Quaggy Development Trust (QDT) is a Charitable Trust organisation based on the borders of Greenwich and Lewisham delivering services through nurseries, children’s centres and a café.

Formed in 2003, we have demonstrated consistent growth, with annual income in excess of £2.2 million, total funds of over £2 million, and 60+ dedicated employees.

We are looking for a fully qualified Finance Director to report to, and work closely with, the Chief Executive and the Board of Trustees.  Responsibilities will include all aspects of financial management, active development and support of organisational strategy, and monitoring systems, controls and grant proposals to secure and maintain the long-term health of the Charity. You will lead the reporting and analysis of all financial information and will develop and implement recommendations aimed at delivering the most cost effective outcomes consistent with the Charity’s constitution.

You must be a fully qualified member of a recognised UK (or equivalent) professional accounting body (defined as CCAB or CIMA). Previous experience in the charity sector would be an advantage but not essential.

The position is part-time, working 1 - 2 days per week. Salary range (based on full-time earnings) is £46,151 to £57,479 per annum. Some evening and occasional Saturday working will be required.

Quaggy Development Trust is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding, and promotes the welfare and confidentiality of all service users. If successful, you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. All interested applicants must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 4th January 2021

Previous applicants need not apply.

Operations Manager (UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub)

Are you an exceptional operations manager, who’s experienced in humanitarian start-ups? Are you passionate about helping people impacted by humanitarian crises? Are you interested in joining an exciting new initiative, which will promote collaboration between the humanitarian sector and UK leaders in science, technology, and innovation?

We are looking to recruit an Operations Manager for the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub, with a focus on managing finance, HR, work plans, grants and administration.

Launching in 2021, the Hub will bring together the Humanitarian sector and the UK’s expertise in technology, science and innovation to support people impacted by crises. The Operations Manager will play a central role, supporting the set-up and day to day running of the Hub.

You will have considerable experience in operational delivery roles, ideally from the humanitarian sector or membership organisations. You will have an excellent working knowledge of operational systems and be adept at building constructive working relationships. The UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub is a new initiative, so we are looking for someone who is experienced in start-ups and feels comfortable in an evolving environment, as the work of the Hub continues to grow and develop. We are also interested in hearing from candidates with a background in research and grants, as the Operations Manager will be involved in delivering a funding programme for humanitarian innovation work. 

The Hub is hosted by Elrha and is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

If you are passionate about using your operations skills to support the humanitarian community and those affected by crises, and you want to be part of a new initiative that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.  

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We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable people in our work. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure. 

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality and are committed to improving employment opportunities for minority groups. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates, as BAME and people with disabilities are currently under-represented throughout our work. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans, and non-binary candidates.

Please note: Due to COVID-19 we are all currently working remotely, so this role will initially be home-based. When deemed safe and appropriate to do so, the role will be based in our London office and there will be some UK travel involved in this role.

The role will be appointed at the start of the salary band advertised, unless there are exceptional circumstances. This allows for incremental progression within the role and movement up the scale.

Closing date: 29 November 2020 Interview date: 10 December 2020

Advertising Reference: 2022
Position Title: Project Assistant
Location: Lambeth  (Currently virtual/work from home) The post holder may start the position while NCB is working remotely due to Covid-19, therefore all candidates must be able to work at home temporarily.
Status: Permanent
Salary: £21,814 per annum

For over 50 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.  In 2014, NCB partnered with Lambeth to successfully bid to become one of five ‘A Better Start’ sites across the country, a ten year programme focussing on improving Early Childhood Development outcomes, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The advertised role will provide support to the LEAP Team (Lambeth Early Action Partnership), based in the four most deprived wards in Lambeth.  LEAP aims to support pregnant women and families with young children through a range of services, and is currently in its fifth year.

We are looking for a professional, capable and motivated Project Assistant to become part of our team, supporting colleagues through a range of tasks that will contribute to the efficient delivery of the programme.

