As the Schools Project Officer you will further develop the Lambeth Young Carers’ Schools Project.Funded by the Walcot Foundation, our young carers schools project aims to reduce the negative impacts of caring on young carers’ education, thereby increasing the opportunities to reach their potential.  The project has 3 core elements:

• A programme of awareness raising in schools targeting both staff and pupils, delivered through assemblies and workshops for school staff.
• A programme of peer support groups taking place in schools to enable young carers to connect with others in the same situation and share their experiences in a supported environment, reducing their sense of isolation and creating the opportunity for new friendships to develop.
• Intensive one to one support with a cohort of young carers who have the highest levels of need.

The project works with secondary school children aged 11 - 16 who are from low income households.

If you are looking for a fast paced, rewarding project that will make a lasting difference to young carers, we would love to hear from you. 

This post is 21 hours per week 

Closing date: Monday 20th July 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Tuesday 28th July 2020

Building For Cornwall’s Cultural Future – New Appeal, New Theatre, New Challenge

In Spring 2021, we will throw open our doors to showcase a totally transformed public space where everyone is welcome. A theatre our county truly deserves, the place our young people need, the place where everyone – regardless of background, interest or experience – can dream big again. And we all need that more than ever right now.

We are about to embark on a new appeal to help support the final act in delivering our Capital transformation and we need an engaging personality to lead and champion our community fundraising activity within Cornwall. Using the soon to be launched regional appeal, you will immediately drive community fundraising growth with your excellent communication, motivation and fundraising skills.

With experience of supporter stewardship, event conduct and volunteer management, the new Community Fundraising Manager will take a pivotal role in the delivery of the new appeal and re-opening of Hall For Cornwall in Spring 2021, before embarking on the new community fundraising strategy for the years ahead.

If you are ready for this new challenge, please send your CV, a covering letter outlining how your experience matches the job description and knowledge and skills needed. Please also download and send the Equal Opportunities monitoring form.

Recruitment during COVID-19 restrictions

During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be by video call.

Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place.

About us

This post can based at any of our Skylights which are at the following locations London, Brent, Croydon, Oxford, Merseyide, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Coventry, Birmingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis is expanding its enterprise team looking at new ways to collaborate with start-ups and become more entrepreneurial ourselves. We already operate nine charity shops, two training cafes and a furniture restoration business. We even have a grants programme to enable people experiencing homeless to leap into self-employment. And we know there is more we can do to use entrepreneurship to end homelessness.

About the role
This is an exciting new position in our ambitious and expanding enterprise team that is committed to finding more innovative and entrepreneurial ways to end homelessness.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, growing and engaging Crisis’ entrepreneurial community of staff, members and external supporters in our mission to demonstrate how entrepreneurship can end homelessness. You will manage and implement a programme of activities and events in line with the Entrepreneurship strategy. You will also manage the internal and external communication channels.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.

About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience in developing entrepreneurial communities online and offline. You will be experienced in organising and promoting events locally and nationally. And you can confidently use Twitter and Instagram and other channels. You will be seeking an exciting new challenge, working in a fast paced and agile team and you will be willing to support new initiatives from across the organisation.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team through the Crisis website

Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2020 (11.59pm)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Community Southwark is the infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Southwark. We aim to bring about positive change for people living in Southwark by championing, supporting and working with the wonderful and diverse organisations and individuals that make up the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Southwark.

We support non-profit organisations to run effectively, efficiently, sustainably and legally through providing a range of activities including training, face-to-face advice, online resources, holding events for information and engagement as well as hosting networks and working groups and providing policy insights and influence.

We also work with individuals and informal groups on social action, engagement, supporting campaigns, providing information on how you can get involved in improving your community and more.

We are a champion for the sector and look to ensure we have a seat at the right table on its behalf.

Please see attached recruitment pack for a full introduction to our charity and details on how to apply for the role. You can also click on 'Apply', which will take you to our website.  

Job Description

Responsible to: Director of Development & Partnerships
Salary: £28,771 pro rata for 4 days per week
Contract Duration: Permanent (subject to satisfactory probation)
Hours: Part time, 28 hours per week (days negotiable)
Direct reports: None
Location: 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, London, SE5 0HF. Some travel will be required.

Please note: This post may need to work from home following Covid-19 guidelines. Meetings may be held online, and travel may be limited to essential only.

