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Job Title: Community Development Manager – Colchester

Salary: £37,400

Responsible to: Essex Pedal Power Programme Manager

Location: Colchester

Hours of Work: 36 ½ hours per week. Flexible working will be required and for the right candidate.

Job sharing may be considered for the right candidate/s

Contract Fixed term until December 2025

Introduction to The Active Wellbeing Society and Essex Pedal Power

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on a social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.

Essex Pedal Power is a flagship programme led by Essex County Council and Active Essex to support more people in deprived areas to cycle by removing the main barriers to cycling. This post is part funded by the Sport England Local Delivery Pilot (LDP) for Essex. You will be responsible for coordinating the development and delivery of the Colchester Essex Pedal Power along with developing wider TAWS projects in Colchester. 

You may like to watch this introductory video which showcases the positive work of The Active Wellbeing Society: TAWS Launch October 2018 - YouTube

About the Role

In this strategic post as the Community Development Manager for Colchester you will lead and develop our Essex Pedal Power programme and work to develop your input into the business strategy across Colchester. You will play a vital role to ensure that the organisation’s contractual obligations and goals are achieved by collaborating with communities and partner organisations in the design and delivery of interventions to promote active citizenship. You will co-produce with local communities, weaving in physical activity interventions in order to achieve sustainable outcomes by bringing people together to be better connected and networked.

You will need to work collaboratively and influence effectively across multiple agendas, to maintain an overview of engagement and impact whilst seeking to maximise opportunities for partnership development. We are looking for an individual that demonstrates clear leadership and the ability to influence and persuade across multiple disciplines and arenas.

You will report directly to the Essex Pedal Power Programme Manager and manage a team including a Project Lead, Community Connector and Bike Mechanic.

Main duties

1.To plan, develop and deliver high quality programmes, projects and interventions and ensuring all are in line with the overall strategy and objectives of the organisation and that they meet contractual obligations.

2.Manage the operational delivery and development of a range of funded programmes including the Essex Pedal Power programme with a focus on collaborating with communities and partner organisations in the design and delivery to promote active citizenship and physical activity.

3.Manage and monitor the budget with finance representatives from TAWS and Active Essex and support the relationship management with existing funders and the identification of potential new funders.

4.Devise, understand and use asset-based community development approaches to community development and work with your team/communities to understand priorities and co-design initiatives. Ensure that delivery mitigates or removes the barriers to participation.

5.To evaluate impact and outcomes of projects to provide organisational learning and feedback for funders and stakeholders.

6.Keep abreast of new and emergent thinking across wellbeing, community development and tackling inequalities as well as innovation and leadership in field of work.

7.Responsible for building strong relationships and developing working partnerships across a wide range of local stakeholders.

8.Represent The Active Wellbeing Society across a variety of forums and stakeholder meetings.

9.Co-produce the project with the local communities and locally trusted organisations and ensure continuous engagement and communication to ensure that eligible citizens receive a good quality experience.

10.Play a key role in the monitoring and evaluation plan, through collecting, analysing and sharing data (quantitative and qualitative) working with the Active Essex Evaluation Researcher for Essex Pedal Power and with TAWS Data & Insight team.

11.Produce oral and written reports on engagement level, activity delivery and the development of new programmes / projects.

12.Carry out all other duties as maybe reasonably assigned from time to time and with the level of this Job Description.

Knowledge, skills and experience

 1. Project management experience, including design and development, planning, resource allocation, time, budget, risk management and evaluation of impact and outcomes.

2.Experience of line-managing and developing teams to deliver against programme objectives and to achieve their full potential, preferably in the field of community development

3.Adaptability, Collaboration and Leadership skills, with the confidence and skill to influence and persuade others across multiple disciplines and arenas.

4.Experience encouraging diverse communities to come together - building trust and participation. 

5.Previous community engagement and development experience

6.A knowledge of environmental impacts and implications.

7.Experience of working with a range of stakeholders with the ability to influence and persuade others

8.Experience of working proactively, working on own initiative and as part of a team in a dynamic, fast paced and challenging environment.

9.Ability to prioritise work under pressure and adapt to new models of working

10.Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

11.Ability to apply data and insight to community planning, delivery, and development

12.Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage your time effectively

13.Excellent written and verbal communication, and relationship management skills with a track record of establishing and developing strong partnerships with external organisations including statutory, charity and voluntary.

14.In Depth area knowledge and connections

15.Competent IT skills (including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook)

16.Excellent customer services skills

17.Excellent team working ability

18. Experience in tracking spend to a budget

Benefits

We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits package to include:

• Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3% employee contribution.
• Health Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
• Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
• Death in Service – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
• Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days
• Flexible working
• Hybrid working options
• Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month

Application details

When submitting your application, please submit a Cover Letter and CV addressing the experience you have had relevant to the 'Main Duties' and the 'Knowledge & Skills' sections of the advert, but as a minimum please address how you meet the following criteria which will be weighted highly in the first sift of shortlisting:

1. In depth area knowledge and connections (Essential)
2. Excellent relationship and communication skills (Essential)
3. Experience of community development and/or working with communities (Essential)
4. Experience of working with a range of stakeholders with the ability to influence others (Essential)
5. Demonstrates clear leadership and the ability to influence and persuade across multiple disciplines and arenas. (Essential)

Closing Date: 23rd June - midnight

Interview Date: Friday 28th June

Due to the high numbers of applications we receive for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP.

We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we, in recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring. The Active Wellbeing Society is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. At The Active Wellbeing Society, we are searching for people who share the passion for what we do with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, collectively making a difference.

If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for one of our job vacancies, please let us know and we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.

Thank you for your interest in working for The Active Wellbeing Society, we look forward to receiving your application.

Position: Refuge Service Manager
Location: Islington, London
Hours: 37.5 per week

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and dedicated Service Manager to join our team in Islington. The role involves managing three refuges within the London borough of Islington, providing high-quality, trauma-informed support and accommodation to women and children who have fled domestic abuse. This position requires a strong leader capable of managing conflicting priorities in a busy environment, while ensuring that survivors are at the heart of service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Service Delivery: Oversee the Islington refuge service to ensure compliance with contract requirements, internal standards, and relevant quality marks. Address safeguarding concerns in line with policies, and ensure team and individual work plans are in place and monitored.
• Team Leadership: Lead, develop, and motivate staff and volunteers through line management support, coaching, mentoring, regular team meetings, case reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Performance Management: Manage staff performance by effectively using the case management system, setting and communicating performance targets, monitoring performance against service KPIs, and supporting staff to address under-performance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain effective relationships with other organisations, identify training and development opportunities with key partners, and act as an ambassador at key meetings and forums.
• Policy and Financial Management: Ensure adherence to policies and procedures, support the development of the annual budget, review management accounts, and maximise local fundraising opportunities.

Values and Competencies

• Commitment to placing service users at the heart of service delivery.
• Understanding of feminist principles and 'Violence against Women and Girls'.
• Embrace innovation, continuous improvement, and self-reflection.
• Commitment to diversity, anti-discriminatory practices, and non-judgemental support.
• Collaborative approach to building relationships with partners and stakeholders.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

• Extensive experience working with vulnerable people, particularly women affected by domestic and sexual violence.
• Experience in refuge/supported accommodation service provision and resettlement pathways.
• Familiarity with managing risk and following case management procedures.
• Proven experience in multi-agency partnership working.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, housing, welfare policies, and safeguarding.
• Strong understanding of the practical, emotional, social, and economic issues facing women and children affected by domestic and sexual violence.
• Leadership and management experience within an equalities framework.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, commissioners, funders, and partners.

How to Apply

If you are a compassionate and experienced leader with a passion for supporting survivors of domestic abuse, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Join us in making a difference in the lives of women and children in Islington. Apply today!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Hours: Part-time, 18.75 hours per week    

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £30,285 - £32,330, pro-rata per annum  

Location: Stoke Newington, London

Start date:  June 2024

Our client Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA) is a housing association with charitable aims that create positive change in people’s lives. As well as homes and support, PBHA empowers people to learn, access work and discover their creative talents. Based in Hackney, Islington and Newham, PBHA work with people who are homeless, have mental ill health, learning difficulties and multiple needs. PBHA’s work enables people to move on and lead independent lives.

PBHA are committed to an asset based and psychologically informed approach to their work. Mutual support, participation and personal development for both staff and service users is key to this.

The role:

Housing Officers work within PBHA’s Housing Team to provide a quality housing management service to tenants with additional tenancy sustainment needs. Post holders will work from PBHA’s main office in Haggerston, with access to local offices where appropriate. However, most of the work will be in tenants’ homes in the community. The post holder will be issued the IT equipment necessary to facilitate mobile working.

Aims of the post

Housing Officers work with vulnerable tenants to enable them to sustain their tenancy and participate in their community.

Specific Responsibilities

• To be responsible for working a caseload of tenants within a locality.

• Identifying individual tenancy needs through assessment and an identified Housing Plan detailing risks, needs and move on plans.

• Regular contact with tenants as per plan.

• Provide a weekly housing management drop in at PBHA’s hubs.

• Ensure that tenants apply for benefits where eligible, and signpost tenants to information on how to maximise income

• Record and monitor any breaches of tenancy agreement and work proactively and within procedures to resolve them.

• Liaise with housing officers, the finance and adult learning departments to provide effective prevention and management of rent issues, escalating where necessary in accordance with arrears policy and standard operating procedures.

• Liaise with colleagues to ensure void targets are met and properties are let within agreed timescale.

• Assist in the moving in/out process.

• Ensure tenants understand their rights and responsibilities in their occupancy agreements.

• Deal with complaints, nuisance and tenancy disputes as they arise. Work with tenants to promote self-help and mediation approaches to dispute resolution and address and escalate in line with procedure.

• Inspect and order furniture, assisting tenants where they are able to do so.

• Recharge former tenants where applicable.

• Carry out regular building inspections, helping tenants to report repairs.

• Take pride in PBHA’s property and assets and encourage tenants to do so.

• Enforce the conditions of tenancy that enable PBHA to undertake urgent works such as gas servicing.

• Carry out H&S and fire checks and assessment, liaising closely with others to ensure that follow up actions are completed.

• Report safeguarding concerns as appropriate.

Customer Focused Services

• Promote and support tenants/participants to access PBHA’s participation and co-production opportunities.

• Adhere to lone-working procedures.

• To positively promote and signpost tenants and participants to report complaints in line with PBHA’s practice.

• To have a collaborative and co-operative approach towards resolving complaints, working with colleagues across teams and departments.

• To take collective responsibility for any shortfalls identified through complaints.

• To act within the Professional Standards for engaging with complaints as set by the Chartered Institute of Housing.

Team Responsibilities

• Providing a 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 the annual plan.

• Ensuring that proper records are kept and information is passed to other team members as necessary.

• To ensure that PBHA’s computerised and manual systems are accurately updated specifically in relation to contact with tenants and service users.

• To meet required standards and contract compliance o commissioning bodies where PBHA delivers a service.

General Responsibilities

• Participate in key meetings

• Contribute to policy development, income generation, strategic and annual planning, corporate and cross-team activities, external partnerships and promotional activities as required

• Promote, develop and support PBHA’s ethos, values and impact

• Provide cover for other managers and workers

All staff are expected to:

• Work co-operatively as part of a team and with other teams

• Be involved in the selection and training of new workers and volunteers

• Participate in staff training and development activities, staff supervisions, appraisals and all relevant meetings

• Ensure the observation of all PBHA’s policies and practices, including those relating to equality and diversity, data, health and safety, financial control, standing orders, sustainability, recruitment, supervision, appraisals, sickness and disciplinary

• Plan and organise own work with a minimum of day to day supervision

• Undertake all other reasonable duties

General Information

Please note that:

• Postholders must recognise the needs of the organisation to adapt the role and responsibilities of the postholder as is necessary.

• All PBHA work premises are non-smoking. 

Access Information 

The post is based at our Hubs. The Kingsland Hub site has one level and is accessible to wheelchair users. Clissold and Isledon Hubs have step-only access. The role involves travel within Hackney and Islington and working in tenants’ homes.

Accountability

The post holder is accountable to the Housing Coordinator (Supported Housing).

Main Conditions of Service

This is a part-time position. The post is for 18.75 hours per week. Duties will occasionally be carried out over evenings and some public holidays. Overtime is not paid but in line with Agile working, hours can be averaged out over a 2-week period. PBHA implements Agile working practices which are to be negotiated with the line manager.

Annual leave entitlement is 26 days per year (pro rata) plus normal bank holidays pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays). This will rise after each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days (pro rata).

Salaries are revised each year. The starting salary for this post will be £30,285 pro rata (SCP 8-12).

The post holder will be auto enrolled to be a member of the organisation's contributory pension scheme if eligible.

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 and is striving to be an anti-racist organisation.

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:

• 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.

The competencies required for the post are the ability to:

• Can positively contribute and take initiative; good negotiation skills

• To be positive, resourceful, and resilient when working in a challenging environment

• Able to constructively challenge and lead positive change

• Promotes positive risk taking and helping people to find their own solutions to engrained challenges.

• Understanding and ability to manage boundaries effectively, including awareness of limits of own competence, role and responsibilities

• Good verbal, written & positive interpersonal communication skills, ensuring that stakeholders are treated with respect and dignity

• Ability to manage, plan and take responsibility for your own caseload

• Organise work effectively by prioritising, planning and excellent time management

• Establish productive partnerships with a range of key stakeholders

• 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.

The successful candidate will need to be committed to:

• PBHA’s Equality and Diversity policy

• Co-operative team working.

• Have the flexibility to accommodate work responsibilities that occasionally extend beyond normal working hours at short notice.

PBHA offers in return:

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service

• Company pension scheme with employer matching up to 5% of contributions

• Agile working

• Eye care vouchers

• Cycle to work scheme

• Enhanced company sick pay

To apply, please register your interest and we will send you an application form to complete. Using an application form supports equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.

Peter Bedford Housing Association is an Equal Opportunities employer who support an inclusive culture and diversity for their staff and those they represent. They are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups, and welcome applications from people of all abilities and under-represented groups. Currently, PBHA have an underrepresentation from men and disabled communities. As such, they particularly welcome applicants from these groups.

Carers Manchester Contact Point (CMCP) is the first point of contact for unpaid carers seeking information, advice and support to help them with their caring role.

The service delivers a free confidential helpline for carers weekdays (Monday – Friday, currently 10am – 4pm).

The aim of this role is to be part of a team providing a comprehensive information, advice and support service to carers in Manchester  

The post holder will work alongside colleagues from Gaddum and potentially other organisations to be the first contact in a busy service providing advice via a telephone advice line and managing referrals made through digital sources. They will provide information and advice immediately where possible and refer more complex issues to the appropriate agencies delivering the Manchester Carers Pathway.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS

For any queries regarding the role, please do not hesitate to get in contact for an informal discussion.

Applications for this role close on 28th June 2024

Why work with us?

At Gaddum we are all committed to living our values; in all areas of our work we are supportive, empowering, professional, innovative and diverse.  Our teams are passionate about working together to support and empower individuals and their communities.  You will receive a full induction and training for your role and ongoing support from your colleagues and managers via supervisions, 1:1s and team meetings. 

All employees at Gaddum have access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme and an online rewards/savings platform.  Our standard holiday entitlement is 25 days per annum plus bank holidays, with additional leave entitlement for your birthday and for wellbeing in the winter.

Everyone has the right to request flexible working from day one because we recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and our standard working week is only 35 hours.

Gaddum is a Living Wage Employer and we are proud to have the Investors in People Silver Award.  For a full list of our awards and accreditations, please visit our website. 

How to apply

Applications should be made via the attached Application Form and submitted via email.  Full details can be found on our website.

Gaddum is proud to be a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer; if you need any support completing your application or require alternative arrangements, please get in contact. 

Gaddum is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual, regardless of background, feels valued and empowered to contribute. We celebrate diversity as a catalyst for innovation and growth and are committed to creating a workplace that thrives on varied perspectives and mutual respect.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, Gaddum undertakes anonymous recruitment by removing identifiable information from applications forms during the shortlisting process.

Location: Hybrid – your time will be split between our office/venue on Bristol Harbourside, and your home or wherever you like to work, however we would like the successful candidate to be able to commit to at least two days a week in our Bristol office. ​

We’re happy to support a flexible working pattern across three, four or five days a week. You just need to be able to attend key meetings, have some crossover with the rest of the Development team and deliver the responsibilities of the role. ​

Department: Development​

Report to: Gifts and Partnerships Manager​

Salary: £24,000 - £32,000 per annum, (£40,000 pro-rata), dependent on whether the contract is 0.6 or 0.8 FTE (see Working Hours below)​

Contract: 18-month fixed term contract​

Working hours: Part-time, 22.5 hours a week (0.6 FTE) OR 30 hours a week (0.8 FTE), flexible over 3, 4 or 5 days. This may include attending events outside of normal working hours. ​

About We The Curious​

We The Curious is an educational charity and one of the UK's leading science centres. ​

We produce experiences that bring people together to play, get creative with science and explore different ideas. ​

We work with partners, locally and nationally, supporting people to be inquisitive, develop new skills and improve their wellbeing.​

We are progressive, inquisitive, collaborative, playful and creative. ​

Our Why, What & How​​

Our vision​

What if everyone is included, curious and inspired by science to build a better world together?​

Our mission​

To connect and empower people through sharing creative experiences which celebrate unknowns in science.​

Our pledges​

_Cultivate Curiosity​

_Strive for Sustainable Futures​

_Include Everyone​

_Build Resilience​

_Open Up Science​

You can find out more about these in our Manifesto.

Our Values​

_Inquisitive -  Asking questions​

_Progressive - Thinking about what's next ​

_Playful - Embracing the unexpected with a sense of fun​

_Creative - Generating and testing new ideas​

_Collaborative - Being inclusive, connecting and valuing

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Our Strategic Priorities​

/ SP1 - We will deliver collaborative, curiosity-led learning projects to reduce inequality and improve life chances.​

/ SP4 - To deliver our charitable mission, we will strengthen existing income sources and seek new opportunities to deliver long-term financial security.​

/ SP2 - Our team and those we work with will reflect the diversity of our city, delivering a more inclusive experience.​

/ SP5 - We will provide opportunities for people to explore new ideas, develop skills and influence scientific research.​

/ SP3 -We commit to being a carbon net zero organisation by 2030 and will inspire audiences to take positive action for our planet

About the role​​

We The Curious is about to enter an exciting new phase in its mission to connect and empower everyone through shared creative science learning experiences, as we prepare to reopen after two years of closure in early 2024. Our new multi-year strategy, Plan 2030, encompasses numerous major projects for which we must develop and cultivate support.​​

The Development Team is responsible for fundraising across the whole organisation and the stewardship and development of our donors and supporters. The other members of the team are the Development Manager, the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Development Account Manager. We are looking for a Trusts and Foundations Manager who is collaborative, organised and an excellent communicator to join the team to help us maximise and unlock some very exciting fundraising opportunities.​

As Trusts and Foundations Manager you will use your skills in research and persuasion to identify grants funding opportunities, establish new relationships and write and submit proposals to trusts, foundations, Lottery funders, the local authority, universities and research councils. Working closely with the rest of the team and project managers from other departments you will raise between six and seven figure sums for our programme of creative science learning and inclusion projects.​

What will you do in this role?​​

Role specific responsibilities​​

_Identify new grants funding sources, including trusts and foundations, research councils and statutory/government funders. ​​

_Prepare and submit high quality funding proposals, expressions of interest and budgets in accordance with strict deadlines and application criteria, to a diverse range of funders, for up to seven-figure sums. ​​

_Work closely with internal departmental teams to develop We The Curious projects so that they are ready for fundraising and write detailed and compelling cases for support that include timelines, budgets and evaluation and reporting plans. ​​

_Support the funding applications of other partner organisations by collaboratively drafting budgets, attending project development meetings and writing letters of support. ​​

_Support the Development Account Manager to cultivate potential funders, including attending on-site visits and events, phone calls and delivering presentations to secure support. ​​

_Support the Development Account Manager to manage a portfolio of funders including overseas relationships, fulfilling reporting and public recognition requirements, thank you letters, regular communications and other correspondence. ​​

_Liaise with the finance team to record new income and report on expenditure in accordance with funder deadlines.​​

_Support the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Development Manager in identifying new strategic opportunities and exploring new types of income stream. This may include presenting to the leadership team. Contribute to the delivery of the fundraising strategy, including proposing financial targets for grants, lottery and research income. ​​

_Work closely with the Open City Research (OCR) Manager to identify and pursue new funding opportunities for our ambitious OCR programme and work with the finance team to establish a new funding model for this activity. Support the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Sustainability and Science Director in cultivating high-value stakeholders in STEM and research sectors. ​​

_Assist in the implementation of the Development Team’s migration onto a new CRM database working closely with the Development Account Manager to customise the database for the Development team’s needs.​​

_Work with the finance team to understand our financial position and as requested by the Finance Director, contributing to key organisational financial documentation, such as the annual business plan.​​

_Manage Fundraising Volunteers supporting the administrative workload of the team and attend Volunteer Key Contacts meetings. ​​

_Attend and occasionally present at We The Curious staff meetings, exhibition launches, project meetings, project development presentations and meetings as required. ​​​

General ​responsibilities​​

_Develop and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of We The Curious’ planned activities for communities and schools to present our work persuasively to funders and partners. ​​

_Embody and demonstrate our values; Collaborative, Creative, Inquisitive, Playful, Progressive. ​​

_Responsible for carefully following safeguarding policies and procedures and raising any concerns to manager/Designated Safeguarding Officer. ​​

_General responsibility for departmental compliance with GDPR. ​​

_Occasional out of hours work and travel to events.​​

What we’re looking for from you​​

_You’ll have at least three years of fundraising experience, with success at delivering against financial targets and strict deadlines. You’ll have the ability to network, build and manage funding relationships with a wide range of funders and other stakeholders. ​​

_You’ll be confident explaining and pitching ideas to internal and external stakeholders. ​​

_You’ll have experience of working very closely with project delivery teams to develop projects, ensure they know what they need to deliver for funders and monitor their expenditure. ​​

_You’ll have excellent budget management skills, the ability to work independently and effectively and will be confident reporting on six or seven figure budgets. ​​

_You will have good understanding of the financial and regulatory environment charities operate within. ​​

_You’ll have some technical knowledge and experience at using and developing fundraising databases. ​​

_You’ll have experience and confidence in managing multiple projects simultaneously. ​​

_You’ll have the ability to understand We The Curious’ broad-ranging project content and tailor it to appropriate style and content for target funders. ​​

_You’ll have excellent verbal and written communication skills. ​​

_You’ll ideally have an understanding or experience of working in education, culture and/or science charities.​

​

Application process​​

Deadline for applications: Tuesday 2nd July at midnight​

Interview date(s) and location: 16th and 17th July 2024 at We The Curious offices in Bristol​​

Start date: 9th September 2024​​​​

If you would like to apply, please complete the application form. It contains questions designed to assess your interest in and suitability for the role. ​​

Please don't send in CVs or cover letters as we don't review them. ​​

We appreciate interviews can be stressful, so we try to make them more of a conversation and a chance for you to tell us about how your skills and interests make you the right person for the role. ​​

If you are invited for an interview, we'll send you the questions that you'll be asked beforehand so that you have time to prepare. ​​

If you have any particular needs or requirements, please do let us know so that we can make the required adjustments. ​​

If you would like to talk about the role or the application process, please contact us. ​

Support during the process​​

We The Curious is a Disability Confident Employer and we welcome applications from candidates who self-assess themselves as having a disability. We will guarantee an interview to applicants who advise that they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy. To help you, under the Equality Act 2010 a person is defined as having a disability if a) they have a physical or mental impairment, and b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.​​

We want to work with you to ensure the recruitment process is accessible for you.​

If you are disabled, neurodivergent, or if you have a long-term health condition, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.​​

You’ll have the opportunity to let us know about any adjustments you may need throughout the application and selection process. We’ll continue this conversation if you join us as a staff member, and we’ll work with you to make sure you have the adjustments you need to succeed in your role.​​

Examples of adjustments could include:​​

_providing alternative formats at every stage​

_options to apply ​

_extra time for tasks​

_providing some extra information about what to expect​

_office orientation before an in-person interview.​​

Including everyone ​​

We value the positive impact greater representation will have on our organisation, programmes and culture. It’s our goal to become an inclusive place to work and for our teams to better reflect our city and the people who visit us. ​​

We welcome applications from people of all lived experiences and particularly those that are not well represented* in the science centre sector. ​​

  ​*By not well represented we mean people with lived experience including but not limited to:​​​

_African and African-Caribbean heritage​​

_South Asian and East Asian heritage ​​

_Global Majority ​

_Disabled​​

_Neurodivergent ​​

_Visually Impaired ​​

_Deaf community​

_LGBTQIA+ and/or non-binary   ​​

_Working class background​​

_Didn’t go to university or first in your immediate family to attend University​

Working with us​​

We value the people that work with us. Our staff have access to the following:​​

Wellbeing & support​

_Flexible working​

_Hybrid working 

_Mental Health First Aiders​

_Confidential advice & counselling through the Employee Support Programme​​

Leave​

_25 days holiday in addition/including bank holidays (all pro-rata).​​

Facilities & discounts​

_Free entry to the venue at any time with up to four guests, plus 12 additional entry tickets per calendar year to give away.​

_15% off in the We The Curious café​

_20% off in our shop​

_Range of discounts with local businesses and free entry to other local attractions.​

_Free parking​

_Cycle to work scheme​

_Secure cycle storage​​

Pension​

_We offer a pension scheme with 5% company contributions.​​

​Death in service benefit​

_Four times your annual salary.​​

New Parent Policy​

We are proud to be a family friendly organisation, which is why we work to develop our people practices in line with that value. We have recently introduced a non-gendered approach to Maternity and Paternity, re-branded as our “New Parent Policy”. There are eligibility criteria and terms and conditions, but the key take away is that anyone who is due to become a new parent, regardless of their gender, can take one year off work, and we’ll pay your full salary for the first five months.

About you

The successful candidate will have proven campaigning and influencing success with a track record of delivering change. You will be an experienced people manager and able to lead multiple projects with limited supervision, as well as have an expert understanding of the political environment in Northern Ireland.

The right person will have a strong network across Northern Ireland’s political parties, including elected representatives, and Government departments, as well as good media connections, which they are able to use to support the delivery of the charity’s public affairs strategy.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced public affairs manager looking to progress their career in a high-profile charity. You will manage the Policy and Public Affairs team in Northern Ireland and lead the delivery of evidence-based and carer-led public affairs, campaigning, media and research activity across Northern Ireland.

With your team you will lead on a wide range of activity including Carers NI’s policy, research and campaigning work; as well as being responsible for the delivery of awareness campaigns like Carers Week and Carers Rights Day; fronting media and social media activity and representing the charity at the highest level of decision-making in Northern Ireland.

Carers NI’s Policy and Public Affairs team also leads on the Carer Poverty Commission in NI, as well as the Advocacy and Voice Project for unpaid carers, which you will be responsible for delivering.

Remote and flexible with regular travel throughout Northern Ireland and some travel across the UK will be required

This is a role we are looking to expand and grow in the coming years, so there will be opportunities for the right candidate to progress in their career at Carers NI.

Diversity and inclusion

Carers UK is committed to becoming a diverse and truly inclusive organisation. We strive to create a workplace where our colleagues and volunteers can truly be themselves and feel like they belong and constantly seek to ensure all voices are heard.

To embrace this culture of diversity, our employee and volunteer recruitment should reflect our stakeholders and the society that we serve and support, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, disabilities or religious practices. We value individual diversity and are actively building diverse teams here at Carers UK and value our colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds.

As a membership charity for carers, we particularly seek employees and volunteers with a real understanding of the issues faced by carers. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the process and role dependent on the needs of the applicant.

At Carers UK we want our application process to be as accessible as possible. If you need any adjustments to apply please email the recruitment team to discuss.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 28 June 2024.

First interviews will be held on the Monday 8 July. This will be a two-stage interview process.

Carers UK anonymises all applications prior to shortlisting.

Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.

Carers UK may carry out online and social media checks as well as seek references before a formal offer is made.

Are you passionate about working with older adults who have care and support needs? If so, we want to hear from you!

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark are looking for a Support Worker to escort service users to and from their Day Centre in Southwark, deliver a programme of day care activities, and to ensure their personal, social and cultural needs are met.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the needs and issues affecting older people including dementia awareness, and have worked or lived experience of caring. They will be able to work as part of a team and travel within Southwark and Lewisham. Great interpersonal skills required along with the ability to work to Age UK Lewisham and Southwark’s values to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark aims to provide a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and we strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group.

Employee Benefits:

• Hourly rate above London Living Wage
• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Additional 1 day leave for Birthdays
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including access to a helpline for partners and dependents
• Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
• CycleScheme members – enabling employees to save 25-39% of the cost of a new bike & accessories whilst also spreading the cost
• TechScheme members – enabling employees to purchase tech and home furnishing through AUKLS and spread the cost from their salary

For full details please download the Job Pack which includes a Job Description, Person Specification and application form.

Closing date for applications – 9am on 17 June 2024 

Interviews will take place week commencing 1 July 2024 at Stones End Day Centre, Southwark 

At the heart of our fundraising and marketing strategy is a real focus on building lasting, meaningful, and relevant relationships with all our supporters, demonstrating the importance and value of the contributions that they make. Our Individual Giving programme makes up a considerable proportion of our total income and the primary responsibility for this role is providing important support for this vital programme. You’ll love talking to our supporters, taking time to understand them, listen to what they are interested in and making sure they feel valued. Starlight’s reputation for supporter care will really matter to you and you’ll naturally want to be accurate, efficient and effective in dealing 3 with queries, handling and recording donations on CRM and ensuring that appropriate and timely responses are sent to all supporters. You’ll also enjoy developing your fundraising skills and supporting Individual Giving activities to ensure we are delivering the best activities for our supporters to drive more donations. With your experience and expertise, you’ll support our reputation for positive, warm touchpoints and excellent customer service.

Shannon Trust Prison Facilitators HMP Send

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing illiteracy amongst people in prison?

Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes across a number of prisons. We now have the opportunity to provide a service at HMP Send. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our literacy and numeracy programme at HMP Send, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.

Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.

This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.

Interviews are planned for the week commencing 15 July 2024.

REF-214 837

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week  

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £35,692 - £38,143 per annum

Location: Stoke Newington, London

Start date: June 2024

Our client Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA) is a housing association with charitable aims that create positive change in people’s lives. As well as homes and support, PBHA empowers people to learn, access work and discover their creative talents. Based in Hackney, Islington and Newham, PBHA work with people who are homeless, have mental ill health, learning difficulties and multiple needs. PBHA’s work enables people to move on and lead independent lives.

PBHA are committed to an asset based and psychologically informed approach to their work. Mutual support, participation and personal development for both staff and service users is key to this.

The role:

The Housing Coordinator (Supported Housing) leads PBHA’s Housing Team to provide a quality housing management service to tenants with additional tenancy sustainment needs. They will provide day to day supervision to other members of the Housing Team. The post holder will work from local offices, with access to PBHA’s main office in Haggerston where appropriate, however some of the work will be in tenants’ homes in the community. The post holder will be issued the IT equipment necessary to facilitate mobile working.

Aims of the post

The Housing team provide work with vulnerable tenants, helping them to sustain their tenancy and participate in their community. The Housing Coordinator (Supported Housing) carries a small caseload, whilst managing a team of Housing Officers.

Specific Responsibilities

Staff Resources

• Supervising staff and volunteers in line with PBHA policies and procedures.

• Completing annual appraisals, sickness absence reviews and performance management.

• Representing PBHA at internal and external meetings as agreed with the Housing Services Manager.

• Ensuring quality service delivery via staff supervision and auditing.

Tenancy Sustainment

• To be responsible for working with a small caseload of tenants within a locality.

• Identifying individual tenancy needs through assessment and an identified Housing Plan which details risks, needs and move on plans.

• Regular contact with tenants as per plan.

• Provide a weekly housing management drop in at PBHA’s hubs.

• Ensure that tenants apply for benefits where eligible, and signpost tenants to information on how to maximise income.

• Record and monitor any breaches of tenancy agreement and work proactively and within procedures to resolve them.

• Liaise with the ASB lead, Income Officer, the Finance and Enterprises and Training departments to provide effective prevention and management of rent arrears, escalating where necessary in accordance with policy and procedure.

• Liaise with colleagues to ensure void targets are met and properties are let within agreed timescales.

• Arrange viewings and carry out sign ups of occupancy agreements and assist in the moving in/out process.

• Ensure tenants understand their rights and responsibilities in their occupancy agreements.

• Deal with complaints, nuisance and tenancy disputes as they arise.

• Work with tenants to promote self-help and mediation approaches to dispute resolution and address and escalate in line with procedure.

• Carry out regular building inspections, helping tenants to report repairs.

• Take pride in PBHA’s property and assets and encourage tenants to do so.

• Enforce the conditions of tenancy that enable PBHA to undertake urgent works such as gas servicing.

• Carry out H&S and fire checks and assessment, liaising closely with others to ensure that follow up actions are completed.

• Report safeguarding concerns as appropriate.

Team Responsibilities

• Be part of the Operational Leadership Team

• Providing a drop-in service at the Hub

• Responsibility for authorising expenditure

• Involvement in the selection and induction of new workers and volunteers.

• Taking part in planning the team’s work and the annual plan

• Ensuring that proper records are kept, and information is passed to other team members as necessary.

• Ensure that PBHA’s systems are accurately updated specifically in relation to contact with tenants and service users.

Customer focused services

• Lead your team in promoting participation and co-production opportunities so that tenants/participants have maximum influence over the development of PBHA.

• Participate in a rota to provide cover for emergency situations outside of regular working hours. The Rota is additional to the 37.5-hour work week.

• Adhere to lone-working procedures.

• To positively respond to, promote and signpost tenants and participants to report complaints in line with PBHA’s practice.

• To have a collaborative and co-operative approach towards resolving complaints, working with colleagues across teams and departments.

• To take collective responsibility for any shortfalls identified through complaints rather than blaming others.

• To act within the Professional Standards for engaging with complaints as set by the Chartered Institute of Housing.

General Responsibilities

• Participate in key meetings.

• Contribute to policy development, income generation, strategic and annual planning, corporate and cross-team activities, external partnerships and promotional activities as required.

• Promote, develop and support PBHA’s ethos, values and impact.

• Provide cover for other managers and workers.

All staff are expected to: 

• Work co-operatively as part of a team and with other teams.

• Be involved in the selection and training of new workers and volunteers.

• Participate in staff training and development activities, one to ones and all relevant meetings.

• Ensure the observation of all PBHA’s policies and practices, including those relating to equality and diversity, data, health and safety, financial control, standing orders, sustainability, recruitment, supervision, appraisals, sickness and disciplinary.

• Plan and organise own work with a minimum of day-to-day supervision.

• Undertake all other reasonable duties.

General Information

Please note that:

• Postholders must recognise the needs of the organisation to adapt the role and responsibilities of the postholder as is necessary.

• All PBHA work premises are non-smoking. 

Access Information 

The post is based at our Hubs. The Kingsland Hub site has one level and is accessible to wheelchair users. Clissold and Isledon Hubs have step-only access. The role involves travel within Hackney and Islington and working in tenants’ homes.

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 and some public holidays.

Overtime is not paid but in line with Agile working, hours can be averaged out over a 2-week period.

Annual leave entitlement is 26 days per year plus normal bank holidays pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays). This will rise after each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days.

Salaries are revised each year. The starting salary for this post is £35,692 (SCP 18 – 22). We will usually appoint at the start of the scale.

The post holder will be auto enrolled to be a member of the organisation's contributory pension scheme if eligible.

In common with all posts at PBHA, confirmation of appointment is subject to a probationary period (6 months).

PBHA is committed to equality and diversity, anti-discriminatory practice and is striving to be an anti-racist organisation.

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:

• 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.

• Good computer literacy including the ability to use Windows applications, database systems and MS office packages.

• Experience of forging working relationships as part of a team and in partnership with external statutory and voluntary agencies.  

• Experience of working in an outcome focused way.

The competencies required for the post are the ability to:

• Can positively contribute and take initiative, good negotiation skills

• To be positive, resourceful and resilient when working in a challenging environment

• Understanding and ability to manage boundaries effectively, including awareness of limits of own competence, role and responsibilities

• Good verbal, written and positive interpersonal communication skills, ensuring that stakeholders are treated with respect and dignity and are not judged

• Ability to manage, plan and take responsibility for your own caseload

• Effectively support PBHA’s tenants to progress to more independent accommodation through the acquisition of skills, confidence and supportive relationships

• Establish productive partnerships with a range of key stakeholders, internal and external, to ensure that project targets are met

• Organise work effectively by prioritising, planning and excellent time management

• Meet demanding targets in a difficult climate

• Be a self-starter, demonstrating initiative and a pro-active approach to meeting goals and targets

• Use IT effectively to prepare reports, marketing materials etc.

The successful candidate will need to be committed to:

• Improving quality and raising standards of service

• Enabling participants in the project to take control of their own lives and become involved in the overall running of the project

• PBHA’s Diversity and Equal Opportunities policy

• Co-operative team working

• Having the flexibility to accommodate work responsibilities that occasionally extend beyond normal working hours at short notice

It is desirable that the candidate will have:

• An understanding of peer support and the value of lived experience

• Supervisory experience

• A management qualification

PBHA offers in return:

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service

• Company pension scheme with employer matching up to 5% of contributions

• Agile working

• Eye care vouchers

• Cycle to work scheme

• Enhanced company sick pay

To apply, please register your interest and we will send you an application form to complete. Using an application form supports equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.

Peter Bedford Housing Association is an Equal Opportunities employer who support an inclusive culture and diversity for their staff and those they represent. They are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups, and welcome applications from people of all abilities and under-represented groups. Currently, PBHA have an underrepresentation from men and disabled communities. As such, they particularly welcome applicants from these groups.

Can you help us to support new dads and dads-to-be?

We are recruiting a Dad Matters Coordinator to help us reach more families across Barnet, Brent and Harrow. They will work alongside our team of Coordinators, local Family Hubs and a range of services including Maternity, Health Visiting and Children's Services. 

The Dad Matters Coordinator will deliver a range of universal and targeted interventions aimed at fathers in the First 1001 Days. They will support dads and other male carers with attachment and bonding, mental health and access to service. They also work with professionals and perinatal services to ensure dads and male carers are engaged, supported and heard within clinical pathways. Addtionally, they will help develop and run sessions with dads and will  be at the forefront of growing our Dad Matters volunteering opportunities.

This is a new post, and we are looking for someone who can build on our existing relationships and make a real impact on the mental health and wellbeing of new dads and dads-to-be. 

The work requires a combination of field-based community engagement and training, and regular days in the office which is in Finchley, Barnet.

EDI Learning & Development Manager
Reference: MAY20242151
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £38,389.00 - £41,212.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week.  
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

We know that to tackle the nature and climate emergency, we need to enable more, and more diverse people to act for nature. We are committed to not only improving our workplace and its culture but also driving forward EDI as it is our responsibility towards a sustainable future for people and nature together.

This is a very exciting time at the RSPB, with an ambitious strategy and a commitment to improving the way we operate to protect and enhance nature. The EDI Learning & Organisational Development Manager will play both a strategic and operational role in driving change through learning, leading as a member of the EDI team.

