IDVA - Social Care Triage (Contract)
Ealing, London

About Us

We are Advance, a women-only organisation dedicated to helping women cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse, as well as women who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending.

We deliver nationally accredited, quality marked support services in Hammersmith, Fulham, Westminster, Kensington, Chelsea and Brent. In 2017 we began a domestic abuse advocacy service in Brent and in 2019 we initiated a domestic abuse advocacy service in Ealing.

We are now looking for an IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) to join our teams in Ealing and play a vital role in the delivery of our services for a contract until the end of March 2021.

The Benefits

- Salary of £26,000 - £29,000 per annum DOE (including London Weighting) pro rata
- Pension
- 30 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- A day off for International Women’s Day

If you have experience of crisis management, this is an amazing opportunity to help empower women and give them the support they need to live safe, non-violent, equal lives.

You will join a collaborative, supportive environment where everyone works together to overcome challenges and deliver the highest quality services to those who need our help.

So, if you think you could help us to transform more lives and provide women with the tools they need to succeed, we want to hear from you.

The Role

Primarily co-located within Ealing Family and Children Social Services, as an IDVA, you will support women accessing our services, signposting and ensuring they are introduced to the support that is particular to their needs.

Specifically, you will make proactive contact with women who have been referred to the service, undertake risk assessments and provide advice and crisis safety planning based on their needs.

Additionally, you will work closely with Family Children Services to help them to better identify, understand and respond to domestic abuse.

About You

To join us as an IDVA, you will need:

- An excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children as well as best practice within the domestic abuse sector
- Solid experience working as a domestic abuse advocate including carrying out risk and needs assessments, safety and support planning, particularly with client with complex and/or multiple needs
- Strong partnership working skills with experience of maintaining excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders
- The ability to network, influence and problem-solve and to apply solution-focused approaches to increase access and safety for our clients

Please note: only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Ideally, you will have one year's experience of working in a co-located setting with another agency and of providing consultations/briefings to professionals to support up-skilling them around domestic abuse.

Other organisations may call this role Domestic Violence Support Worker, Domestic Abuse Support Worker, Support Worker, Social Worker, Criminal Justice Advisor, Social Care Worker or Social Care Co-ordinator.

The closing date for applications is the 13th July 2020, with interviews scheduled for week commencing 20th July 2020.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community.

So, if you are ready to take your next step as an IDVA, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Purpose

This role is key to the Centre running as effectively as possible. Responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the Centre, you set the stage, providing the necessary foundations for the Centre to thrive and deliver on its mission. You will work closely with the Director, Head of Finance and Board as part of a small team with support from a Senior Administrator. You will liaise with colleagues in the Centre, the Board and with our partners. You will be expected to work independently and will hold a central liaison role within the Centre.

The Centre is a small community interest company, recently out of start-up phase, so all our colleagues are self-sufficient, energetic and organised and work well without the support system of a big enterprise, in a growing, close knit, team with a broad range of partners. We value teamwork, collaboration, being open, practical and iterative to make things work for our audience and the people in our teams.

Objective 1 – Finance and contract management

Managing the centre’s Business Plan, budget and finances, working with the Head of Finance, Treasurer and Senior Administrator.

• Finance and sustainability planning, including:
  • Development and implementation of a sound fundraising strategy aimed at diversifying income streams and building on the assets and expertise of the Centre
  • Bidding and fundraising coordination across teams
  • Reporting to the Board of Directors and funders
• Budget development, monitoring and planning
  • Oversight of day to day finance with Senior Administrator 
  • Monitoring progress against the budget with the team, as well as with the Head of Finance and Treasurer/Finance Committee
  • Implementing the budget for 2019/20 and preparing the business plan and budget for 2020/21 
  • Sustainability plan, business development, proposal development
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
• Setting up and maintaining financial compliance processes

Objective 2: Overall oversight and coordination of the Centre’s Programme, including 

• Facilitating the implementation of the Centre’s Strategy 
• Managing and improving commissioning and contracting processes 
  • Working across teams to ensure appropriate commissioning and contracting processes that allow flexibility and diversification of work
  • Contract management and reporting 
• Programme Oversight and Coordination
  • Working closely with the teams and the Senior Administrator to ensure overall effective programme management and reporting
  • Ensuring good communication across teams 

Objective 3 –  Secretary to the Board of Trustees and ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements

• Preparing high quality board meetings, agenda, papers on time 
• Working with Chairman, Vice-Chair & Executive Director to deliver and continuously improve: 
  • Governance processes
  • Risks assessment and mitigation
  • Financial review
  • Strategic direction
  • Programme update & reporting
• Maintaining a positive and relationship with members of the Board of Directors, pairing available skills with the Centre’s work, priorities and teams 
• Legal requirements
  • Leading on the Annual Financial and Director’s Report in collaboration with the Executive Director, Head of Finance and Board of Directors

Objective 4 – Oversight and supervision of the day to day operations (people, IT and administration) of the Centre through the line management of a senior administrator

• Developing the Centre’s People Strategy 
• Line Management of the Senior Administrator, whose responsibilities include:
  • Day-to-day finance & accounting, Accomodation, IT, Phones, HR, Legal and contracting 
  • Reviewing and improving related processes e.g. HR processes, Finance and IT support
  • Coordination of the Centre’s teams and culture through weekly team meetings and bi-monthly full days including shared learning sessions. 

