We are looking for a creative and confident communicator to support our fundraising efforts in Central England, to enable us to give more young people the opportunity to transform their lives.

Sitting within our Philanthropy function, this role is part of the Regional Philanthropy team, raising funds from Major Donors and Trusts & Foundations, with specific responsibility for Central England. 

You will be based out of the Leicester or Nottingham office (with flexibility to work from home and from other regional hubs) and will have a particular focus on the East Midlands & East of England in particular. You will have a personal income target of approximately £500K, made up of both existing accounts and new business, but with an emphasis on building new Philanthropic relationships in this region.

You will be an ambitious and target-driven fundraiser, with outstanding communication and inter-personal skills, and the ability to build lasting relationships with supporters, colleagues and volunteers. We are looking for someone who can proactively seek out new opportunities, with initiative, tenacity and creativity, and make a meaningful contribution to our regional place-based fundraising.

Do you want to help end street homelessness, address housing inequality and support organisations to create real social change? Are you looking to join a global organisation that celebrates innovation, champions positive housing solutions, and works across the world to further the right to housing?

We are looking for a skilled programme manager to join our small but ambitious and experienced team to help develop and manage one of our international housing programmes. World Habitat is a unique organisation that celebrates innovation, champions housing solutions and works with partners all over the world to further the right to housing for everyone, but especially for those on low incomes.

You will play an integral role within the Homelessness Programme team, working closely with a range of consultants and external partners. You will be competent at developing long-term relationships remotely, including using a variety of methods to facilitate knowledge exchange, good practice and managing grant portfolios. You will occasionally be involved in other work areas within World Habitat, for example, assessing applications for the annual World Habitat Awards or attending events on behalf of World Habitat.

We offer family friendly working arrangements, a competitive package and lots of opportunities to develop your knowledge, skills and your network across the world.

If you believe you have the ambition, dedication and skills to work with us to ensure  everyone has access to safe and secure housing, then please visit our website to find out more about the role, including the full job description, and how to apply.

You will project manage CALS Community Projects The Community projects seek to reduce poverty and disadvantage for people on low incomes and to bring about long-term changes in behaviour that will enable them to move to a position of greater financial resilience.

The Current Community projects are: Energywise, Leicester Food Bank Plus, and Moneywise Plus. These projects work with community-based organisations to provide a comprehensive package of support to help Leicester City and County residents with a broad range of generalist advice issues in line with each individual project’s remit and eligibility criteria. The advice and support areas covered include: welfare benefits advice and other forms of income maximisation; energy account management, energy cost reduction & energy saving measures; other household cost reduction and money management; digital support; support with accessing training, education and employment. The Community Advice Manager will be based at CALS’s main office and will be expected to travel to host venues where the advice services are delivered and to attend meetings at venues throughout Leicester City and Leicestershire County. The role will involve staff management, project and service delivery management,  Community Promotion and engagement, funder and stakeholder relationship management, reporting and data management.

Would you love to work for a small but mighty International Development charity which is striving towards four goal areas: access to energy; sustainable agriculture; water, sanitation and waste management; and disaster risk reduction?

Charity People is delighted to be partnering exclusively with Practical Action in search of an talented Senior Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer to join their team. If you are looking for a role with real, tangible impact in a charity that is making huge strides forward, this is the one for you….

Practical Action is a global innovator, encouraging people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage. From incredible practical solutions like enabling marginalised farmers without land to earn a living by cultivating pumpkins on barren sandbars, to innovative ideas like their extraordinary floating gardens, which uses water hyacinth to construct rafts enabling farmers to grow crops on flooded land.

Reporting into the Philanthropy Manager you'll be responsible for managing and developing relationships with a portfolio of trusts and foundations and major donors, both existing and new, capable of giving five and six figure grants or gifts, securing income and contributing to the wider Partnerships and Philanthropy strategy. You'll get the opportunity to work across the whole organisation, including the Board as part of their giving circle.

