Director of Operations

Our client is looking for a Director of Operations to join them, who will be known for exceptional leadership, thinking, governance and evaluation, and be the valued and trusted partner of our client's key stakeholders.

Director of Operations Responsibilities:

- Take responsibility for the charity’s overall budget and ensure that our client is financially sustainable. Ensures effective allocation and use of resources to achieve best value for money.
- Lead to ensure that our client is known as best in class for governance. Monitor and evaluate organisational practice, ensure compliance, challenge underperformance and provide appropriate intervention and support strategies when needed.
- Translate the client's vision into agreed objectives and operational plans which promote and sustain their work.
- Embed a high performing management system in the organisation and take responsibility to deliver against targets and expectations of partners and funders.
- Create the conditions for digital transformation in the sector.

Director of Operations Requirements:

- Educated to degree standard.
- Track record of leading teams or organisations and taking responsibility for all personnel and business development issues.
- Strong business acumen and experience in working with multiple funding partners and organisations at Board level.
- Strong understanding of profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheets.
- Experience of working with senior decision makers and leaders from a number of sectors.
- Experience of working in partnership with other organisations and individuals.

About Our Client:

Our client is a multi-award-winning charity. They are passionate about making Greater Manchester the most active region in England.

They are one of the leading Active Partnerships in the country tasked by Sport England to support the delivery of the Government’s strategy for sport and physical activity, ‘Sporting Future’. This strategy outlines the outcomes that define why the government invest in physical activity and sport and by which organisations like our client's measure impact: 1. Physical Wellbeing 2. Mental Wellbeing 3. Individual development 4. Social and community development, 5. Economic development.

Location: Manchester, M11 3FF

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum

Benefits: Health plan, Local Government Pension, Volunteer Days, Flexible working and training allowance

Closing Date: 29th November 2019 (5pm)
Interviews to take place: 11th December 2019

Please apply for this role with an up to date CV and a personal statement outlining why you think you are right for this role.

You may have experience of the following: Head of Operations, Operations Manager, Service Delivery, Operational Management, Service Manager, Head of Service Delivery, Operations Director, etc.

Ref: 90211

ABOUT GENERATION

Generation's mission is to provide a career-launching job for every young person, anywhere in the world. 

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise that delivers tailored programmes to recruit, train and place unemployed young people into work. Though our unique approach we also solve a wide range of employer challenges—skilled talent shortages, poor job performance, lack of diversity, and high turnover.

Generation launched globally in 2015, and has grown quickly to become the world’s largest demand-led youth employment initiative. We have placed over 30,000 young people into roles (many of whom have suffered some form of adversity), working with over 2,000 employer partners to date across 10 countries and 26 professions.

Generation successfully launched the first UK programmes in March 2019, following 18 months of planning. This included a healthcare programme developed in collaboration with the NHS, and a Cloud Operations programme developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Following successful pilots, both programmes are now being scaled up, and we are expanding across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Dublin.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for someone to launch Generation's programmes in Manchester. This is a very entrepreneurial role - you'll initially be quite hands-on in planning and delivering the first programmes, and sourcing and selecting the right students and employers. Over time you'll be building out a team, managing partnerships (local government, corporate partners etc), securing funding, and growing the volume and selection of programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who relishes the challenge of working autonomously to build a scalable, high-impact initiative in their local area.

RESPONSIBILITIES

There are three main areas of responsibility:

1. Business Development

• Develop a pipeline of likely employers through direct outreach and effective sales processes, as well as leveraging partner networks to engage employers at wider scale.
• Work with employers to secure their commitment to recruit graduates from Generation programmes, and managing commercials on a ‘fee per hire’ basis.
• Manage Generation’s existing relationships with major providers, and develop new relationships with local partners, CSR groups and authorities who can provide the following types of support : attracting youth to Generation programmes, providing training / work space, engaging quality instructors and mentors, providing funding for the expansion and growth of Generation in your region.
• Develop funding proposals / applications to support the securing of future funding.
• Implement a range of marketing initiatives that will build awareness of the programmes. Design and implement marketing collateral, pricing and processes to support these initiatives.
• Ensure your region has the support and funding to grow the volume of programmes in future years.