The tasks will assist programme delivery, including: sourcing and setting-up venues or virtual platforms for training or meetings; taking minutes for meetings with clear actions; coordinating meetings across the LEAP partnership; supporting team members in sourcing resources and helping to prepare for training events; ensuring the LEAP office space complies with Health and Safety policies.

LEAP is a learning organisation, and as such the candidates will be given opportunities to attend training sessions that help staff and the broader workforce to better understand Early Childhood Development, as well as a range of training opportunities through its host organisation, the National Children’s Bureau.

Applications close at 11:59pm on Monday, 7 December 2020.

Assessment and interviews to be conducted on 14 and 16 December 2020. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

To apply and for more information:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you will find further instructions on how to apply. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

NCB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, political opinion, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, paternity, and carer status.

No agencies please.

Assistant Director of Operations - Rough Sleeper Support Services - 6-month contract

Our client a local homelessness charity are seeking an experienced senior leader, for their community support service, this includes management of their f Rough Sleeper Outreach services, Homeless Health Link, Education, Training and Employment Services, and Peer Mentoring Service, this is an urgent need so requires someone who is immediately available, with direct experience at a senior level with homeless services, this is a remote based work but with the need to visit services in the Twickenham area and beyond as required.

Job Purpose
To lead on the management and development of the community-based services, which currently include the following:

* Rough sleeper outreach services,
* Homeless health link service
* Training and employment service
* Peer mentoring

This role will focus on the development of non-accommodation support services across the organisation, this role will be key in developing innovative solutions to tackling social isolation, improving health and wellbeing outcomes, increasing the personal development and life skills of our service users. Working towards the mission of the charity 'Homelessness to Independence'

This role will provide leadership in building the capacity of services users, leading the teams to engage with service users in a creative innovative way, this role will be the lead for contract management of the services and will need to demonstrate excellent contract management skills.

This role will be required to think differently and implement service innovations by developing and managing positive, collaborative relationships with many partners and stakeholders that will have different perspectives and interests.

This role will be required to create cohesion across the various teams, by demonstrating a strong work ethic and ability to take initiative in proactively resolving issues and creating solutions to meet the needs of the service users.

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING
Essential
A good knowledge of the homelessness sector in London including rough sleeping services
A good understanding of Fundraising, Local Authority and other Statutory funding of services

SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential
Ability to manage a varied group of service delivery teams
Ability to develop and deliver business plans effectively
Ability to manage teams to be compliant with organisational policies and procedures, including Health & Safety and Quality Assurance
Effectively utilize operational databases and use data to develop and deliver services effectively
Ability to manage resources using budgets and management accounts
Ability to support the submission of bids to secure new funding

EXPERIENCE
Essential
Experience of leading service delivery - managing teams and services
Creating and develop business plans for the area of work
Experience of internal and external reporting to Senior Management Team and Board and stakeholders
Management of data and use of databases
Experience of analysing operational data to identify areas for improved performance
Experience of supporting new funding bids - bid writing and data analysis
Experience of effective financial management through budget setting, management accounting

Assistant Director of Operations - Rough Sleeper Support Services
6-month contract
Remote but with the need to travel around Twickenham
ASAP start
£45k (pro-rata)
REF: 73805PMR

We want a highly experienced and dynamic finance and business development professional to join us, who can support the Chief Executive and the Board through the next phase of the organisational growth. We are looking for someone with an eye for financial detail but also someone who has experience in business development.
The post holder will be a key to the Charity’s success and is also the Company Secretary and a member of the Leadership team.

The ideal candidate must be a qualified accountant, and a good team player, committed to the charity sector and our charitable purpose. You will have the ability to bring strategic financial management to multiple and complex areas of work. A recent working knowledge of charity finance is desirable but not essential.
The successful candidate will be employed on an annual contracted hours basis allowing for flexible working arrangements by agreement. Benefits package includes 25 days’ paid holiday pro rata, pension scheme, flexible working conditions, mileage allowance and training opportunities.

