This is an exciting opportunity for a bright and capable HR Officer with a particular interest and/or experience in recruitment, and who’s equally willing and keen to apply their skills in other aspects of delivering effective HR operations. We are looking for a self-motivated, well organised, adaptable and resourceful individual, who has the skills, interest and a true “can do” attitude to be able to quickly make the role their own.

About Forum for the Future

Forum for the Future is a leading global sustainability non-profit. For over 20 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a sustainable future. We specialise in addressing critical global challenges by catalysing change in key systems.

We are a global team of 80+ people, with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Mumbai, and are in an exciting growth phase with expansion in new markets in Asia and the United States.
 

About the team

As International Resources team, we work as a close knit, dynamic, flexible and supportive team.  We are looking for a member of the team who is keen to roll up their sleeves and make use of their diverse skills to support our teams in their delivery of impactful solutions to global systems challenges.

We at Forum for the Future believe in being courageous, adaptive, inquisitive, respectful, empathetic and playful.

About the role

This is an exciting role where you will take the lead on developing, implementing and maintaining an effective and robust recruitment service across our four offices. You will be the first point of contact for the recruiting teams and candidates to enhance our ability to attract and recruit talented people from diverse backgrounds. You will actively contribute to the development of our global recruitment policy and practice in support of our organisational objectives.  Working closely with the group HR Manager, in this varied role you will also be involved in project work, process development and ongoing HR administration to ensure smooth transactions.

About you

To succeed in this role you will be a motivated and confident HR professional with a strong team ethos and willingness to learn and apply your skills and abilities in novel ways. You will have worked in a similar role where you gained experience of or had exposure to recruiting across the time zones and cultures, using your creative problem solving and digital skills to reach out to new audiences. You will also bring your skills and experience of process improvement, design and implementation, including familiarity with harnessing technology to enable improved user experience and ease of administration. You will be familiar with employment regulations, good practice in HR, and stakeholder management. You enjoy keeping a pulse on current HR trends and how they can be applied and adapted for the benefit of organisations. The most important thing is that you can bring ideas to the table and are truly passionate about people and supporting them in their delivery of impactful results.

Our ideal colleague will have had previous experience working within a not-for-profit organisation, and has a personal interest in sustainability issues.

Together we can reinvent the way the world works.

Support Assistant

Closing date: Saturday 22 February 2020 at 23:59

Aim of the role:  To support and empower our customers to increase their life skills

Salary: £20,600 per annum

Location: Croydon- Adult Service

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week.  Working on shift which is 5 days a week over a 7 day rota, including early mornings, evenings and weekends. 

Benefits:

As part of your employment package with us, we offer:

• a competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing each year to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays after 5 years 
• option to buy or sell annual leave up to one week’s annual leave
• a health cash plan providing cash back towards healthcare bills and other wellbeing benefits
• occupational sick pay
• contributory group pension scheme
• free life assurance
• cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans

About the Role

The aim of the role is to support and empower our customers to increase their life skills, self-management and confidence to successfully sustain independent living.

You will be part of a dedicated and supportive team, and so will need to demonstrate a positive and inclusive approach.

You will work alongside Support Worker colleagues to assess customer needs and risks and ensure our customers can thrive and achieve their potential.

About You

As well as having an interest in supporting vulnerable people to achieve independent living, you must have a clear understanding of why people become homeless, and the needs and challenges they face.

You must be able to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, and be competent in the use of Microsoft Office Word and Excel applications.

About Evolve Housing + Support

Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 2,000 people each year.

We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help break the cycle of homelessness and help them move forward with their lives.

We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.

Our mission is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness reach their potential, and move on to live happy, fulfilled lives.

Your application

Evolve Housing + Support is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves.

Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this job.

Support Assistant

Role Profile

Job title:

Support Assistant

Department:

Operations

Reports to:

Team Manager or Team Leader

Location:

See advert

Hours:

37.5 hours comprising of shifts with a rolling rota.

Typical shift pattern (may be subject to some variation dependent on the needs of specific services):

5 days a weeks over 7 days rota (including weekends) between 7am and 10pm

 

About Evolve

Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 2,000 people each year.

We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help break the cycle of homelessness and help them move forward with their lives.

We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.

Our mission is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness reach their potential, and move on to live happy, fulfilled lives.

Job description

Overall aim

You will support the people we work with, our customers, to reach their potential and improve their quality of life through aspirational goal setting.  You will engage with and empower them to:

• Identify their strengths as part of our asset-based approach and identify their needs, opportunities, rights and responsibilities
• Take part in activities and opportunities that generate aspiration and confidence

What to expect

• Support Assistants  will spend much of their time based at one service, however you will be expected to travel between sites for training and within the local community to support the people we work with.
  We recognise that working with people who are disengaged and vulnerable can be very stressful.  On top of one to one meetings with your line manager, we offer access to an employee assistance programme and regular facilitated reflective practice sessions.
  We provide training to enable you to do your work and build your capabilities.  We will set out a personal development plan with you to ensure you are supported to succeed in your role.
  Support work is challenging, exciting and at times frustrating.  You will need to be prepared to cope with inevitable conflict and setbacks.  Results are usually long term rather than immediate, so patience and perseverance are essential. Your resilience and creativity will be assets in this role.

