This is a full time post providing administrative and stewardship support at University Hospitals Birmingham Charity (‘UHB Charity’), the official NHS Charity for the four hospitals of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

UHB Charity is dedicated to improving the experience of patients, their families and the staff who care for them.

The Charity raises funds to support patients of the four hospitals by providing new and innovative equipment, funding research and supporting patient and family welfare projects.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in particular has a world class reputation, and specialises in cancer treatment, organ transplantations and trauma care. It is also home of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, where the UK’s military patients are treated.

Heartlands Hospital has a specialist neo-natal unit and very busy children’s and maternity units.

Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital serve the towns of Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

Whilst mainly being based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, the post offers some flexibility for working from home and the opportunity to work across other sites.

The Stewardship Assistant will work closely with other members of the hospital charity, in particular the Office Manager and Stewardship Officer, providing administrative and stewardship  support across the four hospitals and the Charity overall. 

Working as part of a team the post holder will have specific responsibility for accurate data inputting of donations onto our Raisers Edge database, Gift Aid claims, and correspondence with donors and fundraisers by letter, email and over the telephone.

The post holder will also support events put on by the charity and its supporters, and will have the opportunity to learn about stewardship, fundraising and events. This role can involve evening and weekend work at charity events and as such is subject to a 7 day working week contract, but with the majority of work being carried out Monday to Friday in standard office hours.

This role would suit someone looking to gain experience working within a hospital charity, either within fundraising, stewardship, administration or wider.

Our mission is to take Good News relevantly to every young person in Quinton and the surrounding areas. We are looking to appoint a pioneering and visionary director to lead the centre in this new exciting chapter as we enter our eleventh year of ministry. The person we appoint will be passionate about seeing all young people encounter Jesus and this will have an impact on everything they do. They will be able to develop a creative strategy that will grow the work of Quinton Youth for Christ, establishing strong relationships with schools and local churches, as well as developing our detached work and ensuring we are engaging with young people across all demographics. We are excited to work with a charismatic, enthusiastic leader with a heart for evangelism and community engagement, who is able to cast vision and inspire others to join the mission. 

To receive a copy of the Job Description and an Application Form, please email us by clicking 'How to apply'.

Quinton Youth For Christ may close this position early if sufficient applications have been received. 

There is an occupation requirement that the role holder is a committed Christian in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Location: Quinton, Birmingham, UK

Salary: £28,000-£30,000 depending on experience

Deadline for applications: 6th June 2021

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 37 years. With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflicts and natural disasters.

IRW are currently recruiting for the position of ‘International HR Manager' to join its dynamic International Programmes Division. The purpose of the role is to lead and strengthen the global HR remit and provide empowerment to the function by building global people practices that enable success. The post holder will provide strategic leadership, coaching and supporting globally based HR staff to enable good people management, empowering others to lead, and delivering on strategic ambitions relating to people and culture. The post holder will actively align to the CHS HR standards and implement within practises. 

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Level 7 CIPD qualified
• Strong and seasoned analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to overcome challenges
• Strong organisation skills and attention to detail to ensure high quality in ones work
• Ability to prioritise and work efficiently under pressure and subject to changing priorities; proven experience of managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines and using judgment and initiative in problem resolution
• Excellent communication (written and verbal)
• Excellent levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications and HR software

If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on 12/05/2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Applicants should be sympathetic to the values of Islamic Relief:

(Sincerity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Justice and Custodianship)

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

We are seeking an inspirational Chief Executive Officer to join our small independent charity, someone who shares our vision and values, invites innovation and thrives on making a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.

Martineau Gardens, holders of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, is an organically managed community garden close to Birmingham city centre. We offer volunteering opportunities for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; work placements for SEN students; environmental education for schools; family activities and courses for adults. We supplement our charitable income through public engagement activities including events; plant and produce sales; venue hire and visitor donations.

The opportunity to join as our new Chief Executive comes at an exciting time for the charity as we seek to grow our resources and expertise to support more people and maintain the restorative properties of the Gardens. We are seeking an individual who can develop strategy using a creative approach; someone with high levels of emotional intelligence and the ability to influence, who has experience of managing a team with diverse skills and who has expertise in budgeting and governance.

