Care about social mobility? Are you our next London Programme Officer?

We are working towards a day where no young person’s background determines their future. As an award-winning, fast-growing social enterprise our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic tutoring/coaching programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and high level apprenticeships.

Having turned six years old in February 2020, we’re at an exciting stage of growth and have ambitious plans to scale our impact and reach. Currently working across London, West Midlands, South West, we are looking to thoughtfully scale our aca- demic programmes into hard to reach deprivation areas. Over the next 3 years, we are aiming to support over 10,000 young people.

Role Description

London was our first hub. Since 2014, we have developed partnerships and relationships across the region with schools, universities and collaborators. We are now looking for a passionate new addition to join the team. We need an outgoing self-motivated person to enhance our work in the London region (including Reading and surrounding areas), making it a vibrant and exciting hub that delivers real social impact. At the forefront of the organisation, you will be responsible for maintaining partnerships, supporting tutors/coaches and delivering our programmes from volunteer recruitment all the way through to evaluation. This is an “in-at-the-deep-end” role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence. 

Key Areas of Responsibility

Contributing to the development of the London region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Supporting a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts • (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set • termly)
• Maintaining relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Meeting recruitment targets for tutors/coaches across London each term.
• Training volunteers in tutoring/coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school and online programmes (university student led and peer to peer) across London:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality.
• Managing and running online sessions.

Programme Design and Delivery:

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school or digital workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes
• Line managing a team of Head Coaches:
• Delivering training for Head Coaches in London
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, service, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (businesses, senior members of MATs, universities etc.
• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
• Independance: this role requires you to work independently/alone from time to time in the office and/or from home
• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation/working with young people.
• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends

Desirable knowledge/experience

• Experience working with young people in a school or youth work setting. • Experience recruiting volunteers
• Experience measuring and evaluating impact
• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or tutoring/coaching.
• Knowledge of UK schools and UK university sector.

Global Human Rights Education Project Manager - Education Technology

Directorate: Public Engagement And Growth

Location: London

Type: Fixed Term Contract

Duration: 18 Months

Working Hours: 35

Salary: £42,372

Amnesty International's Human Rights Education team is looking for an experienced professional to design and develop diverse online learning experiences on human rights.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You are an experienced educator with strong pedagogical skills.

You have experience in designing online learning experiences for diverse global contexts on different platforms.

You have experience of successfully project managing education technology products.

Your communication and language skills enable you to work with a diverse range of stakeholders from across the world.

You have a clear grasp of where trends in the education technology and human rights sector overlap.

ABOUT YOU

You must have knowledge of pedagogy, participatory approaches and adult learning models.

You must have experience in learner centred instructional design, and a demonstrated ability in developing engaging online learning experiences on human rights or related topics for different audiences and with different platforms.

You must have created courses on complex learning management systems and with complex course authoring tools.

You have the capability both to work on your own initiative and as a member of a large and diverse team, often under pressure.

You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and preferably working knowledge of either Arabic, French or Spanish.

ABOUT US

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world and have:

• more than 2 million members and supporters who drive forward our fight for rights
• more than 5 million activists who strengthen our calls for justice

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

About us

Our vision is for nature and people to thrive in a world inspired by ecology. The British Ecological Society is the oldest of its kind in the world, with over 6000 members worldwide, we publish six successful journals, an ecological book series and a quarterly membership magazine, the Niche.

We actively value the diversity and wide range of perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to their work, to ecology and to our Society.

About you

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to provide office and finance administrative support to the Society and to the CEO.

This is an excellent opportunity with lots of scope for development. You will have some previous experience in customer service or administration. It will be beneficial if you have some finance experience or a degree level qualification, however these are not essential.

About the role

Core duties will include but not be limited to:

• Meet and greet visitors for business meetings and prepare meeting rooms where necessary
• Taking minutes during the staff meetings and Committee’s
• Manage orders of stationery and other office supplies
• Working with the Society’s external accountant, administer day-to-day financial processes
• Administer fortnightly payment batches and organise a batch approval timetable
• Assist with audit queries in the lead up to, during and following the annual accounts audit work based in the Society office
• Assist with travel and diary management for the Chief Executive
• Providing administrative support to other BES teams as and when required

For more information on the role, a full job description and how to apply, follow the link in the yellow box.

