Duration: 35 hrs per week

Type:  Fixed term -12 months

Job ref: LTBSEC0220

About our work and values

Are you interested in supporting the growth of an awarding-winning social enterprise?  Do you have passion for your work, a commitment to excellence and a desire to support some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in our communities? Could you support us to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives?

Providence Row works with more than a thousand homeless and vulnerably housed people a year in East London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice, recovery and learning and training programmes.  Our aim is to ensure that people who are so often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets. Central to our work are our core values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment and Justice.  These inform the content, style and delivery of all our services.

Rise Bakery is our award-winning social enterprise specialising in delicious brownies delivered straight to peoples’ doors as well as for wholesale corporate clients. Rise’s business helps to fund the bakery training scheme, training people affected by homelessness for 10 weeks at a time, covering basic bakery skills and building their confidence to help them onto the next step of their journey.  In 2020 we will be growing even further with the building of a new training bakery; meaning we can help more people and grow the business further.

Your contribution and values

With experience in Social Enterprise, catering and/or working in a professional kitchen you will have great organisational and time-management skills; oversee the running of Rise, our social enterprise, including logistics, product development, assisting with marketing, production, and customer service, the supervision of trainees and the production of Rise Bakery goods. 

You will be passionate about using food as a means to help people overcome exclusion, isolation and poor health. 

You will have the drive and ambition to support the development of our successful social enterprise to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives.

The Academic Programmes Coordinator will work as part of the Programme Management Team to ensure a first class participant experience of, and interaction with, the administrative elements of the Frontline programme.

The Coordinator will be required to be flexible and adaptable to respond to diverse requirements throughout the academic year and maintain a high standard of customer service throughout, particularly at peak periods, in order to help facilitate the exceptional Participant experience. They will be required to develop effective working relationships with a variety of teams and departments across the organisation and partner providers.

We are looking for someone who is active and committed to the values of Frontline, has a ‘can do’ attitude; is highly numerate and organised, with excellent attention to detail. Experience of working within a higher education environment is desirable.

UK COP26 Coalition Co-Coordinator (London)

(9-month fixed term contract)

Based in London

£35,061.45 starting salary (pro rata), War on Want also offers a 6% contributory pension scheme

The UN climate talks (COP26) will take place in Glasgow from 9-20 November 2020. The UK COP26 Coalition is a broad UK-wide coalition through which civil society will plan together, share resources and learning, and organise a mass mobilisation and Peoples' counter-summit during the talks. It aims to support the transformation of the climate movement in the UK, to a stronger, more climate-justice centred movement long after COP26 is over.

We are recruiting two Co-Coordinators, one based in Glasgow, one based in London to coordinate a broad, diverse and inclusive coalition of civil society groups, working in a flexible and open way that allows for different levels of access and involvement, engaging established and new actors across the breadth of sectoral, thematic and regional spaces. 

The successful applicants will need to be excellent networkers, highly organised, skilled in facilitation and communication with a wide range of audiences, have a strong track record of working with marginalised groups and an understanding of the wider political context around the climate summit. 

For more information on how to apply for the role, please visit our website. We look forward to hearing from you.

Application deadline: 12 noon Monday 16 March 2020

Date for interviews: Friday 27 March 2020

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

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

UK COP26 Coalition Equal Opportunities Statement

The UK COP26 Coalition would particularly like to encourage applications from people of colour / black or brown people and people most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice who are currently under-represented in the climate and environmental movements in the UK. The successful candidate will be selected purely on the basis of how well they fit the person specification, as judged by their application and interview. Where two or more candidates are judged to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a BME or migrant candidate as these groups are currently under-represented in the climate and environmental movements in the UK. 

Due to the UK's racist border policies we are unable to arrange work permits for applicants without UK residency.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, driven individual to inspire and motivate local people to engage and participate with our centre’s evolving community events programme on Saturdays.

You’ll be responsible for making the centre a buzzing community space on Saturdays for all ages – welcoming, inclusive and responsive to local needs and aspirations.

This is an exceptionally varied role therefore the ability to multi-task and prioritise your workload is key. We’re looking for someone who is able to lead, but also is happy to get stuck in themselves and will enjoy doing so.

At least one year’s recent experience in a role involving organising successful events/activities on a regular basis is required to be considered for this post.

Current Saturday events include a weekly community café and lunch, weekly Tech Buddies internet learning sessions in which younger people show their older neighbours different ways to access and use the internet; monthly advice services, various clubs and social groups, community repair events, open-mics, and occasional music performances. For the right candidate, this will be an opportunity to be highly creative and make a real difference in the community.

