This is an exciting opportunity to join our Voice Zone Team who are responsible for listening to students and representing their views to the University of Surrey and beyond.  The Voice Zone leads on all democratic activity in the Students' Union, from our main election process (Surrey Decides) to club and society elections. The Voice Zone is known as the zone for "students with something to say" and leads on all student activism, including the work of the Liberation Network - student volunteers who are passionate about representing marginalised voices in the student community and facilitates student campaigns.

The Student Voice Coordinator will be responsible for the administration of our Course Rep system, run in partnership with the University, and will also support the Student Voice Manager in the coordination of the Union's democratic activity throughout the year.  We have over 500 elected course reps who volunteer to listen to the views of their peers and communicate their feedback via student voice opportunities.

The coordinator will work directly with our elected officer team helping to facilitate students campaigns and help to enable the Vice President Voice to achieve their goals over their elected year.

The successful candidate must be able to display:

• Experience of organising and developing groups of people to achieve a specific aim or develop a project
• Ability to work in a proactive and productive style with minimal supervision
• Organisational skills - the ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Exceptional oral and written communication skils - clear, effective personal and written presentation
• Ability to maintain an enthusiastic attitude
• Open minded and flexible - working with student groups requires staff to be flexible to change and open-minded about the different ways to reach success
• A commitment to the ethos of a student led organisation
• Ability to build networks and deal appropriately with people at all levels
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement and the drive to make things happen

Experience of working in a Students' Union or other voluntary sector or membership led organisation along with an understanding of student representation and student led activities would be desirable

We are proud to be a Mindful Employer and Disability Confident Committed Employer

The Students' Union is committed to supporting inclusion and diversity in the workplace and everyone is welcome and supported in their development throughout all stages of their employment journey with us.

Mottingham Big Local Refocused Partnership and Engagement Coordinator

Mottingham Big Local Refocused (MBLR) Partnership is delighted to be recruiting a Partnership and Engagement Coordinator. Mottingham is one of the local areas in England benefiting from £1 million Big Lottery investment.

This is an exciting new post to enable us to deliver our plan and vision for the Mottingham Big Local area. The aim is to coordinate Big Local activity and build the local social infrastructure over the remaining 3 years of the programme, increase engagement with the community, recruit volunteers, build partnerships, and support the Partnership Board.

The successful candidate will lead on strategic engagement of the statutory, community and voluntary sector within both the Mottingham Big Local area and the borough as a whole to strengthen, inform and engage with the programme delivery and optimise funding opportunities and relationships for the benefit of the area.You will also lead on work to create a sustainable legacy for the Mottingham Big Local.

Hosted by Community Links Bromley, you will report to the local resident led Partnership Board.

If you are enthusiastic about making a change, want to help shape future approaches to community and place, this could be the role for you.

Location: Majority based at home. This role will involve some travel therefore applicants should be willing to travel across their region.

About us
As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development non-governmental organisation, delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.

About the role

Leonard Cheshire Disability working with the John Lewis Communities Investment Fund is recruiting for Part-time Digital Inclusion Coordinators to support the delivery of a new digital inclusion and upskilling pathway for young people with disabilities in the following areas: Chester, Sheffield, York, Ashford, Basingstoke, Peterborough.

The role will work closely with young people (aged 18-25) with disabilities, volunteers, and other stakeholders - providing them with training sessions, advice, guidance and support to enable them to be more confident to use IT, get online and develop skills for employability.

The Digital Inclusion Coordinator will effectively deliver all elements of the Digital Inclusion pathway, deliver training sessions, lead on participant and volunteer recruitment to enhance the Programme’s reach and impact, and work with local community-based teams as well as our central assistive technology resource.

The programme will deliver a suite of training sessions, giving participants access to computers to develop their skills and employability, support a number of accessible IT options and provide disabled people access to IT equipment.

Applicants will have to demonstrate experience of supporting people to use IT and prior work with volunteers.

An understanding of digital inclusion, IT skills for employability, accessible IT, adaptations and/or assistive technology will be an advantage.

The role will also be responsible for collating accurate data to support monitoring, evaluation and development; this will include monthly reports as well as quality and impact data.

