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We're seeking an experienced and proactive Void Officer to join our team.

Working across almost all London Boroughs, we strive to provide a warm, safe home, from which our residents can begin their recovery, and our Void Officer’s play a vital role in preparing our properties for letting. This is a great opportunity for someone who is customer-centric, enthusiastic and a strong team player. 

About the role:

As a Void Officer, you will proactively manage our maintenance voids, and be responsible for processing pre void inspections and co-ordinating repair works, to get our properties ready to let in line with agreed timescales and to meet our KPIs. You will co-ordinate works with registered providers, approved contractors and our inhouse maintenance team.

In your role, you will keep void records up to date and assist with preparing void reports. You will work to build relationships with internal and external partners; and ensure we achieve value for money.

Additionally, you will work with our Caretakers and Service Teams to identify where we can improve our processes to deliver an efficient void service. 

About you:

• You bring experience of negotiating, and communicating clear, concise, and effective works specifications, and effectively liaising with internal and external partners.

• Your toolkit includes an understanding of the financial impact of ineffective void or maintenance processes, and you innovatively find ways to reduce waste, achieve best value for money, and reduce void loss. 

• You have proven strong administration skills, including the ability to use database systems to record void progress.

• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering the service. 

• You are self-motivated and understand the impact of your work and follow through.

• You have proven experience of managing and prioritising a busy workload, working to meet competing deadlines.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

This role is more than a job, it’s about making a safe home for people who have experienced homelessness, and we offer the opportunity to be part of supportive team who care about the way we do things, and work to improve homes and make a real difference in people’s lives.

Apply now to become a Void Officer for the Single Homeless Project turning properties into places people can call home.

Important Info:

Closing Date: Sunday 31st December 2023 at midnight

Interview Date: Friday 12th January 2024

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

MISSION OBJECTIVE 
Bonsucro is a dynamic and inclusive multistakeholder platform that is dedicated to advancing sustainability within the sugarcane sector. It accomplishes this mission by building connections between sustainable sugarcane producers and multinational brands, traders and retailers that are committed to sustainability principles. 
 

The Engagement and Markets team leads the creation of strategies and initiatives that increase the demand for Bonsucro certified sugarcane products, strengthening the profile, reputation and influence of Bonsucro and delivering global membership targets. Within the Engagement and Markets team, there are two sub-teams namely; the Membership team and the Communications team.

Reporting to the Senior Membership Manager, this position is responsible for increasing the number of sugarcane buyers, traders, and retailers who are members of Bonsucro. This role is also responsible for ensuring that existing end-users receive exceptional value from being part of Bonsucro, and that they are supported to increase their market uptake of sustainable sugarcane-derived materials.

PURPOSE
Buyer Recruitment: In line with Bonsucro’s Strategic Plan, the membership manager will successfully adapt and implement strategies aimed at attracting new buyer members into Bonsucro. This entails undertaking market research to identify potential targets, developing outreach campaigns, and initiating networking efforts to highlight the benefits of joining Bonsucro.
 

Member Stewardship: Adapt and tailor systems and processes to ensure the delivery of consistent and high-quality buyer member stewardship 

Member Retention: Develop systems to identify buyer members who are at risk of leaving Bonsucro and craft appropriate strategies to address their concerns, and thereby demonstrate exceptional customer service. 

Marketing of Bonsucro credits: Tailor and implement a marketing strategy to increase the market uptake of Bonsucro credits reflecting changes in contexts and needs.

Management of Bonsucro claims: Revise and tailor, in close collaboration with other functional teams, an effective claims and labelling process to support buyers and suppliers to credibly communicate their support for Bonsucro.

ENGAGEMENT
Through regular communications, inform internal stakeholders about any strategy developments, personnel changes, emerging issues, trends or service requests related to key member accounts so as to promote internal coordination and consistency.
 

Manage and coordinate the internal response to buyer member requests, and advise managers on new products and services to enhance Bonsucro’s membership value proposition.

Key account management: Engage with members in Europe and North America and support them to accelerate their sugarcane sustainability journey by co-creating appropriate action plans and by encouraging them to utilize the full range of Bonsucro products and services so that their membership experience is enhanced.

Buyers Network: Strengthen the effectiveness of the Bonsucro Buyers Network and ensure that it is a forum that promotes knowledge sharing and improved sector coordination.

