Thera East Midlands, part of the Thera group of companies, which supports over 300 people with a learning disability in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Stoke, at home, at work and in their local community.

As a Managing Director you will work closely with a colleague executive Service Quality Director with lived experience of a learning disability and the rest of the board to lead Thera East Midlands board to achieve the company’s strategic vision and objectives.

You will bring extensive leadership and management experience to the established and talented management team and inspire them to continuously improve the support offered and commit to the co-design of new opportunities for the people in their own communities and in the planning and delivery of individual support.

It is essential that you have the empathy and understanding of the needs of people with a learning disability together with the depth and breadth of experience and knowledge required to provide day to day intensive support at scale, and take the company forward.

If you are able to take initiative, seek opportunities and successfully work with others to achieve outstanding results the we would love to hear from you.

From Bernie Sanders to Greenpeace UK, progressive organisations are using digital mobilisation to activate hundreds of thousands of campaigners and raise millions of pounds online. Forward Action believes that a digital mobilisation model - where organisations use digital channels to drive hundreds of thousands of supporters to take advocacy, fundraising and volunteering actions - can revolutionize campaigning and fundraising in the NGO sector. However, its potential is still largely untapped in the UK. We help progressive organisations build digital mobilisation programmes and, as our Marketing and Partnerships Officer, you will work to help grow the number of organisations using a digital mobilisation model to drive real-world change.

You will manage our online marketing programme, working to keep establishing Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation and finding ways to share learnings from our innovations for the rest of the sector to benefit from. You’ll run the day-to-day operations of our partnerships programme, acting as the primary point of contact for prospective partners and delivering the administrative and coordination work needed to move organisations smoothly through from first interaction to a productive partnership. And finally, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in relationship building, supporting our Partnerships Director to build stakeholder buy-in on projects.

If you’re passionate about digital marketing, enjoy building relationships, are well organised and would be excited to help spread digital mobilisation across the charity sector, this job is for you.

This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely from home, although during lockdown you will, of course, only work from home. Once lockdown is fully lifted, it’s likely you will need to be able to travel to meetings in London once or twice a week. You can work either four or five days a week. Applications close Sunday 2 August.

Who we are

Forward Action is a digital mobilisation agency for progressive causes. We help our partner organisations reach new supporters, then mobilise them to become activists and donors. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our partners add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.

Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector - such as Greenpeace, Cancer Research UK, and Amnesty International - and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to homelessness.

You will be working at the cutting edge of digital mobilisation. We trust in data rather than our gut instincts, so we are constantly testing and iterating in our work in order to challenge assumptions and drive better results. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly develop and expand your skills and experience. 

One of our fundamental values is that all our work should drive real-world, measurable results. But we also believe that the greatest progressive impact we can have is to give our partner organisations the skills, knowledge and culture they need to do what we do themselves. We want to spread our skills and way of working across the progressive sector, not make our partners dependent on us. You will play a key role in this in your job.

What you’ll do as part of our team

• Manage our marketing and thought leadership work

  • Identify and apply for opportunities for Forward Action to speak at conferences and events, and occasionally speak at them yourself (if this is something you’d like to do)

  • Oversee our content calendar for our blogs and social media channels, and commission other team members to write content that shares our learnings and further establishes Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation

  • Launch and run our email programme to share results and learnings from our work

  • Organise occasional evening drinks, coffee meetings and other social events with partners (and attend them yourself)

• Run the day-to-day operation of our partnerships programme

  • Be the primary point of contact for prospective partners over email, from their first interaction with us through to the point we start work together

  • Identify and organise opportunities for our partnerships team to share advice and learnings with both current and prospective partners

  • Run our project setup process, ensuring we’re completing all the administrative setup work needed for each new project

  • Run our invoicing process, using our bookkeeping system to send out invoices for each completed project

  • Assist with quoting and, occasionally, proposal writing for smaller projects

• Develop your skills in building relationships with partners

  • Join calls with our Partnerships Director and new prospective partners to discuss how Forward Action can help them hit their goals

  • As a development opportunity in the role, you will act as the partnership owner on occasional projects, building relationships with partner stakeholders and helping our team break through process challenges or blockages during projects.

Benefits and working culture

Pro Rata Salary: £31,431 if you live inside London, £28,063 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London. We have a generous pay increase system, so every year your salary will increase in line with inflation, and if you hit your professional development goals you will also move up a pay grade. If you move up a pay grade your pay will increase by £1,123 - £1,258 pro rata depending on whether you live outside London or in London.

Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.

Location: At home during lockdown; post-lockdown, in our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Many of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but post-lockdown you will need to attend meetings with clients in London fairly regularly - once or twice a week on average.

Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.

Extra holiday for travelling sustainably: We’re a member of the Climate Perks scheme, so you’ll have an extra two days of holiday a year if you use them to travel by land or sea instead of taking a flight.

Maternity and Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave: For a small organisation, we’re proud to have a generous and progressive parental leave policy. Maternity leave is 12 weeks at full pay, 14 weeks at 50% pay. Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave is 6 weeks at full pay.

Working culture and hours: Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind. People from communities that traditionally experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people are especially encouraged to apply.

We work eight hour days (including a 30 minute lunch break), with core hours of 9:30am-4:30pm. We put a lot of importance on ensuring everyone finishes on time: while there are some times when you’ll need to stay a little later to finish work, people in the team rarely work more than 45-60 minutes late. No one ever works on weekends or their holidays.

Inside Justice is a small charity, founded in 2010 and registered in 2018, which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.

We are seeking to appoint a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead Inside Justice through the next exciting phase of our strategic development, and to motivate, inspire and build the capacity of our organisation, staff and networks.

Our work is to review and assess applications from prisoners usually serving long sentences for crimes they say they did not commit, to identify whether new legal, scientific or investigative work could be done to show possible wrongful imprisonment. 

We have, in our trustees and Advisory Panel, ex high ranking police officers, DNA, blood, fibre, fingerprint and CCTV experts all at the peaks of their disciplines, who work on our cases pro bono.

When appropriate, we make submissions for cases to be heard at the Court of Appeal. When our casework identifies systemic failings, we undertake policy work to bring change for all entering the criminal justice system.

The CEO will work closely with the team and report to the Board of Trustees, with prime responsibility for driving the business in such a way that fulfils our goals, which are;

1. To investigate alleged miscarriages of justice, making submissions to the relevant public body if suitable grounds are identified by our Advisory Panel of experts

 2. To lobby for change when systemic failings are identified.

Title: CEO

Salary: circa £50,000 p/a (pro rata),

Hours: 4 - 5 days (negotiable),

Where: Remotely, mainly at home, with flexibility to attend meetings predominantly in London, when required,

Reports to: Board of Trustees,

Summary: An applicant must be a credible ambassador, a powerful communicator and an inclusive leader who has:

• experience of criminal law and/or policy/governance work;
• excellent strategic and business planning skills;
• ability to engage with donors, attract funding and strategic partnerships;
• skills to lead and develop our services to maximise their impact;

Responsibilities:

• Representing Inside Justice in a variety of forums with: trial legal representatives; applicants (prisoners); experts from a range of disciplines; victim’s and applicants’ families; trial witnesses;
• The ability to identify systemic failings identified by our casework and prepare submissions to criminal justice stakeholders (such as Government Select Committees);
• Deal effectively and persuasively with a wide range of people, both within and outside the charity, as part of a multi-skilled team and on an individual basis in order to ensure effective and successful conduct of cases;
• Establish credibility and earn respect by the depth of their knowledge and influence others on the basis of their specialist knowledge;
• Assist with identifying donors and potential sources of funding for the charity;
• Provide regular reports to the Board of Trustees when required;

Where possible interviews will be conducted face to face, however due to the current Covid-19 situation, your interview may also be conducted via Video/Telephone. This will be with the Trustees week commencing 10th August 2020 You should keep this week free or notify us if you are not available. We will make every effort to accommodate you in your preference for dates; however we cannot guarantee that they will be met.

Due to the nature of our work we will require DBS checks and applicants will be  required to sign confidentiality as well as data security agreements

The NYA is looking for a self-motivated and talented Communications & Marketing Manager with the experience required to lead our communications activities. In this role you will have responsibility for creating and implementing marketing and communications strategies to support the organisation’s business growth strategy and wider business objectives.

You will produce high-quality content that engages new and existing customers and builds brand recognition. You will have oversight of strategic communications with external audiences, working closely with the leadership team to identify and maximise opportunities to bring the mission of NYA to target audiences, stakeholders, funders and decision makers, identifying new customers, supporting lead generation efforts and promoting our work.