Benefits: pro rata of 30 days holiday (exclusive of public/bank holidays) per annum, Flexible working, Pension – Employer contribution: 5%, Cycle to Work Scheme, and pro rata of 2 Volunteering Days per annum.

Main Purpose of Role
This role will lead on developing our networks and policy and influence work in order to benefit the voluntary and community sector in Southwark.
This includes:
• Delivering the organisation’s policy research function and to ensure relevance and quality in relation to voluntary and community sector strategies and plans.
• Working at a strategic level with the voluntary and community sector and public sector organisations on a variety of strategies, policies and plans.
• Developing and utilising communication channels and providing quality information to staff, members and key external stakeholders.

Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Research and Information
• To co-ordinate and manage policy research and analysis work (this may include managing policy research volunteers);
• To convert research findings into strategic outcomes and prepare written reports and policy documents for a variety of audiences;
• To analyse and interpret data sets generated through surveys;
• To undertake small scale primary research projects that inform CS on, for example, the nature of the local voluntary and community sector;
• To develop and maintain effective systems for gathering, analysing and reviewing and storing information;
• To engage with CS members to support their data and information requirements;
• To come up with implementable recommendations from research;
• To work with the sector on a variety of research projects;
• To use evidence to future forecast and proactively engage the sector;
• Develop and deliver training, workshops, online resources and other materials to inform the sector.

Policy and Influence
• To network and liaise with stakeholders, promoting and advocating for the VCS;
• To develop a wide range of relevant policy briefings for CS staff and members;
• To develop strategies and action plans relating to CS’s policy and research work that support the sector locally to thrive;
• To help coordinate the development of a number of the high-level agendas in partnership with statutory partners, for example around voluntary sector business premises, or the local compact;
• To identify and support representatives from the sector to sit on relevant boards and meetings, feeding back to the sector;
• To proactively engage with the sector and harness its expertise to ensure recommendations and actions are implemented that further the influence of the VCS and contribute to being equal partners.

Network and Partnership Development
• To provide secretariat functions for CS’s networks (currently 12 and more in development) and Southwark Voice – meetings of representatives of the Networks;
• To hold appropriate forums and meetings as required;
• To bring organisations together to tackle key issues faced by Southwark Communities;
• Attend relevant Boards and meetings, disseminating information to and from relevant parts of sector and within CS;
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and sector;

Project Co-ordination
• Develop a framework to evaluate the impact of this work;
• Collect, collate, monitor and review data on the outputs and impact of the project to meet the evaluation requirements;
• Supervise, support and develop volunteers to carry out research and other projects related to this work;
• Work across CS to ensure policy and influence work contributes to all aspects of our work;

General
• To support Community Southwark’s mission, vision, values and strategic objectives;
• To undertake other tasks from time to time and as appropriate, that may be required by management in line with the goals of the organisation
• To work within all of Community Southwark’s policies, in particular the Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality policies, and help to ensure that diversity and equality of opportunity is integral to the organisation’s work
• Work to administration and communication protocols efficiently to ensure that organisational systems and procedures are implemented
• To contribute to developing and managing an electronic database (AirTable), ensuring that all data is correct before inputting into Community Southwark’s systems.

Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Needed:

• Understanding of the work of the voluntary & community sector (VCS)
• Knowledge of policy in relation to the voluntary and community sector and local and national governments
• Experience of identifying and developing relationships with key stakeholders
• Experience in researching and presenting information to influence decision-makers
• Ability to interpret research, legislation and policy and present it in an accessible way
• Ability to confidently communicate with a range of people in a variety of ways i.e. facilitate networks, workshops and focus group, 1-2-1 etc.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills both written and oral
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a complex set of competing priorities within a flexible framework

Personal Qualities

• Strong team player, capable of leading and decision making whilst also considering wider issues and impact on individuals
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a complex set of competing priorities within a flexible framework
• High level listening, influencing and negotiating skill; positive, flexible and proactive attitude
• Strong networking and influencing skills
• Reliability
• A full commitment to equality of opportunity with practical ideas for its implementation within the scope of the post
• Flexible work ethic, every day can be different
• Ability to create new opportunities and be able to run with them
• Independent yet a team worker
• Proactive in putting ideas and thoughts into actions and solutions

We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people and people from the LGBT community.

