• A unique opportunity to join a thriving trust of 9 schools at the senior level
• Be part of a forward thinking and dynamic strategic leadership team

About Our Client

The Prospere Learning Trust was formed in 2017 through the merger of two multi academy trusts. They currently employ over 850 staff and are passionate about providing exceptional education for children from any background so that they become happy, confident adults with excellent academic knowledge and qualifications. They believe that their staff play a vital role in achieving their vision: Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. Their values shape their culture and define the character of their Trust.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities will include:

• To provide strategic guidance, leadership and management advising the Trust Board and appropriate committees on all financial matters.
• To lead on managing the overall annual budget taking the lead role in developing, setting and monitoring the annual budget.
• To oversee a monthly reporting timetable across the Trust.
• To use financial management information, especially benchmarking, to identify areas of relative spend, assess trends, develop KPIs and directly advise the CEO and Trust Board.
• To advise the Trust Board and the Trust Strategic Leadership Team on financial strategy that supports the educational aims and ethos of the Prospere Learning Trust, developing a business plan for the future development of the Trust as appropriate.
• To develop and implement robust financial management policies, processes and reporting systems.
• To take the lead on all formal Educational and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Education and any other statutory submissions.
• To ensure that the Trust complies with all requirements of the Academies Financial Handbook, Company and Charity law and the statutory requirements laid out by the Secretary of State for Education.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts and/or prepare working papers as required.
• Coordinate the Trust Resources Committee and Risk and Audit Committee meetings respectively, in conjunction with the Chair of each committee.
• To negotiate, manage and monitor Trust wide contracts, tenders and agreements for the provision of support and operational services.
• To monitor and review Trust wide financial contracts to ensure quality and best value.
• To support the capital works programme across the Trust through sound financial allocations, linked to Trust priorities.
• Full line management of finance team colleagues, including recruitment, probationary period management, performance management, absence management and staff development.

The Successful Applicant

Successful candidates will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant with experience of working in a senior financial management role.
• Have experience of preparing and/or auditing statutory accounts.
• Be experienced in budget management and monitoring working with and reporting complex data in a coherent way for non-finance colleagues.
• Have experience of completing procurement exercises and monitoring performance, ensuring best value for money.
• Demonstrate flexibility in approach, the ability to adapt to changing workload demands and to prioritise.
• Take responsibility for producing accurate results working with diligence, focus and pace.

Previous experience in academy finances would be advantageous but is not essential.

What's on Offer

£55,000-£60,000 basic and competitive benefits package

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. As black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates are currently under-represented at this level in this area, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME applicants. All appointments will be made on merit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment and that relevant pre-employment checks are completed.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCYJN0220212-009005Z

Associate Director, Strategy 

Full Time/ Part Time 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£56,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Strategy professional to join our Strategy & Development team in this exciting time as an Associate Director, Strategy.

The role is responsible for providing senior leadership of strategy development and implementation across the organisation, and for providing leadership in the business development function, especially with regards to senior oversight of financial modelling. 

The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record of leading complex strategy formulation and bring experience of strategy development in a range of settings  to join the team in this senior position. You will be responsible for leading the organisation-wide process to develop its long-term strategy and launching two critical new cross-organisation projects. 

The Associate Director, Strategy can be based in our London, Manchester or Birmingham office and will report to the Interim Senior Director, Strategy & Development. This role does not currently have any direct reports but may do so in the future. 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• 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 

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 28th March 2021. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter 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. 

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.

Our England Portfolio

The National Lottery Community Fund manages 5 distinct funding portfolios: the UK portfolio, supporting work that spans the 4 countries, the Wales portfolio, The Scotland portfolio, The NI portfolio and the England portfolio.

Across its 5 portfolios, the National Lottery Community Fund commits over £500m every year. The England portfolio is by some measure the largest of the 5 portfolios with an annual commitment budget of over £400m.

The grant portfolio in England includes a small grant programme, for grants up to £10,000, a medium to large grant portfolio, for grants upwards of £10,000, and a portfolio of large, thematic investments.

As part of our aim to support the sector as a whole, we are also actively supporting organisations to work in partnership and are looking to collaborate more with others ourselves. In 2017, we launched the Partnership product and set up the Partnership Team with the aim of providing us with a clear mechanism and dedicated capacity to support partnership working in the sector.