The ITF is an international federation of transport workers’ trade unions recognised as the world’s leading transport authority. We fight passionately to improve working lives, connecting trade unions from 150 countries that may otherwise be isolated and helping their members to secure rights, equality and justice. We are the voice for 20 million members working men and women across the world. The ITF Head Office is based in Borough, London. International offices include Amman, Hong Kong, Montreal, Nairobi, New Delhi, Abidjan, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. 

The Dockers’ Senior Section Assistant will support the processes essential for the delivery of the Dockers Section priorities, including responsibility for managing working groups, preparation for meetings and chairing meetings, research and data analysis and deputising for the Dockers’ Coordinator.

The successful applicant will use their proven knowledge of the maritime industry and strong written communication skills to produce in-depth reports and analysis to support the section’s campaigns and projects. You will have responsibility for coordinating communication between many different groups including other ITF Maritime sections and contacts. Key to this role is the ability to produce high-quality written documentation.

The Section Assistant will also be responsible for coordinating solidarity action requests from affiliates and unions. The role deputises for the Dockers’ Coordinator and will be required to make presentations to internal and external audiences.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate strong communication skills across different audiences and an ability and have a flexible approach to differing opinions. You will be able to draw upon your experience in a union or social movement setting to support solidarity actions. You will also have experience with producing persuasive and informative content for social media channels.

Due to the international aspects of the organisation’s work, a good working knowledge of another language would be an advantage.

This role offers a salary of £46,724 per annum, plus a non-performance related guaranteed bonus equating to 1/12th of your annual salary.

The ITF offers a highly competitive final pension salary scheme, flexible working as well as the opportunity to work in a state of the art modern office building in central London. For further information on the staff benefits that we provide please see our website.

If this sounds interesting to you, please apply by sending your CV and covering letter via our website by 26 July 2020.  Interviews will take place, week commencing 10 August.  Please note that due to COVID-19 all interview will take place via video conference.

Based at London Bridge, with UK-wide travel

Would you like the opportunity to work for the Royal College of Occupational Therapists – the professional body representing over 33,000 occupational therapists across the UK? Are you passionate about the development of the next generation of occupational therapists and how they go forward into the workplace to transform the lives of the individuals, groups and communities they work with? If so, you may be the person we’re looking for to join the Education and Research Department.

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists is seeking to recruit a Manager to lead the Pre-registration Education Team. In the context of a complex and ever-changing pre-registration educational landscape, the purpose of this role is to lead, develop and manage RCOT’s activities related to the delivery of pre-registration occupational therapy education in the UK. In order to achieve this it will be essential for the successful candidate to remain well-informed about relevant policy, legislation and practice across the four nations of the UK and the impact it has on preregistration education and learners. The role will be required to work collaboratively with internal and external partners to protect and promote the interests of our members and the profession, wherever possible.

In addition to overseeing RCOT’s pre-registration accreditation procedures to assure and enhance the quality of pre-registration occupational therapy education, you will manage a team of accreditation and student liaison officers. As a strong advocate for the profession, pre-registration learners and new entrants to the workforce, you will represent the Royal College across all four UK countries and at high-level Boards and meetings, which will involve regular travel to destinations across the UK, with overnight stays.

To be successful in this role, you will be or have:

• An HCPC registered/registerable occupational therapist with extensive experience of working at a senior level in pre-registration occupational therapy education within an education provider context.

• Robust understanding of all aspects of pre-registration occupational therapy education, with sound knowledge and understanding of the role and value of educational quality monitoring and enhancement processes.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing and project management skills.

• A sound understanding of current education and health and social care policy and a working knowledge of current issues in higher education across the UK.

• The proven ability to work autonomously and as a positively engaged team member, and to effectively supervise, manage and support staff to achieve business objectives.

In the current context of COVID19, all staff are presently working from home which may have implications for the role going forward.

If you are interested in this opportunity and wish to discuss it further, including the possibility of flexible working arrangements, please contact Dr Jo Watson, Assistant Director – Education and Research via our website.

If you are interested in applying, please download the role description from our website and then forward your CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are interested in and suitable for this role, to Angela Conway, HR Advisor by email.

