Community transport operators have a great story to tell and it is CTA’s job to help them tell it and to support them to develop excellent services that can transform lives and communities. We champion, connect, support and grow a thriving community transport movement across all parts of the UK. 

The purpose of this role is to ensure that our members receive outstanding support and development, including advice, resources, training, forums and events to derive value from their membership. The post-holders collect data from member interactions to improve our services and help us better advocate for and champion community transport.  The role provides a valuable two-way communication channel with members to gather intelligence, promote membership, increase participation in CTA initiatives and market our services and products such as driver training, permits etc.

The work of this post is primarily delivered through grant-funded programmes and, on occasions, separately commissioned projects.

Please see the Recruitment Pack attached for more detailed information about the role and our organisation.

Your application should include:

1. A personal statement that demonstrates how you meet the requirements set out in the ‘Experience’ section of the Person Specification and what you think you will bring to the role.
2. An up to date, detailed CV including all relevant employment history and expertise
 

The Victoria Hall CIO charity is looking for a committed and self starting person to grow use of a brand new community building.  Your aim will be to enable the facilities to be vibrant and well used so that they serve community groups, businesses and organisations in the area.

The charity is keen to bring on board someone with the vision and personality to create a vital new welcoming and dynamic centre. Harrow is a changing and developing place and these facilities are located at the heart of this.

The role involves the practicalities of running a safe venue and the marketing skills to grow regular users and engage with those who want events and activities well run and accessible to a wide range of people.

You will be delivering the day to day running of the facilities, compliance with procedures, ensuring the safety of users and operating a booking system as well as marketing to a high standard and overseeing caretaking.

The Trustees are looking for a person with skills and experience of:

• Running, practically, a community centre or similar facilities.
• Working with stakeholders across all sectors and building positive relationships for mutual benefit (including fundraising) to communities.
• Growing income in voluntary settings.
• IT skills to keep up to date records including in managing money.
• Being a self starter with attention to detail and used to working under your own initiative.
• Marketing and social media skills to engage the target market.
• Developing a team of volunteers.

In return the right person will receive

Opportunities to take the initiative and launch and grow a wonderful new facility and make this a special place.

Salary range; £27,000 - £30,000 depending on experience

Pension contribution

Holiday allocation: 22 days plus bank holidays

The working hours

Working hours: 37 hours per week, to be worked in a flexible pattern to include some evening and 
weekend working

This is a full time contract for 3 years.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the role of Centre Leader in our existing IntoUniversity centre in Brighton. You will have responsibility for running your IntoUniversity centre, including managing your team, planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders and meeting IntoUniversity’s targets for delivery. However, a substantial element of this role is delivering our education programme to children and young people aged 7-18, so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates and/or male candidates as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

The role will be fast-paced and challenging. Each day you will be contributing directly to the success of the charity and the transformation of the lives of some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people. 

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to achieve their potential regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed then we would be delighted to hear from you.

The closing date is on 8th March 2021 at 9am.

The Selection Day will take place on 24th March 2021.

The Start Date will be April 2021 (or as agreed, and is subject to change depending on COVID-19 restrictions).

Please find more information, including how to apply, on our website.

Chief Executive Officer

Salary: £45 – £50,000 per annuum

Hours: 35

Contract: Full time (but will consider part-time, flexible hours and job share)

Annual leave: 30 days

Pension: 5.6%

We are recruiting a new CEO to join our team.

We are a vibrant, forward thinking law centre co-located in Hammersmith Library. We have a strong reputation locally and nationally for providing people in need with legal advice and representation and campaigning on access to justice issues.

The law centre was established in November 1979 to assist those most vulnerable and disadvantaged to access their legal rights, to promote social inclusion and reduce homelessness and poverty. These goals still remain at the core of our vision to uphold equality and social justice.

We have a 40-year history of providing an excellent service to the community. Our patron is Lady Hale, retired president of the Supreme Court.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on the 20th March 2021

Women for Refugee Women is looking for an empathetic and organised Grassroots Support Officer to help us support and empower asylum-seeking and refugee women in London.

Women for Refugee Women is a charity that supports women seeking asylum in the UK and challenges the injustices they experience. We work at the grassroots by empowering refugee women to speak out and advocate for themselves, and through communications and campaigning work that engages the mainstream media and politicians.

This is a new role at WRW, to support the charity in responding to the needs of refugee and asylum-seeking women and in organising WRW’s activities. The purpose of this role is to be the main point of contact by telephone for women in the network, responding to their enquiries and supporting their participation in classes and activities. You will need great communication skills and an empathetic manner, and be organised and efficient with the ability to work calmly in a busy working environment with competing demands on your time.

We are looking for someone who is a calm and clear communicator, and who has a strong commitment to our values of social justice, intersectional feminism and anti-racism.

