Fundraising Manager – North West

Closing date: Sunday, 9th May 2021

Salary £16.86 per hour/£30,685.20 per annum
Hours 21 - 35
Weeks 52
Annual Leave 25 days plus 10 days bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
Contract Permanent
Location Manchester

Henshaws is a northern charity supporting people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities to go beyond expectations.

We believe that, wherever they are, everyone has the right to an independent and fulfilling life. Our support, advice and training enables people and their families build skills, develop confidence, help each other and look forward to a more positive future.

We are looking to recruit a Fundraising Manager (NW) to lead, develop and manage fundraising in Greater Manchester and the West.

Job Summary

To lead, develop and manage fundraising in Greater Manchester and the West. Ensure fundraising targets are exceeded by cultivating and securing high value partnerships, and by developing and implementing sustainable fundraising plans in line with the organisational and fundraising strategy.

The post holder will provide leadership and guidance to the fundraising team and monitor and report on performance to inform decision making and ensure net income growth is achieved.

Key responsibilities:

Lead the development of Henshaws Fundraising across the area to maximise net income and develop sustainable income streams for short, medium and long-term growth.

Lead, manage and oversee fundraising activity with accountability for collective and individual performance.

Monitor and evaluate progress against strategic plans using management information and budgets to produce reports and forecasts as required.

To be lead specialist in major relationships and corporate fundraising, account managing relationships where appropriate, cultivating new and sustainable relationships for the future

To uphold Henshaws values of Informed, Sharing, Proactive, Inspiring, Compassionate and Empowering.

The ideal candidate will possess:

Proven experience of planning and managing fundraising activities

Knowledge of fundraising Regulation and codes of practice

Educated to degree level or equivalent, or demonstrable equivalent professional experience

Closing date Sunday 9th May 2021 – 12 Noon

To gain a full understanding of the role please read the job description and person specification available on-line Henshaws Website.

Henshaws Society for Blind People aims to employ a diverse workforce and is committed to equality of employment and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

This role may require an enhanced DBS check, please refer to the job description for further details.

Registered Charity No: 221888

COVID-19 considerations:
Henshaws are constantly reviewing our policies and procedures to keep staff safe during the COVID pandemic

Action on Poverty’s vision is a fair world free from poverty and discrimination where every person is empowered to fulfil their potential. We were established in 1984 and are focused on providing economic solutions to address hunger, injustice and barriers to safe and lasting work for marginalised groups in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. We aim to bring about sustainable economic and social improvements, building self-reliance by working with some of the most vulnerable people obtain a livelihood, through enterprise (including agricultural) and employment. 

The role of the Programme Manager is to:

• Ensure effective programme delivery by working in partnership with local organisations and project donors
• Contribute to identifying new opportunities for funding and preparing proposals for submission; including the development of ideas for new ways of working.

Responsbilities:

Programme Management:

• Contract delivery with partner
• Ensuring appropriate planning and reporting mechanisms are in place.
• Ensuring partnership agreement and donor contracts are adhered to
• Reviewing with the partner, and assisting with problem solving on:
  • Progress against planned activities and project objectives o monitoring arrangements
  • Progress against budget
  • Financial reporting by partner
• Ensuring quality and timely reports to meet the requirements of donor(s) are compiled and submitted.
• Providing other key technical inputs as part of APT’s added value e.g. in Monitoring and Evaluation, Organisational Development, Market-led enterprise developments. Commissioning mid-term reviews and end of project evaluations, or other project activities as detailed in the proposal

Financial Management:

• Maintain records and control expenditure on both the partner’s and APT budget lines in consultation with the Finance Manager
• Compliance with APT’s policies and procedures regarding quarterly financial reporting, including ensuring partners’ compliance
• Authorising the transfer of funds to partners with consultation with the Finance Manager as appropriate
• Ensure annual audit reports are received from each partner, special audits if requested.
• Compilation in consultation with local partner, and submission to donor for approval any proposal for revision / rescheduling of project budget, and explanations for any variance between budgeted and actual expenditure

Developing/Maintaining Donor Relationship

• Sharing information on key issues and topics of concern with donor(s)

Other

• Gathering case studies and photographs for APT publicity and fundraising.
• Sharing of learning, with other APT staff and for wider sharing / publication
• Preparation of summaries of progress for Trustee meetings
• Reporting on agreed KPI’s from the APT Strategic Plan

Programme Development (contributing to):

• Keeping abreast of relevant sectoral, thematic, and country developments
• Focussing on high quality projects which lead to lasting positive benefit for participants and communities
• Reviewing ongoing projects and assisting in the development of new projects, including the submission of proposals, in an effective mutually respectful partnership working style.
• Seeking new partnership and project opportunities in APT’s key fields of competence within and outside the traditional project format, including a range of stakeholders as partners.
• Increasing the ability for APT and partners to leverage further beneficial change through demonstrating successful results.

