We’re looking for an excellent fundraising and/or charity administrator and relationship-builder to temporarily join our team as a Supporter Care and Teams Administrator.  A key deliverable of this role will be to provide excellent administrative and project support to the Fundraising Team, whilst ensuring that each of our supporters and others who are in contact with us receive an excellent level of supporter and customer care. In addition, you will provide administrative support across the organisation on a project basis as well as in other administrative capacities.

You will be a detail-orientated team-player, with experience of working in a busy fundraising team or charity environment, focused on building relationships with supporters to maximise their engagement and therefore, our impact. This role provides an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and experience across multiple supporter streams as well as charity processes and procedures in general. Your previous experience will enable you to quickly understand our operational and supporter care processes and to provide excellent administrative support.

Our Team is driven by our focus on the expert delivery of meaningful and impactful charitable activities, fundraising products, communication streams and strong relationship-building skills that enable us to deliver on our core charity objectives each year, because we believe women with ovarian cancer deserve better.

This role will play a key part in ensuring that each and every one of our supporters feels appreciated and receives a high-level of support as well as supporting the internal team to deliver to their maximum potential.

Scope of the role:

• Provide excellent administrative and project support to the Fundraising Team. 
• Provide supporter care to individual fundraisers raising funds from challenge events, third party and in-memory activities. 
• Provide administrative support to the wider charity team including the Chief Executive, Board members, Head of Finance and Operations, and the Communications and Charitable Activities teams. 

Equal People mencap (Registered Charity 298609) provide support to vulnerable adults and children across west and central London.

We are seeking support workers to join our growing service

Equal People mencap work with adults and children with learning disabilities and or autism, many of whom have complex needs as well as individuals with mental health needs and those affected by the Grenfell Fire disaster.

You will be support each individual to participate in and contribute to their local and the wider community as much as they wish, living the life they choose, pursuing their individual aims and dreams.

Individuals may live independently in the community, with their family or in group homes. Our homecare service is registered with the Care Quality Commission.

You will be part of a committed and well-trained team currently providing 1,100 hours of support each week to 90 adults and children.

For more details please see our attached job description and person-specification

Please send your CV 

Closing Date 22nd April. Interviews week beginning 26th April

The successful applicant will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide two satisfactory references.

73 St Charles Sq W10 6EJ 

We are looking for 2 part-time qualified Mental Health Youth Worker’s for our Children and Young Peoples Service.

This is a new, exciting opportunity for Mental Health Youth Workers with a background in children and young people’s mental health to join a multi-disciplinary team in Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster. You will be responsible for providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people who attend youth clubs in Westminster. You will be delivering 1-1 and group emotional well-being sessions to children and young people and supporting them to access self-help and support in the community and helping those who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services. You will also support youth hub staff to think through, develop and deliver a whole youth club approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

You will receive regular weekly supervision, either individual or group from a senior member of our team. Contact with supervisors or other senior staff is available throughout the week as needed to manage risk or other urgent issues. There is a strong peer support culture within the team and within the Youth Clubs where you will be based at.

The post will require:

• Qualification in Mental Health, Child and Youth Worker, Social Service Worker, or an equivalent diploma; validated by the National Youth Agency – the national agency for youth work in the UK
• Strong communication skills, including a track record of delivering psycho-educational/training sessions to children and young people
• The ability to work cohesively and collaboratively both within a small team in the organisation and within the wider team in named Youth Clubs
• The ability to use feedback, reflect and adapt accordingly
• Strong organisational skills, including keeping all records up to date
• Good experience of working with children, young people & parents and an understanding of how to relate to them
• Commitment to using data and relevant measures to assess outcomes

At Ronald McDonald House Charities UK (RMHC) we build, run and maintain Houses that provide a ‘home away from home’, free of charge for families who have a sick child in hospital.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Trust Fundraiser to join our fast-growing Charity. The role will initially be remote until restrictions ease, with the anticipation that you will then split working hours between home and a Ronald McDonald House.