About you

The role would suit someone who enjoys working with a variety of people, who has good attention to detail, who is self-motivated, takes their own initiative and who is very confident using Microsoft Office packages.

You should be patient and comfortable explaining things from a very basic starting point. You will enjoy listening to what people want to achieve before assisting them to achieve it.

Driving license and access to a car would be beneficial.

Benefits
• Substantial annual leave (26 days pro rata).
• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
• Flexible working and lots more.

We aim to conduct interviews via Zoom during May/June 2022

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Coordinator within the Brunswick Centre. You will work with a team taking a leading role in the delivery of support services across Kirklees and Calderdale for people with HIV, challenging stigma and improving outcomes.

The Brunswick Centre aims to be representative of the communities we serve and, as such, we would especially welcome applications from women, those from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic communities, those with a disability, those with lived experience of the issues we work with and those who identify as a gender other than that they were assigned at birth (including non-binary and gender-fluid). 

Why you’d work for us …

• So you can use your skills and passion to influence change through the delivery of a new service contract, improving outcomes for some of the most stigmatised and marginalised people in Kirklees and Calderdale
• Gain experience, build your transferable skills and learn new ones
• Be part of an amazing committed team challenging stigma and inequalities

Our values and principles, services and achievements are detiled on our website.

‘One of the things I love about my role as a Coordinator for HIV prevention at the Brunswick Centre, is that I am contributing to really making a difference to people’s lives, it can sometimes be challenging, but it’s extremely rewarding. The commitment and enthusiasm of the whole organisation make it a great place to work’ Anne Glew, HIV Prevention Coordinator

What you’d get from us …

• Job security
• Training and development opportunities
• A generous annual leave entitlement, 31 day per year plus bank holidays
• 6% pension contribution
• An employee health plan, helping with the costs of dental, optical treatments etc
• Access to staff counselling
• Perbox Employee Benefits - 1000+ deals and discounts
• Travel expenses
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Earn between £24,982 - £25,991 per annum

Peer Mentor Coordinator

Location: Hybrid Working; Office in Islington and across 8 WiSER boroughs/home working

Salary: £33,500 -£35,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term to 31st March 2023

Vacancy Reference: S121

Closing date: 23/05/2022, 5pm

Interview date:  26/5/2022

Solace is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

About the Service

The WiSER Project (Women’s Safe Engagement and Recovery Project) began in April 2018 and has had year on year funding since then. WiSER is in its fifth year and we work across 8 London Boroughs. The service provides an intensive outreach intervention and model of support for women experiencing VAWG and severe and multiple disadvantage. The service aims to improve outcomes across the following key areas of clients’ lives: access to support and services, health and safety, economic wellbeing, opportunities to enjoy and achieve.

In 2020 the WiSER Project expanded its service offer and piloted a peer mentoring strand. The peer mentoring work was a success and we are into year 3 of the service.

About the Role

The Peer Mentor Coordinator will oversee and develop the Peer Mentor Service. The role involves recruitment, training and supervision of peer mentors with lived experience who will go on to provide support to WiSER service users. 

About You

Ideal candidates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and vision for the establishment of high-quality peer-led mentoring services and models of support with the ability to plan and over-see all avenues of development.

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the intersection between domestic abuse and multiple disadvantage and have experience of working with people affected by severe and multiple disadvantage: homelessness, substance use, mental health issues, insecure immigration status, prostitution and offending behaviour.

Solace Women’s Aid values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority and ethnic communities.

Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator

£37,166 – £41,020

Multiple Locations

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. 

The reoffending rate has remained broadly static at around 29% since 2010. Reoffending is costing society approximately £18bn per year and almost half of all prisoners reoffend within 12 months of release.

The Prisons Strategy White Paper was published in December 2021. As part of the paper, MOJ and HMPPS committed to:

“Introduce Health and Justice Partnership Coordinators in every probation region in England by 2024/25“

We know that many offenders with a substance misuse need also have a mental health problem. These staff will build connections between commissioners and providers across substance misuse and mental health services in the community to ensure that clear pathways into treatment are in place for all offenders leaving prison, including those with coexisting needs.

The Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator role will work strategically to support people to access appropriate support and treatment once someone is released, known as ‘continuity of care.’ It is incredibly important, because of increased health risks including relapse and death as well as an increased risk of reoffending. The post holder will work to ensure that people released from prison into the community have the right access to local health services to address their health needs during their resettlement period and beyond. For example, working with stakeholders to improve successful engagement in community-based treatment within 21 days of release from prison.

This role will work at system level to improve the lives of people in contact with the criminal justice system (CJS), specifically around improving and maintaining their health and wellbeing.

Working as a Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator is a unique and rewarding role, with a focus on operational delivery. They will work in tandem with relevant local partners and HMPPS operational policy leads to develop practice related to substance misuse and health-related release planning, designing and consulting on process to enable information sharing, the use of substance misuse and health-related licence conditions and understanding of health and substance misuse resettlement pathways.

To learn more about the Health and Justice Partnership Coordinator role please join the Accelerator Prisons Project team for a digital information session on 17th May 2022 12:30pm – 13:30pm. The session will be made available on Teams please click on the Apply Button to see more 

Closing date: 6 June 2022.

To apply please click the Apply Button

We’re seeking a self-motivated, creative, practical person to join our garden makeover team. 

Working on one of our flagship charitable programmes known as ‘Helping Hands’ this is an immensely rewarding role which has a direct impact on some of the families that we support.

We are delighted to be delivering a full complement of our garden makeover programme again in 2022 and in order to do this we are expanding the team! The garden makeover (Helping Hands) team provides practical support to families by enlisting the help of corporate volunteer teams from companies across the UK to undertake one-off improvement projects to create safe, accessible sensory gardens for children and young people with complex health needs.

This truly is a unique role which involves liaising with our families and then designing and delivering personalised garden makeovers for them with teams of corporate volunteers supporting. The end outcome of these projects enables children and young people with complex health needs to access their outside spaces safely which makes a huge difference to their quality of life.

About us:

WellChild, based in the centre of Cheltenham, is the national charity for seriously ill children and their families. We fund programmes and services to make it possible for children and young people living with serious illness to be cared for at home instead of hospital.

For some examples of the incredible work and positive impact our Helping Hands Team have had on our families through these projects see our website: Transforming home & garden spaces | WellChild

We are also fully committed to upskilling and training the right person to enable them to do this role. If you wanted to have a discussion about what this might look like for you before making an application then please speak to Kieran Cullen, Helping Hands Programme Manager (details on atached advert document).

Background:

For the full details of the role, Job description/Person Specification please see the enclosed supporting documents.

We’re recruiting for a National Events Delivery Coordinator to support the organisation and delivery of activities within the National Events Team, who raise money to deliver services for blind and partially sighted people.

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

For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. 

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

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

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

Safeguarding

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

Candidate profile

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

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of assisting in the organisation of large events including setting up pre-event logistics, liaising with suppliers and completing risk assessments.
• Proven experience of working with volunteers and understanding the role of volunteers on events.
• Demonstrable understanding of event management principles and techniques.
• Able to prioritise workload and multi-task.
• Good numeracy and literacy standards.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Motivated and results focussed.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of working in the Charity sector.
• Understanding/Experience of the blind and partially sighted sector.
• Demonstrable understanding of the Institute of Fundraising Good Practice

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

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

We are looking to recruit an Events and Membership Coordinator to our small, experienced team. You will be helping us to organise and deliver our membership offer to teachers and educators, through our website, events and activities. 

This crucial role involves significant membership administration. This involves being the first point of contact for all email and telephone enquiries, and using the CRM tool to record activities and monitor new sign ups, renewals, etc. 

The postholder will also be responsible for creating member communications designed to promote our work and deepen member engagement by analysing impact. The other main focus of this role is coordinating virtual and in-person events, including training, courses and conferences that serve our key stakeholders.

The role will suit someone with strong experience of working in a customer-focused environment, or a busy membership organisation. It may also support someone with an understanding of the education system. ACT offers you an exciting opportunity to grow and develop the role, and have real impact as we build our community. For more information about our work please visit our website.

