Brilliant opportunity for a dynamic, committed Christian, with a vibrant faith, to facilitate the growth of faith in parents, children and young people, using excellent relationships our church has in Willenhall Coventry. The role includes some practical missional working with families supporting parenting and other difficulties. Great prospects for identifying, developing, implementing and reflecting on projects and initiatives that enable young parents, children and young people to have a life-enhancing encounter with the Christian faith and the person of Jesus Christ.
You will have a proven ability to lead and organise others, coupled with the ability to work constructively as a member of a team. You will have the demonstrated ability to communicate the Christian gospel effectively to families, children and young people and to equip them to grow in their faith. You will be a creative person who identifies opportunities and inspires others to try new things, and have a good track record of working within a church context on a variety of community activities. You will have excellent interpersonal and social skills and be able to relate well to a wide range of people, both from within and outside the church, including schools.
You are someone who is able to:
- Create a culture that recognises and welcomes the capacity of young parents, children and young people to transform the Church and the world.
- Ensure that all relevant regulations for working with young children are understood, adhered to and complied with.
- Develop and manage budgets and expenditure.
- Assist with identification and applications to grants to support the projects.
- Be aware of issues around mental health in young parents and young people.
You will be a mature Christian with a firm faith, sympathetic and able to work within the church tradition of St John the Divine Willenhall Coventry (Middle). You will be committed to growing in your faith and able to organise your time to include space for both personal prayer and bible study. You need to be willing to be a committed member of St John the Divine Willenhall and play a full part in our life. You will be professional, friendly and approachable, including when under pressure, culturally sensitive and able to work with people from different backgrounds. You will be discreet and trustworthy, able to sensitively manage private or confidential information.
Qualifications
- A standard of education commensurate to this role.
- Ideally a theological qualification or training qualification to work with parents, children/young people or equivalent experience.
- Full driving licence.
- It is an Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010) of this post to have a committed Christian faith and be actively involved in worshiping in a church community.
- This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
- Start date – Flexible
- Contract – This is a fixed term appointment for an initial 3 years. It will have a probationary period of six months.
- Hours – 25 hours per week including attendance at Sunday morning service, weekly daytime and evening activities, meetings and training.
- Employer – The Parochial Parish Council of St John the Divine Willenhall Coventry.
- Salary + Pension – We can offer an annual salary of £24,000 gross per annum (based on a 37 Hour week) pro rata (£12,700 – 16,000) per annum subject to experience, plus pension.
- Annual Leave – Five weeks (120 Hours including a maximum of 5 Sundays).
This is an excellent opportunity to join our client's Research Team.
Market Researcher Responsibilities:
You’ll be contacting members to update their contact and business information and also investigating members’ views on many political, agricultural and membership topics of the day. You’ll be playing a key role in helping the largest farming union to ‘Back British Farming’.
Market Researcher Requirements:
Previous experience of telephone research/data cleanse or the farming industry is not required, but it is essential that you are willing and able to quickly respond to change and be confident in picking up basic technical information with support and supervision. Ideally you will have worked in an office environment before. It is essential you have a pleasant telephone voice that is clearly understood whilst at the same time you accurately type member responses on our client's systems at speed.
You will have excellent spelling and grammar skills along with experience of good customer service. You will be comfortable following a carefully worded script, using the internet, MS Excel and an email system. You will also have excellent attention to detail and listening skills. Successful candidates will need their own dependable transport, as public transport is not frequently available to the beautiful work setting of Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
About our client:
They are the voice of British farming, and their members are at the heart of what they do. On their behalf they lobby government and other stakeholders, develop policy and provide a range of frontline services.
They are an Equal Opportunities employer and values diversity.
Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (Minimum length 6 months)
Hours: 35 hours per week, 9.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Salary: £18,500 per annum
Benefits: 25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays), National Employment Savings Trust pension scheme, a performance related pay award scheme, a range of discounts through our Benefits employee portal and subsidised staff restaurant.
Closing date for applications: 9th June, 2021
Interview Date: TBC
You may have experience of the following: Market Researcher, Telephone Researcher, Customer Service Representative, Contact Centre, Customer Service Advisor, Call Centre, Client Relationship, Customer Service Administrator, Customer Service Executive, Data Cleansing Administrator, Data Cleansing Assistant, Farming, Agriculture, NFP, Not For Profit, etc.
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Starfish Health and Wellbeing offers a range of services across the Midlands and North East England. We are looking for a Community Link Worker to support our Social Prescribing service during a period of maternity cover.
