Hours: 21 hours per week (working pattern to be agreed)
Salary: £28,000 (pro-rata)
Location: Greenford UB6 (open to some home working)
Closing date: Friday 19th February 2021 9am
First Interviews: Friday 26th February / Monday 1st March
Second interviews: Friday 5th March
Age UK Ealing is a small independent charity providing a wide range of services and support to older people in the London Borough of Ealing.
The Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Manager has a vital role to play in planning and delivering communications to raise the profile of our work in the borough and to help generate the income needed to deliver it. We want to ensure that older people know we are here to help them and that the wider public can support our work.
Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Head of Fundraising, the post holder will design and deliver a marketing and communications strategy, including focusing on digital marketing, and will write, edit, co-ordinate and publish content across various channels, including our website, social media, print and online marketing materials.
This role will also include delivering the fundraising strategy, including building up donor relationships and corporate partnerships, applying to charitable trusts, supporting the growth of individual giving, and engaging with local groups fundraising on our behalf.
To Apply: Please submit your CV together with a Supporting Statement, no more than 2 sides of A4, explaining why you are suitable for this role. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Declaration Form and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This post is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer.
Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join us as an Intern within the tcc Foundation to learn how company giving and employee engagement can contribute to social impact for vulnerable children.We believe in a world more loyal, and a world more loyal starts with our people. tcc global is a hugely successful and internationally recognised leader in loyalty marketing
This is a development opportunity with global impact and you will receive mentoring for the duration of the placement. In return, you will bring enthusiasm, energy, curiosity, brilliant digital communication skills and a flexible approach to your work.
About the Role
This internship would suit recent graduates and those looking to build a career in fundraising and making a difference to our society.As an Intern, you will be working closely with the Director of the Foundation to help develop the next stage of the Foundation to increase donations; improve employee engagement and their understanding of the lives of children who are struggling in the communities within which we all live and work.
Based between our offices in Heathrow and remotely from home, this is a varied and challenging fixed term internship for 12 months, with exposure to working across a wide range of activities including grant making, marketing, digital communications and corporate fundraising to improve the lives of children in need.Some of the ways you'll contribute is by:
Communications:
- Work with the Director to devise creative content ideas to grow our engagement across digital platforms. maximising its potential and monitoring its performance
- Design and create impactful content for all digital channels including website, social media and e-newsletters that are accessible and user-friendly.
Grant management with renowned and grass roots charities to include:
- Assist with partner, project and donor communications around project successes and key dates
- Monitor the project pages of the website to ensure they are up to date and engaging
- Monitor timely completion of reports on potential partners, presenting findings in accessible format
Support our employee fundraising and engagement programmes including:
- Help to organise meetings, workshops and webinars
- Support local office volunteering and fundraising
- Develop and test new fundraising and engagement activities that work globally, are culturally sensitive and viable whilst many teams are working at home.
About You
With previous volunteering or fundraising experience and the ability to comfortably work in a fast paced, dynamic and driven environment that is non-hierarchical and collaborative in its attitude, you will have:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Marketing, Communications, Social Sciences or related field
- A good capacity for analysis and adaptation and the ability to plan, prioritize and organize
- High energy, resilience and a motivation
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills
- Digitally fluent – Instagram, Facebook, etc
- Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills
- A pragmatic approach to work, adaptability and be a team player
About the Benefits & Culture
Our culture is professional, entrepreneurial and focused around our people. At the heart of our business are our core values, which we regard as fundamental to our way of working. We believe in Respect, Truth, Collaboration and Care while having fun! Together with a competitive placement salary, we will:
- Ensure that you gain a wide range of fundraising and marketing experiences to boost your CV
- Ensure you have meaningful projects to work on
- Provide coaching and mentoring
- Respect and listen to your views and ideas
- Provide an encouraging and friendly working atmosphere
Skills you will Develop:
- Understanding of project cycle, project management skills and sub-granting processes in an international development / human rights context
- Knowledge of issues affecting vulnerable children particularly around hunger and safeguarding
- Understanding of direct service delivery initiatives in the countries within which tcc operates.
- Use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce
- Use of Content Management System (CMS) such as WordPress and how to make website edits
- Use of social media for social impact in a work context
- Administration, data and team coordination.
