We are looking for a passionate and committed professional to join our Conservation Strategy Directorate to help lead our expanding operations in priority areas for nature’s recovery.

Head of Conservation Innovation
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Contract: 2 year Fixed term contract with the possibility of extension 
Based: Littlemore, Oxford (flexibility available)

The ideal candidate will have a conservation or agricultural background, with experience in developing paid for environmental services, and developing landscape-scale conservation projects with stakeholders.

The Head of Conservation Innovation will be responsible for all operational aspects of developing and delivering conservation programmes in the wider countryside, beyond our network of nature reserves. This includes building appropriate expertise and team structure and developing new mission aligned initiatives.

They will expand the delivery of advice on agricultural land, by developing a new bespoke, paid for Farm Advisory Service, targeting landowners and farmers to deliver sustainable and wildlife friendly farming practices to restore nature on farmed land.

The Head of Conservation Innovation will also lead nature’s recovery in the wider countryside, by maintaining successful landscape-scale conservation programmes, and overseeing strategic landscape-scale project development using novel funding sources (e.g., biodiversity and carbon offsets, and natural capital investments).

The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust is a membership-based voluntary organisation, managing over 80 nature reserves, influencing land management and educating and encouraging all sectors of the community to care for local wildlife.

The closing time and date for applications is 11.59pm on Thursday 12th March 2020.

Interviews will be held w/c 23rd March 2020 at The Lodge, Littlemore, Oxford.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website to download the job description and application form.

Please note that only successful applicants will be notified.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

CVs will not be accepted.

No agencies please.

The person we are looking for:

• Enjoys talking and listening to people with the ability to quickly build effective working relationships and good rapport, with people from all walks of life.
• Can communicate (written and verbal) complex positions in a clear and concise way.
• Is an experienced user of Microsoft Office packages and will grasp quickly how to use our databases.
• Can analyse data – both quantitative and qualitative – and produce and present accurate, well written papers and reports.
• Has experience of working with, recruiting and supporting volunteers.
• Can work collaboratively as part of a team – supporting others to deliver various Healthwatch Oxfordshire activities.

“This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with care and support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.”

Due to expansion, we have several Talkback Equip Project Worker – Learning Assistant vacancies to deliver a range of services to our members with learning disability and/or autism. Within the Equip Project, you will be working closely with local Further Education colleges by supporting young people, one to one, towards their education provision. Other project activities include gardening and allotment groups (some of which are based in National Trust properties), social and life skills training, a men’s independence group, travel training, a drama group which puts on regular shows, a recycling and tools workshop, a creative media group and a group working with animals.

We are currently recruiting for:

Project Workers – Learning Assistants - £18000- £19200 p.a. or pro rata

Both full and part time roles available (a minimum of 3 days a week)

Full year and term time roles available

No shift work or evening/weekend work

You will work at our High Wycombe and Aylesbury buildings, plus in local colleges and out in the community. You will work alongside people with a learning disability or autism to meet their individual needs also support young people with their families to achieve positive outcomes.

To succeed you will be able to work both as part of a team and independently and have a 'can do' attitude. You will need to have good communication skills and an understanding of both self-advocacy and inclusion. We can teach you all you need to know; you just need to have the passion and care.

You will have the opportunity to help someone develop and grow as a person whilst making a difference that will live with you forever. And, as one of our team said ‘Working with people with a learning disability or autism is the most rewarding and fulfilling role’

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) including checks with past employers (Applicant Declaration must be completed and returned with application).

Closing date: 21st February 2020

Asylum Welcome is a respected Oxford-based charity offering support to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants, advising them on the asylum process, on day-to-day issues and offering a range of practical help. We are looking for a Director who is:

Experienced and talented - in leading the small staff team to co-ordinate over 100 volunteers delivering our front-line services; in working with trustees to address the strategic priorities of quality, efficiency and sustainability; in managing all aspects of a lively charity.

Forward-thinking - in responding to changes in the circumstances for asylum seekers and migrants, to changes in their needs, and in advocacy locally and nationally on asylum and migration issues.