IMPORTANT: We are committed to ensuring our recruitment procedure is completely free from risks of unconscious bias. We therefore kindly ask you to remove your name and any indication of your gender, ethnicity or other personal information from both your CV and Cover Letter, that's not related to your work experience or skill set. 

Please just confirm your name and contact details in the email you send to us, so we can contact you with the outcome of your application when it's been reviewed by the hiring panel.

Since Engineers Without Borders UK was established over 15 years ago, people and community have been at the heart of what we do and how we do it. We would not be where we are today without the hard work of many hundreds of people who have volunteered their time to build our movement and benefit people through our training and project work, to date this extends to over 67,000 people. We’re now significantly increasing that number annually, so we’re looking for a Community & Activities Officer to join our team and increase our capacity to support our members and wider community to listen, learn and take collective action in support of ensuring engineering serves all people and our planet .

AS OUR COMMUNITY & ACTIVITIES OFFICER YOU WILL:

• Liaise with our community, building and maintaining relationships with and between individuals in our community, including our members, student members and academics.
• Support the key administrative processes associated with our community activities and programmes.
• Maintain and update records of community activities for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
• Coordinate our presence in universities.
• Facilitate engagement of our youth outreach initiative.
• Support in the delivery of the Engineering for People Design challenge.
• Support with the logistics, participant registrations and preparing the resources for events.
• Support the running of analytics and evaluation of results.
• Support with building a database based on relevant criteria and then take over management of this database to respond to and manage speaker requests throughout the year.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

We value a positive working environment for everyone on our team. We therefore expect all staff to demonstrate the following characteristics: passionate about our purpose, creative, team player, respectful, inquisitive, professional, open and dependable. We expect this of new hires and you can expect this from your team mates. You can expect support throughout your time with us, including an induction, regular feedback, weekly team meetings and peer nominated recognitions.

TO APPLY

Please read the full job description and person specification for furhter details egarding the role and our organisation, then send a CV (two pages maximum) and a covering letter (up to two pages) with the job title in the subject line. Please outline clearly in your covering letter:

• Your reasons for wanting to join the team at Engineers Without Borders UK
• How you meet the role description and person specification
• Your availability to be interviewed during the week of 3 August (virtually and/or in London)
• Your eligibility to work in the UK
• Where you saw the role advertised

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for details of why and how we collect and store your data.

Engineers Without Borders UK is committed to selecting candidates for employment based on aptitude and ability, irrespective of gender, race, ethnic origin, disability, nationality, sexuality, religion or belief, marital status or social class.

The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) is hiring a manager to lead our efforts to build a global community of reformers driving change in the multi-trillion dollar colossus that is public contracting.

We are a fast moving, ambitious and impact driven organization.

Public contracting is huge. It covers one in every three dollars spent by government and is central to economic opportunity, a fair business environment and delivering quality services to citizens. It underpins the roads, schools and hospitals on which we all rely. It is still run on paper and the needs of citizens are rarely considered. We can change all that but we can’t do it alone which is why community building is so important to us.

We are looking for a creative, high energy, organized professional who has a great track record in curating communities. You will be a strategic thinker and a real doer, someone who takes initiatives to develop and implement creative ideas to connect and empower a community of diverse reformers and make it more than the sum of its parts.

We already have a strong community across government, civil society, media, academia, technologists, the private sector and other stakeholder groups. We want to take their engagement and empowerment to the next level.

Our organizational strategy has ambitious community building targets and you will be responsible for helping us to meet and exceed them. You will facilitate in-person and online events and run social media campaigns in key countries and at the global level. You will be someone who listens to and acts upon feedback of our community on how we can best support them to accelerate their work and impact.

We want to be surprised by your ideas, impressed by your ability to execute and inspired by how you collaborate with community members and our team.

For an exceptional candidate, we will hire at our Senior Manager level.

Job location is flexible and you can be employed through the UK, US or elsewhere.

Apply through the link below and good luck!

https://open-contracting-partnership.forms.fm/community-manager/forms/8050 

Who are we?

Recently named Third Sector Charity of the Year 2018, we are a rapidly growing charity, committed to moving further, faster to accelerate change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. We know that a cure can’t wait. By recruiting a team that ‘can’, we can and will find one sooner.