Key responsibilities

Supporting our customers

• Work alongside Support Worker colleagues to assess customer needs and risks.
• Actively promoting customer involvement and co-production.
• Establish supportive and professional relationships with customers and dealing effectively with unpredictable and challenging situations in a professional and sensitive manner.
• Ensure our customers can thrive and achieve their potential.
• Encourage and support customers to raise complaints, comments and suggestions.

Housing Management

• Supporting colleagues to ensure all voids are advertised and lettings made promptly.
• Support customers to pay their rent, including providing advice on benefits and debt management.
• Be accessible and responsive to customers’ concerns and requests for information.
• Support and advise customers on any matters relating to their occupancy agreements.
• Deal with breaches of occupancy agreements sensitively and efficiently, in accordance with procedures
• Respond in a sensitive and proactive manner to customer and neighbour disputes.
• Respond proactively to maintenance issues.
• Remove items, clean and make rooms ready for new occupants, where required.

Health and Safety

• Ensure customers have up to date information on Health and Safety, and supporting them to manage their environment.
• Be fully aware of, and working within Health and Safety legislation.
• Carry out regular Health and Safety inspections, taking immediate action to remedy health and safety defects and alerting the appropriate people in line with Health and Safety Policies.

Administration

• Complete records on customer database (Salesforce) to deadlines.
• Keep timely and accurate records including customer files, monitoring information etc.
• Provide written reports and information as requested.
• Be aware of, and adhering to, all relevant financial procedures.
• Maintain personal records on the HR database.

General

• Ensure Evolve’s Equality and Diversity Policy and Code of Conduct are actively promoted and adhered to in all areas of work, and that services are accessible to all individuals.
• Work within the GDPR framework.
• Attend and fully participate in one to one meetings, annual reviews, team meetings and all training provided.
• Engage with colleagues and management to fully support the effectiveness of the team.
• Work across other locations, and attending training and meetings on other sites, as required.
  This job description provides an indication of the roles and responsibilities for the post of Support Worker, but should not be construed as an exclusive list of the duties that the post holder may be asked to undertake.
  All Evolve employees must also be aware of, and adhere to, all Evolve policies and procedures.
  Evolve reserves the right to amend this role profile as necessary, after consultation with the post holder, to reflect changes to the role.
  Please turn to the Person Specification on the next page

Person Specification
Experience and qualification

• Experience of supporting vulnerable people to achieve independent living

Knowledge

• An understanding of the reasons why people become homeless and the needs and challenges they face
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and how they apply in day to day work
• Knowledge of statutory and voluntary resources available to homeless people including an understanding of welfare benefits 

Skills and abilities

• Ability to document clear records and to evidence outcomes achieved with customers
• Ability to work inclusively, as part of a team, and to give and receive support and constructive feedback and also to lone work when required
• Ability to manage time and multiple priorities effectively and take individual accountability for meeting deadlines
• A level of self-awareness in respect of personal resilience and a commitment to engaging in activities to support your own wellbeing
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing, demonstrating a good standard of written and spoken English
• Competent in using Microsoft word, excel and inputting to data base
   
   
  Please note that Evolve Housing + Support will process your data in line with Data Protection Regulations and our Privacy Notice which is accessible through the Evolve website.
   
   

TEFT (The Educational Frontier Trust) are looking for a part-time fundraising consultant to help boost their fundraising activities and recommend new approaches.

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ABOUT US:

TEFT have been active for seventeen years, working in partnership with Kisima Secondary School in northern Kenya. In this time, it has been highly effective at generating funding for the school and providing scholarships for the hundreds of students. In 2019, Kisima School was ranked as the third best secondary school in Kenya.

TEFT does not employ any staff and relies on the support of volunteers and consultants. Our fundraising model to date has been via personal and church networks, which has been highly effective. However, in order to develop and sustain our work we are looking for a fundraising consultant to help us expand our reach beyond these networks and provide support in either of the following areas:

• Individual / Private Donor Fundraising
• Grant Fundraising (via Trust, Foundation and/or government donor)

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JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

Individual / Private Donor Fundraising:

This role will seek to:

• Recruit new individual donors to one of our featured fundraising products.
• Identify routes and opportunities to access new donors and extend our fundraising reach.
• Create the necessary resources and recommend adaption of existing resources to achieve the above two points.
• Develop and deliver fundraising emails (quarterly) to our existing donor database in order to promote fundraising appeals.
• Provide support for the planning and execution of fundraising events.

Grant Fundraising:

This role will seek to:

• Identify Grant (Trust, Foundation, government donor) opportunities for the charity.
• Lead on the development of proposals for the above opportunities.
• Develop a bank of resources and materials that will be needed to populate future Grant opportunities.

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CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

We are seeking a fundraising professional who has:

• At least three years’ experience in fundraising roles within the UK based charity sector.
• A demonstrable expertise in either Individual / Private fundraising or Grant acquisition.
• Strong writing skills and a working knowledge of effective online engagement tactics.
• Experience working within a Christian charity is desirable but not essential.
• Familiarity with MailChimp is also desirable.