Job description

Main purpose of role:

1. To help recruit, assist and retain ACT members by providing exemplary customer service via email, phone and through our website

2. To coordinate marketing and logistics for all events and conferences, including venues, speakers as well as associated literature and resources

3. Build relationships with teachers and organisations by being a presence at events and co-delivering/ co-producing online and offline events

4. Accurately monitor and record activities and payments on our systems, and ensure regular updates and insights are shared with the team.

Key responsibilities

Events, Training and Conferences:

• Create and implement event marketing to target key stakeholders and drive registrations with support from the Head of Engagement, and Head of Education and CPD

• Organise online and offline venues and make detailed arrangements for conferences, events and other meetings in line with requirements and budget

• Attend all events to ensure smooth delivery and a quality experience for delegates

• Contribute to the creation of event programmes, and coordinate publication and dissemination of follow up materials

• Oversee event application processes and follow-up communications to ensure participants, venues, staff and event logistics are well-informed and managed

• Undertake day-to-day financial tasks such as sending invoices, keeping accurate records of expenditure and providing budget reports as required.

Membership:

• Provide proactive customer service to our membership base as the first point of contact

• Ensure all key stakeholders are accurately maintained in our database, and it is regularly updated and cleaned

• Implement recruitment and retention strategy to increase new and renewing members

• Plan and deliver outbound communication campaigns in line with organisational priorities using email and social media (Twitter, Facebook)

• Monitor membership activities to inform operational decisions

• Provide administrative support for the production and delivery of the ACT journal, ‘Teaching

Citizenship’, liaising with the editorial team and design/production suppliers

• Undertake day-to-day financial tasks such as sending invoices, keeping accurate records of

expenditure and providing budget reports as required.

Person specification

The post-holder should have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria:

• Degree or equivalent work experience

• Experience of organising events or conferences

• Excellent verbal communications skills, with the ability to build rapport and influence others

• Marketing experience writing content for print, websites, email and/or social media

• Excellent personal organisation and data administration skills, with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy

• Competent user of business IT (Google/Microsoft/databases/CRM)

• Target-driven with ability to self-manage and respond to competing priorities

• Exemplary team-worker with collaborative outlook

• Interest in Citizenship education and commitment to working within the education/charity sector to support our mission.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of using website CMS, finance systems or design software

• Experience of presenting online or in-person 

• Experience of managing online meetings/conferences via Zoom (or equivalent) 

• Creativity to design marketing assets and utilise post-production skills.

Key benefits

Hours of work: Full time role, 35 hours per week (excluding lunchtime). Core office hours are between 08:00-18:00, Monday to Friday, with some out of hours work required. Occasional travel within the UK and Ireland 

Location: London office

Holiday entitlement: 25 days, plus bank holidays

Contract: Full time, 18-month fixed term contract (with opportunity to extend)

Salary: £24,000-£29,000 pa

Pension: 6% employer contribution to NEST

Application process

To be considered for this role you will need to upload:

 i)  An up-to-date copy of your CV

ii)  A covering letter that addresses the essential criteria in the person specification

iii) You may like to also address the desirable criteria, but your letter should be no more than three A4 pages

iv)  At the end of your cover letter, please include the names and contact details (email and phone) of two references - with at least one being a recent employer. We will only contact your references in the event of you being offered the position.

Upload both elements of your application through the Charity Job website by 23:30, Sunday 19th June 2022. CVs without cover letters will not be accepted. Interviews will be held on 28th and 29th June.

For an informal conversation about the role or working at ACT, please contact us via the details on our website and ask for Richard.

Thank you for your interest in this great opportunity. Good luck with your application!

Care4Calais is a volunteer run charity delivering essential aid and support to refugees living in the UK, Northern France and Belgium.  We believe in a fair and tolerant British society and advocate for a welcoming and inclusive attitude towards refugees.