We are looking for a brilliant relationship fundraiser with:

* Experience in fundraising from high net worth individuals making gifts privately, or through trusts and corporations
* A proven track record of identifying and securing new business
* Experience of using a range of prospect research techniques to identify and qualify new prospects to feed the donor pipeline
* A strong track record of managing and developing a portfolio of donors

Practical Action offers a flexible, life and family-friendly working culture and the opportunity to work primarily from home (with 1 day in the office per month) Or if you prefer a hybrid mix you can work from their lovely open plan offices in the heart of Rugby.

For lots more detail on this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People ASAP.

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 want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

We have a Service Delivery Manager role available in our Central East Service Delivery Team, located in Leicester.  

As part of the Leadership Team, the Service Delivery Managers are responsible for overseeing the delivery of our programmes. Working collaboratively to develop and implement our delivery plan and ensure we meet targets. As a Service Delivery Manager, you must lead the effective service delivery of your team, ensuring that every young person engaged progresses with an appropriate pathway of learning and development and one to one support. You will be a role model for your team, demonstrating best practice in how we work with young people in a safe way to ensure we deliver maximum value for young people and partners.

To be successful in the role of Service Delivery Manager, you will be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. Due to the pandemic and ways of working you must be comfortable both working virtually and communicating on virtual platforms.

If you are up for a challenge and working in a great team, we would love to hear from you.

WHP JETS Programme

£65,000 - £70,000 per annum

Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Ref: 23432

Location: Home Based but prepared to travel as necessary within the Central England (CPA1) and Home Counties (CPA5) areas.

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS). We need a Head of Work and Health Programme (JETS) to lead the contract delivery of services supporting people to change their lives positively through finding work. Our staff strive to make an impact by looking for new and innovative ways to motivate people who are disadvantaged in the job market. They deploy out-of-the box thinking to provide personalised support to help people take control over their lives.

Reporting directly to the Contract Director, the role will be responsible for the leadership of Shaw Trust’s Work and Health Programme (JETS) delivery. The role will ensure all operational delivery is operated safely, efficiently and achieves or exceeds performance expectations.

We need an individual with a background in management, budgeting and the delivery of continuous improvement.  Working with key stakeholders, you will have a proven track record of achieving objectives through strong relationship management.  A solution-focussed approach, which enables risks and issues to be minimised is ideal, as is the ability to make decisions based on analytical assumptions.

This is a complex and challenging operations management role, which requires strong management and contract delivery skills. You will have responsibility for the efficient, effective and evidence-based delivery of excellent performance in all services measured against contractual requirements.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within two geographical areas – Central England, and Home Counties, and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

For full details including the Job Description, Person Specification and how to apply online please click on the "apply" button quoting ref: 23432.

Closing date: 7 October 2021.

Employee Benefits

This is a great time to join Shaw Trust as we grow our Health and Wellbeing division. As well as helping to make a positive difference to people’s lives as an employee of Shaw Trust you will receive:

Paid leave

• 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• Discretionary 3.5 days paid leave at Christmas
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year

Opportunities to connect

• Join one of our employee networks: LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disabled Equality Network

Opportunities to progress your career

• Access to an online learning platform
• Access to internal apprenticeships
• Cross organisational career paths

Health and wellbeing

• Healthcare cash plan, giving you money back for health care costs including dentistry and eye care, and access to wellbeing apps
• Health and wellbeing programmes including counselling via our employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership

Financial wellbeing

• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Online shopping discounts including supermarkets and DIY stores

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive, please visit our website.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

You have recent experience in mental health field (or a related area) and a good understanding of service user development and the Recovery and Personalisation agenda. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Leicestershire Life links a Volunteer Coordinator.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

We need someone like you to join the team at our Leicestershire Life Links team. We support people living with mental health problems to develop a sense of independence, purpose and fulfilment and gain the skills they need to return to work or training. But, we need your help. Your challenge? To co-ordinate the volunteering programme within the service. This will include recruiting volunteers and providing them with inductions, support, supervision and mentoring. You’ll also work with Team Leaders to further develop our volunteer network, help us develop organisational policies, procedures, protocols, systems and guidance to underpin volunteer support and good practice, and much more besides.

