The Rainbow Centre is a vibrant Christian Charity that supports individuals and families who are experiencing deprivation and hardship in the Folkestone and Hythe area.  

We operate a range of services including the Homeless Support Service, FoodStop - a mobile soup kitchen, a Winter Shelter for rough sleepers, run the Shepway Foodbank and Family Contact Centre.  Additional revenue is provided through our trading arm, the Rainbow Shop. We have a small staff team which is supported by over 300 volunteers.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to lead and inspire the team of staff and volunteers and move the charity forward as it seeks to develop its services further in the light of changing needs.  The Rainbow Centre is a charity at the heart of the community, so this is your chance to make a real difference at a local level. 

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, your application should comprise:  

• A covering letter outlining your motivation and relevant experience for the role.  Please ensure that you give details about your Christian faith as this is an Occupational Requirement for this position. 
• A full CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held and relevant achievements. 

The closing date for applications is noon on Tuesday 7th January 2020.  Enquiries about the job role can be made to the email stated in the covering letter. 

Interviews will be held on Friday 17th January and Monday 3rd February 2020 
 
 

An exciting career step to lead on community building with a focus on older people, including LGBTQI+ residents: Would you like to be part of a new, innovative multi-agency programme supporting Haringey residents who are 50+, at risk of social isolation or who have suffered a recent life event that threatens their wellbeing?

We have two vacancies in the team where you will be responsible for one of eight localities offering generic and specialist information, signposting, guidance and short term support to older people living in Haringey to maintain their independence and remain in their own home. One of the roles will involve supporting the Programme Manager for the first six months (see appendix attached).

You will ensure that those from the LGBTQI+ community, those with mental health issues, learning disabilities and others at risk of social isolation are encouraged to engage with our services. If you are passionate about engaging with older people in a diverse community and can work on your own initiative to help us develop a new service, we would like to hear from you.

Your application should include a CV which addresses the person specification in no more than two sides of A4, Arial font 11 and a personal statement of no more than two sides of A4, Arial font 11 which explains why you would be an effective Community Connector.

Applications, with a copy of the monitoring form should be submitted by 5pm, Thursday 19th December 2019. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Are you an enthusiastic and creative campaigner? Are you passionate about achieving positive and lasting social and environmental change?  

CPRE, the countryside charity, is looking for a positive and dynamic campaigner to join a small, dynamic and impactful campaigns team working on some of the biggest issues of our time. The campaigns team works on a broad range of topics, including tackling the climate emergency and ensuring the health and wellbeing benefits of the countryside and green spaces are available to everyone, especially those who do not currently have access.  

The ideal candidate will have some prior experience of public campaigning and be keen to develop and grow in the role. 

Some of the key areas of responsibility include:

• Supporting the development and delivery of campaigning activities and programmes of work;
• Producing campaigning materials such as briefings, blogs, video copy and emails that help to  increase engagement;
• Assisting in developing new ideas and fresh approaches, including researching policy and following the external context relating to countryside issues;
• Supporting the project management of several campaigns and coordinating the work of colleagues;
• Monitoring and assisting in the evaluation of campaigns; and
• Role modelling CPRE’s values and behaviours.

Building on recent campaign successes such as the moratorium on fracking and the campaign for an ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, the Campaigns Officer will support the development and delivery of campaigns and programmes of work at this exciting point in CPRE’s journey. There has never been a better time to join CPRE: with a fresh new look and ambitious strategy that seeks to achieve a countryside that is thriving, accessible to all and makes a significant contribution to tackling the climate emergency, this is a chance for a campaigner to achieve real and lasting change for people and the countryside.  

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Welfare Advisor

 Hours: 14 hours per week
Location: Manchester, M1
Salary:  £10,870 per annum (FTE £27,174 per annum) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

The purpose of the Welfare Advisor role is to work within the holistic rehabilitation model of Freedom from Torture and provide welfare advice and advocacy to survivors of torture living in North West. This will be as part of a multi-disciplinary team and requires an individual with significant experience of working as a Welfare Advisor and advocate in relation to welfare benefits, housing and the asylum support system.