As Chief Executive Officer, you will lead and guide your team of 10 and support them to adapt and develop their services to ensure sustainability and identify opportunities for new ways of working, delivering plans that meet strategic and operational aims.
 
Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, the role of Chief Executive will support the Board of Trustees in fulfilling their responsibilities in the governance of the charity and will bring good strategic and analytical skills coupled with the credibility and gravitas to represent the charity, motivating and empowering through values driven leadership.

Potential candidates will need to be fully motivated to provide the dynamic and inspiring leadership needed to ensure the charity grows and to be able to support the Charity’s vision, mission and values. You will ideally have previous experience leading in the Charity sector, however we will consider applications from a wide range of backgrounds. Knowledge of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is desirable but not essential.

If you have the ambition, credentials and values to help steer our charity to the next level, we would love to hear from you. Any offer made is subject to satisfactory references to the charity and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring service (DBS) will be essential if successful.

Closing date: 27th May 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 9th June 2021

The Board of Directors of NORTH WORCESTERSHIRE BASEMENT PROJECTS is inviting applications for a Chief Executive Officer to continue our work with young people 25 years and under, who are homeless, potentially homeless or in crisis and need support with housing and other related issues in Worcestershire.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a proven ability to set up, develop and sustain projects, has experience in successfully managing a staff team and working to targets to deliver results. Someone who is self-motivated, and who is comfortable with a high degree of autonomy to develop the project through identifying opportunities, networking and working collaboratively with our partners.

The successful person must be knowledgeable about the issues and challenges young people face and ideally have previous knowledge and /or experience of working with and empowering young people to become independent. In return we offer a supportive and flexible work environment and an opportunity to shape and develop the project moving forward.

Pay scales are based on experience with ongoing professional development encouraged.

All successful applicants will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS check.

Salary: £32,500 - £37,500 depending on qualifications and experience

Full time: 35 hours per week

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Applications must be on an application form only – CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date for applications: 12 noon on Wednesday 19 May 2021

Interviews will be held in the week beginning 7 June.

North Worcestershire Basement Projects is working towards Equal Opportunities and Diversity (or “recruits in line with our Equality and Diversity Policy”?)

Registered Charity Number: 1106209. Company Number: 5230659.

The Citizens Advice Service provides free independent confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities.

Citizens Advice Bromsgrove and Redditch (CABR) is an independent registered charity covering the Bromsgrove and Redditch area.

We are a member of National Citizens advice, the leading UK Advice Charity. The main areas we help our clients are in debt, benefits, housing and employment and offer information and advice to a large number of clients to a high, accredited standard of quality. We dealt with 5630 clients in 2019/20 and circa 20000 issues. The core areas are debt, benefits, employment and housing.

We are recruiting to the pivotal role of Chief Officer. We are looking for someone who will drive Citizens Advice Bromsgrove and Redditch forward to become a flourishing and dynamic organisation that will be there for the community long into the future.

Organisation: Citizens Advice Bromsgrove and Redditch

Job Title: Chief Officer

Salary: c. £37,000

Location: Based in Bromsgrove with some travel to key stakeholders within Bromsgrove and Redditch with some flexibility for home working

Reporting to the Trustee Board you have overall responsibility for the quality and delivery of advice provided by Bromsgrove and Redditch CA – ensuring we meet the standards required under the Performance and quality Framework (PQF) and the objectives of the Strategic Business and Development Plan.

Your direct reports will be the CA Service Manager, Senior management team, Paid staff team and volunteers responsible for service delivery.

You will have specific responsibility for all external liaison and activity and will be a proven relationship builder who has exemplary interpersonal skills to strengthen our reputation.

Our network includes National CA, Bromsgrove District Council, Redditch BC, other funders and stakeholders and the local community,

You will have a proven track record of maintaining and developing funding streams to enable continued support for our core service along with specialist service delivery to meet local needs.

You will ideally have managed or been a key influencer on a significant transformation project.

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the delivery of our advice service. Supported by a committed staff and volunteer team we have mobilised home working to continue helping local people in need by phone and email during this period.

Undoubtedly the landscape for local charities has dramatically changed and we are looking for a dynamic and innovative leader who can navigate us through the next steps in offering an excellent service to our clients.

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this role with details on how to apply, please click apply. This will contact our consultants, Aled Morris and Jenny Hills at Harris Hill, who will send the infromation pack.