Launching the partnership product and setting up the Partnership Team has provided additional impetus for us to encourage partnership working across the England Directorate. The partnership team has a particular role in helping us develop our thinking in terms of what good partnership working looks like.

Besides supporting others to work in partnership, we have also sought to increasingly work in partnership ourselves. On the one hand, we have sought to change our relationship with some key national organisations, moving from a transactional funding relationship to one based on strategic alignment through the adoption of an account management approach. On the other hand, we see working with and through other funding bodies as being of strategic importance as it enables us to complement our strengths and mitigate some of our constraints. Innovative ways of relinquishing decision-making to others through participatory grant-making schemes have been proven to help us achieve our ambitions, not least around Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. We have a number of mechanisms at our disposal to work with and through others and we will seek to continue to develop and innovate as we learn. Finally, we our keen to engage beyond civil society, looking to forge partnerships within the public sector and private sector. 

Relationships are at the core of the way we aim to work across the Directorate; relationships with applicants, grant holders, other funders, local decision-makers and other stakeholders and, of course, the communities we are aiming to support.

We are committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our funding is for all communities whatever their starting point and we understand that some will need extra support. In adopting an equity approach to our funding, we recognise groups are situated differently due to structural inequalities and we need to develop our funding in a way that understands and addresses the specific circumstances and root causes of disadvantage.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the England Senior Management Team and lead our Partnership work.

The Partnership team was set up with some specific aims in mind:

• Support the capacity and capability building around funding partnerships across England and the Fund as a whole
   
• Fund partnership working at national level
   
• Fund local partnership working with the potential for national relevance

As the concept of partnership funding has firmly taken hold across England, the focus of the Partnership team is increasingly on the use of partnerships as a tool for inclusive co-design and exploring the intersection between partnerships and systems change (changing the way organisations work via the partners they choose). It’s not only about urging others to work differently but also about the way we work with others. 

The aim of the role is to maximise the impact of our work in this particular area. You will be accountable for further developing the vision and strategy for our partnership work and then for the delivery of that vision and strategy – this includes all aspects of the operational management, including development of funding priorities, management of our grant budget, operational excellence, people management and development and key stakeholder management.

You will seek out opportunities for us to contribute to changing the paradigm in terms of how the sector operates, supporting organisations to change the way they work and collaborate with others but also change the way we operate and work with others. This involves building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders in the third sector but also the private sector and public sector. It will involve funding but also convening, listening, learning and, at times, challenging. 

You will oversee / contribute to awards of approximately £100m per annum. You will lead a team of -20, based across England but seek to influence teams across the England Directorate / the Fund.

As a senior leader, you will be a key representative of the National Lottery Community Fund, supporting the England Director in further developing our relationships with key stakeholder at national level and cross-regional level and support the Heads of Regional Funding as required to further develop relationships within the regions.

You will be a key member of the England Senior Management Team, maintaining strong relationships with other members of the ESMT as well as with colleagues in other country portfolios and in the corporate support teams (specifically the Insight and Engagement Team and product development team); this role can not function in isolation and we need to ensure alignment, not only across England, but also across the Fund as a whole.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about making a difference through our funding, with a deep understanding of the communities we serve. You will have experience of building and leading teams and driving a high-performance culture through your ability to coach, inspire, and empower people. Your ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a diverse range of senior level internal and external stakeholders will be second to none, you will have experience in creating connections and facilitating divers stakeholder networks and you will be a confident communicator, comfortable in all environments. You will demonstrate an ability to work in an agile way, ensuring we are flexible and continue to improve in line with feedback and insights from customers and frontline staff.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Interview Date: 1st March

About You

As an experienced senior leader, you may, or may not come from a funding background but you will have significant experience of developing strategies involving stakeholders from different sectors and backgrounds, designed to deliver greater joint impact. You should be able to articulate how this your work can contribute to the Fund’s purpose and principles with significant experience of creating and delivering strategic and ambitious projects. To perform the role successfully a creative and entrepreneurial approach will be required. The role will give you the flexibility to make the role your own and develop alongside the organisation; working collaboratively with the team to produce a broad portfolio of relationships and investments across a range of sectors. Additionally, the successful candidate will be someone who can implement robust systems and reporting mechanisms for all partnership activities and produce presentations at Board meetings.