The ideal candidate for the role will have the following skills:

• Experience providing welfare advocacy with individuals who are experiencing mental health difficulties as well as understanding of current Social Care policies/practices
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices when recruiting volunteer welfare case workers
• Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers and an understanding of the needs of this group and the associated support services and mechanisms available
• Experience of working within a similar role providing advocacy on a range of welfare issues to include housing, welfare benefits and Asylum Support
• Experience of working within the benefits system, including the application, assessment and appeals procedures

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date:  05 January 2020

Expected date of interviews: week commencing 13 January 2020

As an organisation working with a potentially vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer
No agencies please

Are you committed to improving lives for vulnerable people?  

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is launching a brand new Social Prescribing service centred around the Emergency Department of University Hospital Lewisham. We're going to support adults (18+) accessing the Emergency Department with their non-medical needs, thereby improving their health and wellbeing while at the same time reducing the pressure on hospital staff.

We are looking for TWO new Link Workers to help people find and use community support, services and activities. This will be through face-to-face appointments in the hospital, home visits, telephone calls and letters. As well as this, you'll be point of contact for the new project across the hospital. We need confident self-starters, able to work in busy enviornments while building good relationships with a variety of professionals.

This will be rewarding role giving you the opportunity to make a real difference. Not only will you directly help the people we support to improve their lives, indirectly you will be doing vital work to ease the pressure on University Hospital Lewisham and free up resources for everyone in the borough. This is a pilot project, so you will also provide valuable input and shape how the service itself is delivered. Further, there will be the opportunity to attend events, forums and meetings to broaden your understanding of Health and Social Care and build experience working in the voluntary sector. You will also be working closely with our other social prescribing projects in the borough, Community Connections and SAIL, strengthening our offer of support in Lewisham.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker, strong at multi tasking and passionate about supporting people who need it, we want to hear from you.

Please note that this is a pilot project. This post is for six months with possibility of extension.

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AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

For full details please download our Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please ensure you complete the attached Application Form as well as the Equal Opportunities and Criminal Declaration forms.

Closing date for applications – 12pm Monday 9th December

*Interviews will take place on Monday 16th December*

Internews, an international non-profit media development organisation, implementing the project “Strengthening Resilience to Radicalisation and Disinformation in Central Asia through Independent Media” funded by the European Union, invites professional companies to participate in a tender to design, host and report the following:

• two group study tours to Brussels, Belgium for media professionals and civic activists,
• a visibility action to promote Internews project achievements among key stakeholder groups and development organisations implementing regional projects targeting Central Asian countries.

The successful respondent will:

1. Host two group study tours to Brussels, Belgium for media professionals and civic activists.
   • Each group will include 10 participants from at least four target countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).
   • Each visit will last five days and may include meetings with practitioners and representatives of the EU institutions dealing with security and radicalisation issues as well as hands-on trainings, lectures and exchange meetings with European journalists and civic activists working on preventing radicalisation leading to violent extremism in the European countries.
2. Develop and host the project’s visibility action in Brussels, Belgium. 
   • The visibility event would take up to 5 days and would target EU and Central Asian policy-makers, media professionals, civil society representatives, and PVE experts.
   • The event format could be screening of Central Asian films and follow-up discussions with content producers who were involved in the project implementation.
   • The event could be hosted in collaboration with other EU institutions and Brussels-based civil society organisations.

Timeline:

• Study tours to take place in May-September 2020.
• Visibility action to take place in May-June 2020.

To submit a tender proposal:

1. Review Letter of invitation to tender (Annex 4a)
2. Fill in and enclose Quote proposal template (Annex 4b)
3. Sign and enclose the Code of Conduct for Suppliers (Annex 4b)
4. Sign and enclose the Bidder Declaration Form (Annex 4b)
5. Review, fill in and enclose the pro-forma contract (Annex 9)
6. Enclose copy of your company’s registration certificate.

