JOB DESCRIPTION

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to preventing young suicide.

DESIGNATION                             Marketing and Communications Manager

HOURS                                           36 per week (some planned unsocial hours)

SALARY                                           NJC Scale 27-30 (£30,507 - £32,878) & 5% pension contribution 

LOCATION                                     Registered Office, Warrington

RESPONSIBLE TO                       Head of Marketing and Communications

ACCOUNTABLE FOR                   Some staff and volunteer supervision

PURPOSE OF POST

The post holder will report to and the Head of Marketing and Communications, helping to champion and manage the PAPYRUS brand and supporting the delivery of our projects and services through developing engaging and targeted content. They will oversee the day-to-day activities whilst developing, inspiring and motivating the Marketing and Communications Team.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Head of Marketing and Communications; Marketing and Communications Team; CEO; Staff and Volunteers; PAPYRUS members and supporters; Press Officer.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Head of Marketing and Communications in implementing the Marketing and Communications Strategy for PAPYRUS
• Supervise and support the Marketing and Communications Team to ensure they are able to conduct their day to day activities
• Proactively search for, curate and share content from appropriate third parties and monitor news and developments within mental health and suicide prevention
• Oversee the tracking of our reach and engagement using insight and analytics tools, including Meltwater, reporting regularly to the Head of Marketing and Communications
• Lead on the management of the charity’s google AdWords account and support Marketing and Communications Officers in the delivery of campaigns, budgets and keyword research
• Report on outcomes from monthly activities including impression share, quality score and other account metrics
• Collate and maintain calendar of key awareness dates whilst considering potential campaigns and activities around key dates and themes;
• Oversee requests from other teams for newsletters, design needs and other communications support and ensure this are monitored for consistency and are in line with our charity’s objectives and messages;
• Provide communications support to other teams within PAPYRUS as required.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Press Office

• Support Press Officer in the management of general press enquiries;
• Identify opportunities to widen our reach and engage with new audiences including industry specific publications;
• Support Press Officer in ‘creating the news’ by understanding key developments and activities within PAPYRUS and championing the work of the charity;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with journalists and other media outlets and contacts.

Assist with brand management and design

• Overseeing requests from supporters to use our logo to ensure this meets our brand guidance and challenging incorrect use of our assets;
• Support Marketing and Communications Officers in the design of PAPYRUS and managing workload through the use of a design schedule;
• Maintain and update in-house branding and collateral, our image library, stock photography, templates and presentations.

Support with the maintenance of our website and content management

• Support the Head of Marketing and Communications in regularly updating the website with new content or features through the content management system, liaising with web providers where necessary;
• Create comprehensive reports showing the performance of the website, demographic of users, identifying pages that are underperforming and suggesting improvements where needed.

Engage with and support members and stakeholders when required.

Respect confidentiality and manage data according to PAPYRUS policy.

Understand your duties and manage any matters relating to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults within PAPYRUS policy.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

It is the nature of the work of PAPYRUS prevention of young suicides that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances, unpredictable and varied. All staff are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises and when tasks not specifically covered in their job description have to be undertaken. These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and they will normally be compatible with the regular type of work. If the additional responsibility or task becomes a regular or frequent part of the member of staff’s job, it will be included in the job description in consultation with the member of staff.

CONFIDENTIALITY

It is expected that all PAPYRUS employees understand that our work is confidential and that neither details about those who use its services nor any other PAPYRUS business should be divulged to members of the public. A confidentiality agreement must be signed on taking up this post. Further details are outlined in the PAPYRUS Confidentiality Policy.

BASIC PRINCIPLES

The post holder is expected to be familiar with and have regard to the ethos and values of PAPYRUS and work within that framework. He/she must be prepared to operate without prejudice to all who approach PAPYRUS or work with the organisation at any level.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Conditions of Service are broadly in line with those set out by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. PAPYRUS has a probationary period of 6 months for all posts. Appointment to this post may be subject to satisfactory Enhanced CRB Disclosure and/or completion of Vetting and Barring Scheme checks.