2. Programme Delivery & Team Management

• Oversee all planning of programmes in your region. Over time this may include : determining the right programmes to run, identifying elements that need to be customised for your region, scheduling of programmes / classes, ensuring there is sufficient support in place, implementing mechanisms to track and analyse data.
• Ensure the successful delivery of all programmes in your region, meeting targets related to : filling classrooms with target groups, course completion rates, job placement rates, improvements in students’ financial and personal wellbeing (in line with our charitable mission).
• Identify the resources needed to achieve Generation’s goals, ensuring they are aligned with your funding targets. Successfully recruit and manage these resources, taking responsibility for their engagement and development.
• Remain connected with wider Generation teams, sharing progress, leveraging services and resources, and ensuring your region’s programmes are aligned to other regions.
• Equally, remain connected with partners supporting programme delivery, ensuring they experience value, deliver quality, and can scale alongside Generation.

3. Contribute to the wider success and growth of Generation in the UK & globally

• Work closely with Generation UK and global colleagues to feed in learnings and share best practices.
• Facilitate roll-out of new initiatives from the global or UK team to your region.
• Work closely with Generation leadership to identify and develop new opportunities, plus help to shape and grow the UK and Global organisations.
• Support the design and development of Generation UK’s playbook, ensuring there is a consistent approach to business development, programme delivery, and team management.

BENEFITS

At Generation, we're changing the lives of many young adults, and that in itself gets us out of bed! Here are a few other benefits you'll experience working with the UK team:

• Work alongside some of the best minds to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time—youth unemployment.
• Opportunity to make your mark - you'll have a lot of autonomy to bring the Generation blueprint to life in a way that makes sense for your region.
• Opportunity to get involved with a range of activities and projects - we're a small team so there's lots of opportunities to get involved!
• Flexible working - we try and accommodate everyone's preferred working pattern / preferences.

Purposes of the job: The purpose of the Scheme Manager role is to ensure that Home-Start Warrington has in place effective leadership required to meet its charitable objectives.

• To execute the strategic plan as laid down by the Trustees
• To hold responsibility for maintaining an overview of the scheme
• To ensure the effective day to day management of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association; the Home-Start Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To ensure the scheme maintains high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• To ensure good safeguarding practice in all aspects of the scheme’s work
• To take responsibility for providing leadership and management to the staff team.
• To increase the profile of Home-Start Warrington in the region.

This is a strategic role for which the key responsibilities are:

• Leadership & People Management
• Business Development and Planning
• Effective Networking, PR and Marketing
• Income Generation
• Performance Management
• Operational Management

Key Skills and Experience:

• The successful candidate will be an experienced Manager/Leader with a demonstrable track record of success.

• They will possess strong leadership, strategic management and governance skills as well as being solution focussed.

• Strong change management skills are essential.

Detail of Responsibilities

Leadership and People Management

• To provide leadership to staff, delegating specific responsibilities to them where appropriate, and to maintain a climate which attracts, retains and motivates good quality staff.
• To undertake the leadership and line management of the staff team, including individual coaching, team development and motivation.
• To be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of staff recruitment, development and training, supervision, grievance and appraisal procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice and in line with Home Start UK Policies and Home Start Warrington business plan.
• To foster good communications within Home-Start Warrington and develop the organisation’s initiatives.
• To agree continuous professional development priorities with all staff.
• To oversee and ensure all aspects of volunteer recruitment, development, training, supervision procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice.

Operational Management

• To effectively manage all operational activities, monitoring and reporting to the Trustees on performance against objectives
• To ensure systems and processes are fit for purpose, aligned with Home Start UK practices and consistent throughout the organisation

Support for families/volunteers

• Maintaining an overview of the work with families.

• Ensuring support to families is of a high standard, in accordance with Home-Start’s model, policies and procedures.

• To undertake the Strategic Lead role on safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
• Ensuring the scheme maintains an effective team of volunteers

Fundraising and Income Generation

• To work with the Trustees on the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy in line with the organisation’s plans.
• To manage, support and work with the Trustees to secure adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington.
• To ensure research and funding priorities are up to date.
• To ensure new opportunities for income generation that will support Home-Start Warrington’s ambition are identified.
• To manage the relationship with key stakeholders ensuring excellent understanding of the value and importance of Home-Start Warrington’s work.
• To ensure all relationships are carefully managed, and to act in the best interests of the scheme at all times.

