The role

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 370,000 children, young people and families.

In this role, you will manage and lead staff and volunteers, providing a wide range of services to vulnerable children, young people and families, including looked after children and care leavers, children with disabilities and unaccompanied minors. You will be working closely with senior staff and managers whilst nurturing, developing and promoting effective relationships with colleagues across the organisation and different stakeholders

You will make a difference by:

• Providing high quality service to children, young people and families in a safe and positive work environment
• Supporting multi-agency delivery of services to children and young people
• Ensuring efficient budget usage and reporting
• Providing line management of staff, and sharing knowledge and experience through coaching and mentoring techniques.
• Producing and presenting reports to improve performance and service delivery

You will need:

 Significant experience of managing staff and volunteers in a multitude of settings and services, including managing supervisors.

• Significant experience managing multiple teams with concurrent needs
• Significant working and educational knowledge and understanding of childcare legislation and safeguarding requirements, in particular in relation to those children in care, in need, with a disability and with immigration needs.
• Experience working with children, young people and or families in a multi agency environment and achieving positive outcomes through intervention.
• Significant experience of delivery of service user needs assessment, ensuring accurate and update retention of information
• Significant experience chairing, supporting and contributing to service planning meetings.
• Experience in the development and practice of community working, including influencing involvement
• Significant experience producing clear, concise written reports capturing and progressing the salient issues to action.
• Significant experience working with Fundraising Teams and Commercial Teams to develop and expand services in the cluster
• Demonstrable integration of equality and diversity into practice and service delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft software packages i.e. word, email etc.
• To lead by example with the completion of processes and procedures to the expectations to standards designated and to guide\ advise subordinates
• To prioritise workload, including subordinate staff to achieve and deliver within agreed timescales.
• To support with the management of the services, including allocated responsibility of aspects of service.
• To manage and develop subordinate staff and different teams.

You will preferably have a minimum Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care or equivalent in a related
 

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work on our careers site.
 

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. 

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.
 

Please note: Interviews are planned to be held on  Friday 21st May 2021

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

This role is responsible for the efficient and effective day to day running of the charity, including providing support in delivering on human resources, learning development, health and safety, quality, compliance, and other administrative requirements.

This is a new role designed to develop, deliver, and improve our HR function, expanding our capacity to sustain our collaborative culture where staff are encouraged and supported to perform at their best and we collectively achieve outstanding results.

* This post is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010.

If this sounds like you, we look forward to hearing from you.

Job title: Logistics Coordinator
Contract type: Permanent
Starting date: ASAP July-August 2021
Hours of work: 0.8 - Full Time
Location: Anywhere in the UK
Salary: £25,856 FTE per year (£29,423 for those living in London)
Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, minimum of 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December
Reporting to: Logistics and Operations Manager

Application deadline: 9AM Wednesday 9 June 2021

Interview dates: 17 and 18 June 2021

About us
We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. In our trainings, we prioritise people from communities directly impacted by injustice.
Participants might be low-income, working-class people, people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Our graduates testify before Parliament, organise national demonstrations, change laws and wage important, successful campaigns. They are from diverse and marginalised communities and our evaluation shows that they are developing confidence in their ability to affect change and are making meaningful ‘wins’ towards achieving their aims on a broad range of issues such as; violence in a community, access to public space, fairness in the asylum system, and women’s inclusion and safety in leisure centres.

About the job
We are seeking a Logistics Coordinator who will help us set up and deliver our learning programme for campaigners and trainers. These programmes will be residential, online, community-based and event-based. They will be delivered to individual campaigners, community groups, charitable partner clients. The Logistics Coordinator role is a varied position that gives you an opportunity to work in lots of different ways. Each day is different in this role. One day you could be creating social media materials to recruit new people to our trainings, the next, you could be coordinating venues, catering and transportation for a residential training, or talking to a participant about their access needs and how we can best accommodate them.

Your role is to help ensure that all our participants have a great experience of our learning programmes by recruiting people to our programmes and then making sure that all of their technical, logistical and access needs are met. We are looking for someone who can think creatively about how to best support people (Would it help for people to have a guide explaining how to use Zoom? How can we reach people who have been in the care system to let them know that there is a scholarship available for them to attend our residential?) and someone who has rigorous attention to detail, for example, ensuring that all dietary needs are communicated accurately to the caterer or our complex schedule for processing hundreds of applications to the residential programmes is well coordinated. The tasks you do on any given day may be different, but they are all about making sure participants feel supported, prepared and have what they need to engage with the training. Some work may be outside office hours.