General:

• Contribute to monitoring and sharing donor trends.
• Contribute to the development of organisational plans and strategy.
• Represent APT at meetings, events and other networks as appropriate.
• Undertake or participate in other organisational projects as requested by the CEO.
• Contribute to the work of other Action on Poverty colleagues in communications and relationship building, including the provision of information and engagement with social media.

The post is full-time based on a 40 hour week. Core hours Monday to Friday are expected but flexi-time is in operation whereby staff can start earlier or later in agreement with his/her line manager and work corresponding hours. 

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Please call or email us if you require any of the application documents in a larger text or in a different format.

Closing date for applications: 10th May 2021.

Are you an experienced communications or marketing professional with a background in the healthcare sector and a passion for using your skills to make a difference? Do you have drive, energy and creativity and enjoy working in a busy and hands-on role? If so, you could be the person we are looking for to take on and develop this new role as Content Manager.

Your focus will be on raising awareness of our services with patients and families and with GPs and other healthcare professionals, driving an increasing number of early and appropriate referrals to help us improve end-of-life experiences for people in our local community.

It’s an exciting new role with plenty of scope for initiative, innovation and creativity. You will develop and implement multi-channel communications plans driven by high quality content to grow our engagement with our clinical audiences and meet our strategic objectives. Working as part of a friendly team with a wider communications remit, you’ll liaise with our clinical teams and be responsible for producing digital and printed resources to support them and ensure the successful delivery of your communications plans.

This is a full time position with opportunities for a blended approach to home and office working. If you think this could be the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. We are committed to employing talented people from all backgrounds and walks of life and we welcome applications from all.

We can offer development, flexible working, opportunities to volunteer, pension, Blue Light discount card and 33 days holiday per year.

At Rennie Grove, we believe that everyone with a life-limiting illness should be able to live well for as long as possible and have the choice to die at home.

Closing date: 19 May 2021 at 12 noon

Interviews: w/c 24 May 2021

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: a Leisure Duty Manager to support our Leisure Team

Location: Wandsworth Borough
Contract Type: Full Time – 40 Hours per week
Salary: £24,000
Closing date: 16 May 2021

Ref: LE004

An exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, motivated, and driven individuals to join the Leisure Team as a Duty Manager. The role will support the day-to-day operations of running our sports facilities within Wandsworth. This varied role will include open/close of the buildings, shift management, health and safety, delivering excellent customer service and assisting in supporting and motivating a team to meet targets and deadlines. 

You will lead and motivate the team of 3-4? to deliver the highest levels of commercial performance, combined with world class customer service and safety standards. Training and development opportunities available including external training, shadowing, and mentoring.

This is Full-time role, 40 hours per week (5 out of 7 days) rota which includes evening and weekend shifts.

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. 

Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are currently operating digital recruitment and on-boarding processes. The role is full time and based primarily at sites across Wandsworth. 2 roles will cover the Tooting Bec, Furzedown Rec and Battersea Sports Centre. 2 Roles will cover Battersea Park Millennium Arena and Falcon Park. 1 Role will cover Barn Elms Sports Centre and Boathouse.

Are you passionate about how brands interact with their audiences? Do you want to engage with one of the largest student populations in the country? Would you like to work to position the University of Manchester Students' Union right at the centre of city life in Greater Manchester? We're looking for a new Marketing & Communications Manager to help us develop into one of the sector's leading Marketing & Communications functions.

You will be at the heart of one of the largest Students' Union's in the country, working with colleagues from our charitable services such as our Advice centre, to our Volunteering & Fundraising team right through to our commercial services such as 532 Bar & Kitchen and much much more.

