Healthwatch Lambeth is the independent health and social care champion for local people. We work to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services and to speak on their behalf. We focus on ensuring that everyone in Lambeth can get the support they need to live well.
Healthwatch Lambeth is an award-winning charity funded by Lambeth Council, NHS Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group and several charitable Foundations. Our contract with the Council has been extended for the next two years and we are in the process of agreeing an ambitious strategy for 2019-21.
We work to get services right for the future and in Lambeth that means that we pay attention to the impact of inequalities on the health and care outcomes for our different communities. We do this by creating a culture of collaboration and partnership. Partnerships hosted by Healthwatch Lambeth in 2019 are:
1. Lambeth Black Thrive: this partnership started in 2017 and is funded until 2022. It was set up to bring together everyone interested in addressing issues surrounding mental health for Black people to ensure that resources and programmes are well co-ordinated, complementary and most importantly reflect the wishes of people affected by mental health inequalities.
2. Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly: The LLDA is a place for people with a learning disability and their carers to come together to talk about things that are affecting them – and what they want to see happen to make things better.
3. Advance Care Planning Consortium: a partnership with Compassion in Dying and other community organisations to raise awareness of advance care planning.
Overview of the role:
This role would suit an experienced impact and evaluation officer with preferably knowledge of monitoring and evaluation. The ideal candidate will relish working proactively and flexibly as our organisation plans to grow over the next 4 years. The postholder will have the interpersonal skills needed to work collaboratively with and across our delivery partnerships.
Purpose of the job:
To ensure effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation of HWL’s engagement
work, including public participation, information giving, signposting, Enter & View
visits, community research and experience gathering, on the local care system and
the emerging SE London Integrated Care System by tracking whether the real care
needs and experiences of Lambeth residents are heard, understood, and met.
Responsibilities:
• To monitor and evaluate the impact of HWL recommendations with our both care providers and care commissioning teams.
• To develop and oversee HWL’s monitoring and evaluation system which includes but not limited to creating and implementing evaluation framework, supporting colleagues to create project M&E plans and reporting and sharing monitoring and evaluation data.
• To undertake formative and/or summative evaluation of the impact of HWL work.
• To write reports on HWL impact for publication and sharing with partners and the public.
Commitment to Equalities:
Our organisation values difference and recognises the value that the different backgrounds, skills, outlooks and experiences of our staff and volunteers bring to the organisation. We will not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability or impairment, age, race, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, trade union activity, HIV or marital status, religion or belief or similar bases.
Support Healthwatch Lambeth’s wider aims and objectives
• Work as part of the engagement team and the wider HWL team, attending meetings and events as required. On occasion meetings and events may take place in the evening and at weekends.
• Work in support of other colleagues in the organisation as particular needs arise.
• Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that always safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. Familiarisation with, and adherence to, our organisational Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, and any associated guidance is an essential requirement of all Healthwatch representatives.
• We adhere to Data Protection procedures as informed by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). We expect everyone to uphold confidentiality of all data and adherence to strict and lawful processing of data.
• Undertake additional duties as requested by the Engagement Manger which furthers the aims and objectives of our organisation.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
Please note that CVs will not be accepted for this role.
Interviews will be taking place via Zoom, week commencing 06 July 2020.
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Home-based in Northern Ireland, with occasional travel to the NCT offices in Westminster, London
0.8 post, 28 hours per week, up to three year contract
Are you inspired by church architecture? Are you fascinated by the history of churches and want them to remain part of our heritage and a vital part of community life? Are you experienced in assessing funding applications and supporting historic buildings to be well maintained and sustainable? And are you passionate about all these things within a Northern Ireland context?
As the independent, UK-wide charity supporting churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations, the National Churches Trust supports and promotes church buildings of historic, architectural and community value by inspiring support, preserving heritage and promoting sustainability. We aim to help maintain the UK’s heritage of church buildings and to enhance their ability to serve local communities; to promote the benefit to communities of church buildings and to inspire everyone to value and enjoy them.
