We are seeking a dynamic, experienced project manager to coordinate a ground-breaking initiative engaging and empowering young people with rail and sustainable travel to tackle exclusion and loneliness. Working with a group of our members and partners you will coordinate and support the delivery of three evidence-led pilots within communities in three different areas, helping to ensure they are participatory, effective and well-evaluated, and sharing their learnings widely across our network and beyond. 

About this role

This new role will enable us to coordinate a pioneering project bringing together multiple partners to engage young people with community rail, increasing access to independent, sustainable mobility, to reduce risk of social isolation and loneliness. Thanks to funding from the Department for Transport’s Tackling Loneliness with Transport Fund, we will work closely with research partner the University of the West of England, and community rail partnerships and other youth and community partners to coordinate three pilot schemes in Bristol and Gloucester, Blackburn with Darwen, and Newcastle and County Durham.

The initiative will develop and test a framework for community-based youth engagement that bolsters transport skills and confidence among 15-to-24-year-olds, widening access to opportunity, and promoting health, wellbeing, cohesion, and sustainable mobility. It will build on the growing work of the community rail movement, and seek to share lessons on youth engagement with transport, and tackling loneliness, across our network and wider youth and education sectors.

Your role with be crucial in ensuring the success of this important endeavour. You will:

• ensure excellent coordination and communication between project partners and high-quality coherent delivery of the pilots and project as a whole in line with project timeframes and expectations, including via steering group meetings and one-to-one support for individual partners;
• support the pilot leads to take a participatory, empowering approach to engaging young people, ensuring the young people can shape their experiences and make their voices heard;
• liaise with our academic partner to draw on their input and ensure an evidence-led approach is taken throughout, helping the community rail partnerships and other community partners to put evidence into practice;
• engage with programme evaluators, our academic partner and the pilot leads to coordinate and support good evaluation, ensuring robust data collection in line with requirements, and ensuring the evaluation is itself empowering for the young people;
• use the pilots’ lessons and experiences to produce guidance and tools for replication and wider delivery across community rail and the youth and education sectors, and work with our wider team to ensure good dissemination;
• work with Community Rail Network colleagues and members, and youth and transport partners to raise wider awareness about the project and its findings and secure a lasting legacy for the project.

Read more about the project by visiting our website and clicking on the 'news' section.

Our pilots will take place in Bristol & Gloucester, Blackburn with Darwen, and Newcastle & County Durham. Most liaison will be remote/online, but visits to these areas will be needed from time to time through the project so while this role is home-based, access to good rail links is essential and a relatively central location helpful.

Skills and competencies

1. A proven track record in project management, including coordinating between multiple delivery partners and ensuring project/funding requirements are met, and supporting/overseeing effective monitoring and evaluation;
2. Demonstrable experience in supporting community engagement projects, ideally related to inclusion and mobility, including working with young people or families;
3. A good understanding of and confidence using community engagement, local communications, project planning and evaluation techniques;
4. The ability to collaborate and communicate with community groups and other local partners, draw on their views and expertise, and support them to build capacity and confidence;
5. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels and facilitate positive discussion; articulate and assertive, and a great team player;
6. A proven ability to bring partners and groups together, develop and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships, deliver joint activities, and form professional networks;
7. Good writing and analysis skills, with the ability to draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence, produce case studies and reports;
8. Awareness of sustainable transport and social inclusion issues, and ideally wellbeing and loneliness specifically, and an appreciation of the importance of rail, sustainable travel and mobility to communities and young people;
9. A demonstrable ability to manage time effectively and juggle a range of activities in an organised, professional, productive manner, including planning and scheduling, coordinating with colleagues and partners, and bringing projects to fruition; 
10. Proactive, positive and self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and inspire and enthuse others, and overcome hurdles to achieve results;
11. IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, the internet and social media.

To apply

Apply by 23:59 on 12 June 2022 with two attachments: your CV and a covering letter of up to two sides of A4 summarising why you are the ideal person for this job and your relevant skills and competencies. Please include a daytime phone number.

First interviews take place on Tuesday 21 June on Zoom or Teams. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted by phone. Due to our limited resources, we are unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted. 

Other information

The post is home-based, but with some travel (linked to the project’s pilot areas) and occasionally to our office in Huddersfield and events elsewhere. We therefore encourage applications from those in a central location with access to good rail links.

This is a part-time position, 3 days (22.2hrs) per week. We are flexible which days these would be and use a flexi-time/TOIL system (with core hours usually 10am-3pm). We are committed to being a flexible, supportive and understanding employer. This is a fixed term position for 12 months, with a standard probationary period of three months.

Community Rail Network is an equal opportunities employer.

