Community Development Manager

We are looking for a Community Development Manager to lead a thriving and inspiring community development department to reach people from West Yorkshire’s Gypsy and Traveller communities.

Position: Community Development Manager

Location: Leeds, office and home-based working

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: £30,451 - £33,782 pro rata

Duration: Permanent, an initial 3-year contract with possible extension subject to further funding

Benefits: 28 days plus 14 days Bank Holidays pro rata, Special Leave and Flexible Working Policies, Employee Assistance Scheme with Health Assured, Up to 5% match pension contributions, Free Parking, Bike Parking and 15-minute walk from city centre

Closing Date: 6th May at 5pm

Interview Date: 13th May

The Role

The communities’ department currently comprises of a communities’ co-ordinator, community outreach worker, community tutor, youth work co-ordinator and a youth work assistant. They run projects for adults and young people including Community Action Groups (campaigning groups), social and peer support groups, youth groups, welfare calls, a homework club, intergenerational learning projects.

The charity has just been awarded a three year grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to run a three-year community development programme focused on outreach and engagement, community learning and working together for change.

The Community Development Manager will:

• Support members to connect to the organisation, each other and to run projects and campaigns.
• Ensure accessible routes to participation, at all levels, across your department and the organisation.
• Work holistically to improve wellbeing.
• Promote and support self-help and confidence and adhere to the charity’s values.
• Provide line management and operational management to your department including ensuring effective processes, safeguarding and recording and evaluation.
• Lead on quality assurance of your projects and work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on organisational development projects.
• Lead on fundraising within your department with the support of the Director of Development.
• Be invested in the progression of staff and future staff, working with community members to help them gain experience volunteering and doing sessional work for the charity.

Please note due to current circumstances you will be required to work from home, with desk space at the office available on a booking basis. The charity does anticipate returning to its offices and needs suitable candidates to be able to travel to Leeds as part of their regular week.

About You

As Community Development Manager, you will have the ability to manage competing demands and priorities and to meet deadlines

You will have experience of:

• Community development
• Working with children, young people and families
• Managing and developing a team, including volunteers
• Operational management – including health and safety, safeguarding and planning
• Managing projects – including budget management
• Effective and community led interventions around families, children and older people
• Implementing safeguarding legislation and responsibilities in a senior role

Understanding of the diverse Gypsy and Traveller communities within West Yorkshire and of the issues that affect the lives of Gypsies and Travellers would also be beneficial for this role.

In return…

Work for the 2018 Winner of the GSK Impact Award that has an internal aim of excellence and sustainability to ensure all staff are cared for and valued. The charity is proud to be a Mindful Employer, Living Wage Employer and reflective organisation with an ongoing commitment to learning and development. With annual pay reviews, development, regular full staff training away days, team building day and a great benefits package, this truly is a great place to work and grow.

About the Organisation

The charity is a thriving community led organisation, delivering vital support and community development work with Gypsy and Traveller communities in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Development Manager, Community Development Officer, Community Partnerships, Partnerships and Engagement, Impact, Community Engagement Manager, Community Engagement Officer, Community Coordinator, Engagement, Youth, Youth Work, Family, Support, Community, Communities, Gypsy, Traveller, Society, Community Facing, Outreach, Community Outreach, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Campaign, Campaigning.

Director of Development Job Description

Hours:                        22.5 - 37.5 hours per week (negotiable)

Salary:                          £40k per annum (Pro-rata)

Reporting to:               Chief Operating Officer

Location:                    Cornerstone, Mercy UK, West Yorkshire 

Application Deadline:   Open until a suitable candidate is found 

Interview:                    Applicants deemed suitable for the role will be invited to engage with

                                        key members of the team before consideration for a Formal interview

Interview dates are:    27th April, 29th April, 17th May

Please note: This position carries an Occupational Requirement (OR) on the grounds of religion and belief in keeping with current guidance. The post holder must demonstrate an active Christian belief and value system in line with Mercy UK’s core objectives and values. 

Here at Mercy UK we have a passion for God, passion for people and passion for excellence – this means we are committed to becoming an organisation where team members feel supported, valued and challenged to deepen their personal and professional growth. As an agile and fast-moving team, we seek to give our very best to what we do in attitude and activity.