Person specification

You are:

• organised, efficient and responsive
• work well as a part of a small distributed flexible team in a fast-paced environment
• think strategically, exercise initiative and work independently to ensure effective.

Essential experience

• Business Planning, Budget and finance management
• Governance and reporting including working with Boards or High level meetings
• Operations/resources management
• Project and programme management, including risk, proportionate to a small business 
• Strategy development and delivery 

Desirable experience

• Interest in wellbeing, evidence or knowledge mobilsation 
• Bidding and proposal writing 
• Governance requirements of a Community Interest Company or company secretary experience 
• Knowledge and experience of working on Government Tenders
• People management experience
• Experience of work in a small growing organisation
• Experience of working in a research or university environment
• A proven track record in being able to write effectively for and communicate with a range of audiences
• ‘PRINCE2’, MSP practitioner or other relevant training completed
• Company Secretary training or experience
• A first bachelor’s degree or an equivalent relevant qualification, or equivalent experience

Working arrangements 

Accountable to: Executive Director

Management of: Senior Administrator 

Relationship with: Head of Finance and Board of Directors 

Salary: £28k- £35k per annum

Duration: Permanent – full time or part-time (min 4 days a week) or equivalent

Location: London preferred, but open to variety of working arrangements and location. We will consider flexible working arrangements and the post can either be London based or involve remote working as part of a virtual team. The post holder must be willing to travel to London regularly.

*Please submit a cover letter including your reason for wanting to work in/interest in Wellbeing*

Recruiting a Compliance Manager to join our Property Service team in Westminster!

£50,000-£55,000 per annum, 35 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

The Compliance Manager will ensure the safety of tenants, members of the public and Look Ahead properties and common areas by planning, controlling and delivering the periodic testing, servicing, maintenance, remedial and inspection programs required.

The post holder will oversee the management of the compliance administration team. They will ensure that all compliance systems and databases are continually updated and reflective of the live environment and all records are maintained to the highest degree of accuracy.

The Compliance Manager will play a lead role in the successful management with all compliance works streams namely: gas, electrical, lifts, fire safety, water hygiene, and asbestos. They will also manage the completion of remedial actions arising from inspections ensuring all works associated with compliance activities are completed to the relevant statutory and regulatory standards.

The post holder will ensure that all timescales for testing, servicing and remedial works are kept, handle all compliance issues with external agencies and enforcing authorities, and property compliance issues for the business.

They will ensure good financial management of allocated budgets and providing periodic reports on actual and forecast spend.

Key Responsibilities

Operational

- Provide successful management of day-to-day of all compliance work, namely fire safety, gas safety, water hygiene, electrical, lifts, asbestos amongst other areas of property compliance
- Manage the team and contractors, to ensure that all testing, servicing and inspection regimes are undertaken on time and in line with regulations and policies
- Ensure completion of maintenance and remedial works required in the effective management of asbestos, legionella, fire safety, electrical, gas and lifting equipment to LACS stock ensuring that the highest levels of compliance are achieved
- Manage the team to maintain accurate compliance and other records and update IT systems from the activities of the Compliance service. Provide technical support for issues arisen from compliance issues
- Provide up to date information as and when required, and produce in depth analysis for KPI's in weekly compliance meetings
- Effective management of staff, including functions such as recruitment, training, professional development, appraisals, regular one to one, team meetings and general performance
- Attend various meetings, both internal and external, to represent LACS and conduct joint site meetings with LACS staff, contractors and external agencies
- To have overall responsibility for the review of certification, determine resolutions and undertake remedial action
- To have overall responsibility for the instruction of contractors, follow up recommendations and ensure priority works are carried out

Contract Management

- Manage all contracts for asbestos, legionella, fire, electrical, gas and lift contracts (planned testing, inspection, servicing, responsive repairs, improvement works and all associated remedial works) and chair regular contract management meetings
- Make visits to site to monitor contractor performance against key performance indicators and to validate servicing and remedial works being undertaken to ensure that they are to a high standard
- Ensure the team is managed to facilitate smooth running of all contracts and programmes of works

Finance & Budgets

- Manage the budgets for all 6 areas of compliance, promptly raise any concerns (under or overspend), and provide information as required for budgeting and business planning purposes
- Authorise works up to the delegated authority for the post holder
- Work with Project Managers to ensure all works are compliant and provide value for money
- Promote a culture of value for money and sound financial practice within the role

For more information or to apply please visit our website.

Marketing Manager – Part Time (Contract)
London, W1 (currently working remotely) 

About Us

Established in 1948, Tavistock Relationships is a leading charity that delivers and develops advanced practice, training and research in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples. 

We provide a wide range of training services, 20,000 sessions of counselling and psychotherapy a year, and have secured funding for a number of innovative delivery and research projects.

We’ve more than doubled in size in the last six years and have exciting plans to extend our reach physically in the UK and online around the world. As part of this, we’re repositioning our organisation, transforming our website and expanding our training (particularly our online offer) and clinical service reach to many overseas territories.