Finance

• To manage the financial plan and yearly budgets, working with the Trustees to ensure continued financial viability.
• To be responsible for ensuring adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington through sound financial management and effective budgeting.
• To take responsibility for service agreements, negotiating contracts and agreements as appropriate, in consultation with the Trustees.
• To ensure that the annual financial audit takes place, and to oversee the preparation.
• To ensure that the Trustees Annual Report is produced in line with current guidance.

Board and Governance

• Together with the Chair, to prepare an annual board timetable and regular meeting agendas.
• To attend all Trustee meetings, including sub-groups, as required.
• To ensure that such papers are available so as to enable the Trustees to make considered decisions about all matters of strategy, policy and finance.
• To work with the Chair and other trustees to identify, recruit and induct new trustees.
• To ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and HSUK requirements (either directly or through delegation) through appropriate policy development and standards of behaviour.

Hope for Justice is recruiting for a new and critical role at the heart of our anti-trafficking work globally: Head of Programme Operations.

The Head of Programme Operations will directly manage our Country Directors, our monitoring and evaluation function, and the direction and strategy of our frontline UK work (including investigations, advocacy, legal, survivor support and training). They will be responsible for ensuring that Programme objectives for our beneficiaries are achieved.

They will also oversee the development of brand new programmes, by scoping and evaluating opportunities and making recommendations based on outcomes and need, in line with our four programme workstreams: preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.

They will help to establish, maintain and develop our relationships with governments, relevant authorities and other NGOs, representing Hope for Justice at the highest levels. Good communication skills are therefore essential.

The successful candidate will have at least seven years’ experience of directing operations and programmes at a senior level, in a related area, with an International NGO or public sector organisation and a successful track record of leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams in an international context. They will also have experience of managing complex projects and budgets.

This will be a demanding but intensely rewarding role, based in Manchester (with some international travel required), helping shape the future of a fast-growing charity that is actively fighting modern slavery across four continents. Join Hope for Justice and be part of setting the direction for our organisation and our movement for years to come.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found in the Role Profile by visiting our website and clicking the link there.

Job Title: Operations Manager - Volunteering

Contract: 2 years (fixed term)

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester

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

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

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

To learn more about the role please visit our website

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

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

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Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for an International HR Coordinator to be based at our Head Office in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. You will join us on a full time basis as part of an initial 1 year fixed term contract (with a view to progressing to permanent contract) and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £24-27k per annum.

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.

Human Appeal has 7 International Field Offices across Africa, Asia and the Middle East (Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia, Turkey, Yemen). We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and knowledgeable International HR Coordinator to join Human Appeal’s International HR department and provide operational and transformational support to the HR functions at Human Appeal’s Field Offices. The successful candidate should have a strong basis in generalist HR knowledge, relish a challenge and enjoy finding new and creative solutions to improving processes.

Key duties and responsibilities of our International HR Coordinator:

- Recruitment: writing Job Profiles, posting adverts, headhunting and shortlisting candidates and conducting competency-based interviews

- Training: producing training materials and delivering training sessions to Field Office HR staff to ensure they are following HR policies and best practices set by Head Office   

- Operational: providing a responsive support service, answering queries from Field Office HR staff in a timely manner to ensure issues can be resolved smoothly, supporting ER cases and day to day HR escalations.

- Transformational: assisting the I.T. department in ensuring the proper implementation of new systems and processes at Field Office level, such as SharePoint, Salesforce and People HR systems

- Reporting: collecting and collating monthly HR reports from the Field Offices so that key metrics such as sickness absence or employee turnover can be properly tracked and recommending resulting actions as necessary  

- Researching: ensuring that HA’s knowledge of employment legislation is up to date in each Field Office country and updating and HR policies and procedures as necessary

- Supervision: supporting the International HR Business Partner in providing day-to-day supervision of the International HR Assistant and HR Interns to ensure they are properly trained and resourced to carry out their tasks

- Project Management: Partaking in ad-hoc projects covering all areas of HR such as Performance Management, Learning and Development, Employee Relations etc.