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TIMING AND RENUMERATION:

• We are seeking a consultant to work one day per week for the next 12 months).
• Salary available is between £100 and £150 per day. Candidates will be expected to submit quotes as part of their application.
• The successful consultant will also be invited to attend some TEFT board meetings (usually held on a weekday evening).

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TO APPLY:

Applicants are requested to submit a copy of their CV and a cover letter outlining how their experience would benefit our fundraising work. And answering one of the following two questions:

• What tactics and approaches would you use to recruit 20 new child sponsors?
• What networks would you engage in order to identify new Grant opportunities that TEFT would be eligible for?

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CLOSING DATE: 26 Feburary 2020

Email Marketing Officer - £110 per day PAYE

Your new company
Royal College based in central London

Your new role

• Managing the marketing automation system (Dotmailer), including admin and training Faculty Administrators and colleagues
• Creating and curating content, copywriting and editing, for email
• Developing segmented messaging for different member grades and profiles
• Ensuring the reasons to be a member are embedded throughout communications
• Planning communication campaigns for activities such as events, webinars, industry trends/updates, hot topics, Membership renewals, elections, etc.
• Creating cross-channel communication journeys for campaigns and activities
• Supporting development and maintenance of member communication calendar
• Monitoring and reporting on engagement with communication channels
• Liaising with corporate communication / PR colleagues to ensure consistency
• Ensuring data protection standards are implemented and adhered to
• Being the subject matter expert and primary go-to person for all Dotmailer, and email comms related issues, queries and corporate guidelines
• Maintaining planning documentation and accompanying schedules covering
• Review, streamline and improve current email marketing strategies and workflow
• Manage trigger/automation email campaigns throughout the customer lifecycle to maximise engagement and generate income.
• Ensure all email campaigns comply with current email best practice in the industry.

What you'll need to succeed

• Digital copywriting, editing and proofreading, including submissions from others
• Creating segmented messages and variations for different audiences
• Using marketing automation systems (Dotmailer desired)
• Working to strict deadlines and managing production/publishing processes
• Working within brand guidelines and house style
• Monitoring and evaluating communication campaign impact
• Managing stakeholder expectations and outputs at all levels
• Understanding of CRM database integration with digital communication (desirable)
• Creating, sourcing, editing images accordingly for email campaigns,

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary and the opportunity to work with an iconic membership

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

This is a full time post working for the umbrella charity University Hospitals Birmingham Charity, the official charity of four of Birmingham’s largest hospitals – Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

This vacancy is based at Solihull Hospital.

The Fundraising Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, providing support to the fundraising team and the Charity overall.

Working as part of a team the post holder will have specific responsibility for accurate data inputting of donations, fundraising and Gift Aid claims and correspondence with donors and fundraisers.

The post holder will also learn how to organise and run events put on by the charity and its supporters. This role will involve regular evening and weekend work at charity events and as such is subject to a 7 day working week contract.

The post is suitable for someone who wishes to start a career in fundraising, or who has experienced fundraising in a voluntary capacity.

As a successful Events Co-ordinator you will will be proactive and have strong administrative skills and be comfortable with a varied, dynamic job for an inspiring womens health charity.

The Charity
We fund life saving research into female infertility, miscarriage, late pregnancy loss, preterm labour and stillbirth.

The Role
Provide high level support to the Lead Event Managers.
Management and upkeep of the events database (includes data entry)
First line support for event delegates, speakers and stakeholders across all media.
Reconciling payments received with the database entries and online payment system and passing these onto the Finance department.
Organising the venue and catering for the conferences.
Liaising with the Marketing Team.
Sourcing and collating data for final event reports.

The Candidate
Previous events experience, ideally in medical/academic conferences.
Experience working in a small team and communicating with a wide range of people in a multicultural environment, including external stakeholder management.
Experience in a customer service environment.
Working knowledge of SalesForce CRM.
Excellent standard literacy and numeracy.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

JOB TITLE: Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker
REPORTS TO: Head of Specialist Education and Wellbeing Support
STAFF RESPONSIBILITY: None (may occasionally have opportunities to manage volunteers or interns)
HOURS: 3 days per week  
SALARY: £27,000 - £30,000 pro rata (salary will depend on candidate’s experience)

CONTRACT: Fixed term until August 2021 (with a 3 month probation period)
LOCATION: London

Application Process

You must have a visa that allows you to work in the UK to apply for this job.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter through CharityJob by 09:00am on Friday 28 February 2020. 

In the covering letter (maximum 2 pages of A4) please demonstrate how you meet the competencies of this post as articulated above, with reference to the listed behaviours, and explain why you would like to work within the specialist educational and wellbeing support programme.