About the tcc Foundation
Set up in 2017, the tcc foundation is a corporate foundation that aims to create brighter beginnings for children around the world. The Foundation’s mission is to support children’s development in meaningful, measurable and innovative ways by funding and helping to ensure:
- Children aren’t hungry and have access to good nutrition
- Vulnerable children are protected to enable them to thrive
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
My client, a leading Charity now requires the assistance of an interim Head of HR to support them on a part-time (3 days per week) basis for the next 4-5 months.
Reporting to the HR Director, this role requires an experienced HR leader who is comfortable working at pace, with senior leaders and who will have the breadth of experience to be a sounding board to the HR Director. You will provide the energy, drive and support required on several projects that are at various stages of completion, so the successful candidate will be used to holding a large portfolio and juggling priorities. You will also be a great team leader, who can support and inspire the HR team, that, like many HR teams, have had a particularly tough year and have been significantly impacted by Covid. Previous experience as an HR leader within the Charity sector would be ideal. Some of the key focuses and relevant experience required includes:
- Senior strategic relationship management/ project management – leading projects / team management and peer support
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion – experience of working with the Executive Team to determine the strategic approach, involving the People directorate and external services and offer
- Leading the latter stages of a Reward review project to take this over the line, focusing on the communications and engagement piece.
- Reviewing the team’s approach to Business Partnering and propose potential new ways of working.
- Support the embedding of a robust DBS process and support the Head of Volunteering to replicate this in the volunteering space.
- Support the review of Retail operations, working closely with Retail senior leadership.
- Review current arrangements for Employee Representative Groups and develop and implement a new approach
This urgent assignment requires someone to be available to start quickly, ideally immediately, so please get in touch ASAP for further details.
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Engagement and Training Assistant (Eco-Skills internship)
£18,408 - £19,539 per annum.
Base Negotiable
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term: 1st March 2021 to 28th February 2022.
Our client is one of the UK’s leading providers of outdoor environmental education. This is a great opportunity to join them!
This exciting role is a 12-month structured career development opportunity to design and deliver biodiversity training courses, including courses for younger people (aged 16-25).
The post holder will develop skills in training people in one or more biodiversity subjects by designing learning pathways, training courses, tutor networks and related publications. Our client believes this role will support the postholder to continue their career development within the green economy as a provider of biodiversity skills training.
The post is externally funded as part of ‘Generation Green’ project to create new jobs, volunteer roles and apprenticeships to connect more than 100,000 young people to nature, especially younger people aged 16 - 25.
This post holder will be part of a national team with ambitious targets for income and impact to support our clients charitable mission. The team’s success will achieve accessible learning outcomes for target audiences by developing/upscaling structured learning pathways.
The successful candidate will have experience engaging target audiences with biodiversity and experience organising training or community events.
The successful candidate will also have a degree in an environment / biological / biodiversity discipline or comparable experience/qualification and knowledge of one or more biodiversity subjects.
The post will include the need to travel to our clients locations and other venues throughout the UK, which will involve some overnight stays.
Please apply if you are interested in joining an internationally respected organisation where there are brilliant opportunities for self-development and where you can use your passion for the environment to enthuse others.
Our client follows a recruitment and selection process that is applied fairly, consistently, and without favour or prejudice, and which promotes a working environment in which diversity is recognised, valued and encouraged.
Closing date: 12 noon on Wednesday 3rd February 2021.
Interviews are planned for the second or third week of February 2021 (virtual likely), with shortlisted applicants being contacted by telephone and/or email.
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This is a great opportunity to join The Orchard Project's team, working to improve and administer our training programmes to support local community orcharding. Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will be helping to improve the environment, build community resilience, wellbeing and food security in our brilliant network of orchards.
This is a full-time, year-long paid internship based in London/home working, Covid-dependent. The role is part of the Rank Foundation’s Time to Shine Leadership programme.
Your role will be to support the charity with training admin tasks, helping to ensure the smooth administration of training courses. Your skills in IT and communication are just as important as your organising and problem-solving skills.
We want our organisation to be as diverse as the communities it supports. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, sex, age or disability.
