Data Monitoring And Evaluation Manager Jobs in Farringdon, Greater London

The Membership officer will play a key role in ensuring a smooth and successful membership journey for FSC members. This role will be responsible for the oversight and coordination of member activities and events. The role will also contribute to a culture of continual learning through gathering and analysing member feedback and implementing changes as part of FSC’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework.

The successful candidate must be able to self-manage projects and tasks to completion. Flexibility, positivity, proactively, independence, drive and a willingness to pitch in as true team-player are essential to success. This role reports to the FSC Executive Director but works closely with other members of the team.

NDTi’s Programme Lead for Children and Young People holds a demanding and rewarding role in developing and enabling our people and teams to deliver a range of commissioned and grant funded work that furthers NDTi’s mission , positioning NDTi as a capable and creative partner of choice.

Working in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) community is the mainstay of our current activity, and whilst your credibility and our work in this area will remain important to us in our shared future, we’re looking to appoint an inspiring and commercially savvy Programme Lead who will bring experience of working across wider, often complex systems and sectors within social care, education, health, and locality based supports, to expand our work and impact in new ways. Your experience and specialist knowledge could include Autism, Looked After Children, Young Offenders, Mental Health, and Wellbeing.

As a member of our Leadership & Strategy group, the Programme Lead will be responsible for resource planning, providing direction and great support to our colleagues, ensuring that the work NDTi delivers is consistently of high quality, and that the activities and achievements of the team contribute towards the strategic direction and priorities of the wider organisation.

With well-developed commercial and sector expertise, you will be a skilled and sensitive communicator with excellent planning and strategic development skills. You will need to demonstrate that you can influence and inspire stakeholders at all levels and be able to respond effectively to changing political and legislative opportunities and challenges, and achieve the funding and income needed to build our Children and Young People programme. You will need to demonstrate that you have the sector knowledge and skills to offer leadership to the programme team in turning ideas into commissioned or funded projects.

Why NDTi?

NDTi is a great organisation to work for, where we value well-being and a good work-life balance. We offer a welcoming, innovative and supportive environment where you’ll get to work with like-minded people. We will value your contribution and offer you opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We're building a multigenerational workforce. NDTi welcomes applicants of all ages. Come and work with us!

The rewards are great. We offer a 35 hour working week (we’re happy to talk about flexible working and this role will be based at home, with regular UK wide travel), a competitive salary, generous 8% contributory pension scheme and wellbeing benefits. We offer everyone on our team the same great benefits. 

We value diversity and are passionate about ensuring our people reflect the communities we work with. We are taking positive action to address a current under-representation within our workforce and are offering disabled applicants and applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds a guaranteed interview if they meet the minimum criteria for each role.

How to Apply

This is an opportunity to use your skills and experience, really make a difference, and be part of delivering an innovative and high-profile programme that will lead to positive and life changing outcomes for young people with additional needs.

As part of the recruitment process, we will be arranging online sessions where interested candidates can come along and hear from colleagues about the team’s current work. These will be held on:

Thursday 13 June 3:00pm-3:45pm  OR     Tuesday 18 June 2:00pm-2:45pm

The closing date for applications  is 10.00am on Monday 24th June 2024

We will be holding in person interviews  on 17th July 2024  in Central London 

(Overnight accommodation can be arranged if necessary.)

Please refer to the Role Description and Person Specification for more information. Please forward your completed application form, CV and supporting statement by following the link on our web site.

About the role:

When a family member has a spinal cord injury, it can be difficult to acknowledge and accept that their injury will affect you too.

You might find it difficult to express and share how you have been affected by these events, especially to your loved one with the injury. Overwhelming feelings of guilt, helplessness, confusion and isolation are very common. 

Back Up’s Family Support team are there to help. Right from the point of injury, our Family Support Coordinators work together with the family and the injured person to create their own ‘Family Plan’ - making sure they have access to information and support throughout the rehabilitation journey.

As a Family Support Coordinator, you will build relationships with professionals to encourage referrals and manage a caseload. Whether it be meeting family members in a clinical setting, providing a listening ear from someone who ‘just gets it!’, or making referrals for ongoing support from a range of partners or statutory agencies – you will be passionate about being able to demonstrate the impact of what we do, and will see for yourself how Back Up quite literally transforms lives.

About us:

At Back Up, we have big ambitions. Over the next few years, we’re going to be transforming the lives of even more people affected by spinal cord injury.

Together we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone affected by spinal cord injury has access to the support they deserve; and we are the only spinal cord injury charity in the UK providing specific services to children and young people.

At Back Up, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. Please read our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy Statement. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We particularly welcome applications from those from black, Asian or ethnic minority backgrounds or those with higher level spinal injuries.

In 2024 Back Up won The Times and The Sunday Times Spotlight Award for Best place to work for disabled employees. As well as this, Back Up has been voted one of the top ten charities to work for (Third Sector Best Charities 2020). The enthusiastic, inclusive and supportive spirit of our very skilled staff ensure excellence in the services we deliver.

Just Like Us is the LGBT+ young people’s charity and works with thousands of schools and young people across the UK through its programmes.

Our Education Programmes are focused on engaging primary schools, secondary schools and sixth form colleges across the UK to take part in our programmes and ensure LGBT+ young people can thrive. Just Like Us has already worked with thousands of schools and gained recognition for our Growing up LGBT+ report (2020) and our Positive Futures report (2023). By 2025, we aim to reach more than 60,000 school pupils annually through our programmes. 