Please note: responding to this advertisement will not in itself be considered an application. We will need a CV and a supporting statement addressing the full person specification in the information pack.

• Applications close: 9am Wednesday 19 May 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £31,000 - £35,000p.a. (+ £3,000p.a. London Weighting if applicable) p.a
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (please note that we are able to offer flexibility on working hours and are open to discussion with candidates),
• Location: London or Birmingham (with regular travel to London for meetings). Remote working initially until staff return to office-based working.
• Interviews: Week commencing 24th May (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Partnership Team
• Reporting to: Partnerships Director

About The Access Project

In the UK today, students from the most advantaged backgrounds are six times more likely to make it to a top university compared to their least advantaged peers. To change this, The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

Our approach works: our students are more than twice as likely to place at top universities compared to similar peers.

Through the COVID crisis, we have remained student-focussed and continued our support by rapidly moving all provision online. In autumn 2020, we were selected as a Tuition Partner for the highly competitive National Tutoring Programme, in recognition of the quality of our work. This partnership has enabled us to expand and we now serve 1,700 students in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. As the country emerges from COVID, tackling educational disadvantage is an urgent social challenge - a challenge we aim to meet by expanding our footprint and reaching more students than ever before.

Why we need you

The Access Project has a growing number of partnerships with a number of universities built on shared strategic aims: universities’ desire to make their institutions more accessible to students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, and The Access Project’s commitment to helping bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds secure places at top universities. We want to work with more universities to deliver activity with young people in their target geographies, opening up opportunities for funding and broader support from universities.

This is a proactive role that will require the creation of new opportunities and ways of working. It will suit a self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude who enjoys establishing new relationships. The successful candidate will demonstrate good working knowledge of the higher education landscape and relevant policy areas.

Main duties and responsibilities

Strategy development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to implement and review our university partnerships strategy.

Proposal development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to develop university fundraising offers and proposals.

• Negotiate multi-year contracts with universities.

Lead generation and awareness raising

• Create new opportunities for university partnerships, establishing relationships with decision makers and using TAP's networks effectively.

• Raise TAP's presence in the Widening Participation and Access sector, working with our communications team to create and identify opportunities to raise our profile. This would include attending conferences, speaking at or arranging appropriate TAP speakers at conferences, and identifying sector awards that will add to our credentials.

• Work with the Partnerships Director and Communications team to create materials, both on and offline, that will reach and attract university widening participation audiences.

Account management and stewardship

• Work effectively across The Access Project to pool knowledge and connections to universities, consulting relevant stakeholders on decisions about funding and volunteering opportunities.

• Account manage a portfolio of university partnerships, ensuring excellent stewardship and reporting.

• Maintain a database of all our university partnerships and key project milestones.

Develop expertise

• Keep up to date with Higher Education and Widening Participation policy and landscape.

Cross-organisation contribution

• Model the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff
• Manage significant cross-team projects
• Represent the charity externally with senior stakeholders

• Contribute to the achievement of the charity’s wider organisational goals
• Work collaboratively across regions as required

Person Specification – experience, skills and attributes

Essential

• Good knowledge of Widening Participation issues and higher education policy landscape.
• Entrepreneurial outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders within and outside of The Access Project.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for helping young people achieve their potential and TAP’s mission.
• Proven experience of success in fundraising or sales.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK for meetings.

Desirable

• Experience working in fundraising for a charity.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on impact.
• Experience of using Salesforce CRM.

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

Victim Support is looking for a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to work across the organisation.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to join the organisation and use their skills to support the development and reach of our services as well as our influencing work. This new role will work closely with the Director of Finance and People and the Director of Business Services to develop and enhance our approach to integrated business and financial planning.

This role is flexible as to location, and can be home based, within England and Wales with national travel as required.

The purpose of this role is to develop and enhance long term financial and business planning capability and the production of high quality business and financial reporting and analysis.

