About The Role

Permanent
Hours: 35 hrs p/w
Days: Monday - Friday 
Location: Flexible working - 50/50 split between home-working, and 175 St John Street, Farringdon
 

The role of Corporate Partnerships Officer is fundamentally to help grow our corporate fundraising portfolio. You are part of a small but dynamic team consisting of a Head of Corporate Partnerships, two Corporate Partnerships Managers and another Corporate Partnerships Officer. We have achieved significant growth in the past few years, securing a number of high-value partnerships such as Citibank, Bank of America and Barclays. The team has a 21/22 target of £2.7 million which we are expecting to exceed even following the extraordinary impacts of the pandemic in the last few years. 

The role will be split between new business – researching, prospecting and developing new opportunities - and account management; you will have your own portfolio of partnerships and will support the team to deliver larger partnerships. You will manage engagement activity with our corporate partners including events with schools and mental health lunch and learn seminars.

This role requires you to be proactive, results-driven and commercially aware, you will enjoy collaborating with others for the good of a business. Good administrative, organisational skills and strong written skills are essential, as well as strong verbal communication and a good ability to form positive working relationships with external stakeholders.

The role is primarily based at our Core office on St John’s Street, London for five days a week, though due to current restrictions caused by COVID-19, employees are able to work remotely from home whilst the office is closed.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?
 

You will:

• with the support of the Corporate Partnerships Manager, deliver on areas of new business research including identifying and researching prospects, managing a pipeline and developing tailored propositions and applications
• with the support of the Corporate Partnerships Manager, manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships,
  delivering first class stewardship to increase engagement, value and longevity of support
• provide support to the Corporate Partnerships Managers and the Head of Corporate Partnerships for high value corporate partnerships including through Charity of the Year, cause-related marketing and sponsorship
• act as a database (ThankQ) “Champion” working to ensure that all information is up to date and all team members are confident and competent users
• provide support on delivering corporate engagement activities for corporate partners
• work with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to forecast and provide regular financial updates
   

Diversity and Inclusion

Place2Be is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are particularly interested in attracting applications from applicants from diverse backgrounds as they are underrepresented.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• proven track record managing or supporting the management of corporate partnerships, or relevant experience/transferable skills
• excellent writing skills with a good ability to write compelling and persuasive copy (such as for thank you letters, applications and reports) as well as formal and professional emails/communications to internal and external stakeholders
• strong organisational and administrative skills to support a team with daily tasks and processes such as diary management, arranging and booking meetings, overseeing the upkeep of frequently used documents and spreadsheets
• effective stewarding relationships with donors and external stakeholders
• experience organising events and engagement activities for external stakeholders to a high standard, including overseeing communications between several parties (e.g. internal employees, a corporate partner and a school)

Interview Date: Friday 28th January 2022 ZOOM Video Interview

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work – but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.
 
Please view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

The Volunteering Coordinator helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by attracting and onboarding sufficient volunteers to support and grow our services and income. You will support your local team to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers. We currently have 2 roles available - 1x Leamington Spa at the National Centre and 1x in Birmingham. 

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. This role will be office based with a home start. 

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people. 

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Proven experience of supporting and advising others on policies and procedures.

• An understanding of good practice in volunteer management.

• Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of good practice in equality, diversity and inclusion. Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of GDPR and use of Customer Relationship Management systems. 

• Relevant and up to date knowledge of safeguarding principles.

Desirable 

• Experience of creating an inclusive work environment for people with a disability.

• Facilitation and/or training skills.

• Personal experience of volunteering.

• Relevant qualification in volunteer management or equivalent.

Interviews/Assessments will be held on the 10th & 11th of February 2022.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

Diversity 
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding 
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply 
 

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. 

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join Independent Age as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, to join us on this journey.

The Operations team are a key function within the Corporate Services directorate whose ethos is to help colleagues across the organisation achieve their objectives by providing excellent support services.

Working closely with the Operations Manager and collaborating with colleagues from across the organisation, you will lead on projects to embed best practice in the key disciplines of facilities, reception, procurement, annuitants’ support and central administration.