Our Communications & Marketing Manager will develop our online marketing and social media presence and have a flair for strategizing and implementing marketing campaigns. The Communications & Marketing Manager is required to assist with the development of fresh initiatives in line with the charity’s goals.

To complete an application form for the position, please visit the NYA website.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 15th July 2020

Interview date: Week Commencing 20th July 2020.

Interview location: Leicester - Please note that due to restrictions on movement relating to the Covid 19 epidemic, interviews may take place virtually via Zoom or TEAMS

About the Role

THET is a well-established charity that has been operating for over 30 years and is now opening an exciting new chapter in its work to support health workers across Africa and Asia.

If you can use your digital, communication and marketing skills to help health workers and relish being a part of something new, this is the role for you.

We are looking for a Digital Engagement Officer who can shape THET’s digital strategy, forming online systems, and embedding digital best practice across the organisation. A talented self-starter, you will join the External Engagement Team, working closely with external partners both in the UK and overseas to promote high impact, responsive and quality digital engagement.

You will be a forward-thinking person with strong professional skills, a committed team player and excellent communicator. You will be familiar with working in a digital focused environment and be comfortable working alongside technical and thematic experts on development and global affairs. You will be joining a team who are dedicated to THET’s mission of ensuring everyone everywhere can access quality healthcare.

About THET

Today, one billion people will never see a qualified health worker in their lives. 

Since 1988, THET has been working to change this. From reducing maternal deaths in Uganda to improving the quality of hospital care for injured children in Myanmar, we work to strengthen local health systems and build a healthier future for all. 

We do this by leveraging the expertise and energy of the UK health community, supporting Health Partnerships between NHS institutions, Royal Colleges and academic institutions in the UK and those overseas.

In the past ten years THET has reached over 100,000 health workers across 31 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia in partnership with over 130 UK institutions.

You can learn more about our work on our website.

Key Projects

Health Partnership community focused

• In partnership with the Policy and Learning Team, the candidate will work to create a Learning Platform to facilitate linkages and stimulate bi-directional learning across the Health Partnership community, provide resources and guidance on international best practice and, stimulate the documentation and dissemination of new learning and innovations that will be of benefit both within the LMIC and the UK.
  • To support the central learning platform’s aims the candidate will work to develop and manage three virtual tools:
    • A resource hub
    • Community of practice
    • Immediate response platform

Organisational and Events focused

• THET runs a wide portfolio of events and conferences, all of which will now be run online and/or through a blend of online and physical approaches. Working across the organisation the candidate will review THET’s internal processes and identify ways that technology can enhance the organisations day-to-day operations.
• Focused on ensuring the technology we employ is accessible, sustainable, secure and scalable, the candidate will work to provide insight and manage the use of digital technologies for our events and communication portfolio of work.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning focused

• Working to ensure the technology we employ for MEL is up to date and designed with the user in mind, the candidate will work across the organisation to provide support to teams using technology for data driven analysis.

Person Specification

Experience and Expertise

• A demonstrable track record in developing innovative digital platforms and encouraging online communications.
  • Excellent and up-to-date grasp of digital technologies, user experience design and research techniques, and the effective use of them.
  • Adept at using a range of digital systems, applications, software and websites.
  • Experience of using digital solution technology for events e.g. Zoom.
• Demonstrable experience of using data and research to inform development, turning user insight into actions that improve outcomes.
  • Strong awareness of external digital trends, willingness to innovate, and the ability to generate new ideas and bring them to fruition.
• Exceptional communication skills, particularly to communicate technical solutions and their benefits, limits and risks in accessible language to stakeholders with varying technical understanding. 
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to manage multiple priorities concurrently.
• Excellent team-working, collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Key competencies 

• Communication skills : ability to speak and write clearly and effectively; listen to others, tailor language, tone, style and format to match the audience; demonstrate openness in sharing information and keeping people informed; analyse complex information, draw out the key points and issues and present these in a way that can be easily understood. 
• Ability to work with minimum supervision to identify information and knowledge sharing opportunities and to engage a wide range of colleagues in realising these opportunities. 
• Planning and organising ability to develop clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently. 
• Teamwork: Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organisational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; builds and sustains relationships with key constituents. 

What we offer: 

• 25 days annual leave plus 3 days winter closure between Christmas and New Year 
• 3% pension contribution when Employee contributes 5% 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Child Care voucher scheme 
• Subsidised lunch canteen
• A friendly, supportive work environment

How to apply:

To apply for this role please send your CV and a cover letter through the following link by midnight 07th July 2020.