Job Title: Events Coordinator, Youth Engagement and Participation
Hours: 35 hours a week (full time)
Salary: £26,417 per annum  
Type of Employment: Permanent
Dept and Location: Youth Engagement and Participation, Home-based with occasional travel to London

Line Manager: Head of Youth Engagement and Participation
Direct Reports: None

The Youth Engagement and Participation Events Coordinator will be responsible for managing logistics and data for specific events for young people within the Youth Engagement and Participation team which will support the implementation of the charity’s end of treatment support model across the UK. The identified events will be either in person, digital or hybrid. These events offer young people for therapeutic and peer support interventions as part of their post treatment pathway and are flagship events. 

You will coordinate logistics around events and evaluate impact, as well as creating and maintaining a list of external suppliers for end of treatment events/services and liaising with suppliers and agencies. You will support the wider team to develop support programmes and create information for young people with cancer as well as providing administrative support to the wider Youth Engagement and Participation (YEP) team.

You will have:

• Experience of organising and coordinating events, both digitally and in person.
• Experience of collecting, maintaining and recording information and managing information of a confidential nature. 
• Be highly organised, self-motivated with excellent administrative skills and be able to prioritise and organise own workload with minimal supervision.
• Be IT literate and confident with budgets and spreadsheets.
• Experience of communicating key messages, positions and views to a range of audiences. 
• Experience of engaging with young people and their families. 
• Ability to plan, implement and manage projects and activities to tight deadlines independently. 

How to apply: 

To apply please submit your CV along with a short supporting statement. Refer to the person specification and succinctly outline:

• Your experience
• Your knowledge and know how
• Your skills and personal qualities

Application to be received by:  Wednesday 01st June 

First interviews:     Thursday 09th June 

Second interviews: Tuesday  14th June 

At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. We want you to be yourself here and thrive doing so. In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith. 

At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).  

For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please refer to our privacy policy. 

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. If there is any assistance or adjustments, we can make to support you to make your application, Please contact the HR team. 

Vacancy Reference Number:

RDC/PRO/UK-R1

Position title:

Regional Desk Coordinator 

Reports to:

Programme Director

Location:

Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE

(Remote Working option available, subject to agreement)

Hours of Work:

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Salary guideline:

(Up to) £32,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)

Terms of Employment:

Permanent Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)

Application Process & Closing Date:

Send an up-to-date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than Friday, 17th Jun 2022

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):

ASAP thereafter

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold Online Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please familiarise yourself with MS Teams and Zoom Meetings, prior to submitting your application. 

About Muslim Hands:

Muslim Hands is an international relief and development NGO established in 1993 to provide relief from poverty and sickness and the provision of education in an ethical, effective, efficient and transparent manner. 

Muslim Hands works directly and with partners in over fifty countries, carrying out short and long-term projects in emergency relief, educational and vocational training, orphan sponsorship, medical care and safe water. 

Introduction to the Role:

Muslim Hands UK is seeking enthusiastic person who are passionate about working in the humanitarian and development sector. This person would thrive by inspiring staff working in the field and helping to develop their skills. RDC would take the lead in developing the field offices to ensure optimum performance.

Muslim Hands is looking for Regional Desk Coordinators focusing on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Each of the RDC will focus on partner management, risk management, safeguarding and compliance.

RDC would also oversee the operational aspects of our programmes and partner offices. Working alongside our thematic coordinators in the UK and internationally, RDC will ensure that the partners have the capacity and tools to effectively implement our programmes and ensure that all partners are compliant with MH policies and procedures, especially on governance and risk management.

The RDC position will also support the Global Operations team in assessing and building the capacity of partner offices. Through coordination with the International Support Unit, the RDC will provide support and partner-specific information to the Muslim Hands International Fundraising partners.

This is an exciting period of growth and change at Muslim Hands as we have ambitious plans and programmes strategies to grow our activities by 2025.

Main responsibilities:

• Partner Management
  • Support the Partner offices and their operations to ensure they have effective resources and processes to manage MH funded projects.
  • Provide support on HR and operational capacity within partner offices and overseas programmes
  • Provide operational advice and support to MH on the working environment within country offices, including our fundraising teams
  • Support the development of operational procedures and capacity within partner offices
  • Assist partners to formulate, plan and communicate a country strategy with a clear vision and operational and programmatic goals
  • Ensure partner offices have capacity and training plan to ensure continuous professional development of staff and the capacity to implement operational and programmatic strategies
  • Represent Muslim Hands in the relevant forums and discussions.
  • Support the Global operations team in the partner capacity assessments and training programmes.
  • Ensure all partner policies and procedures (financial, operations, HR, etc.) are up to date, in line with MH policy and local law and exhaustive for the program's needs.
• Financial Compliance
  • Oversee partner office administration budgets as well as a continuous review of budget vs actual expenditure.
  • Alongside other Fundraising partners, ensure field office administration income is reviewed, and expenses are in line with budgets.
  • Set a strong culture of compliance and integrity, with clear links between compliance and performance evaluations, consistent communication and rigorous oversight
  • Provide fund management and financial transfer support to thematic teams
• Risk Management and Safeguarding
  • Manage the overall risk register for the region
  • Build risk mitigation plans to ensure effective management and implementation of MH projects.
  • Mitigate risk and concerns raised on partner offices and operations
  • Lead as the focal safeguarding contact for regional partners here in the UK.
  • Support partner offices to build safeguarding and complaint management processes and policies
  • Support and lead with complaint and safeguarding investigations when required
• Project Management
  • Ensure that project management systems (P3) are used effectively by project field office staff
  • Alongside the thematic teams, ensure that the partner offices are provided with technical support on MH management systems