Your experience will include coordinating office services including developing new administrative systems and processes; Procurement and maintenance of good supplier relationships; Health and safety in the workplace, including undertaking risk assessments and work-station assessments; Overseeing and co-ordinating business continuity plans and experience in recording and analysing complex data.

At Independent Age we live by our values. We are Purpose-driven; compassionate; expert; collaborative; accountable; inclusive.

We champion inclusion and celebrate diversity within and outside our charity to create a culture where everyone knows that they belong and can bring their whole self to work.  We hire from a variety of backgrounds as we know this makes our charity stronger.

If you are passionate about our cause, share our values and believe you have the skills for this role, then we’d love to meet you. 

We offer two incremental salary increases for everyone joining us, one at successful completion of probation and the second on the first anniversary of starting with us. 

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best, so we provide support to attain this with flexible working hours and regular remote working opportunities’.  We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance and fantastic learning and development opportunities.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.  

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews will be held on Monday 31 January 2022 and Tuesday 1 February 2022

About the role:

This role sits within the team to cultivate relationships and support the Postgraduate experience at uea(su). This includes supporting the Postgraduate Education Officer in delivering their education portfolio; to work with students, UEA staff, and staff at uea(su) to ensure the academic interests of students studying in the Faculty of Social Sciences are represented effectively, and to support thriving student academic societies in this faculty.

The role holder will work across uea(su) to deliver a bespoke experience for students studying in SSF, to make sure our union is meeting their needs, and to support a strong partnership with academic staff in these faculties.

Duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

Support the Postgraduate Education Officer to deliver the education aspects of their portfolio

Oversee support for Postgraduate democracy, working together with other members of the Student Voice team to ensure effective and fair processes

Provide bespoke support for academic representatives (Convenors, Course Reps) and other student leaders in the Faculty of Social Sciences (SSF). Working to develop their leadership and advocacy skills and working with relevant staff and Officers across uea(su) to remove barriers to participation.

Oversee recruitment of SSF Course Reps and Convenors, in collaboration with School Student Partnership Officers to ensure students across the Faculty are properly represented

Ensure that all Course Reps in the Faculty receive appropriate training and support to deal with students’ issues, and to prepare for SSLC and other School or Faculty meetings

Support SSF to develop an annual student voice plan, working with students and staff from the Faculty to identify priorities, and implement improvements

Ensure effective communication between the faculty and SU is maintained via regular update meetings with key academic role holders in the faculty (e.g Student Partnership Officers, Associate Directors for Teaching)

Where appropriate, attend committees and other meetings in the faculty providing support to student leaders and insight into the student experience

Community Manager

Home based, remote working 

35 hours per week

As a Community Development Manager in the income and partnerships team, you will be joining a team which is focused on delivering:

• The development of both on and offline communities which will provide an important channel through which to market fundraising products
• Developing and delivering a UK-wide community fundraising product
• Recruitment and training of fundraising volunteers
• Collaboration across the organisation to support their objectives as well as your own

You will be an experienced community fundraiser, excellent at inspiring external audiences and supporting them to raise money or to buy into existing fundraising products.  Within your organisation, you are excellent at collaborating with colleagues and working as part of a team to push boundaries.  Your tenacity helps you to stay focused and you are driven by targets.  Your experience allows you to build believable targets and your creativity and grounding allows you to deliver new ideas driven by insights. 

This is a critical role in the delivery of the RNID’s new strategy.  You will be responsible for developing on and offline communities to engage with the organisation in traditional community fundraising ways but also developing community as an important channel to market existing RNID fundraising products. Crucially you will work with our flagship UK-wide service to help recruit an army of volunteers who are delivering the services and identifying and training those who will fundraise.

We’re the UK’s largest deaf charity making life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we campaign for an inclusive society. We connect people to practical advice and pioneer new treatments.

We’re putting digital front and centre of what we do. It is the best way to reach more of the 1 in 5 adults in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss and the 1 in 8 with tinnitus.

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

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

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

Closing date: 30 January 2022.

Interview date: 4 to 7 February 2022.

Responsible to: Community Connect Manager

Background

At Bexley Voluntary Services Council (BVSC) you will find a team who are absolutely committed to supporting a strong, sustainable, and influential voluntary and community sector that can make a positive impact on people’s lives in Bexley.