Our small team of Trust and Grant Fundraisers work in conjunction with staff across the charity and partner with other organisations for fundraising. You will be confident to initiate and maintain important relationships with donors and have strong communication skills to enable you to work effectively with our twelve House Teams, other income teams and external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will have the opportunity to lead on the development of RMHC’s Trust and Grants programme through the development of new relationships. You will be responsible for maintaining a small portfolio of trusts and foundations, along with playing a crucial role in the development of new trust fundraising opportunities.

The Candidate Pack will provide you with more information about the role, remuneration and how to apply. Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 28th March 2021.

We are seeking a passionate, innovative, flexible, and dedicated fundraiser to join us as our charity starts to grow. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their skills in fundraising and communications as we expand our reach as a charity. We are looking to employ a Fundraising Officer who will be committed to supporting Reedham Children’s Trust at a key development phase.

Reedham Children’s Trust provides support for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and has done so for 175 years. We believe every child deserves the chance to thrive and to look forward to a healthy, happy, and fulfilling adult life. We adapt our services as social needs change, always seeking the most innovative and effective ways to help. Collaborating with grassroots organisations and schools we offer practical, emotional, and inspirational support, helping to raise aspirations and transform the lives of vulnerable children.

Do you want to work for an organisation whose aim is to enrich lives and strengthen communities?  If so, Enable Leisure and Culture is recruiting for: Sport & Physical Activity Officer to support our Leisure Team

Location: Battersea Park
Contract Type: Full Time (40 Hours per week)
Salary: £28,425 (ENSc5)
Closing date: 25 April 2021

Ref: LE003

We are looking for enthusiastic and driven people to join our team and engage with the community to provide physical activity opportunities and work together to create volunteering, training and mentoring programmes. 

Based predominately in the Enable Leisure & Sport office in Battersea Park but working across Wandsworth this post will be the lead on a number of Sports Development programmes in Wandsworth. The role will focus on developing community social inclusion programmes, especially for young people that create participation and workforce opportunities. You will be working on targeted participation programmes working within community organisations. You will need to have experience in developing and delivering community programmes and working with key partners to deliver and monitor local projects. You should be organized and be able to develop and grow programmes, building key relationships and partnerships that work collaboratively, which will be key to sustain and extend provision. 

Why should you join Enable Leisure and Culture?

• 25 Days Annual Leave
• Flexible Working
• Pension Scheme
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Free Gym membership
• On-site shower facilities* certain places
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Weekly fruit basket
• Staff Treats
• Weekly Wellbeing Hour

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post.  In order to apply for this post, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity is valued at Enable Leisure and Culture and is important in the work that we do. Applications from all sections of the community are welcome and will be considered on merit. 

We currently have several Trainee Habilitation Specialist vacancies advertised. Please only submit one application; this should be to your preferred location. If invited to interview, you will be given the opportunity to express interest in other locations.

As this role requires an Enhanced Disclosure check job, offers will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory check.

As a Trainee Habilitation Specialist, you will contribute, as a full-time member of staff whilst successfully completing all elements of the 2-year Graduate Diploma in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People).

The content of the apprenticeship will be covered through a mix of on the job, and off the job training.

On the job training will be provided by Guide Dogs as part of the habilitation team in the role of Trainee Habilitation Specialist. Off the job training will be covered by the University course, delivered by University College London (UCL), key details of which are below.

University College London Course key dates

Application deadline dates: (if successful, applications must be made to UCL by this date): Early June 2021.

UCL Assessment dates: Early July 2021 at UCL

Course dates: UCL Starting in September 2021, 2-year course.

Successful applicants will be required to apply to, and be accepted by, University College London for Graduate Diploma in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) course. 

The applications need to be submitted after a job offer has been made and accepted and before June 2021 to increase the chance of gaining a place on the course. Places on the University course are limited for the September 2021 start date, and offers will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Positions are not held back for Guide Dogs employees.