Deadline for submission of tender proposals: by 16 December 2019, 18:00, Bishkek/GMT+6. Send your proposals to: the below email address with a subject: Response to Tender PR-4180-1-021.

All questions regarding this Tender should be directed via email at (see: below) by 11 December 2019, 18:00 Bishkek/GMT+6.

Closing date: 10 December 2019 at 11.30pm

We’re looking for a proactive individual with experience of using community organising approaches and/or working in a charity, political or social campaigning environment to join us as a Community Organiser. Experience of local political and policymaking systems and how to influence them is also required. 

A decent, safe and affordable home is a fundamental human need, yet tens of thousands of people across Scotland struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, unaffordable rents and the threat of eviction.  Our strategy sets out a new approach to support local communities to demand long term solutions to this housing emergency, including the delivery of more social housing and to defend hard-won housing rights. To achieve this we are creating a network of Community Organisers, who will be located in each of our Hubs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee by the end of our three year strategy.

Community Organising differs significantly from one-off charity campaigning and service user participation or co-production as an approach to achieving change. It is a process that seeks to put power in the hands of the people affected by a social injustice or societal problems. We need ambitious individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve in Glasgow.

Organising, engaging, influencing and working in local communities is critical to all that we do, and this includes running national and local campaigns, influencing politicians and working to build a network of active and motivated campaign supporters. Join us, and you could soon be helping to grow and develop local activism in Glasgow.

About the role
As a Community Organiser, you’ll play an important role in developing local community responses to the housing emergency in and around Glasgow, coordinating and delivering a range of community-based activity including rights awareness workshops and developing and facilitating local activist groups. You will develop local knowledge and create a community organising plan, working closely with the teams in the Glasgow hub and across Shelter Scotland.

We will rely on you to build on existing national and local campaigns and priorities and develop that further in the Glasgow context. Understanding the local dynamic, identifying opportunities, managing projects and motivating others to get involved will also be a large part of this role. You will work closely with the various teams including Glasgow Hub, Campaigns, Policy and Communication amongst others, to ensure the Glasgow community organising activity aligns with existing workstreams and national priorities. 

About you

As well as experience of delivering effective community organising activity and/or working in a charity/social campaigning environment, you have a good understanding of local political and policymaking systems and how they operate. We’re also looking for a proven ability to work with and represent an organisation effectively to a range of stakeholders. A good project manager, with lots of enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’ approach, you have strong influencing and negotiating skills too. Finally, while prior housing and homelessness working experience is not a requirement, you’ll need a passion for Shelter Scotland’s issues. A good, affordable, safe and secure home is critical to all of us, yet this is being denied to an increasing number of people. You’ll thrive on the challenge of taking on this issue, working with the community to create relevant campaigns and making it a local priority.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter Scotland helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter Scotland please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter Scotland is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter Scotland, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter Scotland does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Available Role: Team Leader (Full-time)

37.5 hours a week, shift pattern rota days, evenings and
weekends.
Salary: £27,032.63

We're on the lookout to recruit vibrant and enthusiastic individuals to join our Supported Housing Team! If you’re passionate, professional, and would like to play an important role in providing high quality, invaluable support to the local community of Newham we’d love to hear from you!

The Renewal Programme Supported Housing provides specialised assistance for members of the community in Newham. We support individuals to gain the professional services they need alongside day to day living skills such as managing finances and being able to cook for themselves. Our aim has always been to provide effective, high quality, support and resettlement services to vulnerable, single, homeless people housed by The Renewal Programme, with the aim of promoting independent living. The main function of these roles is to work as part of a team to ensure the smooth and safe running of our overall housing service.