Title: Community Link Worker – Social Prescribing – Maternity Cover
Location: Midlands
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Contract: Temporary Fixed Term – (potentially 12 months if funding available- currently funded to September 2021)
Salary: £22,000 per annum (pro-rata)
Social Prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to a non-medical professional who gives time, focus on “what matters to the individual” and takes an holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. The successful candidate will support existing and help people to start new community groups by working collaboratively with local partners. Key outcomes are increased activity, community involvement and improved employability.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support this project.
Duties will include:
- Taking referrals from a wide range of agencies.
- Relationship building, including working with GP practices within primary care networks, pharmacies, multi-disciplinary teams, hospital discharge teams, allied health professionals, fire service, police, job centres, social care services, housing associations and voluntary, community and social enterprise, other organisations as required.
- Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
- Co-produce personalised support plans to improve health and wellbeing.
- Work together with local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps are identified in local provision.
- Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
- Data capture.
You will need experience of working with people who have suffered with a mental health problem for at least 2 years, along with a high standard of written communication and excellent interpersonal skills. Applicants must have a good understanding of the voluntary sector and demonstrate empathy and a non-judgemental approach.
Closing date for completed applications: Closing date 28th May 2021.
Interview date W/C 7th June 2021.
A DBS disclosure will be requested for the successful applicant.
Starfish is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
No agencies please.
Please note: previous applicants need not apply.
- Are you experienced in delivering workshops to young people in schools (both online and in-person)?
- Do you want to make a genuine difference to disadvantaged young people?
- Are you motivational and inspiring?
If so then you might be the person we are looking for…
We are looking for motivated and inspiring individuals to deliver dynamic, exciting, and innovative workshops to large groups of young people in schools up and down the country (largely focused in England).
We are looking primarily to recruit facilitators from the following regions in England:
- Midlands
- South West
- London
- North West
- however, we will also consider applicants based in other locations.
This position requires you to have demonstrable evidence of experience delivering workshops to large groups of young people (11-18) in a schools-based context, or delivering high quality online workshops to young people.
Your application form and supporting statement should detail your experience of this clearly and succinctly.
Applicants without experience of delivering workshops to large groups of young people (either virtually or in schools) will not be considered.
The Talent Foundry is an independent education charity dedicated to opening the doors of opportunity to young people. We seek to level the playing field by ensuring that every child has access to the same opportunities as their peers. We deliver a range of workshops to students in schools across the country, covering a variety of themes including employability, technology, engineering and media.
The rate will be £200/day, classed as over 3 hours.
Specific Responsibilities relating to the role of Freelance Facilitator:
- Deliver dynamic, professional and informative workshops to a variety of young people in schools and other education-based contexts
- Act as ambassador for The Talent Foundry and our corporate partners
- Motivate, inspire and support the young people that take part in our workshops
- Deliver the workshop content as directed by the relevant Programme Manager
- Act as a key point of contact for teachers and corporate volunteers for each workshop
Other General Responsibilities:
- Operate as a flexible team player and provide a high level of customer service to schools and anyone connected with The Talent Foundry.
- To be aware of, and comply with, all policies and procedures at The Talent Foundry including health and safety, reporting any concerns to an appropriate person.
- To be aware of, and support, diversity and equal opportunities for all, appreciating and supporting the role of other professionals.
- To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims ofThe Talent Foundry.
- To attend and participate in meetings and events as required.
- To participate in training and other learning activities as required.
The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Talent Foundry Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the job holder identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, s/he must report this in line with the Safeguarding policy.
The Talent Foundry is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
We are looking for facilitators to join our team starting ASAP.
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We are a social mobility movement committed to ensuring that every young person experiences educational equity.
As an award-winning, fast-growing charity our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, we deliver academic tutoring programmes that improve a pupil’s grades, confidence and independence so they can win places at top universities and on high level apprenticeships.
Having turned seven years old in February 2021, we’re at an exciting stage of growth and have ambitious plans to scale our impact and reach. This coming academic year, we are supporting over 2500 pupils. Currently working across London, the South East, the West Midlands and the South , we are looking to thoughtfully scale our academic programmes into hard-to-reach deprivation areas; develop a primary strand to our work; and increase the impact of our programmes.
The West Midlands has been one of our key emerging hubs. Since 2016, we have developed partnerships and relationships across the region with schools, universities and collaborators. We are now looking for a leader to realise the region’s full potential.