As such, we are currently looking for a Marketing Manager to join us and support the delivery of these projects. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, working 22.5 hours (three days) per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £30,000 pro rata
- Pension (6% employer contribution)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Contribution towards eye tests
- Weekly fruit bowl
- 25 days’ annual leave pro rata plus Bank Holidays

If you are a hands-on marketing professional with experience of creating offline and digital marketing plans, this is a great opportunity to take on a part-time role where you can make a real impact. 

You will have the chance to play an integral role in the evolution of our organisation and contribute to the development of our online voice and presence. 

We foster an open, welcoming atmosphere where employee wellbeing is paramount and all staff are supported to pursue their professional ambitions.

The Role

As the Marketing Manager, you will implement our marketing plans and support the delivery of our projects, including our website overhaul. 

This is an exciting role that will cover marketing and communications, online and digital, social media, data and reporting activities. Some of your duties will include: 

- Working with teams to create plans to recruit and engage target audiences 
- Acting as a brand and style guardian for the organisation 
- Creating our international marketing and engagement plan
- Enhancing our website and online products and infrastructure
- Working with the Marketing and Design Co-ordinator to devise, create and repurpose compelling content
- Planning and creating content for our social media platforms

About You 

To join us as a Marketing Manager, you will need: 

- A proven track record of creating and implementing a wide range of offline and digital marketing plans, especially website delivery projects
- Experience of developing and implementing social media campaigns, particularly Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest 
- Detailed knowledge of SEO and PPC acquisition strategies to deliver customers 
- Knowledge of dynamic email marketing techniques 
- Previous success in recruiting or acquiring delegates, students, customers and/or clients in the training, events, health/social care, clinical or academic sectors

A digital and/or professional marketing qualification would be beneficial to your application, as would experience or developing market intelligence and using it to inform marketing planning. Familiarity with basic press work, releases working with trade and national media would also be an advantage.

Other organisations may call this role Marketing and Communications Manager, Communications Manager, Online Marketing Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager, or Senior Marketing Executive. 

This is a part-time role, working 22.5 hours per week (3 days). 

Webrecruit and Tavistock Relationships are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking a rewarding contract as a Marketing Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Recruiting a IT Project Manager (12 month FTC) to join our Head Office in Westminster!

GBP 60,000 per annum, 40 hours per week, 12 month FTC plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:

To successfully deliver projects within Look Ahead's Move Forward programme portfolio to a high standard.
To manage business-critical IT projects, the role includes initiation, definition, planning and delivery of projects which have been defined as priorities by Look Ahead's Senior Management Team, Senior Leadership Team, Programme Board and Business Plans.
The post holder will support the IT Department's vision of developing, delivering and deploying information management and technology solutions which drive business transformation and efficiency for our staff and improved services for our customers.
The post holder will be expected to use the experience they have gained to manage the projects they are involved in. They will be highly organised, have demonstrated a history of delivering within an environment with discrete dependencies and deadlines and will have exhibited the drive to ensure project success.
The role will require flexibility, resilience and the ability to coordinate with a wide range of project team members to identify, circulate and agree on innovative solutions to address project risks and issues.
The role will initially manage a project for the implementation of Look Ahead's Digital Workplace using Microsoft 365 technologies and the configuration and implementation of key back-office solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for the successful delivery of projects within Look Ahead's Move Forward transformation programme,
- Leading the planning and implementation of several interdependent projects,
- Maintenance and reporting of project plans,
- Tracking of project deliverables,
- Mitigation of project risks,
- Management of emerging issues,
- Development and execution of testing plans,
- Maintaining and ensuring continuing engagement from diverse stakeholder groups,
- Reporting to established governance groups,
- Managing project communications,
- Planning and monitoring of project resources and ensuring good practice,
- Other duties as directed by Project Sponsors or the IT Director.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others
- Is confident
- Ability to work effectively in a high-pressured environment
- Has a practical approach and is naturally well-organised
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in communication style

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- Educated to degree level in a relevant field or can demonstrate relevant work experience that enables the management of people, process and technology in a medium-sized organisation
- Experience of full project life-cycles and management within multi-project programmes
- Experience of delivering successful results
- Demonstrable experience of project financing and budgeting
- Experience of risk management
- Problem solving/analytical skills
- Ability to communicate and get on with people at all levels within the organisation
- Customer outcome focussed

Desirable:

- Formal qualification in project management
- Experience working in a project role for a Not-for-Profit organisation or charity
- Successful delivery of projects within an IT programme
- Exposure to working within an outsourced IT support model

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

Join the Bliss family and help us give babies born premature or sick the best chance of survival and quality of life.

Bliss is an award winning, digital first organisation looking for a Communications Manager to lead a dynamic and ambitious Communications Team.

You will have broad communications experience, in particular in digital and strategic marketing, and a strong track record of developing and delivering successful, integrated campaigns to meet fundraising, campaigns and service delivery targets. The ideal candidate will also be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Broad experience and understanding of the full range of communications tools and channels, with specific expertise in strategic marketing and digital development
• A track record of developing and implementing successful communications strategies and plans
• An ability to analyse and segment audiences and tailor communications and key messages accordingly
• Strong experience of managing and leading a multidisciplinary team to meet objectives and deliver success, including ability to lead and develop team members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Brand management experience including delivering materials to a high standard
• Experience of raising the profile of an organisation through the media

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to drive continued excellence and innovation in this varied and creative role.