Interviews will be held Friday 24th July 2020

Keeping it Wild Project Assistant  

Salary: £20,067- £21,123 per annum dependent on experience 

Role: Full-time fixed term contract, 1st September 2020 until 31 March 2021   

Based at: Central Office, Dean Bradley House, 52, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF with significant time spent other London Wildlife Trust nature reserves around London. We are open to exploring flexible working arrangements (including working from home, when not delivering activities on site) 

Closing date: Friday 24th July 2020, 9am 

Provisional start date: 1st September 2020  

Do you love London's wildlife and want to help ensure it flourishes in the future? Are you passionate about inspiring, creating opportunities for, and working with young people? We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic person to join our Keeping it Wild team to support the delivery of our exciting youth-engagement project in London.  

Background 

Keeping it Wild is an ambitious three year project (launched in September 2018) supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, that aims to empower and inspire 600 young people aged 11-25 from backgrounds currently under-represented in the environmental sector, to gain vital skills while discovering, conserving and sharing their experiences of the capital’s wildlife and wild spaces. The project is working to inspire more young Londoners to care about and protect wildlife and wild spaces, through a range of exciting opportunities and utilising digital media and journalism creation to share and document their experiences.  Alongside John Muir Trust, London Wildlife Trust is working closely with youth partners, London Youth and Headliners (UK) to deliver this exciting project.

We are looking for someone who: 

• Enjoys being outdoors in all weather, is enthusiastic and hard working;  
   

• Has excellent communication, networking and facilitation skills with a range of partners and stakeholders;  
   

• Is interested in London’s wildlife and wild spaces;  
   

• Has knowledge of London’s young people and an understanding of the issues that they face;  
   

• Is interested in delivering face-to-face and digital-based activities for young people focussed on urban nature conservation;   
   

• Has exceptional organisational skills and ability to manage various tasks and project related administration at the same time, and capable of managing time effectively;  
   

• Is IT literate – including experience of working with the Microsoft Office suite;  
   

• Has experience of working within a team.   

Does this sound like you? If so we’d love to hear from you!  

London Wildlife Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that London’s diversity is one of its greatest assets and we endeavor to ensure our staff body reflects this. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. Read about London Wildlife Trust’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on our website.

If you aren’t sure if this role is for you and are cautious about putting yourself out there then why not have a chat with someone in the team first by contacting us. Let us know if we can do anything to make the application or interview process more accessible. 

About London Wildlife Trust London Wildlife Trust manages nature reserves across the capital that are exemplars of urban conservation land management and which greatly benefit the local communities that use these sites. The Trust delivers projects focusing on protecting priority habitats and wildlife species in London and works to influence policy makers to support this work.  The Trust engages London’s diverse communities through access to our nature reserves, volunteering programmes and education and outreach work.

An enhanced DBS Check is required for this role.   

Closing date: Friday 24th July 2020 at 9am 

Interview date: Friday 31st July 2020*  

Provisional start date: 1st September 2020  

* Interview dates and locations are subject to change depending on developing government advice on the Coronavirus, with the possibility of holding interviews virtually. More information will be given to those invited to an interview at the time. Let us know if we can do anything to make the application or interview process more accessible. 

This role is funded by the DCMS Youth Accelerator Fund via National Lottery Heritage Fund. 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented Participant Support Manager to join our Participant Support team. The role will lead a multi-tiered team providing the interface between the organisation and our teachers and leaders on a range of our programmes and provide varied support to these participants. The expectation is that the Manager will also act as Business Partner across a number of programmes acting as the point of escalation for the programme externally ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience. This role will act as the point of escalation for the programme externally with our Partners ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience.

Internally, the Participant Support Manager will work collaboratively with the Programme Leader, providing advice and strategic support in regards to participants and partners and work in a matrix structure with other programme operations departments. The Manager will be responsible for overseeing the quality of engagement with their participants/partners and maintaining an excellent participant experience. They will lead on the development of participant/partner engagement and communication plans and ensure all programmes under their leadership are accurately tracking participant engagement.   