Grant funding is at the heart of our work. The Trust allocates in the region of £1.4m across its grants programmes annually. We also run initiatives to promote church tourism – ExploreChurches, and maintenance – MaintenanceBooker.
Having recently been successful with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the National Churches Trust will lead a new project ‘Treasure Ireland’ that aims to support an improvement in the maintenance and sustainability of historic places of worship in Northern Ireland. At its core will be a grants programme for proactive repairs and maintenance. It will also provide training and mentoring support, video guides and training on writing funding bids, maintenance, interpretation and tourism. It also aims to increase visitors to churches in Northern Ireland.
We are therefore looking for a new Church Support Officer to join our Church Support team to help deliver this exciting new initiative. The role is varied and the post-holder will manage the day to day work of the project and support churches to engage with it. Responsibilities will include overseeing a small grants programme, running training events and sector meetings, raising the profile of maintenance, supporting church tourism and expanding contractor availability. The project builds on existing partnerships and projects that the Church Support Team has already begun in Northern Ireland.
You will have excellent organisational and planning skills, be able to manage a varied workload and be an effective team player based from home in Northern Ireland but able to travel to London from time to time.
If you are interested in finding out more, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: Noon on 24 June 2020
Interview date: 6 or 7 July 2020 (Belfast or online)
The National Churches Trust is an equal opportunities employer and does not unlawfully discriminate in employment. No information provided by the applicant will be used for the purpose of limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by law.
Database Officer
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Database Officer who has previous fundraising CRM experience to join a leading charity based in Old Street London. This leading organisation are going through a sustained period of growth and change who are currently investing heavily into their database team and are now looking to add a new Database Officer to join their expanding department. The Database Officer will play a pivotal role importing all data onto their Raisers Edge CRM, carrying out reports for marketing campaigns and being the main point of contact for all things Raisers Edge.
As the Database Officer, you will receive full training on some of the newest data techniques and technologies. If you are looking for the next step in your career this is a great opportunity for an ambitious Database Officer to work closely with stakeholders and to build, test and run data extracts to ensure the organisations fundraising is at its most effective, while also having the opportunity to progress your career at a fantastic charity. If you are looking to work in an excellent environment where flexible working is encouraged, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Skills required for the Database Officer are-
- Experience working with fundraising CRM’s
- Good communication skills, written and verbal to interact with the charity’s stakeholders
- Wants to work in an environment where you will be challenged and have the chance to learn new skills.
Database Officer / Data Executive / Fundraising CRM / Raisers Edge / Data Quality / Blackbaud / Thank Q
This is a brilliant chance for a Database Officer to take the next step in their career and really progress his/her career further. You will gain the full benefits that comes with working for a large organisation.
Location: Old Street, London
Salary: £25,000 - £29,000 + Excellent benefits (Depending on Experience)
Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.
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Database Manager
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Database Manager with strong knowledge of Raisers Edge to join a well-known charity based in Vauxhall London. This charity are looking for an experienced Database Manager who has proven experience of managing database projects, data quality and data migrations. You would have ideally done this on Raisers Edge or a similar fundraising CRM. As the Database Manager you will be the first point of contact for any CRM related queries.
This is a brilliant role for someone looking to take the next step in their career, take that step up into management & want to learn a wide range of skills and help grow your own database team. You will help push Raisers Edge through this charity working with senior stakeholders, helping to develop strategical plans, manage a team and more.
Skills required for the Database Manager (Fundraising CRM skills) are:
- Strong Fundraising CRM skills ideally Raisers Edge or ThankQ, Care CRM, Dynamics CRM or Salesforce
- Stakeholder management experience
- Ability to build strategies to help improve database systems
- Great communicator
Database Manager / Data Manager / Fundraising CRM / Raisers Edge
This is a great chance for a Database Manager to take that next step up and work for a fantastic organisation.