The closing date for applications is midnight, 26th January 2021. Interviews are on Monday 1st February, with the final job offer confirmed following a meeting with the Rank Foundation, The Orchard Project and the final shortlisted candidate on Monday 8th February.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Campaign Assistant
We are seeking a Campaign Assistant to provide effective day-to-day support to the campaigning activities of the organisation, including through working with campaign volunteers, supporting internal and external campaign communications and ensuring smooth running of systems and processes.
Campaign Assistant Responsibilities:
To date the campaign has been entirely run by volunteers, but as it has grown and developed there is an increasing need for staff support to ensure that we are as effective as possible and have the best possible chance of achieving our campaign objectives. The Campaign Assistant will support the full breadth of the group’s activities and ensure the smooth running of the campaign. This will include organising campaign actions, taking day-to-day responsibility for the effective running of our systems and processes as well as supporting with handling our social media channels, press and other enquiries. It will also involve supporting our volunteer campaign team and liaising with group members.
This role will sit alongside two other paid roles, the Campaign Manager and Press and Communications Officer. Support will also be provided by a large pool of volunteers with a range of responsibilities and expertise. We are really excited for the potential these new roles bring to take our campaign to the next level and amplify the voices of bereaved families to secure positive change.
Campaign Assistant Requirements:
• Experience in campaigning and/or supporting a team to achieve its aims
• Ability to advocate for and represent the campaign in meetings and publicly, if required
• Ability to solve problems relating to the work of a busy campaign
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to use social media to engage public audiences
• Experience of communicating clearly in face to face meetings and in difficult circumstances
• Ability to work sensitively around delicate issues such as bereavement
• Knowledge of, and interest in, current affairs
• Self-motivated and a high level of initiative
• Ability to keep calm under pressure
• Willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required
• Personal belief in and support for the aims of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
• An understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion
About Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK:
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice is a newly formed not-for-profit organisation working to provide a voice for families bereaved by Covid-19. We have more than 2,000 members who are all personally bereaved and at the heart of everything we do. We’re campaigning for a statutory public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic so that families can get answers and lessons can be learnt to prevent further loss of life. Alongside our campaign to secure an inquiry, we are also campaigning for improved bereavement support for families and to ensure that those bereaved are protected from hardship.
As a group of volunteers we've already produced agenda-setting front page news stories, garnered support from hundreds of thousands of people, given oral testimony to influential parliamentary committees, held high-level political meetings and been discussed by the Prime Minister in Parliament. Now we’re recruiting paid staff to take the campaign to the next level.
Location: Anywhere in UK - Home Based
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (6 months, possibility for extension subject to funding)
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December
You may have experience of the following: Policy, Campaigns Assistant, Policy Advisor, Policy Assistant, Communications Assistant, Campaigns, Data Administrator, etc.
Ref: 96316
Context and background
Voyage is a social justice charity that aims to EMPOWER marginalised black young people and provide them with the self-awareness and motivation to TRANSFORM themselves and their communities. The mission of Voyage is to encourage and assist young people bridge the gap between their schools, communities and criminal justice system whilst supporting young people to SUSTAIN successful partnerships and meaningful relationships.
We are seeking a Fundraiser and Events manager to join us at a unique time in our organisation’s history.Previously funded by statutory, Trusts, Foundations and corporate supporters, we are looking to grow our work by maximising newfound relationships with a growing list of commercial and corporate partners.This includes developing opportunities for our corporate partners to engage with our young people, as well as deepening contributions to our fundraising campaigns, activities and events.
What we are looking for
Voyage seeks an experienced and organised Fundraising and Events manager with the skills to set up, embed and operate a dedicated CRM system, shape our communication strategies and help us to devise an annual framework of activities and events. We are seeking someone with excellent client relationship skills and methods to improve our sustainability.Your role will also include event planning and management, with one large fundraising event annually supplemented by smaller fundraising activities and opportunities for our supporters.The post holder will also assist the senior management team to structure funding proposals to support our engagement with corporates and contribute to our wider fundraising and income generation strategies.