Please upload a letter of application which specifies how you meet our criteria, alongside your CV.

Interviews likely to be in the week of 23rd March.

Governance and Projects Officer

Are you able to provide a high quality, professional and comprehensive governance service? Do you have experience of project work?  We are looking for a Governance and Project Officer to join a friendly team, based in Oxford.

Position: Governance and Projects Officer

Location: Kidlington, Oxford

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week – flexible working considered

Salary: Initially £30,879 pro-rata per annum with potential for progression to £33,254

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 22 days’ holiday with yearly increases up to 30 days, plus bank holidays and the provision of three discretionary privilege days gifted to employees: Maundy Thursday, ascension day and Christmas eve (or the closest working day), on-site café, free parking, pension scheme, monthly staff coffee morning, flexible working considered and a chance to work with great colleagues across the office.

Closing Date: 09:00 Friday 28 February 2020

Interview Date: Tuesday 11 March 2020

Would you like to make a difference to the information available to the 615 parishes of the diocese, working with skilled colleagues in an attractive modern office environment? 

The Role

We are seeking a Governance and Projects Officer to join the team in Oxford. The diocese is one of the largest in the Church of England covering the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire with a thousand parishes, church schools and chaplaincies.

Working closely with the Diocesan Secretary, who is the Chief Officer of the diocese, and others across the diocese to support its mission and general business, the role will include:

• Developing and communicating web and other material.
• Providing governance services.
• Engaging in other project work as required.

About You

As Governance and Projects Officer you will have an understanding of and empathy for the work of the Church of England, as well as ability to subscribe to the organisation’s Christian ethos and values. You will bring with you:

• Experience of servicing meetings including the preparation of agendas and minutes.
• Strong administrative skills, including experience of Microsoft office products.
• The ability to research, present and make recommendations.
• Experience of interpreting questions and providing appropriate responses to internal and external enquiries, based on research and/or technical knowledge or experience.
• Effective project and time management skills.
• Experience of setting up and maintaining effective systems for data management.
• Experience of prioritising workload.

The diocese’s Christian vision, ethos and principles underpin the way the Board runs. The post-holder must be committed to their principles and values, as well as supporting the diocesan strategy.

You will be asked to complete an application form and a cover letter as part of the recruitment process.

About the Organisation

The Diocese is the administrative area of the Church of England that, broadly speaking, covers the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. There are 815 churches in the Diocese – more than any other diocese in the Church of England. So in many ways the best description is that it is the family of the 55,000 or so regular worshippers in these churches.

You may also have experience in areas such as Governance Officer, Project Officer, Governance and Projects, Company Secretary, Trustee, Diocesan, Information Governance Officer, Information and Governance, Compliance, Governance and Compliance, Diocesan Trustee. 

This is an exciting new role to work alongside the Mental Wealth Academy to design and develop an innovative programme that supports young people who have been on a mental health journey and are ready to take a step into training and development opportunities to become Mental Health Ambassadors.

CMS has had a remarkable impact on the global church over 220 years of history. With a new CEO in post, CMS has started a strategic discernment process to help uncover CMS’s call to global mission for this generation. The role of PA to the CEO is critical to the effective running and organisation of the CMS office and therefore the organisation as a whole. It offers an excellent development opportunity for a gifted individual with a passion and heart for mission

This is a key role to provide excellent and proactive executive support to the CEO and the Board of Trustees and administrative support to the Deputy CEO & Director of Mission Transformation as well as the Director of Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) as required. The post holder’s main responsibility will be supporting the CEO and the Board of Trustees, enabling them to effectively shape and drive forward organisational aims.

This role requires excellent secretarial and administrative skills, the ability to prioritise workload and a high attention to detail. In addition the person will be a talented relationship builder with exceptional communication skills and will have a proactive mindset to be one step ahead in organising and preparing supporting documents.