About the team

The successful applicant will join our newly formed Logistics team for programme delivery. Managed by the Logistics and Operations Manager you will be working closely with the different programmes to support participant and trainers needs.

We know there is a huge demand for our work, so are working hard to grow our organisation in a sustainable way. You’ll be a key part of doing that - by helping our colleagues deliver efficient, powerful programmes.

Job Description

• Plan and coordinate logistics for in-person Bootcamp events, including residential trainings, everything from venue, catering, travel, accommodation and supplies to recruiting participants to addressing participant access requirements
• Attend Bootcamp trainings to support the training team and coordinate logistics on site. This will include staying on site overnight for the duration of each of the three Bootcamp residentials (you would be given time off in lieu for this).
• Plan and coordinate logistics for online events, including helping participants learn how to use online platforms, tech support during live sessions, testing new software platforms, sending out equipment and handouts and meeting participant access requirements.
• Ensure online and in-person learning spaces are run effectively - taking into consideration timings/breaks/access to links and passwords/numbers, and ensuring any necessary support is given outside of sessions, for example facilitating test sessions for participants or creating training materials to help participants engage.
• Support the recruitment and selection of participants for Bootcamp trainings, including outreach to potential participants, reviewing applications and conducting interviews and coordinating the work of external selection assistants.
• Ensure access requirements for Bootcamp trainings are identified and participants are worked with to enable them to fully participate
• Feed in to the creation of processes and infrastructure for logistical support
• Coordinate the collection and analysis of evaluation and monitoring of Bootcamp trainings
• Work within an agreed budget for training programmes
• Provide information for grant applications and reports

General

• Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities
• Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
• External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone via Circleloop and check the general email inbox
• At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR
• At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.
• Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership Team

Person Specification 

Essential:

Experience of planning logistics for online training events

Experience of planning logistics for in person events

Experience providing logistical and technical support to complex programmes

Experience working within communities impacted by injustice, including low-income/working class people, people of colour, disabled people, migrants and LGBTQ+ people. We are seeking someone who has experience working within these communities either through campaigning or other types of work.

Experience supporting access for participants to take part in online and in person training

Able to communicate clearly and appropriately with different people 

Able to explain features and functions of standard programmes such as Zoom and Gsuite 

Able to work effectively under pressure

Able to prioritise a varied and fast-paced workload and deliver to deadline

Able to take initiative to develop creative solutions to problems as they arise

Ability to work independently 

Be a “people person”, someone who enjoys engaging with new people and is a good listener, as well as a good communicator with patience.

Aware of how systemic injustice operates in our society (i.e. economic inequality, racism and heterosexism) and excited to explore how best to confront these issues in the workplace

Flexible and adaptable to change 

Respond positively to new challenges 

Desirable:

Experience of coordinating the collection of data for evaluation purposes

Able to develop your own work plan and manage it independently

We are looking for a full time Senior Centre Coordinator who is passionate about creating a welcoming and accessible atmosphere for older people in a dedicated space. In this role you will ensure the centre runs smoothly on a day to day basis. This entails a range of responsibilities that focuses on engagement and positive member experience. You will need to have the ability to both organise and prioritise own workload and work flexibly and pro-actively.

About Open Age:

Open Age was established in 1993 and we’re now celebrating over 25 years of championing an active life for older people. Each week we run over 380 different activities for older people from our own three centres and over 60 other community venues. From boxing to ballet, baking to blogging - Open Age’s array of activities improve the physical and mental wellbeing of our members, and in doing so address the issue of loneliness and isolation among older people.

Job Description 

Job Title:  Gleaning Co-Ordinator

Reporting To:  Supply Manager

Salary:  £22-24k Pro Rata 

Contract type: 12-month fixed term contract, 0.6 FTE (3 days a week)

About The Felix Project 

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted. 

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We are a very ambitious and dynamic young charity, and we haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. We recently ran a very high-profile media campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, raising £10million to feed London. We have celebrity endorsement from Reece James, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry, James May and many others.

Last year we delivered enough food for 21.1 million meals to help people in need. We have continuing major growth plans for the next 4 years, with a target of delivering enough food for 100 million meals by 2024. Because nearly all the food we receive is donated by the food industry and volunteers, every £1 of expenditure redistributes £10 worth of food.