Essential

• Experience in working with remote partners across the globe
• Experience of working within a development/humanitarian organisation
• Be effective in a fast-paced environment, especially within humanitarian emergency contexts
• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent and wholly accountable manner
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by the line manager
• To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands policies and codes of conduct
• Excellent oral and written English is required.

Desirable

• Experience of working within INGOs and Partner/Field Office Management
• Experience of working in-country within the countries that MH operate within
• Knowledge of any of the following languages is an advantage: French, Arabic and Urdu.
• Experience of working on Programme Quality, HR, Safeguarding and Risk.

NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope.  The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation

Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful. 

Reporting to: Support Network Manager

Working hours: Full time/ 37.5 hrs a week; would consider 4 days/30 hrs for the right candidate

Interview date: Interviews will take place virtually on 17th June 2022

About the role:

The Scottish Development Coordinator is a new role for the charity and our first post in Scotland. There is an exciting opportunity for the post-holder to make a tangible difference to all those affected by endometriosis in Scotland. This role aims to increase the availability of support in Scotland for those facing isolation, loneliness and disadvantage due to endometriosis, by expanding and strengthening community-based support groups, led by local volunteers with lived experience of the disease. 

We also want to ensure that more people in Scotland can access support and opportunities to build resilience, by increasing the awareness and availability of our Helpline, WebChat and information resources, at a time when access to NHS care and information is limited. In this role, the post holder will raise awareness of endometriosis across Scotland including with healthcare professionals, members of the Scottish Government, and in some cases with local media. The post holder will also be raising the profile of Endometriosis UK across Scotland and signposting the endometriosis community of Scotland to our supportive services.

There are currently seven Endometriosis UK support groups in Scotland. These groups play a key role in reducing the isolation felt by many and are a vital source of information and support. There is still so much work to do and lots of people we haven’t reached yet. This post will help us offer support to the whole endometriosis community in Scotland, raise the charity’s profile and develop exciting new projects to achieve our ambitious goals.

Job purpose: 

This is a new post that will work alongside the support network team and colleagues in the UK, and our expanding community of volunteers in Scotland. The purpose of the role is to expand our reach in Scotland to ensure we are delivering vital supportive services to everyone affected by endometriosis at this exciting time for endometriosis care in Scotland.

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

Support and Information

• Recruit, train, induct and support volunteers within Endometriosis UK’s support services 
• Review, monitor and develop services in response to community and organisational need
• Scope out, plan and deliver new initiatives to develop the support network in Scotland 
• Liaise with support network team and volunteers to ensure a high-quality service is delivered 
• Adhering to quality standards, confidentiality, policies and the standard operating procedures of the support network services
• To promote the charity’s support network services across Scotland Awareness and Communications 
• Raise awareness of endometriosis and Endometriosis UK across Scotland including with healthcare professionals, members of the Scottish Government, and in some cases with local media
• Raise the profile of Endometriosis UK across Scotland within BSGE centres, NHS trusts and with the general public
• Identify potential opportunities, including funding opportunities, to increase our capacity and work in Scotland

Data collection and reporting

• Ensure the ongoing collection and analysis of volunteer and service user data for internal and external use
• Assist with maintaining the charity database (CiviCRM), ensuring accuracy and consistency across records
• Maintaining up-to-date recording and filing systems, both manual and electronic as appropriate

General

• The role will require travel to meeting and events throughout Scotland and sometimes London and elsewhere in the UK. Some weekend or evening work will be required and time off in lieu will be given
• The post holder will be working in a developing environment and will be required to undertake other appropriate duties as necessary for the efficient operation of Endometriosis UK
• The post holder will be required to provide regular reports on support network service activity
• Support the CEO, Support Network Manager and colleagues to ensure the smooth running of the charity. We are a small, busy charity, and all staff help with the general running of the organisation in addition to their specific role activities.