For more details please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert and also available on our website.

Why work for Bliss?

Bliss values and celebrates the work of its Communications Team and our organisation’s strategy prioritises digital.

We are an equal opportunities employer and take pride in our collaborative and inclusive work culture. We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore aim to offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits. Our benefits include financial, health & wellbeing, lifestyle and career development options:

• 25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Flexible working practices such as flexi-time working hours and time off in lieu (TOIL)
• Relaxed work life and dress code
• A contributory Bliss pension scheme
• Interest free annual season ticket loans
• Company and statutory sick pay scheme
• Compassionate leave
• Time off for volunteering
• Salary sacrifice schemes (bike to work, payroll giving)
• Access to 24x7 free Employee Assistance Programme
• Family friendly policies
• Learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning
• Mentoring and coaching

How to apply

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

• CV
• Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification
• Equal opportunities form

Recruitment Timeline

• The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 15 July 2020
• The first round of interviews is provisionally scheduled for 20/21 July, and will be held via zoom video conferencing
• Second round interviews will be held week commencing 27 July

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for interview so if you have not heard from us by 22 July you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

We are looking for a Manager to join our award-winning Healthwatch Brent team.

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 5 days per week (35 hours). 

Contract:All Healthwatch contracts run for fixed periods. This post is offered until March 2021.

Pension Payment: CommUNITY Barnet will make a pension contribution into a workplace pension scheme

Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, excluding bank holidays

Based at:Wembley office with travel across NW London as required.

An excellent opportunity for a Manager with the ability to lead a team, to work operationally and strategically, to involve a range of local residents to help improve health and social care services, as part of a national programme.

Background

Healthwatch Brent is a successful and innovative organisation forming part of the national Healthwatch England Network. We were awarded the 2019 Outstanding Individuals have recently won an award by Healthwatch England Awards for the team’s contribution to improving services. Our role is to be the independent voice of residents using health and social care services and to present that voice to statutory partners and commissioners.  We aim to influence and improve how local health and social care services are delivered.

Local Healthwatch organisations are a statutory function defined by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The Healthwatch Brent Manager will be responsible for operational delivery of the Healthwatch services.  The successful candidate will be part of a small, focused and friendly team who work together to listen to and engage residents, to carry out community research and work with health and social care to improve services. 

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is Monday 13th July 2020 at 9am.

Interviews will be held via Zoom

Please send your CV, with a covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the person specification (page 4 of the Job Specification).

Role Title
Project Manager

Responsible To
GDI Hub CIC, Head of Programmes   

Responsible For
N/A

Job Level
Manager

Salary Grade
£40-45k negotiable based on experience.

Term
1 Year Full Time Contract (with the possibility of extension)

Primary Location
Flexible (our offices at UCL Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park but team members work in various locations).
Must have right to work in UK.

About GDI Hub
The Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is a research and practice centre driving disability innovation for a fairer world.

Our vision is of a world without barriers to participation and equitable opportunity for all. We believe disability innovation is part of a bigger movement for disability inclusion and social justice. More than a product, a service or policy, disability innovation is a way of thinking to address disability challenges by co-designing solutions and sharing knowledge.

We work across 5 domains, disrupting current ideas and practice by bring together new partnerships to overcome the barriers that exclusion and poverty creates in relation to disability.

• Research: creating new knowledge, solutions and products
• Innovation: growing inclusive innovation ecosystems
• Programmes: testing what works
• Teaching: learning and sharing knowledge
• Advocacy: evidence-based outreach

We are solutions-focused experts in Assistive Technology, Inclusive Design, and Culture & Participation. We stimulate entrepreneurship by developing bold approaches, partnerships and ecosystems to accelerate change.

Based in East London and a legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, we deliver world-class research, ideas and inventions, creating new knowledge, solutions and products, and shaping policy through co-creation, participation and collaboration. GDI is composed of an Academic Research Centre (ARC) led by University College London (UCL) and a Community Interest Company (CIC) and is guided by an Advisory Board of disabled people. We operate in 15 countries and expect to impact 15 million people by 2024.

GDI Hub values inclusion as a core business success factor. We actively seek to attract collaborators from diverse backgrounds and particularly welcome applications for this role from people with impairments themselves, and people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. The role is offered on flexible terms, including location and hours of work (though right to work in the UK is required), and the accommodation of reasonable adjustments is business as usual for us. 

Role Purpose
This role will provide project management and strategic partnership management to drive forward delivery under GDI Hub’s portfolio of work, substantive, including the DFID (Department for International Development) funded ‘AT2030’ programme and other significant GDI Hub projects.  

‘AT2030 – Life Changing Assistive Technology for All’, is GDI Hub’s flagship programme and aims to test ‘what works’ to improve access to Assistive Technology supporting solutions to scale with a focus on innovative products, new service models, and building global capacity. AT2030 is composed of 12 ‘sub-programmes’ of which this role will manage approximately half. These ‘sub-programmes’ include implementation projects as well as challenge funds and research vehicles. A key new activity under AT2030 is the launch of the £4m AT Impact Fund. The AT Impact Fund is designed to tap into the opportunity to support disruptive innovators scale up AT solutions in the Global South, by providing access to relevant networks and venture capability (capital and venture building support).