Over the last eighteen months the charity has grown significantly and is now supporting thousands of refugees across the UK, as well as running on the ground operation across Northern France and Belgium. We looking for a resourceful, ambitious and experienced Operations Coordinator to lead on delivery of aid to refugees around the country. The role will focus on building a diverse volunteer team, and leading on delivery of aid and related logistics across the UK.

The complex logistics of managing a large influx of aid, ensuring a high level of quality control, and distribution to vulnerable individuals across the UK will be a key challenge.  Candidates will naturally need strong organisational skills, and have the temperament to make numerous important decisions every day.

With a changing team of hundreds of volunteers, the relationships you build with your voluntary team leaders will be key to the success of this role.  The Operations Coordinator will be required to: co-ordinate operations and lead teams distributing aid to refugees in challenging situations; coordinate and motivate teams of volunteers; and manage warehouse operations and logistics.

The refugee crisis is politically controversial, and the debate and sensitivity around this often heightens within Europe.  An awareness of the risks and consequences of public actions and statements by our personnel is therefore necessary.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly-committed team of game changers dedicated to improving the lives of refugees.

The position is initially fixed-term but has the prospect of becoming permanent. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

Managing warehouse operations

• Manage the day to day operations of the Manchester warehouse;
• Sort donations and ensure high quality standards and procedures are adhered to;
• Ensure health and safety procedures are followed, and maintain order and tidiness to enable quick access to resources;
• Ensure stock levels of core resources are maintained and communicated on a regular basis to C4C groups;

Volunteer Management and Recruitment

• Ensure regular engagement and recruitment of volunteers via social media channels;
• Training and brief volunteers in sorting and organising donations, ensuring quality checks and procedures are adhered to;
• Motivate volunteers in warehouse operations, enabling a positive work environment, mediating volunteer differences and leading by example with acceptance of a range of attitudes, backgrounds and cultures recognising that each volunteer has an ability to contribute if utilised in the right manner;
• Exploring new volunteer recruitment avenues and maintain current relationships with linked voluntary organisations;

Distribute aid around the UK

• In conjunction with Logistics and Operations, organise aid to be delivered around the UK;
• Recruit and manage volunteer drivers;
• Manage competing priorities of aid between the groups effectively and fairly;

Lead Distributions

• Plan and lead distributions of essential supplies and clothing;
• Ensure volunteer safety and smooth beneficiary experience through calm confident leadership;
• Ensure pre and post briefing of volunteer teams on safety procedures and structured distributions; 
• Maintain strong relationships with hotel and local authorities and local C4C groups; 

Essential Skills and Experience 

• Experience in volunteer management and recruitment; 
• Experience managing and motivating large and small teams; 
• Experience establishing and maintaining operational systems and processes;
• Self-motivated and used to managing multiple priorities to meet deadlines;
• Able to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders;
• A high level of discretion and diplomacy;
• Good decision-making and negotiation skills;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement;
• Strong digital literacy, including ability to work on Google Workspace and Office 365;

Desirable Skills and Experience 

• 3 years or more driving experience; 
• Experience managing second hand donations;
• Experience managing warehouse operations;
• Practical experience of working in a refugee related or human rights organisation;
• Experience working with remote teams from different cultural background;

Please provide a covering letter that explains why you are suitable for this role and why you want to work with Care4Calais - we will only consider applications that are accompanied by a covering letter.

Job Title: Human Resources Coordinator

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: £25,000 - £26,000 per annum

Location: London (Bloomsbury)

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About the Role

Coram is looking for an experienced HR Coordinator to join our busy and committed HR team. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to broaden their current HR administrative skills and experience in a supportive environment. You will be one of the main points of contact for all new and existing employees, but more than that, you’ll be a crucial part of the HR team. This will include involvement in various employee related projects and helping us provide our Investors in People gold service to our employees.

The ideal candidate will need to be adaptable in their approach to taking on a range of HR responsibilities, and be able to manage a number of completing demands. This will include producing statistical data, creating reports and overseeing day-to-day administration. You will also be responsible for producing letters, ensuring all DBS checks are completed and generally managing the recruitment process from advertising through to joining instructions. You will be the first point of contact for all HR queries, and manage the accurate recording and monitoring of the employee lifecycle on the HR database.