You may already have experience leading a team or this might be your first 'Manager' role but the willingness to partner with and lead key stakeholders including internal Students' Union departments, University colleagues, research & insight, design & digital and student media teams is a must.

We want you to bring innovation and creativity to the role and to the rest of the organisation. 

Nest is the National Employment Savings Trust. It was set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save for retirement. We’ve since grown to become one of the UK’s largest schemes.

Your new team

Nest Insight is a collaborative research and innovation think tank. We’re working to understand the challenges people face in saving for their later lives, and to develop and test solutions to those challenges. Although we sit within Nest and draw learnings from the rich set of data Nest is building, we also work across the industry with other providers, from pensions, banking, fintech and beyond. We share all our work widely to influence industry and policy makers in the UK and internationally.

We do this through an ambitious programme of research, trials, events and publications, delivered in partnership with academics, think tanks, government and the industry. Nest Insight has quickly become a leading and respected voice in the sector.  

Nest insight is a business unit of Nest Corporation, but we are responsible for raising our own operating budget through grants and sponsorship. We have a team of 11 working across research, communications and partnerships. This is an exciting time to join Nest Insight – we’re growing quickly with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline and plans to expand our reach significantly over the next three years.

Your new role

We are now looking for a dedicated Contracts Manager to join our small, dynamic team, to manage all our contracts from initiation through negotiation, agreement and ongoing review. Given the growth in the range and scale of our collaborative projects, we are currently reviewing and standardising our approach to contracts with funders, collaborators and suppliers.

Reporting to the Director of Analysis and Governance, the Manager will take the lead on all Nest Insight’s contractual negotiations, taking responsibility for a swift and effective resolution of contractual issues and working to ensure that Nest’s interests are protected, and our risks managed.

The Manager will help shape new, robust and consistent contract processes. They will be accountable for ensuring contracts are drawn up in a timely and professional manner, with all key risks identified and managed. In addition, they will take responsibility for tracking and reporting on budgets for some contracts, as required by the project teams.

You

You will be comfortable working on complex contracts as well as having an ability to communicate effectively, liaising with stakeholders on contract management processes and issues.

Ideally, you have experience within higher education, charities or think tanks, and a strong understanding of UK Public Contracts Regulations.

You will have a commitment to team working, diversity and inclusion, exceptional written and verbal communication skills and be passionate about improving financial wellbeing and longer-term financial security for people on low to mid incomes.

What you’ll need to succeed

This is a rewarding role for someone seeking to develop a career in commercial management within the research sector. The Contracts Manager will deal directly with the commercial teams at universities in the UK and abroad, public bodies, commercial sponsors and charitable foundations. They will be able to build their knowledge and understanding of best practices and key risks in funded research and big data analysis.

Nest Insight is a relatively small team given the scope and scale of its research and publications programmes. Working as a key member of the team will offer a dynamic, supportive and rewarding experience for a candidate who’s prepared to act with autonomy and confidence while tackling a range of new challenges.

By helping Nest Insight fund and deliver its research programme, the Contracts Manager will be helping make a difference to millions of low- and moderate-income savers and contributing to a programme with a strong reputation and high profile across the public policy community and the pensions industry.

What you’ll get in return

This is a permanent role with a salary up to £48,000 plus Benefits which could be offered for anything between 3.5 and 5 working days a week depending on experience.

This role can be offered on a flexible basis and we will consider job share, part time or full-time basis. We are open to different level of applicants in terms of knowledge and skillset. We will consider offering up to the full salary budget on a part-time basis to more experienced candidates where appropriate.

Please state your preference on the application if you wish to be considered for part time or condensed working hours

This role can be offered on a flexible basis and we will consider job share, part time or full-time basis. We are open to different level of applicants in terms of knowledge and skillset.

Please state your preference on the application if you wish to be considered for part time or condensed working hours.

Everyone wants a good work life balance and you will be working with a truly flexible employer, fully embracing a working from home culture and flexible working hours.

You will have your birthday and Christmas Eve as an additional bonus to the already fantastic holiday allowance and of course…a generous pension contribution.

What you need to do now

Please complete your application on our website.  Please note that you must attach a Cover Letter explaining why you would be a good match for this role.

Please note that due to a high volume of applicants we will only be able to contact successful applicants.

Application closing date is Thursday 25th March

Nest is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from all the nine protected characteristics.