QUALIFICATIONS

See Person Specification

As a recognised youth charity striving for Excellence in its field with a vision to provide the best opportunities for children and young people in Bolton, especially those most in need, Bolton Lads & Girls Club is looking to appoint an exceptional External Funding Manager to join us to develop our ambitious plans for the future. 

The successful candidate will support and oversee the strategic and operational delivery of our highly professional pre award and post award funding activity, identifying and securing external funding sources to fund both existing and new areas of the Clubs offer. In addition to effective horizon scanning, bid development and submission, this also includes supporting post award functions, such as timely claims submission, grant monitoring and reporting, performance analysis and preparations for meeting any other requirements during and post funding periods.  All pre and post award grant and contract management activity is co-ordinated and managed through the External Funding Team.  You will secure both revenue and capital funds, tenders and contracts, and development funding from a range of sources.

The External Funding team consists of the External Funding Manager, and the External Funding Officer. The team sit within the wider Professional Support Services function within the organisation, and the role reports directly into the Chief Executive. You will have a degree or equivalent or be qualified by your experience, and have significant experience preparing bids for funding across a wide range of funders. You will provide high level reports in line with KPIs and growth opportunities to the Clubs CEO and Board of Trustees on a regular basis.  The successful candidate will be highly numerate and have excellent organisational abilities, a knowledge of the children and young people’s sector and have the interpersonal and communications skills needed to work effectively across all levels of the organisation.

Closing date: 5.00pm – Monday 25th November 2019

Provisional Interview Date: 12th & 17th December 2019

To apply please email your up to date CV and covering letter, no more than 2 sides of A4, outlining how you would contribute to this role, and how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification, 

For a full job description, please visit the vacancies section on our website or see attched document on CharityJob 

*Please note that due to the number of applications that we receive, only candidates that are shortlisted will be contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date. Candidates who do not provide a detailed covering letter and detailed employment history, will not be considered*

The Club is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.  This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

EMPOWERING – DRIVEN – CARING – EXCELLENCE - FUN

Manchester City Centre

Starting Salary £37,452 per annum (£22,471.20 pro-rated - 60% FTE)

Part-Time – 97.5 hours per month (Working pattern is flexible to meet requirements of a monthly payroll cycle)

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is a global humanitarian and advocacy organisation that finds, removes and destroys unexploded landmines, bombs and munitions from places affected by conflict. We make it safe for communities to use their land again so people can take themselves out of poverty and live without fear. We also provide education programmes, particularly for children, so people can live, work, travel and play as safely as a possible until land can be cleared.  Since 1989, MAG has helped over 17 million people in 68 countries rebuild their lives and livelihoods after war.

We are looking to recruit a highly experienced Payroll Manager to manage the complete, accurate and compliant processing of all aspects of MAG’s international payroll (circa 250 employees across 25+ countries). As Payroll Manager, you will: 

• Supervise the Assistant Accountants to ensure accurate processing of payroll changes, expenses claims and analysis of advance forms 

• Review of monthly payroll reconciliations and resolve any discrepancies

• Liaise with Western Union, RBS and FXecute and ADP to ensure staff are paid on time and correctly

• Keep on top of changing legislation and ensure MAG is adhering to latest best practice and legislation

• Lead on the year-end processes including production of P60s and P11Ds where appropriate, as well as ensuring compliance and reporting for the annual Short Term Business Visitor Review. 

• Assist the Head of Corporate Finance in preparation of HQ staff cost budgets and quarterly reforecasts, as well as calculating international staff salary recharge rates

You will need extensive experience of processing weekly or monthly payrolls, using accounting software/systems as well as working with a third party payroll provider. Detailed knowledge and understanding of current UK PAYE/HMRC legislation is also essential. You will be able to communicate clearly both verbally and by email with ease. You will be confident in prioritising a demanding workload and working well under pressure, whilst being organised and maintaining very high attention to detail. Experience of working with PS Financials and ADP is desirable but not essential. 

This role is a part-time role for 97.5 hours per month. A suitable working pattern which suit the requirements of MAG’s monthly payroll cycle will be agreed between MAG and the successful candidate

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

How to apply

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website before the closing date of the 24th November 2019.     