Purpose of the Job 

The Gleaning Co-Ordinator is an important role in our rapidly growing charity. You will be required to oversee all gleaning activity, this involves contacting farms to understand opportunities available, preparing equipment and liaising with key stakeholders across the organisation and managing volunteers on the gleans. You will need to be able to attend the gleans when they occur and carry out risk assessments beforehand while managing the glean on the day.

Duties and Accountabilities 

• Lead all gleaning activities.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with farms.
• Manage the gleans, taking responsibility for each gleaning event.
• Be the first aid point of contact at each glean.

• Volunteer co-ordination, training and supervision
• Resource planning

• Acting as the gleaning ambassador for The Felix Project

• Regular reporting and measurement 
• Work within the parameters of the gleaning budget
• Flexible approach to be able to take advantage of all gleaning opportunities when they arise.
  • Document gleaning days through photos and video media

Person Specification 

You will have a passion for farming, be enthusiastic, organised and proactive, have a knowledge of seasonal produce and the ability to connect with numerous stakeholders including farmers and the volunteers that will support you on the gleans. Be flexible in the days you work - gleaning will peak in September & October but will see activity throughout the year.

Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

• The ability to attend gleaning days on farms and participate in demanding physical activity, sometimes negotiating difficult weather conditions.
• An understanding of the farming industry
• An excellent telephone manner and negotiation skills, particularly when dealing with farmers.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

• Knowledge and experience of developing and implementing compliance policies.
• Meticulous organisation skills and attention to detail

• Full UK Driving Licence (with no more than 6 points) held for at least 1 year
  • First Aid knowledge or a willingness to train to full first aid requirements

Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role  

• Committed to reducing food waste and fighting food poverty.
• Flexibility in terms of working hours / days.
• Experience managing volunteers.
• Understanding of health and safety principles

What you’ll get in return 

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team. This role can be located across any of our sites including Park Royal, Deptford or soon to be opening Poplar but also at the farms that you glean on. 

The salary is c£22,000-£24,000 pro rata per annum (dependant on experience), 25 days annual leave (pro rated to 15 days) + bank holidays. 

Contract Type:  12-month fixed term contract, 0.6 FTE 

Hours:  22.5 hours per week – equivalent to 3 full days

Recruitment timeline 

Applications close: 17th May 2021

First interviews: 27th & 31st May

(if applicable) Second interviews: TBA

We are seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to be responsible for co-ordinating all of the volunteering opportunities within our Rehoming Centre's operations.

Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK with a nationwide network of rehoming centres and charity shops. Last year, Dogs Trust centres cared for over 9,000 dogs; we never put a healthy dog down.

Our rehoming centres house thousands of dogs each year until they are able to find a loving new home and the success of our centres wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers; there is a real family-community within each of our centres. Come rain or shine, our team are out in all weathers to make sure the dogs have the best possible life. Dealing with thousands of visitors each month, our rehoming centres are the face of Dogs Trust and we pride ourselves on our staff providing the very best in customer service.

In this role you will recruit, select and induct new volunteers, providing support throughout their volunteer journey with us. As part of the wider Dogs Trust volunteering strategy, you will play a key role in ensuring best practice is followed, achieving high volunteer standards. A strong relationship manager, you’ll build relationships with staff across the centre, the Volunteering Development team and the wider organisation to deliver an excellent volunteer experience. Where volunteers are shared across services, you will liaise with the Supporter Relations Officer, over occasional volunteer support for fundraising activities, the Home from Home Coordinator in support of our home fostering service and, where appropriate, with the local Dogs Trust Charity Shop Managers over any volunteers shared between the shops and the rehoming centre.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of customer care and the role of volunteers in an organisation, including their integration, management and motivation. You'll have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and strong leadership skills with ability to engage and work effectively with large groups of people with varying backgrounds and skill levels. You will also have a positive attitude, methodical approach to work with the ability to work under your own initiative. But above all a passion and commitment to work and the goals of Dogs Trust.

A full, manual, UK driving licence is also required.

To apply for this position, please send your CV and cover letter explaining your interest in and suitability for the role by clicking the APPLY NOW button.

• £18,680 per year (based on a full time salary of £28,021)

• 25 hours per week (with additional hours to end March 2022)

• Permanent

• Based in Greenwich

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind is a highly regarded local charity, helping people to be mentally healthy and working together with those experiencing mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of £4M, over 150 staff and 260 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

Our team in Greenwich work well together to offer a range of support to promote wellbeing and help people to manage their mental health. As our Peer Support Coordinator you will lead the development and delivery of peer support sessions and activities to support this, working with volunteers to develop new opportunities. Groups will be held online, at our Greenwich centre and at venues across the Greenwich borough.