Person specification:

We are looking for a confident and proactive individual with experience of working independently in a goal-oriented environment. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people including health professionals, volunteers, MSPs and members of the public. The successful candidate will have good problem-solving skills and be an excellent team player. A confident volunteer manager with experience of building and developing relationships, you will have empathy with the organisation’s mission and be keen to develop new and exciting ways to reach and support our audiences. 

1. Experience and confidence in recruiting, managing and nurturing volunteers to deliver services
2. Experience of managing volunteer led support services and identifying development needs
3. Evidence of successfully developing relationships with a wide range of audiences including volunteers, community groups, health professionals and MSPs
4. Experience of event management 
5. Experience of evaluating, monitoring and reporting on services
6. Strong IT skills, including standard Microsoft Office packages, databases and spreadsheets. 
7. Excellent attention to detail
8. Excellent planning and organisational skills
9. Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise effectively
10. Good interpersonal skills, with a flexible, proactive and positive attitude, and ability to build relationships
11. Ability to work creatively and professionally both individually and within a small team
12. Empathy with the mission and vision of Endometriosis UK
13. Willingness and ability to undertake travel around Scotland and occasionally the UK, and some evening & weekend work.

Work location

We envisage the post holder would work from home. If that is not feasible, we will work with the successful candidate to identify a shared office facility close to where they live. As this post requires travel throughout Scotland and sometimes across the UK, the post holder will require access to good transport links.

Whilst the post is advertised as full time, we would consider part time for the right candidate. If so, the salary is pro rata.

Apply:

To apply please submit a CV and maximum two-page cover letter outlining how you meet the person specification and why you’re interested in the post. 

We welcome queries from potential applicants. For an informal conversation about the job requirements please get in touch.

Remote homebased in the UK

This role is classified as requiring standard pre-employment checks

Note you must have the right to work in the UK.

About Relief International

Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe.  Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.

About our Programs

RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.  Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities. 

• RI employs 7,000+ staff and auxiliary workers
• 97% of staff are local nationals
• We only have some 90 ex-pat staff out of 7,000+
• RI spent $125 million in 2021 on our programs

About the opportunity

You will be part of a small and very busy HR Team; supporting the Head of Talent Acquisition, to deliver an inclusive and high-quality recruitment cycle from job design, advertising to onboarding and orientation experience to internal managers and candidates.

This will include

·    developing roles and advertising 

· supporting the shortlisting process

· setting up interviews across sometimes numerous time zones

· verifying due diligence in the hiring

· contracting process

· ensuring fully completed documents are chased from panel members and files are audit ready 

In addition, supporting a variety of talent acquisition projects, including but not limited to internships and volunteers, surge/ emergency response rosters, orientation and onboarding and succession planning.

About you

You will be highly organized and bring excellent organizational and administrative skills to manage the recruitment and selection process, keep HR records, use HR systems and producing reports. You must be detail focused and customer service oriented.

You will have previously worked in a talent acquisition/ recruitment role in a global organization. Your ability to work effectively with cross departmental teams and build relationships across cultures and time zones will be essential. Together  with your flexible approach and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

You will bring formal HR qualification or working towards HR qualification together with some HR experience and some knowledge of either US or UK employment law.

How to apply

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.

You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.  The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date. Note the closing date as per the job board listing, however, please apply immediately as we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis and may withdraw the position before the job board closing date.

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Relief International has a zero-tolerance policy for unlawful harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment.

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

Who we are 
Peace Direct is an international charity with a big mission: to work with local people to stop violence and build sustainable peace in some of the world's most conflict affected countries. More than that, we want to change the international system so that it better supports the role that local people and communities play in preventing violence and building and sustaining peace.

About the role

This is an exciting new role, which will support a global campaign entirely led by local peacebuilders. Yes, that's right: not a campaign designed and delivered by us, but by local peacebuilders around the world. Our role at Peace Direct is to act as a secretariat and facilitator of the campaign, providing logistics support and guidance as required. Local peacebuilders will be in the driving seat. 

The Campaign Coordinator will work closely with a cohort of local peacebuilders around the world who will meet online regularly to identify the main problems experienced by them and others like them globally, as well as the potential solutions, which will lead to the development of key campaign messages. The role of the Campaign Coordinator is to ensure that the local peacebuilders have whatever they need to deliver an impactful global campaign.