This role is critical to the delivery of this mission and will support the Head of Education Programmes to meet the needs of our several thousand-strong school network so that we can reach even more LGBT+ young people across the UK. This role will be working across School Diversity Week and the Pride Groups programme. 

This role is an entry-level position and will provide the successful candidate with a strong foundation for a career in the voluntary sector. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, with strong organisational and administrative skills, and good communication skills to join a friendly, driven Programmes Team. 

We are very keen to hear from underrepresented voices, particularly trans and non-binary, Black and/or PoC candidates.

Please see the application pack for more details and how to apply.

Job description

Programme delivery:

• Support the Programmes Team to deliver our programmes, including Pride Groups, School Talks and School Diversity Week 
• Manage the administration of Education Programmes 
• Act as a first point of contact for schools on our programmes, answering questions, sharing new resources and encouraging participation. This includes engaging with new schools to increase our networks and managing a busy inbox 
• Engage new schools to increase our networks, including representing the charity at conferences and events 
• Maintain good relationships with school contacts, lead on liaising with school staff to confirm bookings, monitoring invoices, membership and renewals
• Work collaboratively across teams to manage logistics and ensure the smooth running of Just Like Us programmes throughout the academic year. 
• Support the delivery of our education programmes, including delivering talks, and training for teachers and other education stakeholders on LGBT+ issues
• Support with the creation and development of education resources 
• Assist the monitoring and evaluation of programmes by distributing surveys, collecting case studies and providing analysis of data obtained to evidence our impact
• Support our marketing and communication initiatives, writing emails and monitoring open rates
• Assist with the maintenance of our online portals of resources for school staff and the online school staff networks 
• Support programme effectiveness by streamlining internal workflows and procedures 

Cross-team working

• Collaborate with colleagues in our Communications, Development and Education to deliver our charitable purpose 
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives: Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the charity, promoting a culture that embraces and celebrates individual differences.
• Alongside the senior leadership team, support the development and implementation of DEI strategies to ensure the organisation's programmes and workplace practices are inclusive and reflect the diverse communities it serves.

Safeguarding is a collective responsibility and all employees, volunteers, and stakeholders are expected to actively contribute to creating a safe and supportive environment for children, young people, staff, adults at risk and programme participants.

The listed role responsibilities are not exhaustive and employees may be required to take on additional tasks related to other organisational needs as and when necessary.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Please see the application pack for more details and how to apply.

The YWF Youth Voice Coordinator Role

This role offers an exciting opportunity to coordinate and lead YWF’s revamped youth engagement initiatives. Collaborating closely with our Youth Voice Consultant and the entire team, you will bring passion, creativity, professionalism and ambition to implement our youth voice plans. These plans are informed by a recent review and are supported by a theory of change.  Additionally, you will play a pivotal role in amplifying this work and the voices of young people involved with YWF through our social media platforms.

This position also provides avenues for professional growth and development. By directly overseeing interns engaged in YWF activities, you will gain valuable experience in staff development and play a crucial role in nurturing the next generation of youth leaders! Furthermore, you will acquire experience in YWF’s broader organisational functions, creating opportunities to leverage your expertise in youth engagement to contribute to strategic and operational decision-making within the organisation.

Key roles and responsibilities

Youth Outreach and Recruitment

• Undertake outreach and recruitment efforts to attract a diverse group of young people from the YWF membership to participate in YWF's engagement initiatives (currently known as the Young Ambassadors) - working closely with members and key stakeholders to do so.
• Ensure these strategies and communication channels are youth-focussed, inclusive and accessible.

YWF Youth Engagement Strategy Development & Coordination

• Help develop and coordinate YWF's youth engagement and youth voice initiatives including engaging the Young Ambassadors in a YWF engagement program, workshops, internships, trusteeships, panels, peer-research, grant-making, member visits etc.
• Ensure young people are supported to engage in outward-facing opportunities - events, social media, co-production, member visits.
• Work with the youth voice consultant, young people and key stakeholders to help further develop practices that promote youth empowerment, both within the organisation, the membership and the borough.
• Support internal pathways for the Young Ambassadors into YWF Internships and external pathways into supported paid opportunities within the borough e.g. research, youth consultancy etc.

Social Media

• Work closely with the Marketing & Engagement Manager to communicate the voices and work of young people within YWF through various social media platforms - including supporting young people to gather content.

Internship Oversight

• Support and coordinate YWF  interns - providing guidance, mentorship and direction to ensure effective program implementation - working to integrate and support interns within different areas of the team.

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including young people, members, staff, volunteers and partner organisations to share best practices, support collaboration and drive forward impactful strategies.

Project Management

• Ensure clear documentation, processes, and policies are in place to support the efficiency and effectiveness of YWF youth engagement initiatives, including supporting the Youth Voice Consultant to develop role descriptions, session plans, and risk assessments and safeguarding.