Women for Refugee Women particularly welcomes applications from individuals with experience of migration and/or a refugee background.

How to apply

You can download the Grassroots Support Officer candidate information pack here.

To apply, please write to joinus(at)refugeewomen(dot) co(dot) uk by 11pm on Tuesday 23 March 2021 with:

• Your CV;
• A covering letter explaining why you want to work with WRW and how you meet the person specification;
• A completed diversity monitoring form (this will not affect or be linked to your application form) – download here.

Interviews will be held between 7-9 April 2021 on Zoom, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Women for Refugee Women is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce. We seek to attract applications from the widest possible talent pool and to appoint on ability irrespective of race, religion, age, disability (including hidden disabilities), marital/civil partnership status, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We particularly welcome applications from women with a refugee background with lived experience of the issues we are tackling who can lead and influence change for the women we serve.

The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.

Our mission is ‘to build a sustainable business to empower disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society’. This is at the heart of everything we do.

Birmingham City Council has been allocated an Emergency Food Assistance and Essential Supplies Grant to support people of all ages who are struggling to afford food and other essentials due to COVID-19 with the intention of establishing two pillars of essential support for the vulnerable citizens: Children & Families and Vulnerable Adults.

As well as being a point of contact for the Emergency Food Assistant Programme in Yardley, the main responsibilities will include connecting and being aware of other existing pathways support for vulnerable citizens; providing effective advice and acting as a contact point for Social Workers, BCC contact centre and specialist agencies,

The post holder will hold an NQF level 3 or equivalent qualification in advice and guidance and/or a relevant level 3 teacher/training qualification, have a proven track record of supporting community development work and working in collaboration with other organisations and assets, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and good working knowledge of MS Office and data management.

For details on how to apply and to download an application form, please visit our website.

Closing date: Monday, 15 March 2021.

The Disability Resource Centre is committed to equality and diversity.

Up to £25,000 per annum, plus 8% pension contribution and 28 days annual leave (in addition to public holidays). All staff are currently working fully from home, with expected home/Godalming office mix in future.

Are you a public relations or media officer committed to making a real difference in animal welfare?

We are looking for a communications officer to join our busy team, you will be as comfortable contributing to the planning of communications activities as you are picking up the phone to journalists as you contribute to the effective representation of the League through its public and media relations activities.

You will manage incoming media enquiries, dealing with local and national journalists, as well as contributing to the campaigns strategy that directly helps the League achieve its vision. You will be responsible for drafting a range of targeted communications materials and their distribution, measuring how effective they have been in passing our key messages on to our stakeholders.

You will work closely with the rest of the policy, campaigns and communications team, as well as key individuals in other teams within the League working to win the hearts and minds of a broader audience.

You will have experience working in a public relations team, creating copy with strong, clear messages for different audiences. Excellent verbal and written skills and the ability to manage priorities and deadlines are a must for this busy and varied role.

This role is offered on an initial one-year fixed term contract with a view to becoming a permanent post in due course.

Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement, excellent pension scheme, discounts on shopping and cinema, working in a dog friendly office, most importantly working with a passionate and committed team.

 
The League Against Cruel Sports is Britain’s leading charity working towards a kinder society where persecuting animals for ‘sport’ is in the past.
 
Redefining what is acceptable and inspiring change, we were instrumental in helping bring about the landmark Hunting Act (2004). Driven by compassion and empowered by knowledge, we manage sanctuaries to protect wildlife, carry out investigations to expose law-breaking and cruelty to animals, and campaign for stronger animal protection laws and penalties.
 
United, we will end animal cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.

The London Institute, Britain’s first independent research centre in the mathematical sciences, is seeking an exceptional Finance Director to lead financial strategy and oversee the accounting as it expands following recent investment.

Located in the Royal Institution (the world’s most prestigious scientific building), The London Institute for Mathematical Sciences is a registered charity and a private institute for curiosity-driven research in physics, mathematics, AI, life, technology, finance and beyond. Funded by research agencies, foundations and firms, scientists are given the freedom and support to make groundbreaking discoveries full-time.

The Finance Director will play a uniquely impactful role, taking a lead in growing and shaping the organisation at an exciting moment of additional funding and government attention. The post is broad in remit and the successful candidate will:

• work with the Director to develop a strategy for growth
• work with our Director of Development on income targets
• prepare and manage the Institute’s budget
• attend and report on meetings of our Board of Trustees
• provide management accounts and financial forecasts
• be or become familiar with charity accounts
• maintain our payroll and limited bookkeeping
• advise on VAT exemptions, investments, and pensions
• manage the accounts of LIMS Ventures and any start-ups
• prepare and submit research grant application budgets
• allocate, track and report on our grant expenditure
• doggedly seek R&D tax breaks and other government incentives
• manage our audits and corporate filings

Candidates should be qualified accountants (CCAB or equivalent) with relevant experience and have a passion for science and technology. Raw talent is more important than extensive experience. 