This is not your typical campaigns role! You will be the support team, not leading or directing the campaign but helping a diverse group of passionate activists to coalesce around a set of campaign messages. Key activities include:

• ​Engaging with existing campaigns led by Global South actors and networks to develop an inclusive process for identifying local peacebuilders to form a ‘global campaign team’
• Designing a selection process to recruit 8-10 local peacebuilders as the campaign team
• Developing a campaign co-creation process, enabling the campaign team to identify the problems in the peacebuilding system, explore solutions, and craft campaign messages
• Identify and work closely with a creative agency to support the visual identity and narrative formulation of the campaign
• Support all aspects of the implementation of the campaign, ensuring that it has global reach
• Provide regular ‘touch points’ for the campaign team to share ideas and brainstorm together
• Facilitate any training and coaching necessary for the campaign team
• Organising in-person events for the global campaign team to meet periodically and to participate in other global meetings

The ideal candidate will be a true campaigner, ideally with a lived experience of conflict, who will have a strong background in supporting national or international campaigns. You will have excellent project management and communication skills, strong written skills, excellent interpersonal and team working skills and will be highly organised. Fluency in a second language (French, Spanish or Arabic) would be a bonus.

This position can be based anywhere globally (so long as there is a reasonable internet connection!), and we strongly encourage campaigners from the Global South to apply. Due to the part time and flexible nature of the role, we expect the role to be a consultancy position.

Peace Direct strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer, with equality of opportunities regardless of personal identity, and we are committed to improving our systems and ways of working to support this, including creating a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) working group, DEI strategy and recruitment guidelines. We strongly encourage individuals from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), LGBTQ+, people with disabilities and people with mental health challenges.

Please note that we expect all applicants to complete a cover letter and an application form. CVs will not be accepted.

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated individual to join our team. At CASY we believe that childhood and the teen years are pivotal to a happy and successful adult life. That is why we work so hard to ensure that if a young person needs support they have access to high quality effective counselling in the school setting.

You will be responsible for developing and building school contracts within the Lincolnshire area and to maintain relationships.

You will need to:

Increase the number of long-term school contracts for CASY’s school-based counselling service

Increase the number of bespoke contracts with schools by following up on enquires and referrals that come into the office

Encourage schools to convert from the bespoke service to long-term contracts by active engagement with the school

You will need to maintain relationships with schools

To be responsible for excellent customer support to schools in receipt of CASY’s services by:

1. termly contact, either phone or face-to-face, with designated school lead.
2. producing and delivering ending reports for clients seen within the school
3. providing mid-year feedback reports on activity within the school
4. responding to school or counsellor concerns in a timely fashion
    

To provide service feedback on all bespoke contracts

Conduct end of contract reviews with school and make recommendations for future contracts

Counsellor Management:

To be responsible for ensuring the administration work of counsellors within schools is accurate and up to date.

Develop relationships with CASY school counsellors by half-termly contact

To conduct yearly 1-to-1s with school counsellors in designated area.

Accompany CASY school counsellor on first visit into a new school.

Events Fundraising Coordinator

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract for 12 months.
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Salary: £23,384 - £24,328 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 06 June 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom or Teams)

Please note, the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 23:59pm on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Us:

Who we are

The Alzheimer’s Society are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia.

What we want

We will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What we do

We support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis.

No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to Alzheimer’s Society/us for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step.

We join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future

How we do it

We’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia
About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Third Party & OYO team as an Events Fundraising Coordinator. Your focus will be supporting on a portfolio of third party & OYO events helping the team to maximise all fundraising opportunities for the Society so we can reach our ambitious income targets.

You will be responsible for recruiting and supporting our participants, ensuring your events are performing well against agreed income and expenditure targets, as well as carrying out a range of admin and database tasks.

About you

- Be well-organised, ambitious and target driven
- Experience working in a busy events environment.
- Ability to prioritise your workload and focus on the right task at hand
- Experience in multi-tasking and prioritizing business-critical tasks.
- Be self-motivated and have a strong attention to detail
- Experience in working with data and be IT confident
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written

Ref: 133 233

Community Engagement Coordinator x 3

Location:

1x role in the south of England

The role will be home-based with extensive travel across the south of England, the London office and regular travel to other regions and BookTrust offices in England.

1x role in the central England

The role will be home-based with extensive travel across the central England and regular travel to other regions and BookTrust offices in England.

1x role in the north of England

The role will be home-based with extensive travel across the north of England, the Leeds office and regular travel to other regions and BookTrust offices in England.

Contract: 2 years fixed term, extendable for a further year

Salary: £30,000 p.a.

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. Working with every local authority and across every region in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year through schools, health visitors, libraries and other partners. This incredible network helps us to get children excited about reading from an early age. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more creative and do better at school.

This is an exciting time to join us; Book Trust is investing in the expansion of the Partnership Team that supports our work across England. Building our capacity in all regions of England will offer greater opportunity to work with our partners in a place-based way, working in and with local communities and the children and families most in need of support.

As a Community Engagement Coordinator, you will work within the regional partnerships team to support projects, pilots and pieces of learning to build greater place-based working with the BookTrust partner network.

To apply, you must complete all elements of the process below and submit by the closing date. To find out 'How to Apply', please go to our website. The selection process will take place in June 2022.

