible, and help lead our bold vision for a world where no girls' future is limited.  You will be based from home, but ideally in one of the regions in which we operate (Sussex, South Coast, London, West Midlands, North East, North West).

Role description

HACT is a collaborative organisation and this role is crucial to the smooth running of our annual calendar of events.  If you have experience running events and are also keen to continue to be involved in digital communications, this may well be the role for you.

This role will be responsible for the delivery and running of events, supporting the Head of Marketing in the planning of our events calendar.

This role supports the marketing team in the delivery of high-quality communications, promoting HACT and its projects online and offline. The role will be the key point of contact for our digital communications, responsible for uploading content to our websites and social media channels.

About HACT

HACT partners with organisations across the housing sector to drive value for residents and communities through insight-led products and services which encourage innovation and foster collaboration. 

We help them measure their social value, better understand the communities they serve, and connect with like-minded organisations. 

Responsibilities

Events

• Deliver and run HACT’s events programme including webinars, podcasts, conferences, workshops, roundtables, and other events, using our online platforms, as well as Eventbrite
• Report on marketing statistics for all events.
• Coordinate and liaise with suppliers (venues, caterers etc), as appropriate, and oversee logistical arrangements for the delivery of events.
• Support the Marketing Lead in planning effective events to ensure consistently excellent attendance levels from targeted audiences.
• Support the Marketing Lead in the development and delivery of pre and post-event communications to ensure audience engagement and maximisation of potential leads
• Update the CRM system following event completion to ensure opportunities are maximised.
• Support the development of feedback and evaluation systems to ensure events are of high quality and meet the needs of stakeholders.

Digital communications

• Uploading content to the HACT website and the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment website, as well as HACT’s social media channels, as agreed.
• Draft, create and distribute marketing campaigns using MailChimp.
• Ensure all digital outputs are consistent with HACT brand guidelines.
• Identify potential digital channels, campaigns, and co-branding opportunities, in liaison with the Head of Marketing.
• Report on digital campaign activity to help drive insight-led activity
• Research, draft, and maintain an archive of case studies of HACT’s work.
• Assist in other duties from time to time 

Person specification

Essential skills and experience

• Running and delivering events, online and in person.
• Experience in working with WordPress, MailChimp, Hootsuite, and other online marketing software
• Experience in using social media to engage stakeholders, including the use of LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to learn new systems and maximise the benefits of existing systems.
• Ability to take the initiative, to work flexibly in a pressurised environment, and excellent organisational, self-motivational, and time-management skills.
• Experience in handling a varied, diverse, and full workload.

• An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities.

Desirable skills and experience

• Excellent writing skills, with specific awareness of writing for the web and social media.
• Ability and understanding of effective marketing of events and web content.
• Ability to maintain and develop relationships with a diverse range of people and organisations.
• An understanding of the demands and challenges of working in a small organisation and the ability to work as part of a team.
• Creativity, enthusiasm, and flexibility
• Knowledge of best practice of social media usage for not-for-profit organisations.
• A confident and resourceful approach to work and in dealing with a wide range of internal and external contacts.

Role:                    Schools Engagement Officer North West

Location:              Remote working in the UK 

Responsible to:    Head of Engagement 

Salary:                  up to £30,000 per annum 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered. 

Although this role is based remotely, having knowledge of education relationships in North West England is required. 

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

To engage with our network of 4,000 secondary schools and colleges as well as local authorities in sharing out programme, onboarding and training in their usage.  Taking on the views of educators and educational leaders in what we provide and need to provide and enabling us to more closely match local and national need with our programme. This role will also support the delivery team with the delivery of the programmes from marketing opportunities to schools/students work experience placements. 

Key Duties / Responsibilities:-

• Recruit and onboard new educational establishments to working with us 
• Training and supporting users to maximise the opportunity to their students accessing our programmes through our newly developed portal and app. 
• Delivering training sessions to schools and colleges on our programmes and building on engagement in your defined region. 
• Building partnerships with Multi-Academy Trusts, SEND and PRU provision within your region to maximise our impact 
• Liaise with local government organisations to actively promote our programme to NEET young people in the region 
• Developing long standing relationships with school and college contacts to access, support and maximise employer engagement relationships in your region 
• Build a regional network of educational contacts, ensuring high level of customer service and reporting opportunities and issues to Head of Engagement 
• Retain our registered schools and colleges in our network, and increase engagement levels in all programmes across the region 
• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes 
• Support Fundraising Leads in region to embed school-based initiatives where appropriate 
• Ensuring all data relating to school and college engagement is accurate, recorded and presented in reports when required 
• Networking in the region with your regional team to collaboratively build brand awareness of Speakers for Schools across all partners and organisations working in the Education landscape. 
• Supporting the wider UK Education Strategy for Speakers for Schools 

Delivery Team support:

• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records and generating reports
• Other duties as required, within the scope of the role. 

Key skills and experience:

Essential: -

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders 
• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality 
• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels 
• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management 
• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery. 

Desirable: - 

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Educational Providers/Youth/Engagement teams an advantage 
• Knowledge of SEND and PRU education establishments and NEET students 
• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision and social mobility challenges within UK schools and colleges 
• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management. 