Benefits of joining us as our International HR Coordinator:

- 35 Days Annual Leave

- Matched Pension Contribution

- Flexible Working

- Employee Discounts and Memberships

What we’re looking for in our International HR Coordinator:

- Ideally degree-educated in Human Resources or CIPD Level 3 qualified

- Proven track record of at least 3 years’ working in an HR role, ideally in an international capacity

- Excellent, fluent communication skills in English are essential and additional languages e.g. Arabic and Urdu are desirable.

- Willingness and ability to undertake travel internationally to sometimes difficult environments

- Able to prioritise and thrive in a dynamic and diverse environment

- Highly organised and computer literate, with an ability to multitask and manage a busy workload

- Passionate about saving lives, international development work and humanitarian aid

This would be the ideal role for an Experienced HR Officer or Coordinator with an interest in International Aid and a passion for travel who is looking to further their career and really make a difference in the Charity Sector!

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click ‘apply’ today to become our International HR Coordinator – we would love to hear from you.

A Little Bit About Human Appeal…

What our CEO Says:

“We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity”

Dr Mohamed Ashmawey

What our Staff Say:

“Everyone’s friendly and eager to help. We’re a small team, but everyone has their own thing about them that makes them unique. Someone teaches me something new every day! Everyone is close and we have lunch together. Being a part of Human Appeal is like a second family!”

Eleanor, Volunteers Assistant

What We Have Achieved So Far This Year:

- We have provided emergency aid to 10,770 of the most vulnerable people across Yemen

- We have supported 1,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

- We have provided 300 refugee families in Jordan with essential winter aid

- We have helped 36,643 people to have enough food to break their fast during Ramadan

- We have collected and distributed 21,124 coats to the homeless in the UK

- We have provided 258 families with emergency food packs in Manchester

COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY – click ‘apply’ today!

The Sycamore Project (Zac's Youth Bars) is seeking a new CEO to have oversight and responsibility for all aspects of the organisations work. "Zac's" is a Christian charity providing a wide range of activities and support for over 1,400 young people annually in Bolton and seeks to have a positive and lasting impact, helping young people to achieve their potential.  

We are looking to appoint an exceptional individual who will continue to build on the foundations, address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities to lead the charity forward. You will be working alongside a dedicated team of currently seventeen full and part time staff, together with a team of volunteers.

The successful candidate will be required to provide Christian leadership and have specific focus on funding bids and fund raising, as well as ensuring aims are achieved, targets met, and legislation and regulation complied with.

Overall, you will need to be able to hold and manage the  bigger picture.

Zac’s ( The Sycamore Project) has always put the needs of the young people at the heart of all it does, and so its projects are always evolving, with new services being set up all the time in order to meet the increasing needs of its young people and the wider community.

As well as centre-based activities,schools work emerged as another important strand of the charity, with support being offered to several schools across Bolton, in a variety of ways (e.g. lunchtime clubs, pupil mentoring support, and targeted issues-based work).

In 2017, with mental health concerns emerging as a major issue for the young people in the community, a new “Young Persons Listening Service” and “Healthy Minds” peer support group was set up as part of a new “Thrive alliance” working in partnership with other Bolton based charities and with funding from Bolton CCG.

Whilst the charity has changed and evolved since being formed, the heart of serving the community and being faith based not biased has never and will never change.

Please submit a cover letter, together with CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the person specification by 5.00pm Tuesday 26th November

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Contract: Perm

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location:       Any Trust Office in England

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

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

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

To learn more about the role please visit our website

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

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

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In the UK alone, half a million children don’t have a safe or stable home. Great social workers can change this. That’s why Frontline recruits and develops outstanding individuals to be the difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families.

The Frontline programme is a unique route into social work. The programme will develop your leadership, conflict-resolution, and relationship-building skills to ensure you thrive in this dynamic and challenging role. Following a five-week residential training programme, you will spend two years working directly with children and families, placed in a local authority:

 In year 1, you will work as part of a unit of participants led by a consultant social worker. You will earn as you learn, receiving a tax-exempt bursary of up to £20,000, while undertaking over 200 days of work-based learning and 46 taught study days. At the end of the first year, you will qualify as a social worker.

In year 2, you will practice as a newly qualified social worker and receive leadership development training. You will work towards a fully-funded master’s degree as you earn a salary of £25,000 to £34,000.

Once you have completed the programme, you will join a community of outstanding leaders sharing your passion for leading social change. The skills you will learn will open doors to a wide range of social impact careers inside social work and beyond. 