Represent Bonsucro in external events and meetings, partnerships and other membership organizations to raise Bonsucro’s profile and enhance its credibility

DELIVERY
Deliver, track and report on the achievement of membership KPIs related to expanding the number of North American and European based members in Bonsucro.
 

Deliver training and provide member support around Bonsucro’s value added products and services (currently focused on the Credit Trading Platform and Chain of Custody Standard)

Optimise and evolve the Bonsucro member handbook, Code of Conduct requirements and reporting, including those related to human rights due diligence  to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of account management activities. 

In collaboration with the Communications team, develop engaging communications materials (e.g presentations, pitch decks, B2B materials) in relation to membership, the member value proposition and specific Bonsucro products and services,

Support the development and implementation roadmap for one or more of Bonsucro’s strategic priorities related to our traceability and claims offer. These could include human rights due diligence, GHG emissions reduction or regenerative agriculture.

SKILLS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Excellent command of the English language and confident communicator at a high level and with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

EXECUTION SKILLS 
Account management background or experience with membership-based organizations

Experience and comfortable with recruitment work, including mapping new leads, engaging non-member companies and achieving recruitment targets

Experience in conducting training on different digital tools/systems and/or standards

SUBSTANTIVE KNOWLEDGE
Experience of designing and implementing membership services’ programmes that have delivered proven outcomes such as membership growth and enhanced membership value propositions.
 

Knowledge of sustainable agriculture commodity programmes.

Knowledge/experience of the sugarcane industry and/or sugarcane-derived products such as  sugar, ethanol, rum or biomaterials

Experience of working with North American and/or European businesses

TARGETED SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES 
Experience of working with large FMCGs and brands

Master’s or bachelor’s degree/or equivalent level experience in business administration, finance, sustainability, or a related field.

Demonstrated commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices.
 

Commercial awareness- a balanced profile that is not driven by finance but is aware of the need to optimise outputs to increase impact.

People orientated and empathetic.

Altruistic and purpose-driven

OUR CULTURE
We are a diverse, inclusive and multicultural organisation that's passionate about making a positive impact and creating a meaningful change - across the global sugarcane supply chain and beyond. As the world's number one sugarcane sustainability system we have an important role to play in the way we work, lead and inspire others through our convening and our certification processes. That's why our people are central to our purpose and being committed to their success and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do.

Our core principles:
Collaboration, Inclusivity, Adaptability, Credibility, Impact.

Components of our culture:
One Global team, Celebrating individual and collective success, Building and maintaining trust in our working relationships, Value each other's expertise, Investing in people, Creativity, Continuous improvement, Genuine, impactful innovation, Healthy work-life balance, Evidence based decision-making, Reflection, learning, and course corrections, Accountable to each other and externally, Enjoying our work, and Communicating clearly, openly and proactively.

Each year, Young Enterprise helps thousands of young people develop the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed. Through our nationwide enterprise and financial capability programmes, we give young people the opportunities and experiences to discover who they are and what they’re good at.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast moving, youth focused, charity and play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of programmes designed to support educators and improve the financial capability of children and young people.

We are looking for an experienced, creative and proactive individual to join Young Enterprise as the Programme Manager responsible for our largest primary programme – Money Heroes.

About the role

The Programme Manager will be the driving force in the development and delivery of an ever-evolving financial capability programme for children, young people and their parents. Money Heroes provides resources, training and mentoring for primary schools, as well as storybooks, games and other materials to supplement learning about money at school and in the home.

The Programme Manager will have strong organisation and project management skills, including budget management and KPI monitoring and reporting. They need to maintain regular communications with stakeholders and be confident in reporting progress, both face to face and in written report form. Excellent digital skills are essential to the role, as is the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

The Programme Manager will also line manage, motivate and support a team of two Programme Coordinators to ensure the smooth delivery of all workstreams within the programme.

Who we are looking for

We are seeking an individual with strong organisation and project management skills, a solution focussed attitude to problem solving and the ability to balance and prioritise competing demands in a busy function. A successful track record of managing complex programmes is essential. An understanding of education and school centred programmes, plus experience working with web and digital developers would be a distinct advantage.

Reporting to the Senior Programme Manager, this role provides a real opportunity to help drive the Money Heroes programme forward, and to ensure that young people across the country have access to vital skills and attributes for future life and work.

Full details can be found in the attached Job Description.

Why work for us?