Closing date for this role is 07th July 2020

THET is an equal opportunities employer.

This post is UK based. Non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK. 

Become’s services support young people in care and young care leavers to achieve their full potential, empowering them to take an active role in the key decisions and processes that impact them. Young people’s voices, opinions and needs are at the heart of our work. We take a holistic, young people led approach in our work, providing tailored advice, information and support. 

At present, Become’s Care Advice Service is primarily delivered over the phone, by email and in group and 1:1 settings through video and in the community. Common queries include issues around placements, accommodation for care leavers, education (particularly higher education), finance and contact. We deliver workshops on rights and entitlements to professionals working with young people in and from care and we also receive queries from carers, social workers, personal advisors and other professionals calling on behalf of a child or young person.

This post will be the first point of call for young people and professionals getting in touch with the service.  We are increasingly moving into digital delivery methods and would encourage candidates with experience of digital delivery to apply.

This is an exciting time to be joining Become with as we embark on delivering an ambitious 5-year strategy.We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic professional, with the skill, energy and passion for delivery excellent quality services supporting children in care and young care leavers.

Purpose of role:

To improve the lives and outcomes of children and young people in and from care by providing them with a high-quality advice and support service focusing on rights and entitlements, emotional support and wellbeing.

To work as part of a team to deliver, and help develop, Become’s offer of programmes and services to children and young people. 

Main responsibilities:

• To provide children and young people, and professionals working with them, prompt, high quality, accurate advice and emotional support across a range of platforms including over phone, social media, email/text and live chat on a range of issues arising from being in care or a care leaver.
• To deliver group workshops to children in care or care leavers that inform them about their rights and entitlements, emotional and social wellbeing both face to face, through outreach and community links and on online video conferencing platforms (currently exclusively online).
• To hold a caseload of young people with ongoing and higher support needs.
• To build constructive relationships with a range of appropriate agencies and services across local authority, education and community settings to develop and strengthen referral pathways.
• To take a holistic, youth centred approach to providing advice, guidance and support.
• To work with the Policy, Campaigns and Communications team to promote the service and identify themes and trends arising from your work to help inform our policy and campaigning work.
• To utilise monitoring and evaluation tools to record progress and outcomes, carrying out pre- and post- assessment, demonstrating impact of services for young people. 
• To promote Become’s programmes of support in a range of education and community settings and recruit new looked-after children and care leavers to participate.
• To appropriately address safeguarding concerns according to Become’s Safeguarding Policy
• To record case notes and keep the database system up to date with relevant information in line with Becomes quality standards.
• To take part in supervision, team meetings and contribute positively to the wider team.
• To work closely with the Senior Advice & Support Officer to ensure that advice and information provided follows Becomes policies, procedures and framework.
• To support in the development and delivery of Become’s training packages, including supporting care-experienced young people to co-design and deliver 
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as required by management.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

· At least two years’ experience of successful direct work with young people. This may be in advice and guidance, youth work, participation, educational or similar setting

· Detailed, up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and local authority practice in relation to children in care and young care leavers

· Excellent knowledge of the key issues relating to children in care and young care leavers – including housing

· Experience advocating on behalf of young people and ability to respond appropriately and sensitively to requests for help

· Experience providing advice and guidance over the phone, email and text

· Ability to build rapport with young people and professionals

· Ability to communicate complex concepts in an accessible manner to children and young people

· Ability to write clear concise case recordings and responses to professionals and young people

· Experience of case work, supporting vulnerable young people with various needs including mental health

· Experience of planning and delivering group work and training

· Excellent organisation, time management and self-administration

· Excellent IT skills, proficient in the use of Office365, Microsoft Office, database systems and online service delivery

· A thorough understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

· Commitment to the vision, mission and values of the charity and passion about improving the lives of looked after children and young people.

· A qualification or degree applicable to work with advice and guidance work with young people or advice and guidance (e.g. youth work, teaching, youth coaching, advice & guidance etc.)

 

Nature Based Solutions Officer

Permanent/Full Time (35 Hours per week)

Flexible working arrangements (can work from home but should have the ability to travel to London for meetings if required)

£24,000

The climate and nature crises require comprehensive, ambitious solutions and urgent action across all sections of society.  As a grassroots movement of 46 independent conservation charities working on the ground to recover nature, our client has a vital role to play.