What we’re looking for

In order to be eligible for our programme, you will need to have all of the following:

• Grade C or above in English Language and Maths at GCSE (or equivalent qualification)
• 2.1 or higher in an undergraduate honours degree (predicted or obtained) OR a 2.2 in an undergraduate honours degree plus a level 7 (i.e. master’s degree) qualification (predicted or obtained) OR an equivalent qualification
• Be eligible to reside and study in the UK for the duration of the programme. You must be a resident in England before the programme commences
• Competence in spoken and written English 

Throughout our six-stage selection process, we will assess your ability to become an outstanding children’s social worker against our competencies. More information on both our selection process and our competencies can be found on our website.

Many young people and families are facing challenges that seem insurmountable, but social work can make a significant positive difference in their lives. If you want to be that difference, then Frontline is for you.

Follow the link to our website to apply to join our 2020 cohort.

NEA, the national energy efficiency and fuel poverty charity, is currently recruiting for an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated Project Development Co-ordinator to assist the charity to deliver innovative projects to tackle fuel poverty.  Working in partnership with central and local government, fuel utilities, the health sector, consumer groups and NGOs, NEA aims to eradicate fuel poverty and promote energy efficiency to low-income and other vulnerable households.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a range of projects which will demonstrate good practice in delivery of affordable warmth for low income and vulnerable householders. This will require an understanding of the development of partnership working with local authorities, housing providers, energy sector partners and community sector or health sector agencies.

This post provides an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help the charity deliver its work programme and build its profile amongst regional stakeholders whilst developing and working on projects that bring social benefits and improvements to the well-being of low income and vulnerable householders whilst also meeting environmental goals. 

NEA is looking to base this post in the North West of England, preferably in Preston or Manchester; or within commuting distance of these locations. 

JOB TITLE: Event Manager

CONTRACT: Fixed Term – 2 years

HOURS: Full time- 35 hours a week

DEPARTMENT: Individual Fundraising & Events

REPORTING TO: Head of Events

LOCATION: Manchester

SALARY: £26,800 - £35,750 - (Starting Salary £26,800 to £28,290)

In this exciting and varied role, you will be part of the core team driving forward event delivery in Greater Manchester. We have recently launched a pioneering new campaign for Greater Manchester which will see the team responsible for delivering £6.1m of match funding over a two-year period. You will be responsible for delivering cultivation events to support the business development and philanthropy teams in securing funding towards this campaign.

You will work closely with the Head of Events, Head of Business Development and the Head of Philanthropy to create and implement your events strategy. You will collaborate with the North West Event Manager to maximize any opportunities for cross fertalisation of supporters from events across the North West.

You will need excellent relationship management skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels. You will be organised and a strong project manager, confident in solving problems, securing financial targets and take a creative approach to deliver outstanding events.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

About The Prince’s Trust

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

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

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

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

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Job description

Part Time Activity & Training Co-Ordinator

2 x Part Time roles

Salary: £22,178 pro rata for Part Time,

18-20 hours per week

Wigan location – 18 hours over 4 days (11-3.30pm)

Leigh Location – 20 hours over 4 days ( 10.30 – 3.30pm)

(flexible working may be required between sites to cover leave and sickness)

Contract Length: Fixed Term until 31st March 2021, though funding will be sought to extend the post

Holidays: 22 Days plus Bank Holidays pro rate for PT

Base: Will be expected to work across all Wigan and Leigh sites deemed appropriate by management.

Responsible to: Training and Resource Manager

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

Summary:

The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life.

About you

We are now looking for 2 enthusiastic, resilient, proactive and inspirational Activity and Training Co-ordinators to join our team. You should be a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation.

You’ll be a confident self-starter, motivated, committed to the job and inspiring. You should be flexible and not be afraid to try something different.

As you may be working with challenging behaviour you’ll be confident in your ability to inspire and drive the right engagement and commitment. It’s key that you are brilliant at encouraging people to join in on activities and sessions and to engage in meaningful activities. You must believe in what we do and to succeed you must go above and beyond in your approach to your job which can be really challenging at times.

A driving licence is essential as you will be working across Wigan and Leigh; and in some instances you could be taking the people that we work with to attend sessions and activities across the Borough.