• People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
• An active commitment to equality and diversity
• Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner
• Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks plus your birthday off
• Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group Life Assurance
• Access to various employee friendly initiatives such as Discount and Benefits platform, Leave Purchase scheme, part financial contribution to Professional Development etc

If this role appeals to you, we’d like to hear from you! When you join us in building a successful and sustainable future for young people, you can expect all the recognition, support and rewards you need to grow and develop yourself.

This is a hybrid role, working out of our London or Oxford office a minimum of 4 times per month.

To apply, please submit your CV and covering letter (up to two sides of A4) outlining your suitability for the role based on the Job Description and Person Specification by no later than 5pm on Sunday 7th January. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Interviews will take place via Teams on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th January.  

Please note that, although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us by two weeks from the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.

Campaigns Manager
Fixed Term: 10 months (Covering Family Leave)
Full time: 34.5 hours per week, Flexible
Dual Location or Home-based - This role is ‘dual location’ – working from home, with 1 - 2 days a week at our headquarters in Vauxhall, London – or could be entirely home-based with regular travel to London for team or other professional events and meetings.
Salary: London  £50,000 - £56,000 National - £46,500 - £52,500

About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.                                                    

About the role

This is an integral time to join Macmillan's Campaigns team. With a general election in Westminster on the horizon, you will play a key and critical role driving change to improve the lives of people living with cancer in the UK. You will represent Macmillan across sectors, leading general election and coalition activity. This is an exciting opportunity to drive political advocacy, whilst generating public support behind one of Britain's biggest and most loved charities and our all-important cause. 

You will lead our talented and award-winning team, running and delivering integrated campaigns to ensure that the voices of people living with cancer are at the heart of all our campaigns. As a passionate people leader who thrives in periods of change, you will motivate and develop your team of specialist campaigners through busy periods and drive the team towards goals and objectives.
 

About you

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Experience in designing and delivering impactful campaigns which influence policies and decision making.
   
• Experience in addressing inequalities in support for people and communities, with a demonstrable commitment to inclusivity and empowering others.
   
• Experience in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
   
• Ability to influence at all levels, bringing people on board to deliver strategic goals.
   
• Experience of developing and motivating a team.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process 

The application deadline is Tuesday 19th December 2023 at 23:59pm.  Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 8th January 2024.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan Talent Acquistion Team for advice and reasonable adjustments (email address on main Macmillan advert) 

Do you have vision, drive and passion for England’s wild coastline and trails? Do you want to develop and enhance the benefits these special places bring for nature, climate, and people?

If this appeals to you, working as the first Coastal Wildbelt Project Officer for the new Protected Landscape Partnership will offer you fantastic opportunities to be at the forefront of developing a vision and delivery strategy for a nature-rich English coastline.

The creation of the King Charles 3rd England Coast Path (KC3ECP) offers a unique opportunity for large-scale nature restoration work and public engagement around the coast of England.

In the work done to establish the KC3ECP, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 established the coastal margin, generally described as between 2 meters inland of the route of the KC3ECP and the seaward foreshore. This increase in access to the coast for the public and clear definition of a continuous coastal margin gives an opportunity for the first time to build a cohesive coastal nature restoration and biodiversity net gain project on a national scale.

The Defra funded Protected Landscape Partnership is providing resources to National Trails UK and National Parks England to March 2025 to develop this opportunity.

Hosted by National Trails UK, you will be an integral part of the new Protected Landscapes Partnership made up of the National Landscapes Association (NLA), National Parks England (NPE), National Trails UK (NTUK) and Natural England (NE). Together, the Partnership aims to create more collaborative ways of working that amplifies the impact and influence of our organisations towards our common goals.

The Protected Landscapes Partnership (PLP) recognises that we are in the throes of global nature, climate, and well-being emergencies. In response, the partnership will collaborate closely on the delivery of national priorities for nature recovery, climate change mitigation and adaptation, health and wellbeing, equity of access and thriving local communities.

We are looking for a motivated and passionate individual to engage with the trails, protected landscapes, Heritage Coasts, and other key stakeholders around the coastline to build a vision for a Coastal Wildbelt and seek opportunities to deliver for people and nature.

In this role, you will work in a true partnership, leading on co-creation across organisations and disciplines. We are seeking an individual who is comfortable working in a collaborative, multi-stakeholder environment, thrives as part of a remote team while being able to self-direct and manage their workload efficiently.

The team

This role is hosted by National Trails UK and funded by the Protected Landscapes Partnership. The successful candidate will work closely with other roles funded by the Partnership and hosted within other organisations, including Data and Evidence Coordinators, Communications Manager, and Nature Recovery roles.They will also liaise with the lead from Big Chalk to help accelerate development of Coastal Wildbelt.