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every application. If you have not heard back from us within 3 weeks of applying, it means that your application has not been successful.

Job Title: Operations Manager - Volunteering

Contract: 2 years (fixed term)

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

As an organisation we have big growth ambitions to reach another one million young people over the next 10 years and to best the best organisation to work and volunteer for. In order to achieve this, we will need to fundamentally change our approach to volunteering, enabling more of our services to be delivered by volunteers, bringing them close to the heart of the organisation and improving the level of service we provide them.

This role has specific responsibility for developing, delivering and testing new volunteer interventions which will enable the Operations team in Greater Manchester to reach more young people and provide higher quality provision. You will work closely with colleagues in the Operations team to identify opportunities to better utilise volunteers and help develop bespoke resources and guidance to enable the opportunity to run. From helping our Operations teams engage more young people to take their first step with The Trust, to delivering one of our programmes entirely by volunteers, the role will be diverse. This role will also focus on evaluating the impact of new interventions and working with the Volunteering Development, National Operations and Service Design teams to share learning across the UK.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Contract: Perm

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location:       Any Trust Office in England

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

This exciting marketing manager role will play a key part in supporting the delivery of one of the largest initiatives in our history.
As part of our mission to work with one million young people over the next 10 years, we will support 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 4 years. Our new marketing manager will lead the marketing planning and tactical implementation to achieve this.

You will join our team to work on this ground-breaking project that will see The Prince’s Trust work in partnership with health and social care organisations across England to be part of solving the health and social care workforce challenges, and encourage young people to start a valuable career in the health/care sector.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Please include a cover letter with your application

Working as part of a small team, the Bridge 5 Mill Assistant Events and Building Manager will work across all aspects of our work in the building including; reception, events, office and building management. They will provide great customer service to our office tenants, conference and event customers, and all other building users. They will also assist and deputise for the Building Manager in the running of the building when needed.

A key objective of the post is to contribute to the smooth running and development of Bridge 5 Mill as a hub and venue for organisations and groups working towards a sustainable and equitable future for people and planet.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

RECEPTION

To provide a friendly and professional reception service at Bridge 5 Mil by;

• Creating a welcoming atmosphere for all guests and tenants and providing great customer service to all building users.

• Taking responsibility for reception according to agreed rotas and procedures when required

• Helping guests, tenants and building users with their enquiries in a professional manner

• Ensuring all tenants, guests and building users comply with agreed procedures and policies

• Managing incoming calls and email enquiries and responding or redirecting as appropriate

• Taking delivery of mail and parcels and ensuring they are directed to the addressee

• Ensuring a clean and tidy workspace

• Supervising the receipt of payments from occasional customers and tenants

• Understand the importance of data protection and maintain standards of best practice in this area.

EVENTS

To Assist the Building Manager and team at Bridge 5 Mill in running events in the building by;

• Responding to all event and room hire enquires (web, email, telephone and walk-ins) in a timely and professional manner

• Drawing up tailored quotes to event requirements as received

• Updating the booking system in a timely manner and ensuring all enquiries, bookings and cancellations are recorded correctly in the online booking system and supporting documents

• Giving prospective event organisers guided tours of the building and advising on set-up and equipment available. Promoting the use of Bridge 5 Mill and doing their best to secure the hire booking

• Explaining our sustainable policies and how they relate to events to all event hire customers

• Liaising with event organisers on their requirements prior to date of their event and sending and receiving relevant documentation prior to the event including; room booking form, health and safety & risk assessment documents, travel and parking information, event hire Terms & Conditions.

• Supervising the running of events on the day and ensuring a smooth, efficient and successful event for organisers and attendees

• Preparing the room; ensuring rooms are correctly set out, clean, tidy and looking their best. At the end of the bookings, clear, tidy the room, put equipment away and where necessary set up for the next booking.

• Ordering and setting up outside catering and in-house refreshments to ensure they are presented tidily and attractively

• Setting up any IT equipment required, and checking that it properly functions before room users arrive. Showing room users how to use the equipment, and supporting them appropriately.