They believe that nature is valuable in its own right and that everyone should have the chance to experience the joy of wildlife.  They are part of nature and are wholly dependent upon it.  They also believe that restoring nature on a landscape scale is essential for tackling climate change and achieving ‘net zero’ emissions.

As the Nature Based Solutions Officer, you will support the delivery of their ambitious response to the climate and ecological emergency.  You will help drive forward a programme to increase their capacity to deliver natural solutions to climate change and cut the movement’s carbon footprint.

You will conduct research to support the activities of colleagues working on this programme and help with communications activities, to ensure local Trusts are well informed and can participate throughout. 

You will also help ensure active communication with and among Trusts and help ensure central policy around nature based solutions and emissions reductions has an impact on the ground. Working among and between teams, you will help ensure the central team effectively collaborates to deliver this programme.

They are looking for someone with the following:

• A relevant environmental degree, or equivalent, or working towards one.

• Knowledge across a range of subjects relating to the achievement of Living Landscapes such as agriculture, freshwater management (e.g. natural flood management, catchment-based approach), rewilding and species conservation

• Experience of team working and networking with a wide range of people.

• Experience of working on the ground with nature conservation organisations, and with the public and voluntary sectors.

• Research skills with the ability to analyse and interpret complex information.

• Strong communication skills – verbal and written.

About them:

They are determined to reconnect people everywhere to the natural world and empower people to take action for nature’s recovery.

They are a federated movement of charities dedicated to this vision and driven by their beliefs. Together they have 850,000 members, 35,000 volunteers and 2,000 staff across the UK, Alderney and the Isle of Man. They value courage, respect, integrity, trust and responsibility. 

They are wild about inclusion! They know wildlife will benefit from their people being as diverse as nature is, so they particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within the sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. 

As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. 

 

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This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and determined individual with a track record of influencing policy to achieve real change.

The policy officer role is a new post created to support the charity’s work to reform policy and legislation to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people with criminal records face. With a focus on reforming the criminal records regime, the policy officer will build on Unlock’s recent work – including successful legal intervention in the Supreme Court, the #FairChecks movement and work on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – to influence policy makers and key stakeholders to secure changes to legislation and government policy.

The role also includes supporting the development of Unlock’s strategy of using the law for achieving change in policy, as well as building on the charity’s previous research to develop a strategy that strengthens the evidence-base for changes in policies and practices that will have a positive impact on the lives of people we exist to help.

Job title: Wild Oysters Project Officer (Tyne & Wear)
Salary: £25,000 pro rata (equating to £15,000 per annum)
Hours:  Part Time – 22.5 hours per week
Duration: Fixed Term (to 1st June 2023)
Location: Sunderland and homeworking with regular travel

About us

Groundwork is a leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work.  We help people to carry out thousands of diverse, locally-led projects each year. Projects that tackle climate change and help people out of fuel poverty. That bring out the best in young people by helping them to improve their local area. Projects that build stronger communities by improving green space or get people back into work and create green jobs.

Wild Oysters is an exciting new project, developed by the Zoological Society of London, Blue Marine Foundation and British Marine.

About the role

The project will take place over three years having started in June 2020, and will create Oyster Rehabilitation Hubs in three locations across the UK- Tyne & Wear in England, North Wales and West Coast of Scotland. At each Rehabilitation Hub Oyster Nurseries will be installed across two Marinas, and we will restore the seabed by creating Oyster Reefs. The Oyster Nurseries form an important tool in our education and engagement programme, using the Oyster Nurseries we will engage local communities and schools with native oyster biology and culture, and with wider marine conservation issues.

As Wild Oyster Project Officer you will be responsible for implementation of the NE England Wild Oyster Rehabilitation Hub including supporting the installation of the native oyster nurseries, restoration of wild native oyster habitat, delivering regular public outreach and education sessions to engage the local community with the Wild Oysters project and leading citizen science-based monitoring and reporting.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Check through Disclosure Scotland

About you

We want someone with experience of working as part of a science/conservation/policy project and of delivering marine conservation or research projects. You will also have experience of carrying out fieldwork and delivering successful educational outreach sessions and public engagement activities. Your role will require you to have excellent communication skills as well as a good grasp of relevant conservation issues in the UK and in the marine/estuarine environment globally.

Closing date: Wednesday 8th July 2020

Want to apply?
Great. All you need to do is complete the application pack that’s available on our website. Simply click on the apply button to be directed to our vacancies page.

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.