National Trails UK is a fully remote organisation, but partners have expressed interest in Protected Landscape Partnership roles hot-desking at their offices. Candidates will need to be comfortable working within this matrix-style framework and across organisational boundaries.

Key tasks

As a Coastal Wildbelt Project Officer your role would include:

• Audit of existing and emerging coastal projects and partnerships
• Audit of existing mapping, data and evidence and data gaps, contract collation of data and new data required
• Convening and engaging with existing and new partners, co-designing a vision and governance structure for Coastal Wildbelt
• Facilitate and oversee the Coastal Wildbelt steering group
• Co-develop and lead the Coastal Wildbelt vision and objectives, campaign, and delivery programme, learning from the establishment phase of the programme
• Identify and engage with key stakeholders to develop and deliver two landscape-scale nature recovery Coastal Wildbelt pilot projects to demonstrate the potential for rolling out around the entire coast
• Work with partners to identify funding opportunities to support project delivery
• Coordinate a joint approach to working and sharing knowledge and learning
• Work with the PLP Communications Manager to tell local stories
• Support evaluation and report on progress against the Partnership Business Plan objectives

The Candidate

We welcome applicants from a range of experience and backgrounds and are looking for individuals who have a broad combination of the skills set out below.

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of project management techniques, project delivery experience and ability to develop large-scale, multi-sector and multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Significant experience of working in the environmental sector, nature conservation, or agriculture, or a relevant degree in an environmental discipline/ nature conservation
• A passion for nature, the environment, and the outdoors
• Understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Knowledge of landscape conservation and enhancement, designated and defined landscapes and National Trails
• An understanding of how to integrate access and connect people with nature as part of nature recovery
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of taking responsibility for managing relationships with key partners, stakeholders and policy makers
• Strong communications and presentation skills, both written and oral, with experience of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences
• Experience of using and interpreting evidence and data
• Ability to work as part of a small team while also working independently, using own initiative and developing ideas
• Effective facilitation and collaboration, using relevant tools and technology, online and face-to-face
• Experience of managing your own time, ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines
• An understanding of UK land management
• Competence in the use of IT, including ability to work with spreadsheets, databases & presentation packages

The role will require travel. We encourage the use of active travel and public transport where possible, and reasonable expenses are covered in addition to salary. A driving licence is not essential.

How to Apply

Please email your CV and a two-page Cover Letter or a 4-minute video (sent via WeTransfer) setting out your suitability for the role to Polly Martin with the subject line ‘Coastal Wildbelt Project Officer’. Please include any notice period and details of two references.

Closing date: 23.59 8th January 2024

Interviews will take place on 12th Jan or week commencing 15th Jan 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

We welcome and encourage applications from all communities. If you require a reasonable adjustment at interview, or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you should notify us of this at application stage where possible, or well in advance of your interview.

Op Nova Caseworker (West Midlands)​

Job Role:​

Forces Employment charity offer a specialist programme which supports Veterans in the Justice System who may be vulnerable, socially isolated, or need support to live or maintain a law-abiding life. ​

This position is full-time, 35 hours per week with a salary of £28,325. The successful candidate will be based at home with regular travel within the region, reporting to the Regional Manager. This role consists of managing and supporting caseloads of vulnerable veterans in your allocated region.​​

Principal Responsibilities:​​

• Contact all clients within 48 hours of allocation​
• Undertake needs assessments and develop support plan within 5 days of allocation​
• Carry out an assessment using the Outcome Star, understand and record Employment and Housing status, and other assessments as required by the Regional Manager.  Review assessments at 3 monthly intervals to understand and demonstrate progress.​
• Work with and empower client to engage with the support plan and goals agreed during their needs assessment​
• Produce written report when requested highlighting support given to client and level of engagement​
• Work as part of a team, together with Justice staff and partner organisations providing specialist support to your client​
• Support the regional manager and national manager to create and maintain strong working relationships with referring organisations in your region, including the Police and NHS Liaison and Diversion.​
• Deliver emotional and practical support to veterans working with partner organisations to provide specialist support for each individual​​.
• Ensure that all activity is recorded on Salesforce case management system (CMS).​