Closing Date 5pm 30th November

Interviews to take place 6th December

To Apply , please view the job description and submit a completed application form.

Only completed application forms will be accepted

 We are looking for a candidate who has excellent relationship management skills, is process driven with excellent organisational skills.

This is an exciting role within our Programme Operations, leading a team of associates to provide excellent customer service and programme experience to our participants across a range of different programmes.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities: 

• A strong commitment to helping educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better
• An excellent understanding of customer service standards and their application
• A good understanding of programmatic support to enable participants to succeed in their programmes
• Ability to create and drive processes forward Line management experience with the ability to lead and empower small teams
• Ability to clearly explain procedures
• Excellent organisation, planning and prioritisation skills with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and experience of using them to engage stakeholders
• Ability to use own initiative to respond positively to change and/ or to challenging situations with a desire to seek solutions and make improvements

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.  

Would you like to be part of transforming mental wellbeing in Greater Manchester?  Mind in Greater Manchester are recruiting a pro-active, energetic and dedicated Network Development Lead to lead on the creation of a network of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) partner organisations committed to improving mental wellbeing across the whole of Greater Manchester.  If you have experience of building relationships with key stakeholders and have successfully persuaded diverse organisations to commit to a programme, project, scheme, vision or strategy – and kept them on track – we would love to hear from you.

Objectives

You will engage partner organisations in the VCSE sector to commit to staff being trained to deliver ‘Connect 5’ – a workforce development programme that empowers individuals to improve and sustain mental wellbeing, both in themselves and in others. These trainers will then cascade the training to colleagues, service users and members of the public. They will be supported by a community of practice aimed at developing knowledge, skills and best practice, and ensuring high quality, consistent training that is safe, effective and genuinely transformative. First-class digital resources will further support this work.

Mind in Greater Manchester, in partnership with The Big Life Company, have been commission to create the ‘Greater Manchester Connect 5 Hub’ to deliver this vision.

Connect 5

Connect 5 is a well-established prevention toolkit that promotes psychological awareness, knowledge and understanding. It teaches the development of skills, which empower people to take pro-active steps to build mental health resilience for themselves and others. The programme will be disseminated more widely than anywhere it has previously been attempted, in an effort to reform and enhance normal ways of working and embed the GM-Connect 5 principles across the whole Public Service and Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) system and the communities they serve.

The Lead Engagement Worker will be responsible for driving the adoption of the Connect 5 model within the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester while ensuring inclusivity across geographies, sectors and communities of identity. The Lead Engagement Worker will be responsible for making sure partner organisations remain active participants in the project.

Can you win commitment and maintain energy within a diverse network of partner organisations?

We would like to work with someone who shares in our vision and will really invest in turning it into a reality. You will have a passion for enabling individuals improve and sustain their mental wellbeing, whilst tackling the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health.

This role includes all aspects of stakeholder engagement:

• Horizon scanning for partner organisations;

• Strategic planning and implementation;

• Networking, relationship building with key stakeholders;

• Involving, engaging and motivating individuals and organisations;

• Attending meetings and events;

• Following up/re-engaging organisations.

Who we are:

We are a flexible and fast-moving charity delivering mental health services across part of Greater Manchester. Our aim is to continue to provide the best quality local mental health services in prevention, early intervention and primary care; alongside empowering individuals and our communities to live well. We offer various services across the community and to individuals aiming to improve wellbeing and raise awareness around the importance of mental health support.

Why choose Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind?

1. We offer a dynamic, stimulating environment that embraces change and is open to new ways of working.

2. We provide a real opportunity to influence meaningful change within our society and for you to contribute your expertise to this process.

3. We maintain a strong commitment to ethical standards of working within a socially inclusive environment.

4. We offer ongoing training and development to all staff and volunteers, enabling you to gain qualifications and expertise in mental health and therapeutic interventions.

5. We offer a degree of flexibility around working hours, balancing work and personal commitments.

6. Other benefits include 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, a 5% pension contribution and a discount in our café.

Mind in Greater Manchester is a partnership of five local mind associations: Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind, Manchester Mind, Mind in Salford, Rochdale and District Mind and Stockport and District Mind. By working together, we can achieve better mental health for everyone in Greater Manchester.

Ready to apply? We’d love to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 8th December 2019.  However, the vacancy may close earlier if enough applications are received.