We need an outgoing self-starter to drive our work in the West Midlands forward, making it a sustainable hub that delivers real social impact. As the public face of the organisation, you will be responsible for partnership development, profile raising and managing our programmes from volunteer recruitment all the way through to evaluation. This is an in at the deep end role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence in decision making.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Growing the West Midlands as a sustainable CoachBright region:
- Generating new school leads and securing programmes
- Generating income outside of school programmes
- Growing a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
- Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)
Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:
- Delivering recruitment strategy for West Midlands programmes to meet termly targets
- Training volunteers in coaching and our pedagogy.
Oversee multiple in-school programmes across the West Midlands:
- Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
- Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback following sessions
- Visiting schools to oversee quality. Programmes to include a mixture of Core Programme: University student volunteers coach pupils in Yr 9-13 and Peer to Peer Programme: Year 12 pupils coach pupils in Yr 7-10.
Programme Design and Delivery
- Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
- Running in-school and virtual workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes
Managing partnerships with West Midlands universities:
- Maintaining regular contact with relevant staff members in outreach and or/volunteering teams at each university
- Managing room bookings for events at university campuses
Line managing a team of Programme Officers and Head Coaches:
- Managing a team of up to 6 full-time programme officers
- Delivering training for Head Coaches in the West Midlands
- Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions
Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, serving the team, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.
Person Specification
Essential characteristics and experience
- Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.
- Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love communicating and delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (business leaders, senior members of MATs, universities etc.)
- Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
- Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!
- Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation as a facilitator.
- Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends
- Full clean driving licence: the role will involve substantial travel across the region visiting our partners.
Desirable knowledge/experience:
- 2-3 years frontline experience working in a school or social sector for example as a teacher or workshop facilitator.
- Experience recruiting volunteers.
- Experience of working in a small team and working independently.
- Experience measuring and evaluating the impact of youth-based programmes.
- Experience of sales in an education context.
- Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or coaching.
- Knowledge of UK university sector, including knowledge of the UCAS process.
Benefits:
- An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
- Starting Salary: £28-30k per annum
- Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
- Office space: initially working from home. Longer term to be based between our West Midlands Office (Birmingham City University) and partner schools with travel to other regions.
- Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development. Opportunities include being matched with a mentor in the social sector and becoming an accredited Executive Coach
Key Information:
- Length: 12 months (with likely extension dependent on performance and funding)
- Hours: Full Time
- Reporting to: National Programme Manager
- Responsible for: Region and its programmes
- Start Date: June-August 2021 (flexible for the right candidate).
TO APPLY:
Please email your CV and a cover letter of no more than 350 words to Robin by no later than Friday 4th June, 12pm.
Please note: We will be interviewing successful candidates on a rolling basis, so may close the post at any time. Early application is therefore highly encouraged.
We are a social mobility movement. We are working towards a day where no young person’s background determines their future.
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12 Month Contract | 30 hours per week
The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is a leading disability organisation operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.
Our mission is ‘to build a sustainable business to empower disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society’. This is at the heart of everything we do.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced person to assist the Information, Advice and Guidance team to support clients in achieving a better state of wellbeing as well as conduct Focus groups and telephone research and provide a platform for disabled people and their families to highlight their needs in such challenging times.
As our ideal candidate, you will be able to provide effective and efficient person-centred casework support within our Information and Advice team. Candidates should have relevant experience of working with complex cases, possess a Level 2 in Information, Advice and Guidance, sound knowledge and understanding of third sector disability issues and welfare entitlements as well as good working knowledge of IT including MS Office and data management.
To apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 21 May 2021.
Interview date: w/c 24 May 2021.
This is an opportunity to be involved with Cruse Bereavement Care Birmingham at an exciting time; be a key team member who will help and support a committed, enthusiastic, and hard-working team.
An opportunity has arisen to support the Cruse Birmingham Area. The role involves ensuring the successful management of Cruse Birmingham’s funding contracts and overseeing applications for grant funding from local and national grant making bodies.
The role involves ensuring the successful management of Cruse Birmingham’s funding contracts and overseeing applications for grant funding from local and national grant making bodies.
The role is varied and will include line managing our local helpline team, collating data, producing reports, and representing Cruse at a variety of internal and external meetings. The role is currently predominantly home based but may move to a more blended arrangement with some office hours.
The closing date for this role is Monday 10th May 2021 at 12 noon, with interviews arranged for the 11th and 13th May 2021 via Zoom.
Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role and should be no longer than two pages. Applications received without a cover letter will not be considered.
Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
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