More information on the course can be found within the candidate pack.

More information about the role can be found here:

1. Guide Dogs Children Services | 30" TV advert | Accessible version - YouTube
2. Nell - Lives Behind The Lens | Starting school | Accessible version - YouTube

Note: Guide Dogs will pay the tuition fees as part of the position of Trainee Habilitation Specialist.

Please refer to the recruitment pack below for more information on the Apprenticeship and University course.

We cannot provide sponsorship for the role.

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

Are you a driven fundraising professional looking to do some real good with your career? Want to play an integral role in the ongoing success of a progressive wellness education charity? If so, we want to hear from you.

Nanak Naam is dedicated to creating a world where everyone can improve their mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing through the universal wisdom of Oneness and meditation. As a young organisation, we’ve made a significant impact in the lives of thousands of people globally through our online educational programs, digital content and live lectures and courses teaching emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing through ancient wisdom and practices including meditation and mindfulness.

This is a great opportunity to join us at a key point in our evolution. We are entirely funded by public donations and our fundraising efforts are pivotal in supporting our mission. With a newly recruited team and our inspirational CEO/Founder, we have ambitious plans to scale up our already highly successful initiatives – and that’s where you come in.

As our audiences are growing rapidly online we are investing in our teams. We’re currently looking for a Major Donor Fundraiser to join our Head Office in Uxbridge, London to help create engaging new e-learning wellbeing courses for our global audiences. We are searching for candidates who have a can-do attitude and a notebook full of creative and innovative propositions. We’re looking for someone who brings energy and enthusiasm to the role.

You will have the chance to shape our business, which will enable us to continue our vital work, reach more people in need of our support and ignite real change.
 

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a new major donor development strategy to secure significant gifts from individuals.

• Identify, cultivate, secure income, and steward relationships to deliver maximum long-term impact and income through effective personal relationship management with major donors.

• Develop strong and enduring relationships with current and potential major donors

• Create compelling, relevant and tailored funding proposals

• Design and develop a targeted contact strategy and bespoke cultivation plan

Requirements

Essential

• Strong knowledge of and successful track record in delivering significant new income through personal approaches to Major Donors.

• Demonstrable experience in developing and managing new, mutually beneficial relationships with Major Donors.

• Experience in other methods of fundraising, such as grants and trusts.

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to review and improve the quality of existing fundraising initiatives.

• Ability to negotiate and influence effectively with strong written and verbal skills

• Great networking skills and familiarity with the current fundraising landscape, approach and techniques.

• Must be able to commute to and work from our office in Uxbridge, with a possibility of occasionally working from home.

Highly desirable

• A keen interest in mental wellness through meditation and mindfulness-based practices. (Please include any details of this in your covering letter)

• A successful track record of securing five or six-figure grants from trusts/foundations

If this sounds like you then we would be delighted to receive your application.

Benefits

• Salary Circa £32,000 - £36,000 (based on experience) per annum

• Location: Flexible working considered, yet within regular traveling distance to our head office in Uxbridge, London

• 28 days’ holidays inclusive of public holidays

• Join a small, friendly and dynamic non-profit organisation that is really making a difference to people’s mental wellbeing worldwide

• Become part of a determined team who are passionate about what they do

• A modern working environment and innovative culture

This role is offered on a fixed-term basis for 12 months with the potential for future extension.

Please send your CV with a cover letter highlighting any relevant experience.

Lambeth Mediation Service (LMS) is a community voluntary organisation with a long-respected reputation.  We’ve been helping to resolve conflict for over 30 years and work with a team of  highly trained and experienced volunteers drawn from, and reflecting,  the diverse local community in Lambeth.

We’re now looking for a Development Officer to take the charity forward. Our ongoing major project is in community mediation and  we’re looking to expand this and further develop our service in other areas. This is an externally-focused role, designed to increase LMS’s opportunities and potential for growth by developing and implementing new initiatives and generating sustainable funding streams from new and existing clients.  LMS is a user/client centred service.