The post holder will be the first point of call for fundraising enquiries and be part of the senior management team to ensure donor requirements and needs are relayed to the operational team. Voyage wishes to offer an excellent experience to all our supporters and this role will be integral to making sure we are best placed to support our event participants through their fundraising and training journey.
Below is a list of main duties:
- Engaging with our network of commercial and corporate companies, trusts and individuals to secure funding and CSR involvement.
- Taking a lead organising and developing fundraising activities and in-house events.
- Overseeing the implementation of our customer relationship management system to ensure effective communication and segmentation of our audiences.
- Ensuring all our newsletters, promotional materials and website are functioning and are issued to maximise engagement and ROI.
- Supporting a small team of volunteers and young people who will be part of your appointed team to help implement key events and activities
- Lead on planning donation campaigns and events.
- Managing communications and events for donors.
- Developing new and innovative ways to acquire funding – through events, online advertising or legacy-giving campaigns.
General
In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, our Fundraising and Events manager will also need to:
·Follow all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Charity in maintaining good standards of health and safety.
·Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the Charity into disrepute.
·Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the Charity.
·Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role.
·Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role.
Voyage is committed to encouraging volunteering throughout the organisation and as such the postholder will be expected to support and respect volunteers, interns and Youth Advisory Board members.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Global Witness
It has never been a deadlier time for land and environmental defenders to protect their community, way of life, or environment. At Global Witness we’re campaigning alongside them, making sure their voices are heard and taking their fight to the corridors of power and the board rooms of corporations.
About the role
As an Investigator you’ll lead, deliver and publish high quality and ground-breaking investigations to highlight companies involved in abuses and violations of the rights of land and environmental defenders and their communities.
By working closely with other team members as well as across our advocacy, legal and communications teams throughout the process, you’ll help advocate targets to ensure that these investigations result in real world systemic change and support our vision to protect the world’s climate-critical tropical forests and the people defending them.
About you
You’ll have a track record in delivering targeted investigations, and you’ll be able to use your ability to cultivate a range of sources as well as analyse finance, corporate structures and ownership data. Your investigative techniques and meticulous fact-checking will be key in this role.
Naturally you’ll have the verbal communication and writing skills to run your investigations from concept to publishing the final report, collaborating all the time with internal teams and external contacts along the way.
Working for us
We aim to be a diverse and inclusive place to work. We value new perspectives, original ideas and different ways of working. We believe that different views and experiences improve the way we do our work. We do our best to make our jobs accessible to all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation or identity.
We offer an excellent benefits package including a competitive salary and 25 days holiday (exc. public holidays), private medical insurance and flexible working arrangements.
This role involves travel to remote locations, including (with appropriate training and risk mitigation) potentially hostile environments.
To apply
Please send in your CV and a covering letter which tells us why you’d be a great fit for this role, taking into account each of the person specification requirements with Investigator LED in the subject heading, and where you saw the role advertised, by 9am 15 February 2021. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.
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Are you an inspirational retailer looking for a great place to reach your full potential and make a difference with an exciting and expanding charity?
Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. We care for around 9,000 stray and abandoned dogs each year through our network of 21 rehoming centres across the UK and Ireland. We never destroy a healthy dog.
With approximately 40 retail stores already across the UK and new stores opening almost weekly, Dogs Trust is the most rapidly growing charity retailer in the UK. With a broad range of donated and bought in products, we are looking for dynamic and flexible managers who have the customer and the charity at the heart of everything they do.
Now you can be part of our next chapter. We're looking for a commercially minded Assistant Store Manager to be available 3 days a week to build and inspire a team of volunteers, take personal ownership for the performance of the store, maximise profits and deliver excellent customer service. In this varied and exciting role you will be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with Rehoming Centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand.
Reporting to the Store Manager (and also covering their full-time duties when they are on leave), you will be part of a busy and dynamic retail environment that changes every day!
So, if you have retail experience and you're the kind of person who enjoys leading from the front, motivating people and driving sales through commercial awareness and inspirational customer service all whilst making a difference to the dogs in our care, apply now!
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**Start dates available in February, April and August 2021**
This is a paid, dynamic, one year opportunity to develop coaching and leadership skills whilst bringing about social transformation in the local community as a powerful expression of the Christian life and faith.