Our exciting job role!

The Community Fundraiser for Wales and the Mid-Counties will be integral in building relationships with our community to generate and grow our income and raise awareness within the region.  You will support the recruit new supporters and nurture existing relationships within our community.  The following postcodes are included within this region: LL, CF, SY, HR, LD, WR, NP, SA, GL, SN, OX, RG.

This role is full-time, 37.5 hours, and will be home-based within the region, with some out of hours working and travel to our Fleet (Hampshire) office.

What we'd like from you:

It’s simple – we’re looking for the people who ‘can’. We want the talented, the energetic and the ambitious. We need the inspired and the inspirational – the people who completely embrace our values, offer a great cultural fit and who are determined to make real and lasting change for our community. 

According to the job description you should also have a proven track record in community fundraising, be good at juggling a myriad of competing priorities and work well under pressure to meet deadlines. 

If this is for you, we’d love to hear from you!

What we'd like to give you:

- Salary c.£24,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – pro rata for part-time contracts (we also close at Christmas in return for you volunteering 3 charity days per year*)

- Generous pension contribution*

- Life assurance cover*

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Loads of other great benefits, plus an amazing culture to work in, a great team and lots of fun (and cake!)

How to apply to join our amazing team:

Please apply online attaching your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.

The Brain Tumour Charity particularly encourages applications from minority ethnic groups and underrepresented communities.

Advert close date: Wednesday, 15th July 2020

First interview date and location: Wednesday, 22nd July 2020 via Zoom – tbc

Second interview date and location: tbc

Please note, early applications are encouraged and interviews will commence before the closing date if and when suitable candidates are identified.

More about us:

Visit our website careers pages to find out more about our culture and what it’s like to be part of our amazing tea.

Don’t forget to check out our short videos (you can find the on our You Tube channel) to find out more about our culture and what it is like to work at The Brain Tumour Charity.

Did you know that in addition to being recently crowned Third Sector Charity of the Year, we have won a variety of other awards and have been ranked a top global organisation by renowned management consultants McKinsey? Whilst we’re not boasting, we are particularly proud that our HeadSmart campaign scooped the NHS Innovation Award, a Third Sector Excellence Award and a Charity Times Award (well, maybe we’re boasting a little bit!).

For more information please visit our website.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of receiving a sufficient number of applications and may extend the advert if we don't find our perfect team mate!

We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.

*subject to qualifying criteria

Nugent is one of the leading charities in the North West of England. We fulfil a major social welfare role by providing care to people of all ages and acting as a major employer.

We are currently recruiting for: Individual Giving and Data Insight Officer

Hours of work: 37 hours per week

Location of role: Edge Lane, Liverpool 

The Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Team have a crucial role to play in delivering the income generation targets that will help support some of the vital work that Nugent does to support the vulnerable and less advantaged in our communities across the North West region, through our schools, homes and community services.

To achieve success for our service users we need a team of driven and ambitious professionals to complement our current team, people who can lead in their fields of expertise, support our services and help us be outstanding.

This new and specialised role will steward and develop a pipeline of individual supporters, to support a programme of regular givers, in memory donations, legacies and gifts in lieu. Ensuring compliance with GDPR and supporting the rest of the team in the stewarding of donors - events, corporate and community.

The successful candidate will oversee the management and growth of the Harlequin database and ensure that our procedures are GDPR compliant. You will create campaigns to grow our supporters and work in line with our strategic targets.

What we offer:

• Salary of £26,491- £28,462 per annum
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Competitive Terms & Conditions
• Career Progression opportunities

Closing Date for completed applications 10:00am on Thursday 16th July 2020  

The assessment day for this position will be held on Monday 27th July 2020. If successful through the assessment you will be invited to a formal interview on Thursday 30th July 2020.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourage applications from underrepresented groups.

Nugent actively promotes the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children.

Healthwatch Richmond is the consumer champion for health and social care in Richmond upon Thames. It gives the community a strong voice to influence and challenge how local care services are designed and run and the power to hold providers of local health and social care to account.

Through planning and delivering a programme of outreach and engagement activities and communications you'll gather the views and experiences of people who use NHS and social care to identify trends. With support from our Chief Officer and volunteers you'll undertake targeted projects and service reviews to develop an evidence based to inform the development of, or improve NHS and social care for our community.