As a Disability Confident Committed, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

To best serve our diverse customer base, it’s important that Nest has an equally diverse workforce and promotes an inclusive culture. This is in line with the organisation’s values and ensures that Nest is a corporation fit for the future.

Please note that we can onboard and work remotely successfully during this period at Nest.

Please note that this is a London based role.

This role will be responsible for the development, management and implementation of a collection of inter-related projects.  These projects comprise the implementation of two of the recommendations in the IICSA Report and other related developments which the Church has been planning.

In Phase One, this programme of projects will be introduced with a group of “pathfinder” dioceses and cathedrals. Following evaluation and adjustment, Phase Two will be rolled out across the Church.

The five projects which make up this role are:

1. The implementation of IICSA Recommendation 1

This is a major structural change in which the role of “Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser” changes to a new one of “Diocesan Safeguarding Officer” with greater autonomy. Supervision arrangements also change from being arranged locally to being directly supervised and quality assured by the National Safeguarding Team.

2. The introduction on a pilot basis of a “regionalised” model of support for dioceses and cathedrals in respect of safeguarding.

This is the second major, and related, structural change. In this pilot Regional Safeguarding Leads (RSLs) will be appointed to work with small groups of dioceses and cathedrals. The RSLs will supervise the dioceses’ / cathedrals’ safeguarding advisers but will also lead cross-diocese developments such as survivor engagement, sharing of expertise and good practice, joint commissioning of resources, peer review.

3.The implementation of IICSA Recommendation 8.

This involves the design and implementation of independent external auditing of the Church’s safeguarding practices.

4. The introduction of the Church’s quality assurance framework and national safeguarding standards.

The Church has a draft quality assurance framework. This now needs to be introduced into use in the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals so that it can be further developed in readiness for implementation across the Church.

5. The development of a consistent methodology to enable dioceses and cathedrals to assess local safeguarding need and determine the resources needed to deliver good safeguarding practice.

The 42 dioceses and 42 cathedrals are responsible for the funding of their safeguarding arrangements (which include, for example, investigation of allegations, responding to survivors, training, quality assurance). The level of funding varies considerably between dioceses / cathedrals. One reason for this is the lack of a consistent methodology to assess both local need and the resources needed to achieve a good standard of safeguarding.

The role is based in the National Safeguarding Team but also links with the Church’s Project Management Office.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Planning and co-designing (with the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals) the projects and proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.
• Ensuring the integrity and coherence of the projects, and its continuous alignment with organisational strategies and departmental goals.
• Developing the plans for the delivery of the individual projects, setting out the key actions, steps and timescales needed for each project, the critical paths and the co-dependencies / interfaces between them.
• Leading on the direct management and delivery of specific elements of the projects. 
• Establishing effective working relationships (individually and collectively) with the key stakeholders in the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals. This will include, in particular, bishops, diocesan secretaries, deans, cathedral administrators, and diocesan and cathedral safeguarding advisers.
• Supporting the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals in the establishment of local project groups and governance arrangements.
• Developing arrangements for the engagement of victims and survivors of abuse in co-design and programme development.
• Managing risks to the programme's successful outcome.
• Developing the evaluation framework for Phase 1 and potentially leading the evaluation process.
• Developing the plan for roll out of the projects across the Church in Phase 2.

The main duties and responsibilities of your post are outlined in your job description.  This list is not exhaustive and is intended to reflect your main tasks and areas of work.  Changes may occur over time and you will be expected to agree any reasonable changes to your job description that are commensurate with your banding and in line with the general nature of your post.  You will be consulted about any changes to your job description before these are implemented.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Skills and Aptitudes

• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills including the ability to clearly communicate technical / complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build relationships, trust and credibility with a wide range of diverse stakeholders including the ultimate beneficiaries of the change management.
• Able to influence and persuade at all levels and with a range of stakeholders.