Main responsibilities

• Proactively approaching local people, groups, clubs, businesses and organisations to support the community and our centre through participating in our Saturday community events, activities and volunteering.
• Planning, delivering and evaluating activities and events from idea through to successful completion.
• Managing and developing sessional workers and community volunteers.
• Making sure the Saturday team are clued up on all the centre’s activities (not only those running on Saturdays) so they can help promote these
• Monitoring and reporting on events/activities attendance, volunteer and sessional staff hours, fees and donations received
• Taking lead responsibility for centre operations on Saturdays including the care and security of our community centre building.
• Ensuring health and safety, food hygiene, equal opportunities, safeguarding and other policies and procedures are followed at all times.
• Identifying supplies, equipment, and materials for Saturday events that needs to be ordered
• Collaborating with centre colleagues each week (on a weekday) to ensure resources, supplies, etc. required for Saturdays are made known to them so they can put these in place
• Ensure the Saturday programme meets the centre’s targets and objectives.

To be successful in this role you'll

• Have a strong background in events organisation and delivery
• Have exceptional relationship building and stewarding skills
• Have experience of successfully marketing and promoting events
• Have experience of successfully managing, motivating and developing events volunteers and/or staff
• Have the skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage a varied workload and multiple responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Have good IT skills – and ability to learn new IT skills/systems/applications quickly
• Be enthusiastic and driven to get things done and deliver great results
• Be friendly, socially confident, and empathetic
• Be creative and resourceful
• Be responsible and trustworthy

Annual leave: Pro-rata 30 days annually, plus bank holidays.

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th March 2020 at 10am.

We may contact suitable applicants before the application closing date. Of course, all applications received by the deadline will be considered.

To apply send your CV along with a supporting statement in the format advised. See job application pack for more info (we do not require a cover letter).

Applicants who do not provide their supporting statements in the format advised can not be shortlisted so please do bear this in mind.

Thank you for considering working with us - we look forward to hearing from you!

Join our award-winning Youth Empowerment team at the pioneering Cambridge House charity. 

The Youth Empowerment Coordinator will provide long-term, holistic support to at-risk 16-21-year olds living in Southwark and surrounding boroughs.

Through the delivery of weekly group workshops, personal mentoring, liaising and referring to specialist services, providing employment and life skills support, and facilitating trips and events, the Youth Empowerment Coordinator will help young people to find out what they want in life, overcome barriers, and support them to achieve their goals.

You will need to be confident working one-to-one with young people as well as delivering group workshops and activities over a range of topics. Using your initiative, you will be able to engage participants, adapt to their individual support needs and nurture their development, health and wellbeing.

Strong organisational skills are required in this multifaceted role and the post-holder must be reliable and patient, with the ability to build trust and establish positive working relationships.

Working as part of a newly expanding team, your contribution will be pivotal to the ongoing evaluation and development of the project.

Our ideal candidate will have previous relevant experience (in a paid or voluntary capacity) and:

• Be positive, enthusiastic and friendly
• Be self-motivated
• Share our commitment to our vision of a society without poverty where all people are valued, treated equally and lead fulfilling and productive lives

As an organisation we are particularly keen to ensure that our staff reflect the diverse nature of the community in which we work.

We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from disabled people, the LGBTQ+ communities and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We are a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by person specification.

To apply, email your CV and cover letter (see Recruitment Pack attached)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Sported team as our Marketing Coordinator. Sported passionately believes in the role of sport to transform the lives of young people. Particularly, those living in deprived areas. We have been highly influential in building the credibility and effectiveness of sport for change and have the UK’s largest network of grass roots clubsWe are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven team player with excellent organisational and communications skills, ready to take on this new UK wide role at our London office.

You will be responsible for leading, shaping and delivering Sported’s external communications activities. In this varied role, you will work across the different functions of the organisation and with our UK field team. Your main responsibilities will focus on providing social media, marketing and brand support to promote the charity’s work and to support interactions with members and volunteers.

The ultimate measure of success in this role is supporting key stakeholders produce consistent, effective material which conveys our key messages, plus using social media to increase awareness of our activity and the impact we have.

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a think-tank and an experimental laboratory set up to train a new generation of reporters in the tools of investigative, in-depth, and long-form journalism across all media. Registered as a charity, we robustly defend investigative journalists and those who work with them.