About the Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker role 

The mission of the Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker is to provide bespoke support, advice and guidance to young refugees and asylum seekers who are NEET or facing significant barriers to educational progression, enabling them to remain in or (re-)enter education, grow in basic skills, reduce isolation and improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience. Support is intensive, provided over fortnightly 1:1 sessions with each young person, and for a period of at least 6 months or more. Young people who experience mental ill health, many of whom will have survived trauma(s), are prioritised, and it is vital that the support worker is able to build trust and rapport over a longer-period through which to effect sustainable pathways (back) into education 

Working as part of our specialist education and wellbeing support team (alongside the programme manager and an education and wellbeing support worker whose work focuses on young people in our mentoring programme), the Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker will receive referrals of young asylum seekers and refugees who are facing acute challenges or entrenched obstacles to educational progression. The majority of referrals will have limited existing support structures in place and may be highly isolated. 

Following a referral, they will meet the young person to assess their support needs and develop and outwork a bespoke support plan. It is envisaged that this will be outworked over a period of a minimum of 6 months (with some support work exceeding  1 year), with intensive support provided on a fortnightly basis. A rolling caseload of between 10-12 young people at any one time is anticipated. This includes:

• Effective and timely education pathway planning with young people, taking into consideration their age, residency status and support structures and how these will impact on their educational access and progression. Support can include helping young people identify courses and course progression, enrol at college and/or apply for bursary or travel-funding support;

• Basic skills development, with a view to promoting skills that will enhance a young person’s education or training pathway or will promote their understanding of and confidence in advocating for their rights and entitlements. Support can include briefings on key rights and entitlements, helping young people to complete application forms, to write a CV or cover letter, or to  navigate systems (health, welfare, immigration, housing) in the UK;

• Promoting young people’s emotional wellbeing and resilience, and supporting them to better manage their mental health. Support can include  providing advice about building and maintaining resilience, stress management techniques, sleep hygiene practices, developing healthy diet and exercise routines or referring to specialist mental health services. The support worker will also create a safe space for young people to discuss and share feelings about their current challenges and support needs;

• Ensuring that young people are linked in to longer term support services or social groups to increase their sense of belonging in their new communities.

We are looking for someone who will be skilled at building relationships with young people, particularly those who are at the margins of society and who are risk of withdrawing from education or failing to access education. We are looking for someone who is patient and who thrives on interactions with young people who need time, space to process and explore feelings and concerns, and the capacity to slowly build trust in their support worker.

The post holder will also be able to work effectively with other professionals, including teachers, social workers, personal advisors, key workers, GPs, mental health specialists, welfare or housing advisors and solicitors. They will enjoy working as part of a small and dynamic team but will need to be a confident independent decision maker, able to use their initiative, confident to escalate more complex issues appropriately, and able remain calm in unexpected situations. 

The post holder will need to be an excellent administrator who is able to maintain weekly accurate and up-to-date records and deal with any concerns in a constructive manner. This role will be based at RSN’s head office in Brent but will require frequent travel across London, including to our young people based in Barking, Croydon, Hayes, Hounslow, Barnet, Enfield and locations in-between. There may be some work required in early evenings.

Job outcomes

The Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker will deliver the following outcomes.

Outcome 1: at least 20 young people each year will access regular and intensive support from the Senior Education and Wellbeing Support Worker.

To this end, the post-holder will:

• Process and prioritise all referrals in conjunction with their manager.

• Meet young people for an initial assessment to identify their needs and create a bespoke support plan.

• Facilitate fortnightly follow-up meetings to support young people to outwork their support plans.

• Maintain a balanced caseload throughout the year, taking a proactive approach to meeting the project’s targets.

Outcome 2: the young people in this new project receive the specialist support they need to move forward in their education, increase their basic skills, manage their mental health and  experience reduced loneliness and isolation through access to relevant forms of support.

Of those supported through this project, we anticipate that 85% will (re-)enter or move forward in education, 90% will increase their basic skills and 75% will be able to better manage their mental health issues, and 90% will experience reduced isolation and loneliness through successful signposting to other relevant services..

To this end, the post-holder will:

• Develop clear bespoke support plans with young people.

• Meet with young people on a fortnightly basis to outwork all elements of their support plans.

• Create a space in which to build and foster the young person’s trust and to work towards promoting their self-esteem and belief in themselves. 

• Build and maintain relationships with the other professionals and agencies who are working with the young person to ensure joined-up support.

• Provide clear, correct and up-to-date information and advice to young people about education opportunities, wider support services, relevant resources and emotional wellbeing.

• Support young people to understand and use simple techniques for promoting their mental health. This could include resilience-building activities, stress management techniques, sleep hygiene advice and tips for maintaining a healthy routine. The support worker will also provide a safe space for young people to bring and discuss their challenges, express themselves and be heard.

• Ensure that young people who are not in receipt of professional mental health support but who would benefit from and would like to access this, are referred to appropriate and relevant mental health services. In so doing, the post-holder will maintain strong links with specialist mental health services in the sector, enabling referral pathways between organisations. 

• Develop and maintain relationships with other organisations and make appropriate referrals, for example to counselling services, social services, benefits agencies, medical services, schools and colleges.

• Accompany young people to external appointments when they need additional support. 

• Carry out necessary actions and follow-up work after individual support sessions, including advocacy work on young people’s behalf.

• Liaise with college tutors and other education providers to keep up-to-date on the educational opportunities available for young refugees and asylum seekers.