Knowledge / Experience

• Significant experience in complex programme and project manager roles, including:
• Experience managing end-to-end projects (full project life cycle) that include substantive business change and transformation elements (i.e. not only technical activities).
• Experience managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Reporting to the senior leadership.
• Proven track record of proactively delivering successful results.
• Experience using Microsoft Project or another equivalent Project Management Information System.
• Good knowledge of Excel (e.g. pivot tables, diagrams, formulas).
• Good knowledge of project finance and budgeting.
• Experience of working in and leading multi-disciplinary teams in a complex environment

Personal Attributes

• Able to be rational, objective and unbiased when making decisions and taking action.
• Relational: emotionally intelligent and expert in valuing and managing relationships with others as the means of delivering change.
• Politically astute – understanding, and managing successfully, organisational politics.
• Principled – strong value base and committed to doing the right thing.
• Brave – willing to challenge others (including those with power) constructively.
• Self-reflexive, welcoming and using feedback.
• In sympathy with the aims of the Church of England.

Education / Professional qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• Formal qualification in Project Management e.g. PMP (PMI), Prince2 Practitioner (Axelos), PPQ (APM) or equivalent certification.

Circumstances

• This role will require some travel to different dioceses involved in the programme.

DESIRABLE

• Understanding of the structures of the Church of England.
• Experience working for the Church of England, for Christian Charities, in the public or charity sectors.

Interviews and assessments will take place on either Tuesday 18th May 2021 or Thursday 19th April 2021.

Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women in prostitution in the UK.  Your role is to lead on the maintenance and development of a strong pipeline of grant funding to sustain our work​.

You will be passionate about supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, as well as being able to support and motivate staff. You will have great communication skills and be able to champion the cause.

Your role will include:

 - leading on the ongoing development of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy;

 - overseeing the delivery of the Beyond the Streets trust fundraising strategy, ensuring that our relationships with large grant making trusts are well managed;

 - ensuring that all trust fundraising activities are coordinated and delivered to deadline with the Development Officer;

 - leading on the development of corporate fundraising activities

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours.

Do you have a passion for people and a positive attitude? We are looking for a self-motivated, creative and enthusiastic Supporter Engagement Manager to join our high-achieving and dynamic Fundraising team.

About us:

Based in beautiful surroundings just outside Berkhamsted, The Hospice of St Francis is a charity that helps people throughout Hertfordshire and south Buckinghamshire to live their precious lives well by improving symptoms, achieving personal goals and helping them to feel safe, completely free of charge. 

About the Role:

This is being advertised as a full time role (37.5 hpw) however, 30 hpw would be considered for the right applicant. 

This is a new post that will work on securing high value gifts from major donors and gifts in wills. Working as part of our highly successful fundraising team, the successful candidate will work closely with the local community, utilising outstanding relationship management skills to help us to achieve our ambitious plans to double access to our care by 2028.

You will help to shape the development of an innovative programme of gift planning to develop a pipeline of substantial donations including gifts in wills to help the Hospice achieve transformational change, and deliver outstanding stewardship to deepen supporter experience and loyalty to our organisation.

You will be responsible for leading on the prospecting, cultivation and acquisition of new supporters capable of making major gifts and shaping a stewardship programme to build engagement and loyalty to the Hospice.  There’s a creative side to the role that focuses on developing marketing and promotional campaigns to promote gifts in wills to attract new pledgers and deliver existing campaigns such as Make a Will Month.   

About You:

• A confident communicator able to engage and inspire a wide range of supporters including High Net Worth Individuals
• Substantial experience of building positive, long term relationships with current and prospective supporters.
• Ability to think creatively and research and present new ideas, or innovative ways of working
• Proven track record in achieving targets, ideally in a fundraising role, or working in a corporate business to business environment
• Passionate about delivering an exceptional experience to our supporters
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experienced in performing well under pressure, with strict deadlines/budgets, strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently.
• Solid IT skills in Microsoft Office and fundraising or CRM databases
• Flexible and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave
• Flexible working opportunities
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Wide range of free training courses
• Study leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro​

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our friendly, creative and professional Fundraising team to help us to raise the £5million a year which we need to deliver our free expert care.

We will be shortlisting as applications are received, inviting potential candidates to initially come and meet us at for an informal chat and coffee in our beautiful gardens. We would therefore ask that you please check your email regularly.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 9th May 2021

Official Interviews to be held week commencing May 24th 2021

Are you a motivated, passionate and experienced manager with an impressive track record of delivering high-quality services, to meet the needs of local communities in a social work/care, health or education profession? Want to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families? If so, read on.

Catholic Care is an ambitious Charity. We are always striving to offer even better services to give the children, young people, families and schools we work with quality and highly regarded support services. This means that as we look to the future we have the confidence to try something new.