We work hard, we help each other and go out of way to help others and find solutions rather than focusing on problems. We are positive and proactive and, although absolutely focused on our areas of expertise, we work as a team so that BVSC is the best it can be. Above all, everything we do is to strengthen our local Voluntary and Community Sector.

This is an interesting role building on our existing high-quality service for residents and supporting our vision for Social Prescribing. The right candidate will be passionate about supporting residents and creating volunteer opportunities and will have a vital role in maximising the number of volunteers supporting Community Connect whilst ensuring they all have a positive, rewarding experience with us.  

Key Duties;

• To be the first point of contact for local people interested in becoming a Community Connect volunteer and respond through all channels e.g., phone, email, social media
   
• To develop engaging volunteer roles that meet the needs of the service including writing role descriptions and adverts
   
• To widely promote volunteer opportunities across the borough utilising a variety of methods e.g., attending events, publicising on websites, writing content for social media platforms and organising recruitment campaigns

• To manage all volunteering applications, carry out interviews and take up references during the induction and onboarding process
   
• To support and supervise all volunteers to ensure they have a rewarding and high-quality experience, including training, supervisions, arranging team meetings and maintaining regular contact

• Build and maintain relationships with GP Surgeries, libraries, community groups and the wider voluntary sector

• To ensure that volunteers feel like an integral part of the team and cultivate a positive atmosphere by recognising volunteer efforts.

• Develop and utilise methods to ensure that volunteers feed in their views to continually improve the service

• Use our bespoke SocialRx system to log client information on their cases and liaise with colleagues to manage concerns or feedback

• Attend staff meetings, supervision, and training as required

• Identify, report, and monitor any safeguarding concerns in accordance with the latest local procedures

• To comply with, and share responsibility for ensuring the implementation of, BVSC policies and procedures and key legislation such as GDPR and Safeguarding

• Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be assigned from time to time including travel throughout the borough to attend events, occasionally on evenings/weekends, meet with volunteers and organisations.

These are the normal duties which are required of the position; however, we do require that all staff be flexible and may be required to perform other duties to ensure the efficient running of services. 

Please note that the base for this role is Crayford Manor House, however the post involves working from various venues across the borough, and will work from home if government guidance advises us to.

Rewilding Britain wants to see rewilding flourishing across Britain - reconnecting us with the natural world, sustaining communities and tackling the climate emergency and extinction crisis.  Established in 2014 as the only national rewilding charity in Britain, we champion rewilding, acting as a catalyst for debate and action and demonstrating the power of nature to address the enormous threats we face.

We urgently need an expansion of nature’s recovery across Britain, restoring and connecting up areas of rich natural habitat. Our vision is at least 5% of Britain rewilding, governed largely by natural processes, within a further 25% as a wider mosaic of regenerative land and marine uses that enhance nature’s restoration and ensure local people can make a viable living. The UK and devolved governments have already made a pledge towards 30% for nature’s recovery by 2030. Now we need to make sure that this happens both in policy and in practice.

We want to see rewilding, and its principles and benefits, increasingly embedded within government and other key organisational policies, with financial support available for its application.  Through a dynamic combination of high-level policy influencing, public campaigning and media engagement we aim to ensure that rewilding is mainstreamed into the way we manage our land and seas. Wherever possible we work in partnership with others and are helping to catalyse a collaborative network of rewilding action.

Key Role Purpose

Develop, research and lead the delivery of evidence-based policy influencing, public affairs and campaigning activities which support the mainstreaming of rewilding into policy and practice across Britain in line with our organisational priorities.

What we are looking for:

This is an exciting opportunity to really make a difference. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for rewilding and the natural world and is:

• A self-starter with initiative and motivation who works to make things happen
• Experienced in, and with a good understanding of, the current UK and devolved nation policy landscape relevant to rewilding
• A persuasive writer and communicator with a track record of managing stakeholders and influencing key decision-makers, able to articulate complex ideas simply
• Successful at devising and implementing calls to action that engage and empower the public and key stakeholders
• Skilled at combining policy, public affairs and campaigning activities, with clear evidence of impact
• Collaborative, adaptable and able to respond quickly to an ever-shifting context.