PERSON SPECIFICATION​

Essential Competencies:​

• Highly motivated and independent, capable of working remotely across a wide geographical area. 
• Resilient and able to work with individuals with complex needs and cope with the rigors that arise from working with veterans in the justice system.​
• Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• ​Highly organised with strong IT skills and experience of using Case Management Systems
• ​Commitment to working with each client without prejudice and in an equitable manner, including those who are arrested for violent or sexual offences.
• ​Driving licence and use of own car.
• Empathy with and a good understanding of ex-forces personnel and the challenges they can face.
• ​Strong communicator.​​

Desirable Competencies:​

• NVQ Level 4 Information, Advice and Guidance, this training will be provided for the successful candidate if they are not already trained​.
• Experience of using Outcomes Star.​
• Salesforce case management system experience, this training will be provided for the successful candidate if they are not already trained.
• A working knowledge of the Justice system and experience of working with offenders or ex-offenders.
• Experience of serving in the Armed Forces. ​​

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter by Midnight Monday 8th January 2024 ​

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Successful candidates will be required to undertake an NPPV level 2 police vetting, been a resident in the UK for over 5 years and an Enhanced DBS clearance.

Are you passionate about helping girls have incredible adventures and enjoy new experiences? Do you love using your communications expertise to inspire and engage? If you’re a skilled communicator who is looking for their next challenge, this could be the role for you.

Girlguiding is looking for an adventure communications lead. This role will be responsible for developing and delivering communications plans for Girlguiding’s adventure strategy and large events. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fun and friendly communications team, and work closely with colleagues across adventure, brand, marketing and social teams.

About Girlguiding

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Girlguiding operates a hybrid working arrangement where office based staff are required to attend the office on average two days a week, or 40% of working time across the year. We’re committed though to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require. 

Our client, a leading London university, are recruiting for a temporary Senior Timetabling Officer, to start as soon as possible, running for 1 year. This is a full-time role, working 35 hours per week, and will offer hybrid working, with 1 day per week on-site (Wednesday) and the remainder remote.

The purpose of this role is to support the Timetabling team with the supervision and co-ordination of cyclical business operations, co-ordinating day-to-day timetabling activity requests and assisting with the implementation and use of systems. Working closely with other members of the team, you will help to facilitate effective space utilisation and enhanced customer service..

In order to be considered for this role, you will have experience in a similar post, ideally working with Syllabus+ or other timetabling software, in a Higher Education environment. With the ability to balance competing demands and manage customer expectations, you will also have experience of undertaking large scale data gathering and information retrieval.

If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please do register your interest below and submit a copy of your CV, in Word format. Further details will be sent out to suitable candidates.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. 

Contract: 6 months with potential for extension to 12 months
Hours: 21 hours per week
Location: Birmingham
Starting salary: £18,250 pro rata ( £30,418 per annum)
Closing date: 15 January 2024
Expected date of interviews: 25 January 2024

Freedom from Torture is the Winner of the Overall Award for Excellence and the top prize for Campaigns and Advocacy at the 2023 Charity Awards.

We have an exciting opportunity for the role of Welfare Advisor.

Would you like to join our award-winning organisation?

About the role

Freedom from Torture is a human rights organisation that provides rehabilitation to survivors of torture. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for human rights to join our team in Birmingham.

The Welfare Advisor works within the holistic rehabilitation model of Freedom from Torture and provides welfare advice and advocacy to our clients, forming part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will receive, process and manage welfare referrals, and act as the point of contact on welfare issues and in particular, for the West Midlands centre. This role requires careful and sensitive delivery of complex welfare information and advice often to very vulnerable clients. You must have in- depth knowledge of the welfare rights and benefits available to asylum seekers and/or refugees. This may include completing Section 4 applications, or appealing negative benefits decisions on health or vulnerability grounds.

About you

The ideal candidate for the role will have the following:

* Experience of working within a similar role providing advocacy on a range of welfare issues to include housing, welfare benefits and Asylum Support;
* Extensive experience of working within the benefits system, including the application, assessment and appeals procedures;
* Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers and an understanding of the needs of this group and the associated support services and mechanisms available;
* Experience of liaising with external agencies and government bodies to ensure that service users are given access to their available welfare rights and entitlements;

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

Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles, in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.

Our policy is that all appointments will be at the start of the salary range but successful candidates will have the opportunity to move up the scale over time. The progression up the salary range is reviewed on an annual basis and subject to affordability. For this role, the starting salary is £30418 pro rata. The salary range is £30,418-£35,285 pro rata but any increases in salary would depend on the duration of the contract in the event of any extension.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please visit our website.?