We’re now seeking a highly motivated project coordinator with a clear understanding of the debates and issues surrounding media and journalism. This is an entry-level position with potential for advancement. This would be ideal for a recent graduate interested in developing a career in charity sector project management.

Job title: Project Coordinator 

Contract type: Full-time permanent position

Starting salary: £28k-£30k depending on experience

Direct report: Deputy Director

Start date: As soon as possible

Purpose and description of the post: To support and further the aims of the Centre for Investigative Journalism as follows:

• Training Courses - support & coordination - under the supervision of our Deputy Director

  • Managing room hire and AV logistics

  • Managing preparation and correspondence with participants

  • Coordinating on-site logistics of the courses (this will require weekend work) and ensuring the smooth running of the course for both the participants and the trainers 

  • Post-training engagement: 

    • following up with course attendees to measure impact

    • managing and moderating our Slack channels

  • Assisting in:

    • managing current trainers & sourcing new trainers

    • arranging bespoke training

    • course scheduling

    • creating new training courses

    • customer outreach and sales of our training

• Projects - support & coordination - under the supervision of our Deputy Director

  • Liaising with funders and participants on project logistics

  • Delivery of project outcomes

  • Managing trainers, participants and courses in relation to the project

  • Administrative and budget-related tasks

  • Developing and writing project pitches and applications 

  • Assisting with project reporting 

• Events - support - under the supervision of our Events & Marketing Manager

  • Assisting with the on-site logistics of our events

  • Managing the teams of on-site volunteers 

  • Administration of the Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training Bursary Scheme 

• Additional tasks as assigned to support other team members
• Occasional travel in the UK and abroad may be required
• Occasional weekend work will be required (time off will be offered in lieu)

Essential Criteria

• Eagerness to learn new skills on the job

• Fast learning and adaptability

• Diligence and self-discipline, and the ability to work unsupervised

• Proven record of excellent organisational skills and a keen eye for detail

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to manage own workload efficiently with responsibility and flexibility

• Able and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

• IT, social media and web savvy 

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience in event management

• Assertive and comfortable with speaking in public

• Good copywriting skills

Please submit your CV with a cover letter/message.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

deafPLUS is a charity which supports integration and equality between D/deaf and hearing people in all areas of life. We provide services such as advocacy, employment, equipment, information and advice across 7 centres around the UK, as well as a national adviceline service.

We are now seeking to appoint to the exciting role of Independent Living Coordinator within our Personal Assistant service, which we call Youchoose.

This role focuses on the delivery of deafPLUS’ direct payments support service. This is a scheme which enables people to receive funds from the council to pay for their personal care and support, for which they would have been assessed and awarded funds to meet these needs. Youchoose providing support for individuals with personal direct payments and enable them to manage their choices and decisions for services they require and want.   

The independent living coordinator role will be responsible for the following tasks, line-managing Youchoose personal assistants, account management, delivering support, information, and advice This role is providing support to empower people with a sensory disability to access and manage their personal direct payments as independently as possible.

The post-holder will work as part of a team to promote, extend and develop the scheme to enable more people to have personal budgets and self-direct their support.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the health and social care sector, particularly in relation to individualised budgets. Essential skills required for this post are good communication, excellent literacy, numeracy, IT and presentation skills.

Knowledge of the direct payments scheme will be an advantage, although full training will be provided.

Employment benefits include 25 days (pro rata) annual leave, 8 Bank holidays (pro rata) and paid festive closures in December. Opportunities for training and professional development to become a registered manager will be provided. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We particularly welcome applications from Deaf people and those who have personal experience of disability issues, as well as all sections of the community.

Please note that the closing date for applications is Monday 2nd March 2020 at 12pm (noon) and interviews will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020.

JOB TITLE: Regional Volunteer & Fundraising Coordinator (East of England)

LOCATION: Home based – East of England- Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire

SALARY BAND: £21,000 - £24,000 Dependent on experience 

JOB TYPE: 12 month contract initially, with expectation of renewal

HOURS: Full-Time with some evenings and weekends (Time Off in lieu given)

Medical Detection Dogs trains dogs to save lives.

We train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease, providing life-saving alert assistance dogs to people with complex health problems across the UK and collaborating with other researchers, NHS Trusts and Universities internationally to advance the early diagnosis of disease.

We have an exciting new opportunity to join this small but fast-growing charity that is a world leader in its specialist innovative field.

THE JOB

We are a small charity that punches above its weight.  We receive no statutory funding and rely on the generosity of our many volunteers and supporters who raise awareness of our work and much needed funds. 