• Escalate all safeguarding concerns to the head of specialist education and wellbeing support, developing individual risk assessments for relevant clients in conjunction with the programme lead and outworking safeguarding action plan. 

Outcome 3: the specialist education and wellbeing support programme provides a high quality joined-up service to some of RSN’s most vulnerable young people.

Our current strategy seeks to integrate our specialist education and wellbeing support programme more closely with our mentoring programme. This role is one of two London-based roles and the post holder will join the programme at an exciting time of growth and development. The team members will work together to deliver a high quality service to some of RSN’s most vulnerable young people, addressing safeguarding concerns and taking a proactive approach to improving our support to them.

To this end, the post-holder will:

• Escalate any safeguarding concerns and follow RSN’s safeguarding policy.

• Work closely with their team to streamline the services provided and support their colleagues with particular cases. 

• Share their ideas for programme developments and participate with enthusiasm in the programme’s various components, such as providing email advice or supporting with training and workshops.

• Provide up-to-date statistics and project updates to the programme manager for reporting and monitoring purposes. 

• Carry out any other reasonable activity required by their manager.

Required competencies

In order to achieve this role’s mission and deliver the above outcomes, candidates must demonstrate the following competencies as evidenced by the listed behaviours:

Competency 1: work with young people

• Can display a track record of working with vulnerable young people from a variety of backgrounds, evidencing ability to sensitively explore and understand a young person’s needs, provide appropriate support and help them build resilience.

• Can display a track record of activities and workshops that aim at building resilience and promoting emotional wellbeing amongst young refugees and asylum seekers. 

• Deals promptly and calmly with safeguarding concerns as they arise and follows safeguarding processes accurately.

• Respects and is inspired by the uniqueness of individual young people and shows commitment to their perspectives being heard and their potential being realised.

Competency 2: work with stakeholders and external agencies

• Communicates professionally, promptly and warmly with the project’s stakeholders and partner organisations and services, including schools, colleges, social services, health services, welfare support organisations and legal representatives. 

• Can display a track record of working collaboratively and positively with external stakeholders, partner organisation and services, recognising the specific responsibilities and areas of specialism each one holds in coordinated support to young people.

• Asks appropriate questions to elicit information which facilitates informed decision-making and explains information succinctly and compellingly.

• Is able to engage others when speaking about this project- communicates accurately, clearly, demonstrating technical expertise and passion for the issues.

Competency 3: written and verbal communication skills

• Can display excellent verbal communication skills with a range of audiences - from those with very little English to senior staff within referring and peer organisations.

• Writes clearly, accurately, succinctly and appropriately for a range of audiences, including by email. . 

Competency 4: knowledge 

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the rights and entitlements of refugee and asylum seeking young people in terms of accessing secondary school and further education. 

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the principles of resilience and building and maintaining emotional wellbeing amongst young people and adults. 

• Demonstrates an awareness of key practitioners within the refugee, education, psychosocial support and youth sectors that could complement our specialist educational and wellbeing support. 

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the refugee/education/psychosocial support/youth sectors in which RSN operates, and proactively seeks to develop and maintain technical knowledge in these areas.

Competency 5: personal working style

• Prioritises actions appropriately when juggling competing deadlines.

• Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress, demonstrating strong willingness and internal motivation to work hard and get the job done. 

• Takes the initiative to reflect critically on their own performance and develop improvement strategies, and is keen to learn and receive feedback. 

• Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidences. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. 

Competency 6: administration

• Keeps accurate and up-to-date records and fortnightly notes from all support work sessions, adhering to data protection commitments. 

• Confident assessing safeguarding risks and escalating these to the head of specialist education and wellbeing support. Keeps up to date records of ongoing safeguarding concerns. 

• Works efficiently to develop and implement simple and transparent systems for monitoring and evaluating project developments in ways that are clear and manageable for all team members.

• Is confident and flexible  in their use of technology, including casework databases and project management tools, email and google drive.

Competency 7: team working

• Contributes to a positive working environment by taking time to build relationships with everyone they engage with through this role, being helpful, kind and sensitive to their needs. 

• Speaks plainly and truthfully and shows respect to everyone.

• Is adaptable and patient, especially in the context of a new and growing team.

• Demonstrates appetite to support or oversee the implementation of work by volunteers or interns. 

• Willing to support wider specialist education and wellbeing team in times of staff absence, including cover for education and wellbeing support worker (mentoring integrated role). 

Competency 8: self care

• Has developed and practices effective self-care to avoid burn out, including the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries in order to keep workload at a sustainable level. 

• Models self-care within the team and can confidently develop strategies to support accountability amongst peers. 

Competency 9: ethos

• Is passionate about RSN’s vision enabling young refugees to build more hopeful futures through education. Is inspired by the possibility of positive change and committed to nurturing hope within their sphere of influence.

• Motivated by personal core beliefs (whether Christian or not) and values being part of an organisation which is founded on, and seeking to outwork, the Christian faith.