Salary: £40,000 - £48,000 + (excellent benefits, flexi working)
Location: Vauxhall, London
Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.
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Our client now urgently requires an HR Data Analyst with expertise in Oracle HRIS functionality for a period of at least 3 months.
As interim HR Data Analyst you will provide key insights and identify trends through the analysis, development and delivery of strategic People Data and management information reporting that will enable strategic, evidence-based decision making.
To be considered you must be available to start a new assignment immediately and will require:
- Proven experience as an HR Systems and Data specialist, ideally with multi-sector experience
- Expertise in Oracle HRIS functionality, to include data extraction, reporting capability, data analysis and interpretation and presentation
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence a range of people professionals and key stakeholders across the organisation
- Strong project management skills
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Location: London
Salary: Starting salary of £30,177. Possible to increase by max. 2 increments a year up to £34,336 (top of grade).
Contract type: Permanent contract
Hours: 4-5 days per week, permanent contract
Benefits: 7.5% employer matched pension after probation; flexible working; 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas break) increasing by one day per year worked, after 2 years of service; and generous staff development package
Deadline for applications: 23.59pm 12th July
First interview: 29th July, please hold 10am-5pm
Second interview: 7th August, please hold 10am-2pm
Start date: 9th September
About the role:
This role is essential to ensuring the organisation’s core operations run smoothly and are managed to a high standard – in particular, this role will focus on the HR and Finance functions of the Operations Hub. You will work closely with the Executive Director: Organisational Development to ensure all HR policies and procedures are executed to a high level of quality inside the organisation and in line with NEON’s values of solidarity, generosity and respect. You will also work closely with the Senior Finance Manager to support NEON staff with activities related to fundraising and day-to-day finance tasks. You are a people person, and understand the importance of attention to detail.
Please download the Applicaiton Pack below to find out more, and to find out how to apply.
About NEON:
The New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) is a not-for-profit company with 12 staff members and a network of over 1600 UK organisers from different trade unions, grassroots groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), faith-based campaigns, civil society groups and movements from across the country. We run powerful trainings and support campaigns to help progressives win social, economic and environmental justice.
We run trainings, share skills and coordinate together on campaigns helping people to lead movements like Just Treatment (organising patients to fight for the NHS) through to working with our members to get over 1400 media bookings across the UK’s biggest TV/radio outlets. We’re ambitious and the team is agile, fast paced and committed to actually changing things.
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Economy is recruiting a Deputy CEO to implement our new 3 year strategy. We are looking for someone who is energetic and dynamic, and who can help us deliver our ambitious objectives for organisational development and responding to the economic impact of coronavirus.
Economy is a charity that exists to support people - particularly those currently furthest from power - to shape the economy in order to achieve what matters to them. To further this goal, we have secured funding to increase organisational capacity and appoint a Deputy CEO to help manage this growth.
Key areas of responsibility
Overall
● Develop and implement organisation systems and processes
● Oversee financial planning, management, reporting and compliance.
● Support project and programme delivery.
● Deputise for the CEO as and when necessary.
Operations and Culture
● Develop project management systems and processes as Economy’s work expands and becomes more complex.
● Develop policies, systems and processes which enable effective internal communication and collaboration.
● Develop the systems, processes and practices which underpin a healthy organisational culture and promote diversity and inclusion.
● Oversee the management and development of Economy’s infrastructure including website, social media, CRM database, Google Suite and reporting systems.
Finance and Fundraising
● Work with the Chief Executive to provide the strategic context for financial planning.
● Responsible for financial planning, management and control including procuring appropriate insurances and the preparation of business plans and annual reports.
● Responsible for financial reporting including cash forecasting, quarterly reporting to the Board, preparation and review of project and annual organisation budgets.
● Work with the Chief Executive to prepare funding applications and requisite reporting.