As the Director of Development, you are a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team, working collaboratively with peer members in directing significant and strategic business development plans. As an innovative director, you embrace ambitious financial targets and confidently lead on the production of professional high-value fundraising and trading proposals and hold a good track record of success.

You are a discerning leader, highly motivated at the prospect of shaping fundraising and communications for Mercy UK at a pivotal stage in the charity’s growth.

Your experience in communications enables you to inject the Mercy UK ‘voice’ in both internal and external communications, both written and spoken and in doing so, you are able to engage and retain stakeholders as integral players in the Mercy story.

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, HARMONY WORKS

• Do you want to be instrumental in the creation of a new centre for music education and performance in Sheffield and transform the lives of 1000s of children from all backgrounds?
• Do you have understanding and experience of fundraising for major capital projects?
• Are you a great team player?

Harmony Worksis a partnership between Sheffield Music Academy and Sheffield Music Hub to create a permanent new home for music education in the City Centre.To do this we need to raise £12m, so we are looking for an enthusiastic development officer to join our small but dynamic, growing team. 

The project will acquire a heritage building and refurbish it specifically for music education.Harmony Works will also deliver an ambitious programme of outreach activity to involve more of Sheffield’s children and young people in music, particularly those who experience unequal access to participation.

This initial part time, fixed term role will deliver the project’s fundraising ground work.As the project progresses we hope to expand the team with more specialist fundraising roles and this post has the potential to be reshaped and extended as part of that process,depending on performance, how the project develops, and funding success.The project is planned to run until 2025.

Location: Home working with a requirement to be in Sheffield for site meetings and team meetings up to twice per month (Covid 19 restrictions permitting). 

This post will work as part of the Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Alliance (VSI Alliance) team.  VAC is a partner within the VSI Alliance which provides a range of ‘infrastructure’ services and support to voluntary and community groups across Calderdale.  The VSI Alliance team works closely with voluntary and community organisations to ensure that all groups have equal access to good quality services which in turn help build the capacity of local groups and communities, enabling them to carry out their own objectives effectively.

The purpose of this post is to deliver a range of organisational development support, services and activities to help voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations to embed physical activity aligned to the Active Calderdale strategy. 

Your role will create cultural change and service re-design within the VSI Alliance and across VCSE organisations delivering grass roots support and services extending this influence into the communities that use and benefit from these services i.e. as a first step into education, training and employment (linked to Moving Forward Together (MFT) Active First Employment Programme).  

The postholder will be expected to deliver on an agreed plan in a responsive and enabling way using remote, outreach and wider approaches to ensure support offered will enable organisations to promote, host and deliver physical activity in a safe and responsive way which delivers good impact, outcomes for the VCSE workforce, volunteers and their service users.

Reporting to the VAC Team Leader for the VSI Alliance, you will also work as part of an integrated team within the VSI Alliance. 

The closing date for applications is Monday 26th April 2021 (midnight).  To apply for the role, please submit your CV and a supporting statement (no longer than 2 sides of A4 Arial 12 font) and apply via our Charity Jobs listing. 

In your supporting statement you must describe how you meet the requirements within the Job description and Person Specification (using examples to demonstrate your skills, knowledge, experience and key characteristics).

PLEASE NOTE: If a supporting statement as specified above is not submitted as part of the application it will not be shortlisted.  Covering letters will NOT be accepted as supporting statements.

Deadline for submission of applications is Monday 26th April 2021 (midnight).

Interviews will take place on either 5th or 6th May 2021 (we will confirm whether interviews will be face to face or Zoom upon inviting individuals for interview.)

Unfortunately, we are unable to give feedback to applicants not shortlisted for interviews.

We do provide feedback upon request to candidates interviewed.

About Us

Yorkshire Cancer Research is the largest independent cancer charity in England. With an ambitious goal of saving 2000 lives a year, it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. Every week in Yorkshire almost 600 people are told they have cancer, by working for Yorkshire Cancer Research you are helping to protect and save these lives.

Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us achieving our strategic goal of saving more lives in our region. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. As such, we are now looking for a Health Initiatives and Services Manager to support our Research and Services team.