Specifically, you’ll need to demonstrate your experience and qualifications in these areas:

• Passion for, experience in and understanding of the environment we operate in and the communities we serve
   
• Excellent leadership capabilities and highly developed people skills, using your gravitas to enable others and motivate them to succeed. Introducing consistent and realistic core principles, priorities and deliverables based on an understanding of the organisational as well as external context
   
• Developing and enhancing relationships with senior stakeholders across sectors, representing the Fund externally
   
• Previous experience in identifying and realising collaborative partnership opportunities, including through new products, services and activities
   
• Exceptional problem solving and decision-making skills with a good mix of evidence-based decisions balanced with pragmatism, innovation, flexibility and common sense
   
• Critical thinking, with a natural inclination to challenge the status quo as and when required to drive improvement
   
• Fluent communicator both in verbal and written communication with an ability to adjust to the communication needs of a wide variety of audiences
   
• Financially astute, numerate and analytical with extensive experience of costing, financial modelling and budgeting.
• Empathy for the needs of colleagues and diverse communities
   
• Values-driven and passionate about the Fund’s purpose

We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:
 

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
   
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
   
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
   
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
   
• Paid volunteering leave

How to Apply 

Visit our website The National Lottery Community Fundfor further details about the vacancy and our application process.

Equal Opportunities

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Head of Advocacy and Communications

UK-based, flexible location, some overseas travel

Join a Nobel Peace Prize laureate that is saving and changing lives every single day.

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) finds and destroys landmines and unexploded bombs to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people stay safe and rebuild their lives after war. We also campaign for a landmine-free world, work to remove small arms from fragile communities and deliver innovative risk education lessons to those forced to live with the deadly contamination of conflict. We employ some 5,000 committed and highly skilled people in 26 countries and are regarded as a global leader in disarmament practice and policy.

Our mission is to get to every landmine before a child does. And to save lives and build futures for those whose communities have been shattered by war.

We are now seeking a Head of Advocacy and Communications to develop and execute an integrated advocacy, public affairs and communications strategy which will deliver purposeful influence with a wide range of high value UK and international stakeholders.

As the Head of Advocacy and Communications you will:

• Ensure the effective provision of strategic public affairs and engagement activity, chiefly in support of MAG’s relationships with institutional donors and its disarmament policy leadership, working closely with colleagues in global programmes, our UK hub in Manchester and our office in Washington DC.
• Provide leadership to the communications and advocacy team and ensure that MAG’s communications at a national, regional and international level are coherent and directly support advocacy, policy, programming and public engagement plans.

The successful candidate will have an innate understanding of how to use strategic advocacy and public affairs to drive change. They will have an in-depth knowledge of the UK political environment and with a track record of developing relationships with politicians, special advisers and other key Westminster figures. They will be persuasive and with the ability to operate in a multi-faceted, fast-paced and complex environment.

The starting salary for this position is £50,340 per annum, plus contributory pension.

This is a UK-based role with the potential for remote working. There will be the requirement for occasional overseas travel, including to conflict-affected states

For further information, the application form and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website and follow the application instructions.

Closing date for applications: Sunday March 7 2021.

Are you looking for a role with real impact? Are you driven to use communications to change the world?

Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity (GMMC) is an ambitious charity making a tangible difference across Greater Manchester, working to make homelessness a rare, brief and non-recurrent occurrence for people in our community.

Over the past two years, we have raised and invested £2m into this vision. Our future plans take this even further as we embark on new areas of work, including preventative programmes and ground -breaking accommodation solutions.  

Central to this exciting expansion of the charity, our new Engagement & Communications Lead will harness the power of our social impact work to connect with new donors, collaborators and partners.

We’re building a vibrant community of change across the city region and we need a highly dynamic person to bring this to life.

This role comes with a large degree of creative freedom and is perfect for someone who really wants to take an engaging, ethical brand from the early stages through to scale. We have a highly-committed Trustee Board and dedicated team which works collectively and collaboratively on ongoing activity. You will also have the support of our high-profile communications agency, which provides design and PR support to the charity.