HR
● Responsible for HR at a strategic level, overseeing recruitment, training, disciplinary, staff well-being and all other personnel matters.
● Identify gaps in skills and experience in accordance with the Diversity and Inclusion Policy, and address through recruitment and training.
● Develop Economy’s HR policies, and draw in external expertise as necessary.
● Line management responsibilities.
Governance and Risk
● Work with the Chief Executive to deliver best practice, ensure compliance with legal requirements, attend Board meetings and prepare Board papers.
● Responsible for GDPR compliance.
Culture
● Always act in the best interests of Economy.
● Abide by Economy policies as set out in the Staff Handbook.
● Maintain confidentiality in all areas relating to Economy.
● To be flexible and to undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the Board of Trustees.
Key skills and experience
Essential Skills and Experience
● Track record of developing organisational systems to promote collaboration, embed a positive organisational culture and enact diversity and inclusion across an organisation.
● An understanding of Diversity and Inclusion and how they can be embedded in all parts of organisational strategy, development and day-to-day operations.
● Managed teams to support organisational and personal development.
● Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
● Experience of designing, managing and delivering complex projects and programmes.
● An engaging presentational style.
● An ability to listen and communicate to build consensus and work collaboratively.
● A track record of using strategic thinking to improve outcomes and ways of working in an organisation.
● An ability to pay attention to detail across multiple areas of work
Values and behaviours
● Personal commitment to Economy’s values and purpose of supporting people – particularly those furthest from power – to use economics to achieve what matters to them.
● Ability to reflect and learn, including sharing failures and uncertainties. Openly taking feedback from the team and members of Economy’s community on your behaviours and work.
● The emotional intelligence to empathise with and appreciate others, creating opportunities for those you work with to grow and develop.
Desirable Development Areas
We are also looking for the following skills and experience. Please tell us if you have experience of these work areas or you are particularly interested in them for your own personal development.
● Financial strategy, reporting and planning.
● Experience developing and overseeing HR policies and processes.
● Good knowledge of charity law and best practice.
● Experience of using applications such as Wordpress, Hubspot, Google Suite, Slack, or Zoom.
● Experience of using accounting software Xero.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Economics is underpinned by a way of thinking dominated by white men who have studied and worked in a small number of institutions. We are looking for people that bring a different perspective. To this end, when candidates are of equal merit, we will prioritise selection and appointment of people who are from backgrounds that are under-represented in economic institutions and the charity sector.
How to apply
To apply for this vacancy, please send your completed application form and fill out our equal opportunities survey by 23.59pm Monday 8 June
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Want to lead an organisation that stands in solidarity alongside migrants in their fight for rights and justice? Then join us!
We are looking for an energetic and motivated Chief Executive Officer (Maternity Cover) to manage the organisation whilst the current CEO takes maternity leave.
We are looking for an exceptional individual to provide effective leadership and oversight of our organisation to take it forward in its organisational aims and objectives according to its current strategy.
They will have substantial experience in leading organisations within the not-for-profit sector, and background in fundraising and financial management. The individual will have excellent interpersonal skills, flexible, and an ability to manage a full and varied workload, and staff team.
As the lead spokesperson, the candidate will have exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, so they represent MRN’s position to the wider public and in the media.
The charity is looking for exceptional candidates with a:
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Commitment to upholding the rights of migrants
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Real vision as to how this can be done in the current political, social and economic climate of the UK
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Readiness to work with all groups and individuals who support in part or in whole the MRN mission
The salary will be £41,754 per annum, pro-rata. In addition, MRN contributes up to 6% of salary to pensions.
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, and those who are migrants or refugees, and who have lived experience of the impact of immigration policy and practice.
Closing date for applications: 15 June 2020, 9.00 a.m.
Date for candidate interviews: 22 and 23 June 2020
Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK-based NGO that works alongside migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
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Recruitment during Covid-19
During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be through video call.
Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
This is an exciting time to join the Housing First team, a new service for Crisis which offers open-ended, flexible and intensive support to people who are face multiple disadvantages.
About the role
As Housing First Team Leader, you will take a person-lead, holistic and trauma-informed approach to the support of members. You will provide effective line management to Housing First coaches in line with Housing First principles.
We are currently recruiting 2 Team Leaders. One will line manage the existing Housing First team and the other will line manage a new Housing First team. For the new Housing First team, work will initially focus on providing a short-term housing led approach for a caseload of 10-15 people experiencing homelessness including those in temporary and emergency accommodation, facilitating access to more stable accommodation as part of the exit from hotel provision. This is part of the London response to the coronavirus pandemic. Once this phase is complete, the focus will move to provision of a longer-term Housing First service.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be committed to the Housing First approach and principles, and to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion.
You will have experience of line managing and motivating a team - supporting those with multiple and complex needs - and taking a creative approach to managing change.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
- Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Sunday 21st June 2020 (23:59)
Interviews will be held by Zoom on 1st and 2nd July 2020
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
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We're looking for someone passionate about involving volunteers and with experience of quality volunteer management to build our capacity to support people experiencing homelessness by developing volunteering within our organisation. We provide the largest network of winter night shelters in the country, with space for 170 homeless people each night, and the need for our services is growing.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic development
- Working with the Service Development Manager, create and implement an overall volunteering strategy for the charity, including a plan for Glass Door's 1600 night shelter volunteers in 2020-21, as well as office volunteers and those supporting our casework services.
- With the Fundraising Manager, review our corporate volunteering strategy, in line with capacity to offer volunteering opportunities, and explore new fundraising volunteer opportunities.
Managing shelter Volunteer Coordinators
- Act as main point of contact (volunteer manager) for 60 shelter Volunteer Coordinators (volunteers), providing regular communications, handling enquiries and solving problems that arise.
- Provide quality annual briefing events for shelter Volunteer Coordinators and the volunteers in their teams.
Support others managing volunteers
- Work with colleagues and Volunteer Coordinators (volunteers) to develop volunteer recruitment plans to fill vacancies and provide necessary support throughout this process.
- Advertise engaging volunteering opportunities by uploading vacancies to our website and external vacancy sites.
- When required, support colleagues and Volunteer Coordinators with training their volunteers, troubleshooting volunteer problems and handling other volunteer management issues.
Developing materials and content
- Manage and maintain the volunteering section of the Glass Door website, including hidden pages that only our volunteers can access.
- In conjunction with the communications team, develop a volunteer communications plan and provide content for regular e-newsletters for volunteers.
- Develop and manage learning and development programmes for volunteers including e-learning content, covering inductions, health and safety, safeguarding and technical role-related training to ensure all volunteers are able to carry out their roles effectively and safely.
- Regularly review and improve the Volunteer Handbook in line with best practice.
Quality assurance of volunteer management practices
- Keep up to date with legislation and policy related to volunteering, volunteer management best practice and sector standards, and make any necessary modifications to accommodate changes.
- Network with other volunteer managers at external organisations and benchmark our practices against theirs.
- Explore opportunities to improve volunteer management at Glass Door.
- Ensure staff members who involve volunteers in their team have up to date risk assessments for all activities being undertaken by volunteers.
- Ensure that volunteers at Glass Door are properly selected, vetted, inducted, trained and equipped to carry out their role.
- Ensure all volunteer records are kept up to date using the database system (Donorflex).
- Ensure volunteers comply with Glass Door's safeguarding policy, identify volunteer roles that require references and DBS checks and ensure these checks are in place.
- Ensure volunteers follow the volunteer agreement and the golden rules of volunteering, working with staff or Volunteer Coordinators to address any performance issues.
- Assess whether there are improvements we could make to inclusion and accessibility in relation to volunteers.
Improve the volunteer experience
- Deliver a positive volunteer experience across all aspects of the volunteer journey.