The Benefits

We offer all our employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Harrogate train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Health Initiatives and Services Manager, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player. To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please visit our website.

The Role

As a Health Initiatives and Services Manager, you will be tasked with managing the development, delivery and evaluation of a growing portfolio of health initiatives and services that are funded by our organisation.

Supporting the Head of Services, you will work with service providers and commissioners across the NHS, public health and local communities to support the improvement, innovation and delivery of health initiatives and cancer services across Yorkshire. 

Specifically, you will:

• Support the ongoing development and implementation of our services strategy.
• Support the ongoing development of a pipeline of new ideas for our health initiatives and services to deliver and fund, from concept through to delivery.
• Review and evaluate a portfolio of health initiatives and services to ensure it is achieving expectations and value-for-money for our donors and beneficiaries.
• Work in collaboration with the key stakeholders and health organisations involved with the portfolio of health initiatives and services to ensure they are successfully developed, delivered and evaluated.
• Ensure learnings from the management, delivery and evaluation of our health Initiatives and services influence and improve our future services strategy and are communicated to key stakeholders across the region to aid future commissioning decisions and delivery practices.
• Work with the Head of Services to ensure that the health initiatives and services that we fund include public and patient insight and involvement, which will shape the development, delivery and evaluation of our programmes to make sure they are patient centred.
• Work in collaboration with the Communications and Marketing teams to provide cancer-related information, advice and support to our beneficiaries, and ensure maximum publicity and recognition is gained through health initiatives and services.
• Work in collaboration with the Finance team to ensure finances for health initiatives and services are effectively managed.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area, or a degree with substantial experience working in a similar role at a similar level.
• Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with a broad range of external and operational stakeholders including health service providers, commissioners and patients and service users.
• Experience of developing, implementing, managing and evaluating health initiatives and/or services in collaboration with health partners and service users.
• Experience of managing contracts, as well as monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• Understanding and awareness of the health services delivery landscape and the necessity to deliver patient impact.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders and service users.
• Ability to oversee and manage large service contracts with commissioners and service providers.
• Excellent financial planning and monitoring skills.
• Formal project management skills.
• Ability to produce reports and present complex information to a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work efficiently both autonomously and as part of a team.

Please view the full role profile before applying and visit our Careers Page to find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research. Please read our privacy notice.

The charity is a responsible and flexible employer.  We welcome any discussion for flexible working at interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us.

This post will work as part of the Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Alliance (VSI Alliance) team.  VAC is a partner within the VSI Alliance (Home Page | VSI Alliance) which provides a range of ‘infrastructure’ services and support to voluntary and community groups across Calderdale.  The VSI Alliance team works closely with voluntary and community organisations to ensure that all groups have equal access to good quality services which in turn help build the capacity of local groups and communities, enabling them to carry out their own objectives effectively.

The purpose of this post is to deliver a range of organisational development support, services and activities to help voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations develop, thrive and remain sustainable.  

The postholder will be expected to work in a responsive and enabling way using remote, outreach and wider approaches to ensure support remains effective and accessible.  The Organisational Development Officer, through support offered, will enable organisations to offer good quality services that are safe, responsive and which deliver good impact, outcomes and service user experience.

Reporting to the VAC Team Leader for the VSI Alliance, you will also work as part of an integrated team within the VSI Alliance. 

The closing date for applications is Monday 26th April 2021 (midnight).  To apply for the role, please submit your CV and a supporting statement (no longer than 2 sides of A4 Arial 12 font) and apply via our Charity Jobs listing. 

In your supporting statement, you must describe how you meet the requirements within the Job description and Person Specification (using examples to demonstrate your skills, knowledge, experience and key characteristics).

PLEASE NOTE: If a supporting statement as specified above is not submitted as part of the application it will not be shortlisted.  Covering letters will NOT be accepted as supporting statements.

Deadline for submission of applications is Monday 26th April 2021 (midnight).

Interviews will take place on either 5th or 6th May 2021 (we will confirm whether interviews will be face to face or Zoom upon inviting individuals for interview.)

Unfortunately, we are unable to give feedback to applicants not shortlisted for interviews.