To succeed, you’ll need a good understanding of the principles and practice on which mental health services are run. We'll also be looking for a proven ability to consult, liaise and work effectively with colleagues and a wide range of organisations. Flexibility over working hours is important too, as is self-motivation, professional integrity and excellent time management, prioritising and work planning skills. Great at solving problems and making decisions, if you have experience of recruiting and/or supervising volunteers or implementing new services, even better, although this is not essential.

The salary for this post is £19,206, with subsequent progression to a maximum of £20,216 per annum.

This is a permanent role.

This is a full time post at 37.5 hours per week.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits, including a smartphone?

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUPPORT WORKER

Responsible to: Support Team Manager  

Location: Based in Main Baca office, Loughborough and Leicestershire England. The role requires travel to all locations where Baca Services are delivered.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week including evening and weekend work

Salary: £18500 - £22000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Overall purpose

• To provide support and care to the young people who are newly arrived in the country, providing the foundations for them to rebuild their strength, dignity and grow their hope for their futures.
• To partner with social workers, representatives from other agencies, community groups and voluntary sector organisations for the benefit of the young people.

• Through this service we aim to empower unaccompanied asylum seeking young people, some of whom are victims of trafficking, with dignity, strength and hope - inspiring them to become individuals who are net contributors to society.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To be a key worker for a number of young people who are in the care of Baca, providing high quality holistic and therapeutic support for their transition to adulthood, to enable young people to achieve the following outcomes in line with Baca’s Theory of change –
  • Improved Physical Wellbeing,
  • Improved Emotional Wellbeing,
  • Increased engagement with Education, Employment and Training,
  • Increased Social engagement and
  • Increased Personal Safety
• Playing an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role and especially in the areas of asylum and refugee law, trafficking, supporting separated children and the cultures of different nations relevant to Baca.
• To be a role model to all young people in Baca’s care, providing care and compassion without discrimination of age, race, colour or behavioural issues.
• Support young people in developing essential life skills in line with the individual support plan to prepare them for independent living. Training young people in living skills such as washing, cleaning, cooking and safety food shopping and budgeting; proactively and intentionally in line with the Baca pyramid plan.
• Support young people in developing their skills, aspirations and interests in education, vocation or hobbies.
• Be an active part of a diverse environment of staff and young people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Develop excellent working partnership with social workers, volunteers and other partners’ to provide a holistic development package for each young person enabling them to become independent.
• Regularly review and manage the risks associated with young people.
• Actively plan, prepare and participate in all meetings and events that are related to the support of the young people.
• Develop and maintain excellent communication with all members of the team and all external partners and supporters.
• Carry out all administrative work required as part of the role such as month end reports, support plans on time and in a consistent manner.

General

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation 
• Take ownership of all administrative aspects of the role.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy. 
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy 
• Be adept in employing the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy 
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures. 
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, in line with the needs of the team.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUPPORT WORKER

Responsible to: Support Team Manager  

Location: Based in Main Baca office, Loughborough and Leicestershire England. The role requires travel to all locations where Baca Services are delivered.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week including evening and weekend work

Salary: £18500 - £22000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Overall purpose

• To provide support and care to the young people who are newly arrived in the country, providing the foundations for them to rebuild their strength, dignity and grow their hope for their futures.
• To partner with social workers, representatives from other agencies, community groups and voluntary sector organisations for the benefit of the young people.

• Through this service we aim to empower unaccompanied asylum seeking young people, some of whom are victims of trafficking, with dignity, strength and hope - inspiring them to become individuals who are net contributors to society.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To be a key worker for a number of young people who are in the care of Baca, providing high quality holistic and therapeutic support for their transition to adulthood, to enable young people to achieve the following outcomes in line with Baca’s Theory of change –
  • Improved Physical Wellbeing,
  • Improved Emotional Wellbeing,
  • Increased engagement with Education, Employment and Training,
  • Increased Social engagement and
  • Increased Personal Safety
• Playing an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role and especially in the areas of asylum and refugee law, trafficking, supporting separated children and the cultures of different nations relevant to Baca.
• To be a role model to all young people in Baca’s care, providing care and compassion without discrimination of age, race, colour or behavioural issues.
• Support young people in developing essential life skills in line with the individual support plan to prepare them for independent living. Training young people in living skills such as washing, cleaning, cooking and safety food shopping and budgeting; proactively and intentionally in line with the Baca pyramid plan.
• Support young people in developing their skills, aspirations and interests in education, vocation or hobbies.
• Be an active part of a diverse environment of staff and young people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Develop excellent working partnership with social workers, volunteers and other partners’ to provide a holistic development package for each young person enabling them to become independent.
• Regularly review and manage the risks associated with young people.
• Actively plan, prepare and participate in all meetings and events that are related to the support of the young people.
• Develop and maintain excellent communication with all members of the team and all external partners and supporters.
• Carry out all administrative work required as part of the role such as month end reports, support plans on time and in a consistent manner.

