As Head of Frontline Innovation, you will lead the first half of the Year Here Fellowship. This will involve securing paid partnerships with frontline organisations across London and curating a powerful learning experience for our Fellows.

Frontline service sits at the heart of Year Here – giving the Fellows a chance to gain the insight and legitimacy that comes from working with people living through tough realities. You’ll make sure that our Fellows make a meaningful contribution in their placements and drive innovation that has lasting impact.

It’ll be really varied. In any given day you might be trying to sign up new placement partners, designing a learning session or coaching a Fellow on their frontline innovation project idea.

As part of Year Here’s management team, you’ll also contribute to strategic initiatives across the whole Fellowship. The Head of Frontline Innovation will report to the Fellowship Director.

This is a London-based role. We are open to full-time or 4 days per week.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Co-create the frontline phase of the Fellowship – working with faculty to impart the curriculum and create a powerful learning experience.
• Secure paid partnerships with frontline services across London.
• Lead programme setup, guiding Fellows from offer through to day one.
• Draw on your frontline experience to coach our Fellows to success.
• Be the face of Fellows’ frontline learning experience.

Who we’re looking for

• You have a solid frontline background – with a track record of improving services and innovating new solutions.
• You’re a confident manager of projects and commercial partnerships.
• You’re a bold and creative facilitator.
• You’re insatiably curious about how people learn and grow.
• You’re committed to social justice, diversity and inclusion.
• You’re not afraid of working hard in pursuit of a big vision.

Head of Food Bank

North Paddington is an evolving dynamic charity providing emergency food and complementary support to local people experiencing temporary food crisis. Our mission is to draw on the strengths of the local community, provide an accessible service to meet the immediate needs of the local people, enabling them to find their route out of food poverty.

NPFB was set up to help address ‘hidden hunger’ and issues about the lack of food which affects thousands of people in crises across the UK’ with a particular emphasis to support the people in North Paddington. The organisers of the North Paddington Foodbank share in the vision of ‘creating a nation where no-one has to go hungry’ and join the collective effort to make London a Zero Hunger City.

Role overview:

We are looking for a Head of Food Bank to strategically lead the Charity in its endeavours to serve the community.

You will manage and work alongside the Head of Operations who is currently responsible for a team of 13 staff and further volunteer teams.

We are looking for a candidate with proven strategic and operational experience in leading teams of circa 15-20 staff with the ability to inspire, motivate, develop, and drive a committed, dedicated, and diverse staff and volunteer team. You will have strategic experience of running an organisation in the areas of Finance, Fundraising, Human Resources, Stakeholder and Trustee relationship management. The Head of Food Bank is responsible for ensuring the charity is best serving the local community and working in partnership to secure the best possible ideals from its wider stakeholder and partner organisations.

The role requires a self-starter who is competent leading cross functional activities who enjoys a hands-on approach. This position involves regular communication with the Trustee board on status and risks and with the Head of Operations to ensure effective management of the staff team and execution of the NPFB Code of Conduct.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Working to ensure that the Head of Operations is supported and running an efficient, effective, service provision for the beneficiaries of the food bank.
• Offering guidance where needed and developing best practises in conjunction with Head of Operations.
• Advocate for and sustain a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure that contract performance and financial targets are consistently achieved and, where they fall short, take appropriate remedial action to drive improvement keeping the board informed.
• Liaising with the Head of Operations in regards to monitoring and evaluating the performance of supplier contracts. Driving performance and offering advice and support when required.

Organisational Strategy, Policies and Procedures

• Lead on the development and implementation of the Charity’s annual operational plan which incorporates goals and objectives that align with the strategic direction of the organisation.
• Review existing methods for monitoring and evaluation and propose and develop robust additional strategies to collect and report on qualitative and quantitative outcomes evidence for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate processes are in place to comply with legislative requirements and good practice including GDPR, health and safety, risk management and HR.
• Keep abreast with key developments in the Sector and with Charity Commission regulations
• Advocate for equality and diversity within the organisation, developing a culture of inclusion.