Hours: 36.5 hours per week (flexible working basis, including occasional evening and weekends)

Fixed Term Contract for 22 months with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

Due to the nature of the work, you will be required to undertake a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.

To download a job description, person specification and an application form for this post, please visit our website. 

CVs, with a supporting letter describing why you are applying and how your skills relate to the role, will also be considered.

• Closing date: Midday on 16th December 2020
• Interview date: w/c 21st December 2020

Community First is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Job purpose

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Head of Finance and Operations is a key member of RSN’s senior leadership team (SLT), helping determine and implement our overall organisational strategy. The role oversees a budget of circa £1m and directly manages the Finance Manager and Operations Assistant. They work closely with the Head of Programmes and individual programme leads to oversee income and expenditure, ensuring that RSN’s work is delivered to budget and adequately funded, and that accurate financial reports are available to the SLT, CEO, trustees and donors.

Our Head of Finance and Operations takes a lead on enabling RSN’s team to serve young asylum seekers and refugees as effectively and efficiently as possible: overseeing our HR, legal responsibilities, working environment and everything that goes on behind the scenes to resource and support our service delivery. The postholder will develop and undertake their role through the lens of our organisational ethos, seeking to embed and uphold RSN’s values across all their work streams.

The postholder joins our team at a particularly exciting time, we launch our new strategy, continue our work to become a more actively anti-racist organisation, and take on a new name that better reflects our education-focused vision and mission. 

We are also beginning the refurbishment of an abandoned historic bank on Harlesden High Street, which will become an educational centre for young refugees, a social impact hub for the local area, and our home. When the refurbishment is completed (projected summer 2021), the postholder will also line-manage a Facilities and Community Manager, and will play a key role in ensuring RSN’s new premises have maximum social impact, for us and others.

Please see the attached Job Applicant Pack or scroll down the page for the role’s key responsibilities and the person specification. 

Job details and application process

Terms and conditions 

The role is full time and permanent - though we are a flexible employer and welcome applications from candidates interested in working 4 days per week. The role will be based at RSN’s office in Harlesden, north London (NB: the majority of our team are currently working from home due to Coronavirus and we anticipate this role doing the same until it is appropriate to return). The salary is band B - £37-45k pro rata (starting salary depending on the competencies and experience of the successful candidate). The package also includes 25 days leave and a pension.

As the role involves some contact with children and vulnerable young people and their data, the successful candidate will have to undertake a DBS check and all those invited to interview will be required to complete a self disclosure.

Application process

Applications (and any questions about the role) should be sent by email to Emily Bowerman  - jobs @ refugeesupportnetwork. org (no spaces). The closing date for applications is 9am Monday 7th December 2020.

Your application should comprise

• a full CV including a full employment history showing responsibilities held and relevant achievements

• a letter (maximum two sides of A4) telling us where you heard about this role and explaining:

• Why you would like to work for RSN (1 paragraph)

• How your experience, skills and character are a good fit for this particular role (main focus)

• Any contextual recruitment factors you would like us to be aware of (as appropriate, and please see below for more information)

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in an initial phone call, undertake a short task and provide references, following which interviews will be held. Suitable candidates may be contacted to begin the phone call and task process before the deadline, and we encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible. Please note that you must have a visa that allows you to work in the UK for the duration of your contract.

Contextual recruitment and reasonable adjustments

Exam grades and job titles are not the full picture - the context in which achievements were gained also matters. At RSN, we actively seek to recruit with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, considering the impact of the context in which a candidate has worked or studied.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with lived experience of forced migration, and from other backgrounds that are currently underrepresented on our team.