Based in one of our London, Manchester or Birmingham offices, and reporting to the Participant Support Associate Director, you will be an individual with experience of delivering excellent customer service. We are looking for someone who has previously managed multiple stakeholders, including the ability to deal with difficult conversations. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, good budgeting skills, and will be able to take a strategic approach to the end to end programme journey.

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, 09:00am on 20th July 2020 

The expected timeline for interviews is as follows: 

• Interviews: w/c 27th July 2020 

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

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

Teaching Assistant

Their schools are currently looking for enthusiastic, talented and committed TA teaching assistants/ LSA learning support assistants to join their teams in September 2020, helping to provide the best possible education for their students.

If you want to work within a committed team who inspire children to grow in confidence, develop their potential and be the best that they can be, then they encourage you to apply.

Teaching Assistant Responsibilities:

• Work with individuals or small groups of pupils in the classroom under the direct supervision of teaching staff and provide feedback to the teacher
• Support pupils to understand instruction, independent learning and inclusion of all pupils, the teacher in behaviour management and keeping pupils on task
• Support pupils in social and emotional well-being, reporting problems to the teacher as appropriate
• Work under the direction of the teacher to prepare and maintain an effective learning environment, by preparing work materials and equipment and clearing up afterwards, in both the indoor and outdoor environment
• Liaise regularly with the teacher and/or take part in planning meetings, inset days and any other meetings as required and to take part in training activities offered by the school to further knowledge and respond to the changing needs of the school

Teaching Assistant Requirements:

• Previous experience of working as a Teaching Assistant would be a distinct advantage but not essential as training can be given
• Someone with a passion for education and the motivation to make a real difference
• Staff to share the aspirational vision, values and culture of the school
• Individuals who can contribute to a community where all are empowered and feel valued
• A collaborative mind-set and an ongoing commitment to learn with and from others
• Those who can contribute to exceptional teaching, learning and assessment through a rich, broad and balanced curriculum
• Competence and confidence in English and Mathematics (GCSE A-C grade) or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good communication and ICT skills
• Previous experience of working in a school environment an advantage

Their schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About the company:

Our client represents 520 shareholding schools and settings across the county of Hertfordshire. This is a fantastic place to live and work, and is also close enough to get quickly into central London. They have a wide variety of schools from one form entry schools in rural settings, to much larger primary and secondary schools in bustling towns and cities. With 88% of their schools achieving good or outstanding at their most recent OFSTED inspection and 94% of all schools rated good or outstanding for personal development, behaviour and welfare, there is a wealth of opportunity waiting for you within the county.

Location: Vacancies throughout Hertfordshire

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £16,755 to £20,344 per annum (salaries follow the support staff pay scale)

You may have experience of the following: Learning Support Assistant, Learning Support, Teaching Assistant, Level 2, Support Assistant, Teachers Assistant, Trainee Teacher, Special Education Needs, PGCE, Mentor, Tutor, Teacher, LSA, Special Needs, SEN, etc.

Ref: 93210

Summary

An excellent opportunity, to use your skills as an experienced PA to support the work of the Church of England in Croydon. There is a mixture of supporting projects and more complex processes, with the equally important work, in managing diaries, making sure that the right information is available to the right person at the right time, as well as the unique and unusual requests that come our way. You will find a real variety in the role, and no two days are the same.

Main Responsibilities

PA role

• Provide a discreet, courteous and efficient first point of contact for all communication to the Archdeacons, showing sensitivity and tact.
• Receive and prioritise a wide range of enquiries by phone, email and post, drafting responses or redirecting/liaising with the Archdeacons as appropriate.
• Manage the Archdeacons' diaries in Outlook, making travel arrangements as required
• Ensure that the Archdeacons have the papers and other practical resources they need for meetings
• Organise, develop and monitor processes for gathering information and collating returns as they are received; disseminating information as required through various means, including on-line submission
• Oversee and be responsible for the administration and tracking of the recruitment and appointment to vacant clergy posts in parishes, including liaising with Parish Representatives on the process; liaise with the media advertising; receive applications, follow up references, prepare interview packs; issue announcement notices
• Monitor, organise and track annual Church Inspections
• Co-ordinate specific events as required. In particular, the bi-annual Episcopal Area Lay Conference: booking a suitable venue, organising the catering, co-ordinating attendance and liaising with relevant speakers and other parties.
• Compile and send out e-mailings.
• Develop and maintain an efficient electronic filing system for the Archdeacons, including confidential files, and keep it up to date in line with the requirements of GDPR.
• Ensure that all the office support systems and resources including stationery, reference books, week-ahead engagement/work file, information databases and IT software are up to date and functioning properly.