General

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation 
• Take ownership of all administrative aspects of the role.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy. 
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy 
• Be adept in employing the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy 
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures. 
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, in line with the needs of the team.

Hospice Hope works within North West Leicestershire to support individuals who have a condition that leads to a reduction in quality of life or who have been diagnosed with a life limiting condition as well as offering support to their partner or carer.

It is an incredibly exciting time to be joining our organisation. Our small team of dedicated staff and trustees have big plans. Our charity is building a state-of-the-art facility in North West Leicestershire which will provide vital community care and support. We are re-branding and refreshing but we will always do what we do best – help people who need it the most.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Services Lead within our team. The post is being funded by some of our funding partners and will therefore initially run for 6 months and we are confident the role will develop, and further funding will be secured.

The primary function of the role will be to run our established befriending service and develop this particular area of the charity in conjunction with all other services.

The role will be required to work in the community of North West Leicestershire but a flexible approach will be vital, working at our day centre in Griffydam and travelling around the local area to meet guests and volunteers.

The Support Services Lead will be key to the development of our community-based services and will be essential in ensuring our guests are being offered the correct services at the correct time and to suit their needs best. Working in conjunction with the leads in all of our services, they will develop existing and new relationships within the community and raise the profile of our organisation at all times.

Whilst this position is advertised for one month we will close it early if we have a sufficient number of suitable applicants.

Role Fundraising Officer

Reporting to:  Fundraising Manager

Location: Midlands; Leicester, Nottingham or Birmingham and Hybrid flexible working in place

Contract: Permanent

Hours:  Full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary:  £25,000 per annum

About FareShare Midlands

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity, fighting food poverty and hunger by tackling waste. We source good quality food that is surplus to requirements from retailers and manufacturers. We rely on an army of volunteers to help redistribute this food to 550 frontline charities such as school breakfast clubs, community centres and organisations supporting those who are homeless, unemployed, socially isolated and recovering from addiction. These organisations provide meals and food parcels to more than 35,000 vulnerable people every week.

The Role

FareShare Midlands is looking to recruit a talented and experienced individual to help deliver our fundraising strategy. This is an exciting time to join FareShare Midlands as we develop and expand our operations across the East and West Midlands and look to grow our fantastic portfolio of trust, grant and foundations supporters, as well as corporate partners and community supporters.

We are looking for someone ambitious who wants to take a lead on the creation, submission and management of a portfolio of trust and grant applications in order to achieve financial targets in line with our growth plans. If you have demonstrable experience in securing income from trusts, foundations and grants, as well as relationship building and stewardship of donors, this role is for you.

Main responsibilities

Income Generation

• Deliver the fundraising plan for trusts and grants in order to achieve the income target and year on year growth
• Research and maintain a varied portfolio of trust and grant funders in order to diversify income
• Develop persuasive fundraising proposals and reports to increase donations from new and existing supporters
• Maintain records and analysis of new business secured utilising the Donorfy CRM
• Attend networking events as required to meet new potential donors
• Manage own workload to deliver set of objectives and KPIs

Account Management and Donor Care

• Manage a portfolio of trust, foundation and grant supporters to cultivate strong, long-lasting partnerships
• Inspire and motivate funders through creating a portfolio of materials that demonstrate impact
• Manage income and expenditure of project budgets communicating with both internal and external stakeholders

• Manage and steward funders in accordance with the Fundraising Code of Practice and ensure high standards of supporter care are maintained at all times
• Ensure funder interaction points (telephone, post, email) adhere to the highest standards
• Provide support to the Fundraising Team in other areas of fundraising activity including individual giving and events when required.