Financial planning and fundraising

• Develop a strong understanding of the charity’s finances.
• Produce annual budget and cashflow in conjunction with the trustees and monitor and update these regularly.
• Devise a one-year fundraising strategy incorporating diversification of funding streams. Identify suitable funders and submitting regular high-quality funding applications.
• Develop corporate support, individual giving, and community fundraising.

External stakeholder relationships

• Actively explore and promote opportunities for partnership and other forms of collaborative working.
• Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with Westminster Council Senior Managers, current and prospective donors, partnership organisations with a view to optimizing funding opportunities and client outcomes.
• Raise the profile of NPFB to external organisations to increase awareness of the need for our services, the difference we make and introducing new supporters to the organisation.
• Local government Influencing and advocacy on behalf of clients, tackling societal systems negatively impacting service users.

Support to the Board of Trustees

• Regular communication with the Trustees on key matters including risk, emerging issues, performance targets etc.
• Produce reports for Trustee Board meetings e.g., service delivery statistics, client profile and outcomes information; financial reporting and bid writing schedule.

Human Resources Planning and Management

• Responsible for full review of recruitment practice ensuring changes are made to the process to become up to date with current legislations and best practice as well as promoting diversity.
• Reviewing staffing needs and setting budgets with Head of Operations.
• Liaising with Head of Operations to ensure performance is being managed and staff are achieving targets in relation to customer service and working in line with the NPFB code of conduct.

Responsible to: ​Chair of the Trustees and Board of Trustees

The list of duties is not definitive, and the Charity reserves the right to amend the list of duties as the Charity and job role evolves.

This post will require an enhanced (full) DBS check to be undertaken.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Head of Legal to contribute to the development of the legal Services team in Gilwell Park, London. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, we will offer you a competitive salary of £56,000 - £60,000 per annum (including OLW) depending on experience.

The Scouts are embarking on transforming their Volunteer Journey to make volunteering with us even more attractive, accessible, flexible, and enjoyable. For our 160,000 volunteers, a crucial part of their volunteer experience is the training we offer to ensure they feel confident and are equipped to undertake their role.

We want to develop a learning culture where training is simple but effective and delivers the skills and knowledge that our volunteers need when they need it, whether they work directly with our young people delivering skills for life or carry out a supporter, manager or governance role. There is a wide range of learning needs to be met and we want to enable our volunteers to manage their own learning journey and access their training in a modern and flexible way that enables them to fit it into their lives alongside their volunteering and other commitments.

The Deputy Head of Legal Role:

You will support the Head of Legal in the delivery of the Legal Services function, with particular emphasis on the provision of high-quality legal advice to ensure the protection of TSA and its subsidiaries in all its commercial activities ensuring compliance with corporate governance, charity, company, data protection legislation and other regulatory requirements.

What will you be doing in the Deputy Head of Legal role?

- Assisting the Head of Legal to provide a high-quality legal service to support the strategic priorities of TSA, its subsidiaries and the Scout Movement

- Providing legal advice to staff on relevant legal issues and risks to protect TSA and its subsidiaries’ in all its commercial activities; ensuring compliance with relevant policy, best practice, legislation and regulation

- Assisting as required with the creation, maintenance and implementation of standard legal documents, guidance notes and policies, and with development and delivery of training to staff on legal issues

- Providing advice in relation to subject access requests and legal advice, support and training to teams to understand their responsibilities for data protection

- Assisting in the development of creative mechanisms to provide support, guidance and general legal advice to the Scout Movement whilst minimising liability to TSA

- Assisting in reviewing and drafting internal policies and governance documents

- Regulatory compliance, data subject requests and Data protection, and safeguarding

What we are looking for in our Deputy Head of Legal:

- A qualified solicitor or barrister of at least 5 year PQE

- Experience of working as an in house commercial lawyer in the charity sector

- Significant experience of providing legal advice in a complex organisation at a senior level

- Experience of drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, fundraising contracts, licences, funding and collaboration agreements