1. Submit a written answer in no more than 750 words to the question below:

“Can you tell us about a time when you worked to support local communities, tell us what you role was, what was important to ensure a successful outcome and how you used your skills, knowledge and or experience to deliver a successful outcome.

1. Please submit your CV, comprising of no more than 2 sides of A4.
2. Please submit a covering email stating only the attachment of the documents set out in points 1 and 2 and confirming which role and region you wish to apply for. Lengthy covering emails will be disregarded.

Closing date: Friday, 3rd June, 12pm

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: BAME candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details can be found on our website). 

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

What did you do last night? Did you build a den? Have fun with music and movement? Cook a new dish? Try a new sport? Do you want to make a real difference disabled young people with lived experience of disability or long-term health conditions?

Join us as an Activity Group Coordinator or Assistant Coordinator and you could be doing all this and more, whilst enjoying our range of brilliant benefits like full training, private health insurance and working with a supportive and dedicated team

The role

You will use your ability to connect with young people to plan and deliver creative, fun and accessible activity sessions as part of a supportive and dedicated team.  You will need to be confident to provide high quality activities, supervise a small staff and volunteer team and provide personal care, (including medication) and be able to offer behaviour support to members of the group.

As we are now expanding our services across Cheshire, we need the following roles

Sensory Hive (Cheshire West), an exciting new, accessible, sensory based, after school group for young people aged 5-11 years, with lived experience of disability or long-term health conditions. The group is funded by Children in Need and will provide fun and creative activity sessions, during term time. 18.5 hours per week Mon-Weds for Group Coordinator, 5 hours per week Tues & Weds as Assistant Coordinator

Buzz (Cheshire East) our amazing accessible youth group for 12-18 year olds. The group supports young people to experience a range of great activities including cookery, sports, creative art, drama, bushcraft, Duke of Edinburgh Award programme and more. 9.5 hours per week Weds-Thurs for Group Coordinator and 2.5 hours per week (Thursday) for Assistant Coordinator

Does this sound like you?

We’d love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications : 8th June 2022

Post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check

Disability Positive are an equal opportunities employer. Applications from disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long-term conditions are particularly welcome.

Registered charity no 1091744

Communications Coordinator

Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V405
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £24,000 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Homebased (access to office if required)

Closing date: 5th June 2022
Interview date and Location: Week commencing 13th June 2022

Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues.  From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great.  And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive. 

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK.  We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England.  We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team.  We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business. 

Role Purpose

We are looking for a creative and ambitious Communications Coordinator to join our small Communications Team. Our friendly team supports the work of Volunteering Matters across the UK, and the role of the Communications Coordinator plays a key role in helping us make the most of opportunities open to us externally and internally.

Your core responsibilities will be getting to know the work of our staff and volunteers across the UK; a key priority is collecting updates from our projects so that we can share our impact with external and internal stakeholders. You will be a big part of a small team responsible for supporting our projects, so you will assist the team in areas of organisation and administration as well as implementing filing and organisational systems. You’ll help with ad hoc graphic design, video editing, and administration.

During 2022, the Communications Team will work on a range of key projects, including the development of work on our family of brands, the delivery of two new websites as well as supporting our Partnership Team on our 60th anniversary campaign.  And lots more! It’s a busy, fast-paced role which requires a can-do attitude and an ability to adapt and prioritise tasks as they arise.

Our volunteers and the people we support are at the front and centre of what we do, so a strong commitment to our values is essential for this role.  A belief in the power of communities with a desire to platform volunteers of all ages and from all backgrounds is core to our work...

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the administration related to the Communications Team including dealing with Canva design requests, ordering materials and scheduling meeting
• Sourcing content and updates from our projects for our social media channels and internal newsletter
• Responding to and managing requests that come through our shared inbox
• Supporting the team in collecting information for the development of the Volunteering Matters and ProjectScotland websites.
• Liaising with staff across the organisation to update and maintain our organisational calendar
• Creating and maintaining a filing system for the Communications Team’s materials
• To monitor our press coverage in local, trade and national press, capturing this information and creating a media log

Skills

Essential

• Strong interpersonal communication skills and a passion for facilitating inclusive communication
• Excellent written communication skills; able to write excellent copy that educates and engages audiences from website blogs to comments on social media
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise while meeting tight deadlines
• Strong administrative skills with a keen eye for detail including proof reading
• Confident using a camera for photography and video content
• Passionate about using story telling as a method of creating content that engages audiences
• Able to engage appropriately and effectively with a range of stakeholders through a variety of means
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills

Desirable

• Experience using Wordpress, Mailchimp and Google Analytics
• Basic understanding of productivity tools such as Microsoft To Do

Experience Required

Essential

• Demonstrable graphic design experience using Canva, the Adobe Suite or similar
• Using storytelling to create content to engage your chosen audience
• Excellent understanding and experience of using social media
• Basic video editing experience

Desirable

• Experience of helping to organise events, shoots and/or campaigns
• Experience using Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint, Google Analytics, and Zoom
• Experience of working in the voluntary sector and/or volunteering in your community

Qualifications

Relevant experience and values alignment is more important for this role than specific qualifications.