 It is essential that the successful candidate has a graduate qualification or equivalent experience, as well as experience of working as a PA/EA or team administrator, with an extensive experience of organising meetings and taking accurate minutes. It is also a requirement for this post holder to be a committed and practising Christian and be committed to the vision, aims and values of CMS, which are detailed on the CMS website.

This is a permanent and full-time position based in Oxford with a starting salary of £27,480 to £28,600 per annum depending on experience, and a generous pension scheme contribution.

Further details can be found in the job description and person specification available to download.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications:

• Midnight on Wednesday 26 February 2020
• Interviews will be held on Monday 09 March 2020 at CMS House, Oxford

St Mungo’s vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions.  As a homelessness charity and housing association our clients are at the heart of what we do. We provide a bed and support to more than 2,700 people a night who are either homeless or at risk, and work to end homelessness and rebuild lives.

Floyd’s Row is a new service in the centre of Oxford, providing short term accommodation for up to 60 male and female residents, some of whom have complex needs such as alcohol misuse, substance misuse, mental health issues and a history of offending. 

The purpose of this post is to ensure we provide a safe and healthy environment for our clients to live in. Duties will include maintaining the cleanliness of the communal areas, including kitchens or bathrooms, as well as supporting the team in cleaning client’s rooms when they have moved out. Therefore candidates will need to have good working knowledge of Health and Safety, a basic knowledge of IT and be comfortable working alone. You will possess effective communication skills, approach your work and clients in a non-judgemental way including those displaying challenging behaviour.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development.

To find out more and apply please go to our website.

To view job descriptions on our vacancies page, please click on the document available tab above the relevant job advert.

Closing date: 10am, 28 February 2020

Interview and assessment dates: TBC

It is a requirement for this post that a standard DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate. 

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2019, we are also proud to have been awarded Personnel Today’s 2018 Diversity and Inclusion (Public Sector) award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Can you create content that is engaging and accessible for a wide range of stakeholders? Are you passionate about social media and website development? Can you raise our profile across Oxfordshire? If so, we NEED you! 

1. To promote achievements and activities and raise our profile in a manner consistent with our brand, including production of simple marketing materials such as posters and leaflets.
2. To improve how we use digital and social media channels to increase and improve engagement and feedback online, including managing our social media accounts, producing the News Briefing, and overseeing the production of engaging website content.
3. To maintain, manage and develop our website, including reporting on how effective the site is utilising Google Analytics and other software.
4. To ensure we communicate with a diverse audience and wide range of local stakeholders.
5. To produce press releases, copy for our news briefing, reports and other documents as well as proof-read information for external papers.
6. Work with local media channels, including digital, print, television, and radio to help increase the awareness of Healthwatch Oxfordshire’s activity and impact.
7. Develop targeted campaigns to target underrepresented communities in Oxfordshire and support Healthwatch Oxfordshire projects
8. Support the collection of local and national data using the Healthwatch Oxfordshire website and feedback centre.

Job Overview

The HR Business Partner will provide support, advice and guidance in relation to employee relations. Acting as a key member of the HR team and reporting into the Head of HR, the role holder will work closely with the other HR Business Partners and will lead on employee relation cases, as well as provide sound employee relations advice. 

Responsibilities 

• To provide expert HR advice and guidance in managing employee relation cases

• Act as a first point of contact, across the full scope of Employee Relations

• Advising and coaching senior individuals and managers to effectively manage all employee relations issues in line with the HR policy

• Offer advice and guidance around change management

Qualifications

• Level 7 CIPD qualified or equivalent qualification

• Strong HR employee relations experience

• Experience of working within a Business Partnering model, collaborating closely with managers and senior stakeholders

Clinical Psychologists
Locations: Liverpool, Coventry, Oxford, Brent (NW London), Central London, Croydon

Salary: Equivalent to Agenda for Change, Band 8a although developmental Band 7 posts will be considered.

Hours Full time (35 hours) or flexible/part time arrangements if required

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

We are a dynamic, innovative and values-led organisation, with the ability to develop our services to meet the needs of the people we work with. As part of our commitment to end the homelessness of more people using our direct services, including people with complex needs, we are investing in a clinical psychology offer across our Skylight services, and our new Housing First provision in London.