Administration

• Keep account plans up to date and internal stakeholders informed of key partnerships
• Maintain accurate financial records and budgets for all partners
• Keep application and reporting pipeline up-to-date and accurate

Communication

• Work with the development and marketing team to create impactful materials
• Develop communication plans to keep supporters regularly informed of our impact
• Be prepared to act as spokesperson and ambassador for FareShare Midlands

This list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required by the Fundraising Manager and Head of Development.

Person specification

• Essential Experience  

• Demonstrable experience of delivering against an income targets
• Significant experience of securing gifts from trusts, grants and foundations
• Experience in writing compelling funding applications and impact reporting
• Experience in prospecting for new business and stewarding funders face to face
• Experience of customer care in a charity or sales environment
• Experience in keeping good administrative records
• Experience of presenting to a range of audiences

Skills, knowledge and abilities

• Detailed knowledge of trust, grant and foundation fundraising, particularly around restricted funding
• Ability to manage and steward funders in line with the Fundraising Code of Practice. 
• Knowledge of third sector fundraising streams and the complex charity fundraising climate
• Skilled at managing donor relationships
• Excellent communication skills, persuading skills and writing skills
• Excellent numeracy skills and use of Excel
• Good relationship building skills, both inside and outside an organisation
• Ability to work to meet objectives and deadlines
• Ability and experience of working well in a team
• Understanding of all fundraising income streams

Values and behaviours

• A commitment to Equal Opportunities
• An appreciation of FareShare Midlands’ mission and strategy
• Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team
• Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands along with your CV

We particularly welcome applications from those of a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as BAME people are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 11.59pm, Sunday 26 September 2021  

Interviews will take place Wednesday 6 October 2021

CLERK TO THE TRUST BOARD

(GOVERNANCE PROFESSIONAL)

Job Overview:

We are the RSPCA Leicestershire and Rutland Branch and it's our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion.

The Trustees of RSPCA Leicestershire Branch are looking to appoint an experienced and dedicated Clerk to the Trust Board (Governance Professional).  We are seeking an individual who is highly motivated, organised, and is able to provide an efficient and professional service. The Clerk should enable the Trust Board to support senior Branch staff in achieving the highest standards of governance through their diligence in role.  The Branch is fortunate to work with a Board of highly effective, supportive and enthusiastic Trustees, some of whom have been in post for a number of years.

We are an independent branch of the RSPCA and a charity with separate registration through the Charity Commision. This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with the Branch, helping to achieve our  purpose of promoting kindness and preventing cruelty to animals. As a Branch we raise money locally to support the animal welfare work we do. We also aim to educate the public by offering advice, alongside our core purpose of rehabilitating and rehoming animals from our animal centre. We have a network of Charity Shops which also support our fundraising efforts.

The main duties of this post will include liaising with the Chair of Trustees and Branch Manager to prepare agendas ahead of each meeting of the Board/Committees, as well as the preparation of documentation, taking and distributing minutes, recruitment of new Trustees when necessary, maintaining records of Trust Board business and giving procedural and legislative advice to the Board, where appropriate.  The Board uses Sharepoint/Outlook email for the distribution of all documents ahead of each meeting.  Full Board Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month, beginning at 6pm. Flexibility in attending meetings is required – there will be an expectation for the clerk to attend Finance Committee meetings during the working day also, as well as potential extra-ordinary or special project group meetings. There will also be an expectation for the clerk to support the with the arranging, and minuting of, the Annual General Meeting

Salary:

£11.50 per hour – with 10 hours being allocated for each meeting for preparation, attendance at meeting, transcription of minutes.  Total: Estimated 100 hours per year.

Any extra hours are via separate negotiation with the Chair of Trustees.

Guaranteed annual commitment:

11 meetings of the Trust Board – 4hrs allocated per meeting

5-6 meetings of the Finance Committee – 4hrs allocated per meeting

1 Annual General Meeting of the Members – 12 hours allocated

5 + project group/committee meetings – 4hrs allocated per meeting

The above are all open to further negotiation with the successful candidate, where the workload required increases/decreases.