To apply, fill in our application form and return via email

Closing date for applications - 9am Monday the 9th December 2019

An open day will be held for applicants and interviews will take place from the 16th of December

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for these posts. Further information will be provided to the successful candidate.

The Renewal Programme is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The Renewal Programme is an equal opportunities employer

We are looking for our next CEO who will lead us through the next stage of our journey: building on our success, retaining our independence and agility, securing and retaining funding sources, and ensuring internal operations and governance arrangements are fit to deliver benefits for both our clients and the continued success of the organisation. You’ll be a credible figurehead and a passionate advocate for making a difference in the field of homelessness. You’ll have a genuine passion for our work, a track record of making a difference, with strong financial skills and commercial acumen. You’ll also be a great people person and an inspirational and collaborative leader with the ability to develop highly effective partnerships, drive performance, motivate and develop a strong internal team and work with and support a highly committed board. An understanding of development would be desirable and we are open to hear from people for whom this would be their first Chief Executive position. 

Key contact

For an informal discussion and further information about this role, please contact Yvonne Frayling at Campbell Tickell. For details on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from the Campbell Tickell website

Available Role: Support worker (Full-time)

37.5 hours a week, shift pattern rota days, evenings and
weekends.
Salary: £22,842.28

We're on the lookout to recruit vibrant and enthusiastic individuals to join our Supported Housing Team! If you’re passionate, professional, and would like to play an important role in providing high quality, invaluable support to the local community of Newham we’d love to hear from you!

The Renewal Programme Supported Housing provides specialised assistance for members of the community in Newham. We support individuals to gain the professional services they need alongside day to day living skills such as managing finances and being able to cook for themselves. Our aim has always been to provide effective, high quality, support and resettlement services to vulnerable, single, homeless people housed by The Renewal Programme, with the aim of promoting independent living. The main function of these roles is to work as part of a team to ensure the smooth and safe running of our overall housing service.

To apply, fill in our application form and return via email

Closing date for applications - 9am Monday the 9th December 2019

An open day will be held for applicants and interviews will take place from the 16th of December

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for these posts. Further information will be provided to the successful candidate.

The Renewal Programme is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The Renewal Programme is an equal opportunities employer

JOB PROFILE

Job Title: Recovery Coach
Department: Housing
Location: Kingsland Hub
Reporting to: Recovery Lead

INTRODUCTION
PBHA is a housing association with charitable aims that creates positive change in people’s lives. As well as homes and support, we empower people to learn, access work and discover their creative talents. Based mainly in Hackney and Islington, we work with people who are homeless, have mental ill health, learning difficulties and multiple needs. Our work enables people to move on and lead independent lives.
We are committed to mutual support, participation and personal development for both staff and service users.

We are a Disability confident committed employer and we particularly welcome applications from men and people aged over 50.

Putting the role in context

In this job support will be made available for the post holder to get relevant training and development to help progress their knowledge and skills. Where appropriate this will include registering for NVQ level 3 in Care and Support. Recovery Assistants work in our housing related support team, reporting to the Recovery Lead. The post holder will work closely with other departments in PBHA to ensure a wraparound recovery focused service for tenants. They will outreach to tenants’ homes and tenants will also visit them in PBHA’s community hubs.

Aims of the Post

-Recovery Coach hold an individual caseload, inspiring and challenging tenants to focus on developing their strengths, via a brief housing related support intervention
-They work alongside Recovery Coaches, providing additional support to tenants on their caseloads when needed.
-They hold an individual caseload of clients requiring lower levels of support.
-They provide direct personal and practical skills development interventions to and with tenants with complex needs including mental ill health and substance use needs.
-They support tenants and clients to access appropriate statutory and voluntary services as well as internal services available to tenants and clients within PBHA.
-They work in conjunction with the housing team to support tenants and to ensure positive move on and avoid placement breakdown.