We know it is our professionals working with children and young people who make the biggest difference to their lives and as we look to integrate our services, we require a Senior Manager who will share this vision and manage a team of experienced practitioners. Your role will be to provide management, professional support, advice and supervision to frontline practitioners, ensuring that a quality service is delivered to children and young people.

You will be responsible for the development of the teams and the results delivered. You will work in partnership with other agencies and with our commissioned services to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people that we work with.

This is an exciting time where we are keen to make a difference to service delivery. This is an inspirational opportunity to be part of the team and join us on our journey.

To be considered as the Senior Manager, you will need:

• A management qualification and extensive experience in a senior management role
• A thorough knowledge of good practice and legislation in relation to safeguarding children and adults, social care provision, outcome management and management controls
• A recognised professional qualification in social work and/or care, health, education or equivalent

In-depth knowledge of local services that provide support for families, across children’s social care would highly desirable.

If you are as excited by the prospect as we are, then we would like to speak to you as it may be just the role for you.

Job Title: Senior Manager for Children and Young People’s Services

Salary: SP38 to 41 £40,760 to £43,662 plus pension and other benefits

Post: Permanent Full Time

Location: As part of your role, you will be expected to travel across West and parts of North Yorkshire and be based at Head Office in Headingley, Leeds

Closing Date: 21st May 2021

Interview Date: 7thJune 2021

Catholic care was founded in 1863 and has evolved its services now caring for older people, adults at risk, children & families and helping those who are disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized; people of all faiths or of no faith at all. The charity also employs people of all faiths and none.

The Reading Agency is looking for a talented Marketing and Communications Manager with a dynamic range of skills to lead on engagement and raising awareness.

We are a national charity which tackles life’s big challenges through the proven power of reading. We work closely with partners to develop and deliver programmes for people of all ages and backgrounds; our vision is for a world where everyone is reading their way to a better life.

Last year, we helped over 1.8 million people benefit from reading through our programmes, our tireless campaigning, our excellent networks and our power to influence, challenge and make change happen. 

This is a rewarding, varied and busy role, involving stakeholder engagement, audience development, press and digital communications across a range of channels.

You will be a collaborative big picture thinker with excellent communication skills, a flair for writing and an instinct for what makes a great story.

If you think you have the skills, experience, and passion to join the team, we would love to hear from you.

For more information and to apply please go to our website.

This role will be based at our office in London. However,  all our staff are working from home at present.

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Finance Manager - Systems to join our team in London, UK.

To provide an efficient, relevant and timely financial and management accounting service to all countries where Malaria Consortium operate, with a strong focus on providing budgeting, forecasting and analytical reporting support to HQ and in country management, both finance and project staff.

The successful candidate will have:

• Qualified Accountant
• Significant experience of Year-end accounting and knowledge of UK statutory reporting.
• Experience of payroll accounting and dealing with pension providers.
• Experience of producing management accounts, DFID donor reporting, admin support to accounting software.
• Solid experience in co-ordinating and consolidating budgets and forecasts across regions.

Service Manager – Learning4living – Dual Diagnosis & Supported Living Pathways

Northampton Hope Centre tackles poverty and homelessness.

Our work helps people experiencing the most acute problems of disadvantage, exclusion and marginalisation. As well as giving practical support, we focus on helping people to help themselves, provide support and services that will enable individuals to take back control of their own lives. The charity was established in 1974

Purpose of Post

The purpose of this new post is to be a key member of staff delivering the Hope Centre’s new specialist support projects, services for Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Supported Living (Housing), including the line management and support responsibilities of staff working on the projects and continual service development.

Reports to: Head of Service Delivery

Team: Client Services

Hours: 37 hours per week (Full time). Some evening, bank holiday or weekend work will be required and time off given in lieu of extra hours – Fixed term for 1 year, with potential extension

Salary Grade: £27500 - £30000 per annum

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Key Responsibilities

Services & Staff

• To play an integral role in leading the delivery of support for Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Supported Living  services

• To be responsible for the management and delivery of the new ‘Hope Supported Living’ housing provision,  proactively identifying any trends, gaps in service provision and improvements required to grow credibility and scale of the project – maximising allocations and minimising voids