We take a robust, resourceful, and innovative approach, often looking beyond traditional models, and are proactively seeking someone who will bring valuable insights into this dynamic environment. 

Salary: £30,000

Hours: Full Time (although 0.8FTE would be considered and there is flexibility with working patterns)

Location: Home based (increased travel into Manchester City Centre once restrictions are lifted)

Reporting to: Head of GMMC (with additional oversight and direct working relationships with the Trustee Board)

Scope of Role:

• The role will take responsibility for all platforms including a redevelopment and management of our website, social media channels, media relations and targeted communications campaigns for existing and new stakeholders.
• You will be tasked with building relationships with the people and organisations we support, getting to know the work first-hand so that the brand is built with authenticity, originality and knowledge.
• The charity has a strong track record in creating major events and public fundraising campaigns, which you will help drive to maximise our fundraising potential.
• Above all, this role is about momentum building and fuelling the growth of the charity, achieved by insightfully capturing our impacts and sharing them through pioneering communications.

Your experience:

• Proven experience in devising, delivering and evaluating powerful communication and engagement initiatives across a range of channels and media
• Demonstrable collaborative and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders and engage across a complex landscape.
• Strong project management skills, including creative thinking and problem solving to achieve high-quality outputs.
• Experience of growing a thriving, dynamic brand.

Your Attributes:

• Highly credible with a serious interest in and curiosity about the charity’s aims and focus
• Genuine desire to tackle homelessness
• Naturally collaborative working style that embraces a non-hierarchical approach
• Impact focussed
• Common sense, calmness and sense of humour
• Energy, thoughtfulness and a willingness to muck in
• Self-reflective learning style, open to challenges
• Comfortable working in a small team and remotely
• Highest standards of integrity and professionalism
• A strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter (of 2 pages max) explaining your motivation for applying for the role and expanding on your skills/experience in relation to above criteria. 

Sector3 brings together Stockport’s Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sectors by creating a culture that celebrates, connects and informs. Our mission is to foster a thriving third sector in Stockport by developing a supportive network which provides opportunities for growth and shared learning.

Chief Executive

Sector3

£43,000–£47,000 per annum.

Stockport 

The Chief Executive is a newly created position that will play a vital role in providing inspirational vision and leadership through the next stage of our exciting development and growth. Working closely with the Board of Trustees you will determine the strategy and direction of the charity, building organisational capability, whilst driving impact and creating a sustainable platform for the third sector that will make a real difference to Stockport communities. 

Demonstrating high levels of personal credibility, you will act as ambassador for the organisation and vigorous advocate for Stockport VCSE communities, building an impactful movement and cultivating positive relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.

Critically, you will demonstrate passion, commitment and a genuine interest in Sector3 mission, with a strong personal drive to create positive social outcomes, ensuring Stockport’s communities are healthy, inclusive and for everyone.

As an inclusive employer Sector3 recognises the value of diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.  We welcome applications from suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background.  

For further information and to apply to this role, please click the appointment brief below.

If after reviewing the Appointment Brief you feel you meet the criteria and you would like to have an a confidential discussion about this role please get in contact with  Alex Williams, our Retained Advisor at Prospectus - details found on prospectus website.

To Apply    

To apply to become Chief Executive at Sector3, please upload your CV and a supporting statement that addresses the four questions within the appointment brief.

Closing date: 28 February

Initial interviews with Prospectus: 8–15 March

Panel interviews with Client: w/c 22nd March

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

Civitas Recruitment are proud to be working with an Islamic international development charity operating from the North West of England. The organisation provides relief and services in disaster and conflict zones and focuses on areas such as emergency food provision, medicine, water, and sanitation. An opportunity exists for a talented Chief Operating Officer to join the team and assist the CEO to ensure strategic objectives are met, and operational plans are actioned. The role will oversee broad operational activities including financial management, governance, HR, facilities, and people management.

Who are we looking for?