We are looking forward to holding video interviews and appointing our Schools Engagement Officer swiftly. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• Flexible working 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

The closing date for this role will be on or before Friday 5th November. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

Vision 2026 is an agenda for growth and change agreed by the Blackburn Diocesan Synod in 2015. It challenges our parishes to be healthy churches which can transform the communities in which they are set. It also lays out four ways in which this over-arching goal can be achieved: Making Disciples, Being Witnesses, Growing Leaders and Inspiring Children and Young People for Jesus Christ.

Two central aspirations under Vision 2026 are to see 10 new Strategic Church Plants by 2026 and to see a step change in ministry with those aged 11 - 16. Resourcing Churches are key to realising these aspirations and in early 2021 we were successful in our application for £3.5 million Strategic Development Funding from the Church Commissioners to part-fund new Resourcing Churches in Blackpool and Blackburn. The project to establish and develop these two new Resourcing Churches is titled ‘Lighting Up New Generations’ and runs from July 2021 to June 2026.

The Project Manager will manage this new project as well as playing an important role in the wider delivery of Vision 2026 through analysing and reporting on statistics and data, communicating stories relating to Vision 2026, monitoring the realisation of aspirations under the Vision 2026 Implementation Plan (2021 – 2024), and working with the Director of Vision Delivery to encourage and enable the network of volunteer Vision Champions.

We are looking for someone who is excited about the vision of seeing Healthy Churches Transforming Communities across Lancashire with a real passion for the role that Resourcing Churches can play in delivering the Vision. They will need excellent written and verbal communication skills as the role will involve regular communication and interaction with ordained and lay colleagues across the diocese and national church. Strong project management skills and experience with the ability to analyse complex datasets and produce strategically useful reports are also essential.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact: Director of Vision Delivery, Carolyn Barton, details available via the recruitment pack.

All interviews to take place at the Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Blackburn, BB1 2QE

Diversity - The Board of Finance believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK Minority Ethnic backgrounds

There is an occupation requirement for the post-holder to be a practising Christian, in accordance with Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

The salary shown is for 35 hours, salary for 28 hours would be £30,635 per annum.

Context.

At Gaddum, we treat everyone as individuals. We really get to know those we help, understanding their world to offer a range of support that’s right for them. Our promise of tailored support is made possible by our breadth and depth of knowledge, through our unwavering commitment to the local people of Greater Manchester.

Our experience listening to generation after generation, for nearly 200 years, has taught us the importance of considering not just the individual but also the relationships around them. Our innovative approach means we can, not only build resilience, but identify further risks and offer preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities.

Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of people in Greater Manchester. We currently work in four Greater Manchester authorities, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport.

Job Summary.

To be a key member of Gaddum’s provision of the Getting Help element of Thinking Ahead (the central adult Primary Care Mental Health Pathway in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, in partnership with Big Life Group and Pennine Care NHS Trust).

To provide social and practical support to adults with common mental health conditions virtually and/or in community settings across Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale, including assessment of needs, support planning, and onward referrals (external and internal). This may include working with adults that are already in therapy, are awaiting therapy or have recently completed therapy either within Thinking Ahead, or in some cases externally.

Job Purpose.

The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary pathway and carry a case load providing 1:1 support across community venues across HMR, and creating support plans for individuals accessing the Getting Help part of the pathway. This will include social prescribing, signposting and onward referrals, as well as assisting individuals overcome barriers which have prevented them from accessing services in the past. The role may also occasionally include group work – and, on occasion, evening and weekend working to suit business needs. Work provided will be within strict timescales in order to manage risk appropriately and prevent dependency on workers.

The role will include collaborative work with the partner organisations within Getting Help, our partners within Thinking Ahead, and other organisations providing support to our client groups across HMR. This includes participating in drop-in sessions, working within the community neighbourhood teams, delivering training externally and internally, and presenting around the work delivered by Getting Help.

Here at Charity Horizons we are delighted to be partnering with MAG, supporting them in their search for a Digital Fundraising and Engagement Officer. MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is a global humanitarian and advocacy charity that has one simple mission, to Save Lives and Build Safer Futures. MAG removes and destroys landmines, cluster munitions and unexploded bombs from places affected by conflict. The charity also provides education programmes enabling people to live, work and play as safely as a possible until the land is cleared. Since 1989, MAG has helped over 20 million people in 70 countries rebuild their lives and livelihoods after war and we are offering you an opportunity to be a part of that positive change.

As Digital Fundraising and Engagement Officer you will work, as part of the wider Engagement Department, to support the delivery of MAG’s digital fundraising, campaigns and engagement activity to drive online action and engagement with target audiences. In this role you will help develop compelling content targeted to resonate with different audiences across all digital and social media channels and platforms. You will also be required to ensure online and offline fundraising campaigns are integrated and digital channels are used effectively for retention and development of supporters. This role presents a chance to work in a growing and high priority area at MAG and as Digital Fundraising and Engagement Officer you will have the opportunity to have a real impact on the digital engagement of the charity.