The post holder will be responsible for projects delivering to quality expectations (internal and client), delivering to scope of project, within budgeted resources and in line with timelines managing challenges and change as these emerge. The post holder will work closely with delivery partners (including members of the GDI Hub team) to ensure projects maximise their positive impact.

The role both takes on new project activity under AT2030 and takes over management of existing delivery during a maternity-cover period.

Role Responsibilities  

• Provide project management to support GDI Hub CIC in the delivery of major projects, including AT2030 taking a lead on nominated programme areas, working independently and proactively.
• Lead on GDI Hub project set-up for the £4m AT Impact Fund working closely with the AT Impact Fund Programme Director, implementing partners and wider GDI Hub Team.
• Responsible for project delivery: delivering to quality expectations (internal and client), delivering to scope of project, within budgeted resources and in line with timelines.
• Responsible for AT Impact Fund grant management including set-up of milestone verification process, financial control, grant design and administration, and supporting contracting.
• Manage stakeholders and build solid partnerships for disability innovation in relevant programme lead areas.
• Ensure reporting requirements and project delivery information is collected, reviewed and suitably prepared for circulation as required.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with delivery partners.
• Develop and share communication materials with the Comms Team to promote the work of GDI Hub.
• Plan and manage workplans, including emergent risks, challenges, change requests, budgets, schedules and scope.
• Oversight of the production, quality assurance and promotion of project outputs.
• Support financial monitoring and reporting.
• Identify lessons learned and share with the wider team.
• Demonstrate leadership in driving forward GDI Hub’s vision and programmes of activity working dynamically to maximise our impact.
• Support GDI Hub’s Head of Programmes and Directors in developing new opportunities to drive forward disability innovation, including new funding opportunities.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list.  The need for flexibility, shared accountability and team working is required and the role-holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

This is a description of the role as it is at present. It is the practice of GDI Hub to review role profiles regularly to ensure that they relate to the role being performed.  These reviews will be carried out by the line manager in consultation with the role holder.

Role Competencies

Part one: Knowledge and experience

• 4-7 years’ experience working within international development, disability, social development, public policy, research and/or the consultancy sector.
• Experience managing challenging projects, particularly related to international development, disability, research or grants management.
• Experience of working with delivery partners including procurement and contract management, ideally with ODA, public sector grants and/or private sector engagement.
• An ability to build, develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, showing diplomacy, sensitivity and decisiveness.
• Experience of communications and partnership management.
• Experience relating to operational and financial management, including contracting, compliance, due diligence and risk management.
• Experience working in small but complex teams is desirable, as is experience of working with academic institutions.
• Experience working with international partners and stakeholders is desirable.
• Working knowledge of Disability, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Design and/or Social Development; sector networks is an advantage.

Part two: Skills and abilities

• Project Management
• Planning and organising work
• Results and achievement focused
• Operational management and financial reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical skills and comfort working with data
• Proactive, self-motivated, committed and enthusiastic
• Skilled in matrix leadership and profile-raising activities
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent ICT skills (Office365, incl. Excel, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)
• High degree of integrity and ability to operate in a politically sensitive environment 

Part three: Personal style and behaviour

• Pro-active problem solver
• Practical and pragmatic
• Likes working as part of a small, energetic team
• Creative and organisational leadership
• Integrity and inclusive behaviours
• Able to work independently, prioritise and work to tight deadlines
• High degree of professionalism
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Approachable and amiable
   

Application Procedure
To apply for this position please apply online by sending a CV and a covering letter describing how you think your skills and experience are relevant to this role (no more than 2 pages) to Mark Byrne GDI Hub Operations Manager: by midnight Sunday 19 July 2020.

Candidates will be notified of the outcome week commencing 20 July. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 27 July 2020. A short written exercise, to be completed remotely, will form part of the interview process.

For an informal discsussion about the role, please contact Joel Burman, Head of Programmes, GDI Hub (see page 5 of attached doc for contact details)

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.

We are recruiting for a Philanthropy Manager to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our inspirational supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As Philanthropy Manager, you will lead on launching and growing our new philanthropy Giving Club. We are working with an excellent consultant now to design this new offer and the new post holder will take over the reins to establish this exciting new supporter journey. We have a well-established and loyal supporter audience already giving at this level and we want to provide them with an exceptional supporter experience, whilst also providing the engine room to grow our partnerships and philanthropy networks.