We do provide feedback upon request to candidates interviewed.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Department: Business Development

Interview date: w/c 24th May

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We are seeking a fundraiser with expertise and experience in developing impactful and mutually beneficial corporate partnerships. This presents a fantastic opportunity for you to join a dynamic and growing team dedicated to supporting the long-term sustainability of the Citizens Advice service. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with our network of local Citizens Advice, as well as with multidisciplinary teams across the organisation. 

If you can develop and present compelling propositions; contribute to maintaining a pipeline of exciting opportunities and long-term partnerships; and passionately represent our cause then this is the role for you.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Our Events and Outreach Manager is geared up for someone that likes being creative, enjoys life in the fast lane, loves having fun but also has an eye on the detail. We have a hyper-diverse community at the University which makes this role even more challenging to create an events and outreach program that is attractive to all students. The last 12 months have significantly challenged our ability to deliver events digitally and we will be looking to take some of this learning forward into our regular programmes of activity.

To find out more, please take a look at our Events and Outreach Manager Job Pack and visit our website: https://www.huddersfield.su/main-menu/jobs/su-staff-vacancies

If this sounds like something you may be interested in, then email us your CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should detail your skills, qualifications and experience in the areas covered by the Key Success Criteria and will be used in our shortlisting exercise. Please don’t forget to send us your Equal Opportunities Form. There is no obligation to complete this document, however it does support us as an organisation to ensure we are actively recruiting a diverse staff team and creating an inclusive workplace culture.

The deadline for applications is at 9am on 26th April and our interviews are set to take place on 11th/12th May.

We are Huddersfield Students' Union. To put it simply, we are a charity based on the University of Huddersfield campus. We're led by students for students, and we have one simple mission: to make student life better. Most of our funding comes from the University, but our independence means we can support students in three key areas: advice and support, representation and providing social activities.

Huddersfield Students’ Union has a strategic commitment to be a diverse, inclusive and innovative organisation, in order to make student life better by creating personal connections, inclusive communities and meaningful change. With students and staff from countries all around the world, we are actively committed to creating a fair and just society, but we can only create a fair and just society by taking the steps within Huddersfield Students' Union to create change. 

By ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion are central to our recruitment principles and processes we can continue developing a diverse and inclusive workplace that benefits our members. This is why we are a Mindful Employer, a Disability Confident Committed organisation and Investors in Ethnicity. As part of the work we are doing, we are actively encouraging BAME, LGBT+, women and minority genders and disabled applicants to apply for our roles. Furthermore, Huddersfield Students’ Union is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and it is our policy to treat all job applicants and employees fairly. We are keen for your experience with Huddersfield Students’ Union to be a good one, and are fully committed to being accessible to all. Please let us know by emailing us, if you require any reasonable adjustments or have any accessibility needs and where possible we will meet your individual needs. Any requests will be dealt with in confidence.

By understanding more about our inclusive workplace culture and the diversity of our staff, we can create changes and develop the organisation to better support our members and staff. As such when you start working for us, we will ask you to undertake a few activities including surveys and training to support you to bring your whole self to work so that you can make student lives better.

Contracts Manager

We are seeking an organised, committed, warm and open Contracts Manager to join an Administration and Operations Team.

Position: Contracts Manager – Moving for Change

Location: Leeds, office and home-based working

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: £26,511 - £29,577 pro rata

Duration: Permanent, an initial 3-year contract with possible extension subject to further funding

Benefits: 28 days plus 14 days Bank Holidays pro rata, Special Leave and Flexible Working Policies, Employee Assistance Scheme with Health Assured, Up to 5% match pension contributions, Free Parking, Bike Parking and 15-minute walk from city centre

Closing Date: 6th May at 5pm

Interview Date: 11th May

The Role

The charity run a number of community facing and strategic projects to achieve its aims including advocacy, community development and youth work. As Contracts Manager, you will be working on the management of several large and multiple small contracts administering, monitoring and managing them on behalf of the Moving for Change Network. Moving for Change is a network of Gypsy Traveller civil society organisations working to improve the quality of life for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers and the communities in which they live across the UK. You will be instrumental in ensuring clear communication and active participation throughout Moving for Change.