Grant Making

• Support the Grants Manager in delivering a youth-led grants programme, led by a group of young grant makers

Measuring Impact

• Work with key members of the team, young people and stakeholders to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of YWF’s youth voice initiatives.
• Work with the team to quality - assure YWF’s programmes to ensure programmes meet the needs of young people

What we are looking for

Skills:

Youth Engagement: Proficiency in designing and delivering creative and dynamic youth engagement initiatives, including outreach, recruitment, and sessions. (Essential)

Session planning and delivery: Able to design engaging and creative sessions with young people, that use different methods to keep them engaged, safe and informed. (Essential)

Social Media: Familiarity with social media platforms and digital communication tools for amplifying youth voices and promoting engagement initiatives. (Essential)

Project Management: Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple small projects simultaneously. (Essential)

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with diverse young people, stakeholders and team members. (Essential)
• Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively in a team and membership environment, fostering positive relationships and driving collective action towards common goals. (Essential)
• People Management: Skills in developing team members - in this case interns through formal line management (Desirable)
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Skills in creatively getting and reporting feedback from young people and reporting against outcomes. (Desirable)

Experience:

• Youth Engagement: Experience in youth engagement, outreach, and recruitment, ideally within a community or nonprofit setting. (Essential)
• Project Coordination: Previous experience coordinating and managing youth-focused projects or initiatives, including internships, workshops, or events. (Essential)
• Stakeholder Engagement: Track record of successfully engaging with diverse stakeholders, including community members, partner organisations, and funders.  (Essential)
• Supervision and Mentorship: Experience in supervising and mentoring interns or volunteers, providing guidance and support to facilitate their professional development.  (Desirable)
• Event Management: Experience in planning and executing events or activities aimed at youth empowerment, participation, and advocacy. (Desirable)
• Data Analysis: Familiarity with data collection methods and analysis techniques for measuring the impact and effectiveness of youth engagement programs. (Desirable)

Knowledge:

• Youth Development: Understanding of youth development principles, including adolescent development, peer support, and youth leadership, to help inform program design and implementation. (Essential)
• Safeguarding: Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of young people participating in engagement activities. (Essential)
• Community Dynamics: Awareness of the social, cultural, and economic dynamics within Westminster and its impact on young people, enabling culturally sensitive and inclusive engagement approaches.  (Desirable)
•  Youth Participation Models: Familiarity with different models of youth participation and engagement, such as youth councils, peer research, and youth-led advocacy, to inform strategy development and implementation. (Desirable)
•  Policy Context: Awareness of local, national, and international policies affecting young people, including education, employment, health, and social services, to advocate for youth-friendly policies and practices. (Desirable)

Characteristics:

• Passion for Youth Empowerment: Genuine commitment to empowering young people and creating opportunities for their voices to be heard and valued in decision-making processes. (Essential)
• Inclusivity: Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with the ability to create inclusive spaces where all young people feel welcome and respected. (Essential)
• Adaptability: Flexibility and openness to learning and adapting strategies based on feedback, changing circumstances, and evolving youth needs and preferences. (Essential)
• Resilience: Ability to navigate challenges and setbacks with resilience and a positive attitude, maintaining focus on long-term goals and outcomes. (Essential)
• Empathy: Empathetic and compassionate approach to working with young people, recognizing and understanding their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. (Essential)
• Reflective Practice: Willingness to engage in reflective practice, seeking feedback, self-assessment, and continuous learning to enhance personal and professional growth in youth engagement work. (Essential)
• Mucking in! – working in a small team with tight resources you will not be shy about helping out with getting things done but in return you will get flexible working arrangements and a fun working environment. (Essential)

Can you help us to support new dads and dads-to-be?

We are recruiting a Dad Matters Coordinator to help us reach more families across Barnet, Brent and Harrow. They will work alongside our team of Coordinators, local Family Hubs and a range of services including Maternity, Health Visiting and Children's Services. 

The Dad Matters Coordinator will deliver a range of universal and targeted interventions aimed at fathers in the First 1001 Days. They will support dads and other male carers with attachment and bonding, mental health and access to service. They also work with professionals and perinatal services to ensure dads and male carers are engaged, supported and heard within clinical pathways. Addtionally, they will help develop and run sessions with dads and will  be at the forefront of growing our Dad Matters volunteering opportunities.

This is a new post, and we are looking for someone who can build on our existing relationships and make a real impact on the mental health and wellbeing of new dads and dads-to-be. 

The work requires a combination of field-based community engagement and training, and regular days in the office which is in Finchley, Barnet.

We are looking for a confident communicator, who is happy working with groups of people, with a passion for making sure people have information they need to make informed decisions about their lives. The Navigator will work with people experiencing homelessness, homelessness services, and health services to create better access to health information and healthcare.

Job overview

Job Title: Health In-Reach Navigator 

Reporting to: Health Promotion Manager

Contract Length: Fully funded until the end of March 25 with a good chance of continuation funding.

Hours: Full Time 37.5 Hours per week (30 Hours a week is also an option) 

Leave: 28 Days per year + 8 days Bank Holidays

Salary: £ 30,000 Plus 5% pension 

Location:  The role will require onsite working in our Kennington office and in homelessness services across London. There will also be some opportunity for working from home. 

Candidates who meet the specification, with experience of social exclusion due to homelessness, imprisonment, migration or otherwise being part of a marginalised population, will be given priority access.  

Overview: 

Groundswell is recruiting a Health In-Reach Navigator to join our Health Promotion Team to arrange, develop and run Health Promotion In-Reach sessions in homelessness services across London. 

We know that if you are experiencing homelessness, you will be disproportionately affected by health inequalities and often lack access to suitable information and support that could help you independently manage your health and wellbeing. Our approach: 

• Everyone has a right to access healthcare including screening and preventative services. 