Additionally, if you feel you would require reasonable adjustments in order to carry out the role or attend an interview at RSN due to a disability, caring responsibilities or any other reason, please give details in your cover letter or get in touch with Emily Bowerman  - jobs @ refugeesupportnetwork. org (no spaces) - to discuss further.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Finance

• Together with the Chief Executive and Head of Programmes, oversee annual budget creation and on-going budget control

• Manage preparing of statutory accounts, audit, VAT and any other finance compliance (in partnership with our external accountants)

• Maintain financial projections and oversee financial reporting to SLT, trustees and funders (including the preparation of monthly management accounts)

• Track incoming resources through further developing and maintaining our Grant Management Information System

• Oversee outgoing payments, including oversight of tendering, payroll, expenses, etc

• Oversee mortgage and regular reporting to mortgage provider (Charity Bank)

Strategy, legal and governance 

• Identify, plan for and deliver all operational, financial and IT-related initiatives required to deliver on our ambitious growth objectives

• Continually improve operational systems, processes and policies in support of the organisation’s mission and ethos

• Oversee all legal contracts – including subcontracting and partnership working

• Oversee and further develop all organisational policies

• Ensure all policies are effectively implemented and that all staff remain up to date with necessary training and checks

• Ensure effective and appropriate risk assessment and management procedures are in place and implemented, including insurance and office risk assessments

• Provide governance support as requested by the Chief Executive (including registration of new trustees)

• In collaboration with our Head of Programmes, oversee and develop RSN's approach to meeting the requirements of UK GDPR, including staff training and data hygiene days

Human resources

• Oversee all employment contracts

• Oversee operations onboarding processes for all new starters

Information management

• Oversee database development and management

• Ensure organisation is working within the most efficient internal online file management systems and architecture, with appropriate access and permissions for staff and volunteers

Office, Logistics, Health and Safety

• Manage all premises contracts – both for tenants in our London office and as tenants across the UK

• Ensure health and safety standards are met across the organisation, including from staff who need to work from home

• Oversee all telephony and IT provision (landlines, staff mobiles and laptops etc)

Other 

• Maintain some form of direct contact with the young people RSN serves, as agreed with your line manager. This may involve mentoring one young refugee, attending sessions of our Youth Advisory Board or other comparable responsibility

Person specification

Experience

• Strong financial and commercial awareness, with a track record of setting and managing budgets

• Strong track record of financial analysis and preparation of financial reports

• Experience using an accounting system (such as Xero)

• Confident line manager with a track record of building and motivating teams

• Experience of drafting and reviewing contracts (both for employment and services)

• Experience of drafting and reviewing organisational policies

• Proven ability to develop, monitor and maintain management information systems and procedures to help teams work effectively Experience of managing operations in an office and/or community premises

• Proven administrative, leadership and management ability in organisational development

Skills 

• Ability to think strategically and convert strategy into detailed operational plans

• Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing and over the telephone with individuals and with a wide variety of organisations and audiences and to research, analyse and interpret complex information and produce clear verbal and written reports

• Outstanding project management skills, meticulously well organised and reliable

• A quick learner with strong problem-solving abilities

• Ability to apply discretion in sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality at all times

• Flexible, proactive and able to work under pressure

• Ability to see the strategic, big picture, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail

• A strong team player, who understands, values and speaks affirmingly of the work of others, being helpful, kind and sensitive to their needs

Other

We value the way in which a person works just as much as the actual work they do. To this end, we are seeking candidates with the following attributes:

• Character: Has integrity, earns trust and maintains confidences, and speaks plainly and truthfully

• Mission-led: Is engaged by RSN’s vision of enabling young refugees to build more hopeful futures through education

• Values-led: Shares RSN’s values and seeks to live them out in their work

• Ethos-led: Is motivated by personal core beliefs (whether Christian or not) and values playing a leadership role in an organisation which is founded on, and seeking to outwork, the Christian faith

London Met SU is home to over 10,000 students studying in North London, across our two campuses on Holloway Road and in Aldgate. London Metropolitan University is a diverse and exciting university that challenges how our society works and prepares graduates to thrive and continue to challenge and change the world around them.

We are now recruiting for a Finance and Operations Assistant to join our small but ambitious team.