Groundwork North East & Cumbria is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

No agencies please.

The Children's Society are excited to be recruiting Prevention Officers to work collaboratively with local and regional partners in the following regions:

North West

East Midlands

West Midlands

This is a permanent position but with a provisional end date for funding of 31/3/2021 (Secondment will be considered).

37 hours per week

£23,388 (DN pay grade) per annum

Location to be confirmed on appointment; either The Childrens Society office in relevant region or opportunity to work from home.

Please note, we are recruiting one Prevention Officer per region stated above. Please clearly state in your application which region you are applying for.

The Prevention Programme

The Children's Society has successfully secured funding for a second year of the Prevention Programme, a contract from the National Police Chiefs Council to work collaboratively to prevent Child Exploitation, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

The Prevention Programme is an exciting, fast-paced programme which drives forward radical change in the prevention of Child Exploitation nationally. The programme works collaboratively with the police and a wide range of key partners across the country to deliver innovative responses to child exploitation based on police intelligence. We act as an agile resource, adapting to meet regional and national needs to transform practice across society in preventing child exploitation.

The programme uses a variety of approaches to delivery including training, resource creation and best practice advice and guidance, in order to achieve strategic change and improve safeguarding responses to exploited children and young people.

We're looking for a highly motivated individual, with a good understanding of working with children and young people and strong partnership working and communication skills to join our network of Prevention Officers.

The Prevention Officer role

-Strategic role to work alongside Regional Organised Crime Units to provide intelligence led interventions in a range of public, private and charity sector contexts in the prevention of Child Sexual and Criminal Exploitation, Modern Slavery and Trafficking. Interventions will include, but not be limited to best practice guidance, resource creation, training and the development of strategic plans to deliver tangible results and systems change - within a defined region.

-Work as a subject matter expert to deliver a wide range of 'tasks' bespoke to each region, which could include supporting schools, working with the police on operations, engaging with commercial bodies, writing guidance or researching interventions.

-Develop and maintain partnerships and undertake multi-agency working, including working with young people, to deliver prevention interventions within the region and at a national level.

-Work across Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Child Criminal Exploitation, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking by engaging the police and a range of other professionals to raise awareness and ultimately to reduce harm to children and young people. Represent The Children's Society at a number of strategic external events and meetings.

-Keep up to date with new developments in exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery, as well as safeguarding practice to help to ensure that the work of the Prevention Programme is at the forefront of best practice in this area.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

In order to be successful in this role, you must demonstrate:

-Commitment to safeguarding children and young people, and experience of working within required safeguarding policy and procedure.

-Experience of developing initiatives that reduce risk for children and young people, through the prevention of CSE/A, CCE, Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery.

-Experience of public speaking and delivering presentations to large groups of professionals, including police.

-Experience of effective time and diary management.

-Experience of collaborative and multi-agency working and influencing key stakeholders.

-Enhanced DBS clearance.

If you would like to be considered for a secondment for this role please state this within your application.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Please note due to the nature of the role the successful candidates will be required to undertake NPPV Level 2 vetting to facilitate working in Police premises. This will be discussed further at interview.

The closing date for applications is the 14th July 2020. Please note if we receive a large number of applicants this vacancy may close earlier.

In your statement, please state which geographical region you will be applying for (North West, East Midlands, West Midlands)

Interviews will be held week commencing 3rd August (but this could be subject to change) . During Covid-19 restriction measures, it is likely that these will take place via Skype. This will be confirmed closer to the date and based on Government guidance at the time.

Job Purpose  

The post provides effective support to ensure services are delivered to agreed targets and milestones with a focus on integrated wellbeing face-to-face and telephone friendship support to enable increased social connections and reduced isolation for older people. 

The post-holder will work within a small regional team of staff supporting face to face friendship and other wellbeing services.

Main Duties                                                                    

• Provide support actions aligned to a range of friendship services including face to face and telephone befriending and other services as required
• Co-ordinate service activity from volunteers and staff to ensure effective service delivery
• Assess the needs of older people needing friendship services to measure service requirements
• Work effectively with high volume numbers of volunteers and older people
• Support the process for the recruitment, support and retention of volunteers
• Ensure all service delivery meets agreed Quality and Organisational standards including responding appropriately to safeguarding issues as required
• Support robust monitoring and evaluation, including impact measures
• Enter, update and maintain data to a high level of accuracy and with good attention to detail on a CRM database
• Produce reports on progress and data as required
• Work with Wellbeing colleagues and staff across Independent Age to ensure older people are involved in service development and evaluation
• Respond to enquiries as required in a timely and courteous manner and manage multiple email inboxes
• Represent IA externally
• Support the delivery of innovation, pilot and partnership activity to further the strategic aims of IA
• Attend team meetings as required at Head Office and other locations as required

Other Duties  

• Support the work of colleagues across the organisation including supporting strategic goals and other cross directorate objectives. 