The main purpose of this role will be to build and develop local volunteer groups in your region with the aim of increasing both awareness of the charity’s life-saving work and local fundraising.

Your role will be to support, develop and enthuse volunteers and fundraising groups to increase our supporter base and ensure fundraising activity is as effective as possible to achieve maximum income in your region.

We are looking for someone committed, passionate and full of ideas about how to engage with the many different communities and groups who support our work, and to reach new audiences so that our supporter network continues to grow to meet our ambitions.

Reports to: Regional Coordinator Supervisor who reports to the Volunteer Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Develop our community engagement to increase awareness of the charity, the number of volunteers and income in your region

· Embed a volunteer led fundraising approach in your region to increase volunteer support and net income

· Ensure that the volunteering needs of the region are analysed, understood and met through engagement with colleagues

· Regularly review and refine the strategy for meeting that need

Recrutiment, Retention and Engagement of Volunteers

· Engage with established volunteer support groups as well as local communities, groups, societies and businesses in the region building new relationships and strengthening existing ones to raise awareness of MDD with the objective of increasing the number of active volunteers and growing our supporter base

· Create and promote a range of suitable volunteering opportunities to include volunteers from all walks of life

· Work with corporate supporters in the region to encourage employee supported volunteering

· Ensure that all MDD volunteers in the region are properly supported and managed so that they find fulfillment in their role and the needs of the charity are met

· Provide opportunities for volunteers in the region to give feedback and follow up as required

· Deliver induction and training to volunteers in the region

· Work with colleagues across the charity to ensure that volunteers have the resources they need to complete their role

Income Generation and Events

· Manage the relationship with established volunteer support groups in the region, giving them advice and guidance on community fundraising activities and events including the preparation of information that will inspire them to raise awareness and increase fundraising in line with targets

· Monitor and evaluate community events to ensure our limited resources are used to the best effect and that income is maximised

· Work with the Marketing Manager to use local media, the charity website and social media to promote community events and acknowledge specific fundraising achievements

· Provide a consistently high level of support, advice and encouragement to groups and individuals who want to raise funds in aid of MDD

· Assist the Fundraising Manager to maximise income from corporate charity of the year partnerships, supporting them in the local community

Marketing

· Maximise the sale of merchandise products through community events, ensuring that merchandise and promotional material is distributed to volunteers and accounted for

· Collection pots – work with the regional groups to manage all national supermarket and shopping centre collection pot records including ensuring all licenses are organised (if applicable) and ensure that the collection pots are distributed and collected as necessary

· Update the Harlequin CRM database as required to ensure all information on our supporters and their activities on our behalf is as accurate and up to date as possible.

Other tasks or ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager required to ensure the successful running of the charity

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

· Experience in a similar role with a national charity where you have a proven track record of raising funds

· Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers

DESIRABLE

· Familiarity with social media

· Experience of giving presentations

· Familiarity with CRM Systems

SKILLS

· Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a diverse range of people

· Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

· Confident presentation skills

· The ability to deal with information in a confident manner and respond with sensitivity

· Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage a variety of tasks

· Good IT skills across a range of MS Office applications

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Inspiring, with a creative streak that helps you to bring ideas and motivate people

• A positive attitude and ability to use initiative and work effectively and efficiently without supervision

• Attention to detail

• Interested and passionate about the work of the charity

• Prepared to work longer days, evenings and weekends on occasion

• Comfortable working in vicinity of dogs

Values & Behaviours

Working at Medical Detection Dogs will be a richly rewarding experience. Our Values & Behaviours encapsulate who we are, what we stand for and what it will feel like to be part of our team:

1. We treat each other with respect and courtesy

2. We act professionally at all times

3. We accept responsibility for our own performance and behaviour

4. We are honest and open in our dealings with each other

5. We are inclusive and open minded

6. We provide a safe space for challenging opinion, behaviour and decisions

7. We give credit when and to whom it is due

8. We support one another in achieving our goals

And of course, we advocate for Medical Detection Dogs whenever we get the chance and we pride ourselves on our role as ambassadors.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

the successful candidate will also be expected to:

- Hold a full UK Driving Licence

- Provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK.

- Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

- Work some evenings and weekends for which time off in lieu will be given

- Initial training and induction will be carried out at Great Horwood.  Accommodation and travelling expenses will be paid

It is anticipated that initial interviews will be via video link and if successful a further interview will be held at Great Horwood w/c 23 March 2020.