Application process:

To apply, please send your curriculum vitae and a letter of application to:  Mr C Acton (Chair of Trustees). C/o Branch Manager, 190 Scudamore Road, Leicester LE3 1UQ . Your letter should outline how your experience and/or qualifications match the requirements of the post.  The post is subject to suitable references.

Closing date for applications: Friday 8th October 2021, 9am.

For an informal discussion or further information please contact  the Branch Manager - based at Scudamore Road. 

Hospice Hope works within North West Leicestershire to support individuals who have a condition that leads to a reduction in quality of life or who have been diagnosed with a life limiting condition as well as offering support to their partner or carer.

It is an incredibly exciting time to be joining our organisation. Our small team of dedicated staff and trustees have big plans. Our amazing volunteers are ready to get back to what they do best, and our charity is building a state-of-the-art facility in North West Leicestershire which will provide vital community care and support. We are re-branding and refreshing but we will always do what we do best – help people who need it the most.

Hospice Hope have an exciting opportunity for a Community Engagement Worker within our team. The post is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund and will therefore initially run for 12 months with a further funding bid currently being considered.

The role is currently based at home, but Flexibility is essential as there will be some work required during evenings and weekends and travel around NWL will become more frequent.

This role is key to the development of our community-based services and will be essential in increasing referrals into the service, developing existing and new relationships within the community and raising the profile of our organisation via community events. As with all roles at the charity, fundraising will always be encouraged.

Whilst this position is advertised for one month we will close it early if we have a sufficient number of suitable applicants.

Caseworker

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of local people and children?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworker to join the Charitable Grant Aid Service supporting local people in need at a Leicester City Centre office. This rewarding role offers a great opportunity to make a tangible difference to the lives of local people and children, and the wider community.

Position: Caseworker

Location: Leicester, with occasional travel within Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Hours: 24 hours per week

Salary: £24,100 pro rata: £15,632 for 24 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Flexible working including partial remote working (after successful completion of the probationary/training period), competitive salary, 32 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time roles) including Bank Holidays, pension scheme, car parking in Leicester City Centre

Closing Date: 18th October

Interview Date: Week commencing 25th October

The Role

The charity helps thousands of local people facing poverty, hardship or crisis by finding funds for people and children in need to purchase basic items such as beds, cookers, clothing, and in emergencies, food. These items can have a huge impact of people’s lives and ensure that local people and children are warm, safe and fed. 

You will be responsible for managing a caseload of applications for people who are in need. Your job will be to prioritise these, assess applications, gather information and make clear concise written applications to UK trusts, secure funds to purchase goods to help.

About You

As a Caseworker you will need to have excellent communication skills, be computer literate and be able to deal sensitively with a wide range of people. You will be self-motivated and a confident decision maker with a flair for communication It is also essential that you are a team player and can demonstrate your ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines and targets alike.

So, if you have a successful track record in supporting people, experience in managing partnerships and delivering an exceptional customer experience… apply today as we would love to hear from you!

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K. and preferably be able travel for the purposes of work, as occasional travel in Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire may be required.

About the Organisation

The charity believe that everyone deserves a decent standard of living, with a right to adequate food, shelter and the means to keep warm, clean and rested – no matter what difficulty they may be facing and helps to make a difference by finding funding to provide the essential items that everyone deserves.

As an equal opportunity employer, we would particularly welcome applications from people with an ethnic minority background or those with a disability, as we are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

You may also have experience in areas such as Funding Officer, Funding Officer, Case Worker Funding, Case Worker, Vulnerable Adults, Mental Health, Recovery Worker, Recovery Case Worker, Social Housing, Advice, Benefits, Adviser, Housing, Case Worker Mental Health, Youth Worker, Youth Case Worker, Lead Case Worker, Junior Case Worker, Community Case Worker, Welfare, Charity, Grants, Grant Officer, Grant Case Worker, Grant Aid, Community Aid, Charitable Services, Case Worker Social Care, Social Care, Care, Care and Support.