Overall the role will be responsible for:

- Increasing the charity's efficiency and profitability by assisting with formulation of medium and long term business and financial plans

- Maintaining an overview of delivery against the current 3 year strategy and business plan

- Leading on preparation and development of the next 3 year strategy

- Enhance and develop VS's financial management information and forecasting

The successful candidate will:

- Be a qualified accountant

- Have significant experience of financial planning and analysis to support and develop service delivery in a complex organisation

- Have strong quantitative and numerical skills with an ability to solve complex problems

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (FTE) which increases by a maximum of 5 days with continued length of service

- Employer pension contribution of 5% with an employee contribution of 3%

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Death in Service beneficiary payments

- Employment Assistance Programme

- Access to money saving and offers platform

- Access to financial wellbeing hub

Applications should provide good evidence of the essential criteria on the person specification marked as assessed at application (noted as A). In order to apply, please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities

1. To provide specialist evidence-based trauma therapy in an age appropriate manner, to include play and art therapy to children and young people across the Midlands & Northamptonshire seeking help from ASSIST.
2. To deliver robust assessment and formulation measures, ensuring effective and appropriate interventions are delivered.
3. To deliver client services directly, and to receive appropriate clinical supervision accordingly.
4. To attend multidisciplinary meetings and liaise with various professionals as required for the wellbeing of the clients.
5. To be non-judgemental in approach to all work.
6. To provide information on service provision and trauma/Post Traumatic Stress related issues to schools, parents and other professionals, and how children can be affected by trauma.
7. To assist and maintain the administrative systems for managing casework and the upkeep of all client records, and to ensure confidentiality for all ASSIST Service Users, within the confines of the ASSIST confidentiality policy and Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy.
8. To maintain confidentiality and respect when dealing with client information.
9. To adhere to all ASSIST’s policies and procedures and to promote the values, spirit and ethos of the organisation at all times.
10. To assist in the daily administration of the ASSIST Clinical service, including the support systems underpinning this service.
11. To meet with the ASSIST Staff team to discuss appropriate development of the ASSIST service.
12. To produce written reports related to the area of work as required. 
13. To be an active member of the ASSIST team, and to undertake other duties as commensurate with the nature of the post, as specified by the ASSIST Director of Client Services and Trustees.
14. To participate in regular performance reviews, compiling or relevant statistical data, and annual appraisal.
15. To fully recognise the complexity of the field of work, and continuously to update training and practice, according to current and on-going research findings.

Head of Transformation, People, Organisation and Workforce
Reference: APR20213950
Location: Flexible
Salary: £58,181.00 - £64,545.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Annual leave, Flexible Working

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity and one of the UK’s most recognised charities, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK, the RSPB has an ambitious programme of work transforming its approach to saving nature.

Recognising that people are the heart of delivering this we have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the RSPB’s leadership team.

Reporting to the Executive Director of People, you will play a leading role in shaping and delivering the RSPB’s organisational, workforce and leadership change programme.

The successful candidate will lead a team of programme and project managers to exemplify a culture that consistently improves change capability across the organisation.  Through this team you will deliver the organisational workforce and leadership changes that are described in our newly designed RSPB Strategy that defines who we are and what we will deliver over the next 10 years.

You will have responsibility for heading up the People Directorate’s ‘Transformation’ team which runs several projects and programmes designed to ensure the RSPB has the right workforce, capabilities, behaviours and structures to deliver its mission.  The role also includes leadership of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team. 

You will work alongside other senior leaders in the RSPB, as well as be an important part of the leadership team of the People Directorate which includes the Executive Director, People, the Head of Human Resources and Development, Head of Volunteering and Employee Engagement, Head of Health, Safety and Environment and Head of Facilities Management. 

2021 is an exciting year for the RSPB, we have a new strategy alongside implementing new ways of working following the global pandemic.  The incumbent will play a key role in enabling the RSPB to achieve its strategic ambitions through its people, organisation and workforce and building on the success of its last People Strategy.

Key Result Areas

• Contribute to delivering the RSPB strategy, particularly with regard to the RSPB’s organisation, workforce and leadership aspects of strategy.
• Lead the People Transformation Department– which involves directing the planning, prioritisation and future development of objectives and its specialist team
• Lead the RSPB’s Organisation, Workforce and Leadership Portfolio Board (as Portfolio Executive) which involves working collaboratively with Board Sponsors (Executive Director or People and Executive Director of Finance and Governance) other members of the Portfolio Board and other Portfolio Board Executives to plan and deliver objectives
• Leadership of the organisation’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team (which includes EDI specialists).
• Develop high level, strategic and collaborative internal and external relationships with key stakeholders ensuring that the RSPB is represented, and corporate aims are delivered, while also securing support for the organisation and nature.
• Demonstrate leadership by creating a vision, inspiring engagement and enabling teams to achieve their goals; proactively develop them, take an interest in their future aspirations, support them through coaching and mentoring.
• Set and model expected behaviour and performance to ensure that RSPB targets, culture and competency frameworks are delivered.