Our funding means our services can work with clients at their pace, in a person-centred manner that helps them identify their strengths as well as their priorities for things to address to help them leave homelessness for good. This may be facilitated through our client incentives fund – which operate along the lines of personalised/ individual budgets, aligned to the achievement of goals that will enable people to leave homelessness for good.

The role in Wales is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

This is an exciting time to join Crisis as a clinical psychologist. All our teams have been trained in Psychologically Informed Environment through Dr Emma Williamson (Clinical Psychologist) of aneemo and we have developed our initial approach informed by advice from her and Professor Nick Maguire. You will be joining a new team of psychologists which includes a lead clinical psychologist and there are people in place in four of the 11 Skylight Centres.

You will be joining a community of practice – with links internally and externally to the leading practitioners in the field of homelessness and psychology – and have the opportunity to work strategically to influence practice across the sector.

About the role
As a clinical psychologist working with Crisis, you will add value by helping us work with complexity and help people change their lives and leave homelessness for good.

The role will encompass four key aspects:

1. Direct Clinical work – working one to one and in groups holding a direct caseload that reflects the importance of flexible personalised approaches. Working alongside people to develop shared assessments and formulations to inform interventions and possible referrals to appropriate statutory and voluntary services.
2. Consultation, Training and staff support – facilitating case-focused reflective practice sessions, enabling and encouraging the skills in others, providing “consultancy” advice and support to colleagues, and pedagogy “on-the- job” support
3. Research – working alongside our Research and Evaluation teams to evaluate our evidence-based practice, ensuring our services are effective and achieve meaningful outcomes for our clients
4. Psychologically Informed Environment – working alongside the team to support the continued development of a wider psychologically informed environment for clients and staff.

Roles will be available in the following locations: Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford, Brent (NW London), Central London, Croydon, Swansea.

We are flexible about employment arrangements for these roles.

We are offering full time (35 hour) posts directly employed by Crisis but are also very happy to consider secondment arrangements from NHS Trusts or Universities. We encourage conversations with people who are seeking and seeking part time roles or job sharing opportunities.

We are offering salaries commensurate with Grade 8a on NHS salary scales. There is flexibility within the scale according to experience. We are also interested in talking to early career or trainee psychologists about ways we might be able to facilitate an interesting career progression towards an 8a role.

Crisis has a serious commitment to Continued Professional Development and supervision. Professional supervision is provided by the Lead Clinical Psychologist and individual arrangements for clinical supervision will be organised as required. External clinical supervision will be provided for all direct employees.

About you
You will be passionate about working with people who have experienced complex trauma and homelessness, including those with dual diagnoses. You will be a patient, persistent, empathetic and flexible practitioner, able to engage individuals who may have experienced exclusion from other services. Your values will reflect and be aligned with ours (inspiration, integrity through evidence, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, and resolve to end homelessness) and you’ll be motivated to work with us because of them.

Your therapeutic training and practice will have encompassed one or more of the key evidence-based interventions with a focus on people who have had to face enormous challenges in life, often from a very early age. These may include, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Mentalisation-Based Therapy and/or Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. The capacity to think and formulate at a systemic level is very important.

You will be risk conscious and risk aware, boundaried, but not risk averse, and able to support others within your teams to manage complexity and uncertainty in their client-facing work.

You’ll be personally resilient and a great communicator, able to help our staff teams build and develop their capacity and facilitate client-focused reflective practice sessions.

Moreover, you will be excited about the opportunity to work with us – and our clients – in a creative, well-resourced organisation that is committed to learning and improving, following the evidence, and resolved to end homelessness

You will be registered with the HCPC.

How to apply
For a full job description and details of how to apply, please send us an email via the 'apply now' button.