Accountable to: Finance Manager
Salary: £12,585 @ 0.6 FTE (3 Days a Week)

Purpose of the Role: To ensure the smooth running of the SU by supporting its administrative needs in both Finance and Clerical areas. The successful candidate will need to display an aptitude to gather information from various websites Eventbrite, PayPal etc to support the Finance Manager and an ability to to assist the Leadership team by providing administrative support.

Interviews/Start Date: We will be conducting interviews once all applications have been received. Deadline for the submission of applications is midday on Wednesday, 2nd December. The successful candidate will be notified on Friday, 18th December and will start on Monday, 4th January.

How to apply: Send your CV and a cover letter answering to our Job Description.

Could you carry out the financial and administrative tasks that keep this busy charity running?

If you are highly organised, with an eye for detail and great Excel skills, then this could be the role for you.

About us

At Community Impact Bucks, we are passionate about helping people to get involved and make a difference in their communities.

• We support hundreds of communities and causes across Buckinghamshire by helping charities and voluntary groups to be the best they can be – perhaps by helping them find funding, run their organisation or find volunteers.
• By helping local residents to find volunteering roles, we support people who want to give back to their communities while at the same time help local charities to find the volunteers they may need to support vital services.
• And through our community services, we help to build strong, resilient communities and directly help people – the elderly, vulnerable and socially isolated – where we see an unmet need.

We are advertising a number of new roles that will take the charity into the exciting next phase of development and ensure we’re strong, focused and better placed than ever to respond to our communities’ changing needs and adapt to new opportunities and challenges, while making the best use of our resources and developing ambitious services for the future.

Our office in Monks Risborough has free parking and good bus and rail links. Our team is currently working mainly from home, but with access to the office when needed.

About you

Skilled in use of IT software, in particular Excel, you get satisfaction from seeing everything running smoothly, have an eye for detail, and are happy to work on your own initiative as part of a remote team.

Able to manage your own time, you will have a flexible approach and be keen to test new ways of working to improve business processes.

Key responsibilities

Key tasks include:

• Bookkeeping and day-to-day management of invoices and payments
• Premises management: resolving day-to-day issues, managing contractors, planning maintenance, managing utilities contracts.
• Co-ordinating team and Board meetings including invitations, agenda and papers.
• Responsible for HR administration and record-keeping, including preparing paperwork and co-ordinating recruitment, induction and leaver processes.
• Act as an IT Superuser, becoming expert in IT systems and supporting colleagues to use them effectively.

Key requirements

• Experience of bookkeeping, preferably using bookkeeping software such as QuickBooks.
• Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
• Excellent telephone manner and confident in a public facing role.
• Able to establish systems, record information and maintain records systematically.
• Confident user of IT software, including Microsoft Office Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Confident working with numbers, data and spreadsheets.
• Able to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines.

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities. 

How to apply

For more information please visit our website to download the Job Description and application form.

To apply, please complete an application form explaining how your skills, experience and interests meet the Job Description and Person Specification.

Email your application with the subject ‘Finance & Operations Assistant’ by 9am on 26th November.

Interviews will take place via video call – Teams or Zoom.

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career. Meanwhile, the NHS (one of the largest employers in Europe) is currently in a staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of roles. See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too! Could you lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and care careers over the next 3 years?

You might be the right person for our Senior Head of Operations role that focuses on leading the infrastructure developments to support our regional operational team based across the South of England. 

You’ll be to be someone who…

• Must have experience of senior management of operations.

• Wants to see things change. You’ll need to believe in your heart that all young people have limitless potential
• Is comfortable being uncomfortable. We’re a place where innovation is rife so change and uncertainty is inevitable
• Loves being around people. Capable of leading people to achieve amazing things; not being scared to ask people to dig-deep or to make difficult decisions

You should know…

• We think big. We want to have impact across the whole country.
• We’re positive, proactive, solutions-focused people. We take a strengths-based approach to everything we do, believing anything is possible
• We’re super digital and data driven… or trying to be! If you hate tech or numbers, you might not love us. We work at pace, continually looking at our performance and seeing how we can improve.

