This role will engage a diverse range of service users across the UK, to listen to their views on how Terrence Higgins Trust services should develop, pilot projects to test this and to facilitate how they can actively participate in these future developments. You will:

• Test  innovative approaches with users to keep our work fresh and relevant, shaping how we work and what we do.
• Develop and implement digital activity to support the programme
• Actively work with users and colleagues to promote meaningful engagement with the programme

The nature of this programme is exploratory and so you will be comfortable with working in a fluid environment.

This role will cover the East of England with a focus on our Cambridgeshire and Peterborough services. The base of the role can be discussed in more detail at interview.

This is a full time post, however flexible options can be considered. Please indicate preference in the body of your application.

We particularly welcome applications from people from Black African and Minority Ethnic communities, and from those living with HIV.

This recruitment is happening on a rolling basis so early applications are encoruaged. Recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.

THE COMPANY

Lumos is an international children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling to end the systematic and harmful practice of the institutionalisation of children. Our vision is a world in which all children have the opportunity to grow up and thrive in a safe and caring family or, where there is no alternative, in specialist placements that meet all their needs, respect their rights and ensure they can fulfil their potential.

THE POSITION

The International HR Advisor will provide excellent customer focussed HR support through partnering with Lumos International country offices and regional hubs and supporting international managers and leaders to deliver strong organisational performance.

This role will also oversee and lead on a number of HR areas and projects including international learning and development, international reward and benefits, employee engagement and collaboration internationally, international HR handbook, Policies and country HR set up guide, to support Lumos as it achieves its consolidation plans.

You will have: -

• Professional HR qualifications – preferably CIPD level 5 or equivalent.
• International experience of HR across multiple countries ideally in at least 2 of the following regions: Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written), with the ability to provide clear and effective advice on a range of people issues. French would be highly desirable.
• Good coaching and mentoring skills and an approach that builds capacity rather than dependency.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and negotiate at senior levels and build capacity within management teams

THE LOCATION

Our newly refurbished office is based in the City core of London with underground and mainline stations Monument, Cannon Street, Bank and London Bridge all within a 5min walk. Bike storage is also available. The local area offers a diverse range of amenities, cafés and restaurants with Leadenhall market, Borough market and the Royal Exchange located nearby.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• 30 days of paid holidays
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Life Assurance and Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Season ticket loan scheme and Childcare Vouchers
• Dynamic, interesting environment
• Regular staff social events and activities

If you are committed to protecting and empowering the world’s most vulnerable children, join us.

To apply please upload a CV and a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements.

You are advised to submit your application as early as possible as we reserve the right to close the post at any time, once we have received sufficient applications. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Soundwell Music Therapy Trust, a small innovative charity operating in the South West specialising in adult mental health.

Soundwell is the only specialist adult mental health music therapy charity in the UK. Since 2002, we have used music to help people whose lives are seriously affected by mental illness. We also work with unpaid carers in need of support and respite. Services are provided free of charge to clients.

We work in many key disadvantaged communities, with most of the work now based around Bristol and Bath.  In response to Covid-19, we are also currently operating a phone support and online service, and the early results have been extremely positive.

Our current CEO is due to retire from his post during 2020 having completed 5 years’ service, and after overseeing many important changes to the service operation and its associated funding.

The Trustees now seek an inspirational leader to build on the Charity’s success to date and take Soundwell to the next level.  In 2022, Soundwell will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary, and a special fundraising and awareness campaign will be launched in Autumn 2021 – an excellent opportunity for the new CEO to establish him/herself and lead the charity forward.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate proven excellence in the following:

• Leading, managing and supervising a workforce
• Fundraising and strategic development within a charity
• Communication, with the ability to talk with passion and clarity about the benefits of Music Therapy for adults with high mental health needs to a wide audience
• Forging partnerships with other external organisations and providers

Application Process:

For an application pack, please download directly from this job site, or alternatively go to our website , and click on ‘Jobs’ in the ‘About Us’ section.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Glyn Berwick, CEO.

The closing date for all applications is 30th October at 5.00pm.  Initial interviews will take place online from mid-November.

Langdon have an exciting opportunity for a HR Assistant to join their growing team based in Elstree, Borehamwood.