The philanthropy team have already grown income by 124% in recent years with a number of new team members in place, so now is a brilliant time to join now that we have clear plans in place for further growth, a great energy in the team and an incredibly urgent cause.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have

• Some experience of philanthropy fundraising, building strong relationships and securing gifts of 4 to 5 figures
• A natural flair for relationships and the ability to work equally well with a wide range of people
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening
• Knowledge of planning, monitoring and evaluating success in fundraising
• You will be a team player, with a flexible approach and the ability to collaborate well with others

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 on-going 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. For the supporting statement section, please address how you meet points 1-5 of the person specification, which can be found 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, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July (23:59)

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

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Program Overview

Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ASCEND), is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The objective of ASCEND is to achieve progress towards the 2020 NTD roadmap targets for the targeted NTDs across priority countries and to strengthen elements of the national health systems which are required for sustainable NTD control and elimination. The Programme focuses on five NTDs: lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, visceral leishmaniasis, and trachoma.
The Role
The HSS Manager is a hands-on technical and managerial role, based in the UK, with occasional travel to East and Southern Africa and South Asia. The HSS Manager will work alongside the Global HSS Lead and Regional HSS Lead to support HSS activities across twelve Ascend Lot 1 countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

The HSS Manager will also provide technical input across Abt Britain’s wider portfolio of activities, as required.

Some of the HSS Manager’s responsibilities on ASCEND are:

• Coordinating Abt’s HSS, governance and PEA inputs on Ascend and ensuring that HSS is mainstreamed across the Ascend Programme
• Coordinating all HSS inputs across the Ascend consortium and ensuring all are aligned with the HSS strategy. This includes workstreams for supply chain improvements, information management systems, health financing, management of secondments. These functions and workstreams are led by a variety of consultants, Country Leads, HQ team colleagues from other consortium members and short term technical assistant experts
• Supporting, coordinating, occasionally leading the design and delivery of activities to improve health financing. Coordinating closely with the CA PFM team working across Crown Agents’ PFM projects

Beyond Ascend, the HSS Manager will be also responsible for:

• Supporting business development, including providing technical content for proposals, interviewing candidates, engaging partners, and representing Abt at relevant external meetings and events 
• Providing technical assistance and strategic support across Abt’s wider portfolio of programmes, as required.

Key Requirements

• Relevant qualifications with experience of health systems reforms in low- and middle-income countries (including in East African or South Asian countries);
• Minimum six years of global/in-country experience in implementation of HSS programmes, in cross-cutting areas;
• Technical experience in following areas: public financial management, supply chain management, information systems human resources for health, domestic resource mobilisation and broader health financing;
• Demonstrated success in building, managing and maintaining effective working relations with key stakeholders and communicating programme impact;
• Demonstrated organisational skills with excellent writing and ICT skills;
• Previous programmatic work with DFID and/or FCO, either programme management, or technical work – other donor experience welcome.

Reports to: Head of Programme

Start Date: Ideally August 2020

Location: London with the ability to travel as needed (remote working at present due to Covid-19)

Contract: Full-time

Salary:From £30 - 35k depending on experience and qualifications (+11% employer pension contribution)

About Now Teach

Now Teach attracts and recruits experienced professionals into teaching. We support Now Teachers through their initial teacher training and further into their careers to enhance the value they bring to the classroom, schools, the education system and the wider world.

Our funding from the Department for Education and philanthropic sources allows us to make an impact at a time when money in the profession is tight. We have expanded beyond London and the South East to recruit and support trainees in West Midlands and East Anglia, and we are continuing to establish ourselves as a significant player in the sector. We are an ambitious, young organisation that is working towards a day when it is commonplace to have career changers with valuable alternative career experience become and remain as teachers

We work alongside training providers and schools and have built a strong offering for our 200+ Now Teachers – they become part of a professional network of likeminded individuals and access a range of other support initiatives across their teacher training year and beyond.

Role Overview

The Network and Support programme compliments Initial Teacher training and the support that schools and universities provide. We help career changers prepare for schools and adapt to their new career.

The role

We are looking for someone who…

• Is highly motivated to support people to make teaching their next career and remain in teaching
• Understands the importance of and highly skilled at, building and maintaining relationships with trainees, supporters, schools and training providers
• Describes themselves as a self-starter with great attention to detail i.e. seek out opportunities to enhance their own knowledge and the programme offer
• Drives to see work through to completion
• Would love the opportunity to work with our marketing team to develop our online programme presence
• Can facilitate a range of support and events for our cohort members
• Are inspiring, authentic and confident facilitators  

NB. Now Teach do not undertake the teacher training of our teachers.  

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will:

• Have exceptional relationship building skills, including coaching
• Be committed to the aims of Now Teach and seek out opportunities to develop the Now Teach offer
• Be able to work on their own initiative and multitask to carry out a wide range of activities
• Have experience of designing and implementing high quality support programmes
• Have experience of event management
• Be an excellent communicator and collaborator with stakeholder management experience
• Support and develop our digital platforms
• Consider opportunities for supporting our Alumni
• Be open to learning and understanding how Initial Teacher Training works

The fit to our culture is paramount. We are:

• Enthusiastic about our purpose and hugely committed to making a difference
• Authentic with people, honest, enjoy building/maintaining strong relationships
• Adaptable, enjoy taking responsibility for producing great work, creating and driving through to see results
• Friendly effective collaborators balancing personal priorities with those of our colleagues

Catch a glimpse of what it is like to work for us search 'lifeatnowteach' on Instagram

Working arrangements

Full time role, flexible working patterns possible. Now Teach staff are currently working from home due to Covid-19 and will be until at least September 2020. Some London office based regular scheduled days will likely be required in future. Some evenings event hosting will be required on occasion (likely monthly).

Sound like you? Please apply before 17th  July 2020

To apply please send a CV and cover letter to explaining why this role fits. Interviews will happen on a rolling basis, so early applications are strongly encouraged.