- Design, circulate and analyse the annual volunteer survey and provide other feedback mechanisms for volunteers
- Regularly assess the quality of our volunteers’ experience, across all roles, to ensure they feel valued and fulfilled using volunteer feedback gathered throughout the year.
- Celebrate volunteering and give recognition to our volunteers, for example through arranging Volunteers’ Week, volunteer gifts and social activities.
- Develop peer learning opportunities for volunteers by facilitating ways for them to get to know and share their experiences with one another.
- Respond to enquiries from new and existing volunteers on an ongoing basis.
Growing volunteering
- Liaise with teams across the organisation to identify new opportunities for volunteers to engage and support their work.
- Define the various roles for volunteers with staff team leaders to ensure that proposed roles meet the needs of the organisation.
- Monitor, evaluate and report on the contribution being made by volunteers via an annual survey and other formal and informal feedback.
- Raise staff awareness of the role, function and value of volunteers.
- Promote the value of volunteers to our external audiences through publicity strategies and campaigns.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
Personal Qualities
- An empathy with volunteers and an understanding of their needs.
- Enthusiastic, engaging manner, with the confidence to talk to volunteers and other supporters.
- Empathetic attitude towards homeless and vulnerably-housed people.
- A confident self-starter who will hit the ground running.
- A team worker with an open, collaborative style and a practical, “can-do” approach.
- Commitment to our values of being welcoming; being open to all, without prejudice; compassionate; believing individuals can turn their lives around; and knowing we can have a bigger impact when we work together.
- Commitment to and understanding of the issues relating to equality of opportunity and the ability to implement change in this area.
- Willing to travel around London for occasional meetings and events including some evenings and weekends.
Qualifications and Experience
- At least a years’ experience in a role where managing volunteers has been a significant part of the job.
- Experience of using databases to record volunteer information.
- Experience of recruitment and onboarding of volunteers, or staff or students.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Able to work independently, be proactive and be able to develop relationships and manage multiple stakeholders.
- Competent IT skills in standard Microsoft packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook and supporter databases to maintain meticulous records and administration systems, in line with agreed protocols.
- Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, especially record-keeping and electronic filing.
- Strong written English and numeracy skills.
- Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills, professional telephone manner.
- Able to forward plan and schedule workflows.
- Able to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds.
- Excellent time management skills; able to work proactively unsupervised and use own initiative.
- Able to adhere to and implement Health and Safety, HR and operational policies.
DESIRABLE
- Experience of managing projects.
- A qualification in volunteer management such as an NCVO course.
- Full UK driving licence.
APPLICANT INFO
Closing date – Monday 15 June at 9am
Interview date – Friday 19 June (via video call)
You can also visit our website ( glassdoor .org .uk ) to download this same information in a PDF document.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining how your skills and experience are relevant to the job description and person specification. You can submit your CV and covering letter either through the CharityJob website or alternatively by email to Megan Preston: megan @ glassdoor .org .uk
You are welcome to contact Megan with any questions about the role or to discuss any accessibility requirements you have to enable you to apply.
Our team’s usual workplace is our office in Chelsea, West London. However we are currently working from home, and that may still be the case when the hired candidate begins their role. Interviews will be held via video call.
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Prospectus is excited to be partnering with Magic Breakfast to help them find their new Trust and Foundations Fundraising Officer to join their dynamic fundraising team. You will be part of an influential charity that supports schools in starting, expanding and optimising their breakfast provision with the aim that no child is too hungry to learn.
The Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Officer will be responsible for maintaining and growing trusts and grants income. You will be responsible for successfully managing relationships from your own portfolio of trusts and foundations, reporting back in a timely fashion to grant makers and achieve your own income targets. You will also be responsible for new approaches to source small, medium and major (six figures) grants from trusts, foundations and institutional funders in the UK. The Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Officer will report into the Trust and Foundations Manager and will play a pivotal role in growing income from small, medium, and large trusts and foundations partnerships.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of securing funding from trusts and grant making organisation as well as a good knowledge of fundraising database work. You'll have a natural ability to build strong relationships across the funding sector as well as internally with fundraising and programmatic staff. Crucially, you will be committed to advancing the prospects of all children and be comfortable working in a dedicated, fast-paced fundraising team.