Specific Responsibilities
a. Support to build recovery capital
-Help tenants to identify internal and external resources necessary for an individual to achieve and maintain recovery.
-Provide time limited support interventions on a 1-1 and group basis, focusing on supporting tenants to recognise and develop their personal assets and to accommodate their difficulties via re-enablement and skills development activities, including crisis prevention.
-To provide training and group work, offering a range of appropriate groups, e.g. nutrition training, assertiveness skills, confidence building, mindfulness, stress management (following appropriate training).
-Support tenants to develop and sustain support networks within their community, including to access specialist support services where needed.
-Helping them maintain and develop their skill base, (re)gain general IT skills, including providing particular support with CV writing, online applications, shopping online etc.
-Support tenants to connect with others who have experienced emotional challenges.
-Help tenants identify what they can contribute to PBHA and the wider community support them to be more active members of their community, with a particular focus on volunteering and peer support
-To offer support and encouragement to tenants to participate and get involved in the running of PBHA.
-Collaborate with other PBHA services including those in Adult Learning, Employability and Enterprises to support tenants to access wider PBHA support programmes or placement programmes, especially during initial stages.

b. Safeguarding and Support
-Under the guidance of Recovery Coaches, ensure that tenant move on plans are developed at the outset of their placement and that progress is reviewed on a regular basis. Provide guidance on re-housing options.
-Ensure that individual support plans and assessments are evaluated, reviewed with tenants on a regular basis and in response to changes in circumstances. Ensure that both needs and assets are identified through the assessment and review process, ensuring that any problems are addressed at an early stage and that necessary measures are put in place to prevent placement failures.
-Ensure that support is focused on coaching tenants to achieve personal goals and deliver 1-1 support in a way that maximises tenants’ opportunities to practice self-management skills.
-Provide support interventions levels of intensity and frequency dependent on where on journey tenant is. Work as part of a team with support colleague and others to manage pathway.
-Create an environment of positive change in interactions with tenants, utilising opportunities to reinforce motivation.
-Ensure that challenges and problems, with clients and other stakeholders, are identified and addressed at the earliest possible stage and to ensure that the support manager is made aware of possible risks.
-To comply at all times with the Safeguarding policy and procedure.
-To create and maintain positive working links with referring agencies and those which PBHA works in partnership with in order to ensure that clients receive an effective, safe and comprehensive service that supports the development of their personal assets and addresses presenting needs. To have a holistic approach in providing comprehensive services to clients, including working with other colleagues to ensure all client needs are met.
-Where applicable, to support clients to manage a personal budget and to broker the provision of services that support the development of personal assets for clients.
-To ensure clients receive key-working on a needs basis which includes supporting clients to develop their personal assets in order to achieve wellbeing, financial capability, and manage risk. Effectively use the client database to ensure real time information informs all teams across PBHA.

-Supporting tenants with money management including:

-Assisting with income maximization using various sources.
-Providing comprehensive benefits guidance to tenants
• Assisting with making claims and the provision of information, where repeated intervention is required, including some degree of non-specialist advocacy
• Completing benefit claims and pursuing these until in payment
-Liaising with benefits agencies, local authorities, housing providers
-Train tenants on techniques to maximise and appropriately budget their income.

c. Tenancy Sustainment
-Support new tenants to move in, and for transfers of existing tenants, offering support with furniture options.
-Work closely with the Housing Team to provide an effective tenancy sustainment service.
-Support and facilitate tenants where necessary on payment methods available, upholding obligations for rent payments under their tenancy.
-Support tenants in arrears to maintain arrears agreements in order to keep their tenancy.
-Support tenants to arrange meetings with Housing Officers and offer support if required regarding any queries they may have concerning their tenancy or housing accommodation, or put in touch with appropriate advocate.
-Support tenants in dealing with complaints, neighbour disputes, nuisance and harassment, using self-management and mediation based approaches.
-Work with the housing management team to find solutions to tenancy sustainment issues.
-Plan with tenants for their move on, liaising with other PBHA departments such as the Property and Allocations teams to minimise void periods and maximise the time the properties are housing homeless people.
-Support on tenancy rights and responsibilities, re-enforcing tenure obligations at appropriate intervals.
-Monitoring the condition and cleanliness of properties and working with tenants, in a practical way, to enable them to carry out their responsibilities.
-Carry out regular building and health and safety inspections, helping tenants to report repairs.
-Take pride in PBHA’s property and assets, and encourage tenants to do so.