If you would like to speak to us further about the roles or understand more about Crisis and the work we do, please e-mail our Lead Clinical Psychologist, Peter Oakes to arrange an informal conversation

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing Date: Sunday 15th March (23:59)

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

With interest in climate action at an all-time high, we’re looking for a new Communications Coordinator to join our small but impactful team supporting community-led change in Oxfordshire.

We’re looking for an energetic, organised and resourceful Communications Coordinator to manage our newsletters and social media channels, and support communications across our growing network of community action groups in Oxfordshire. The network collaborates to build an Oxfordshire with resilient and empowered communities, so that people and planet can thrive within ecological limits.

You’ll have experience managing impactful social media accounts, writing newsletters and website copy, organising and running events and trainings and an ability to lead your own work and collaborate well in a team. You will be passionate about the environment, tackling social inequality and building a more equal and sustainable society. 

We’re a small, dedicated team, motivated by our belief in the power of well-connected community-led action. We work flexibly, trying to bring people together to find skillful solutions, and trying to respond quickly to take opportunities that others might miss. We’d love you to  be the kind of person who’s happy giving things a go and learning from their mistakes, and is comfortable drawing on the skills and resources available around them.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you.

This role is part-time. We are looking for someone who can work between 2 and 3 days a week to help us meet the growing interest in our work. The exact hours will be agreed depending on the candidate’s desired working hours in the role and how that fits with organisational needs. Exact days and hours worked over the week are negotiable with the Lead Coordinator. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends where required as a number of the meetings and events we support occur at these times. The role will generally be based out of our office in Makespace Oxford, but with some flexibility to work from home by agreement with the Lead Coordinator.

Find out more about CAG Oxfordshire on our website. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us and we’ll be happy to respond via email or arrange a phone conversation if you’d prefer.

Closing date: 9 am Monday 2nd March 2020

Interview dates:  9 am to 8 pm on 12th March at Makespace Oxford

Prospectus is pleased to be partnering with Calibre to recruit their new Trusts and Grants Fundraiser. Calibre believes that everyone should have the pleasure of reading and that being blind or partially sighted, dyslexic or unable to hold a book should not be barriers to the written word. With an amazing collection of over 11,000 titles and with the dedicated support of a team of volunteers, they provide an extensive audiobook lending service to their members with around 37,000 books being sent out each month!

It's an exciting time to join Calibre as they progress with the development of a new and ambitious fundraising strategy which will see the introduction of new funding streams enabling Calibre to diversify their offer to reach more members. Calibre's purpose is to change lives through reading, and there could not be a better time to join.

The Trusts and Grants Fundraiser will be responsible for growing the charity's income from trusts and foundations, lottery bodies and other grant makers with a particular focus on larger funders. The remit will be to establish a strong portfolio of funders whilst in time extending the reach nationally. With lots of scope to establish and grow this income stream, it will take a trained eye to grow and develop the right relationships.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have significant trust fundraising experience, be well organised and have a keen eye for detail. Excellent research and communication skills will be key as will a positive and 'can do' attitude!
Calibre is open to this role being worked part time.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you

I am urgently recruiting an Interim Head of HR for a supported housing organisation based in Oxfordshire for an initial 3-month period. 

Reporting into the Executive Director of Resources and supporting the Chief Executive and senior team, you will work across the organisation leading on and advising on all elements of HR, particularly employee relations.  You will be accountable for providing leadership of the HR function, policies, systems and practice to enable the organisation to achieve its goals and objectives.  You should have a pro-active ‘business partnership’ approach to service delivery. 

This is an initial 3-month interim contract with the possibility of a short extension. This role will pay a daily rate of £350 to £400 per day through an umbrella company and you will: -

• Be an experienced Head of HR who has worked in similar level roles
• Have strong experience in handling all types of HR issues, including employee relations and ET claims
• Have experience of managing an HR team and securing strong people performance
• Be CIPD Qualified
• Be available immediately as the start date for this role is in mid-February
• Be available at least 4/5 days per week to work in the office
• Due to location, this role will suit a driver with their own vehicle
• A DBS check will be required for this role

Interviews for this role will take place on 7th February with a start ASAP thereafter if successful