Other

The post can be home based or office based. The postholder will require good internet access to enable remote working, and a suitable home office space. I.T. equipment and infrastructure will be supplied.

DBS/ PVG

This role doesn’t require full DBS/ PVG clearance.

Our Values & Way of Working:

In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion 

Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups. 

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments: 

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact our HR team for more information. 

We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History. 

Benefits 

Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications. 

GDPR Statement 

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.   

We are recruiting an Area Services Coordinator for our supported housing and community services. Life provides accommodation and support services to Mum’s with children under the age of 5 and Mum’s to be. We are passionate about providing strength-based services which meet the needs of the service users. Ensuring positive outcomes are achieved during their time with Life.

Post to cover Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

12 month fixed term contract with potnetial for extension

About Life

Life is a UK pregnancy and maternal support charity that helps over 60,000 people a year to manage pregnancy and pregnancy loss with dignity and courage so they can flourish.

Our services include

· Supported housing and community support

· Counselling and skilled listening

· Free pregnancy tests and baby supplies

Our values
All our work is underpinned by the following universal human values:

· Humanity – All people are special and equal.

· Solidarity – We’re with you and for you.

· Community – We’re better together.

· Charity – Doing good for one another.

· Common good – Building a better world.

About you 

To be successful you need to be passionate about supporting women and children to thrive. You will be confident dealing with multiple challenges on a daily basis and be able to show the ability to prioritise accordingly. You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure the team are supported on a day-to-day basis, referrals are dealt with in a timely manner and the manager is kept up to date with ongoing activities. You will be able to demonstrate empathy and understanding of the needs and barriers for vulnerable service users dealing with pregnancy or bringing up a young child.

You will have a sound understanding and experience of delivering strength-based services, ideally in a trauma informed way, to ensure independence, choice, and control for Life’s service users. (Training on Trauma Informed Practice will be provided)

You will be committed to providing a high quality service in line with organisational aims and principals. Bringing enthusiasm, energy and a can do attitude to everything you do.

IT skills, excellent interpersonal skills and understanding the importance of working within equal opportunities, safeguarding and confidentiality guidelines are essential.

Benefits

At Life we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year, plus 8 Bank Holidays, (for full-time positions, pro-rated for part-time positions)
• Birthday leave (following a successful probationary period)

• Extra annual leave for long term service

• Paid Enhanced DBS check
• Length of service awards

• Company Pension Scheme

If this sounds like you and you want to work as part of a passionate team, please provide your CV and a supporting statement setting out how you meet the following criteria:

· Demonstrable experience of working within a care and/or support service for vulnerable service users with a sound understanding of their needs

· An understanding of operational management within a similar organisation

· Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

· Experience of communicating effectively with a wide range of people to identify their needs, preferences and demands

· Ability to prioritise workload and plan time

· Ability to motivate others and work as part of a team

Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered

Our Values and Commitment to Safeguarding and Equality

Life is committed to protecting all staff, volunteers and service users from harm of any kind. Life expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and equality within our organisation by encouraging applications from all backgrounds.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. Life takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) which is paid for by the Charity.

The post is open to women only. (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

We have an exciting opportunity for a Peer Support Coordinator with strong digital skills to join the Homicide Service Peer Support Team team, working 37.5 hours a week. This position is home-based.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances & maternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression

About the role:

This role is home based, but will include some travel nationally, and some overnight stays.

As a Peer Support Coordinator you will: -

Manage a number of Peer Support volunteers who have lived experience of bereavement through homicide. You will support them to use their experience to help others who are also bereaved. This will involve monthly supervisions and regular communication to ensure they are up to date with service procedures and developments.

You will have experience of working in a trauma-informed way, with empathy and compassion. You will have good personal resilience, and be able to make effective use of supervisions to manage your wellbeing.

You will have a passion for using digital technology to make support accessible for people. You will take the lead on maintaining our secure online chat room by working with a group of volunteer supporters. You will also be key in the planning and organisation of our online support groups. Strong digital skills and enthusiasm for digital working is essential.