In partnership with various churches we are recruiting for a Graduate Coach to join our Spear teams. This is an amazing opportunity to join our experienced and passionate team of coaches who each work as part of a local church in a number of locations to deliver the Spear Programme, equipping and empowering unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome disadvantage and turn their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.
What will you do?
- Coach on Spear Foundation
The year-long programme kicks off with Spear Foundation, a 6-week initial phase running 6 times a year at each Centre. We coach disadvantaged young people around skills and mindsets to support them in returning to work or education, and equipping them with the skills to stay there. You’ll be given all the training needed to deliver this, preparing and coaching group and 1-1 sessions, and support the daily administrative function of the programme. You’ll also oversee the Spear Celebration Events at the end of each programme, assigning roles, organising volunteers, and planning equipment/resources.
- Spear Career
You’ll meet with trainees 1:1 on a weekly basis as part of this ongoing programme offered to those who complete Spear Foundation, supporting them to stay in work and progress over the year that follows.
- External Relationship-Building
You’ll purposefully build relationships with relevant professionals at local organisations, and communicate directly with young people, to encourage referrals onto the Spear programme.
- Intentional Church Community
Spear Graduate Coaches are directly employed by the partner church at which their Centre is based, meaning you’re part of a vibrant church staff team and submerged in an exciting faith community, whilst remaining robustly supported by the Resurgo coaching team and expertise. Part of your role is establish a personal presence within the community as your regular place of worship, and build a strong and committed network of supporters in the partner church to help source employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for Spear. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with church staff to engage trainees in the wider church programme, helping them find community and explore life’s big questions.
What will you gain?
- Christian Leadership Skills through continual feedback, vulnerability, and challenge, and have opportunities to practise these skills in regular staff prayer meetings for both Resurgo and the church, as well as in Spear team meetings and events.
- Social Impact Awareness – you’ll gain a working understanding of the issues affecting your church’s community, work with the church to tailor Spear accordingly and understand effective and meaningful ways of measuring this impact.
- Excellent coaching capability, through the iLM accredited 5-day ‘Coaching for Leadership’ programme. You’ll continue to develop your coaching skills while delivering the Spear programme through intensive on-the-job support and weekly 1-1 mentoring.
- Management skills, so that you have the skills and confidence needed to become a Lead Coach within a year, and then a Spear Centre Manager within 3 years, with responsibility for Centre staff, young people and outcomes.
Person Specification
Please see the Team Guide on the 'work with us' page of our website for the kind of person who thrives with us; below are a few things we’re particularly looking for in this role:
- Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and sense of fun!
- Excellent communication skills, confident face to face communication, and a great telephone manner.
- Desire to grow and learn spiritually and as a leader, including a desire to learn and understand coaching technique.
- Ambitious and self-motivated with good time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure.
- A-levels or equivalent are essential; degree level or equivalent qualifications desirable.
Working requirements, salary & benefits
- Starting salary £20,500 in London centres, dependent on location and experience, plus pension scheme. An additional bursary of up to £5,000 is available for BAME candidates, as we work with many young people from BAME backgrounds and so particularly encourage applications from potential coaches from backgrounds similar to that of our trainees. Further information is available from our People and Culture team.
- One year fixed term contract with potential for renewal and excellent progression opportunities
- Full-time Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm
- Flexible locations and remote working may be possible
- 25 days annual leave.
- Occasional evening working required (for events such as termly Spear Celebration evenings and the annual Resurgo fundraising party).
- Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including accredited coaching and leadership training
- There may be a requirement to become part of the partner church congregation, and you will be expected to participate in church team events as well as wider Resurgo team events, including weekly staff prayer meetings and annual staff conferences in summer and winter (one residential)
- We offer an Employee Assistance Programme (a confidential support service for staff)
- A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer
In 2017 Resurgo won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.
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Philanthropy Manager, Feed the Minds
Contract: Fixed term 18-months
Salary: c£37k
Location: Vauxhall, London
About our work
Feed the Minds is a small, but ambitious UK-based international development organisation, operating in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Our projects emphasise partnership and sustainable solutions promoting economic empowerment, health, and citizenship through practical education. Our funding comes from a wide variety of sources, and we are keen to diversify our funding streams.