Equal opportunities 

RSN is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Any job applicants will, except in circumstances justifying different treatment that are not unlawful (for example to comply with an occupational requirement), receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics). If you feel you would require reasonable adjustments in order to carry out the role or attend an interview at RSN due to a disability, caring responsibilities or any other reason, please give details in your cover letter or get in touch with Bryony Norman, the Head of Specialist Education and Wellbeing Support, to discuss further.

Disclosure of a Criminal Record

The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to Refugee Support Network verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). References will be taken up and a DBS check carried out for the successful candidates, but as part of our safer recruitment policy all shortlisted candidates are required to complete a Self Disclosure form and provide names of references before interviews.

Full-time: 37.5 hours
Duration: 12 months
Location: Melbourne, Australia 
Salary: AUS$66,500 plus 9.5% super
Closing date: 09.00 am UK time, 28 February, 2020
Interviews: 5 March 2020

We are seeking a motivated Programme Officer to support our peacebuilding work in Papua New Guinea. We are seeking a diligent and organised individual who has strong interpersonal skills, displays high level of initiative, problem-solving skills and works well as part of a team. It is essential that applicants for this role have the right to work in Australia.

Job purpose

The Programme Officer will provide project implementation, administrative and logistical support necessary for an expanding programme of work in Papua New Guinea. The post holder will play a key role in liaising with partners across the areas in which we work, and in managing programme events and information. Reporting to the Papua New Guinea Project Manager, the Programme Officer will be based in Melbourne and will undertake occasional travel to Papua New Guinea in the regions where the programme is operating. 

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience of working in an administrative and support position to a team.
• Strong organisational skills including planning, developing, implementing and maintaining administrative systems.
• Understanding of and interest in peacebuilding and conflict transformation processes. 
• Knowledge of and interest in Papua New Guinea and Bougainville.
• Experience of working with databases, handling diverse sources of information and maintaining accessible filing systems.
• Experience of supporting monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects.
• Experience of revising and contributing to the drafting of substantive reports.
• Experience of undertaking supervised research work.
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience supporting financial management including experience preparing budgets, monitoring organisational and partner expenditure and supporting financial reporting.
• Experience remotely supporting partners on the successful joint delivery of work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Willingness to work irregular hours occasionally and to undertake some international travel.
• Strong commitment to, and experience of, team and cross-organisational working.
• Appreciation of issues of confidentiality, and cross-cultural and political sensitivity.
• Initiative, enthusiasm and a problem-solving approach to new challenges.
• Graduate study or local equivalent or equivalent by experience in conflict resolution, international relations, development studies, international humanitarian law, peace and security.
• Ability and willingness to travel to Papua New Guinea (primarily Bougainville), and experience of hostile environment training or willingness to undertake hostile environment training. 
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office software packages, databases, email, internet.

Desirable knowledge, skills and experience

• Spoken or written Tok Pisin. 

Independent Living Advisor

Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) is a small charity based in Kingston-upon-Thames. We have been campaigning for the rights of disabled people for over 50 years.

We offer a range of services and support to disabled adults, children and their families, including:

•Direct Payments support to help adults get the most from council money for their social care support to live their life independently

•Holiday, equipment and training grants for adults to take a break, live your life easier or learn new things

•Information, advice and support on local groups and services

•Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support for children and young people who need extra help at school or college or with their health or social care

•Personal Health Budgets support to help adults use NHS money to support their health and wellbeing

•Activities including, art groups and boat trips

•Volunteering opportunities

KCIL are seeking to add to our Direct Payment service and we are looking for someone to work within our Direct Payments Team alongside our current staff team to support with the overall delivery of the service.

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, pro-active and enthusiastic part-time individual to join our team. Our ideal candidate will have experience in administration duties and a good knowledge of disability related issues. We seek someone who has a good understanding of equality and diversity, equal opportunities and service user involvement.

This post is 21 hours per week (fixed term role until 31st March 2021 with a possibility of extension).

Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for working alongside the KCIL’s service users to develop personalised recruitment adverts, manage online advertisements and support with the interview process when required.

• To support the DP team by answering queries and offering advice and guidance to our service users
• To support service users to maintain the correct paperwork in their role as employers
• To support service users with the recruitment of Personal Assistants (PAs) and to liaise with payroll companies regarding payments to PAs
• To maintain and develop records, both paper and electronic, that correspond to this work
• To support PAs and adult service users through the DBS process
• To assist with the organisation and facilitation of service user groups and training sessions for PAs

• To contribute to performance reports for the CEO regarding recruitment and monitoring of direct payments

• To attend regular team meetings, supervision and any training that may be required

Benefits

•Salary - £22,849 - £25,337 pro-rata (pro rata)

•Pension scheme

•25 days’ holiday per annum (pro rata)

This post is for 21 hours per week. Days are negotiable and we are ideally looking for someone who can be flexible when required. This is an office based role with the possibility of some home visits on an ad hoc basis. The successful candidate will be willing to travel in and around the London Boroughs or Kingston-upon-Thames and other local areas if required.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Closing date: Sunday 1st March 2020

Interview Date: Friday 13th March 2020

KCIL is a disability confident employer and we would practically welcome applications from disabled people.