You’ll produce Healthwatch Richmond’s communications, writing articles about the work you’re involved in and collating news stories for publication in media, newsletters, bulletins and online. Through this work you'll help to raise awareness of Healthwatch and help people to get the support that they need.

As part of a small organisation you will be involved in many aspects of our challenging and constantly evolving, but ultimately very rewarding work. The ability to pick-up new skills and approaches, adapt and find pragmatic solutions is essential to the role.

Are you concerned about the climate emergency affecting our planet? Are you passionate about using your communications skills to work for a more just world? Do you believe in the power of faith-based organisations to inspire people to work for social justice?

We are looking for a talented Communications and Campaigns Officer to join our small but dynamic team to help deliver our exciting strategy and to raise awareness of our campaigns.

You will have a passion for social justice, proven media and communications skills and a strong desire to help drive social change and campaign relentlessly for a better world.

We are Jesuit Missions - the international mission and development office of the Jesuits in Britain - and part of the worldwide Roman Catholic religious order known as the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits. For over 50 years, JM has accompanied poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We also work to challenge the root causes of poverty, inequality and injustice in partnership with local partners in the Global South by running campaigns in the UK in support of change.

The role is varied and challenging, but a great opportunity to develop your skills and abilities.

You’ll lead in the delivery of our communications strategy and be heavily involved in our campaigns around climate change and ethical investment.

Ideally, you will have:

• worked in a press office / PR environment 
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• great copy writing ability and up-to-date digital skills to optimise our website / social media
• a demonstrable interest in International Development
• an understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and/or the Jesuits
• the energy and ideas to organise campaigns which engage our existing supporters and attract new ones

The role is based in our office in Wimbledon, south London although some flexibility is required in light of the situation with COVID-19.

If this fires your passion and you'd like to apply, or find out more, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply: Please send an up-to-date CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria set out in the job description. Please include the names and contact details of two referees one of whom should be your latest employer. References will not be taken up without the candidate’s permission.

See attached Job description for more details.

Role: Senior Outreach Officer (IMPACT) (Bristol)
Salary: FTE circa £24,000 per annum
Hours: 15 or 18.75 hours per week (depending on the applicant’s requirements)
Contract Type: Fixed term to 30th June 2022
Operational Area: West of England
Location: Bristol
Reference:  WOFE03

Role Description:

The Integrating Migrant People through Activities to Connect & Thrive (IMPACT) project aims to support 600 migrants (Third Country Nationals) by assisting them to integrate into UK society through a programme of holistic activities, coordinated and delivered through 3 key areas: Language, Preparation for Work and Cultural/Community activities. IMPACT will be delivered in two areas, West London and Bristol, and is funded by AMIF (the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund).

This role is a job share post with another Senior Outreach Officer. We are looking for a proactive and confident Senior Outreach Officer to co-lead on the recruitment, engagement and registration of Third Country Nationals (migrant people) onto IMPACT with our other Senior Outreach Officer. The Senior Outreach Officers will also lead on the establishment and maintenance of partnerships across the migrant and wider community and also voluntary organisations. They will also work with the IMPACT team to deliver various aspects and components of the project.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, with experience in community outreach and engagement, including working with and supporting Third Country Nationals and/or migrant communities. They will be a confident communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills and a good track record of building and maintaining successful partnerships and relationships with key external stakeholders. They will also have experience in establishing and implementing robust monitoring and evaluation processes, including reporting to funders.

Individuals who have had first-hand lived experience of immigration systems are encouraged to apply. Being able to speak Levantine Arabic is desirable but not essential.

Main Duties

• Lead the recruitment, engagement and registration of 300 migrants onto the IMPACT project in Bristol.
• Build partnerships with community and voluntary sector organisations supporting migrants.

In return we offer:

• 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays
• A contributory pension scheme
• Scope to continuing development of your professional skills

Closing Date: 19th July
Interview Date: phone calls w/c 27th July and interviews w/c 3rd August

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to our site. There you can download the application pack.

Groundwork South is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable groups. In line with our Safer Recruitment & Selection Policy and Procedure, successful applicants are subject to references and an enhanced with barred lists disclosure check.

CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response.