Job Title: HR Assistant

Salary: £23,000 - £25,000 per annum

Location: Elstree (Borehamwood)

Job type: Full time - 12 months fixed-term contract (maternity cover)

Langdon was founded in 1992 by four parents of children with learning difficulties who found there were no organisations that enabled young adults with similar needs to lead an independent life.

From those early beginnings, Langdon’s services have steadily grown, and we now help over 100 young Jewish people, providing education, supported living and employment services. We are proud that our members lead independent lives that, without Langdon, their parents could only dream about.

HR Assistant – The Role:

- The purpose of the role is to provide effective and efficient confidential, comprehensive administrative support to the HR Manager as required

- You will deal with general HR related enquiries

maintain the HR office systems, and offer an efficient, helpful and friendly point of contact for the HR department whilst promoting a professional approach 

- The role will also provide administrative support with respect to all recruitment activities ensuring compliance with appropriate policies, procedures and legislation

HR Assistant – Key Responsibilities:

- To provide administrative support to the HR Manager including production of documents using Microsoft products, such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

- Respond to telephone and email messages in a timely manner

- Arrange meetings and hearings, ensuring venues and travel arrangements are made and communicated; relevant paperwork and agendas are circulated in good time, attend meetings to take minutes, identify follow-up actions arising from them and distribute as necessary

- Provide HR support to the HR Manager in the implementation of key HR projects and initiatives

- Assist the HR Manager in providing advice and guidance on standard HR policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment to managers and employees.  Escalating queries as necessary

- Support the payroll, employee relations and recruitment processes by ensuring that all relevant documentation is completed, circulated, stored and filed

- To liaise with applicants, managers and other (DBS, referees etc.) to undertake pre-employment checks required by Langdon and escalate any concerns in a timely manner

- Monitor absence data in line with policy and escalate appropriately

- Processing new starters, leavers, and contractual changes

HR Assistant – You:

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

- Previous experience of working in a HR team and providing support on simple HR issues is essential

- Experience of minute taking, preparing letters and reports

- Competent in Word and Excel

- HR qualification or working towards CIPD (desirable)

To submit your CV for this exciting HR Assistant opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now.

Here at Charity Horizons we are honoured to be supporting Behind Closed Doors in their search for a new Chief Executive to play a significant role in shaping the strategic direction of the organisation moving forwards. The work of this charity provides a lifeline for those affected by domestic abuse and offers salvation in the darkest of times.

With a significant rise in reported cases of abuse due to Covid-19, this role presents a unique opportunity to lead this organisation in its next phase of development, expanding its reach and continuing its work at a time when its services are needed more than ever.

Behind Closed Doors strives to enable people to cope, recover and move on from domestic violence, regardless of gender or sexuality. The charity offers two arms of support services – a team that provides practical support to help those at risk of harm; and a team that provides emotional support to victims of abuse.

This multi-faceted role will involve the leadership of the organisation’s strategic direction, inspiring the team and finding new ways to grow the charity’s support and fundraising base. The role will also require operational leadership of the charity, overseeing the delivery of all services and the effective maintaining of quality standards.

To be considered for this role you must come to us with a demonstrable track record of achieving in a senior strategic leadership role in the voluntary or public sector and experience working within senior leadership or with boards. You must also have significant experience working with external stakeholders to effectively influence change, and experience of forming successful external partnerships. Although previous experience of working within domestic violence would be advantageous, this is not essential to the role; however, it is imperative you have a sound and extensive knowledge and understanding of the cause and effect of domestic violence. Most importantly you should possess strong networking skills and be known for your ability to build excellent relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Influential, clear and charismatic you should be a strong and confident communicator and public speaker with an ability to deliver messages to a variety of audiences while building a sense of passion and engagement.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact either Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons. The role closes on 21st September with interviews scheduled for the week commencing 5th and 12th October.

BCD is committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an organisation we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Please note: Only female applicants will be progressed as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and, as such, actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

HR Advisor
Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
£23,030 - £26,085 per annum

Why commute into central London when you could be offering HR advice in Hertfordshire?

This is a fabulous opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor to join our dream team. Every day will be different as you support colleagues across the business providing employee relations, well-being and policy advice to enable our workforce to make a positive difference to the lives of those we support.

You will be a highly organised, HR professional who has experience supporting managers with complex employee relations casework, including disciplinary, formal absence, grievance, capability matters and organisational restructures. You will also assist with ad-hoc projects where necessary, and provide support to the Director of Human Resources and Staff Development with key centre wide projects, such as our engagement strategy and staff survey.