- Experience of advising on complex data protection implications in a variety of commercial ventures

- Proven ability to manage and mentoring others

- Experience of managing and monitoring work undertaken by external solicitors

- Experience of drafting detailed, coherent reports and policies

- Experience of safeguarding legislation(desirable)

What we can offer you as our Deputy Head of Legal:

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service

- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year

- Life Assurance

- Simply Health Scheme

- Generous Pension Scheme

- Free car parking

- Gilwell park minibus service

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 9th May 2021

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Deputy Head of Advancement Services for Advancement at the University of Surrey. Based in Guildford, The University of Surrey is a global university with a world-class research profile and an enterprising spirit.

The Advancement Team seeks to build and sustain lifelong relationships with our global alumni community of over 127,000 graduates. Within the last three years we have more than doubled the funds raised to support students and the University's research and teaching activities. We are a professional, collaborative and supportive team, working in an agile manner. We have a high standard of output and a strong work ethic, working together to achieve our common goals. Currently we are building towards publicly launching our first comprehensive global fundraising Campaign.

The main focus of this role is to develop and manage the team which is responsible for prospect research, data and insight, donor relations, gift processing and financial/KPI reporting.  Reporting into the Head of Advancement Services, you will also take the lead in establishing policies, procedures and practices and the management of the systems necessary to create an environment in which relationship building and fundraising can thrive. This role will be crucial in establishing key elements that will underpin a well-managed Campaign.

You will be part of university-wide project groups, as well as lead Advancement project teams. You will deal and resolve problems and challenges that arise through routine work or due to a new team activity.  You will enjoy working in an agile and flexible manner to juggle multiple and complex challenges simultaneously, switching your attention between challenges as required.

We are looking for you to demonstrate a strong track record of successful team management and the ability to coach and influence others to achieve results.  You will have substantial experience and background working in fundraising within charity or higher education sectors and be skilled in producing MI outputs (benchmarking, surveys, reporting) and working with data analytics and insights.

In addition to a sector-leading salary, you will receive a generous annual leave entitlement and excellent personal development opportunities. Benefits package includes a comprehensive pension scheme, child care assistance and discounted membership to the Surrey Sports Park.

Closing date: 7 May 2021

Interviews will be held on: 17 and 19 May 2021

The College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI) works with health services to improve the standard of care that people accessing them receive. We work with more than 90% of mental health service providers in the UK and in a range of other settings with multi-disciplinary teams.

We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to establish a new network for alcohol care teams (ACTs). The Alcohol Care Team Innovation and Optimisation Network (ACTION) will work with ACTs to promote consistency of care and provide an assessment process to allows them to benchmark themselves. ACTION will also provide learning opportunities for teams to support their development and support the development of an evidence base through use of audit.

The successful candidate will have experience in project management, having worked in quality improvement, assurance, audit and/or research previously. Excellent organisational, report writing, interpersonal and communication skills are required, as well as attention to detail. Responsibilities include overseeing project plans; supervising staff; designing data collection tools; collecting and analysing data; writing reports and organising events.

The successful candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure Barring Service check.

The College values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, reflecting the population it serves.

We only recruit the best and in return for your commitment, the College offers an attractive salary and benefits.

How to apply

For more information and instructions on how to apply, please download the following documents:

• Application form (DOC)
• Information pack (DOC)
• Diversity monitoring form (DOC)

We welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Closing date: Tuesday 4 May 2021 at midday

Interview dates: Friday 14 May 2021 (via Microsoft Teams)

The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Charity registration no. 228636

No agencies or publications, please.

Location: Islington/Central London
Salary: £43,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: SWA3072

Closing Date:   10th May 2021 (9.00 am)
Interview Date:   17th May 2021

Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital.  We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our senior management team and help us make a difference.  We are an Investors in People Employer, committed to attracting, retaining and developing excellent people.

About the Service
You will be working with a diverse team of dedicated Managers, within our community and accommodation services, working closely with staff teams and the senior managers across the organisation.  We are responsive to the needs of our service users and continuously seeking ways to improve our services. 