You will be responsible for:

You will be expected to work closely with the Chief Executive, Director and other team members to:

• Coordinate the development and delivery of Rewilding Britain’s policy and campaigns strategy in line with our strategic objectives.
• Track changing policies, practice and legislation in relation to rewilding, and provide political monitoring and intelligence to colleagues across the organisation
• Develop policy positions relevant to Rewilding Britain and, with colleagues, communicate these in order to influence the external policy environment;
• Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, particularly with civil servants, policy makers, national and local decision makers, and campaigning or landowning bodies.
• Represent Rewilding Britain externally including at stakeholder meetings and in the media, building relationships which drive forward our policy and campaigns work.
• Undertake or commission research on specific policy areas as required.
• Plan and implement public engagement campaigns to build a larger, more active rewilding movement in support of our aims.
• Work with our Network Coordinator to engage the Rewilding Network in our influencing activities, e.g. by providing compelling evidence of rewilding in practice as well as by taking supportive action.
• Support our communications through the drafting of content, e.g. blogs, media comment and social media posts, as requested.
• Report on policy, campaigns and public affairs activities, providing updates and progress against key milestones.
• Undertake other duties that may from time to time be necessary and are compatible with the nature and grade of the post.

Skills and experience

Essential

• At least 5 years experience of working in policy, public affairs and/or campaigns in a relevant field.
• Demonstrable understanding of the political landscape in the UK, devolved governments and other key bodies relevant to rewilding.
• Ability to achieve change through the effective use of current public affairs and campaigning techniques.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills
• Persuasive communication skills which influence and motivate
• Ability to work autonomously, showing initiative while building excellent relationships with the wider team

Desirable

• Experience managing work remotely
• Experience in and understanding of rewilding
• Experience of public speaking
• Experience of dealing with press and other media

Behaviours

Essential

• Positive, collaborative attitude.
• Passionate, confident and adaptable.
• Focussed and results driven.

We are a virtual team who all work from home, which will require a suitable home office working environment and equipment. Some meetings may be held in other parts of the UK depending on government recommendations relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.

There will be some freedom for the person to determine their own working arrangements each week, within limitations, providing the work is delivered.

Are you passionate about helping people to raise money? Do you want to do it for a brilliant cause who has just been rated as outstanding by the CQC? Then we have just the job for you!

Our fundraising team raises vital income to enable us to care for people with life limiting illnesses in our community. Now is a very exciting time to join us, as our community is able to start mixing with each other again. We raise income through various events, activities and platforms working with our community to promote the Hospice. We are passionate about providing excellent supporter care and are now looking to recruit new team members to join our friendly and committed team.

Hours: Core Hours are 37.5 per Week, Monday-Friday (Ability to work evenings and weekends is essential).

What is the role?

Responsible for your own income & expenditure targets within the overall fundraising budget, you will be a key contact with all our supporters, building robust and sustainable relationships.  You will give an excellent supporter experience by offering support & guidance to groups and individuals organising events & activities in aid of the hospice, helping them to fully maximise their fundraising opportunities.

To enable seamless organisation and promotion of initiatives, you will work with other teams across the hospice and in particular with our communications team. You will continuously review the community fundraising initiatives we offer to facilitate the best possible experience for our loyal supporters, as well as ensuring good return on investment and growth in income.

As a confident and outwards facing person, you will talk to and support a wide range of individuals and groups, both face to face, via presentations and through effectively carrying out administrative duties. You will be an ambassador for the charity, keen to recruit sign-ups, encourage full fundraising potential and galvanise further support.

The role has a requirement to work evenings and weekends in order to support events and activities in exchange for time back in lieu.

If you have great relationship management and building skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage and deliver on multiple priorities, this could be the role for you.

In return, we offer a great range of employee schemes and benefits, including generous annual leave, free parking on-site, on-site café, employee assistance programme, wellbeing team, generous pension scheme, Blue Light Discount Card and so much more!

About you:

• Energetic and enthusiastic
• Evidence of excellent customer/supporter experience
• Excellent time management, administration and organisation skills
• Keenness to work with and talk to people (including public speaking)
• Good engagement and communication skills at all levels
• A proactive approach
• Creative
• Meeting timescales and managing expectations
• Passionate about what we do and target driven
• Take responsibility and act on own initiative

It would also be great but not essential if you have:

• Charity fundraising experience/knowledge

Interviews will take place on Monday 07 February 2022.