• To ensure that needs and risk assessments for all potential new residents to ‘Hope Supported Living’ are carried out in line with departmental procedures
• Ensuring ‘Move On’ and ‘Support Plans’ are person centred, maximising potential for service users progression
• To provide consistent and clear line management and leadership to the staffing and volunteer teams
• To work with the Service Manager – ‘Hand Up’, Skills & Employability Lead and Head of Service Delivery to generate new approaches to support services in line with identified need.
• Co-ordinating and managing a programme of support, training, therapeutic workshops and activities to enable service users to develop professional and life skills and increase confidence
• Ensuring exceptional standards of delivery in therapeutic group work with service users related to mental health, substance misuse and tenancy support/independent living skills
• Co-ordinating and managing the one-to-one support we offer to service users, using appropriate validating tools in order to measure their progress
• Networking with other organisations within and out of the “homeless sector” and pulling in their resources and expertise

• Building a cooperative and collaborative team that is flexible and adaptable to changing requirements.
• Assigning work to team members, monitoring and supervising the day-to-day delivery and quality standards of the work.
• Working alongside the Skills & Employability Lead to identify suitable service users for supported Work Based Learning, education & training or therapeutic groups/activities
• Leading by example, with exceptional case management and operational management skills to deliver against desired outcomes
• Providing professional guidance and coaching on case management to staffing team and arranging suitable training to meet team competences and capability
• Monitoring own and team’s performance to ensure it meets expectations and agreed performance criteria, reporting variances to the Head of Service Delivery and implementing performance management procedures where necessary
• Participating in training and development opportunities as agreed with the Head of Service Delivery
• To provide regular line management, supervision and appraisal for staff, in line with organisational standards
• To co-ordinate the recruitment of staff and deliver an appropriate induction and ongoing professional development.
• Act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behaviour towards other team members, service users and partner agencies.
• To ensure good practice in the support of the vulnerable adults we support
• To participate in regular team meetings and SMT meetings

Accountability

You will be line managed by the Head of Service Delivery but will manage your own workload, prioritising both personal and team tasks and working on your own initiative.

Service Objectives

• To improve the mental and physical wellbeing of people experiencing mental health and substance misuse in Northampton, encouraging access to treatment and continued engagement
• To be a leading agency of choice in progressive and preventative support services within the homelessness sector
• To deliver a leading package of support to all residents within our supported housing projects, enabling them to move on to settled housing
• To offer leading advocacy services
• To work with people who are not ready to accept treatment, to encourage and motivate them to consider options available to them, and to support clients who lack confidence/motivation.
• To develop the services to meet the needs of this client group in conjunction with the Service Manager – Hand Up , Skills & Employability Lead and the Head of Service Delivery

• Supporting clients in the service provided by the Hope Centre and identifying service users suitable for case management
• To support, encourage and supervise service users who are involved in therapeutic workshops / groups
• Working alongside the volunteering co-ordinator and Service Managers to develop and grow the organisations volunteering opportunities (externally and for service users) with a high focus on services to support non English speaking service users

Key Responsibilities (Service Users Support)

• Ensuring service user involvement and a person centred approach are embedded within the team.

• Provide education and raise awareness to help service users manage factors that affect their mental health, substance misuse, tenancy sustainment, independent living skills and physical/mental wellbeing.
• Listening to service users and encouraging positive steps towards personal development
• Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to service users regarding their support.
• Developing, alongside service users, flexible and realistic person centred plans within agreed guidelines.
• Regurlarly reviewing and reporting findings of department caseloads
• Attend weekly Multi Agency Homelessness Pathway Panel, as appropriate, and represent Hope on a variety of forums, exchanging information and improving joint working and achieving better outcomes for people we support
• Work closely and collaboratively with support work partner agencies, ensuring a  joined-up support offer, avoiding any unnecessary duplication of work and ensure an even distribution of the workload for shared outcomes

General

• All information must be maintained within GDPR regulations
• To be an active and effective Manager, driving the same from your teams
• To work some hours outside of normal office hours (including evenings and weekends and the on-call ROTA).
• At all times to carry out every aspect of your duties with due regard to Northampton Hope Centre’s  policies and procedures
• To ensure Northampton Hope Centre’s values are embedded in the service delivery
• To maintain a professional level of communication at all times.
• To keep clear records and plans of all contacts with clients, professionals and meetings with external agencies.
• Undertake other duties as may be reasonably determined by Head of Service Delivery, the CEO or Board of Trustee’s.
• To participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal, and help identifying your own job-related development and training needs.