You will need: -

Knowledge of the impact of bereavement through homicide or the psychological impact of significant trauma resulting from a distressing event

Proven ability to work digitally in creative and appropriate ways to engage with service users and/or peer supporters

Confidence in using Microsoft Word, basic Excel and PowerPoint, and the ability to use client databases

Ability to work on own initiative with good time management skills, prioritise work load, and make use of clinical supervision

About us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We looking forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

Kitchen Assistant Co-ordinator, Nottingham, NG2

Salary: £19305 per annum

Location: Nottingham, NG2

Contract: Fixed Term, extension possible

Hours: Full-time – 37.5 hours/week, 8 am to 4pm, some Saturday and Bank Holiday working may be required

Benefits: 25 days holiday, pro-rata, 5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Project Manager

Are you a creative and passionate Kitchen Assistant Co-ordinator looking for a new ground breaking challenge? Do you hate food waste and want to see that redirected to people struggling to access good food? This is a new, exiting unique role which will allow you to fulfil your passion for cooking, whilst growing your kitchen experience, helping reduce food waste and serving local community needs.

FareShare Midlands is embarking on a ground-breaking, innovative project turning surplus food into meals and ingredients for vulnerable people, and we need a Head Chef/Kitchen Manager to lead the kitchen team making this happen.

Like the supply of surplus food to FareShare Midlands, no two shifts will be the same. Every day new food will arrive, and together your team-mates, which will include volunteers, corporate volunteers and people on an employability journey, you will create delicious meals for our charity members to get to local people in need.

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our diverse communities.

About FareShare Midlands

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, fighting food poverty and hunger by tackling waste. We source good quality food that is surplus to requirements from retailers and manufacturers. We rely on an army of volunteers to help redistribute this food to 550 frontline charities such as school breakfast clubs, community centres and organisations supporting those who are homeless, unemployed, socially isolated and recovering from addiction. These organisations provide meals and food parcels to more than 35,000 vulnerable people every week.

The Role

This is a new and exciting role at the heart of a ground-breaking, innovative project turning surplus food into meals and ingredients for vulnerable people in local communities across the Midlands.

As a Kitchen Assistant Co-ordinator, you will support the Head Chef Manager with the daily activities at our dedicated, external catering kitchen in Nottingham. You will be responsible for ensuring that food is prepared to the highest standards, using the correct equipment and materials. With your support and commitment, daily activities in the kitchen will run like clockwork, including supporting daily deliveries, processing, preparing and cooking activities, packaging and labelling of food products, creating product information sheets and daily cleaning.

Your skills and knowledge in culinary arts and enthusiasm for our mission will be shown in the types of meals you and the team create. You’ll work directly with a diverse team of volunteers and will engage and facilitate them in the safe, effective and efficient preparation of meals.

Main responsibilities

In the FareShare Kitchen you’ll:

• Work alongside the Head Chef to maintain and deliver high standards. Proactively co-ordinating all activities throughout the kitchen, including food preparation, cooking, packaging, labelling, cleaning, product specifications and record keeping.
• Be responsible for and maintaining kitchen cleanliness to a high standard by cleaning as you go throughout the shift, as well as regular deep cleaning of various equipment throughout the week.
• Ensure compliance at all times for Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, COSHH and HACCP requirements and legislation. 
• Ensure the correct delivery, storage and rotation of stocks.
• Take responsibility for the accurate labelling and listing of ingredient declarations for all prepared foods.
• Work with a brilliant team of volunteers, supporting and encouraging where required. Leading by example to motivate and guide volunteers in daily activities and maintaining excellent relations and communications between the team.
• Be invested in the project and strive for its success, supporting the project team where necessary on trialling opportunities, finding solutions and gathering learnings.

Person Specification

Skills, Qualities & Experience

Essential

• Relevant NVQ or equivalent qualifications, including Food Hygiene Level 2
• Experience in a catering, hospitality, production or manufacturing kitchen; with hand-on skills for preparing and cooking foods in large volumes
• Proven record of following Food Safety, Health & Safety and HACCP requirements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to be diverse and demonstrate a great teamwork ethic
• Be self-motivated and to work under your own initiative, prioritise and manage your time and the volunteer’s time effectively
• Be flexible in the activities and responsibilities you carry out

Desirable

• Good knowledge using MS Office and administrative experience
• Awareness of allergens, controls and food labelling in the food industry
• Worked at a Commis or Chef de Partie level, with demonstrable experience of having responsibility across sections in a kitchen
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of and interest in the work of FareShare
• Enthusiasm to achieve team goals, produce successful results and champion the project aims
• Experience with working in a diverse team, with volunteers or people with learning difficulties

FareShare is an equal opportunities employer and so at all times you’ll:

• Be courteous and demonstrate FareShare Midlands Equality and Diversity policy to all team-mates and visitors
• Take responsibility for the safety of volunteers who join you
• Support the Volunteer Manager in ensuring all volunteers have a valuable and rewarding experience whilst supporting FareShare

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV.

We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands. 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 30 May 2022.  Interviews will take place as soon as possible.