About the Role
The Head of Community and Accommodation Services has overall management responsibility for the allocated services, which comprise of independent domestic abuse advocates (IDVA’s), IRIS, Caseworkers, Specialist Mental Health Advocates, overseeing our perpetrator programme and Refuge Accommodation.  You will need to have a solid background in safeguarding, health and safety in relation to supported accommodation and a thorough understanding of trauma informed practices, as well as being a strong leader who can manage a variety of complex services and budgets.  A key function of the role is to develop and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally with our VAWG partners and commissioners. 

About You
This is an excellent opportunity to develop and grow our community and accommodation services, and equip our teams to work effectively within an ever changing environment. You will have strong communication skills and the ability to build dynamic and effective working relationships with managers and staff.  The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic, be flexible and have an appetite to learn new skills in a fast-growing charity.

You will have experience of providing similar services within a domestic abuse setting and have excellent organisational and planning skills.   Be able to drive our practices forward including introducing new ways of working in order to maximise service offer.  You will be working with the senior management team to lead the strategic direction of solace across all services areas.   

In return, we offer great employee benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and a genuine commitment to learning and development.  We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, recognising black and ethnic minority candidates are under-represented within our organisation at this level. As part of our commitment to improve this, we encourage applications from such groups.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) disclosure will be required for this role.
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs and request no contact from recruitment agencies.

Are you an experienced leader who has delivered transformational change and income growth through Individual Giving? Are you committed to working with the world’s poorest women and girls to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want?Are you an experienced leader who has delivered transformational change and income growth through Individual Giving? Are you committed to working with the world’s poorest women and girls to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate, inclusive and forward thinking organisation. As part of the ActionAid Federation, ActionAid UK (AAUK) works with women and girls, our partners and dedicated staff in 43 countries.

The role of Deputy Director of Individual Giving is a varied and high-profile role within AAUK. As a member of our leadership team you will oversee our Acquisition and Retention Teams, and work in an integrated way to deliver large cross-organisational projects and campaigns. You will create excellent supporter engagement and fundraising success that makes it possible for us to achieve our mission and deliver our strategy. You will understand the importance of a strong brand, and prioritising our values in our fundraising communications.

We are looking for a strategic thinker and a collaborative leader.  Someone committed to putting power in the hands of women and girls to tell their own compelling stories of change that will engage and inspire supporters.  You use insight and evidence to make decisions, and are innovative in your ideas and courageous in your approach.  You are also capable of bringing your team on a journey of change and development.

ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process. ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants. 

Deputy Manager - Childcare Services

Deputy Manager – Childcare Services
Permanent
37.5 hours per week
£22,016 - £24,853 per annum

About the role

Our Children’s Home is entering an exciting period of change as we move towards opening 8 discrete Children’s Homes. We are seeking to appoint Deputy Managers to support our Registered Managers and Head of Residential Child Care Services in running an established vibrant and nurturing service for our children and young people.

About You

You will work with a Registered Manager to manage a designated bungalow and staff team. Each of our bungalows are home to a maximum of 8 children. This role will be busy and varied; you’ll take the operational lead for all safeguarding matters, ensuring that all staff are effectively trained and supervised and that all aspects of the children’s care runs smoothly. You will operate alongside Registered Managers and our Head of Residential Child Care Services to ensure a safe and professional environment for our staff, children and young people.

You’ll be working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across the Centre, liaising with residents, families and external agencies so well developed interpersonal skills are essential. We’re looking for someone who has relevant experience of working with learning disabilities in either a care or educational setting. You will also have experience of leading, developing and mentoring teams. Ideally you’ll hold your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent with a willingness to enrol and complete Level 5 Diploma in Residential Child Care within 2 years.

St Elizabeth’s Centre

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire countryside between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs in our Children’s Homes, School, College, Residential Homes with Nursing and Day Centre.

Our Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Currently a 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for full time permanent employees
- Fully paid for DBS
- Life Assurance
- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
- Free parking
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- High Street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a Friend payments of up to £300

How can you find out more?