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

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 national and global 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 enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.)

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

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

No agencies please.

Chief Commercial Officer (Deputy CEO)

Salary: £70k (Region)

Location: Wirral (Hybrid)

Founded for his workers by William Hesketh Lever in 1888, Port Sunlight Village is arguably the finest and most intact surviving example of early urban planning in the world. Today, Port Sunlight is a thriving community and unique industrial heritage asset, and was recently voted one of the top 3 best villages to visit in the UK. The entire site is a Designated Conservation Area, and nearly every building is Grade II Listed. With a world-renowned art gallery, 130 acres of parkland and gardens and our own museum, this ‘hidden gem’ attracts over 300,000 visitors annually. In recent years, a prudent mix of robust financial planning, diverse income streams and a focus on enhancing the quality and scope of our visitor proposition has kept us in good shape.

With ambitious investment plans for the coming decade, we are determined to maximise our commercial activity to ensure that this simply amazing village keeps its special place in the hearts of residents, visitors and the wider community, and that we continue to develop our offer.

This is a uniquely stimulating leadership role. You’ll oversee every aspect of the Trust’s income-generation – from our commercial property portfolio to visitor attractions, venue hire to filming – and this breadth of activity means that by the end of the first year, you’ll understand the whole business from chimneypots to flowerbeds. An accomplished heritage business leader, with an exceptional track record of innovative and sustained commercial success, you’ll also bring experience of leading complex capital investment projects. As the commercial lead for the Trust, you will work closely with the CEO and the Board to shape and implement a highly effective strategy. Your inspiring and engaging personal style will be matched with rigorous business case analysis, a system-thinking mindset and a desire to set a national benchmark for the commercial management and leadership of industrial and social heritage sites.

Closing date: noon, Monday 29 January 2024.

Job Title: Consortium Project Manager– BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice Demonstrator)

Salary: £42,521

Responsible to: Strategic Partnership Manager

Location: Hybrid working. Working hours divided between BVSC Offices (Livery Place, 35 Livery Street, Birmingham, B3 2PB) and home address, as agreed by BVSC

Hours of work: 35 hours per week (Full-time)

Contract Duration: Fixed Term until 31 March 2025

BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice Demonstrator)

We are looking for a knowledgeable and enthusiastic individual, with strong leadership and project management skills to join us as Consortium Project Manager– BrumEnergy (Local Energy Advice Demonstrator).

Overview

BVSC is the primary infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector (The Voluntary and Community Sector) in Birmingham.

We have recently secured funding from Midlands Net Zero Hub/ Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for a Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Project, supporting Birmingham’s citizens through the provision of advice and guidance on home energy efficiency measures.

BVSC is the lead partner and responsible for managing a small partnership comprised of local partners. This will provide for better support and co-ordination of the project across the city.

This role will involve managing our project on a day-to-day basis on behalf of BVSC and the Consortium.

Individual Consortium member organisations will also have their own individual project managers; it is the Consortium Project Manager’s role to ensure that the Consortium as a whole produces the project requirements according to time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits  - and ultimately to benefit the residents of Birmingham City.

Purpose of the Role

• Developing Internal & Consortium Communications
• Financial and Contract Management
• Meeting & Events Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Developing & Delivering Project Communications Strategy
• Delivering Project Management Records & Reporting
• Research and Learning
• Supporting Project Board and Team
• Recruitment of Project Team
• Administration Oversight

Please see job description for a full description of the role, and the employee specification you will need to refer to in your covering letter.

Working for BVSC

BVSC is proud to provide a place to work in which staff feel valued and motivated. Our talented and committed staff team are provided with competitive terms and conditions, and a supportive, flexible, friendly working environment.

Our organisation’s culture is underpinned by our 4 core values – Commitment, Collaboration, Inclusion and Integrity. These values are demonstrated in the work of our staff team, who are integral to the achievement of our mission to support and advocate for a vibrant, resilient voluntary sector in Birmingham.