• To observe and comply with all Independent Age Policies, including the key policies and procedures on Confidentiality, Data Protection, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Information Technology Policies and Procedures. 

• To undertake specific safety responsibilities relevant to individual roles. 

• Some requirement to travel which may involve overnight stays. Some evening and weekend working may be required. 

• To work in line with IA organisational values.

• Other responsibilities appropriate to an appointment at this level.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

· A-levels or equivalent work experience

· Experience of professional telephone communication in a friendship service or call centre

· Experience of coordinating service activities to ensure projects and work programmes are delivered on time preferably in a charitable service environment

· Strong customer service experience, ability to resolve problems & deal with queries in a proactive manner

· Knowledge of a range of services such as befriending that combat isolation and loneliness

· Experience of working with volunteers and remote staff

· Experience of delivering training to volunteers and staff

· Experience of data entry to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

· Experience in the use of Microsoft Office packages and CRM databases

· Experience of working independently & proactively to meet strict deadlines on a number of concurrent tasks

· Use of a vehicle for business purposes and a clean current driving licence

Desirable 

• Good knowledge of operational issues in friendship service delivery

• Experience of building relationships and influencing

• Experience of building local partnerships

• Experience of working with people with complex support needs such as dementia, sensory impairment and depression 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

• Proven management skills including the ability to work flexibly and autonomously, managing individual tasks/projects to meet organisational objectives and deadlines 

• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision 

• Ability to prioritise and balance a large number of concurrent tasks and organise work effectively to meet strict deadlines 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to report on progress both verbally and in writing 

• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team 

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively, both in person and via telephone/email with staff and external contacts at a range of levels and disciplines, as well service users and members of the public. 

• Ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships in order to meet objectives 

• Excellent time management skills 

• High attention to detail 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and this role will require an enhanced DBS certificate and a valid driver’s license.

Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.  

Independent Age is committed to equality of opportunity and of eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to adhere to the principles set out in its Equal Opportunities Policy and all other relevant guidance/practice frameworks.  

We are looking for a qualified woman* solicitor or barrister with experience of criminal law to deliver our vital legal services for women as part of our family and criminal law team.

You will be delivering criminal law advice to women who have experienced or are at risk of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) on our telephone advice line.

The main focus of this role will be on protective measures available from the police and criminal court in relation to VAWG. You will also develop the criminal law content on our online FLOWS forum and increase engagement from stakeholders in this forum.

Other responsibilities include contributing to policy work, representing the organisation externally, line-management within a small team and assisting in the strategic development of the service.

Salary: Full-time equivalent rate per annum £40,575 Gross Pay plus 3% pension contribution

Conditions: 35 hours per week (Full time/5 days)

Holiday entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus public holidays [FTE per annum rate]

Location: Home-based. Possibility of occasional travel requirement in the future across England and Wales, after lockdown restrictions are eased, for meetings or delivery of training.

Responsible to: Director of Rights of Women

Line Manager: Director

Duration: Fixed term until 31 March 2021. Possibility of extension, subject to funding.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7th July 12pm (midday)

Start date: Immediate start or shortly after, negotiable based on notice period required

Interview dates: Anticipated as Wednesday 15th July 2020 via an online platform.

No CVs accepted

*Occupational Requirement (Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 Part I) applies

Role purpose:

This role is focused on driving reach and engagement on social media. We want to foster two-way conversations and provide timely content to take ShelterBox to new audiences and engage more deeply with our existing audiences.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and ambitious team and play a key role in helping to make ShelterBox a global name. The role will seek to build awareness of ShelterBox, increase social engagement and build communities across our social channels.

This role is full of variety, working with other teams within the organisation to deliver a range of strategic projects that drive brand awareness and help to increase online giving.

Who are we looking for?

ShelterBox is looking for a self-motivated individual with an in-depth understanding of all things social. You will be plugged into the social media world and be able to help us spot trends and quickly adapt our social media work to engage audiences in the most effective way – helping to keep us relevant and interesting.