MSF PHC Transformation Project

The MSF Primary Health Care (PHC) Transformation project is an initiative instigated by MSF Australia and supported by MSF-Holland and the Stockholm Innovation Unit.  The project was approved for TIC funding in September 2019.

This project aims to innovate and transform the way MSF delivers primary health care (PHC) in its field projects.  Primary health care is MSF’s main medical activity each year, yet there remains little guidance for field teams on the most appropriate ways to deliver PHC in different contexts. Currently, most PHC projects in MSF are assessed quantitatively – in terms of number of patients seen or numbers of morbidities and not in terms of the quality of care we provide at the PHC level.  Further, our current approach is a ‘one-size fits all’ model.  This model lacks adequate consideration of contextual factors such as the social, cultural, economic factors, among others and fails to incorporate community perspectives into our program design. 

JOB PURPOSE

In collaboration with one of MSF’s main operational centres; Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA), the objectives of this project are to co-design person-centred, context-adapted methods of PHC delivery that are fit for purpose. This project requires a Project Manager to coordinate the various activities of the Strengthening MSF’s approach to primary health care service implementation project as detailed in the project concept note. The main objective is to develop an MSF toolkit for delivery of primary health care that can be applied across diverse contexts and ultimately leads to improved quality of services and patient-centred care.

The impact of COVID-19 is a significant consideration on the project’s proposed activities and a high-level flexibility will be required to adapt and adjust activities accordingly.

The project is overseen by MSF Australia and the MSF Transformational Investment Capacity Fund. MSF OCA is the ‘operational sponsoring OC’.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with key stakeholders of the project, internal and external to MSF
• Coordinate the activities of the project, including project design, developing methodology and overseeing implementation
• Coordinate a flexible project team bringing in topical specialists, as required
• Manage the budget and accountability of finances
• Report on project progress of project at internal and external meetings
• Design and develop the project methodology in collaboration with subject matter experts
• Manage applications to ethics boards, multi-country partnerships at field at headquarters level and external partnerships
• Plan and coordinate activities of the project - internal communication and change management activities
• Manage and troubleshoot project risks with a declared risk register
• Maintain solid project administration, including managing the project budget
• Provide reports to: t he Chair of MSF TIC Steering Committee together with the OCA PHC project sponsor and  MSF Australia Board, together with the Chair of the MSF Australia TIC Committee.
• Ensure coherence and good cooperation within the project team and alignment of the different stakeholders and departments;
• Act as Organisational and Change lead for the project.

The role will require close liaison with the teams in London and Amsterdam, which means frequent travel to London and/or Amsterdam will be expected, in addition field travel.  Completion is expected by end 2021 when a minimum viable product is expected to be delivered. 

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organisation. This job description does not form part of the contract of employment.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essentials:

• Medical professional with MSF (or equivalent) field experience
• Post-graduate qualification in public health / health service delivery / health systems
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of medical issues and challenges in humanitarian contexts.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders - at community, Government and organisational level
• Demonstrable experience in project and change management processes
• Flexibility and capacity to travel to MSF field projects for several weeks at a time
• Strong communication skills to build bridges between different disciplines and organizational levels;
• Ability to prioritise and execute many tasks in parallel;
• Demonstrable experience in preparing and writing reports at board level
• Excellent attention to detail and an ability to produce clear and concise written documents;
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision;
• Flexible, can-do attitude and good team player – this role involves working very closely and collaboratively with colleagues. 
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to resolve conflicts of interests;
• Ability to deliver in an international and multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirables:

• Research experience and background is advantageous
• French and/or Arabic language ability

The location of this position can be in the UK, Amsterdam or Australia. Candidates must hold an appropriate passport or permit to work the location of one these countries.

MSF UK is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community.  

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply on our website by submitting a copy of your CV together with a letter of motivation (please upload as one document) by the closing date.  

Recruitment timetable:

• Closing date for applications: 19 July 2020, 11.59pm (BST)
• Interviews: to be confirmed

This is an excellent opportunity to manage the operations of a busy and complex organisation at the heart of community business. 

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Operations Manager to effectively manage our operations to make sure we can deliver everything we need to over the next two years. You will support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR at Power To Change, to ensure that we work effectively, maximise our resources, safeguard our physical assets and are compliant externally and with regards to our policies and procedures. 

Power to Change is an independent charitable trust that supports community businesses in England, endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund). Our vision is better places through community business. We want to back people to build successful community businesses for the benefit of their local places.

The successful candidate will lead and oversee a number of projects including supporting our return to office working post Covid19 and ensuring our IT provision is effective and efficient. Your approach to working is more important than your skills and experience and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive, able to work across the organisation to support your colleagues.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status. We will assess all applications against the requirements for this post as detailed in the job description and person specification and ask for names and education history to be removed from applications.

We are Disability Confident Committed, we welcome and respond positively to applications from disabled people. We will meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process, including making any appropriate reasonable adjustments during the interview stage and to our workplace if selected into post to support colleagues with any form of disability. 

As a Mindful Employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues are able to talk about mental health. We are also committed to ensuring that our employees feel safe in disclosing any mental health conditions and confident that they will be properly supported and offered reasonable adjustments when required.