Take on specific responsibilities on behalf of the team
-Perform any other reasonable additional duties at the request of the line manager.
-Provide a housing reception service at the office.
-Involvement in the selection and induction of new workers and volunteers.
-Taking part in planning the team’s work and delivering the annual plan
-Ensuring that proper records are kept and information is passed to other team members as necessary. Effectively use the client database to ensure real time information informs all teams across PBHA.
-To ensure that PBHA’s computerised and manual systems are accurately updated specifically in relation to contact with tenants and service users.
-Support tenants in arrears to maintain arrears Support tenants in arrears to maintain arrears To meet required standards and contract compliance of supporting people and any other commissioning body where PBHA delivers a service.
-Participating in a rota to provide cover for our out of hours telephone service for tenants and dealing with emergencies and problems that arise. This is done from home. A mobile phone is provided. The rota is additional to the standard working week.

General responsibilities of all staff:
All staff are expected to;
-Provide cover for other members of the team where necessary.
-Work flexibly and cooperatively as part of a team and with other teams.
-Be involved in the selection and training of new staff and volunteers.
-Participate in staff training and development activities, staff supervision, appraisals and all relevant meetings.
-Ensure the observation of all of PBHA's policies and practices, including those relating to equal opportunity, confidentiality, health and safety, financial control, standing orders, recruitment, supervision, appraisals, sickness and discipline.
-Plan and organise own work with a minimum of day to day supervision
-Have specific individual responsibilities but the person appointed will be expected to use her or his initiative in organising and prioritising work, within criteria set by the line manager.

General Information
Please note that:
-Post holder must be prepared to see their duties change as the needs of the organization and its tenants change and develop.
-All spaces in PBHA are non-smoking except for specific designated areas.
-Take pride in PBHA’s property and assets, and encourage tenants to do so.
Access Information
The post is based at the Kingsland Hub site has one level and is accessible to wheelchair users.
Accountability
The post holder is accountable to the Recovery Lead.

Main Conditions of Service
This is a full time position. The post is for 37.5 hours per week, 5 days per week, Monday – Friday, 7.5 hours per day. Duties will occasionally be carried out over evenings, weekends or public holidays. Overtime is not paid but time off in lieu is given. The post holder is required to take part in the out of hours duty rota which is paid in addition to the salary.
Annual leave entitlement is 26 days per year plus normal bank holidays (pro rata for part time posts). This will rise after each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
Salaries and expenses are guided, but not bound, by the Local Authority NJC scales and are revised each year. The salary for this post will be in the range of ££24, 054 - £25, 833 Grade 3.
Post holders will be eligible for membership of the organisation's contributory pension scheme.
In common with all posts at PBHA, confirmation of appointment is subject to a probationary period (6 months).
PBHA is committed to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Although we are keeping direct experience/knowledge requirements to a minimum, we do need you to use the application form or covering letter to demonstrate your capabilities, in relation to each point listed under essential requirements in the role requirements. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competences have helped you achieve positive results.
The minimum experience required for the post is:
Assessed by*
A, I • To have worked in a paid or voluntary capacity with at least one of the following groups: people who have mental ill health; learning difficulties; people who have been homeless and rootless; or people who have alcohol-related problems. To have an understanding of the particular wellbeing needs of minority ethnic groups.
A, I
I • Good computer literacy including the ability to use Windows applications and word processing and database packages. This also includes the ability to use the internet and to draft and send e-mails.
• Experience of focusing on individuals’ strengths and of learning from mistakes.