Terms and conditions

• 35 hour working week 
• 29 days annual leave + bank holidays a year 
• 5% pension contribution 
• 3.5 times salary Death in service benefit
• BVSC is a Living Wage Employer

Work-life balance 

• Hybrid working, allowing staff to divide their working hours between our city centre office and their home 
• Flexible working arrangements available for staff 
• A flextime system is in place for staff 
• We offer up to 7 days paid leave per year for undertaking voluntary work or public duties 
• We provide generous maternity and paternity pay 

Staff development

• We support staff to undertake training and development, providing funding and time off for study 

Values based approach

• We take a values led approach to the full employee journey including values based interview, and values based supervision and appraisals 

Wellbeing

• We offer free access to a range of wellbeing platforms 
• BVSC offers all employees a suite of wellbeing support 

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the following BVSC organisational values: 

Commitment: Making a positive difference through passion, innovation and social action 

Collaboration: Connecting people and organisations to work together to improve lives 

Inclusion: Empowering and involving everyone in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham 

Integrity: Building trust through delivering excellent outcomes 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do. 

We strongly encourage suitably experienced applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join BVSC. 

We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the role and person specification if there are essential criteria you do not meet, so please describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this.  

We are a Second Chance Charter employer, committed to ensuring that people with convictions can access employment. DBS checks, if applicable to the role, will be conducted once a job offer has been made and accepted.

Closing date for applications – Wednesday 10th January 2024 at 10am.

Interviews to take place – Monday 22nd January 2024.

Interview Details

Interviews for this post will be held on Monday 22nd January 2024.

Please note there will be two parts to the interview process:

A face to face values based interview: A panel of two trained values interviewers from across the organisation will ask you two questions based on the BVSC values of Commitment, Collaboration, Inclusion and Integrity. Values based interview questions are structured to encourage the candidate to reflect on their process, motivation, learning, and outcomes. We expect this part of the interview to last for 20 minutes.

Face to face competency interview: The competency interview will consist of a series of questions structured to encourage the candidate to discuss their skills and experience relevant to the role. We expect this part of the interview to last for 45 minutes.

Interview Documentation

Candidates invited to interview will be required to provide proof of eligibility for employment (for example a document which confirms your NI number).

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

Secondments will be considered.

Location: Our offices at Wesley Memorial Hall in central Oxford and outreach locations around Oxforrd

Are you an experienced Outreach Generalist Adviser ready to make a real impact on people's lives? By joining Citizens Advice Oxford, you can. We are committed to helping people find a way forward, whoever they are and whatever their problem.

With a generous holiday allowance, 5% employer pension contributions, and Employee Assistance Program, not to mention an amazing and supportive team of experienced and dedicated colleagues, Citizens Advice Oxford is a great place to work if you want to use your skills to make a real difference. 

This role is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund to meet the advice needs of Oxford residents, especially those who are unable to access online, telephone or email advice. You will work from our outreach venues across Oxford city, providing face-to-face information and advice to clients who might not be able to reach us through our telephone and email channels. At the outreaches, you will provide generalist advice, including benefit checks and debt assessments, to drop in clients, by telephone/email, and by appointment.

Your work will directly impact the lives of local residents, helping them navigate challenging situations and find the solutions they need. You'll use your empathetic listening skills to understand our clients' problems and help them set their priorities. Our powerful information systems will be at your disposal to find, interpret, and share vital information, ensuring our clients can make informed decisions, and our experienced team will give you the support you need to help our clients find a way forward. 

You should have recent experience of giving advice in an advice setting, such as a Citizens Advice office or other welfare rights organisation. For more information, click on the links to the Job Pack and Guidance notes below, and click on the apply button to be redirected to our website. 

• Holiday: 28 days per annum pro-rata and bank holidays pro-rata
• Pension: 5% employer pension contribution

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 2nd January 2024 at 9am

Location: ShelterBox HQ, Truro, Cornwall

Role purpose:

A key member of the finance and financial accounts teams, supporting colleagues and the wider charity by taking responsibility for maintaining elements of the financial records of the charity. Ensuring compliance with technical and legal requirements, safeguarding the assets of the charity. Generating data that will allow for informed decisions to be made, maximising the impact that the charity can achieve for people effected by disasters.

Who are we looking for?

Experience in working in a finance team including maintaining nominal ledger and purchase ledger, payroll and reconciliations. The individual may hold AAT qualification or be qualified by experience.