TO APPLY: Please send your CV with covering letter 

CLOSING DATE 04 MARCH 2020

Early application is advised as we reserve the right to end the process early subject to the number of applications received.

The  Coroners’  Courts  Support  Service  is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic Volunteer Coordinator to take responsibility for managing existing volunteers, recruit and train teams of volunteers to Coroners’ Courts in the South of England and to set up the new Service in Hampshire. 

Extensive travel involved and some overnight stays may be necessary depending on where the successful applicant lives. A willingness to work on a flexible basis is essential. 

Geographical area to cover: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Brighton, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex                                    

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery and development of Oxygen’s work, targeted at young people at risk of exclusion and involvement in crime. They will implement key projects in response to the needs of young people which are designed help them overcome the challenges they face and support their development and progression.  

We are delighted to have secured three year funding for this role through the Young Londoners Fund from the Greater London Authority. 

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, passionate and committed Youth Worker to join our dedicated team.  You will be an innovative, creative thinker who is eager to learn and to apply your skills and abilities in a variety of ways.  You will see opportunities, where others see insurmountable a challenges and problems.  You will be able to release potential in young people when others cannot.  

You will have the confidence to challenge young people, raise their self-esteem and fuel their motivation to engage with Oxygens services. You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, helping them discover their unique gifts and talents and enabling them to achieve their goals.  You must be able to spot opportunities to demonstrate that you believe in young people and be prepared to go the extra mile for them.

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be tasked with developing new and innovative projects, utilising the potential around Oxygen's charity shop for an upcycling/ salvage/ enterprise scheme and coordinating interventions across a range of projects.  You will respond to the needs of young people, referred to us by our partners in schools, youth justice, social services and the voluntary and faith sector.  The role will have a significant prominence and impact upon the lives of young people struggling with education and at risk of involvement in crime. 

The role will help us improve our practice, evidence young people’s progression and highlight their achievements. The Project Coordinator will have clear targets around achieving London Youth’s Quality Mark and working with Project Oracle, and have responsibility for recruiting and training mentors to support young people.

Oxygen was established over 20 years ago and was the vision of a group of young people, who wanted to demonstrate their faith by meeting the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged young people.  It is supported by many local churches in the Boroughs of Kingston and Richmond as well as local trusts, individual donors, local government and other faiths.

Oxygen has proven highly successful in empowering young people through our innovative programmes and interventions, such as youth clubs, afterschool clubs, mentoring programme, Developing Leaders Programme and it’s ‘What’s the Point?’ programme, tackling knife crime.

Oxygen was awarded the Best charity or social enterprise 2018 by Kingston Business Excellence and selected as one of the Kingston Mayor’s charities 2019/20.

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists ensures that the highest achievable standards of eye care are delivered for patients through excellence in the training, education and assessment of eye doctors and their continuing professional development. 

The College is currently seeking an Education and Training Co-ordinator to provide high level administrative support. The Education and Training Co-ordinator will be responsible for managing the Dual Sponsorship Scheme and CESR. 

The successful candidate will be an administrator who can work flexibly with a varied workload and is well organised. The post holder will work well as part of a team, have excellent, all round communication and interpersonal skills, and be able work on their own initiative.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please call Alex Tytko, Head of Education and Training, on 0 2 0 7 9 3 5 0 7 0 2. 

Office hours are 09.00-17.00.

Closing date:  17.00, Tuesday 25 February 2020

Interviews:   Monday 9 March 2020

Applicants must already have the right to work within the UK without restriction.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Street League work with young people, progressing them into employment, education and training by engaging them through football, fitness, dance fitness and rugby. We specialise in helping our participants (16-24 years’ olds from disadvantaged areas) progress from our unique sport/fitness and education programmes into sustainable employment, education and training.

We currently operate across the UK in 14 regions, including Greater London, the  North West of England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and extensively across Scotland.

The Outreach Coordinator will work across London. The Outreach Coordinator will engage with and recruit participants for entry on to the most appropriate programme within Street League’s range of services. They will also be an effective account manager liaising with a range of referral partners.

To be successful, you must be performance-driven and motivated to achieve targets. We are looking for candidates with strong communication skills and able to build professional and successful relationships with referral partners, yet be inspiring and motivational to young people.

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure Check.

Street League is an equal opportunities employer.

This is an exciting new role to work alongside the Mental Wealth Academy to design and develop an innovative programme that supports young people who have been on a mental health journey and are ready to take a step into training and development opportunities to become Mental Health Ambassadors.