Groundwork South is committed to transforming people’s lives and places through social, economic and environmental action. In terms of development and delivery of these projects we work across three business themes, Parks & Open Spaces, Youth & Employment and Greener Living & Working.

We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment, we have been awarded the Disability Confident Scheme Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application. We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery.

Groundwork South is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age. A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy may also be made available to candidates on request.

Contract type: Permanent (subject to six months’ probation)
Working hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
Starting salary: £27,000 per annum (FTE)
Deadline for application: 13.07.2020 (4.00pm)
Flexible working applications including job shares are welcome.

A strong personal connection with East London would be a real asset, and candidates should bring a passion for working with and engaging the diverse community around us and an understanding of their needs. 

For further information, please visit our website vacancy page via the Apply button.

Closing date: Monday 13th July 2020 (4.00pm)

Campus Engagement Manager

GSU is looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to join the Student activities team, focusing on GSU’s ‘Building Better Communities’ Project which is going into its second year of delivery.  The aim of this project is to provide high quality support for initiatives currently provided for users of the Avery Hill campus and to deliver a range of events, activities and initiatives to further boost the student community at Avery Hill campus for residents and day users alike.  As part of this project, the Campus Engagement Manager will be recruited to head up the implementation of activity.

The role is a one-year fixed term contract with a large focus on the following skill sets:

• Project management
• Stakeholder management
• Operational delivery
• Temporary staff management
• Logistical and operational oversight

Contract: Full Time (35 Hours per week), one-year fixed term contract or secondment.

Salary: £26,785 - £29,588 per annum

Location: Southwood Site, Avery Hill campus

Job Purpose:

To provide high quality support for initiatives currently provided for users of the Avery Hill campus and to deliver a range of events, activities and initiatives to further boost the student community at Avery Hill campus for residents and day users alike.

Reports to: Student Activities Manager

Responsible for: Temporary PT Student Staff and Volunteers

Department/Service: Membership Services

Location: Avery Hill Campus – Eltham

Terms: 1 year fixed term contract or secondment

1 Duties and key responsibilities

Events and Activities:

• Build a programme of a variety of events to be delivered at the Avery Hill campus
• Deliver a programme of events targeted at students studying on campus with a range of types of events during different types of the day. 
• Deliver a programme of events targeted at the student communities utilising the campus
• Work closely with the Residents team to support their ResLife programme of events to provide positive experiences to those living at Avery Hill
• Curate and deliver a range of small, medium and large-scale events to bring the campus to life including but not exclusive to:
  • Organise and ensure the success of a week-long International festival at the Avery hill campus, linking in with the Academic communities coordinator to deliver parity of offer across the campuses.
  • Support the celebrating of the end of exams with an event and activity outside of the students’ exam halls 

• Work in partnership with Faculty Leads to build and develop a programme of events and activities through Academic Societies, relevant to the demographic of students within the Faculty
• Working collaboratively with the Academic Communities Coordinator to ensure further delivery of AH based academic communities events
• Help facilitate recreational student sporting activity on campus
• Project lead Avery Hill based campaigns and showcases
• Build a communications plan to promote these events and activities as well as showcasing the activities on University and Students’ Union communication channels
• To coordinate, recruit, train and support a group of Community Ambassadors (Student Staff members)
• Manage the Community Ambassadors to support the engagement of these events and activities
• Be reactive in showcasing successes of students during the year which sit outside of the main events programme

Supporting services

• Set up and manage a campus board who’s focus into enhance the Avery Hill Community and satisfaction of those studying and living at the Campus
• Support the Student Activities Manager and other relevant staff and officers in developing policies and procedures to enable the safe delivery of activities within remit.
• Support the Accommodation team
• Support Activities team with initiatives and deliverables when they relate to the Avery Hill campus
• Support Education and Health faculty to explore extra-curricular activity which could be delivered on campus
• Link with sustainability team to help promote Avery Hill based initiatives
• Link with the sport and recreational team to establish ideal facility usage for project initiatives

Consultation and Impact measurement

• Assess the impact of this events and activities through ongoing reporting mechanisms to the Learning Communities Working Group
• Proactively look for additional opportunities to grow and develop the events programme to foster a community at the University of Greenwich
• Consult with relevant students to guide delivery of events and recommendations for continued activity