The successful candidate will be a motivated and creative individual who is able to quickly develop relationships with staff at all levels. Your well-honed people skills will enable you to work alongside our managers building trust and confidence as you go. It goes without saying you will have up to date knowledge of employment law, with the ability to interpret and apply this. You will be confident managing your own workload and have the ability to think outside the box. Ideally you will be working towards or hold a Level 5 CIPD qualification but relevant experience within a fast-paced human resources environment is essential.

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire parkland between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs of all ages in our Children’s Home, School, College, and Residential Home with nursing and Day Centre. Over 150 adults and children call St Elizabeth’s their home, making us an inspirational place to do great work.

We offer an excellent range of staff benefits including:

- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications
- Fabulous staff development – fully funded for you by the Centre
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised restaurant
- High Street retail/leisure discounts
- Generous holidays
- Discounted gym membership
- Free Life assurance

Closing Date: 12 November 2020

To apply, please submit a CV on no more than 2 sides of A4 in Arial font size 12 setting out how you meet the essential criteria for this role.

Offers are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check fully funded by the centre.

Please note we are not on a public transport route.

Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Job title: Fundraising Communications Officer

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week – some evening and weekend work required (the post is initially funded for 12 months from start date, with the potential for extension)

Salary: NJC points 3 (£18,065) to 6 (£19,171) (pay award pending)

Responsible to: Fundraising Lead

Location: working from home initially due to covid-19 restrictions but usually based in Chorley with travel across Lancashire

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to join a team that are passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing?

We're looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team as Fundraising Communications Officer, to support the Fundraising Lead to carry out our ambitious plans to grow the amount of income we raise through the generous support of people, organisations and businesses in Lancashire.

We're looking for someone who is hardworking, personable and creative to help develop compelling fundraising content for our audiences that will inspire supporters and help maximise opportunities for income generation. Ideally, you will have some experience in a customer facing environment with good written, verbal and digital communication skills but, above all, we want someone who is passionate and shares Lancashire Mind’s ambition to achieve Mental Wellbeing for All.

Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.

Deadline for applications: 12 noon on Monday 2nd November 2020.
Interviews to be held on Tuesday 10th November

About We Are With You

Everyone should feel comfortable getting the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.

We work with people on their own goals, whether that’s staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. 

We give people support in a way that’s right for them either face to face, in their local service, community or online. 

We provide a free and confidential service without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. 

We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support. 

About the role

We are looking for a People Partner to support the team through a period of change. The role will be based from home and can be located anywhere within the UK. 

As People Partner you will work as part of the team to deliver operational and strategic support to the organisation. 

The ability to assess risk, apply judgement and make informed decisions are key to this role. 

You will have outstanding communication skills, confidence and the ability to work efficiently and effectively.

We have a strong focus on our culture and trying new ways of working. You will work across multiple projects and have opportunities to learn. 

About the job

Ideally you will have:

• Experience as a People/HR Partner

• CIPD Level 7, or an equivalent recognised qualification (or time served functional knowledge) 

• A solid understanding of employment law and experience in resolving complex employee relations casework 

• Experience working with service provision change and TUPE

• The ability to deliver restructuring and redundancy processes

• The ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and leaders across the organisation - influencing, negotiating and acting as a critical friend 

• A pragmatic and innovative approach to solving problems 

• The ability to facilitate change and culture initiatives

• Experience using data to identify trends and metrics

• The ability to turn legal language into plain English, and to create tools and resources that make systems and processes clear for busy staff.

Further information about this job

This is a part time role for 30 hours per week, on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

Once coronavirus restrictions are lifted some UK travel including overnight stays may be required. 

Interviews will be held in 3 stages, the first being held on 18 November, the second during the period 23 - 27 November, the third stage to be confirmed.  All stages will be held via Video Call on Google Meet.

Please attach your CV when applying for this role.

Benefits of working with us

• 28 days holiday plus a bank holiday allowance (pro rata for part time staff)

• Enhanced employer pension contribution

• Life assurance benefit scheme

• Flexible working patterns to help with work life balance

• Training and development opportunities

• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme

• Cycle to work scheme

Information about us and our recruitment processes

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. We actively welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates to ensure we have an inclusive and representational workforce for all our staff and clients.

With regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to deliver our services where at all possible bearing in mind social/physical distancing.  Our recruitment may be completed remotely where necessary to ensure we adhere to any government guidance.

We are only able to employ people who have the legal right to work in the UK.  All applicants will need to provide evidence of this before we can confirm unconditional offers of employment.

We want to safeguard and protect the children, young people and adults we work with. Our rigorous selection process applies to all applicants to support this aim.  If you are applying for a role which involves regulated activity you will need to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred Lists) check (if in England) or become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme (if in Scotland). We will also seek references as part of the selection process for this role, including from your current or most recent employer.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Action Against Hunger has a vision of a world free from hunger. For almost 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of children and work with their communities before and after the disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and build prosperous communities. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.

We are recruiting a MEAL and Information Management Senior Advisor to join our Operations team. This is a fulltime permanent position based in the United Kingdom responsible for leading on projects implementing knowledge management and learning services across the Action Against Hunger network as well as for a number of external organisations as part of our growing consultancy model.

This post sits within the UK MEAL Services Team of MEAL and knowledge and information management specialists working across a wide variety of projects, actively seeking to generate new business opportunities to improve practice in the sector.

This person will play an integral part in MEAL and knowledge and information management of humanitarian response projects and nutrition projects, delivering key learning outcomes as part of a passionate team of practitioners. Responsible for managing resources and leading on strategic MEAL projects, the postholder will also manage, support and develop a small team of MEAL Advisors.

You must have knowledge of current practices, trends and standards in working within a humanitarian, nutrition, international development or similar organisation, among other skills.

Founded in 1963, we operate as an independent charity with a vision to make a real difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of mathematics education and learning.

We are passionate about mathematics and mathematics education, and the users of our services are at the centre of what we do. We offer professional development for teachers and innovative resources for teachers and students, and are recognised national experts in mathematics curriculum development. We find our work hugely rewarding and stimulating, and our innovative and collaborative work with a range of partners, including government, enables us to deliver flagship mathematics education development programmes for teachers, as well as informing national policy. We run some government contracts, in partnership with others, where we believe they are consistent with our charitable objects. We also promote innovation through ground-breaking development work and awareness raising.

We work at the forefront of innovation in education. To maintain and build on this innovation and leadership we hope to work with a wider range of donors who share our aspirations for improved maths education for everyone. The fundraising trustee is a new role to help us steer this new ambition.

If you have the experience to support us, and you are passionate about the development of the next generation, we would love to have you on board!

We are looking for a Trustee with experience of fundraising with corporate funders and high net worth individuals. In addition to the standard trustee responsibilities of setting strategy and policy for the organisation while ensuring that it is operating efficiently and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations, the Fundraising Trustee supports the development and overall governance of MEI’s fundraising and related communications strategy, working closely with the CEO, Deputy CEO and the contracts and finance committees.

This is a new post and an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to a national charity at a critical stage in developing its ambitions for the future.

The statutory duties of a trustee:

• To ensure that the organisation complies with its governing document, charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations.
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objects as defined in its governing document.
• To ensure the organisation uses its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects: it must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objects, no matter how worthwhile or charitable those activities are.
• To contribute actively to the Board by giving strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation and its sustainable growth.
• To secure the appointment of the Chief Executive and monitor his/her performance.

It is expected that the new Trustee will:

• have senior strategic level experience or as a charity Trustee;
• understand the role of the Trustee and be able to add value to the charity through expertise, counsel and sound judgement;
• understand the competing pressures (financial, operational, personnel) involved in running a complex organisation;
• have experience of dealing with the challenges associated with delivering organisational and governance changes;
• have a broad range of business and financial skills and experience;
• be able to contribute strategically on a wide range of issues;
• take collective responsibility for the direction of the organisation, be good at working in teams, and able to be effective in a complex organisational environment where significant cross-boundary collaboration and partnership are essential.
• In addition to these generic duties and responsibilities, the specific responsibilities of the fundraising trustee will entail the following:
  • To have a substantial background in either a corporate giving/CSR or fund/foundation management role, or as a senior charity fundraiser with a sound understanding and experience of charity fundraising at strategic and operational levels.
  • Bring overall leadership and drive as the Fundraising Trustee, supporting the development and overall governance of MEI’s fundraising and related communications strategy, working closely with the CEO and Trustee for Finance.
  • To ensure that there is the right breadth and depth of fundraising and related communications skills within MEI and the Board of Trustees, with access to the right networks, in order that the charity is in the best possible position to develop and deliver high quality strategies in fundraising and related communications.
  • To be an active member of the Finance, Audit and Risk (FAR) Committee, ensuring that fundraising and related communications strategies are aligned to the wider budget strategy.