If you have experience of identifying, developing, implementing and marketing new business; understand the issues relating to the funding of community projects and have a commitment to reducing conflict through mediation  we would like to hear from you.

Interviews will take place week beginning 24th May 2021 

For the right person, with the right mindset, working as Noah’s Ark’s Supporter Engagement Officer really should be a formative step in your career. If you’re ambitious about your career, and looking for a charity which can support you in pushing forward in a busy and responsible role, please read on and apply.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact. So what next?

Typically around 75% of our income is derived from a relatively small number of supporters who are managed by our Philanthropy Team. We need to diversify our income streams and de-risk the charity’s financial sustainability in the process. As well as acquiring new one-off donors and fundraisers, we aim to build a sector-leading regular giving club with tens of thousands of supporters donating monthly. The financial security provided by this low-risk regular income will enable the charity to expand at scale and ultimately enable an improved quality of life, and death, for many more of the over 2,400 seriously unwell babies and children who could be benefitting from Noah’s Ark’s support.

So, how will the successful applicant to this role play their part?

Firstly, we need to look after our supporters in a highly engaging and reliable way, strengthening their trust of the charity and fostering their loyalty. Relationship fundraising is our team’s bedrock – this will be the perfect environment to hone your supporter care skills. Secondly, we need to harness the power of data. Efficiently managing data will be key to Noah’s Ark’s growth and sustainability – indeed it is an increasingly vital part of any successful fundraising team’s strategy. We have recently appointed two sector-leaders in the supporter engagement/digital space, with excellent experience at some of the UK’s biggest charities. So, again you will be supported and developed by sector leaders.

We are looking for an intelligent, expansive thinker with a high level of determination and rigour. You will relish a busy workload and be able to keep a cool head under pressure. You will be highly articulate, have a positive manner and be very organised. You will welcome professional challenge. Bringing new ideas to life requires gumption and self-belief – you will have both in spades.

Previous experience of supporter engagement or customer services is desirable, as is experience of working with a CRM database. For the right person, we will still consider your application if you haven’t worked with a CRM database before but can otherwise demonstrate your computer literacy, willingness to learn at pace and take on responsibility from the off.

As explained in the job pack (see below), we’re looking to change the way we do things with supporter engagement quite radically. So, if helping a vital cause deliver transformational outcomes for London’s most unwell babies and children, whilst helping to create systemic change to the charity’s fundraising, and learning and developing your own skills at pace sounds like a good next step for you, please do send us your CV and covering letter. 

Closing date is: Monday 10th May but we expect to interview on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged. 

Healthwatch Brent

Healthwatch Brent is one of 152 local Healthwatch organisations established throughout England on 1 April 2013 under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It has a dual role to champion the rights of health and social care users and to hold the system to account for how well it engages with the public.

Healthwatch’s remit covers all publicly funded health and social care services for adults and children.

The Advocacy Project has been awarded the contract to be Healthwatch Brent’s provider from 1 April 2021. We will build on the important work that’s been done to date, while bringing new insights from the voices of seldom heard and hard to hear groups. You’ll have an opportunity to develop the service in line with our ambitious vision, making sure all views in Brent, including the most marginalised, are at the heart of health and care and shape the services they need.

About the role

This role is to deliver our vision for Healthwatch Brent over the next 3-5 years as set out in our contract with Brent Council. 

Key outcomes are:

• Engaging and working with local diverse voluntary and community groups

• Working with local health and social care services (adults and children)

• Engaging with BAME communities and hard to reach groups

We’ll do this through a robust governance model incorporating:

• a board of trustees, overseeing compliance of statutory functions;

• an advisory board, to set priorities and champion key Healthwatch functions;

• a grassroots steering group, to inform and influence Healthwatch priorities and connect with BAME and hard to reach communities;

• a network of independent experts, to provide specialist knowledge and intelligence to support understanding and develop insight

We aim to embed user engagement and community development at the heart of the Healthwatch service model, empowering user voices and improving access to health services, with a particular focus on the most disadvantaged and hardest to reach groups.