Experience we are looking for

• Experience of leading and delivering major transformation and change in a complex environment through people, preferably within a portfolio structure of governance.
• Leadership experience working collaboratively across an organisation with other senior leaders, using your influencing skills to build credibility and support.
• Experience of leading and developing a team of specialists leading to high performance and a positive culture consistent with our values.

Skills

• Leadership and people management skills to motivate, coach and develop team members for high performance
• High level communication skills to present, influence and represent the organisation
• Collaboration skills to build relationships, navigate politics and manage conflicts
• Business management skills to understand strategy, business functions and decision making
• Strategic business planning to ensure all relevant parts of the organisation work in harmony to deliver organisational success
• A strong commitment to, and an understanding of, how equality, diversity and inclusion enables an organisation to be successful

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or relevant high-level experience to effectively communicate complex messages and use management information to undertake responsibilities.
• CIPD or equivalent qualifications are desirable

This is a permanent full-time opportunity working 37.5 hours per week.

Closing date: 23:59, 18 May 2021

To Apply and For More Information:

If you would like to apply or find out more about this position, please click the 'Apply' button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application.

No agencies please.

About the job.

• Applications close: 9am, Monday 10th May 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £35,000 - £39,500 p.a. (+ £3,000 London Weighting, where applicable)
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week. We are open to agreeing a flexible working pattern to best suit the successful applicant.
• Location: London or Birmingham (with travel to London for meetings). Remote working initially until staff return to office-based working.
• Interviews: Tuesday, 18th May 2021 (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Partnership Team
• Reporting to: Partnerships Director

About The Access Project

In the UK today, students from the most advantaged backgrounds are six times more likely to make it to a top university compared to their least advantaged peers. To change this, The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

Our approach works: our students are more than twice as likely to place at top universities compared to similar peers.

Through the COVID crisis, we have remained student-focussed and continued our support by rapidly moving all provision online. In summer 2020, we were selected as a Tuition Partner for the highly competitive National Tutoring Programme, in recognition of the quality of our work. This partnership has enabled us to expand and we now serve 1,700 students in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. As the country emerges from COVID, tackling educational disadvantage is an urgent social challenge - a challenge we aim to meet by expanding our footprint and reaching more students than ever before.

Why we need you

We are looking for an experienced communications professional to capitalise on our media profile and brand awareness as we expand into new regions. You will be finalising and embedding a new communications strategy while we prepare for our next phase of growth.

The pandemic has put the national conversation on higher education, inequality and social mobility into the spotlight. The Access Project has the insight, data and student stories to be prominent in this debate and has achieved a significant increase in national media coverage over the last year. Making the most of the charity’s growing profile will play a central part in attracting more volunteers and donors, raising awareness of the educational disadvantage and influencing change.

The successful candidate will be passionate about levelling the playing field for disadvantaged young people in education, with significant experience of communications strategy development. You will have a strong editorial eye and copywriting skills. You will build strong relationships with colleagues across the organisation and with journalists and ambassadors for our cause.

Some initial focus areas for the role will be:

1. Work with the Partnerships Director and senior management team to finalise an integrated communications strategy. As part of this, identify key pieces of work to take forward and recommendations for the future structure of the communications team.
2. Lead a review of TAP’s website, refreshing content and consulting across the organisation to produce recommendations for redesign and future maintenance of the website.
3. Secure high profile press coverage for The Access Project around A Level results day in August and proactively spot and take advantage of other media opportunities as they arise.
4. Look into the feasibility of TAP using high profile ambassadors to build its profile and how these would be managed, and research candidates.
5. Line management of our Senior Communications Officer.

Please see below/attached for full job description and person specification

Job description

Integrated Communications Strategy

• Development & implementation of integrated communications strategy to support TAP’s strategic plan.
• Set appropriate indicators of success for effective delivery.
• Develop processes, tools and ways of working to deliver integrated communications.
• Participate in external relations working group to develop stakeholder relationship strategy and public affairs objectives.
• Ensure best practice in crisis communications and reputation management for TAP.