Ideal candidates will possess extensive operational experience whether it be from the charity sector or from the private sector. You will be accustomed to working with the Senior Management Team and dealing directly with the CEO or Trustees. Although we are not necessarily seeking a qualified financial candidate, you will still have a strong level of financial acumen and have the capacity to work closely with the Head of Finance to ensure robust processes are in place. You will also have extensive experience of developing and leading diverse teams ranging from IT, Facilities, HR and other corporate services. Experience of company secretarial duties and charity governance would be an advantage although not essential. You will also have experience of setting budgets and working to strict deadlines and possess excellent communications skills.

Please apply directly or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion and full JD.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated Senior Trust Fundraiser; you will be responsible for developing, managing and soliciting gifts from a portfolio of Trusts, Foundations and Statutory income sources.

You will achieve personal financial and non-financial KPIs to ensure that the departmental targets are achieved. Managing a portfolio of existing, and researching and securing new, Trusts, Foundation and Statutory supporters. Providing high level stewardship and account management through reporting, proactive engagement, and cultivation activities.

The successful candidate must have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the Trusts and Foundations market. Significant experience of securing five-six figure sum gifts, in a Trust and Foundation fundraising capacity. Have proven experience of building long-term effective relationships with senior stakeholders, both internal and external. Experience in Major Donor fundraising is also desirable.

Key responsibilities

• Provide high level account management and stewardship to all supporters, ensuring repeat gifts, through reporting, proactive engagement, and cultivation activities. 
• Leading on TFG relationships for the Hospice; identifying, cultivating and supporting relationships to secure agreed financial KPIs.
• Represent the Hospice at internal and external events as required, and represent the team at a variety of meetings.
• Prepare asks through compelling applications, engaging presentations, and well prepared, goal-orientated meetings.

The successful candidate will have:

• Relevant qualification in fundraising or TFG fundraising
• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent and a relevant degree to at least one function, or have substantial relevant work experience 
• Demonstrable success in securing five-six figure sum gifts, in a Trust and Foundation fundraising capacity.
• Experience of working in the charity sector
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating projects
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the Trusts and Foundations market

If you require further information about this post please contact Rebecca Bentham, Director of Income Development and Marketing at Dr Kershaw's Hospice.

This role is for a 1 year fixed term contract with the possibility to be extended.

External Affairs Manager

Salary: London - £43,795 per annum + Excellent Benefits National £39,900 per annum + Excellent Benefits

Location: Home based in East of England or South East, London with national travel 

Contract: FTC until November 2021

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people.

Housing associations are social landlords, and are the largest providers of homes for social rents in the country. We and our members, believe that everyone should be able to live in a great quality home that they can afford.

Many housing associations are also developers in their own right, building around a quarter of new homes every year, and build almost all new social housing. Our sector is not-for-profit, investing its revenues into the people and communities we serve.

Could you be our new External Affairs Manager working with our members in the East of England and nationally? You may already have a strong understanding of housing, but more importantly, you will be a skilled relationship manager, with fantastic communication and influencing skills.  You will be confident working at the most senior level, including with housing associations’ chief executives, board members and directors.

In this role, you will be the NHF’s relationship manager for a defined cohort of housing associations within our membership, supporting them through challenging times, enabling collaboration and innovation across the sector and championing the role of housing associations with stakeholders.  You will also lead our member engagement on key sector issues nationally making sure that our wider policy, lobbying and campaigns work reflects our members’ priorities and our members are at the heart of everything the NHF does.

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background.

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

Closing date for applications: 9 March 2021

Interview date: 16 and 17 March 2021

Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date

Job Title: Senior Service Manager - Accommodation

Salary: £29,545 - £32,545 (dependent on experience) plus Pension and Health Benefits

Status: Full Time, Substantive

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, including some weekends and evenings on a shift pattern

Holidays: 24 days plus Bank Holidays per annum Based at: Charity locations across Wigan and Leigh Responsible to: Operations Director

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

SUMMARY

The Brick is a growing 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. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual in a new and exciting role. Your role will be to enhance, integrate and develop all aspects of relief, whilst looking towards restoration within Emergency Accommodation delivered by the Charity. You will need to be committed in order to ensure support is provided to people from diverse backgrounds and that they are provided with information which could help self-sustaining and independent living. You will empower your team to achieve positive outcomes whilst undertaking shift work where necessary, including nights.