• Ensuring appropriate behaviour whilst in the building and its grounds, inform the Building Manager if you feel inappropriate behaviour is taking place or Bridge 5 Mill policies are being contravened.

MARKETING

To support the Building Manager and Marketing Assistant with marketing and publicity and the promotion of Bridge 5 Mill across social media, including; Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and Instagram (and other platforms that may be suitable in the future) by:

• Generating content (photos, text and video) for use in publicity material and on social media

• Ensuring the content of Bridge 5 Mill marketing and publicity and social media activity promotes Bridge 5 Mill as a unique, professional and inspiring events and office venue

• Ensuring all content is in line with Bridge 5 Mill and Fairfield Environment Trust policies (including; FET aims and objectives and Bridge 5 Mill equalities and sustainable procurement policies)

• Distributing publicity, posters and flyers for Bridge 5 Mill and organised or co-promoted events

• Working with hire customers of Bridge 5 Mill, tenants, partner organisations and individuals to promote their events and projects across social media, where agreed and appropriate and in support of the aims and objectives of Bridge 5 Mill (in conjunction with the Social Media Manager)

• Circulating and liking/re-tweeting/sharing other like-minded organisations events and news items where they support the aims and objectives of Bridge 5 Mill

OPERATIONS

To Assist the Building Manager in the day-to-day running of Bridge 5 Mill by:

• Bringing any questions or problems from tenants and other users to the notice of the Building Manager in a timely manner

• Dealing with these where appropriate and possible

• Working in a manner that ensures policies and procedures of Bridge 5 Mill and the Fairfield Environment Trust are implemented

• Ensuring the safety and comfort of tenants and other users at all times while in the building and garden

• Working to ensure that the income from tenants and occasional hirers is maximised

• Opening and closing the building according to agreed rotas and security procedures

• Use of security equipment to carry out all security procedures when required (including; opening and closing the building and setting alarms)

• Assisting with the timely upkeep of record keeping and other admin tasks including; general office admin, filing, dealing with mail, maintaining in-house data bases (such as; event enquiries, visitor statistics, feedback responses) and producing information signs for the building.)

• Performing day-to-day tasks when needed to keep the building clean and tidy and functioning well

• Taking responsibility for the ordering of equipment and consumables where directed by the building manager; for example ordering for the tenants tuck shop stock and for event refreshments

• Liaising with external suppliers and contractors in the absence of the Building Manager

• Supervising the regular and occasional cleaning of Bridge 5 Mill and its facilities when required

• Overseeing the collection of recycling and waste.

• Fire Marshall cover: use of emergency equipment and to carry out emergency procedures when required (training from a recognised provider will be provided)

• Emergency First Aid cover (First Aid training from a recognised provider will be provided)

• To deputise for the Building Manager on their days off and annual leave.

• Ensuring that the building complies to Health and Safety legislation when Building Manager is not on site.

• Bridge 5 Mill staff are required to undertake work outside their current role description as necessary to meet organisational needs.

• At times the holder of this role will work alone in line with our lone worker policy.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

• Friendly and outgoing

• Able to use own initiative, think under pressure and react to situations in a calm and professional manner

• Excellent organisational skills

• Ability to manage a number of different tasks simultaneously

• Good prioritisation skills and be flexible enough to adapt when plans and requirements change

• Excellent phone manner

• Excellent people skills

• Excellent customer service skills

• Literate and numerate

• Excellent problem solving skills

• Good time management skills

• Good communications skills - written and verbal

• ICT and social media skills

• Confidence in decision-making

• Good leadership skills

• An ability to work to tight deadlines and within constraints

• Self-motivated and ability to work under own initiative

• A good team-playing mentality

• Can use Microsoft office; word, excel, outlook and PowerPoint.

• Part of this role will involve setting up rooms for events so it is essential that the candidate is able to lift furniture

• An understanding of, and interest in, sustainability and how this may influence how we manage the building is desired but not essential as on-the-job training will be given.

TERMS

Standard hours are 28.5 hours a week over three days.