Bar provision

• Lead on the delivery of temporary bar provision to go alongside events in the dome.
• Supervise student staff provision within bar
• Act as first point of call for bar delivery provision in Avery Hill

2 General Responsibilities

• Represent and be an ambassador for the Student Activities Team and wider Students’ Union
• Be flexible and carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the position
• Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development
• Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices
• Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
• Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and Project data
• Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE

• Relevant experience working/volunteering in a Students’ Union or a similar organisation
• Planning, delivering and evaluating training
• Coordination of a range of successful events
• Develop and maintain effective systems for collecting, collating and reporting information
• Experience of working with or coordinating diverse groups, and encouraging traditionally hard-to-reach groups

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Clear communication skills face to face and on the phone or email
• Ability to troubleshoot difficult situations, and deal with them calmly, efficiently and effectively
• Writing skills – produce reports and ability to write succinct documents on complex areas
• IT skills at a level that supports report writing, email, internet and database
• Time management and organisational skills
• Ability to engage and motivate others
• Self-motivated with the confidence to work alone but can also work co-operatively and flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to stay focused and efficient in the face on changing priorities. 
• Driving license (preferred not essential)

KNOWLEDGE 

• Knowledge and understanding of issues facing today’s students
• Knowledge of requirements for supporting volunteering projects e.g. Safeguarding and DBS checks
• Understanding of Volunteer Management and motivating volunteers
• People management (may be on a voluntary basis)
• Databases and writing reports
• Web based communications

EDUCATION/TRAINING

• No one specific qualification is required, but evidence of recent continuing professional development in a professional area relevant to the post is required. For example, time management and organization, effective administration, delivering training, reporting methods.
• Personal license (not essential – training can be provided in post)

Other

• Able to travel extensively within the Borough and Region.
• Able to work some evenings and weekends and stay overnight where necessary
• Works well in a team with a flexible approach to work
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities.  An ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work.
• Commitment to the values and ethos of the Organisation

• The post-holder is entitled to 25 days’ leave and the 8 statutory leave days for England. In addition, ‘privilege leave’ over the Christmas and New Year period is also additionally given.
• Leave entitlement increases by 1 day each year for a maximum of 5 years.
• GSU offer a contributory pension scheme. GSU contribution rate is 4% to 6%, the employee minimum rate is 5%.
• Parking and Season Ticket Travel loan available.
• Contribution to eye test and prescription lenses.
• We are committed to facilitating a healthy work-life balance and offers flexible working policies and time off for volunteering, which is also a commitment to continued professional development.
• The post is subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probation period.
• Other terms and conditions are detailed in the contract of employment.

Are you a calm, organised and forward-thinking individual with experience supporting people with complex needs and who are, or have been, rough sleeping? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Welcome to Aquarius as an Engagement Navigator - Rough Sleepers.

 Right now, one of our partners, Aquarius Action Projects, is looking for an Engagement Navigator to join their team. Based in the West Midlands, Aquarius helps people overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling working closely with individuals, family and friends.

Your main objective is to support individuals people aged 18-25 who are currently entrenched rough sleepers to move away from the streets into settled secure accommodation and to access the support they need to remain off the streets. You will achieve this by providing long-term, personalised support which is not time-limited and is flexible enough to meet the changing and complex needs of this client group.

You will allow increased access to key services, including health care, substance misuse services, accommodation and employment and develop the skills and capabilities of each individual. Keeping up to date with, and lead on, emerging clinical practice for the Service and project managing the implementation of any agreed changes within clinical practice, providing training where needed, are also key duties.

 An energetic and confident self-starter, you will have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 4 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we will consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 4 Health and Social Care.

You will have proven experience of individual client work in an addictions or social care setting with adults/young people and sound knowledge of primary, secondary and other outreach settings and alcohol and health-related issues. An excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with strong interpersonal, networking and relationship-building skills, you will also have a flexible, professional and structured approach to your work and actively support the introduction of new ideas, methods and processes to your working practices. Aquarius would welcome applicants who have lived experience of homelessness or related issues.

The salary for this post is £23,420 - £26,804  dependant upon experience.

 This post is offered as a full-time, fixed term contract ending July 2021.

 The closing date for this post is 14th July 2020.

 In return, you can expect some great benefits, including 32 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers, plus exceptional professional development and training opportunities.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website. 

 Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.