To be successful, you will need to be

• A person of high integrity, committed and organised
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop excellent relationship with all stakeholders and be able to be solution focused and proactive in partnership working.
• Flexible and able to adapt to new settings and environments and be able to work at a pace in a complex context.
• To have a proven track record of leadership and management to empower teams to reach their potential and therefore the potential of the individual
• To have a proven track record of performance management including contract delivery and KPI’s
• To be able to have good knowledge of safeguarding and risk management
• To be have knowledge of health and safety
• To be able to manage budgets
• To have a knowledge of national and local housing and homeless strategies
• To work within the Brick and Wigan Deal principles

Closing Date: 12 Noon Friday 5th March 2021 Possible Interview days: 11th and 12th March

To Apply: Please send your CV along with a brief overview of why you feel you are perfect for this role in no more than 500 words. 

Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible.

Job title: Work Experience Coordinator

Location: Manchester (up to 50% office based)

Responsible to: Director of Delivery

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Remuneration: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum

Roles:  2 x Customer Support and Programme Delivery

**Please note: Your application will not be considered without submitting a cover letter and including your notice period.**

Main purpose of role

This role sits within our Experience team and is crucial to the delivery of our work experience programme.

Hours: This role will be full-time (37 hours) & Permanent.

Infrequent weekend work may be required.

Location: We are currently working from home. This role will be based at our new Manchester Office, but you will only be required to work from the office for up to 50% of your working week.

Application deadline: Please see below regarding notifications and start date.

What you’ll be doing:

Schools and Student Management

• Responding to enquiries from schools and students regarding questions about the application portal registration process and general troubleshooting
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Onboarding of new schools and colleges
• Supporting our Virtual Programmes
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software and that of external partners, as well as helping to run training session with other members of our employer team
• End-to-end technical support for employers, schools, and students
• Enabling employers in the delivery of their virtual work experience programmes
• Using our in-house software to support the technical processes our employer partners use to recruit for and run work experience placements
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records, generating reports to aid impact reporting and funding evidence

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Experience in a similar delivery-focussed role within a small, fast-paced organisation
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Experience of using CRM software to achieve the tasks outlined above (preferably Salesforce)
• Experience of using Google Classrooms
• Good customer service skills that mean queries are answered professionally and clearly
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for
• Experience communicating with educational establishments and a familiarity with how schools and colleges operate
• Ability to clearly communicate with students to ensure they understand our processes and are able to access opportunities

We are looking for people who:

• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

It's not just a matter of qualifications. As an eclectic team, one size does not fit all. A degree level qualification may be useful, but experience, effort and amazing communication skills is just as valuable.

What is Speakers for Schools?

Founded by ITV Political Editor Robert Peston (Trustee), and chaired by Andrew Law (Caxton Associates), Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students by giving them the same access to the UK’s leading figures from politics, business, science, sport, the arts and more, as that enjoyed by private schools.

Bill Gates, Baroness (Martha) Lane Fox, Professor Brian Cox, David Dein, David Cameron, Natalie Bennett, Ed Balls, Naomi Campbell and over two thousand other influential, eminent and inspirational people, have been kind enough to volunteer their time to speak with Speakers for Schools. Almost a million Young People have attended a Speakers for Schools talk.

In 2016, we launched our Experience Programme. Experience works with our outstanding network of speakers and partner employers, to offer young people, amazing work experience opportunities, which would often be out of reach to them.

Our Experience Programme has more than trebled in impact since September as employers such as the Bank of England, M&C Saatchi, Disney, Spotify, Santander, Morgan Sindal, BA, BP, Cisco and others offer placements to thousands of Young People. In March we launched a ground-breaking virtual work experience programme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce and Google Classrooms.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

We will be closing this on or before Friday 5th March.

Our new team members will start ASAP.

Job title: Customer Admin Support

Location: Manchester (up to 50% office based)

Responsible to: Director of Delivery

Contract: Part-time, 16 hours a week

Remuneration: £10.00 an hour

Role: Customer Admin Support x 3

**Please note: Your application will not be considered without submitting a cover letter and including your available start date.**

Working days and hours:

• 16 hours a week, £10 per hour
• Monday-Thursday: 16.00 – 20.00 x 2 roles available
• Saturday – Sunday: 8 hours per day x 1 role available

Are you a good fit?