Plus overtime covering staff leave and up to 15 weekend days covering events throughout the year.  

Normal working days are expected to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but this may be subject to change occasionally due to the demands of the building with some overtime possible during busy events periods.

Fixed term contract for one year.

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (pro rata)

You will be enrolled into the organisations pension scheme.

This position is line managed by, and reports to, the Bridge 5 Mill Manager.

A performance appraisal will be conducted every three months.

Three month probationary period

£17, 550 - £19,305 (pro rata 28.5 hours a week, based on the Living Wage)

SUMMARY

Bridge 5 Mill is looking for an Assistant Manager: Building and Events

Bridge 5 Mill is Greater Manchester's leading sustainability venue and is home to groups, events and ideas making our great city region greener, healthier & more equitable. Over the past three years we have grown into a thriving office and events venue, all our offices are let and our conference and meeting room bookings are strong.

Due to this success we are looking for someone to add to the current team who can take on a new wide-ranging role with a number of responsibilities that will cover all aspects of our work including; conference and event hire and building and office management. You will also deputise for the Building Manager when needed.

This is a part time role of 28.5 hours a week basic over three days, plus the potential of up to 15 weekend days throughout the year to be worked as overtime, with

One Million Mentors is looking for an experienced, full-time Office Manager to be responsible for diary management, meeting organisation and general office management across several office and remote locations. 

About One Million Mentors:

One Million Mentors (1MM) is a project within UpRising Leadership, working in Greater Manchester, Cardiff Capital Region, West Midlands and expanding into London.

1MM’s mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.

We recognise the value of high quality mentoring for young people and are determined to widen the scope of mentoring, increase the provision of mentoring to areas across the UK and strengthen the mentoring network by connecting existing organisations through our shared online platform.

The Role:

As Office Manager you will be responsible for Chief Exec’s Diary, organising team travel, supporting some functions of HR, Health and Safety including safeguarding, data protection, finance support, and where required insurances and banking. 

Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full time role offered on an initial 3-month contract and can be based in either our Manchester or our London office.

For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.

Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter:

- CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies. Cover Letter should highlight how you demonstrate good secretarial skills, diary management and broader office management skills.

- Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4.

Important application details:

Application deadline: 12 noon on Friday 6th December 2019. Please note, that we may be contacting suitable applicants before the deadline, so you are encouraged to apply early.

Interview dates: Tuesday 10th December 2019 in Manchester / Friday 13th December in London.

About Us

The Vegetarian Society inspires, educates and enables people to be vegetarian. We work with meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans to help everyone find out how great veggie food is and how it is kind to your health, to the planet and to animals.

As part of our support for vegetarian food and the vegetarian lifestyle, we have a cookery school offering a range of unique veggie and vegan cookery experiences. We are currently seeking an Assistant Cookery School Manager to join us.

The Benefits

• Salary starting at £21,589
• 33 days’ holiday (including Bank Holidays and Christmas closure)
• Pension scheme
• The chance to make your mark with our forward thinking organisation

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced catering and customer service professional to advance their career into the charity sector and make a real difference to the face of vegetarianism.

You’ll be provided with ongoing training and development to ensure you reach your full potential and the support to become a vital asset within our organisation.

What’s more, you’ll be working with a number of talented and highly knowledgeable individuals with years of experience in teaching, nutrition and the catering industry.

The Role

As the Assistant Cookery School Manager, you will help ensure the cookery school runs smoothly and efficiently and offers excellent customer satisfaction.

Your role will also involve:

• Ordering food, looking after storerooms and stock rotation and completing paperwork.

• Clerical and administrative tasks within the school around bookings, customer service, organisation and hygiene standards.
• Making sure the premises and equipment are kept to the highest standards of cleanliness and are tidy and well presented.
• Working with the Head of the Cookery School to schedule and book courses, tutors and catering assistants
• Representing the Vegetarian Society and the cookery school at public events and across media platforms alongside tutors and the manager.
• Researching and keeping up to date with food trends, styles and products in catering and home cooking
• Ensuring staff, customers and visitors adhere to health and safety policies

There is scope within the role for the right candidate to taking on more responsibility and progress to training for either teaching cookery classes or doing media and making recipe videos.