Office Manager role

• Responsible for ensuring any health and safety requirements in the building are fulfilled
• Responsible for maintaining and replenishing supplies of stationery, first aid supplies, refreshments and other consumables.
• Manage the office petty cash and make monthly returns to the Finance Department.
• Be responsible for the chapel, ensuring provision of sacristry supplies.

General

• With suitable advance notice, attend occasional evening and weekend meetings to support the Archdeacons in their role.

Ideal Candidate

You should possess a good standard of education, and have a level of literacy to be able to draft emails and letters that are fluent, and use language that is appropriate to the culture and traditions of the Church of England

Experience

• Experience in a role requiring a high degree of planning and organising, with attention to detail.
• Worked in roles that require the ability to work on initiative, where tasks are not always planned or routine, and flexibility of approach has been required.

Skills and Knowledge

• Self-sufficient in making best of use of the IT available and finding the best solutions to achieve the required outcomes.
• Regular and competent user of the latest MS Office suite for PCs
• Word - able to produce and format large documents for publication, use mail merge
  • Excel - able to enter data, sort and total,
  • Powerpoint - able to put together simple presentations
  • Outlook - able to use folders, arrange the Calendars of others, create and use task lists.
• Able to fully utilise the information technology that is available, with the desire to exploit the potential of the IT packages that are available, to seek creative IT solutions.
• Able to utilise social media as a tool for communication and networking
• Note-taking skills and ability to produce summaries from

Personal Qualities and Behaviours

A good team player - takes a flexible approach to tasks, with understanding of others priorities and able to adapt to their own

• Able to exercise tact, diplomacy and sensitivity
• Demonstrate empathy and patience under pressure
• Welcoming and friendly, able to create a good rapport
• Able to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• In sympathy with the aims, objectives and values of the Church of England

Age UK Kensington and Chelsea is seeking experienced care assistants who are available for weekend work, as well as those who are looking for regular weekday work. You will be joining our dedicated At Home Services team who provide a range of support services for adults who are either 55 years and over, or who have physical and learning difficulties. This support may include personal care, respite care, post hospital discharge care and light housework. Please see the Job Description for more detail.

Our aim is to support our service users to stay as independent as possible in their homes, by providing a personalised service to meet their needs. If you are passionate about providing person-centred care and looking for a rewarding role where you will make a real difference to the lives of the people you support, then we would love to hear from you!

Candidates for this role should have a minimum of six months experience and be able to demonstrate that they share our values. Training will be provided.

Age UK K&C are proud to be an accredited Living Wage employer, committed to paying our employees a fair wage that reflects the real cost of living.

Contract and Salary: £10.75 per hour on a zero hours contract.

Benefits of joining our team:

• Free DBS
• Ongoing training 
• Company smartphone
• Stakeholder pension
• Free employee assistance programme

Please send completed applications (or CV and cover letter) to At Home Service, Age UK Kensington & Chelsea, 1 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL 

The Philanthropy Team’s work is the group of Merchant Taylor charities, controlled by Merchant Taylors’, which provide grant-funding to grass-roots charities tackling disadvantage in inner London, support education in our associated schools throughout the UK, and provide almshouse social housing in Lewisham.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• The postholder keeps the grant-funding database accurate and up to date 
• The postholder helps the HoP assess grant-funding applications and write summaries of short-listed grant applications, for decision by the Charities Committee.
• The postholder assists with creating the pack of meeting papers for circulation to the Charities Committee or external client grant-making charities before board meetings, and helps the HoP write minutes of meetings. 
• The postholder carries out the administration of all grant-funding applications on the journey through the decision to fund (or not), notifying the decision to the applicant, any necessary liaison with the Finance Team to facilitate them paying out the grant funds on time, right through to assessing the eventual report on what the grantee has done with the money.
• The postholder takes ownership of administering the Charity Visits Scheme, by which Company members volunteer to conduct visits to charities which are applying for or have received grant-funding, and any other initiatives by which Company members can become involved in the Company’s grant-making decisions. To include compiling bespoke electronic briefing packs for each visit and, where necessary, taking part in the visits themselves.