Key responsibilities

• Make sure Healthwatch Brent’s work conforms to all required principles, objectives and statutory obligations, and meets all contractual requirements between The Advocacy Project (as host organisation) and Brent Council.

• Provide operational management for an effective, inclusive and high quality local Healthwatch.

• Provide leadership to make sure the patient and public voice is heard across health, social care, children’s and other sectors in a continuously changing external environment.

• Make sure Healthwatch Brent involves the local community, particularly seldom heard groups and BAME groups, in influencing local and national policy and the service is responsive and sensitive to the needs of community groups with protected characteristics.

• Facilitate Healthwatch Brent’s ability to improve health and social care underpinned by robust intelligence gathering arrangements.

• Represent Healthwatch Brent at all strategic governance and external meetings with key stakeholders, liaising with nominated Board leads regularly.

• Develop the service to respond to emerging trends and needs, keeping abreast of Healthwatch England best practice to continually enhance the quality of the service.

• Monitor the service to make sure it delivers to time, budget and quality; provide reports evidencing this to key stakeholders, including Brent commissioners, Healthwatch Advisory Board, Brent Health and Wellbeing Board and Healthwatch England.

• Develop effective partnerships with key staff in health and social care services.

• Make sure all projects are informed and influenced by, and planned, resourced, and communicated to key stakeholders.

• Make sure quality systems are effective and used to demonstrate the service is achieving outcomes and impact, and meeting key performance indicators.

• Work with the communications and engagement lead to make sure all relevant internal and external stakeholders receive relevant, timely and up-to-date communication about all Healthwatch projects.

General responsibilities

Desirable

• Work with key staff to design and analyse data, and produce timely, accurate and high quality reports and presentations.

• Keep up to date with current trends in health policy, service provision, current practice and matters concerning people as citizens, by reading, attending courses and networking.

• Work with key staff to identify and secure new funding opportunities for Healthwatch Brent.

• Answer and respond appropriately to calls regarding the service.

• Participate in team meetings and training; manage your team to attend.

• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.

• Keep to all policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

• Promote equality and diversity in all aspects of work and challenge discrimination.

• Work to The Advocacy Project’s mission, vision, and values and also those of Healthwatch Brent.

• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, in line with the changing local and national landscape and carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

  Person specification

  Essential

• Excellent knowledge of and experience of working with the health and social care system and the voluntary and community sector.

• Thorough understanding of user engagement, community development, user involvement and co-production principles and practice.

• Experience of working with diverse communities and tackling discrimination and inequality.

• Understanding of the public health challenges in Brent.

• Management experience including managing, developing and motivating a staff team.

• Experience of contract management and compliance.

• Excellent communications (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Effective in working with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from trustees, commissioners, partners, colleagues and local residents.

• Able to interpret complex information and deal effectively with competing interests and challenging situations.

• Excellent organisational skills who can work on their own initiative and plan and prioritise your own workload.

• Experience of working with a budget.

• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project and Healthwatch Brent code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.

• Willingness to attend further training as appropriate and to adopt new procedures.

• Willingness to promote Healthwatch Brent and The Advocacy Project in line with our mission, vision and values.

• Evidence of ongoing personal development and training related to the role.

• Experience of working with senior managers in public sector bodies.

• Experience of developing a new service.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident Committed and Mindful Employer.

About MHFA England

MHFA England is a social enterprise and the leading provider of mental health skills and awareness training courses in England. Our vision is to improve the health of the nation, through normalising society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others’ wellbeing. Learn about our social mission and our history by reading our 'what we do section' on our website.