In a nutshell, you’ll be responsible for…

• Ultimately, getting 10,000 young people into health & care careers over the next 3 years
• Developing excellent partnerships and overseeing the delivery of national and/or local contracts
• Managing large teams spread across England
• ….and lots of other things detailed in the Job Description!

For more information about this role, please visit our website. 

Board and Operations Support Coordinator

Andrews Charitable Trust has an excellent track record for supporting new and innovative charities since 1965.  Today it focuses on tackling the issues that link poverty and housing, both here in the UK and overseas.  

Through its ownership of Andrews Property Group, ACT uses the profits made by the business to support ventures which offer innovative approaches and have the potential to scale and replicate.  

This is a new role, developed at an exciting time for the Trust, as we embed our strategy and develop our relationship with Andrews Property Group.  Working alongside the Executive Director, it is a refreshing opportunity for an organised self-starter to help us become better at what we do and to put his/her/their own personal stamp on the role.

The ACT board is looking for a Board and Operations Support Coordinator to support the Executive Director by:

• Ensuring that the Trust runs excellent grant-making programmes by being the first point of contact for the Trust, plus developing and maintaining great systems for efficient and well managed relationships with organisations that we fund. 
• Supporting both the Board of Trustees of ACT and the Board of Directors of Andrews Property Group in terms of meeting logistics, compiling and distributing advance paperwork and preparing meeting minutes.
• Helping the Executive Director to build greater engagement between ACT and Andrews Property Group, including collecting data and stories about our impact and promoting volunteering opportunities.

Skills and Experience

As the Board and Operations Support Coordinator you will need to:

• Possess strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Be able to work independently and use initiative to manage your time and workload.
• Be passionate about addressing homelessness and those in housing need.
• Have experience of supporting charities or some understanding of how charities work.
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• Have strong verbal and written communications skills.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as Andrews Charitable Trust welcomes fresh talents, skills, and experiences that may benefit the organization and your own work performance.

The closing date for this position is the 29th November and interviews will be held on the 10th December.

Project Cataloguing Assistants

3 month Fixed Term Contract (possibility of extension)

£21,305 per annum pro rata

London SW1

Founded in 1841, The London Library is one of the world's leading literary institutions with an outstanding collection of books and resources. We are a registered charity dedicated to the advancement of education, learning and knowledge. We are now building a team to assist with the completion of our retrospective cataloguing project that will open-up a greater portion of our collection to members.

Your role will be to transfer older catalogues onto our Library Management System (ALMA) which will include listing records onto spreadsheets, checking and editing records as well as creating new ones where required. You will also help members with catalogue and book enquiries as needed and ensure that book stacks are kept in good order.

With some prior library experience, you will need to be good with people, organised, used to working to tight deadlines and have a keen attention to detail. You will have good GCSE passes including Maths and English and be proficient with MSOffice. Relevant online cataloguing experience would be an advantage.

For more information and to apply please visit our website via the link.  Closing date:  Sunday 13 December 2020.  Interviews will be conducted via Zoom between the 5th and 21st of January 2021.

Holidays: 25 days pro rata + 8 Bank Holidays + a discretionary 3 days over Christmas + additional length-of-service entitlement; we also offer a generous pension scheme, an Employee Assistance Porgramme, and travelcard loan and cycle to work schemes
Start date: January 2021 (negotiable)
Location: 95 Sirdar Road, London W11 4EQ
Deadline for applications: 9am, Tuesday 1st December 2020
Selection day: Tuesday, 8th December 2020 (via Zoom video call)

Dear Candidate,
 

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our staff team as a Community Development Worker with the aptitude and ability to learn on the job. 

The ClementJames Centre is an award-winning charity that provides programmes that address underachievement and social exclusion.  We support over 2,900 children, young people and adults each year, most at risk of failing to meet their potential to go onto higher education or employment, due to disadvantage. 