About You

To be considered as the Assistant Cookery School Manager, you will need:

• Experience of working in a catering environment
• Previous customer service experience
• Excellent organisation skills
• Great people skills

Whilst not essential, previous experience of managing staff and training or teaching groups of people would be beneficial to your application.

This is a full time role, working 35 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.

To apply for this post please send a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification along with your CV.

The closing date for applications is 5pm Sunday 1 December 2019.

You must be available for interview on Monday 9 December.

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

As Evaluation and Learning Specialist, you’ll be focused on leading the evaluation of Teach First’s teacher development programmes, including our flagship Teacher Training programme, our pilot Time to Teach Initial Teacher Training programme for career changers, and our new Early Career Teacher programme.

• Do you have In-depth knowledge and experience of evaluation techniques and research methods?
• Do you have experience designing and implementing evaluations using quantitative and quantitative research methods?
• Do you have excellent skills in collecting, managing, analysing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data and research?
• Do you have experience of commissioning and managing projects with external evaluators?
• Do you have excellent project management and stakeholder management skills?
• Can you effectively communicate complex evaluation and research findings to audiences in an understandable and usable manner?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Evaluation and Learning Specialist

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV and cover letter showing how you meet our essentials ready to upload.

To apply for a vacancy at Teach First you are required to complete an application on our careers website. If you are applying via an external job board you will be redirected to our careers website where you should complete your application. We will not progress any applications that have not been submitted in this way.

Job Description: Wellbeing Lead

Salary:  £29,913 (+10% Pension)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Special Terms: Permanent (subject to funding)

Accountable to: Assistant Director of Services

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 2nd December.

Interview Date: Friday 6th December 2019

Role Summary

LGBT Foundation are currently recruiting for a Wellbeing Lead to join our Directorate of Services.  We are seeking applications from engaging and organised individuals with experience of leading a multidisciplinary team. LGBT Foundation offers a range of frontline services to offer support with key health and social care issues affecting our communities. These include:

• Wellbeing
• Talking Therapies
• Sexual Health
• Community Safety
• Substance Misuse
• Domestic Abuse

The Wellbeing Lead is responsible for the leadership, day-to-day management and effective operation of the following LGBT Foundation service areas:

• Helpline (phone and email support)
• Pop-In (walk-in support sessions)
• Intake & Triage (single point of access assessment service)
• Domestic Abuse (casework, groups and dispersed accommodation)
• Rampton Hospital (social support groups)

Your duties will include:

• To oversee the operational delivery of LGBT Foundation’s Wellbeing Services
• To oversee the development of LGBT Foundation’s Wellbeing Services
• To maintain positive relationships with external stakeholders
• To act as a Safeguarding Officer within the Directorate of Services
• To provide line management support to the Wellbeing and Domestic Abuse teams
• To provide clinical supervision group facilitation to frontline services staff, sessional workers and volunteers

We particularly welcome applicants who identify as BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) communities, trans and/or that older (50+) as staff from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

LGBT Foundation is committed to furthering inclusion and representation across our team and workstreams. This work is led by the internal Equality Champions Committee.

* Trans is an umbrella and inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

We are open to flexible home working if you are in the process of transition and therefore have regular appointments.

Please contact us for an informal chat about this post. We understand that working for an LGBT organisation could impact on your identity, community and/or culture. If you would like to discuss this or any aspect of the role further, please contact Charlotte Cooke on 0345 3 30 30 30

Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd December

Interviews: Friday 6th December

Location: 5 Richmond Street, Manchester City Centre, M1 3HF

Benefit to working for LGBT Foundation

• Generous leave allowance (25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
• Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
• Your birthday as a day’s leave
• Staff counselling scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
• Free annual flu jab
• Staff social budget
• Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans
• Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
• Relaxed dress code when in the office
• Convenient city centre location
• Generous discounts with local businesses
• Free Tea & Coffee for all colleagues

To download a recruitment pack, and receive a copy of the full job description please visit our website: www.lgbt.foundation/jobs 

LGBT Foundation is part of the Positive about Disabled People Scheme and is an Investors in People accredited organisation.