We are a friendly, dynamic, fast-paced organisation and we strive to be an exemplary health and wellbeing employer.  We are launching an ambitious Digital Transformation Programme to seamlessly connect and engage Customers, Clients, Members and Staff and support our mission to train 1:10 of the population in mental health knowledge and skills.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced editor and product specialist who will be responsible for delivering our product content creation end-to-end process from brief to copywriting, editing and proofreading. You will have expertise in delivering impactful content, aligned with MHFA England’s tone of voice, whilst ensuring our product portfolio remains accessible for all customers. The role holder will apply a customer first approach to all product content creation activities.

You will be able to:

• Copywrite, edit and proofread new and existing MHFA England content to deliver products in line with organisational strategy
• Manage multiple content edit/proofing activities across the product portfolio simultaneously
• Work with the Marketing and Communications team to ensure house style and tone of voice remains consistent
• Embed anti-racism and equality approaches into content creation
• Own the accessibility approach to the content creation of all our products
• Develop and manage a process alongside internal stakeholders that is efficient and flexible for learning content changes throughout the innovation cycle and ensure robust version control
• Identify ways to continuously improve processes towards the innovation and maintenance cycle of current and new products
• Manage external contractors engaged for specific stages of the content creation process to ensure that products uphold MHFA England’s brand and design guidelines and accessibility principles

You will have:

• A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• 3+ years’ experience of working in a busy content creation/copy editing role
• Understanding of applying, interpreting, and actioning mark-up and editorial coding
• Experience of applying readability metrics and accessibility principles to documentation
• Experience of working in a learning / training environment
• Knowledge of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
• Project management skills
• Strong communication skills

Desirable experience:

• Relevant professional qualification (CiEP or the Publishing Training Centre)
• Basic knowledge of In Design

Looking after you

Wellbeing is at the heart of all that we do and say, we are friendly and supportive organisation. We are committed to rewarding our employees with competitive pay, a flexible and supportive workplace, opportunities to grow and develop, and our promise that we will put your wellbeing first.

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Two wellbeing breaks, in summer and winter
• Free Mental Health First Aid training
• Employee Assistance Programme with a 24-hour helpline from Health Assured, occupational health and counselling
• Investing in your professional development, including qualifications and mentoring
• Free flu jab to protect your health in winter
• Death-in-service and critical illness cover
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Free eye test and £55 towards glasses
• Cycle to work scheme with an interest free loan to buy a bicycle
• Matched pension scheme (up to 5%)
• Flexible working hours and access to flexible ways of working
• Commitment to volunteering
• Fun Club, festive events and celebration
• Team lunches and events
• 'Bonusly' employee recognition and reward scheme

Interested? How to apply

For the full job description and person specification please see the attached documents./ Go to our website for further information.

To apply please submit a covering letter and CV demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role. The closing date for applications is 20th April 2021.

Please note that this role may close before the closing date as interviews will be held during the application window.

Mental Health First Aid England is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or those who are pregnant or on maternity leave. We are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented within the organisation, these include but are not limited to those from the LGBT+ community, people with disabilities, and those from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

By applying for this job you are confirming that you have read the MHFA England Privacy Notice and accept the conditions under which your details will be processed.

Community and Local Groups Officer

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week

Location: London

Salary: £29,678 per annum

Closing date: 3 May 2021

Expected date of interviews: To be confirmed

Job ref: VA417

Are you passionate about standing up for human rights alongside torture survivors?

Would you like to use your in depth understanding of grass roots activism people power, creativity and technology to change the world?

Freedom from Torture is looking for a Community and Local Groups Officer to join our new, award-winning, friendly Local Groups and Community Engagement Team. This is an exciting chance to join us as we place survivor empowerment and movement building at the heart of our next four year strategy.

About the role

You will work with some of our most committed Local Group supporters and our Community Engagement Manager to support a wide range of exciting local group events, from open gardens, poetry nights to taking part in petitions and protests. You will provide campaign and fundraising training and material to existing and potential local group members and activists and help with administration and reporting on the effectiveness of local group activities. You will work on developing products, approaches and strategy for the busy local groups programme using analysis and insight.