If you have any questions about how Power to Change is an equal opportunities employer please contact our Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Edward Walden.

Role Purpose:

The primary function of this role is to support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR to effectively manage the operations of the Trust, including maximizing resources, safeguarding physical assets and ensuring compliance.

Working with the Finance and Resources Officer the role will lead on IT, office management and provide additional HR support.The role will require the Operations Manager to lead on the one-off projects that it embarks on particularly as Power to Change (PTC) considers its potential closure. The post will be a key liaison within the Finance and Resources team as well working with stakeholders within the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic oversight

• Responsible for IT, office management and insurance budget lines ensuring value for money
• Where necessary develop and improve policies to reflect best practice and communicate to the organisation
• Contribute to committee and board papers where appropriate

Operations Management

Manage all operations projects including defining requirements, engaging with relevant stakeholders and ensuring objectives are met on time and on budget.

 IT

• Manage PTC’s outsourced IT provider ensuring they provide a good service and service level agreements are met.
• Ensure PTC’s network remains secure, stable, targeting zero downtime and adapting the best in class technology keeping within a cloud strategy.
• Responsible for the mechanisms for storing files on PTC’s network, apps and cloud software ensuring a clear structure of filing system.
• With the Data Manager ensure that data retained on PTC’s network is valid or archived/deleted where appropriate.
• Ensure IT equipment is replaced regularly and to the specification needed.
• Lead on IT projects and upgrades in conjunction with the IT provider.

Office Management

• Hold the relationships with the landlords and building maintenance staff for all offices
• Ensure adequate health and safety measures (including C-19) are in place and PTC is compliant
• Ensure the office and the office equipment is regularly maintained and if necessary tested.
• Ensure that fire evacuation plans are in place and regular drills occur

Insurance

• With the Director of Finance and Resources ensure an adequate level of cover is in place for the business insurance of PTC and subsidiaries.
• Take an active role in annual renewal of the policy with the insurance broker.
• Manage any claims made on the policy.

HR

• Support the Head of HR in ensuring that employee data is collected and stored in line with the GDPR and support on internal audit reviews as and when they occur.
• Support the Head of HR to manage employee benefit administration, including annual renewal processes
• Manage the update of the Employee Handbook, coordinating necessary changes and updated language from other teams
• Maintain the contract database for all consultants and suppliers
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to other team members as required.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive.Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our work this job description may be subject to change.You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Skills & experience:

• Enthusiastic and proactive, willing to pick up a range of varied projects and support the wider organisation on new activities and opportunities.
• Good working knowledge of IT best practice including Office365
• Experience of contracts management including service level agreements.
• Experience of planning and managing projects.
• Experience of managing budgets and ensuring value for money.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information and concepts to non-technical staff individually and in formal group training sessions
• Proven ability to work to a high standard with an eye for detail with first-rate analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload. 
• Working understanding and appreciation for information legislation such as GDPR
• Experience of working in a charity / not for profit sector desirable

Based: London

Salary: £45,000-£47,000

Reporting to: Director of Finance and Resources

Closing date for applications: Monday, 13th July, 2020

If you are interested in this excellent opportunity, please send your CV and Cover Letter to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Since the coronavirus outbreak began, our society has pulled together to achieve extraordinary things. Thousands of people sleeping rough have been temporarily housed in a matter of weeks, and many more were prevented from becoming homeless due to emergency changes to legislation.

As we begin to emerge from lockdown, we now stand at a crossroads: we can build on the incredible progress that has been made by helping everyone move into a secure and permanent home; or we risk seeing thousands of people being forced into homelessness.

We are recruiting for a Corporate Account Manager to join our expanding Partnerships and Philanthropy team, to work alongside our passionate supporters and beneficiaries to bring an end to homelessness in Great Britain.

About the role
As a Corporate Account Manager, you will work across some newly won accounts and get stuck in to new business, as part of a Partnerships team of 7 to help drive our next few years of growth and innovation.

The Partnerships team merged with the Philanthropy team three years ago, to maximise the cross over potential in networks and relationships between the two audiences. This has led to a new strategy, some big wins and deeper, more strategic corporate partnerships. We’ve won partnerships with some household name brands and have huge ambitions to grow this body of work not just to raise money but, crucially, to reach the public with the message that ending homelessness is now within our grasp.

We also have the support of a the newly formed Fundraising Development Team, supporting the Partnerships team. This team ensure we have incredible 6 and 7 figure cases for support, a range of volunteering experiences and the meaningful engagement opportunities we need which means you can focus on what you do best; creating exceptional relationships and impactful partnerships to end homelessness.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

• A track record of developing a new business pipeline, and winning partnerships at the 5 and 6 figure level
• Experience of providing excellent account management
• Experience of engaging and influencing c-suite individuals, understanding their motivations and inspiring confidence.
• A comprehensive understanding of CSR and sustainability, with an understanding of future business and CSR trends that might impact corporate fundraising
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• An entrepreneurial attitude with the ability to learn quickly and work proactively.

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. For the supporting statement section, please address how you meet points 1-5 of the person specification, which can be found 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, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Tuesday 14 July 2020 (23:59)

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

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094