Equality & Diversity

Prospect Hospice is committed to encouraging a diverse and inclusive working environment. We recognise that promoting diversity and eliminating discrimination in our workplace will bring benefits for our people, our business and the communities we serve.

We are committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are provided with equality of opportunity in employment and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, offending background, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Safeguarding

Prospect Hospice is committed to promoting the wellbeing of all adults and children who use our services, ensuring that they live a life that is free from harm, abuse and neglect. We work in an open and transparent way and encourage staff, volunteers, patients and families to raise any safeguarding concerns.

Critical to our mission, we are now looking to recruit a Programme Coordinator to oversee a caseload of partner schools in Bristol. You will work closely with the schools and pupils and manage the pool of volunteer tutors by regularly attending weekly tutoring sessions, as well as overseeing the quality of face to face and online tutoring, always working to deliver a great impact.

As the Bristol Programme Coordinator, you will also support the recruitment of volunteer tutors, manage the tutor sign up process, deliver training for tutors, develop relationships with schools including their Senior Leadership Team and subject teachers, collect data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, and work with other internal teams on business development opportunities.

Place of work: On most days, you will be required to work in Action Tutoring's partner schools in Bristol as well as working from home between programmes. Occasional travel to our London office will be required. Travel costs to schools will be paid.

Contract and working hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent contract.

Start date: Mid March 2022

Closing date and interviews: Sunday 6th February 2022. Interviews 10th and 11th February 2022.

All Action Tutoring staff must have a DBS check. Should you be aware of any incidents, cautions or convictions that would appear on your DBS check, you should notify us with your application.

Duties and responsibilities

- Responsible for the delivery of Action Tutoring’s tutoring programmes in partner schools, whether online or face to face. This includes working closely to manage all key stakeholders: schools, pupils and volunteer tutors; regularly attending weekly face to face and online tutoring sessions; leading on reviewing and improving programme delivery, using data to reliably assess programme performance.
- Support the Action Tutoring Recruitment Team with focused recruitment of volunteer tutors.
- Manage the tutor sign-up process to assign tutors to upcoming tutoring programmes, working with the Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator on local volunteer recruitment.
- Deliver training for tutors on an on-going basis.
- Develop and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders in partner schools, including members of the Senior Leadership Team and subject teachers.
- Update and maintain Action Tutoring’s database, including collecting data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, such as attendance records, baseline and interim assessments and end of programme surveys. Reporting regularly on key performance indicators.
- Work with the Bristol Programme Manager on business development, approaching new schools that might be interested in working with Action Tutoring.
- Proactively report to the Bristol Programme Manager on the details of Action Tutoring’s operations in your partner schools.
- Any other responsibilities reasonably deemed necessary.

Person specification

Qualifications criteria:
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent experience).
- A*-C in maths and English at GCSE (or equivalent experience ).
- Right to work in the UK.

About you
Being the sole representative for a partner school, you will need to use your ability to work independently and with initiative, often organising your own time to meet deadlines. You’ll also need to have a strong aptitude for developing relationships with a range of stakeholders ensuring you uphold high standards of communication and adapt your style for different audiences. The nature of this role will also require you to demonstrate adaptability, resilience and the ability to cope with some uncertainty.

This position would suit you if you’re looking to develop your experience in the education or charity sectors. Existing experience of working with young people and/or project management in a charity or education setting would be an asset.
As a charity that values and celebrates people's diversity and champions opportunities for all young people, we are keen to receive applications from people who have experienced disadvantage and from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.

If you are dedicated to ensuring young people from all backgrounds reach a meaningful level of academic attainment and are passionate about bringing about this change, please apply today or get in touch for more information.

DESIRABLE:
- Experience of working with young people and/or project management.
- Evidence of an interest in education and/or the third sector.