About the role
The right person will have several years’ experience of fundraising and securing 6+ figure gifts from statutory, corporates and trusts and foundations that act like institutions etc., to build a sustainable portfolio to enable Feed the Minds to fund the work that we undertake. In this newly created role, you will join a small but high performing team. You will think strategically and lead on sourcing and responding to new funding opportunities.
Due to current circumstances this role will initially be home based.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th January 2021
To apply, please send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) stating how you meet the person specification to Sandra Golding (by clicking on the apply now). The job description with person specification is attached. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Thursday 11th February 2021
We do not wish to be contacted by recruitment agencies. Thank you.
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Are you an inspirational retailer looking for a great place to reach your full potential and make a difference with an exciting and expanding charity?
Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. We care for around 9,000 stray and abandoned dogs each year through our network of 21 rehoming centres across the UK and Ireland. We never destroy a healthy dog.
With approximately 40 retail stores already across the UK and new stores opening almost weekly, Dogs Trust is the most rapidly growing charity retailer in the UK. With a broad range of donated and bought in products, we are looking for dynamic and flexible managers who have the customer and the charity at the heart of everything they do.
Now you can be part of our next chapter. We're looking for a commercially minded Assistant Store Manager to be available 3 days a week to build and inspire a team of volunteers, take personal ownership for the performance of the store, maximise profits and deliver excellent customer service. In this varied and exciting role you will be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with Rehoming Centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand.
Reporting to the Store Manager (and also covering their full-time duties when they are on leave), you will be part of a busy and dynamic retail environment that changes every day!
So, if you have retail experience and you're the kind of person who enjoys leading from the front, motivating people and driving sales through commercial awareness and inspirational customer service all whilst making a difference to the dogs in our care, apply now!
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has an income of over £90 million. The Trust, which cares for around 15,0... Read more
Are you an inspirational retailer looking for a great place to reach your full potential and make a difference with an exciting and expanding charity?
Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. We care for around 9,000 stray and abandoned dogs each year through our network of 21 rehoming centres across the UK and Ireland. We never destroy a healthy dog.
With approximately 40 retail stores already across the UK and new stores opening almost weekly, Dogs Trust is the most rapidly growing charity retailer in the UK. With a broad range of donated and bought in products, we are looking for dynamic and flexible managers who have the customer and the charity at the heart of everything they do.
Now you can be part of our next chapter. We're looking for a commercially minded Assistant Store Manager to be available 3 days a week to build and inspire a team of volunteers, take personal ownership for the performance of the store, maximise profits and deliver excellent customer service. In this varied and exciting role you will be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with Rehoming Centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand.
Reporting to the Store Manager (and also covering their full-time duties when they are on leave), you will be part of a busy and dynamic retail environment that changes every day!
So, if you have retail experience and you're the kind of person who enjoys leading from the front, motivating people and driving sales through commercial awareness and inspirational customer service all whilst making a difference to the dogs in our care, apply now!
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WHO WE ARE
City Hearts was founded in 2005, beginning with a single home to help women with life controlling issues, shortly after we welcomed our first survivor of modern slavery. Since then, we have expanded across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life controlling issues. Our work has since expanded to address the cycle of crime, by offering support programmes to those who commit, as well as those who are victims of criminality. We are passionate about restoring the lives of those we support, and it would not be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
ROLE SUMMARY
How this role fits into the vision and objectives of City Hearts
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Equality and Diversity Officer within City Hearts. Reporting directly to the Head of Human Resources, the role of this individual would be to champion and embed equality and diversity practices, and to help foster an inclusive culture that represents the charities values. The individual would also work closely with Senior Management to develop initiatives to promote diversity, and play an essential role in in shaping and enhancing policies and operational plans in relation to both staff and service delivery.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• To raise awareness and understanding of equality and diversity amongst staff, clients and stakeholders, interacting with people at all levels and from a range of backgrounds
• To research, apply and promote change, sharing best practice and promoting diversity initiatives.