To be considered for this role you should come to us with previous experience in either fundraising or communications. You should have some experience working on digital campaigns and possess the ability to write compelling content that can be used across various digital channels. You must be comfortable managing and growing online communities (including on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and have a good knowledge of trends and developments in social media. A confident communicator, with strong inter-personal skills, you should have the ability to work proactively and independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

This really is a hugely exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and supportive team in a capacity that will allow you to have a real impact on the digital reach of the charity. MAG values it’s staff and puts huge focus on a successful work life balance so although the role is largely office based it does allow for someone to work flexibly from home and from the offices in Manchester.

To register your interest, or find out more, apply here or contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

About us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.

National Lottery players raise an incredible £36 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.

Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.

Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.

We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.

Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.

We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Research Manager to join our team of 11 Research and Evaluation Specialists.  In this new role, you will work with colleagues across different teams and functions of the organisation. 

You will be commissioning research that helps us better understand what supports people and communities to thrive and supporting colleagues to use this evidence to inform funding strategy.

You’ll also help colleagues with a range of other research needs (e.g. brand and communications research) supporting them with best practice in design and analysis.

A key part of this role will be improving the coordination of our research – bringing together research from a range of sources, analysing and synthesising findings so they can be more easily understood, accessible and easier for people to use. You will support colleagues to interpret and make sense of this evidence and what it means for them, helping people to use research evidence to inform decision making. 

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: Wednesday 24th November

Location: Flexible – office/ remote/ hybrid.  Our offices are across the UK (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Newtown, Newcastle).

Essential criteria

• Expertise in social and market research with experience of a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and analysis
• Experience of carrying out secondary research, collating evidence from a range of sources to build a coherent story
• Statistical analysis skills (with experience of using SPSS or other statistical analysis software)
• Ability to communicate insight clearly and effectively, helping people to use findings to inform their work

Desirable criteria

• Experience of conducting research with VCSE organisations
• Experience of procuring, commissioning and managing research projects
• Applied experience of ethical, safeguarding and data protection considerations in research

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal opportunities

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds.  As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

Partnerships Development Manager

We are looking for an experienced Development Manager to work in partnership with local authorities and other public sector agencies, to support and facilitate the growth of a national network of Youth Zones.

Position: Relationship Development Manager – North (Internal title)

Location: Bolton, with hybrid working

Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 (dependent upon experience)

Contract: Permanent: full-time, 40 hours per week

Closing Date: Monday 1 November 2021

First Stage Interviews: Week commencing 8 November 2021

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, ambitious national charity who believe all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose; to find out what they’ve got and where it could take them. The charity  funds and builds state-of-the-art, multimillion pound spaces for young people (called Youth Zones) and drives a growing national network of Youth Zones, providing life-changing support to tens of thousands of young people nationwide.  If you feel you have the necessary skills, apply today!

The charity welcomes applications from under-represented groups; in particular, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ community.  Their dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

About the role:

As part of the UK-wide growth, the charity’s aim is to successfully open new Youth Zones every year, and so they need to add to their experienced team.  Working closely with the Head of New Project Development, the Partnerships Development Manager will develop and build key strategic partnerships and lead the early engagement with local authorities, partner agencies such as health, housing and education providers, the police, fire and probation services, and third sector organisations.

Some of your other key responsibilities will include:

• Progress future Youth Zone projects, successfully taking them from an initial idea through to a confirmed live project
• Support the delivery of the organisational target of opening at least four new Youth Zones per year
• Work with relevant Local Authority Officers and Councillors to develop Youth Zones in their area
• Work closely to support and assist the charity’s network of key supporters
• Actively raise the profile of Youth Zones in individual local authority areas and across the UK

About you:

As Partnerships Development Manager you will be dynamic and self-motivated, with a passion for the charity’s youth focussed mission.

You will need to bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Worked successfully with senior decision makers, ideally within local authorities and/or other public sector agencies
• Demonstrable experience of planning and delivering on a range of successful projects
• Explaining innovative ways of working and gaining buy-in from partners
• Initiating, managing and prioritising multiple relationships
• An understanding of the challenges facing and priorities of local authorities
• Ability to sell concepts and be an effective salesperson
• A natural communicator, both verbally and written
• Personal authority and credibility at a senior level, and ability to build rapport quickly
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team but also able to work independently to targets
• Excellent organisational & administrative skills, with proven experience in effectively managing multiple tasks
• Financially and IT literate
• A willingness to travel & work flexibly, including some evening or weekend work

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter (of not more than one page), explaining clearly why you are interested in the role and how you feel you are suited to it.

The charity recognises that the workforce is under-represented in certain areas and are committed to addressing this.  Therefore, they actively encourage applicants to submit anonymous applications; in practice this means removing your name and email address from your CV and cover letter.  The HR Lead will have these details from your submission, but they will not be available to the selection panel when they are considering your application. 

The charity is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with their Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires a basic DBS check.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising Partnerships Manager, Partnerships Manager, Business Development Manager, Income Generation Manager, Relationship Development Manager, Public Sector, Public Sector Sales, Public Sector Business Development Manager, Local Authority, Client Relationship, Business Development Executive, Local Authority, etc.