Benefits

- Hybrid working
We offer a flexible combination of office and home based working.
- Holiday
25 days holiday a year (plus UK public holidays), increasing by a day for each complete year of service (up to three extra days).
- Flexitime and TOIL
We have a flexible policy for working hours, and offer TOIL where staff have to work particularly early in the day or late in the evening, so that they can reclaim those hours at another time.
- Team away days
The whole team across the UK gets together three times a year.
- Pensions
We have a workplace pension scheme with a 3% employer contribution.
- Culture of celebrating
Regular thanks and praise and monthly recognition of ’heroes’ to celebrate employees going above and beyond.
- Knowledge-sharing
Lots of opportunities to learn from others in the organisation, including policy briefings, shadowing colleagues and peer-to-peer development.
- Socials
Team socials around team days, regular bring-and-share team lunches and other activities.
-Proofreading Team
As well as checking the accuracy of all content Action Tutoring shares with external audiences, our proofreading team supports individuals who would value an extra pair of eyes on their writing.
-Ad hoc projects
Interested in other exciting topics relevant to our charity? Then join one of our working groups (including policy, diversity and inclusion, curriculum and training, socials, data and insights) and support with ongoing projects.

How to apply

Please click apply and submit your CV and a letter outlining (max 1 page A4):
(When uploading one document, please click 'upload', rather than 'finish application' to make sure that it attaches, and to allow you to upload another document.)
1) Your ability to 'spin different plates' simultaneously, including clear examples of past experiences.
2) Your ability to be resilient when things are not going the way you thought, including clear examples of past experiences OR Your experience of managing diverse stakeholders, including clear examples of past experiences
3) Tell us about how our organisational values are in line with your values
Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help you with making the application process work for you.

Savera UK is a leading national charity (no.1145564) tackling culturally-specific abuse in the UK, including forced marriage and female genital mutilation. We advocate for those who need a voice and offer a completely confidential and non-judgemental service.

As an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of our service users.
                                                 
Job Summary:

The post holder’s overall responsibilities will be to coordinate and manage all aspects of the volunteers and community outreach, including: supervision; recruitment of volunteers and community champions; engaging with communities to raise awareness of Savera UK, ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices; and working together and supporting the Savera UK team and management. 

Accountabilities: 

Volunteering and Outreach: 

• To identify needs, priorities and timescales for recruitment of volunteers;

• To develop a volunteer advertising and recruitment plan tailored to the needs of the locality, including succession planning, to ensure a sustainable approach to volunteering;

• To organise recruitment events and activities as required;

• To ensure that induction, support, learning and development opportunities are tailored to needs;

• Liaising with appropriate services and communities to promote the work of Savera UK and to develop partnerships;

• To work and engage with communities and group to address HBA and harmful practices;

• To identify and recruit volunteers and community champions to become part of and support Savera UK to deliver its vision and mission;

• To develop and create new ways of volunteering, including using a digital approach;

• To facilitate and take part in local activities and events to promote the work of Savera UK; 

• To support the development of Savera UK’s volunteering strategy and the policy and volunteer framework; 

• To review and develop Savera UK’s volunteer training, including volunteer induction programs and training accreditation;   

• To develop collaborative local and regional partnerships;

• To review and develop appropriate volunteering roles to respond to Savera UK’s needs and service gaps;

• To review and develop Savera UK’s local, national and international Student Internship Programme;

• To identify and develop key relationships with local volunteer agencies in order to identify opportunities for mutual support and development.

Management:

• To manage and coordinate all aspects of the Volunteer and Community Outreach Project;

• To provide and manage recruitment, induction, supervision and appraisals of all volunteers and those on student placements who you have responsibility for;

• To ensure all existing policies and procedures for volunteers and outreach are up to date and implemented; 

• To report to and keep the CEO fully updated on Savera UK’s volunteering and community outreach activities and programmes on a weekly/regular basis;

• To manage all training and development requests for volunteers and students who you have responsibility for; 

• To liaise with all our existing partners/professionals to ensure service delivery; 

• To strengthen our existing relationships and build new partnerships with links to local priorities where possible and appropriate;

• To monitor and ensure up to date record keeping for all volunteers;

• To manage your own day to day administration and communications.