Every week three children die in Scotland from an incurable condition. CHAS intends to be there for every one of those children.

We are looking for a Press Officer to plan and deliver successful PR and marketing campaigns that will raise awareness of our brand, our fundraising strategy and increase our engagement with stakeholders.

Working within the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS, you will deliver high quality and engaging content that inspires the public and stakeholders to support our cause.

Key Responsibilities

You will identify varied PR opportunities to support the promotion and awareness of CHAS, raising public awareness and stakeholder interest. To achieve this, you will:

•  Work with and support fundraising and retail colleagues to identify varied PR opportunities to support their work. 

•  Write and produce engaging materials, including press releases, managing interest from the media and where relevant stakeholders  

•  Provide the first response to media inquiries, ensuring approval procedures are followed and relevant staff and stakeholders are informed. 

•  Ensure our media database is up-to-date and relationships with key media contacts are maintained.

•  Advise and train colleagues of PR and marketing opportunities and developments, including support with media interviews, ensuring that staff are confident in use of brand and toolkits.

•  Assist the Communications Manager in the creation and management of a communications strategy, crisis communication and key communications materials. 

 

About You

In order to deliver the culture, ethos and philosophy of CHAS you will have;
 

•  Educated to degree level in Public Relations, Communication, Marketing, Business and Journalism 

•  A Minimum of 1 years’ experience of working in a Press Officer role 

•  An ability to develop effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders 

•  Experience of implementing and communicating social media best practices organisation-wide 

•  Experience or knowledge of video production, from planning through to editing and dissemination across channels 

 

About CHAS

At CHAS, our ambition is to reach every family in Scotland who is living with the heart-breaking prognosis that their child is dying, and offer them our care and support to empower them to make the most of the short time they have together. As a Press Officer, you will be instrumental in achieving this vision.

Further Information and How to Apply

Further information can be found in the attached documents

To be part of the future of CHAS, click on the link at the top of this screen and complete our online application form. Please note that we are unable to accept CV’s.

This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

About us

Myeloma UK is the only organisation in the UK dealing exclusively with myeloma – the second most common form of blood cancer. It originates in the bone marrow and currently affects around 17,500 people in the UK. Whilst treatable, myeloma is not yet curable.

Our ultimate goal is to find a cure. We are dedicated to ensuring that patients get access to the right treatment at the right time, and to improving standards of treatment and care through research, education and awareness raising. We also provide a range of information and support services to patients, family and friends to help deal with a diagnosis of myeloma.

About the role

Myeloma UK is working towards fulfilling its five year Fundraising Strategy and the Senior Regional Fundraiser is instrumental to the achievement of this goal.  The post holder will work to implement a strategy for supporting regional fundraising across the south east of England in line with the organisation’s strategy.

You will maintain and grow a database of fundraisers, developing strong relationships through their ‘supporter journey’ and identify, research and implement new ways to approach potential supporters.

The successful applicant will ensure income targets are met within expenditure budget and report progress and performance regularly to their line manager.

The role will require regular travel to the Edinburgh office and within the UK to network with other Myeloma UK colleagues, support groups and current supporters to maximise opportunities and income.

About you

This is a unique opportunity to work for a national UK charity in a senior fundraising role. To be successful you will have at least two years’ fundraising experience across a range of disciplines, planning activity and raising income to meet targets and experience of recruiting fundraisers and developing relationships for long-term benefit.

You will have a broad and diverse range of project management, budget management and reporting, marketing and communications experience.

Strong new business development skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills  are required as well as a high level of attention to detail and expertise in the use of Microsoft Office packages, Raiser’s Edge and web-based technologies.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 March.

What is Kids Matter?

Do you want to see transformation in the hardest to reach families and see an end to cycles of deprivation?

Are you passionate about family life? Come be part of Kids Matter!

Our dynamic bold vision is for every child in need to be raised in a strong family. We engage local churches to equip parents and carers facing disadvantages with confidence, competence, and community, enabling their children to thrive. We do this through the delivery of our accessible, evidence informed parenting programme for parents of 0-10 year olds in the community. At the end of the programme, as all groups are small and community based, churches are able to invite parents into wider activities taking place in the church community, thus bringing about not only significant improvement in family life but also an end to isolation and stigma and the opportunity for truly sustainable change. We are also launching Kids Matter in Prisons as well as a brand new programme called Babies Matter to reach new parents. Our model is to partner with the local church, who then provides a team to run the programme. This includes a facilitator who attends our rigorous 4 day training, a group helper and creche helpers (if required). The facilitator is supervised and supported by a Kids Matter Support Manager to help them get up and running and to ensure a high quality in their delivery of the parenting programme, as well as making sure that there is sustainability in the running of the programme. All partners run a minimum of 2 programmes a year, reaching an average of 5 parents and 12 children per programme.

Senior Support Role

Support and supervision is absolutely central to the success of what we do. Without the encouragement, gentle challenge and resourcing of our support teams, many of our churches would falter in trying to run this kind of intervention. The task of reaching hard to reach families is challenging for churches that are often overstretched and our support is essential.