To apply and to find out more information about St Elizabeth’s, please visit our website.

All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

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Trafford Carers Centre is seeking an inspiring individual to shape, influence and drive forward our organisation to deliver services that best meet the needs of unpaid carers supporting someone in Trafford.

The Deputy CEO will support the management and leadership of the organisation.  They will combine strategic oversight with operational management supporting service leads responsible for adult casework, health & wellbeing services and young carers project.  The post holder will have a pivotal and influential role in developing partnerships, strategic growth and demonstrating impact

You will be educated to degree level or have an equivalent level of proven experience relevant to the role. With a strong emphasis on building successful partnerships, delivering results and inspiring others, you will work effectively in collaboration with funders, VCSFE groups and carers.

The post holder will need to exercise initiative, good judgement and react to unplanned and irregular events

Job Purpose

• To deputise for the Chief Executive.
• To ensure that Trafford Carers Centre fulfils its charitable objects and meets compliance requirements.
• To ensure effective administration, financial controls, health & safety management and accountable resource management.
• To enable effective strategy and operations and assist in developing and implementing Trafford Carers Centre’s business plan.
• To have strategic oversight and operational management of service areas
• To develop strong and effective external relationships and partnerships.
• To support growth and sustainability and enhance the reputation of Trafford Carers Centre

The successful candidate will lead on supporting parish-related administration and Synodical Governance activities for the Diocese ensuring that these continue to develop in support of the “Transforming Church, Transforming Lives” vision and mission of the Diocese of Guildford, specifically Goal 10. They will also lead on the administration and operation of the parish-needs-process through the parish co-ordination team, ensuring the annual review, planning and delivery against a “one set of services” list for Church House, and lastly, they will lead on all matters relating to Parish Share, including modelling, communication and recovery, whilst actively engaging in work to deliver financially sustainable ministry in all parishes.

The full job description, person specification, further details about the diocese and information on how to apply for the role can be found in the application pack attached and on our website.

How to apply

A completed application form - attached or on our website, including a supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you bring to the post and how you meet its requirements should sent by email to the address on the bottom of our application form no later than the closing date: 30th April 2021.   

Our Financial Planning & Analysis team are looking for someone who is commercially astute to become the new Head of Finance, for the Operations and Commercial departments of the Trust.

The Financial Planning & Analysis function is responsible for strategic, commercial financial advice and financial performance management for the Trust including management accounting, financial bid support, budgeting, and forecasting activities. The team provide key analysis and insights for budget holders and senior leaders to inform decision making and drive effective, sustainable, and commercial planning.

This role has responsibility for the Commercial advice to Management Teams, Business Planning & Budgeting, monitoring of monthly expenditure, challenging senior teams driving value for money within our operations and commercial departments. Review of expenditure accruals / deferrals. Training budget holders to improve financial management & accuracy of monthly management accounts. You will also be managing a remote team of finance managers and deputising for the Senior Head as and when required.

You will initially be based from home and then based at one of our key centres with the opportunity to work flexibly. There will also be opportunities for you to work with Young People and witness the fantastic work of the Trust. 

Peabody are seeking to recruit an Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities to join their team based in Westminster. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £52,000 per annum.

About the role:

As an Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities, you will support the Head of Service to ensure that the directorate achieves its strategic ambitions by developing and delivering services for Adults with disabilities. You will provide supportive, insightful and challenging leadership to ensure your services are managed effectively and that we are delivering services and homes that we can be proud of. You will develop partnerships that support our ambitions to be a provider of integrity who collaborates with others to benefit people needing support and the community. 