Organisational and Development:

• To provide evaluation/monitoring and report to the CEO and Board when required; 

• To evaluate and develop the Volunteer and Community Outreach Project, in line with Savera UK’s vision;

• To contribute to and support the delivery of the short/long term Savera UK strategic business plan and communication strategy;

• To uphold the values of Savera UK, and all aspects of its confidentiality and data protection policies at all times, for clients and the business of the organisation;

• To maintain and advance the public profile of the organisation across all levels;

• To work closely with the wider team of Savera UK and to participate and contribute to all levels of communication and engagement;

• To ensure that all materials and communications used are accurate and always represent and reflect Savera UK branding;

• To support the development and delivery of training and awareness raising and to undertake presentations, as required by the CEO;

• To attend relevant meetings and partnership groups;

• To present at Board meetings when required;

• To support with funding bids as required;

• To support in providing monitoring and evaluation reports to external funders.

Health and Safety: 

• To be familiar with relevant policies concerning health and safety at work, safeguarding and relevant health-related policies;

• To act as the main point of contact for the Volunteer and Community Outreach Project, regarding external/partner issues, and to share information with the CEO;

• To assess and manage all risks related to volunteers, students, and anyone else that you have responsibility for; 

• To be the first point of contact for any safeguarding concerns, and report to the appropriate and responsible person, in line with Savera UK’s safeguarding policy.

General/other:

• To undertake training as identified and approved by the CEO and Board;

• To carry out any other duties commensurate with the role, as required by the CEO and Board. Those with a particular skill/interest coming into Savera UK will have the opportunity, where appropriate, to develop that skill, in line with service requirements.

Review arrangements:

The details contained in this job description reflect the contents of this job at the date of being prepared. It is however possible that over time the nature of the job will change. At that time the CEO/Savera UK’s Board will expect to revise this job description in consultation with the post holder.

Closing date: 12pm on Wednesday 19th January 2022. Interviews will take place the following week.

Please visit our website for more information, including a copy of the Person Specification.

To apply:

To apply, please download and complete the Application Form and Equal Opportunities and Monitoring Form on our website and return them to us by 12pm on Wednesday 19th January 2022. 

Please note, we do not accept CVs. 

We encourage all women to apply, in particular those from underrepresented groups. Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post. Savera UK is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Registered address: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2AH

Company Number 7564891 Charity Number 1145564

TreeHouse School  has an excellent opportunity for a Learning Support Coordinator that is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of autistic children and young people.  

We are an Ofsted 'Outstanding', award winning school for children and young people aged 3-19 with a primary diagnosis of autism, some of whom have additional disabilities. We believe that every child and young person attending TreeHouse School deserves a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life. Our person-centred educational approach ensures we focus on the individual pupils and learners requirements at all times.  

Our school is growing and we are looking for an adaptable and confident Learning Support Coordinator to join our dedicated team. You will work alongside a transdisciplinary team to support our pupils and learners to achieve outstanding outcomes.

As Learning Support Coordinator your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a team of Teaching and Behaviour Support staff
• Ensuring the delivery of a high-quality service via person-centred programmes 
• Maintaining excellent levels of care and support that follow agreed practices and protocols
• Working directly with our pupils and learners as well as providing ground support in a management capacity

What we are looking for:  

• Excellent experience supporting, managing and coaching teams in a service for autistic children and young people, with the ability to lead, motivate and performance-manage effectively
• Experience of working directly with autistic children and young people with a willingness to undertake direct care tasks, as well as participating in both classroom and community-based sessions
• Experience of supporting children and young people who can engage in a range of behaviours that challenge using a positive behaviour support approach 
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to stay calm and focused and to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders
• The commitment and flexibility to provide high-quality person-centred support 

Why join us? 

• Competitive salary with an annual review 
• We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities support your personal and professionally evelopment. 
• Annual staff recognition awards
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000
• Season ticket loans
• A wide range of wellness programmes both in person and online including: community groups, virtual fitness classes, arts and cooking challenges 
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life
• Access to free of charge physiotherapy
• Free on-site parking

Key dates: 

Role Closes: Friday 21st January 2022, 12PM 

First stage interview (In person at TreeHouse School): Wednesday 26th January 2022

To find out more about this position please find attached the recruitment pack entailing the role details. For an informal discussion regarding this exciting role, please find contact details within the recruitment pack. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. 

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification. 

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance. 