With experience of working in an HR environment, you will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills. Good excel skills are required as this role will involve manipulating data.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing Date: Monday 6th June 2022 at 9am

Interview Date: Wednesday 15th June 2022 

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Job title: Work Experience Coordinator

Location: Remote working in Northern Ireland

Responsible to: Head of Engagement in Northern Ireland

Salary:  £24,000 to £27,000

Contract: Full-time, 37 hours a week

Closing Date:  Monday 30th May 2022 at 9 AM

Interview Date:  Week commencing 6th June 2022

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter, your application will not be considered.

Although this role is based remotely, you must live in Northern Ireland. Please note, you may be required to travel to client locations in and around Northern Ireland; therefore, for some roles you should live within a commutable distance without impacting productivity or adding a substantive financial burden to the charity, to be successful in your application.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools is a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown tenfold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives by raising the aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify, PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Speakers for Schools Values

PASSION: 

We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.

AGILITY: 

We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.

INTEGRITY: 

We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.

COLLABORATION: 

We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.

DIVERSITY: 

We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.

Role Summary

This role sits within our Engagement team and is crucial to the delivery of the charity’s programmes.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

• Responding to enquiries from schools and students regarding questions about the application portal registration process and general troubleshooting 
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software and that of external partners 
• End-to-end technical support for partners, schools, and students
• Enabling stakeholders in the delivery of work experience and charity programmes
• Data Management and CRM 
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records and generating reports
• Responding to and managing stakeholder queries via email and telephone
• Supporting the delivery of charity programmes

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:

Essential 

• Experience in a similar delivery-focused role within a small, fast-paced organisation 
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook 
• Experience in using CRM software to achieve the tasks outlined above
• Good customer service skills that mean queries are answered professionally and clearly 
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes 
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for 
• Ability to clearly communicate with students to ensure they understand our processes and are able to access opportunities 
• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders 
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently 
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives 

Desirable 

• Experience of working in programme support in education charities 
• Experience in using Salesforce
• Experience in supporting young people via charity programmes
• Experience in using Google Classrooms

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• 3 voluntary days per year
• Wellbeing programme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package
• Subsidised office furniture
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and to eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid-19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity is at our core, join us.

Disability Confident Employer

Speakers for Schools are glad to be Disability Confident Employers. This means that if you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be invited to interview.

Please note that in certain recruitment situations, such as a high number of applications and seasonal and high-peak times, Speakers for Schools may limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

We usually ask for a CV and covering letter to be submitted as part of the application process. However, we understand that this is not always accessible to everyone, so we welcome video and phone call applications as alternative ways to apply. For additional information or support, please contact us.

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one-page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period. Please note, that if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.  

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

The closing date for this role is Monday 30th May 2022 at 9 AM

Successful candidates will be invited to interview on the week commencing 6th June 2022. Please try to be available this week as alternative dates may not be possible.

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the interview date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious Editorial Coordinator with a strong understanding and passion for science and Open Access publishing to join our team.

As an integral member of our team, the role-holder will be responsible for the management of the peer review system for the three society journals, supporting the Editors in the handling and processing of incoming manuscripts. The Editorial Coordinator will also be required to assist in the implementation of the journal strategies, including managing commissioned articles and review series, recruiting and onboarding Editorial board members, and identifying areas for improvement within the peer review process.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out quality-control checks on new submissions
• Ensuring peer review is conducted in a timely manner
• Monitor and report on journal KPIs
• Provide administrative support in the organisation and minuting of external and internal meetings
• Work with Publisher operations and production teams
• Support the commissioning work of the Journals Manager
• Attend Society conferences and meetings as a representative for the journal and Society

We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

We will be actively interviewing for this role so the role may close before the date advertised.

The role of the Volunteering Coordinator is to attract and onboard sufficient volunteers to support and grow our services and income. You will support your local team to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers.

This role is a fixed Term contract for 12 months. Working 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week. Two days will be worked in the office and the remaining three days from home.

In addition, there are 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we are committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team, and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

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

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

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

Safeguarding

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