We have four main programmes:

• Adult Learning - supporting adults to improve their English, Maths and ICT skills. We offer a wide range of Functional Skills courses and intensive literacy & numeracy support.
• Employment Support - helping people to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. We offer tailored advice and support, mentoring and work skills activities
• Wellbeing & Support - empowering people to overcome barriers and challenges and to engage with their own wellbeing. We do this through the provision of Information, Advice and Guidance, and wellbeing support and activities
• Children & Young People’s Education - helping young people to learn, flourish and achieve their potential. We provide academic support, mentoring, intensive literacy & numeracy support and aspirational activities

The role of the Community Development Worker is a varied one and includes delivering our bespoke Employment Programme to local adults and young people, supporting with a range of health and wellbeing projects and providing at least one element of either, Advice and Guidance on a range of issues, or literacy and numeracy support to children and adults.

Our dedicated staff team is essential to the success of everything we do. Together, we work towards a fairer society where everyone is empowered to release their potential and live fulfilled lives. As a Community Development Worker you will be at the forefront of positive social change, helping local children and adults to grow and succeed.

This exciting training scheme will not only give you a real insight into the charity sector, but also provide you with the skills and hands-on experience required to excel as a charity professional. The scheme offers full training, development and support, and you will have the opportunity to work with driven and compassionate colleagues within a vibrant community.

If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to release their potential and live fulfilled lives and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.

The ClementJames Centre is a welcoming and unique place to work and if you would like to speak to a member of staff prior to submitting your application please email us to arrange a phone call.

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At ClementJames, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. If you require the application documents in a different format please do not hesitate to contact us.

Black and Minority Ethnic people are currently under-represented in The ClementJames Centre’s workforce and also within the charity sector. The ClementJames Centre particularly welcomes applications from Black and Minority Ethnic people.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. The ClementJames Centre is committed to protecting the health and wellbeing of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff are required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Job Title: Senior Officer, Programme Development (fixed-term contract for 3 years)

Location: Berlin, Germany

Basis of appointment: Full-time, 3 years

Salary: €56,000

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

Isn’t it time that your passion and dedication be channelled towards a career and community that genuinely changes lives?

If you...

• want to transform your own life by transforming the lives of others
• crave a career that creates opportunity for others
• desire to make dreams come true for those who never thought it possible
• know that education is the foundation from which we can change the world
• believe that today’s young people can transform tomorrow
• strive for world peace and global sustainability
• dare to dream

...then a career with UWC International could be the change you need.

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our 18 schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. And they stay a “UWC-er” for life, becoming part of a global community of over 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others.

Working with us will inspire and challenge you

Driving a mission to make the UWC experience available to tomorrow’s changemakers, irrespective of their background, beliefs and economic means demands colleagues with passion and dedication, and a talent for transformation. Our students go on to become leaders in politics, NGOs, social enterprises, community movements, charities, business and many other sectors. For life, they remain dedicated to the UWC mission and many of them remain in close contact with us, their school, and their peers.

Are you our new Senior Officer, Programme Development?

UWC International is seeking a motivated Senior Officer, Programme Development to support the implementation of important new scholarship programmes focused on post-conflict reconciliation and refugees. Managing these programmes will comprise a wide range of activities, including collaborating with colleagues in project countries, outreach to young people eligible for the scholarships we offer, coordinating their selection and support once they join UWC. The Senior Officer, Programme Development will interact with other UWC entities on a regular basis as well as partner organisations such as the EU and UNHCR.