You will need to show:

Ambition, Communication, Drive, Enthusiasm, Fearlessness, Imagination, Mastery, Originality, Perfectionism, Persistence, Resilience and Simplicity

To Apply:

Please contact Michael Quest at Ivy Rock Partners directly to discuss in more detail and you will need to submit your CV and a 1-page cover letter before midnight - Sunday 28/03/2021

The Advonet Group is a Leeds-based charity which delivers a range of advocacy services and which exists to empower people facing disadvantage to have their voices heard, their rights respected and to be able to live their lives, as they choose.

As an organisation, we have expanded the scope and scale of our work considerably over the last 10 years and have ambitious plans to develop over the period ahead.

We currently have a turnover of £2m, 80 staff and over 100 volunteers.

We are looking for a qualified accountant to help us to develop an entrepreneurial culture by engaging the whole organisation to become more financially aware.

In addition, if appointed, you will:

• Oversee The Advonet Group’s financial management and accounting
• Ensure legal compliance and efficacy of the charity’s governance arrangements
• Take overall responsibility for Information Governance
• Lead the development of the organisation’s finance and resources strategy
• Oversee and supervise the Finance Team

The role is based at our offices on Roundhay Road on the outskirts of the City Centre.

What’s on offer:

• Free parking
• Pension scheme
• Staff counselling and assistance scheme
• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time hours) and flexible working

We are particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience and knowledge of the voluntary and community sector. Although this is not essential, you will need to demonstrate a desire to work in this sector.

To apply for this role please complete the Advonet Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, which can be found on the links on the Advonet Group's website, along with a detailed job description and person specification (CVs will not be accepted). 

For an informal conversation about the role and the organisation, please contact Chief Executive Philip Bramson by calling the number on our website.

Do you have the passion, energy and drive to lead and grow our successful Relate counselling Centre?

We are willing to be flexible about the role and if you have the following experience and skills we would love to hear from you.

• Demonstrable experience of providing positive and inspirational leadership to an organisation
• A proven track record of successful income generation and business development, through fundraising, commissioning and marketing activities
• Demonstrable track record of financial management and budgetary control, and ability to manage a budget under the guidance of the Board
• Experience of leading and managing staff, motivating teams at all levels, building working relationships with colleagues, providing clear operational and strategic leadership for the future
• Proven experience of building and maintaining partnerships within and across organisations and sectors

We also encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

Closing date for all applications: 9am Friday 19th March

First interviews via Zoom: Wednesday 24th March

Second interviews via Zoom: Friday 26th March (we’re happy to make any reasonable adjustments)

This is no ordinary CEO position - you'll need to apply your expert knowledge, experience and scholarship to lead our wider thinking and planning. You'll act as an inspiring figure across the wider co-operative movement, raising both the profile and importance of co-operative education as we look to build a fairer world for all.

As our CEO and Principal, you'll provide clear leadership in policy making and executive management to deliver the our objectives and ambitions, all while demonstrating commitment to the internationally shared co-operative values. 

The role also includes responsibility for the strategic planning, co-ordination, development and oversight of our work and the wider College team, as well as responsibility for the quality of our educational design and delivery, partnerships and programmes of study.

More information on the key responsibilities, including detailed job description and person specification, as well as details of how to apply, is available over on our website.

Meningitis Research Foundation: We are a leading UK and international charity that aims to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of meningitis and septicaemia (also known as sepsis). It is an exciting time for the charity as we expand our reach and impact to meet the challenges of meningitis and septicaemia wherever they exist in the world. We are set to play a key role in delivering a new global roadmap to defeat meningitis, alongside major international health organisations, including the World Health Organization. 

The candidate: We are seeking a new Advocacy and Engagement Officer. You will assist with the development and implementation of Meningitis Research Foundation’s (MRF’s) policy and advocacy plans to deliver the ‘Advocacy and Engagement’ goals in the new meningitis roadmap. This includes assisting on projects to share knowledge and expertise with other patient groups around the world, helping develop frameworks for community engagement with national planning and delivering awareness, engagement and policy change campaigns. You will have experience in delivering advocacy programmes, ideally in health or international development. You will support the Advocacy and Engagement Manager and work closely with organisations such as the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Médicins Sans Frontières, PATH and Unicef.

Context

A new global roadmap to defeat meningitis by 2030 has been developed following a high-level meeting hosted by Wilton Park and organised by Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The meeting united experts, patient groups and representatives from countries most affected behind a call for global action. MRF is part of an expert taskforce, led by the WHO to take this process forward. This role and the roadmap process offer MRF significant new policy, advocacy and programming opportunities.  The roadmap is made of 5 pillars of action. One pillar sets out goals for improved advocacy an engagement at an international, regional and national level. MRF is working with Unicef to lead this programme of work and this role will be instrumental in delivery, supporting the Advocacy and Engagement Manager. As an organisation with global reach,  this role will be communicating with people all around the world via our owned channels, earned and paid reach, through a network of meningitis patent groups (the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations) and through other networks, such as the GAVI CSOs.

Purpose

To help deliver advocacy and engagement plans towards defeating meningitis by 2030. Specifically, to assist in the delivery of programmes of work designed to share knowledge with other patient groups around the world, assist with the development of frameworks for advocacy and communications, and deliver policy change and awareness campaign plans.

The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (“the Modern Slavery PEC”) is looking to recruit an experienced, organised and motivated Research Operations and Communications Manager to join our growing team.

The Modern Slavery PEC was created by the investment of public funding to enhance understanding of modern slavery and transform the effectiveness of law and policies designed to overcome it. Co-creating, conducting and commissioning high quality research is at the heart of the Centre’s work and we aim to bring together academics, policymakers, parliamentarians, businesses, civil society, survivors and the public on a scale not seen before in the UK to collaborate on solving this global challenge.

The Centre is a consortium of six organisations led by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law (part of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)) and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). 

The Research Operations and Communications Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and coordinating research project calls and funding, setting up and leading on managing the lifecycle of the Centre’s research projects. This will include supporting the communications activities around the projects, as well as supporting the core operations and day to day communications activities of the Centre.

You will have excellent communication skills, a proactive and organised approach, a positive attitude to new opportunities and a commitment to working collaboratively on a variety of operational and communications activities.

You will have experience of working within a research management role, an understanding of the processes that underpin calls for funding and research post-award processes and demonstrable skills to manage the operationalisation of research calls being delivered by the Modern Slavery PEC. You will be an excellent writer, with the ability to identify and adapt your style for different audiences, with experience of using social media in a professional capacity.

 We will support remote working throughout the pandemic. Once lockdowns are fully eased, we would expect the successful candidate to come to the office - located in Russell Square, London - for a minimum of two days per week – and we would expect there to be additional travel where necessary to support the aims of the role and the Modern Slavery PEC.

The Modern Slavery PEC is committed to being inclusive and diverse and particularly encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, BAME applicants, LGBT+ applicants and other minorities. The PEC is committed to ensuring that the voice of people with lived experience of modern slavery informs research and policy and we encourage applications from those who have been directly affected by modern slavery. In the spirit of our values, we commit to offer a fair and equitable recruitment process for all applicants.

Full details, including the job description, person specification and how to apply are available in the Job Description below. 

Application deadline: 23:59 on 7 March 2021.

COP26 Communications and Digital Engagement Officer

9 months Fixed Term Contract

£35,937.99 pro rata - War on Want also offers a 6% contributory pension scheme

Based in London office or home based depending on Covid-19 restrictions

The COP26 Coalition is seeking a Communications & Digital Engagement Officer to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with diverse organisations, networks and movements across Scotland, the UK and internationally in creating a series of digital and in person mobilisations on the ‘road to COP26’, culminating with a global day of action and 'Peoples' Summit' in November 2021.

Initially working remotely, you will be based in London and hosted by War on Want, with a Mobilisation Officer based in Glasgow, hosted by Friends of the Earth Scotland. The Mobilisation Officer and the Communications and Digital Engagement Officer will work closely to ensure a co-ordinated and successful delivery of mobilisation moments in the lead-up to COP26.

The post-holder will work with and alongside other key stakeholders such as NGOs, faith groups, trade unions, direct action groups, student and youth, migrant and racial justice, grassroots and international climate justice networks to ensure that popular mobilisations in response to the post COVID-19 economic crisis both integrate and centre climate demands, and anchor a ‘movement of movements’ approach.

The post-holder will need to be an excellent networker, highly organised, with a strong track record of planning and delivering communications and online engagement strategies. Reporting to the Coalition’s London based Coordinator, also hosted by War on Want, the role will work closely with Coalition Working Groups, in particular the Mobilisation and Communications Working Groups to deliver the agreed activities of the Coalition. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented campaigner to play a key role in the planning and implementation of the Coalitions mobilisation and engagement strategy, both digital and in person, to mobilise existing and new audiences, in support of the demands of the international climate justice movement.

For an application pack, please contact David Rudkin or download from our website via the Apply button.

Application deadline: 9am, Monday 22 March 2021

Interview dates: 30 March and 1 April 2021 

War on Want welcomes applications from all members of the community. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer.

Please note that we can only accept applications from individuals with the right to work in the UK.  We are unable to sponsor working visa applications.