About you

· You must have in depth understanding of grass roots activism and a basic understanding of fundraising practices.

· You must have experience of community and events fundraising in the voluntary sector, supporting and inspiring volunteers to achieve agreed goals.

· Using your excellent written communication skills you will produce a variety of compelling supporter fundraising materials for a range of audiences, conveying clear messages with positive impact.

· You will act as an Ambassador for Freedom from Torture across the UK, consequently your verbal communications must be able to inspire and persuade others to support our charity.

· Relationship building and management skills must be one of your many strengths.

· You must be able to provide a high level of customer service to our supporters and donors.

· You will be self-motivated and able to plan and prioritise your own workload, work to tight and multiple deadlines, and perform calmly under pressure

· You will need strong attention to detail and excellent administrative skills.

The big pluses

· Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, email, websites, Databases and the internet.

· Knowledge of Human Rights and issues effecting torture survivors.

· Experience of designing and delivering volunteering training and capacity building.

· Detailed understanding of legislation relating to volunteer management, fundraising and charity campaigning.

· Lived experience of torture.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for positive change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies.

We are Hiring for a Specialist Development Officer - Part time 30 Hours per week - Salary £23400

Title:                                              Specialist Development Officer

Responsible to:Chief Executive

Accountable to: Chief Executive,
with final accountability to the Viewpoint Trustee Board

Location: hours/salary: 30 hours per week – annual Salary £23,400

Pension: Following a three-month period of employment, Viewpoint will contribute a sum equal to 5% of your annual salary to a pension provided that you contribute at least 3% of your annual salary to the pension scheme.

Annual leave: Annual leave will commence following six months probationary period and will rise to 25 days plus 8 Bank holidays – Pro Rota.

Other benefits: Training, Development and Supervision

Length of contract: 12 months fixed term contract

Overview of the role

Specialist Development Officer will lead the small team of Peer Facilitators and support people with mental health and/or addiction challenges by offering peer led sessions to support their personal recovery, based on the person’s individualised person centre approach.

Together the Specialist Development Officer and Peer Facilitators will provide closed peer support groups about specific wellbeing subjects together with practical assistance to individuals to support them to regain control over their lives and their own unique personal recovery journey.

Through sharing the wisdom of their own lived experience of recovery, the Specialist Development Officer will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. Within a relationship of mutuality, they will facilitate and promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles and connection to local communities.

About Viewpoint

Viewpoint develops innovative ways that support people with a lived experience of mental health issues and/or addiction challenges—working with 1000 experts by experience, putting them at the centre of all everything we do. We support people to be independent, have their say and influence change to services. Working across the whole of Hertfordshire.

Our support is flexible and needs-led, delivered by outreach group-based activity, one to one or remotely. Staff or members who have a lived experience facilitate our programmes. We offer educational sessions that enhance wellbeing and equip individuals with the skills and self-belief to aid their recovery personal journey.

Our goals
Improving services: Make sure people are involved in the planning, developing, delivering and evaluation of services to gain equality of support and treatment.
Staying well: Support people to stay well.
Supporting choice: Supporting people to make informed choices about services and their mental wellbeing.
Reducing inequality: People’s involvement from all backgrounds is essential to gain equality of support and treatment.
Organisationally: Use all of our organisational excellence to enhance quality and develop the right resources.

Main duties and responsibilities

To support people who are experiencing mental health challenges to:

• Maintain and develop their independence within their local community.
• Build life skills, confidence, resilience and self-esteem.
• Build social networks and reduce isolation.
• Engage in peer support sessions and offer holistic support, advice, information, and if necessary onward referral to other support.
• Opportunities to direct their own recovery process through self-management and choice.

To use personal recovery to

• Model and mentor recovery and demonstrate coping skills.

• Embed a person-centred and recovery-orientated approach in all aspects of the work.
• Inspire hope, share life experiences and lessons learnt.

Deadline 30th April 

Interviews Week Commencing 10th May