Interviews will be conducted remotely with selected candidates, so get in touch today!
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.
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We are looking for a Fundraising Officer to join the dynamic LRMN team. LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugees and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing in south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, providing therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevent mental health problems, integrate and engage in their community.
As our Fundraising Officer you will take responsibility for successful delivery of LRMN’s Fundraising Strategy 2020-2023 and develop internal fundraising practice and knowledge. You will proactively seek out funding opportunities, develop project concepts and proposals, and prepare and submit detailed applications for funding. You will work closely with the CEO, Campaigns and Communications Officer and managers at LRMN to ensure key messages, relevant services and other important information are incorporated in all fundraising applications and activities.
To be successful, you must have at least 4 years’ experience of fundraising with good knowledge of a range of traditional and innovative fundraising methods and practices, proven experience of thinking, developing and delivering strategically and demonstrable record in developing and writing successful funding bids of at least £500k per year.
Awareness of issues and barriers faced by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in accessing appropriate services is important and experience of working in the voluntary sector particularly in legal and welfare advice sector is desirable. You should be highly motivated and can work alone or as part of a team.
If you do not hear from us within 6 weeks after the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted this time.
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Over the past year CPRE, the countryside charity has undergone a great transformation which has led to a range of exciting developments including a completely new brand, a strong set of organisational values, a new strategy, in depth audience insight and the launch of a new website.
As one of two individual giving officers, you will support programme growth and generate income from donors, both new and existing. These donors will give to us through membership, regular donations, annual appeals, raffles and digital fundraising, and through new products we are in the process of establishing.
Reporting to the Individual giving manager, you will support the development, implementation and growth of a portfolio of products, while working in our friendly and busy office in London. By building upon existing relationships, and attracting and converting new supporters, you will grow our income in this area, helping to create a sustainable platform for all our fundraising activity.
We are looking for an enthusiastic all-rounder - someone with a real passion and aptitude for working with creative partners and colleagues to creating compelling and effective fundraising communications, while also being confident in the more technical aspects of direct marketing: drafting data briefs, devising robust tests and analysing results.
The successful candidate will have previous experience in a charity fundraising environment and a proven track record in project managing direct marketing activities across a variety of income streams and channels, including digital and social media. Ideally, your experience will include supporter acquisition as well as retention, with knowledge of new product/offer development and implementation of ‘test and learn’ programmes.
To apply, candidates should send us their CV, the CPRE referee sheet with a covering letter addressing how they meet the criteria of the Job and person specification; failing to address the criteria, will mean you will be unlikely to be shortlisted. Quote: Job ref: IGO/CJ
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This role will be working within our Services team delivering effective Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) services to Deaf people in line with quality standards, contractual requirements and organisational values, empowering Deaf people to live independently. We offer training and generous pension contributions to the right candidate.
Essential skills required for the post are;
- Deaf or fluent in British Sign Language (minimum BSL level 3 equivalent)
- Advice qualification - IAG Level 2 (or equivalent)
- Safeguarding Adults training
- Experience of working in deaf adult services
- Experience of delivery advice services/projects across a regional geographical area
- Experience of working toward performance related outcomes/targets
- Working within advice quality standard framework e.g AQS
- Promoting Services through strong links with the Deaf community and an understanding of marketing
- Effective communication skills
- Diplomacy and sensitivity in handling difficult situations and conflict
- IT skills involving MS Office and databases
- Ability to tailor communication to meet the needs of the audience
- Knowledge of difficulties and barriers facing deaf people
This post is subjecty to two references and an enhanced DBS check. Both have to be satisfactory to RAD.