We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join our busy team and to help provide a great finance service. You will have excellent attention to detail, good knowledge of finance processes and work well as part of a busy team. Having great organisational skills, you will be able to manage multiple tasks at the same time, work proactively and be a good communicator. We encourage innovation and new ideas and would welcome you sharing your experience with us, to further develop our team. The organisation has ambitious system development plans and would welcome your involvement in this programme.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• As part of the Financial Accounts team (two Finance Officers and the Financial Controller) take a share of the responsibility for maintaining the financial records of the charity, ensuring compliance with processes and technical and legal requirements, and safeguarding the assets of the charity.
• Provide support to internal and external stakeholders in operating or using/getting benefits from the outputs from your areas of responsibility.
• Processing and payment of invoices and bank transfers, including foreign and urgent payments.
• Processing of donations from journals generated from the CRM system, reconciling to bank receipts, and resolving any queries or discrepancies in collaboration with the Supporter Care team.
• Bank and petty cash recording and reconciliation. Including bank account reconciliation on a weekly basis, petty cash and foreign currency.  Submission of bank reconciliations for approval by Financial Controller.
• Enter expected cash outgoings into weekly cash flow document.
• Credit Card and Expense Claims 
• Process Payroll 
• Purchase and sale of foreign currency as discussed with Financial Controller.
• Monthly gift aid submission including generation of Gift Aid submissions, complete pre-claim checks, submission and reconciliation to receipts from HMRC. Submission of draft gift aid submission for approval by Financial Controller.
• Month End 
• Year End – As instructed by the Financial Controller generate reports and information to support preparation of annual report and audit file. Answer audit queries provided by the charities auditors.
• Maintenance of the organisation’s fixed asset register, posting journals for depreciation, acquisitions and disposals.
• Monitoring of finance inbox and support organisation with requests for financial information.
• Provide Support to organisation with procurement and purchase ledger system Focal point.
• Update projects/funds on Dimensions.
• Maintaining accounting records for our subsidiary company, ShelterBox Trading.

Credit Card and Expense Claims

• Maintenance of the Company Credit cards, submitting requests for new cards, adjusting credit limits and cancelation of cards.
• Download credit card transactions and upload to Acloud Expense system and submit to credit card holders for completion of expenses.
• Review, approve and post to finance system credit card expenses and claims for expenses using Acloud expense system.
• The issuing and reconciliation of cash advances for SRT teams.
• Provision of new credit cards for Staff/SRT’s and deal with any issues.

Payroll

• Processing the monthly payroll with information provided by HR Department using Sage Payroll Software and initiating payment and payslips to staff.
• Monthly submission of payroll reports to HMRC and process payment of PAYE, NI and student loans to HMRC.
• Maintenance of the company pension scheme, uploading details of monthly contributions with Scottish Widows. Dealing with issues and queries around this.
• Monthly reconciliation of payroll control accounts.
• Providing support to the HR team around pay, pension loans etc

 Month End

• Assist with timely month end process by completing work to meet monthly deadlines.
• Calculation of the month end prepayments and accruals, processing the relevant journals, ensuring the reconciliation of balances to Dimensions.
• Monthly reconciliation of income between CRM and Dimensions.
• Calculate of currency revaluation for foreign currency accounts held on a monthly basis, submit to Financial Controller for approval and post to Access Dimensions.
• Produce month end bank reconciliations for approval by Financial Controller.
• Calculation and posting to finance system of credit card accrual.
• Produce salaries reconciliation for approval by Financial Controller.
• Production and distribution of income and expenditure and transaction reports for budget holders.
• Assist with roll forward of department forecast templates.

 Special Projects:

• Provide support to the Finance Team Managers, Deputy Director of Finance and Director of Finance including undertaking special projects as requested
• Providing financial team support on cross departmental projects as required
• Carbon footprint work for the organisation
• Produce weekly/monthly reports to the SLT team as requested
• Any other duties as required and deemed appropriate to the level and grade of the post

The Programmes and Work Experience Coordinator role is dynamic and varied, working to support both the Delivery and Workplace Experience team in their delivery of fantastic employability events and activities, high-quality work experience placements and other projects as required.

You will have the chance to work on multiple projects to gain experience of project coordination and working with multiple different stakeholders, including businesses, schools, local partners and most importantly the young people on our programmes. You will contribute particularly to our work experience programme, which is one of our most impactful opportunities for the young people we work with.

It’s an exciting time to join the team as we move towards a more targeted programmatic approach for young people who will most benefit, whilst integrating work experience into more long-term and impactful approaches for schools.

In order to work effectively with the different stakeholders, you will be an empathetic individual, with an understanding of different needs (e.g. young people, schools, and employer priorities), and you’ll be able to respond flexibly to change. You will need an excellent attention to detail, able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and be committed to ensuring our projects make a real difference in a young person’s life.