Administrative

• To raise and maintain service user records in terms of attendance to workshops and as required for case management
• To complete and file required records in line with the requirements from external funding bodies
• To complete reports to the Board of Trustees when requested
• To record, monitor and report on service user progress and outcomes

Other 

• To attend staff meetings as and when required
• To attend relevant training sessions and courses
• Being a member of the Management bank holidays and out of hours shift rota.

Person Specification

This person specification sets out the essential and/or desirable experience and abilities needed by the successful candidate for this post. Please bear these points in mind when applying for the role as these requirements will be taken into account at both the shortlisting and interviewing stages.

Service Manager – Learning4living & Housing

Qualifications

1. A level 5 Health & Social Care or relevant counselling, social work, mental health nursing or substance misuse qualification
2. First Aid certificate

Knowledge

Essential Criteria - Understanding of developing and delivering services within a support setting

Essential Criteria - Understanding of the relationship between mental health and substance misuse and how these may impact on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing

Essential Criteria - Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and risk management in a mental health or substance misuse setting.

Essential Criteria - Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures and reporting any relevant issues in a timely manner

Experience

Desirable Criteria - Good understanding and awareness of housing and homelessness issues, including working with rough sleepers

Desirable Criteria - Experience of running therapeutic activities and group processes.

Desirable Criteria - Experience in Motivational Interviewing techniques

Desirable Criteria - Awareness of local services

Essential Criteria - Minimum 2 years’ experience of line managing staff within a challenging work environment specifically within a mental health, substance misuse or homelessness/supported living setting

Essential Criteria - Experience of developing and sustaining effective working relationships with, and working successfully in partnership with, other services and organisations

Essential Criteria - Development and management of projects in either a Mental Health, Substance Misuse or Homelessness/independent living setting

Essential Criteria - Proven experience of delivering and/or managing an efficient and effective casework management service in a Mental Health / Substance Misuse or Homelessness/independent living setting

Essential Criteria - An understanding of mental health conditions

Skills and Abilities

Essential Criteria - Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner

Essential Criteria - Excellent negotiating and advocacy skills, and the drive and commitment to achieve positive outcomes for service users

Essential Criteria - The ability to communicate effectively, both across all levels of the organisation, and with external stakeholders

Essential Criteria - Ability to take control and responsibility for stressful, disruptive or highly-charged situations, calling on emergency services when required

Essential Criteria - Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills

Essential Criteria - Ability to work on own initiative and work well under pressure, prioritise work and meet tight deadlines

Essential Criteria - Empathetic and able to relate to staff, volunteers, customers and external agencies

Essential Criteria - To keep composure in the face of emergency and unexpected events

Essential Criteria - Ability to prioritise and manage workload

Essential Criteria - Ability to engage, lead and motivate others

Essential Criteria - A self-starter who is outcome focused and target driven

Practical

Essential Criteria -Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, with proven ability to input and extract information and produce reports

Purpose of the role:

Are you experienced in successfully delivering complex contracts within the adult education sector? Then you can join Britain`s leading educational charity and transform lives and outcomes every day.

The Workers` Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities. Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens.

We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning egalitarian and accessible. Volunteers play a central role in everything we do, from governance through to classroom support, helping us deliver courses to 50,000 people in 2,300 locations - and enabling us to reach 80% of the population.

Key areas of responsibility:

The Senior Area Education Manager will manage a team to deliver the Association education provision, alongside strategic partnerships and external relationships, particularly in building our skills oriented provision through partnership working across the region.

The role will have responsibility for delivery of complex AEB contracts across the North East area. In line with contract requirements and Association strategic objectives this role will support the Head of region in successfully delivering contract requirements whilst focusing on continuous improvement. You will work closely with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including LEPs (or equivalent), local authorities, community organisations, employers, and trade unions.

About you:

The post holder will be accountable for the successful delivery of the AEB contract within the agreed budget and timelines, ensuring the delivery to agreed funding and quality frameworks of AEB provision by WEA and (where relevant) subcontractors.

They will report to the Mayoral combined authority skills team and internally within WEA taking appropriate actions on contract performance where appropriate.