Closing date for applications: 23rd June 2020
Interviews to be held on: 2nd July 2020 (first stage interviews may take place on Zoom).
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Job Description
The post holder will be responsible for the following:
Community and Event Fundraising Support
• Act as Glass Door’s first point of contact for all community and event inquiries.
• Build and maintain relationships with community and event fundraisers, ensuring they are supported before, during and after their events.
• Register supporters and coordinate the sending of welcome packs, merchandise and thank you letters.
• Support on certain community fundraising, cultivation and stewardship events, including the annual Sleep Out and the annual supporter drinks reception.
• Draft copy for, update and create community and event fundraising pages on the Glass Door website and promotional emails which can be sent through the Glass Door mailing platform.
• Support with identifying new prospective community supporters and assist with the development and fulfilment of targeted approaches.
Work closely with theCommunications team to:
• Encourage fundraisers to share their fundraising stories for inclusion on social media and our website.
• Plan and deliver any marketing, press and social media requirements for events.
• Develop and implement the new Community Champions scheme.
Other Fundraising Support
• Assist the Fundraising Managers in the delivery of electronic and postal direct marketing appeals.
• Assist the Fundraising Managers in the development of an in memoriam and legacy giving scheme.
• Manage the process for monitoring, thanking and recognising donations in kind, working with colleagues across the organisation.
Fundraising Administration
• Manage the processing of donations, including scanning cheques, coding bank transfers and web donations, entering details in Donorflex database, banking cash, setting up Direct Debits, receiving in-kind donations and acknowledging/thanking donors via email or post.
• Create and update donor records on Donorflex, ensuring records are kept up to date, accurate and consistent at all times.
• Stay well informed of existing and new fundraising legislation and guidance from the Institute of Fundraising, ensure this is regularly communicated to the wider Fundraising team.
• Ensure all charity fundraising activity (including "in aid of" events) is compliant with relevant charity and statutory legislation and recognised code of practice.
Other
• Support the Fundraising Managers through conducting research into prospective corporate, individual and trust/foundation donors.
• Work alongside the Data Manager to develop and use the functions of the CRM system (Donorflex).
Person Specification
Essential
Personal Qualities
• Enthusiastic, engaging manner, with the confidence to talk to fundraisers and supporters.
• Empathetic attitude towards homeless and vulnerably-housed people.
• A confident self-starter who will hit the ground running.
• A team worker with an open, collaborative style and a practical, “can-do” approach.
• Commitment to our values of being welcoming; being open to all, without prejudice; compassionate; believing individuals can turn their lives around; and knowing we can have a bigger impact when we work together.
• Commitment to and understanding of the issues relating to equality of opportunity and the ability to implement change in this area.
• Ability to adhere to and implement Health & Safety, HR and operational policies.
• Willing to travel around London for occasional meetings and events including some evenings and weekends.
Qualifications and Experience
• Educated to degree level.
• Experience of using a fundraising database to segment and select data, produce reports and analyse information.
• Understanding and demonstrable experience of the use of social media, JustGiving and other online fundraising tools and platforms
• Experience of basic copywriting to produce fundraising letters.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Competent IT skills in standard Microsoft packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook and supporter databases to maintain meticulous donor records and administration systems, in line with agreed protocols.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, especially record-keeping and electronic filing.
• Strong written English and numeracy skills.
• Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills, professional telephone manner.
• Able to forward plan and schedule workflows.
• Able to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds.
• Excellent time management skills; able to work proactively unsupervised and use own initiative.
Desirable
• Experience using Donorflex, Mailchimp and Eventbrite (or similar).
• Experience of assisting with fundraising and community events.
• Experience of working alongside and managing volunteers.
• Experience of managing community relationships such as schools, churches or challenge events.
• Understanding of data protection requirements including GDPR and the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice
• Fundraising qualification.
• Driving licence.
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