• Health and wellbeing look different for everyone. Health promotion should not alienate people by setting standards that are unattainable but should support them to look at what they can practically do to feel better right now. 

• Everyone’s ‘normal’ is different. Someone who is smoking crack or who is dependent on alcohol might have bodily functions that are different to what is ‘normal’ for the average person. People need to be aware of their own ‘normal’ so that they know when something is wrong. 

The Health In-Reach Navigator will be working with the teams in hostels and day centres, going to the places where people live or go to access vital services like food and showers. Ideally, they will have their own first-hand experience of using or working in services supporting people around homelessness, substance misuse, mental health, poverty, asylum and immigration, or the criminal justice system.

Our services are co-produced by people with first-hand experience of the issues we are trying to address.

The Navigator should be comfortable with continuously evolving and adapting the service, tailoring it to the specific needs of the people we work with, developing sessions informed by direct feedback and direction from people living in hostels and using homelessness Day Centres. 

Our Health Promotion Work 

The Health Promotion Team:

• Deliver group ‘in-reach’ sessions led by staff and volunteers with first-hand experience of homelessness, using health promotion resources to engage people with health issues and talk to them about options available.

• Support clinical services going into hostels and day centres to deliver preventative health measures such as screening and vaccinations. 

• Co-produce and support the development of accessible health promotion resources about health services and health issues with people who have experienced homelessness that inform, advise, and help people manage their health.

• Co-produce health and wellbeing resources for staff working within the homelessness sector, better equipping them to support the people who use their services and improve longer term health outcomes.

• Contribute to producing resources for staff working in healthcare, better equipping them to understand the challenges that people experiencing homelessness might face in accessing services.

We have a range of accessible, targeted materials around vaccination, screening and other health issues that can be used by our team and supported accommodation staff to support sessions. We are planning to develop more of these, particularly looking at screening and rights to access healthcare. 

By carrying out Health Promotion In-Reach in hostels and Day Centres we aim to: 

• Increase awareness of specific health issues, what services are available and the pathways for accessing them. 

• Encourage people to identify their own health priorities, and to address their health concerns, offering them the tools to tackle issues and access services.

• Support people in identifying shared interests in particular health issues and delivering in-reach sessions that demonstrably reflect those shared interests. 

• Reach more people to support with 1-1 appointments through our Homeless Health Peer Advocacy (HHPA) service. 

The group in-reach model enables people with similar experiences to come together and reflect on overcoming challenges. As a project based on Advocacy principals, we do not tell people what they should do; but encourage autonomy to make safe and realistic choices. We: 

• Meet with people to ask what their health priorities are and look at potential topics for upcoming sessions. These topics are then shared with the staff team from the hostel/day centre so they can feed in. 

• Draft an in-reach programme and plan dates, times, and promotion of sessions, involving staff teams at each site. 

• Organise and co-deliver 5-10 sessions on the priorities identified by people experiencing homelessness and the staff working with them 

• All sessions focus on residents’ voices being heard first, then Groundswell facilitated discussion supported and informed by Groundswell health promotion information and/or clinicians. 

The Health Promotion team also work with a range of external partners around screening and preventive care.

We work with partners to arrange health events at homelessness services; promoting the sessions by talking to residents prior to teams visiting and supporting on the day to maximise uptake.

About HHPA  

Our Health Promotion work sits alongside our Homeless Health Peer Advocacy (HHPA) Program. Groundswell created HHPA in Westminster in 2010, to support people experiencing homelessness to overcome multiple barriers preventing access to healthcare, initially through funding from the NHS Regional Innovation Fund. Since then, HHPA has since flourished into a multi award-winning service working across London.

Health creates a foundation to move out of homelessness. Groundswell’s person led health services enable people who are homeless to access the health care they need, so they are not disadvantaged by the health inequalities embedded in our systems. Our health work is  delivered by a team where most people have their own experience of homelessness,  shared experience builds up a level of trust when there can be mistrust of ‘professionals’, because of past trauma or negative experiences.

The service is delivered by volunteer Peer Advocates and staff Case Workers, who build trusting relationships with clients and support them to access, navigate and use healthcare services. They aim to increase people’s self-confidence and improve their ability to independently access the services they need, which can include everything from registering for a GP, dentistry treatment, mental health referrals, hospital appointments, and much more.

Groundswell is unique in bridging the divide between health and homelessness organisations. We work in partnership with numerous organisations across London to support the delivery of our peer advocacy service. 

Health In-reach Navigator Tasks 

The Health In-Reach Navigator will be a vital member of our team, working collaboratively with various partners and agencies to deliver In-Reach sessions and connect individuals experiencing homelessness with essential healthcare services. This position offers autonomy, flexibility, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.

Lead on planning and delivery of health promotion sessions working with key stakeholders to shape sessions: 

• Develop and maintain links with hostels, Day Centres, and health teams in the Boroughs where Groundswell works to identify suitable services for delivery of health promotion work. 

• Working with people using services, and staff working in services; identify health priorities and plan, design and deliver sessions that reflect those priorities, tailoring them to people’s needs. 

• Work with staff at services to ensure risk assessments are in place.

• Work with the Health Promotion Manager to create ways of getting feedback from participants to ensure the sessions are continuously being developed to meet people’s needs. 