MEI is committed to promoting and ensuring equality and valuing diversity. We will not discriminate unlawfully in any aspect of employment and want MEI to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Further information available on application.

Are you a dynamic, transformational leader with credible experience in delivering integrated, holistic care of highly vulnerable young people?

Oasis Charitable Trust is a ground-breaking group of charities that have been pioneering models of sustainable and holistic education and community development over the last 35 years.

We are now seeking a transformational leader as the Principal Director of Oasis Restore – the UK’s first secure school. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the development and delivery of our bespoke integrated care and education for young people in custody.

Oasis Restore will offer a reparative opportunity to children and young people, who have become criminally involved, often as a result of high levels of trauma, vulnerability and threat. Our vision is focused on restoration, rather than retribution, on creating a safe environment with a holistic approach to life where every child is given opportunities equal to those offered their peers; ones that enable young people to make different choices and lead positive, productive lives.

Using a psychologically informed approach that integrates theories on attachment, trauma and human development we will offer:

• A holistic, integrated, safe environment
• A therapeutic model of care with a growth mind-set
• An ambitious and enquiry-based education offer
• Pathways for transition into community from day one

We are seeking someone with a proven track record of senior leadership to improve outcomes and life chances for young people. The new Principal Director must be someone with executive-level leadership experience who is values-led. They will have a deep understanding of how to lead person-centred care in the context of statutory frameworks and build the relationships to achieve it.

The incoming Principal Director will be adaptive to the leadership styles of their team to inspire them to be their best. They will be ego-aware and understand the pivotal role that character plays in transformational leadership.

The Principal Director will champion the Oasis ethos and be a known advocate for children who are often without a voice, ensuring that others play their roles to deliver the high-quality education, care and support that meets pupils’ needs.

The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for developing and delivering the UK’s first secure school – Oasis Restore, a therapeutic approach to education and care. You will recruit and manage a leadership team of experts across education, care, therapeutic interventions and health who will deliver this bespoke model of school for young people in custody.
• Have credible experience of executive leadership in a multi-disciplinary organisation or service focused on the care of highly vulnerable children and young people – be that education, social or health care, youth justice, local government, or the voluntary sector.
• Have a minimum of five years’ experience of transformative leadership – leading complex systems, thinking laterally and strategically in order to innovate and drive change for the improved care of children and young people.
• Be a champion of divergent thinking and creative and innovative practice balanced with commitment to providing psychologically informed, developmentally appropriate models of care and education for children.
• Demonstrate commitment to values-led leadership and proven track record of transformation of systems of care or education.

Working with Peer Power, Oasis asked young people about their vision for what a secure school could be. Their response was: “Operate in love, operate in trust, and listen to the young people.” We are looking for leadership who will respect, value and listen to the young people they serve.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours, which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate employment checks, including enhanced DBS checks. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and should have the ability to speak fluent English for this role.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Oasis Restore on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit the Saxton Bampfylde website.  Applications should be received by noon on Monday, 2 November 2020.

Organisation: Lively Minds. UK Registered charity 1125512

Position: Country Director, Ghana

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Operator

Based: Tamale, Ghana (with frequent travel to Accra)

Hours: Full time

ABOUT US

Lively Minds is an award-winning NGO working to get preschoolers in rural Ghana & Uganda school-ready.Over 250 million children under 5 years globally do not get the early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) they need, leading to poor health, poor education, lost life opportunities and poverty. We believe that one of the main barriers to ECCE is that parents in remote resource-poor villages lack the information, education and aspiration to provide basic and affordable opportunities for their children. We have developed an innovative behavior-change programme that empowers marginalized, poorly educated Mothers to run educational Play Schemes for preschoolers and to provide better home-based care, using cheap local resources.  Not only does this result in positive outcomes for child development, but also has positive impacts for the Mothers too.