We recognise the importance of having a diverse and inclusive work force, and would therefore particularly welcome applications from the following, currently under-represented, groups:

• People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds

• Young people

• Disabled people

• People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

BLG Mind is committed to meeting the reasonable adjustments of disabled people.

BLG Mind always welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health problems. 

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Closing date: Wednesday 19 May 2021

Likely interview date: Tuesday 1 June 2021

An application form can be downloaded from our website

This is a great opportunity for someone join a globally renowned brand, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The role sits as part of the Foundation directorate, which is responsible for driving revenue in fundraising and membership for the organisation.  The main responsibilities will be project management of collateral production, administration of promotional activities and finance and campaign tracking. The successful candidate will get to work with a number of teams across Kew, including digital marketing, creative services and events. They will develop their understanding of the charity sector and philanthropic audiences and gain experience in delivering campaigns to a large database of over 100,000 members.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi. 

Experience and attributes necessary:

• A proven track record of managing the delivery of projects
• Strong administration skills
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to organise and prioritise a workload
• A passion for marketing communications
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office specifically; Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please visit our website for more information and to apply.

Closing Date: 23/05/2021

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

Interviews are planned for w/c 24th May. 

Midaye is looking to employ an experienced and highly organised Programme Co-ordinator to support our Management Team in project planning, information and data management, and communications for multiple, community-based projects. The successful candidate will help us work effectively and efficiently to design and deliver much-needed services to our clients, respond rapidly to community needs, and measure and report our impact to funders and others. 

The new Programme Co-ordinator will be a central part of our close-knit, vibrant and committed staff team. We work with members of the BME communities in West London for whom English is an additional language. Our clients are usually first- and second-generation refugees, ex-refugees and migrants. We help them become healthier, better educated and more informed about services. Our activities empower, advocate for and support the most disadvantaged and isolated members of these communities. 

If you would like to join us in providing our crucial community services, you must demonstrate that you are highly organised and efficient, able to prioritise and manage your workload and can support a diverse staff team in providing services to our clients. You will need to have a good understanding of community organisations, excellent interpersonal skills and high levels of emotional and cultural competency. Project management experience, report writing skills, data management and processing and confidence with IT systems and database management are also necessary. 

In return, you will gain the satisfaction of knowing that your work is making a difference to disadvantaged and deprived communities in London. Your role will be a crucial one within Midaye, and the work you do keeping us organised and on track will be appreciated by staff, volunteers, trustees and clients alike. You will have the opportunity to grow in your role, and to gain experience in all areas of running a busy charity. You will be part of a friendly staff team who work towards Midaye’s goals with commitment and good humour. 

Please read the job description carefully before applying.

Recruiting for a Move on Coordinator to join our Homelessness and Complex Needs in Kensington and Chelsea!

GBP 23,000 working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:
The Move on Coordinator is responsible for managing and promoting Look Ahead's move on pathway across the RBKC complex needs service and also ensuring there is regular activities across all of our services that will not only build on residents' life skills but also enhance co-production within our services. The post holder will be responsible for sourcing accommodation in the private rented sector - liaising with landlords and sourcing new move on routes for resident. The post holder will also be responsible for sourcing funding for activities both internal an externally and working with residents across our services to ensure that the activities ran are done so in a co-produced way.

The ideal candidate will have good knowledge of housing and homelessness law and have good knowledge on the importance of co-production and the benefits of working in a co-produced manner. They will be someone who thrives on working under pressure, is a good team player and can demonstrate excellent networking and partnership. They will have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written); will be good at using their initiative in researching complex housing cases and able to meet tight deadlines.

Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate and lead on activities across all of our services
- Ensure there is clear communication across all forms with residents, staff and external agencies about ongoing activities both in and out of our services
- Source funding for activities both internally and eternally
- Ensure that residents are regularly consulted to gage their interests in the types of activities we promote
- Develop and design activities that will target development of residents life skills whilst in our services
- Promote and encourage resident participation in all activities and creating opportunities that will ensure activities are co-produced
- Develop and create a calendar around planned activities that will ensure ongoing staff involvement and participation
- Develop links with private sector landlords and estate agents in order to source private rented stock and promote LookAhead as a partner organisation
- Work in partnership with the local authority move on co-ordinator, creating innovative schemes to support long stayers in accommodation
- Attend and complete all relevant documentation for placement review meetings
- Maintain accurate records of service utilisation
- Develop and maintain an information resource to support operational staff in the resettlement of customers. This will include (but not limited to) Local Housing Allowance Rates, Partner Landlord and Estate Agency details and Rent Deposit Schemes. Act as the main point of contact for information and resources on the private rented sector
- Actively promote the look ahead
- Support a caseload of residents that are progressing toward move on
- In conjunction with operational staff assess the readiness of customers to move on and set up viewings for customers to access available accommodation
- Provide a support service to new residents who move on including assisting them to access welfare benefits and loans/ grants available from the Department of Work and Pensions
- Accompany residents to viewing
- Support clients and staff throughout any potential service decanting process
- Record detailed feedback from visits and events
- Collate best practice recommendations, examples and case studies ensuring learning is disseminated
- To manage a small budget, liaise with Look Ahead's finance department to request deposits, monitor expenditure and also invoice local authorities and other organisations which agreed to fund specific PRS move on schemes
- To represent Look Ahead at forums, liaison meetings with funders and internal meetings and groups
- Competent use of relevant systems, company policies and frameworks
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
- Carry out other duties commensurate with the designated role level

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Has relevant sector work experience
- Demonstrable experience of supporting vulnerable adults with Learning Disabilities

Desirable:
- Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications

For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website.

Mentoring Coordinator (Part-time 20 hours per week) – Fixed Term Contract

Salary £16,505 for 20 hours per week

Kingston Carers’ Network is a thriving carers’ charity providing a wide range of services to adult and young carers in the Royal Borough of Kingston. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivational person with excellent IT skills to join the YCP team in recruiting and supporting mentors for our amazing young carers, aged 5-18, who all have a caring responsibility for a family member. The ability and willingness to work flexible hours is essential, in order to see young carers after school and to link with professionals.

Closing date: 5:00pm Wednesday 19th May 2021

Interviews: Week Commencing 24th May 2021

You must complete an application form to apply for this role.

Kingston Carers’ Network, registered charity number 1151456

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localisation.

We're tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the sector faces. Problems including slow and reactive funding, centralised decision-making, and an aversion to change mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough, and needless suffering results. Our work focuses on three areas to change the system:

• Localisation: shifting power to those closest to the front line for more effective response.
• New forms of financing: providing fast, early, and predictable funding to improve community resilience and preparedness.
• Collective innovation: sharing expertise, insights and perspectives to shape a more effective humanitarian system.

We are seeking a new HR, Team and Wellbeing Coordinator to join our busy team, assisting with general HR functions, cross organisational coordination and team wellbeing. This role will suit someone who enjoys administration, organising, and getting the small things right, has enthusiasm and empathy and who really cares about doing a good job. This role is a support function to the whole team, helping to improve collaboration and coordination. It is an opportunity to develop your skills in wellbeing and around equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as broader HR support.  There will also be the opportunity to be involved in projects that make a difference to everyone in the charity, so we are looking for someone who enjoys teamwork.

Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy are essential, combined with a flexible, energetic can-do attitude and the desire to provide an excellent service with the ability to work under pressure. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, together with a logical, calm approach and initiative to resolve issues. We are looking for someone who is also keen to develop their skills in using online tools to support.

Start Network embraces diversity, promotes equality of opportunity and eliminates unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and treat every application on merit alone. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), and LGBT+ and non-binary candidates. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our essential selection criteria. 

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working. While our team is office based, home working is part of our culture. For part-time working and job-shares, please get in touch with us for a conversation about possibilities.

Job Title:     Senior Community Development Coordinator

Reports To:   Community Sports Manager

1. Job Purpose

The role is to develop and grow our Community Engagement programmes primarily in Croydon as well as supporting across Bromley, Sutton and parts of Lambeth to improve the opportunities of local children and young people using the brand of a professional football club.

To focus initially on the successful delivery of the Premier League Kicks programme, whilst also improving partnerships and expanding the footprint in the local community in response to local needs.