The Role

In this role you will be generating new income from companies, helping to develop strategic corporate partnerships and be effective at pitching and presenting at a senior level.  You’ll work across all partnerships, including Charity of the Year, pharmaceutical partnerships, sponsorship and CRM opportunities, in order to develop and build high value relationships and increase engagement for long-term support.  You will also be responsible for managing certain existing corporate partner relationships and providing first class day-to-day account stewardship.

About you

The perfect candidate will be experienced and competent in corporate fundraising as you will be responsible for supporting the Corporate Fundraising team to diversify our current corporate portfolio. We will also consider applications from candidates with relevant transferable skills in account management and new business acquisition. You will have excellent communication and organisational and time management skills.  A driven individual, you will be tenacious, ambitious and resilient to enable you to maximise income from opportunities and your enthusiasm, motivation and networking skills to build excellent relationships will be valuable in this area.

If you like the sound of this position and think you have what we are looking for then we would love to hear from you.

We are excited to be recruiting for two Coordinator positions to join our Tutor Engagement and Student Success and Academic Development and School Partnerships teams. In our ‘Join The Club’ strategy we have set out our ambition for university access, focusing on the two goals: working with more pupils than ever before and extending our support across the student journey; this will only be successfully delivered by working together with our key stakeholders. Ensuring that we continually deliver high quality programmes and projects is key to this strategy. 
 
The Coordinator roles will support the Teaching and Learning across The Scholars Programme and Brilliant Tutoring Programme and support Student Success and Academic Development and School Partnerships teams, helping to ensure all strategic priorities are effectively delivered. These roles will lead on several administrative processes to ensure the development and effective tracking of the stakeholder relationships – with schools, universities and other partners – that are key to running our programmes.
 
We require driven and dynamic team players, with excellent organisation skills. The successful candidates will champion the charity’s values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners. 
 
This is a great opportunity to join The Brilliant Club team, as we become the UK’s largest university access movement. We are looking forward to meeting great candidates who are excited to join us as we help more young people progress to university and thrive when they get there.
 
We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Person Specification 

Time and Resource Management

• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resource
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management

• Comfortable handling external and internal enquiries, including connecting them with the right person 
• Understand the main stakeholders at The Brilliant Club, particularly the PhD researcher community

Communication

• Writes and speaks clearly, coherently and accurately
• Adheres to rules and policies for confidentiality, data protection and information security
• Confidently adapts content, tone and delivery of written communication to the needs of the recipients 

Initiative and Problem Solving

• Proactively identifies problems in processes, and identifies and enacts possible solutions 
• Effectively uses systems and structures to solve problems in a timely manner
• Ability to spot inefficiencies in systems, implement improvements and evaluate processes
• Responds quickly to solve problems, seeking advice and input from relevant stakeholders as required
• Actively looks for ways to help others, seeking advice as required

Developing Self and Others

• Self-reflective and committed to own professional development

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Essential – Ability to deal with sensitive issues and to demonstrate strict confidentiality
• Essential – Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Desirable – Good working knowledge of ICT systems, including CRM software

Role specific Experience and Qualifications

• Essential – Two years’ work experience or undergraduate degree 
• Essential – Experience of managing short- and long-term projects
• Essential – Experience of managing multiple competing priorities 
• Desirable – Previous experience of managing events
• Desirable – Previous experience of working with young people or in schools

Services Manager NHS Hub

£33,782 per annum (pay award pending)

37 hours per week

Permanent

Leeds

Ref: INSBG703246

Exciting Opportunity!

Are you an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about the provision of exceptional support for people who have mental health issues?

We are looking for a creative and innovative individual with effective management skills and will have overall leadership responsibility for the effective operational running of our NHS HUB Accommodation Gateway services.

As an experienced manager of mental health services you will have a proven track record in negotiating contracts, implementing and delivering services to a high standard, and building and maintaining positive partnership working.

In return for your exceptional work you’ll receive a competitive salary and you'll be part of a growing, friendly and talented team.

If you think you can do a remarkable job for us and our partners we would love to hear from you.

You will be joining Community Links, an award winning, leading mental health provider working across the region of Yorkshire and the Humber whose core values are: People, Integrity, Collaboration and Passion.

Closing Date 23:59 Sunday 23rd January 2022

Interviews to be held week commencing 11th February 2022

We aim for our workforce to reflect the diverse and exciting region we serve