These are exciting times for Lively Minds. In Ghana we have recently received results from a Randomised Control Trial conducted by independent evaluators Institute for Fiscal Studies and Innovations for Poverty Action  which demonstrate the programme has a positive impact on a wide range of child and mother outcomes. We are now finalising a partnership agreement with Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to integrate the programme in to the national kindergarten system and scale across 60 rural districts in the northern regions of the country, reaching approximately 4000 kindergartens and 1.1million children.  During this period, Lively Minds will act as technical consultants ensuring the programme is embedded into and sustained at district, regional and national government levels. 

Elsewhere, our programme in Uganda is in a test and position for scale stage with the long-term aim of national roll- out. Our long-term goal is for the programme to be adopted in several countries in the global south so that it can have a large impact in tackling the global early childhood development crisis.

The Ghana Country Director will lead our Ghana team as we grow our organisation, scale up the programme and manage the partnership with government. The Country Director will initially have 4 direct reports – Deputy Director, Learning and Quality Manager, IT Manager and Policy Associate. They will be in charge of recruiting and on-boarding a Financial/Administrative Manager and HR Manager who will report directly to them. They will also be in charge of setting up new offices in addition to our 2 current offices in Tamale and Bolga. The Country Director will be based in the Ghana HQ in Tamale. The Country Director will be part of the multi-disciplinary Lively Minds global senior management team and report directly to the COO and have a secondary line of report to the CEO.

Key responsibilities for the Country Director include strategic and operational planning & implementation, staff management, financial accountability and developing and maintaining strong relations with government, funders, and stakeholders at national level.

We are looking for four exceptional people to join us as trustees who can help ensure that we have a high performing Board during a period that we may end up looking back on as among the most crucial in our history.

We are hugely proud of the impact we have had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer. The £500 million we have invested in research over the last 60 years has saved many thousands of lives, and we are now in a position where the day we will beat blood cancer is finally in sight. But with the coronavirus crisis already having had a big impact on our income, it is more vital than ever that we have the strong strategic leadership to keep our mission to beat blood cancer on course.

As a Board, we know we need to become more diverse to better reflect the community we serve and share with us new ideas and opinions, so we would welcome approaches from the following:

• Individuals from black and ethnic minority communities.
• Younger people who may not have had previous board experience but have other experiences, for example: of committee work, associations and other team decision making experience.
• Individuals who have personally been affected by blood cancer who have the capacity to support us as a trustee
• Experience in the following fields would be of interest to us: Medical Research, Audit, and Finance.
• Individuals who have experience of information support for blood cancer patients and health policy.
• Influencers who have experience with fundraising and have celebrity or VIP connections that could be further explored.
• Members of a minority group through physical or cultural characteristics.

This is a challenging but very rewarding role and your contribution could assist the blood cancer community in a huge way.

If you would like an opportunity to make a difference and contribute in a positive way we would encourage you to apply to join us on our journey, please share with us your CV, along with a brief Cover Letter outlining your interest and how you feel you could add value to our cause.

If you would like to know more prior to applying please feel free to get in touch with Louise Keegan - Recruitment Officer at Blood Cancer UK for an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity. 

The closing date for this opportunity is: Midday on Saturday, 31 October 2020.

Thank you for your interest in Blood Cancer UK and we very much look forward to hearing from you!

Please note: Should we be successful in our search for suitable individuals prior to the closing date we reserve the right to close this opportunity early.

This role will engage a diverse range of service users across the UK, to listen to their views on how Terrence Higgins Trust services should develop, pilot projects to test this and to facilitate how they can actively participate in these future developments. You will:

• Test  innovative approaches with users to keep our work fresh and relevant, shaping how we work and what we do.
• Develop and implement digital activity to support the programme
• Actively work with users and colleagues to promote meaningful engagement with the programme

The nature of this programme is exploratory and so you will be comfortable with working in a fluid environment.

This role will cover the South & Home Counties region with a focus on our Brighton, Hove and West Sussex services. The base of the role can be discussed in more detail at interview.

This is a full time post, however flexible options can be considered. Please indicate preference in the body of your application.

We particularly welcome applications from people from Black African and Minority Ethnic communities, and from those living with HIV.

This recruitment is happening on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged. Recruitment may close early should a suitable candidate be found before the closing date.