Plan, promote and deliver one off health & well-being events with stakeholders: 

• Work with the Health Promotion Manage and key stakeholders to help plan health days at hostels and Day Centres. 

• Represent Groundswell at planning meetings for events for health events, working with partners to develop sessions, ensuring learning from past events is considered. 

• Support the organisation and delivery of health days working alongside clinical and homelessness partners. 

• Promote the health days to people using local services. 

Work with clinical teams offering preventative health care work in community settings across London: 

• Work with the Health Promotion Manager to ensure we are linked in with homeless health teams in the Boroughs where we work and are supporting their in-reach into hostels and Day Centres. 

• Develop and maintain relationships with a range of partner organisations including mainstream GP surgeries, hostels, and specialist homeless health services. 

• Work with homelessness services prior to visits from clinical teams to promote sessions and make sure people have the information they need to decide whether to take part, maximising take up on the day. 

• Work alongside Groundswell in-reach volunteers to support clinicians to engage with people during sessions at hostels and day centres. 

• Support clinicians in engaging with people experiencing homelessness. 

• Manage any referrals that need to be made to the HHPA team for one-to-one support to access external health services. 

Share learning internally and externally: 

• Provide feedback to Groundswell’s communications team on the health priorities raised by people experiencing homelessness so we can ensure we are developing relevant resources. 

• Contribute to co-production of health promotion resources feeding in the concerns and questions we are hearing from our health promotion work. 

• Support and contribute to the training of Groundswell volunteers and staff about In-Reach delivery.

• Work with the Volunteer Co-ordinator and Health Promotion Manager to support In-reach volunteers. 

• Attend conferences and learning events to learn and share learning. 

Develop, plan and contribute to ongoing quarterly monitoring, review, evaluation, and reporting of the health promotion work: 

• Work with the Health Promotion Manager to develop the project and plan future work. 

• Contribute to reports on In-Reach delivery for commissioners and other stakeholders externally. 

• Record and share feedback from people experiencing homelessness and partners 

General Duties: 

• Help to foster a co-operative and supportive team.   

• Represent Groundswell in an appropriate manner.   

• Participate in training as agreed and in regular supervision and appraisal with your Line Manager.   

• Promote equal opportunities in all areas of work.   

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE  

Gained through employment, volunteering or lived experience  

1. Facilitating groups or running health promotion or training sessions. 
2. Working with people who might face barriers to accessing healthcare. 
3. Developing relationships with external organisations. 
4. Planning events or projects. 
5. Understanding of the barriers that certain groups face in accessing healthcare. 
6. First-hand experience of social exclusion due to homelessness, imprisonment, migration or otherwise being part of a marginalised population. 
7. Involvement in health promotion. 

SKILLS & ABILITIES  

Gained through employment, volunteering or lived experience  

1. Able communicate with variety of audiences, presenting information effectively in person, at meetings, and via phone and e-mail. 
2. Able to plan individual work using a solution orientated approach. 
3. Basic IT skills - able to use Word, e-mail and carry out basic internet searches.  
4. Able to take the initiative and being able to think on the feet. 

BEHAVIOURS   

Gained through employment, volunteering, or personal experience  

1. Understanding and support of Groundswell’s core beliefs.
2. Able to communicate naturally and empathetically, build rapport quickly and to earn respect and trust.
3. Ability to model the promotion of equality and inclusion. 

Support provided and reasons to join us.  

• Regular guidance, support and the opportunity to reflect on their work through regular catchups and supervisions with your Line Manager  

• Reflective practice with a trained therapist.  

• Access to training and development opportunities - this project is part funded by Westminster Public Health and through them there is the opportunity to take up a range of public health related training and qualifications. 

• Teamwork - regular opportunities to contribute to and learn from the wider Groundswell’s team.   

• Strategic input - opportunities to input into Groundswell’s strategic direction.  

• Feedback process - be able to input into working practices and know where to turn if any problems arise.  

• Cost of living pay increase - Groundswell believes that annual cost of living (COL) increases should be awarded if it is financially viable to do so. The Board will look at awarding a COL increase every year when they set the budget at the July board meeting and will approve this if it is financially viable.  

Application process

Application 

To make an application, please submit your CV along with a cover letter which explains: 

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the person specification above and  

• why you are interested in doing this job.

The deadline is Monday 8th July, 5pm. Please submit your CV and Cover Letter 

Please note that we can’t consider applications that don’t have a cover letter. Your cover letter is important - we decide who to interview based on how people show us that they have the skills, knowledge and experience we have asked for in the person specification. Your cover letter needs to show how you meet each of the criteria listed in the person specification as fully as possible and why you would like to work for Groundswell.   

The following advice is designed to help you with your application:   

• Read the job description, person specification and general information on the organisation This information will help you gain an understanding of how Groundswell is organised, what the aims of the organisation are, and what the job entails.   

• Look carefully at the person specification The person specification states what essential skills, experience, knowledge and understanding we feel an applicant should have, as well as desirable areas that would assist you in carrying out your duties. A person having all these abilities and experience would be an ideal candidate. As none of us are perfect, please do not be put off from applying if you do not have all the desirable skills mentioned.   

• Look at your experience, including any experiences you have had outside of work, such as community/voluntary/leisure/political interests.   Also remember that your life experience is also valid. Do not undervalue yourself; if it is relevant information, include it in your application.   

• When you write a covering letter a good way to start is list all the essential criteria listed in the person specification and write a couple of sentences under each. This makes sure that you have addressed all the points.  

• Gear your application to the specific job using the person specification as a guide for the area to be covered. If you send only a CV, and do not directly address all the questions in your cover letter/personal statement, you will not be considered for shortlisting. Do not simply repeat your current duties. Pick out the skills, knowledge and experience required by the job and show that you have them.  

Interviews 

Candidates will be notified if they have been invited to interview by Friday 12th July at the latest. We are a small charity with limited resources and are unable to give feedback on unsuccessful applications before the interview stage. If you have not been notified by this date, then please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.  Interviews will then be held on week commencing Monday 15th July 2024. 

Pre-employment checks 

Two references will need to be taken up before a job offer can be made. Please include reference details in your application. One should be your current or most recent employer, and the other someone who has known you in a professional capacity for at least two years.  We will not contact any referees before the interview and only after you grant consent. 

Because of the nature of this role, we will have to carry out a DBS check on the successful candidate.  Having a conviction will not necessarily bar a candidate from employment; this will depend on the circumstances and background of the offence(s) in relation to the requirements of the job.    

Many thanks for taking the time to look into this role – it is an exciting opportunity, and we hope you will consider applying. 

About the role

The Hardman Trust supports people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life. As the office, grants and programmes administrator your role is to help make this a reality through the day-to-day support of our work. You’ll help to ensure our programmes run smoothly, and that the staff have the administrative support they need to provide a quality service to people accessing our programmes. 

Your role will evolve over time, to reflect the changing needs of the charity, but will primarily involve office tasks (post, inboxes, phone calls), as well as the administration of our various programmes (letter writing, updating the database, record keeping). You will share an office with our office volunteers and one of our programme managers, and you will work closely with the broader team via online meetings.

You'll be based at our Waterloo office, a few minutes walk from Waterloo station. Hours can be flexible. 

About you

With an enthusiasm for our mission, you will be well-organised, motivated and eager to support those we are here to serve. As the first point of contact for anyone calling or emailing the charity, you will be responsive, and have good customer service and communication skills. You'll be proactive, solution-focused, and enjoy helping to keep the charity organised. You'll be happy working on your own, and also alongside others. You'll be at any stage in your career, but with a positive mindset and eagerness to develop and grow as the charity develops and grows.

About us

• Our purpose: We support people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life so they benefit, their families benefit and the wider community benefits too.

• Our vision: A future where everyone can achieve their potential within and beyond prison.

• Our mission: Specialising in the unique needs of people on long sentences, we provide tailored practical and financial support to help people find belonging, move into work or training, and reach their personal goals.

Read more in the attached person specification and job description

The For Baby’s Sake Trust is seeking a Director of Finance and Business Development to join their leadership team during a crucial period of growth. As the Director of Finance and Business Development, you will be responsible for leading change and developing strategies for growth and sustainability. The role involves creating new business opportunities and ensuring strong financial oversight.

If you share our passion for breaking cycles of domestic abuse and giving babies the best start in life, have a finance qualification, experience in strategic leadership in the charity or public sector, and enjoy finding creative solutions and driving positive change, this could be the right role for you.

The position offers a chance to work with a dedicated team in an award-winning charity that makes a significant, positive impact on families affected by domestic abuse. The Director of Finance and Business Development will be part of the Leadership Team, working together with the CEO and Director of Operations.

This full-time role, reporting to the CEO, comes with a permanent position and a salary of £75,000. It also offers the flexibility of working from home with occasional travel.

Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday, 16th June 2024.

Interviews, which will be held in a central London location, are scheduled for the 3rd and 4th of July.

After we receive your application, we'll send you the link to the equal opportunities monitoring form—this is confidential and voluntary and won't affect the selection process. 

For more information about The For Baby’s Sake Trust, visit our website. 

About us 

Humane Society International/UK is a global animal protection organisation, striving for a better future for animals through advocacy, education, and hands-on programmes. HSI/UK is a leading force for animal protection, with hundreds of thousands of supporters across the country. We are an effective voice for animals, with active programmes in wildlife protection, alternatives to animal experiments, and farmed animal welfare. A small but effective team, HSI/UK has big ambitions to create further positive change for animals both here in the UK and around the world. 

About the position 

This is an exciting opportunity to create change at scale, informing and promoting a practical transition to plant-based diets, in order to reduce the number of animals suffering in factory farms. Part of our Farmed Animal Campaigns team, the role will work to increase the quality and availability of plant-based options with major caterers and universities in the UK, impacting hundreds of thousands of meals daily. 

This role also includes an opportunity to support the delivery of a campaign to end the use of farrowing crates, one of the worst forms of cruelty to farmed animals in the UK today. In this role you will support the Senior Manager for Farmed Animal Campaigns to create public-facing campaign assets, and develop compelling research to underpin our policy and industry engagement.

If you are results-oriented, persuasive, organised and, ideally, have knowledge of food and/or farming systems, along with a commitment to animal welfare, then we would like to hear from you. 

Key areas of responsibility:  

• Initiate and maintain relationships with universities, food service companies and public sector institutions to support and oversee their delivery of goals to reduce meat/animal products  

• Work with consultants to develop and deliver our Forward Food culinary training programme to food service professionals, to support their understanding of plant-based food and marketing, and their role in the just protein transition.  

• Identify and support opportunities to encourage people to eat fewer animal products, including working with media and celebrity ambassadors. 

• Conduct environmental impact assessments on menus and food procurement to effectively monitor and report on progress towards meat-reduction goals 

• Deliver compelling and informed advocacy to UK political stakeholders to encourage the adoption of policies that catalyse a just protein transition and better farmed animal welfare. 

• Support development and delivery of HSI UK’s farmed animal campaigns strategies  

• Research and present on industry-related trends and developments in the plant-based food market and alternatives to cage confinement.  

About you 

Our successful candidate will be confident, articulate and creative with a proven track record of supporting the delivery of effective campaigns through research and advocacy. You’ll be a proactive self-starter, and someone who brings positive energy to work within teams. You’ll have a keen eye for detail and accuracy, as well as experience and ability to produce compelling and effective advocacy materials, including analysing scientific data and translating it into meaningful language for stakeholders. You’ll have experience of building strategic relationships in the private or public sector to deliver agreed goals. You will have an ambition and drive for creating positive change for animal welfare, and a willingness to regularly evaluate our progress and impact with a view to further improving our strategies.  

We are searching for a campaigns professional to make a difference and be part of a successful global team. If that’s you, please get in touch! 

This role can remote, office based or hybrid. It involves UK travel to workshops, meetings and events.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter via the CharityJob website by June 9, 2024. Applications without covering letters will not be considered.

About RLS 

RLS is a UK charity and a non-profit company in Greece (AMKE). 

Refugee Legal Support works in solidarity with people who migrate. We operate in the UK, France and Greece, promoting and protecting rights through legal support, casework, litigation, engagement, training and partnerships. We advocate for safe migration and oppose discriminatory immigration systems and policies.

RLS has held a legal aid contract in the UK since 2023. 

About the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative (APBI)

The Afghan Pro Bono Initiative is a specialist casework project delivered by RLS with funding and pro bono assistance from 14 leading commercial law firms. It is a project delivered in partnership with SPI. 

Firm pro bono lawyers are trained and supervised by the project’s two full-time supervising lawyers so that they can then assist with legal casework.

APBI has two core components. The team delivers legal information and support to and within the Afghan community, working together with the Community Engagement and Research Lead to ensure wide access. While the project also provides high quality legal representation in a range of cases for this community. This includes family reunion, the ARAP scheme, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and others. 

APBI then aims to respond to the increased need for legal information, advice and representation of Afghan nationals and their family members forced to seek protection and reunion with family in the United Kingdom following the Taliban takeover. The project is now going into its 3rd year, and won the Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership Award at the Law Works Pro Bono Awards in 2022 as well as being nominated and commended for numerous other awards in 2022 and 2023. 

The casework of this project feeds into strategic research, policy and advocacy efforts to make existing ‘safe’ routes to protection (in particular refugee family reunion and resettlement schemes) more accessible and effective, advocate for their expansion and defend the fundamental rights of people on the move by influencing policy and decision making. 

Litigation arising out of the project is actively pursued (where eligible) under RLS’s legal aid contract to push for better decision-making, secure results for individuals and pursue improvements in the relevant law, policy and practices. 

RLS recognise that pro bono legal work is always an adjunct to, and not a substitute for, an adequate system of publicly funded legal services. 

Key responsibilities and objectives

The post holder will be a staff member of Refugee Legal Support. They will be a participant within the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative project team, which comprises two lawyers (the other being at SPI), a coordinator and a Community Engagement and Research Lead in addition to the volunteer lawyers from the individual commercial firm partners. 
 

Key responsibilities

• Manage a small caseload and provide high quality legal advice and representation to clients;

• Supervise the work of volunteer pro bono commercial lawyers on cases;

• Deliver training to pro bono commercial lawyers;

• Ensure that all legal work is promptly and accurate recorded on RLS’s case management system and keep relevant time recording; 

• Develop and disseminate relevant information on legal developments in this area for relevant stakeholders, including both the Afghan Community and building the capacity of other practitioners;

• Work in close collaboration with the other project Lawyer/s to develop and share experiences and best practice in relation to all aspects of casework (legal, evidential and procedural) and relevant internal processes;

• Work in close collaboration with the Legal Director, Programmes Manager and Coordinator to ensure that appropriate steps to achieve the aims and objectives of the project are taken, including ensuring that relevant data is obtained and assisting with the timely completion of the project Operational Plan/s;

• Work in close collaboration with the APBI Coordinator and Programmes Manager to contribute to the production of materials such as project periodic reports, information on emerging and strategic issues in relation to ‘safe’ routes for use in advocacy, content for newsletters, social media posts and articles to raise awareness of the project and its aims and outputs;

• Participate in, and contribute to, RLS’s monitoring, evaluation and learning framework;

• Be an active member of the RLS team participating in team meetings at both the UK and International level: engaging in a collegiate and collaborative environment that includes participating in the development of a new and exciting legal organisation; 

• Be an active and collaborative member of the APBI Project team together with the other Lawyer/s, Coordinator and Community Engagement and Research Lead;

• Work in close collaboration with the Community Engagement and Research Lead to contribute to the production of information sheets and other materials to disseminate to the Afghan community/ies;

• Maintain accurate and confidential records in line with GDPR;

• Adhere to RLS safeguarding policies and procedures at all times. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Be either a member of the Bar, a solicitor and accredited to IAAS Senior caseworker level, accredited to IAAS Senior caseworker level, or OISC accredited to Level 3;

• Experience of asylum casework;

• Experience of refugee family reunion procedures and applications, including applications outside of the Immigration Rules reliant on Article 8 ECHR and other human rights provisions;

• Experience of online immigration applications; 

• Demonstrable knowledge of legal aid provision and ECF applications; 

• Demonstrable supervision experience; 

• Experience of and commitment to working in a collaborative way on legal cases;

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English;

• Strong organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines;

• Strong attention to detail, responsiveness, reliability and dependability;

• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills and an ability to deal professionally and collaboratively with both legal and not-for-profit stakeholders;

• Computer literacy;

• Right to reside and work in the UK;

• Enjoy working with a small team in a flexible and fast-paced environment, as well as being an independent self-starter able to work with a high degree of autonomy;

• Have a strong commitment to upholding the human rights of asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees; 

• Commitment to the aims of the project and the values of RLS.

• The successful candidate will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS certificate (we cover the cost). However, a criminal record is not a barrier to the role. 

Desirable

• Those with lived experience of navigating immigration systems are strongly encouraged to apply and will be favourable considered;

• Experience of legal aid casework; 

• Experience of conducting immigration appeals and/or public law litigation; 

• Experience of supervising commercial lawyers in a pro bono project setting;

• Experience of preparing and delivering training;

• Interest in collaborating with non-legal colleagues to bring about systemic change;

• Working knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto.

At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Learning and Organisational Development Coordinator to join our People team.

You'll play a crucial role in supporting the administration and coordination of learning and organisational development initiatives with the charity, ensuring the smooth implementation of training programmes, development initiatives and cultural change projects across the organisation.

You'll maintain records and certifications to ensure compliance with learning and training regulations, whilst developing, maintaining and supporting the LMS by running reports, uploading relevant content and responding to queries. You'll coordinate the delivery of onboarding induction, continued L+D programmes, and OD interventions as required.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience in providing administrative support in HR or L+D
• CIPD qualification and/or working towards attaining a professional qualification in the field of learning and organisational development
• Administrative experience with an LMS
• Strong organisational and multi-tasking skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

Job title: Communications Officer

Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London - Currently flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in person and online working

Salary: £32,020 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience. This is subject to deductions for tax and national insurance.

Hours: 4 days, equivalent to 30 hours per week. This may be flexible.

Contract: 18 Months, renewable subject to funding

Reports to: FLEX Head of Policy

About FLEX:

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. FLEX is a small organisation that packs a big punch in terms of policy change and influencing.

About the role:

In this role you will be a key part of FLEX’s policy team and responsible for leading on the implementation of FLEX’s Communications Strategy, ensuring that FLEX’s communications help progress our strategic aims. You will develop comms outputs and work with internal and external contacts to produce content and conduct strategic comms work. This role involves tracking analytics, maintaining relevant records, and working with the press and other media partners to reach our audiences. 

Key responsibilities:

Communications

• Lead on the implementation of FLEX Comms Strategy, tracking, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of the Charity’s communications channels.
• Liaise with team members and external colleagues, as relevant, to conduct strategic communications planning and work.
• Maintain a comms workplan for key outputs and coordinate FLEX’s communications, including research publications, policy briefings, blogs, etc.
• Manage FLEX’s website and digital media accounts, and work with the wider team to ensure a regular social media presence for FLEX.
• Draft and edit communications outputs for the FLEX team, including blogs, video scripts, and other content.
• Maintain the FLEX website, including its structure and ensuring content is up to date and relevant.
• Devise, draft and circulate external comms outputs (e.g. the FLEX’s newsletter) and explore new ways to communicate our messages to our audiences (e.g. regular mail-shots, google groups, etc.).
• Represent FLEX and act as first point of contact for press enquiries, provide background information to journalists on relevant areas, and signpost to relevant staff as per FLEX’s press protocol.
• Produce visual content using relevant software (e.g. Canva, Piktochart, etc.).
• Develop contact management systems and/or databases (e.g. dissemination lists, media contact lists, etc.).
• Undertake media monitoring of salient issues for the team and use this monitoring to identify opportunities and new contacts. 

Project management

• Design, plan, and deliver comms activities against targets;
• Manage relevant project budgets;
• Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan for comms objectives and produce progress and learning reports for internal and external purposes. 

Other

• Scope, draft and support fundraising bids and reports to donors relevant to this role.
• Represent FLEX and networks at external meetings, as required;
• Undertake any other duties within the context of the role as may be determined by your line manager.

For more information on this vacancy as well as the application process, please visit the FLEX careers page on our website.

We are excited to announce that we are seeking to recruit a new Grants Officer.

Our Grants Officers hold responsibility for operational and administrative support to the fund management of a portfolio of grants on UK Aid Match. The role supports operational management of the fund with the development and maintenance of efficient operating and reporting procedures, as well as contract administration, budget support and logistics, and ensuring grants move efficiently and timely through the grant management cycle. Role holders also support the teams on aspects of managing project documentation and duty of care.

Our Grants Officers develop insights into the wide range of organisations, sectors, approaches, and countries that FCDO are working in, gain understanding of how large donor funding mechanisms operate, and learn a range of relevant skills for working in the development sector. Proactive and driven candidates will have the opportunity for professional development within a dynamic international development consultancy firm.