Raising TAP’s profile

• Develop powerful campaigns and secure national, regional and local press and broadcast coverage to raise the profile of The Access Project, placing us in the national conversation around social mobility, equality and university access.
• Develop media campaigns to support communications strategy objectives.

• Build relationships with journalists, proactively pitch stories and maintain a media contacts database.
• Make the most of local and regional press opportunities where our partner schools and universities are based.
• Coordinate interviews and brief spokespeople.
• Facilitate media training for TAP spokespeople.
• Keep track of relevant news and policy developments in social mobility and higher education.
• Help to source and steward high-profile ambassadors for TAP.
• Grow our profile in the higher education sector, promoting us as leaders in our field through specialist HE platforms.
• Ensure The Access Project is nominated for relevant awards.
• Work with MPs and relevant select committees to gain traction for TAP on priority policy areas.

Communicating our impact and student stories

• Ensure our sector-leading impact is clearly communicated on our website, social platforms and other channels.
• Ensure our student stories are told in a compelling way, working with colleagues to source these and giving guidance on interviewing and storytelling techniques where needed.
• Work with our student ambassadors to bring their voice into media coverage.
• Develop publicity materials for the organisation including our annual review, brochures, leaflets and short films.
• Ensure the privacy and safety of the young people we work with in all communications and media work.

Developing our messaging and brand

• Ensure our brand guidelines are up-to-date, practical and accessible
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure they have suitable messaging and materials for their key audiences (e.g. funders, volunteer tutors, school partners).

Internal Communications & cross-organisational collaboration

• Ensure joined-up communications plans across TAP.
• Contribute to internal communications, including our internal newsletter.
• Editorial oversight of internal communications platform.

Line managing our Senior Communications Officer

• Provide oversight and guidance; develop and monitor objectives..
• Create opportunities for professional development.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience developing and implementing an organisational communications strategy.
• Proven track record of pitching and securing press and broadcast coverage.
• Superb copy writing skills.
• Ability to convey complex and technical information in an appealing way, understanding the needs of different audiences.
• Ability to form excellent working relationships with colleagues, journalists and ambassadors.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure to short deadlines.
• Good knowledge of digital communications and what a good digital and social strategy looks like.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the higher education and social mobility policy environment.
• Line management experience.
• Experience of brand development.
• Experience of crisis communications and reputation management.

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

Job Description

Job Title: Fundraising and Impact Manager

Salary Band: £27,588-£29,211

Fixed Term: 12-month initial contract

Location: Coventry

Hours of Work: 40 per week

The Positive Youth Foundation is a Coventry-based charity, established to support young people to achieve their full potential. We have a long-standing track record of developing services for young people, in particular, those who find themselves in challenging circumstances.

Job Purpose:

Our organisation has seen steady growth over the years, and to facilitate this further, we have an exciting new role within the leadership team. The successful candidate has a unique opportunity to lead on the implementation of our fundraising strategy and associated impact measurement work. Reporting to the Executive Director, they will support an established management team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Lead on an ambitious Grants, Trusts, CSR and Philanthropic investment strategy.

2. To advise the management team and lead on applications for funds from a range of relevant bodies to impact on positive outcomes for young people.

3. Support compliance of contracts and agreements across the organisations business.

4. To deliver effective impact measurement processes to inform funders of outcomes as well as influence strategic decisions of PYF.

5. To possess the relevant commitment to be able to involve young people in decisions.

All duties and responsibilities must be carried out with due regard to PYF’s Policies and Procedures.

Person Specification

Area Description

Knowledge:

Knowledge of fundraising within a social enterprise, charity or CIC (or similar) environment, designed to meet social outcomes. Knowledge of relevant local, regional and national sources of grant and unrestricted funding. Knowledge and awareness of issues affecting young people who find themselves living in challenging circumstances. Knowledge of compliance matters in relation to grant-related and other funding arrangements. Knowledge of how to design and utilise data capture processes, and use data to influence decision making and strategy developments.