You want to work with a highly respected and aspirational brand, at the heart of a network of many of the UK’s leading figures and employers.

You know that technology has a significant role to play, but that human interaction and relationships are of even greater importance.

You want to feel like a valued member of a growing team, in an organisation which recognises that that its people are not just a number, but its greatest asset and part of an extended family, working together to support each other to meet organisational and not just individual goals.

Ideal candidates will be looking for a demanding post in a fast-moving entrepreneurial charity. This is an exciting time to join our team as we take Speakers for Schools to the next level. Multi-tasking ability a must.

You should be sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders

What is Speakers for Schools?

Founded by ITV Political Editor Robert Peston (Trustee), and chaired by Andrew Law (Caxton Associates), Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students by giving them the same access to the UK’s leading figures from politics, business, science, sport, the arts and more, as that enjoyed by private schools.

Bill Gates, Baroness (Martha) Lane Fox, Professor Brian Cox, David Dein, David Cameron, Natalie Bennett, Ed Balls, Naomi Campbell and over two thousand other influential, eminent and inspirational people, have been kind enough to volunteer their time to speak with Speakers for Schools. Almost a million Young People have attended a Speakers for Schools talk.

In 2016, we launched our Experience Programme. Experience works with our outstanding network of speakers and partner employers, to offer young people, amazing work experience opportunities, which would often be out of reach to them.

Our Experience Programme has more than trebled in impact since September as employers such as the Bank of England, M&C Saatchi, Disney, Spotify, Santander, Morgan Sindal, BA, BP, Cisco and others offer placements to thousands of Young People. In March we launched

a ground-breaking virtual work experience programme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Main purpose of role

Location: We are currently working from home. You may be required to work from our Manchester office when it re-opens (TBC).

Application deadline: Please see below regarding notifications and start date.

What you’ll be doing:

•  Supporting our Delivery Team with admin support
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Responding to email enquiries from schools and students
• Supporting customers via phone
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records and generating reports

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly
• Excellent customer support skills and telephone manner
• Desirable: Experience of working with young people
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for

We are looking for people who:

• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

It's not just a matter of qualifications. As an eclectic team, one size does not fit all. A degree level qualification may be useful, but experience, effort and amazing communication skills is just as valuable.

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role and available start date. Please also note your preference on working hours. 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

We will be closing this on or before Friday 13th March.

Our new team member(s) will start asap.

Role title: Senior Policy Advisor (residents and services) 

Salary: London - £43,795 per annum + Excellent Benefits National £39,900 per annum + Excellent Benefits

Location: London, Bristol or Manchester

Contract: Permanent

This role is referred to within the NHF as ‘Policy Leader’ but we have advertised, as ‘senior policy advisor’ because we think this is the more commonly understood phrase for a role at this level.

The National Housing Federation (NHF) is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations – not for profit social landlords who provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people.

In this role you will shape and lead a long term programme of policy work on the services our members provide and their relationship with the people they house. This could include working with members and Government on implementing the proposals in the recent Social Housing White Paper, and working across policy areas including welfare reform, supported housing, health and homelessness.

You will work closely with our members and their residents, drawing on their frontline expertise and experience to shape and respond to government policy. And you will hold our relationships with high profile external stakeholders including senior Government officials. There is also the possibility of line management responsibility for one or more policy officers / assistants, and a chance to lead work across other policy areas as required.

You will be passionate about social housing and the role of housing associations in helping solve the housing crisis. You will have experience of shaping and leading a strategic and successful programme of policy work. You will be comfortable representing the NHF to senior stakeholders in Government, our members and elsewhere with credibility, expertise and political judgement. And you will be a strong collaborator, able to lead colleagues across the organization to deliver on our policy priorities.

The NHF has recently published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.  The NHF is committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the society in which we live and encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, regardless of all protected characteristics or social background.

We are a disability confident employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.

We are also open to proposals for job shares, flexible working, part time or other arrangements, which would allow you to carry out the role alongside other commitments.