Responsibilities of our Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities include:

- Deputising and providing management support in the absence of the Head of Service

- Providing inspirational, visionary and effective leadership, visiting services on a regular basis to meet customers, access culture and service quality

- Delivering and embedding clear and consistent messages relating to our mission and values

- Developing improved methods to obtain customer feedback, and involving customers in the co-production of their service

- Keeping abreast of political, policy, legislative, demographic and commissioning changes within the sector

- Setting up and maintaining strong links with the Commissioners, NHS, Local Authorities, our peers and relevant agencies

- Ensuring that services are contractually compliant and that internal key performance targets are met

- Providing robust leadership for the work and activities of managers

- Surpassing standards that are set by commissioners and other regulatory bodies

- Ensuring that structures, systems and staffing procedures are in place to identify, manage and mitigate risk whilst providing the highest possible quality services

- Ensuring that processes are in place to monitor the effectiveness and performance of all services

- Implementing processes to audit quality and performance, to set improvement targets, learn lessons and share good practice

- Building strong links with both local and national agencies working with and on behalf of adults with disabilities and other vulnerable groups

- Participating in an on-call rota

What we’re looking for in our Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities:

- Experience of working at senior-level in services that support adults with disabilities

- Experience of supporting services through change and transformation

- A commitment and understanding of new models of support and outcome-based service design

- Knowledge of relevant care and support legislation, regulation, procedure and best practice with an emphasis on Care Quality Commission standards

- A full clean driving licence with access to a motor vehicle and willingness to travel between sites

- A DBS check that is satisfactory to Peabody

- Experience in managing CQC registered services

- Experience in providing services for people with a range of disabilities

- Experience of managing, motivating, coaching and developing a dispersed staff team

- Knowledge of best practice in supporting people with disabilities

- Experience of co-production and/or genuine inclusion of people in the development and delivery of services

- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding

- Experience of managing different income streams and budgets

Benefits of becoming our Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities:

- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

- Sleep-in payments £73.89 per night

- Paid Mileage at 45p per mile

- Up to 4% pension contribution matched 1:1

- Flexible benefits of 1% of salary with a minimum of £300

- Spot Bonus awards

- Long Service awards

- Paid Induction Training

- Paid DBS (roles that require enhanced checks will include both the child and adult barring checks)

Closing date: Sunday 11th April at 11.55pm

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Assistant Head of Service - Disabilities please click ‘apply’ now!

We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and all opportunities provided by The Peabody Group.

West London Zone is an early intervention charity.  We help children and young people build the relationships and skills they need to get on track Socially, Emotionally and Academically, believing that by targeting these key areas of development we can empower children to fulfil their potential.  We call this “creating SEA change”.

Inspired by the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York to do ‘whatever it takes,’ we co- developed our collective impact model with our community in West London and deliver early intervention, two-year personalised support plans to children and young people who otherwise may slip through the cracks. We recently approved a new 5-year strategy that includes working with more young children and young people, building our evidence base and sharing our learning. 

The Head of Partnerships will lead the strategic development of the West London Zone Delivery Partnership. We are seeking a dynamic individual who will work well in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have leadership experience in partnership and/or relationship management and must possess the high levels of energy, integrity and creativity that this exciting role demands. Reporting to the Delivery Director, the Head of Partnerships will lead a team of 4 staff, including 2 newly created posts, to achieve performance and growth targets, delivery partner, school and child and parent satisfaction and create the SEA change needed for children and young people in West London.

For a conversation, or more detail about this opportunity and how to apply, please visit the website of our recruitment partner Society.

The closing date for applications is midday on Tuesday, 4th May 2021.

We're looking for a strategic thinker with an excellent track record who can support UCEA at a critical moment for the UK's higher education sector. In this role you will help to anticipate the challenges and opportunities for UCEA over the medium term. You'll also work with colleagues to develop a programme of activities to deliver UCEA’s strategic priorities around constructive employment relations; enhancing the employee experience; supporting members through our influence and engagement and; in taking forward UCEA in support of our members.

UCEA's role is to represent the interests of universities and higher education colleges as employers throughout the UK. We are seeking an experienced, senior strategic advisor who is able to work collaboratively with our senior management team and across the organisation, as well as with partners in other sector agencies and a broad group of stakeholders.

The right candidate will join a dynamic, fast-moving team and the role comes with an excellent set of benefits. Please download the applicant pack or visit the UCEA website for more information.