Excellent writing skills are essential. You should have a good command of language and be able to adopt different tones and styles of writing when supporting projects from both our operational work around the world and fundraising campaigns – from commenting on the latest developments in the Syrian war to celebrating children who have raised £100 in their local community. You will be able to clearly convey ideas in a compelling and concise manner and bring passion and excitement when it is needed. Attention to detail is crucial.

We are looking for someone who has an active interest in global news, international politics, and international development. You will also have a genuine love for incredible charity supporters and for fundraising generally. And you will be able to develop a two-way relationship with our supporters on social media.

This is an exciting and demanding role – you will need to be able to juggle competing priorities and manage stakeholders effectively.

You should have a good eye for design and the ability to source and edit images. A solid understanding of SEO and content marketing is desirable. Social advertising experience would also be an advantage, although not required.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

Management of social media accounts

• Day to day management of ShelterBox’s social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Supporting the Digital Marketing and Innovation Manager, to review and refresh the social media strategy and set goals to increase brand awareness and increase engagement
• Manage the social schedule – seek out content, plan, edit and publish engaging content daily across all relevant channels supporting fundraising campaigns for international teams and providing compelling updates on our operational work
• Respond to social media posts and develop discussions with our supporters – working with the wider Comms & PR team and the Supporter Care team where needed
• Create engaging multimedia content and/or work with the wider teams to achieve this
• Adapt content for specific channels, concentrating on getting the right tone of voice for the relevant audience and exporting videos and images in the right format for each channel 
• Build awareness and engagement on social during times of natural disaster and during periods of heightened public interest around conflicts or other events
• Leverage trends and new social opportunities to help drive social reach and engagement
• Spot relevant news stories, flag issues, and share developments with the rest of the team

Planning & reporting

• Manage competing priorities for social channels - getting the right balance of fundraising messages, telling the stories of people we support, celebrating our supporters and sharing real time updates about our work
• Create editorial calendars and campaign plans that meet specific objectives
• Gather input from and share plans with international teams in a timely manner so we can be coordinated globally, as well as thinking globally about content and posts.
• Regular reporting, measuring the effectiveness of campaigns and using data to make evidence-based recommendations for social media output
• Provide written and/or verbal social content briefs to the Brand & Content team for teams in the field
• Take an active role in creative brainstorms and help develop innovative ideas and campaigns to make ShelterBox stand out in a busy marketplace
• Research and monitor activity of other charities within the sector

Share knowledge and best practice

• Support wider teams with the development of social content, helping to create, source, collect and repurpose content so that it is optimised for social channels
• Work with the ShelterBox Book Club team to help develop the Book Club social channels, helping to grow Book Club's followers and increase engagement levels 
• Educate other staff members and volunteers on the use of social media and promote its use within the charity

Other duties

• Assisting with wider digital marketing and communications delivery where required, to support the charity’s strategic objectives
• Any other duties as deemed necessary to support the Digital team

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

The Networks and Communities Department (N&C), has a crucially important role in enabling Mind to reach more people, increase our influence and effect long lasting change in all communities across England and Wales. Our primary vehicle for achieving this goal is through supporting and strengthening a federated network of over 120 local Mind organisations.

The role will work as part of a team to ensure that each fund is accessed, distributed, monitored and evaluated to a consistently high-standard and in line with Mind’s Network Investment Plan. You will be joining the team at a pivotal stage, as we roll out a number of new programmes, including the Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund, a programme that seeks to support the mental health sector across England and Wales to respond meaningfully to the impact that coronavirus is having on the communities they serve.

The Network Investment Senior Officer will be responsible for leading the delivery of key aspects of grant administration, including promotion, preliminary application screening and assessment. As well as supporting, monitoring and evaluating funded projects and ensuring grant procedures are maintained and funded activity is accurately recorded.

The post will develop a thorough understanding of the grants Mind is making and will work to support applicants, funded projects, external assessment personnel and assessment panel members to ensure Mind’s grant processes operate efficiently within a clear timetable.

The emphasis of the post will change with time, involving elements of advising applicants and assessing applications, through supporting and monitoring funded projects, to the eventual controlled winding-up of funded activity.

We have x3 Fixed Terms posts Until March 2021 and x 1 Fixed Term post until March 2022

Closing date: Monday 13th July 2020 Noon

Interviews: W/c 20th July 2020

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

Mind is an equal opportunities employer.