Responsibilities include:

• Working together with commissioned organisations demonstrating their progress, delivering feedback, measuring against Key Performance Indicators.
• Organise and facilitate meetings of providers to ensure good communication between projects.
• Ensure your commissioned projects are well linked in to the movement building aspects of Moving for Change – including a communication policy and training spoke – ensuring they receive the full benefit from their involvement.
• Produce regular qualitative, quantitative and financial reports for your line manager and the Moving For Change Board of Directors.

Please note due to current circumstances you will be required to work from home, with desk space at the office available on a booking basis. The charity does anticipate returning to its offices and needs suitable candidates to be able to travel to Leeds as part of their regular week.

About You

As Contracts Manager, you will have the ability to manage competing demands and priorities and to meet deadlines.

You will have experience of:

• Project and contract management - preferably in the voluntary or public sectors
• Budget monitoring and projections/forecasts
• Staff and stakeholder management
• Implementing systems to monitor progress – including key performance indicators
• Working with senior managers and/or supporting an Executive Board?
• Using Microsoft Office applications and office 365

In return…

Work for the 2018 Winner of the GSK Impact Award that has an internal aim of excellence and sustainability to ensure all staff are cared for and valued. The charity is proud to be a Mindful Employer, Living Wage Employer and reflective organisation with an ongoing commitment to learning and development. With annual pay reviews, development, regular full staff training away days, team building day and a great benefits package, this truly is a great place to work and grow.

About the Organisation

The charity is a thriving community led organisation, delivering vital support and community development work with Gypsy and Traveller communities in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Contract Manager, Contract, Admin, Administration, Administrator, Administration Assistant, Operations Assistant, Operations Admin, Contract Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Project Contracts, Contracts Assistant, Programme, Services, Project Manager, Community, Impact, Engagement, Charity, Traveller, Gypsy.

Charity People are so pleased to be working with a fantastic organisation that supports people with learning disabilities, autism, and age-related conditions to have a strong voice and a real choice in the way they live their lives.

Covering England and Scotland, they have exciting and ambitious plans for the future and are looking to recruit a Programme Manager to work closely with Heads of Operations and the Business Development Team to play a key role in supporting and shaping their future development strategy.

As the Programme Manager, you will leading on a range of programmes across the organisation. You will be developing and managing all detailed programme plans and achieving programme key performance indicators. You will also be responsible for developing strong relationships with a range of key internal and external stakeholders, as well as leading on a number of key project related work-stream groups.

The ideal person for this role will be have previous successful experience as a Programme Manager within a health and social care environment, as well as having excellent attention to detail, fantastic communication skills and the ability to prioritise your workload effectively.

The Charity is headquartered in West Yorkshire however they are really flexible in terms of this being office/home based in order to attract the very best candidates. They are a really flexible and values driven charity and alongside the salary this role comes with a host of fantastic benefits. They also have a strong learning culture and offer loads of opportunities for development.

Please apply today! Interviews will be held in late April.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send your most recent CV to Kate Headford at Charity People.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Charity People are so pleased to be working with a fantastic organisation that supports people with learning disabilities, autism, and age-related conditions to have a strong voice and a real choice in the way they live their lives.

Covering England and Scotland, they have exciting and ambitious plans for the future and are looking to recruit a Programme Manager to work closely with Heads of Operations and the Business Development Team to play a key role in supporting and shaping their future development strategy.

As the Programme Manager, you will leading on a range of programmes across the organisation. You will be developing and managing all detailed programme plans and achieving programme key performance indicators. You will also be responsible for developing strong relationships with a range of key internal and external stakeholders, as well as leading on a number of key project related work-stream groups.

The ideal person for this role will be have previous successful experience as a Programme Manager within a health and social care environment, as well as having excellent attention to detail, fantastic communication skills and the ability to prioritise your workload effectively.

The Charity is headquartered in West Yorkshire however they are really flexible in terms of this being office/home based in order to attract the very best candidates. They are a really flexible and values driven charity and alongside the salary this role comes with a host of fantastic benefits. They also have a strong learning culture and offer loads of opportunities for development.