This is a donor-funded role and a fixed-term contract for the duration of three years. The Senior Officer, Programme Development will be based in our office in Berlin, Germany - which currently mostly functions remotely.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of two scholarship programmes: an EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC and a refugee scholarship and preparation programme
• Build and manage processes to ensure effective delivery and initiate improvements
• Liaise with a multitude of stakeholders from the EU and UNHCR to high-level government officials and institutions as well as volunteers
• Coordinate various teams’ contributions to the donor programmes
• Work closely with UWC International’s Philanthropy team to ensure timely operational and financial reporting to the funding entity
• Ensure regular effective communication with external and internal stakeholders
• Support the development of a foundation programme for refugee scholars
• Support and coordinate promotion and outreach as well as student selection in project countries remotely
• Develop other support mechanisms for refugee students
• Supervise programme staff in project countries remotely
• Ensure effective programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Oversee programme budgets
• Facilitate the growth and development of UWC's presence and networks in programme countries and at the regional level
• Perform any other tasks relevant to the programmes and role
• Join the Programme Development Team spread across three continents
• Report to the Head of Programme Development

Services to be provided

The Senior Officer, Programme Development will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the above mentioned programmes. They will provide such services as supporting local programme delivery with effective programme monitoring, evaluation and reporting as well as coordinating and planning the PR, promotion and outreach campaigns and events. The Senior Officer, Programme Development will ensure regular effective communication with external and internal stakeholders (i.e. EU, UNHCR,  UWC schools and colleges, local government officials and partner organisations in programme countries), as well as identify and develop new local partnerships. The Senior Officer, Programme Development should be willing and able to travel as needed and whenever possible given the current global COVID-19 pandemic.

Skills and experience required

Essential:

• Advanced University degree (MA or equivalent or BA with additional equivalent work experience)
• Significant work experience in project and/or programme management in a relevant field, particularly in managing and supporting new programmes
• Relevant experience managing programmes that benefit young people, preferably those from a refugee, displacement or adverse background, and volunteers
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication, networking, organisational and presentation skills as well as diplomacy and tact
• Proficiency in English, UWC’s working language

Desirable:

• Prior experience working with refugees or in a conflict context
• Working knowledge of Greek, Swahili or Turkish would be an advantage
• Financial numeracy and strong data consolidation skills

Visa requirements

Anyone who applies to work at UWC International in Berlin must have a work visa before starting employment, in compliance with relevant immigration rules. We place the highest value on diversity and will do our best to support your visa and work permit application, but cannot give any assurance of success to those applying without current ability to work within the EU.

Applications Process and Deadline

Please send your CV and cover letter (each of a maximum of 2 pages) that relates your experience to the requirements. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. In your application, please provide the name, roles and contact details of two references. We will not contact them without letting you know. Please also indicate how you heard about this role.

Deadline for application: 9am on 29 November, 2020. The interviews will take place the week beginning 7, December, 2020.

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with Access - The Foundation for Social Investment, to recruit for a Finance, Operations and Communications Officer. Social investment is rapidly evolving and much has been achieved to date, however there is still a lot to learn about what works for charities and social enterprises, and how to drive sustainable change. Access - The Foundation for Social Investment works to make charities and social enterprises in England more financially resilient and self-reliant, so that they can sustain or increase their impact. They do this through supporting the development of enterprise activity to grow and diversify income, and improve access to social investment.

The Finance, Operations and Communications Officer position is a varied role with the main focus being to

• provide finance and governance support to the organisation including processing transactions, dealing with invoice queries and preparing information to help the Director of Finance with the financial statements
• providing administrative support during board meetings such as writing and compiling minutes.

In addition you will provide communications support such as managing their online presence and social media channels, maintaining the website, and writing content for the monthly newsletter. You will also provide administrative support to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Trustees when necessary.

You will have excellent organisational and numeracy skills, having ideally worked within a finance function previously. You will also be able to communicate clearly and effectively with a range of stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally. You will be able to demonstrate excellent literacy and written skills, with a good understanding of basic IT practises and Microsoft packages (Excel, Office). This would be an ideal position for somebody looking for a broad and varied role within a small, friendly team.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prospectus will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis therefore we would encourage any suitable candidates to apply ASAP. In order to apply, please submit a CV in Word format in the first instance. Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of interest in vacancies therefore it may not be possible to answer any individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration.