Location: Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

This role will be working across Central England. Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services and looking for Self-Employment Advisors to work on a DWP Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).

As a WHP JETS Self-Employment Advisor, you will be providing advice and support to guide and encourage participants to overcome barriers to start self-employment and achieve realistic job goals. This will be delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

Reporting to a Self-Employment Team Leader, you will be expected to support a caseload of participants, supporting them in self-employment, offering advice and direction to enable participants to access the support they need, and collecting evidence of Self Employment job starts. The role will also involve re-building participant confidence and self-efficacy following a period of unemployment.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England regions of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Herefordshire & Worcestershire and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries in a fast paced, target driven environment. Additionally, an understanding of government funded employment programmes such as the Work and Health Programme would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

We are looking for a compassionate, proactive individual to join our advice line team as an Advice Line Co-ordinator.

At reunite International Child Abduction Centre we provide advice, information and support to parents and family members affected by international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders. As an Advice Line Co-ordinator you would be speaking with parents on the telephone, as well as responding to emails and social media messages. You will work in partnership with a range of statutory and voluntary bodies and professionals, both nationally and internationally, to ensure parents and children receive the support they need.

We are looking for an effective communicator with a strong commitment to high standards of service delivery and client care. Applicants should have a proven ability to relate to people from different backgrounds and demonstrate a caring, sensitive and non-judgemental manner. No prior knowledge or experience is necessary as training will be provided in-house. 

If you are interested in the role, please read the job outline and personal specification before applying. You can apply for the role by completing our application form. Initial interviews will take place remotely with the second interview undertaken in our office. 

Our working approach is trauma-led, in a Psychologically Informed Environment. INTERESTED??                We've recently started on this journey and need a Volunteer Coordinator to support us as maternity cover. This role is essential to our organisation as most of our services require volunteers for their delivery. We are a growing organisation and require a Volunteer Coordinator who can be flexible, creative and organised to meet the needs of our growing and developing volunteer body. You will be working in the office with the Mentor Project Coordinator, but also frequently liaising with other team members and partners. Your hours will be flexible depending on the team’s needs.

The Bridge Homelessness to Hope began its work with the disadvantaged in 2009 when a group of local Christians started providing an outreach 'soup run' service to homeless people in Leicester. Today our staff and volunteers come from many backgrounds and faiths; we accept those from all faiths and none. We have a number of projects which provide support, advice, guidance, food and clothing to anyone who walks through our doors in need. We are a volunteer-led organisation with a vision to provide everyone in Leicester a place to call home and hope for the future. 

Inspire Mentors work within schools to develop and increase confidence, motivation, aspirations and attendance. Following a period of growth, Leicester City in the Community has a fantastic opportunity for an Inspire Mentor to join our dynamic team. 

Who we are 

Leicestershire is made up of vibrant, ambitious and resilient communities. Leicester City in the Community support these groups, and the people within them, through exciting programmes with a passionate and dedicated team at its core.

We aim to Engage, Inspire and Empower through Togetherness, Respect and Pride, changing lives and transforming communities. 

About the role

The ‘Inspire’ Programme’ is a targeted programme delivered in secondary schools in and around Leicestershire. The purpose of ‘Inspire’ is to work with young people who have been identified to be at risk of becoming disengaged.

Using a range of innovative interventions, Inspire Mentors work within schools to develop and increase confidence, motivation, aspirations and attendance.

Through 1:1 support and small group sessions, our mentors identify barriers to learning and create extra-curricular opportunities to re-engage young people with mainstream education. 

Who we’re looking for

If you are passionate about supporting young people to reach their potential, are creative in your approach and are an excellent communicator we want to hear from you.

Skills required for success:

• Ability to empower young people to overcome potential barriers to education
• Experience of creating strong and appropriate relationships, with internal and external partners.
• Able to encourage, motivate and enthuse young people to participate, promoting positive attitudes towards education.
• Ability to work on own initiative, providing alternative learning opportunities for young people.