A, I • Experience of working in an outcomes focused way

The competencies required for the post are the ability to:
Assessed by*
A,I -Can positively contribute and take initiative; good negotiation skills
A, I -To be positive, resourceful, and resilient when working in challenging environment
I -Able to constructively challenge and lead positive change- including with assumed constraints and the abilities of people with ongoing mental health needs.
I -Promotes positive risk taking and supporting people to find their own solutions to engrained challenges.
A, I-Understanding and ability to manage boundaries effectively, including awareness of limits of own competence, role and responsibilities.

A, I -Good verbal, written & positive interpersonal communication skills, ensuring that stakeholders are treated with respect and dignity and are not judged.
A, I -Good verbal, written & positive interpersonal communication skills, ensuring that stakeholders are treated with respect and dignity and are not judged.
I -Ability to use appreciative inquiry and positive framing and communication to support people to develop achievable goals.
A -Engage tenants, building a rapport with the individual so that he/she can recognise his/her ambitions.

A,I- Plan a strategy that supports clients to identify their move on goals, and develop plans towards achieving them in a limited period of time
A,I -Effectively support PBHA’s tenants to progress to more independent accommodation work through the acquisition of skills, confidence and supportive relationships
A,I

I-Establish productive partnerships with a range of key stakeholders, internal and external to ensure that project targets are met
-Be able to outreach to tenants’ homes, and cover an out of hours duty rota which may very occasionally require you to attend work out of hours
A,I-Organise work effectively by prioritising, planning and excellent time management
I-Meet demanding targets in a difficult climate
A,I-Be a self-starter, demonstrating initiative and a pro-active approach to meeting goals and targets
A,I-Use IT effectively to prepare reports, marketing materials etc.

It is desirable that the candidate will have:
Assessed by*
A, I-Ability to make engaging presentations in public.
A,I-An understanding of peer support and the value of lived experience.

The successful candidate will need to be committed to:
Assessed by*
A-Improving quality and raising standards of service.
A, I-Enabling participants in the project to take control of their own lives and become involved in the overall running of the project.
A-PBHA’s Diversity and Equal Opportunities policy
-Co-operative team working.

The successful candidate will
-Have the flexibility to accommodate work responsibilities that occasionally extend beyond normal working hours at short notice.
Assessed by*
A Assessed through Application Form or CV and Supporting Statement
I Assessed through Interview
T Assessed through Assessment

If you are looking for a specialist role in international development, where you can utilise your international finance experience with your background managing the finances of payment by result contracts, this may be the role for you. This is an exciting role with a lot of flexibility and some international travel (2-4 trips per year) working with countries across Africa and the Middle East, leading a consortium of partners to deliver a pivotal programme for people across the world.

Key responsibilities will include taking ownership of the financial management of this £100m+ five year programme, providing sound financial support to country teams and ensuring regional offices have the teams and resources necessary to perform well, capacity building where necessary. This role will also manage consortium partner reports, and provide regular updates to the senior leadership team within the charity on the programmes performance.

The successful candidate will be an excellent business partner with experience working in a contracts funded environment. INGO experience is essential, however contracts experience does not have to be from this sector. Experience working with EU, DFID or USAID funding would be an advantage in either a contracts or grants context. The Contracts Finance Manager will be a strong relationship builder, able to influence and act as a credible partner to finance and non-finance stakeholders. We are looking for fully qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) who combine this technical ability with exceptional communication skills. Experience working in a commercial organisation who work on government funded international development programmes are encouraged to apply.

Key skills required include; contracts financial management, donor reporting, budgeting and forecasting, management reporting, financial accounting and finance business partnering.

If you are interested in this position, please apply early as this role is likely to be filled before the closing date and interviews are being scheduled as and when suitable candidates apply.