Closing date for applications: 8 March 2021

Interview date: 12 March 2021

Please note: if we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert, before the closing date

Job Title: Senior Service Manager - Restoration

No of Posts: 1

Salary: £29,545 - £32,545 (dependent on experience) plus Pension and Health Benefits

Status: Full Time, Substantive

Hours: 37.5 per week

Holidays: 24 days plus Bank Holidays per annum

Based at: Wigan and Leigh

Responsible to: Operations Director

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

SUMMARY

The Brick is a growing 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. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to join the charity in a new and exciting role. Your role will be to enhance integrate and develop all aspects of restoration within the Charity. You will need to be as committed as we are to equip people from diverse backgrounds for self-sustaining and independent living.

To be successful, you will be a person who has

• high integrity,
• commitment to organisational development, and good governance,
• excellent communication skills
• the ability to work at pace in a complex context,
• the ability to work in a team in a practical, flexible and cooperative way
• passionate about supporting people to transition

To Apply: Please send your CV along with a brief overview of why you feel you are perfect for this role in no more than 500 words. Please submit your documents using the link.

Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible.

Closing Date: 12 Noon Friday 5th March 2021 Possible Interview days: 11th and 12th March

 JOB PURPOSE

The focus of the Senior Service Manager - Restoration is to ensure that sustainable yet robust transitions are being achieved for residents in temporary or emergency accommodations, that they remain financially viable and appropriately resourced at all times. A key aspect of the role is to deliver a high quality and balanced customised service to residents with the ultimate objective of placing them in suitable, good quality long term accommodation, alongside meaningful training and employment opportunities. We are keen to deliver projects that enhance wellbeing, skills development and employability opportunities. Thinking ahead to what resilient communities and the future of work may look like, including innovative thinking around the types of skills and practices that may become even more valuable in a climate-changing and post-pandemic world. As senior service manager responsible for restoration you will manage all activities that take place within the Brick Works and Cross Street warehouse and develop long term strategic plans for these facilities, embedding them into the local community.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

To be a member of the Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for managing the delivery and development of high quality restoration services at our numerous sites to people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Restoration services are designed to prepare individuals for sustainable tenancies by developing independence, expanding communication and providing social opportunities to support general health and wellbeing. You will effectively manage and motivate a staff and volunteer team to deliver high quality services, meeting organisational and regulatory standards, for people attending our training, education and day opportunities provision. As well as managing people, you will be responsible for the health safety and wellbeing of everyone involved in our restoration projects, ensuring that the projects are equipped appropriately and the facilities are robust. To be successful in this role you will have a sound knowledge of person centred planning for individuals with complex needs, people management and budget management. You will need to demonstrate proven experience of supervising and line managing staff in accordance with policy and legislation and all that it entails. You will be a commercially minded person with the ability to encourage ambition, innovation and a culture of entrepreneurialism whilst managing risk. An action-oriented person who enjoys working hard and looks for challenge.

People we work with;

• Create and oversee a robust process of meaningful engagement from people living in Supported Housing and the Hubs
• Oversee a process which ensures individual personalised plans are fulfilled
• Understand the opportunities for people with lived experience and create and maintain a suitable programme which encourages growth within the Charity whilst at the same time understand the additional support needs that may be required.
• Manage the Brick Works and Cross Street facilities.
• Work directly with the other areas of the Charity that promote engagement.
• Oversee the Training and Resource Manager
• Continually seek opportunities to improve the quality and effectiveness of the services delivered and to enhance their experience; monitor the external environment and ensure that new services are developed in line with changing demographics and needs.

Accommodation

• Focus on positive outcomes for people living in our accommodation through work and training engagement
• Understand and embed an Asset based Approach to all areas within the Charity
• Maximise rental income from the Brick’s Accommodation by working in close partnership with other departments in the charity and other agencies
• Oversee the Intensive Housing Management Manager
• Oversee the Facilities and Properties manager

PARTNERSHIP WORKING

The Brick is committed to delivering Wigan Council’s Deal approach and as such we are asking for applicants who adopt the 3 core behaviours being; positive, accountable and courageous. We are looking for innovation and creativity, The Brick is not afraid to do things differently and pilot new initiatives to trial and test new ideas.

Good Practice

Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty are committed to the safeguarding and protection of all young people and adults, In line with our Safeguarding policies. We will carefully select, train and support all those with any responsibility within the Charity, in accordance with our rigorous recruitment and selection policies.

The Brick is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and support or staff from different backgrounds