Skills and Abilities:

To be forward thinking/non-conventional in your approach to fundraising. To be able to consult and involve young people and relevant partners to get their feedback which will help them to be involved decisions. To manage a comprehensive workload of funding applications and associated compliance measures. Ability to engage with a variety of professional sector groups, including funders and corporate bodies. Ability to design and implement a successful inward investment strategy designed to maximise resources for social outcomes. Ability to respond effectively and quickly to competing work priorities. Ability to work within and contribute towards a team approach.

Experience and Education:

Educated to degree level or with an equivalent/relevant proven track record in fundraising. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years of relevant sector experience, attracting individual investments of around £100k-£250k.

Safeguarding

PYF puts safeguarding at the forefront of all its activities. The successful applicant will demonstrate their firm commitment to effective safeguarding practises and high professional standards around all safeguarding issues. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

Equal Opportunities

PYF are fully committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. We actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.

Interviews to be held 14th-18th June 2021

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser and help us to generate the evidence that will unlock our understanding of the ways in which can reduce the impact of poverty on children's lives and support their early learning outcomes.

Every child has the right to ensure that their basic needs are met, and to receive the encouragement and help which enables them to reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality. Our mission is to secure a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty and work to narrow the early learning gap between those children and their better off peers.

We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families' needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish by preventing difficulties at the earliest possible stage: in pregnancy, at birth, in the crucial first 1,001 days of life and throughout childhood.

We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.

The UK Evidence and Learning team generates evidence that enables us to secure changes to policy and practice, in every nation of the United Kingdom. Through our work, we demonstrate what is effective in improving lives for children and families; we collect evidence directly from children and families to help us understand how current practice affects their lives; we develop and test promising, sustainable interventions in communities; and we gather and synthesise evidence from local partners, organisations in our sector, and academia. We draw on all this learning to work with colleagues to influence decision-makers and advocate for policy and practice change, with and on behalf of families.

As a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser, you will:

Develop strategies for generating evidence and learning, especially focussing on qualitative research, participatory practice and other open research and intelligence gathering approaches.

Undertake primary research and evaluation, analysis and evidence syntheses.

Support teams to implement evidence strategies, building their capacity and confidence to support evidence and learning practice and ensuring that the approaches put in place are rigorous and practical.

Support teams in developing and using theories of change and outcomes frameworks.

Capture and disseminate our data and learning.

To be successful you will:

Hold expertise in evaluation and evidence generation across a wide range of methods, although we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a strong technical background leading qualitative, ethnographic, innovation and participatory research practice.

Have experience of and be confident in undertaking evaluation and research with both children and families and with marginalised groups.

Hold expertise in learning and improvement methodologies and have experience of using data and evidence for improvement.

Hold strong analytical skills, be able to interpret complex data and make it meaningful to others.

Be adept at developing relationships and working with a wide range of individuals, teams and in different policy and practice contexts.

Be a confident and experienced user of data analysis software, such as Nvivo or Atlas.ti

Diversity & Inclusion 

To help us attract and encourage applications from a wide range of people, we are holding an open information session so that you can find out more about working at Save the Children, the UK Impact team and our vision and mission for children in the UK.  For details on how to sign up please visit our website.

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity, and a commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 17th May 2021

Starfish Services Limited are looking to recruit new Trustees.

Starfish Services Limited is a Charity 1146237 with a focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing.  We are committed to improving lives, by building communities, through community transformation models including ABC, Co-production/Co-design, and practices-based learning.

Starfish have projects in communities across the midlands and the North East, which includes projects to improve employability, reduce loneliness and improve social connections, also projects to enhance our digital offer to reduce social and digital isolation.

Trustees Roles 
We are looking for individuals who have worked at a management/senior officer level and have had or are in roles in Mental Health or Community development, with a skillset that will complement the existing expertise of the board members. They will have strong inter-personal skills, with an adaptive approach and strategic mind-set. Additionally, they will be committed to Starfish Services ltd ethos and values.

The core functions of these roles are to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, holding leaders to account for outcomes and financial performance of the charity. The board of trustees manages the business of the charity and may exercise all the powers in compliance with its charitable objects, company and charity law.

Every trustee is expected to abide by the Starfish Services Ltd code of conduct and the seven principles of public life set out by Lord Nolan: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Time Commitment 
The trust board meets 6 times per year, and normally last 2 hours; at the moment meetings are taking place via Zoom or Teams (Training will be given to use both of these methods).

Closing date: 16th May 2021

No agencies please.