The successful applicant will:

• Support and manage regional support managers

• Report into the Senior Leadership Team

• Organise regular training opportunities for support managers to improve their supervision skills

• Liaise regularly with partner churches and with the partnership recruitment team to ensurd joined up working

• Develop and maintain a database of all programme activity

• Liaise with research team to ensure key data is collected and recorded

• Ensure regular visits and connect groups are taking place regionally

• Contribute to Training curricula for facilitators

• Supervise and support a small case load of facilitators in London area: make email/phone and face to face visits with trained facilitators ensuring our programmes are delivered to high standard

• Help with events to further train and upskill our facilitators

• Be part of sign posting churches to other parts of the Kids Matter organisation to engage them with our training and ongoing support

Key skills and requirements

• Strong personal Christian faith

• 5-8 years management experience

• Have some Coaching/Counseling experience

• Active church member

• Passion for Kids Matter’s vision to reach vulnerable families and draw them into the local church and local community

• To have excellent communication skills to manage support managers and train them to supervise well

• A self-starter able to work alone and prioritise well

• Ability to use a CRM (Capsule is what KM uses)

• Confident use of technology and using it effectively to support the work

• Experience of organising and running quality training desirable, not essential

Reporting to:Eli Gardner, Executive Director and Co-Founder

Location: London

Hours: 3 days a week

Salary: £32-38k FTE per annum depending on experience of coaching/management

Annual leave: 5 weeks (pro rata)

Sick pay: Statutory

Occupational Requirement (OR):

This post has been identified as having an OR to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003 Section 7.2. All candidates must evidence they support the vision and values of the organisation.

Specialist Housing Navigator
(Female, 1 year contract)
Bristol

If you are a confident, proactive team worker with great interpersonal skills that will enable you to establish and maintain good working relationships with One25 women and you are passionate about supporting some of Bristol’s most vulnerable women to access and sustain safe accommodation to make positive changes in their lives, this could be you.

We are looking for a Specialist Housing Navigator to locate, identify and engage with hidden homeless women in Bristol who are involved in street sex working. Via referrals from the One25 casework team, the post holder will build relationships of trust with women and advocate on their behalf to support them to gain access to housing. They will work alongside housing providers to advise them on supporting women and moving them positively through the housing pathway.

One25 is a Bristol based, registered charity (No. 1062391) providing services for women trapped in street sex-work and those who are building positive new lives away from the streets.

It is an Occupational Requirement that applications for this post are open to women only, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010. Enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are underrepresented in our workforce.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, to include occasional evening commitments for which time off in lieu will be given.

Salary: £28,450

Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2021

For further details and an application form please select the apply button shown.

Interviews: Monday 9 March 2020

Expected Start Date: As soon as possible

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Housing Support Worker, Homelessness Support Worker, Social Worker, Advocate, Women’s Advocacy Worker, Female Advocate, Case Worker, Female Support Worker, or Outreach Worker.

About the SCYJ

The Standing Committee for Youth Justice is an alliance of over 60 non-profit organisations working together to improve the youth justice system in England and Wales. The diverse membership ranges from large national charities to numerous smaller grassroots and community organisations. SCYJ also provides a forum for members to exchange ideas, network and facilitates a community of practice.

SCYJ has built an impressive track record as the most influential group campaigning for improvements to the youth justice system. Work focuses on influencing policy, legislation and practice to address issues affecting young people caught up in crime - from prevention and policing to custody and resettlement.

About the role

This is a key post in our small policy and communications team. The role will support the work of the busy organisation with communication, research and administration duties, and have the opportunity to gain experience of policy work and parliamentary campaigning. The purposes of the job are:

• To be a champion of the rights and wellbeing of all children and young people involved with the youth justice system
• To bring ideas and creative communications skills to SCYJ’s policy and communications work
• To engage with our members and the wider sector, including children and young people themselves, to inform our work and share practice
• To help SCYJ stay up to date with policies and practices that affect children involved with the justice system
• To be part of the SCYJ team and collaborate with the SCYJ Board and members

Who we're looking for

We welcome applications from people who have:

• Commitment to social justice and bringing about positive change for children and young people
• A genuine interest and understanding of the issues affecting children involved in the youth justice system
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with people from a range of backgrounds and develop collaborative working relationships
• Persuasive and creative written and visual communications skills, and experience of producing written materials for different audiences 
• Familiar with digital media, including using social media channels and ability to produce content for website and use survey software
• Experience in MS Office including Outlook, Word and Excel
• Ability to explore and understand large amounts of information
• Strong administrative, organisational, time management and prioritisation skills

Further details about the SCYJ and the role can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

How to apply

Please complete the attached application form and send to us via email by midnight on Sunday 8th March 2020.

SCYJ select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and ability to do the role, as outlined in the person specification. Completing the application form is your opportunity to tell us how you meet the criteria in the person specification and to give examples where possible.

You are welcome to attach a CV to your application if you wish, but this is not a requirement of the application process. Applications will not be considered without a completed application form.

The deadline for applying is 8th March 2020. We will invite successful candidates for interviews on Friday 20th March 2020 in central London. We hope the new appointee will start in early April, though we can be flexible on start date.