Please apply today! Interviews will be held in late April.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send your most recent CV to Kate Headford at Charity People.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Department: Business Development

Interview date: 29 April 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

The Market Development Team in the Business Development Department has responsibility for overseeing the strategy for the markets we currently operate in, as well as those we seek to move in to. 

This role will be the Business Development Lead for both our consumer advice and our debt and money advice markets. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the consumer advice and / or debt and money advice; and the key stakeholders within these markets.  Candidates will demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills and understanding of funding flows, competition, and the political environment and be driven by the desire to make the most difference to the people who come to us for help.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

With a vision to tackle Food Insecurity the successful candidate will lead a Leeds based operations team, managing the day to day operations of receipt and delivery of food to community groups (CFM’s). Working alongside the Development Team the Leeds SUB regional Centre Managee will expand and develop the food provision in line with the Charity’s Vision and Mission and locally driven demand.

Salary - £22,500 - Grade 3
Working hours - 37.5 hrs per week
Additional benefits - 3% company contribution, 25 days annual leave

To do this, the SRC Manager will:

• Have day to day responsibility for all operations staff and volunteers.
• Work with the Development Team to implement new food provision related activity and lead on implementation.
• Day to day responsibility for all compliance, including food hygiene, health and safety and security of the warehouse and the safety and wellbeing of staff and volunteers.
• Lead the SRC in accordance with the Charity’s Vision, Mission and Values.

Main areas of responsibility

• Co-ordinate the work schedule and daily activities of the warehouse.
• Create a volunteer led operations team and be responsible for recruitment, training, retention and supervision.

 • Ensure that all shifts are planned, controlled and filled, and be prepared to work at short noIce providing cover on occasion, including making CFM deliveries driving the van.
• Manage and use the in-house stock management database, with responsibility for the training of warehouse staff and volunteers.
• Maintain good relaIons and communications with partners including suppliers, FareShare partners and CFM’s.
• UIlising all food resources appropriately, ensuring the SRC sources and allocates surplus food to maximise its social good for CFM’s and partners in line with the Charity’s mission.
• To carry out any other duIes which may be reasonably requested. 

Health & Safety, Food Hygiene & Equal Opportunities

• Be responsible for the day to day Health & Safety and security of the site, including warehouse, vehicles, staff and volunteers.
• Ensure compliance with all FareShare policies and procedures and industry standards as required by food donors and regulators.
• To maintain relevant documentaIon for the SRC and to ensure that all staff, volunteers, donors, recipients and visitors adhere to them as appropriate.
• Ensure that all equipment, vehicles and faciliIes are maintained to the highest standard.

Administration/Management

• Utilise and maximise volunteering opportuniIes to fulfil the current and future needs of the project.
• Supervise volunteers on a day to day basis encouraging a posiIve working morale and team work at all Imes.
Work closely with the Training Manager to deliver training programmes.

For more information contact Gareth Batty

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Live Well Leeds Service User Consultant
NJC Scale Points 7 – 11, starting at £20,092 pa / pro rata
15 hours per week
This role is fixed term for up to 12 months, with a possibility of extension.

The aim of Live Well Leeds is to provide flexible and practical support to adults across Leeds. This has been commissioned by Leeds City Council Adult Social Care and is delivered by a Partnership (comprising Touchstone as the lead, Community Links and Leeds Mind) and a Delivery Network (comprising of 16 different voluntary sector partners).

The service aims to be easy for diverse people to access, navigate and receive high quality support to improve and maintain their mental health.

We offer a seven day service, including evenings and weekends according to community/individual needs and wishes and are committed to co-production in all that we do.

This job is a great opportunity to help use your skills and experience to enable more of our service users to shape and improve our services across the 18 partners and to  build on the work already going on,  working ensure all groups and communities are able to be involved

The aim is to work with Live Well Leeds staff and volunteers to ensure the full and effective involvement of service users in the design, development and delivery of services, identifying barriers to this, and supporting Live Well Leeds to develop meaningful service user involvement and activities.

The successful candidate will draw on their own lived experience of mental health services to develop diverse and inclusive service user involvement across the whole of Live Well Leeds across a wide range of innovative partners in particular to develop support excluded communities and groups.

Closing Date:  3 May 2021
Interviews will be held on: 17 May 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.