At Depaul UK we are currently have an exciting opportunity for a Nightstop Coordinator to come and join our Manchester team. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £20,859 per annum pro rata + pension and other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Nightstop Coordinator, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday, including bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Nightstop Coordinator role:

The Nightstop Coordinator role is a busy and varied role that involves recruiting, training and managing volunteers, promoting the service to key stakeholders, and supporting young people and vulnerable adults directly. It will include being part of a team delivering an assessment and support service that enables vulnerable and homeless people to access emergency accommodation in the homes of trained and approved volunteers.

What makes this role exciting?

- An opportunity to support vulnerable persons and make a difference in their lives

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Nightstop Coordinator role?

- Experience of supervising or supporting volunteers or staff

- Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Risk Assessments and Support Plans

- Understanding of current legislation that impacts on guests’ access to suitable long-term accommodation

- Experience of selling or marketing a product or service

- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures, following them through to conclusion

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Nightstop Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date: We will be reviewing and interviewing on a rolling basis and will close once we’ve received sufficient applications, so we highly recommend you submit your interest as soon as possible. Final deadline date is Thursday 5th December at midday.

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Welfare Advisor

 Hours: 14 hours per week
Location: Manchester, M1
Salary:  £10,870 per annum (FTE £27,174 per annum) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

The purpose of the Welfare Advisor role is to work within the holistic rehabilitation model of Freedom from Torture and provide welfare advice and advocacy to survivors of torture living in North West. This will be as part of a multi-disciplinary team and requires an individual with significant experience of working as a Welfare Advisor and advocate in relation to welfare benefits, housing and the asylum support system.

The ideal candidate for the role will have the following skills:

• Experience providing welfare advocacy with individuals who are experiencing mental health difficulties as well as understanding of current Social Care policies/practices
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices when recruiting volunteer welfare case workers
• Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers and an understanding of the needs of this group and the associated support services and mechanisms available
• Experience of working within a similar role providing advocacy on a range of welfare issues to include housing, welfare benefits and Asylum Support
• Experience of working within the benefits system, including the application, assessment and appeals procedures

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date:  05 January 2020

Expected date of interviews: week commencing 13 January 2020

As an organisation working with a potentially vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer
No agencies please

Job Opportunity for a Part-time Appointments Administrator

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award winning team as a part-time Appointments Administrator. This will be based at our office in Stockport town centre.

We are looking for someone with an excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills, a flexible approach, and good IT skills.  More important is a can-do attitude and a commitment to making the appointments service for clients the best there is.

We prefer that you have an understanding of the voluntary sector through voluntary or paid work, but this is not essential as we will provide thorough training and induction.

Beacon Counselling is a registered charity and exists to improve the lives of people experiencing mental and emotional distress. To achieve this Beacon provides counselling across the borough of Stockport and beyond.

Beacon Counselling is committed to safeguarding all individuals accessing our service, as a member of the BACP we are duty bound to adhere to safeguarding standards. This forms a crucial element of our work and all staff will receive guidance on the ways it will affect them in their role.

Job Opportunity for Part-time Appointments Administrator – 9 months Maternity Cover

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award winning team as a part-time Appointments Administrator. This will be based at our office in Stockport town centre.

We are looking for someone with an excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills, a flexible approach, and good IT skills.  More important is a can-do attitude and a commitment to making the appointments service for clients the best there is.

We prefer that you have an understanding of the voluntary sector through voluntary or paid work, but this is not essential as we will provide thorough training and induction.

Beacon Counselling is a registered charity and exists to improve the lives of people experiencing mental and emotional distress. To achieve this Beacon provides counselling across the borough of Stockport and beyond.

Beacon Counselling is committed to safeguarding all individuals accessing our service, as a member of the BACP we are duty bound to adhere to safeguarding standards. This forms a crucial element of our work and all staff will receive guidance on the ways it will affect them in their role.