• The postholder provides basic administrative support to the EM as agreed with the HoP, to include not only document-based work but also helping with the logistics events organised by the EM (eg, a photography competition for the Company’s associated schools or an education seminar). 
• The postholder assists the EM in the logistics of any outreach initiatives by which Company members can give their time to assist the Company's promotion of education (for example, visiting schools to provide CV advice) 
• The postholder assists the Philanthropy Team with the writing and filing of statutory annual reports and annual returns for the Merchant Taylor charities
• The postholder monitors the dedicated email inbox for data protection communications and forwards incoming messages to the correct department for their action (seeking advice from the HoP where appropriate).
• As instructed by the HoP, the postholder undertakes any other duties in relation to the work of the Philanthropy Team or data protection.

Education

• At least one A at A Level, or equivalent (E)
• A at GCSE Maths, or equivalent ( E)
• At least two As at A Level, or equivalent (D)
• Undergraduate degree, or equivalent (D)

Experience

• Communicating effectively with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and walks of life (D – and doesn’t necessarily have to be from a work context)

Specific skills

• Good basic maths skills, including mental maths rough and ready estimations (multiply, divide, percentage, etc) (E) 
• IT skills:

• good Word(E) 

• confident email user (E) 
• good basic Excel eg auto-sum a column of figures, very basic formulae in cells (D)
• good basic PowerPoint or other presentation software (D)

Depaul currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Fundraising Database Assistant to join the team on a part time contract (22.5 hours per week) until August 2020. In return you’ll receive a competitive salary of £13,566 pa pro rata (£22,610 pa FTE) + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Fundraising Database Assistant, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday plus bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Fundraising Database Assistant role:

The Fundraising Database Assistant is responsible for recording donations and accurately importing data and income onto Raiser’s Edge in a timely and accurate manner. They will ensure data across the department is kept up to date and will also act as the first point of contact for day-to-day data-related queries.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Fundraising Database Assistant role?

- High computer literacy with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel

- Excellent attention to detail

- Experience of working with financial, supporter and/or customer data

- Excellent problem solving skills

- Understanding of the implications of data protection legislation

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Fundraising Database Assistant then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date – Wednesday 15th July 23:59

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

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Are you a member of a Christian Church with pastoral skills and an ability to relate well to people of all ages and backgrounds? Are you able to offer a thoughtful and mature Christian presence in a variety of contexts?

We are seeking a Pastoral Worker to work in the Enfield Methodist Circuit from 1 September 2020.  You will work collaboratively with the presbyter in pastoral charge and others to provide pastoral care for a group of churches.  You will help the circuit to shape and reimagine patterns of pastoral care across those churches, enabling the churches to develop and build on partnerships, particularly with the local MHA Live at Home Scheme.

You will support the presbyter in enabling the church community to care and pray for one another.  To offer care that is complementary to Pastoral Visitors and house groups through meeting with those with specific pastoral need. By agreement with the presbyter, and following appropriate training, to visit members of the church, their families, and any linked with the church who have a particular pastoral need.

You will be part of a 15 person diverse Circuit Leadership Team and have opportunities for study and training.  Benefits include a contributory pension scheme and 28 days paid holiday per year in addition to bank holidays.

Assistant Manager Policy and Standards

The memcom recruitment team are looking for an outstanding graduate-calibre candidate with experience in either a policy, public affairs, campaigns or health field, on behalf of a respected membership body based in Central London.

This is an exciting, well-rounded and diverse role, providing policy support, deputising for the Standards Manager and assisting in the roll-out of a nation-wide project on wellbeing.

You’ll certainly learn a lot, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with the leading players in the health sector, driving through initiatives and ensuring that the organisation’s campaigns and projects are a success.

Your written communication skills will be impeccable, and you’ll use them to great effect writing policy statements and issuing stakeholder communications.

This is an exciting, varied role where passion and attitude are as important as your experience and skill set. If you want to make a difference to the health sector, here’s where you start…