2. Principal Accountabilities/Responsibilities/Job Summary

• Support the high-quality delivery of all youth engagement projects, taking a lead role in recruitment of young people onto the programme, delivery of the provision and the support of training opportunities.
• Liaise with local sports and activity clubs to provide a range of possible exit strategies and pathways for individuals from the project.
• Identify participants within the project who may benefit from further educational or developmental training and work with colleagues to signpost them accordingly.
• Identify, recruit and manage volunteers, through internal and external relationships
• Engage new participants in the project through community outreach, events, internal collaborations, and marketing and promotion.
• Ensure that recruitment of young people onto programmes follows all appropriate safeguarding and data capture processes.
• Work closely with partnership organisations and workshop or qualification delivery agents.
• Support other staff that deliver on the programme to ensure a high-quality experience for the young people.
• Act as a role model and mentor for short term and casual members of staff delivering on the programme
• Support the data management system for the youth engagement provision and ensure all data is inputted accurately and in a timely manner.
• Support the Community Sports Manager on delivering the required safeguarding structure and provide updates and reports as required
• Support the Community Sports Manager in ensuring that all staff and volunteers are suitably qualified, DBS checked and adhere to health and safety and safeguarding issues
• Ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to
• Actively participate in continuing professional development and the appraisal process.
• Maintain the quality-of-service provision, regularly evaluating work and seeking to make improvements
• Cover as and when required for other departments within the Foundation
• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of the role.

3.  Knowledge/Experience/Technical Skills

Essential:-

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Possess a youth work qualification/other relevant experience in a youth work environment.
• Sound project management knowledge and experience with a proven track record of achievement and managing partners.
• Up-to-date safeguarding and first aid qualifications.
• Possess sports coaching qualifications/other relevant experience in a sports environment.

Experience

• Experience in Youth/Community/Sports Development landscape
• Experience in working with young people from different backgrounds and line management of staff/coaches
• Commitment to a high-quality community engagement programme.
• Some experience of managing staff, both part time or full time.
• A passion and interest in developing a career in the sport for social change sector, particularly supporting young people’s opportunities in grass roots sport and the health and wellbeing of young people
• Interest in delivering community programmes in schools and community settings
• An understanding of support required for small community organisations or parties in the voluntary sector.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines without close supervision

Technical Skills

• Excellent communication/presentation skills both written and verbal
• Ability to manage partnerships effectively and concisely so external partners are satisfied with our work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with all levels within the Foundation, the parent club and high-level external contacts.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, PowerPoint & Excel
• The ability to develop and maintain relationships with community providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, schools and their staff including community workers, school nurses, teachers and senior leaders within the local authority and organisations/charities.

Attributes

• A flexible, “can do” attitude is an important component of this role

Desirable:-

Knowledge

• Educated to degree level
• Knowledge of Community cohesion and Local Government policy
• Working or residing in the London Borough of Croydon

Experience

• Working in a fast-paced environment

Technical Skills

• Good level of numeracy and budgeting skills
• Car driver/owner – clean driving licence
• First Aid Certificate
• DBS Checked

Attributes

• A willingness to work flexible hours which will mean some evening and weekend hours in order to get the job done.

Community Coordinator

ECHO is seeking a new community-building superstar to join our small but hardworking charity supporting children and young people with heart conditions and their families.

You will play a major role in developing a new community forum on the ECHO website, reaching out to families and professionals across the paediatric cardiology community.

You will act as a link between parents, medical professionals and information providers and be of assistance to them all.

The day-to-day job of Community Coordinator will be to build and improve the way parents/carers can ask questions, find information, and get support from the moment of diagnosis right through to adulthood.

This job will suit someone who wants to make a difference to families, someone who understands the value of high quality and reliable information and someone who can take the time to make someone else smile.

The Job Description gives you an idea of what we are looking for - what we would love is someone who can bring ideas and see them through to delivery on a small budget and in a small team. Someone who values volunteers and who can get things done.

Setting up a new online forum might not be easy, we have some technical support, but you will work with volunteers and partners to get it working and moderated safely, within necessary guidelines and policies. When monitoring and replying to forum posts, you will need to be knowledgeable and professional in your signposting ability.

Much of your work will be online but some will be face to face meeting parents, children, doctors, psychologists, administrators, and charity professionals - you will need to be open-minded and have a positive attitude.

Supporting families as they experience their heart journey can be tough; we support you with a fun and friendly team, regular wellbeing activities and monthly external supervision. As a thank you we gift staff some extra holiday days, and we encourage personal development and training.

We are a small team, there may at times be a need for help with a children’s party, a fundraising letter to a company or presenting to a medical team about the work we do. Our work is based mainly from the ECHO office, but we are flexible and ad-hoc travel to events and activities will be necessary.

ECHO seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. ECHO welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK. ECHO will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job function if appointed to the role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week.

Salary: £27,000 (pro-rata)

Contract: 12 months (potential to extend, based on funding)

Application process: through Charity Job website only

Closing date: 10am Friday 14th May

Interviews: 8/9th June 2021