• To promote allyship through employee diversity initiatives and events
• To assess the charity's needs and promote charity cohesion
• To work with the Head of Human Resources on ensuring compliance with and promotion of anti-discriminatory legislation in order to ensure the charity meets statutory requirements
• To work with Senior Management to write, implement and review policy and procedures at a strategic level, with a particular focus on, but not limited to; The Safer Recruitment Policy and Procedures, Anti-Racism Policy, Equality and Diversity Policy, Grievance and Disciplinary Policies, and developing factsheets
• To be responsible for preparing and delivering Equality & Diversity Training, presentations and workshops to staff and other stakeholders
• To liaise with the Head of HR to identify and arrange external delivery of Equality and Diversity training, as and when appropriate
• To provide advice, guidance and support to staff at all levels on issues relating to equality and diversity.
• To work in partnership with the Head of HR to develop recruitment processes to maintain and encourage equal opportunities across recruitment, including internal promotional opportunities.
• To input into the appointment of all staff, including managers, through the development of assessment methods relating to equality and diversity.
• To regular attend and input into Senior Management strategic meetings
• To promote and carry out change within the charity and wider community
• To monitor data and gather feedback of a quantitative and qualitative nature, including via surveys or staff focus groups
• To develop an annual report on diversity statistics within the charity and formulate recommendations for improvement
• To input into concerns or grievances related to incidents of discrimination
• To be available as a point of contact for employees wanting to raise a query, provide feedback or raise a concern in relation to equality and diversity
• To investigate incidents alongside HR, particularly in relation to matters of discrimination
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Want to use your skills in learning and knowledge management to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?
Join WaterAid as Learning and Knowledge Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.
The WaterAid Research & Learning team within the Programme Support Unit, part of the International Programmes Department (IPD), provides support for research, learning, knowledge management across the organisation.
As our Learning and Knowledge Advisor, you will champion learning and knowledge sharing within the PSU and promote it across the IPD. The role is both proactive in promoting and establishing learning and knowledge management initiatives, and responsive to requests for support from country programmes (CPs) and regional teams.
This role is a Full-Time, permanent contract. We are flexible about the location of the role with significant working hours overlap with UK time-zones. In UK, under normal circumstances, you would be based in our offices at Canary Wharf, London.
In this role, you will lead on improving, strengthening and maintaining the following practices:
* Knowledge Management and learning processes: practices that enable people to share what they know with colleagues as well as counterparts across the sector. Also, enable staff to receive, make sense of, understand and act upon the information available to them.
* Information management: the collection and management of materials from a variety of sources and making accessible to a wider range of audiences.
* Communication: establish meaningful exchanges that are at the centre of learning, sharing and managing knowledge; develop supporting tools, guidelines and other key documents
* Capacity building: design, develop, facilitate training and workshop sessions; identify and establish opportunities for peer to peer, cross-country and cross-regional learning.
To be successful, you will need:
* Extensive experience in determining and implementing learning and knowledge sharing activities using empowering approaches.
* Ability to research, synthesise information, analyse its relevance and communicate it in accessible formats.
* Strong IT literacy skills, including designing and maintaining SharePoint or similar information management platforms; and using Microsoft 365 and other web-based tools and platforms.
* Experience of developing, facilitating and evaluating training, (including virtual learning sessions, and using the associated tools).
* Ability to communicate clearly and influence colleagues and peers; ability to work effectively across diverse groups and cultures.
Salary:
£38,500- £40,000 (subject to experience) with excellent benefits. Salaries and benefits for different locations will vary in line with WaterAid's country salary scales
WaterAid benefits vary depending on the country of the successful candidates. For UK-based posts this includes:
* 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
* Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
* We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
* Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working up to 2 days a week
* Season Ticket Loan
* Free annual eye tests
* Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
* Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
* Sabbaticals
* Volunteer Day
To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format. Applications will close 23:59 on 07/02/2021. Availability for interview is required in the w/c 22/02/2021. Due to COVID restrictions, all interviews will be conducted virtually.
Additional Information:
WaterAid is currently located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Due to current restrictions on office capacity the majority of our staff are working from home. All aspects of this including how we are supporting homeworking and the office transition will be discussed at the interview stage with you.
We are unable to provide sponsorship or relocation for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the country to which you wish to work.
WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.
WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.
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