This position will lead the design, development and delivery of our strategic EDI learning program, supporting the needs of our whole workforce, including our volunteers. The successful candidate will develop close relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation, working collaboratively to support the transformation in behaviours and skills required to make the RSPB a more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming place for all.  You’ll be a leader in the EDI space, with opportunities for creativity, innovation and thinking differently to how we engage and embed learning on inclusion, in an accessible, inspiring way.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver a strategic EDI learning plan, to build the RSPB’s capability on a creating a more inclusive workplace culture.
• Align with L&OD team on creating consistency of learning approaches and key messages across the organisation’s learning offer.
• Build expert knowledge and skill within the organisation on EDI, prioritising any current programme key themes.
• Identify skills gaps and future learning requirements, keeping abreast of latest learning and development products and approaches. This would include a keen understanding and application of accessibility, neurodiversity and different learning needs, to support and upskill the EDI team and other colleagues.
• Curate, develop and design EDI learning content, including online, and assess relevant EDI learning and development options. Including workshops, action learning sets and peer support sessions.
• Working with EDI specialists to consider and incorporate a range of approaches and best practice to the EDI learning offers.
• Co-ordinate the logistics of training programmes and identify external training partners.
• Embed solid evaluation processes across learning interventions, analyse and provide reports on key recommendations and findings to stakeholders including programme board.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally including within Environmental, Conservation and NGO partners – to network, share good practice and develop partnerships or learning opportunities.
• Support and develop the capability of any direct line reports around EDI Learning and Development.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge and experience of designing, developing and delivering high quality, engaging training programmes, workshops and educational resources. Ideally to a wide range of audiences in a workplace or post-16 setting.
• Experience of the full training lifecycle from needs analysis through to developing strategic approaches for meeting those needs.
• Excellent up-to-date knowledge and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues across a range of characteristics, including the Equality Act.
• An ability to build relationships with, and persuade and influence people at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong IT user with a willingness to develop further skills.
• Experience with delivering training online and good practices around creating accessible online training or education resources.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to demonstrate leadership without line management.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and to all levels.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions.
• Experience in project management and budgeting.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Teaching or training qualifications.
• Knowledge of barriers to marginalised or underrepresented people in conservation sectors.
• Experience of designing training and resources around EDI or culture/ behaviour change.
• Experience of the conservation, environmental or charity sector.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 23rd June 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from week commencing 15th July 2024.

We will be holding an optional online recruitment briefing session prior to the application closing date which is open to all prospective candidates and provides the opportunity to learn more about the role.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship

As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.

Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants is looking for a committed and motivated Head of Operations (Digital). Do you want to utilise your skills to help refugees and asylum seekers in London?  Have you got excellent people skills and a welcoming and supportive nature? Do you have excellent digital and technical skills required to run our online school? If so, this exciting opportunity could be for you. Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants has been helping to integrate refugees since 1997.  We engage with our clients each day and are currently working online and in person. We operate online and  from the Centre’s premises in Islington. We create a community, teach English, provide a support service and a therapeutic and creative space with arts activities and sports that help people who have suffered trauma. The Centre has strengthened its funding base and broadened its income streams over the last three years. We are looking for a suitable candidate to work with our team to ensure our operations and online and digital inclusion programmes run smoothly.  In addition to online and digital skills, the role requires someone who is resilient, professional, self motivated with a strong work ethic and determination, attention to detail, the ability to make decisions and strong empathy for the clients we work with.  If you’d like to apply, please download the job description and person specification and Application Form and complete and upload to Charity Job.

Please note we CANNOT accept applications without a completed Application Form.

Closing date: Sunday 30th June 2024

Interviews: Tuesday 9th July 2024

EDI Manager (External)

UK-Wide

£41,738 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

 (Ref: SUS4279)

From 22.5 – 37.5 hours per week – happy to talk flexible working

Contract – 1 year Maternity cover

Base: Home based, with option of hybrid working.

About the role

We have a new and exciting opportunity to work with us as an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager (External) to provide continuity while our EDI Strategy Lead is on maternity leave. Reporting to the Executive Director, Impact and working with key stakeholders and colleagues across the whole organisation, you will help ensure alignment between our external For Everyone Strategic Framework and our new organisational strategy. As a charity for everyone, this framework outlines our approach to embedding equity, diversity and inclusion internally within our organisation and externally in our delivery work.

As the EDI Manager (External) you will be supporting the Senior Leadership Team to deliver core actions from the For Everyone External Action Plan. You will also be responsible for reporting and evaluating progress on the implementation of the For Everyone External Action Plan.

You will be overseeing the consistent implementation of Sustrans Approaches, a new document that sets out the services that Sustrans offers, with a particular focus on inclusive design and delivery. As part of this, you will be providing guidance, training and bespoke support to colleagues, so that they feel confident and competent in inclusive design principles and practice.

Ensuring quality and timely execution, you will be managing specific EDI work projects and change initiatives, as outlined in the External Action Plan and/or Sustrans Approaches. This includes coordinating colleagues across UK-wide teams to share knowledge, resources and good practice on embedding equity, diversity and inclusion across our external projects.

This role will be home-based, with the option of hybrid working. Occasional travel to our hubs across the UK will be required as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans.

About you

You should share our passion for making active travel more equitable and inclusive.

You should have previous experience of managing and implementing EDI related initiatives in engagement, infrastructure and/or urban planning projects, including supporting colleagues to embed EDI in their work.

You will be skilled in inclusive design principles in the delivery of engagement, infrastructure and/or urban planning projects, including training others to apply inclusive design principles in project delivery. 

You should have successful project management experience, with excellent time management and organisational skills. You will also be accustomed to multitasking to tight deadlines.

You will demonstrate a strong ability to interpret, analyse and present qualitative and quantitative data and use it to evaluate the impact of projects or initiatives.

As an excellent communicator, you will have the ability to build relationships with ease across a wide range of people.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. 

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Additional information

• Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 30 June 2024
• Interviews will take place in via MS Teams on the 11th or 12th of July 2024

About Sustrans

At Sustrans you'll be part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle. 

We're all here to change things! You’ll be part of an incredible community of talented, passionate, creative, problem solvers all working together to change things for the better. We act locally and think big - we have a vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You'll be questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world. You'll work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower you and you'll be rewarded by seeing the difference you make to people, communities and the planet. 

 We believe including everyone is central to who we are and what we want to achieve, we welcome difference and pride ourselves on creating a culture where you can be yourself and where your wellness is supported. 

You'll be guaranteed to make friends for life and work with a team that is incredibly flexible, supportive, ethical and fun.