Essential requirements:

• Experience of working with young people
• Experience working within an educational setting
• Must satisfy relevant pre-employment checks including enhanced DBS check
• Ability to travel regularly across multiple sites. 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

NEW ARRIVAL SUPPORT WORKER & RESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER (Male)

Responsible to: Support Team Manager

Location:                 Based in Baca main office and at home for newly arrived young people in Loughborough. There will be travel throughout Loughborough and Leicester. The role may require travel to wider areas of the East Midlands and the UK.

Hours: 25 hours per week – evening and weekend work with daytime shifts

Salary Band: £18,500 to £22,000 per annum pro rata

Benefits in kind: Rent-free accommodation, including Wifi, gas, electric and council tax bills.

Contract: Permanent 

Overall Purpose 

• To provide support and care to the young people who are newly arrived in the country, providing the foundations for them to rebuild their lives with dignity, strengthen their resilience and inspire hope for their futures. 
• To partner with social workers and representatives from other agencies, for the benefit of the young people.

This work is essential in enabling us to deliver our therapeutic support for all areas of a young person’s life.

Duties & Responsibilities  

• To be a support worker for newly arrived young people who are in the care of Baca in all areas of the young person’s life, supporting them from first arrival through to their move to semi-independence.
• To welcome new arrivals into the accommodation and communicate basic information about the house, making them feel safe and able to rest; with compassion without discrimination of age, race, colour or behavioural issues.
• To enable young people to achieve the following outcomes increased physical wellbeing, increased emotional wellbeing, improved personal safety, increased social engagement and increased engagement with education, employment and training.
• To enable young people to live with positive values and good boundaries.
• To be a proactive role model for the young people, enabling them to learn day to day living skills and helping them integrate positively with the local community.
• Training young people in living skills such as washing, cleaning, cooking and safety, food shopping and budgeting; proactively and intentionally in line with the Baca independent living preparation plan.
• Helping young people settle into a routine which will include education and social activities.
• Work in close partnership with social workers and other professionals and volunteers to provide a holistic development package for each young person enabling them to become independent.
• Maintaining very good communication with relevant members of the Rebuild Team and relevant social workers through regular appropriate reporting.
• To work collaboratively with the rest of the Rebuild Team to ensure all young people are safeguarded and supported to rebuild their lives.
• Complete and update all admin work as part of the role such as month end reports and support plans on time and in a consistent manner.
• Playing an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role and especially in the areas of asylum and refugee law, trafficking, supporting separated children and the cultures of different nations relevant to Baca.

General 

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation 
• Take ownership of all administrative aspects of the role.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy. 
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy 
• Be aware of the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy 
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures. 

Further information is available in the recruitment pack on our website. 

The closing date for application is the 31st of May 2021. The role will require an enhanced DBS. Interviews will be week commencing the 7th of June 2021. 

Start Date for the role is 1st of September 2021.

About the role

An opportunity to join our busy team, helping to share some of Practical Action’s best work with global audiences. This role provides a chance to actively engage with the global WASH and Cities sectors, and with a range of people across Practical Action’s offices in the UK, Africa and Asia. You will work closely with the head of our Cities Fit for People programme to plan and deliver work over a 9 month fixed-term period that helps us capitalise on some key moments in the international development calendar. Particular tasks will be helping to finalise and launch a new, ground-breaking report on solid waste management; and putting together materials about our work on sanitation and with informal sanitation workers to use at a number of global conferences and other events. A great opportunity for an early-stage career professional to learn about the latest innovations and debates in sustainable urban development, waste management and sanitation, and to strengthen and build your networking and engagement skills.

About you

We are looking for someone with demonstrated ability to rapidly create positive working relationships both within and outside an organisation. You will need to be able to write well for a variety of formats (online and print) and professional audiences, and have excellent communication skills. You will have a grounding in the key issues facing urban slum and low income communities, in particular in their access to WASH and solid waste services. You will have some experience of working international development, and in a multi-cultural environment. We are looking for someone who can get up to speed rapidly, is highly organised, with strong team working skills. This could be the perfect opportunity for you to gain valuable experience, hone your skills and help us share some of our best work with a global audience.

Why join us?

You will join a high performing team of HR professionals, all committed to making the world work better for everyone. You will experience and contribute to a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged teams, and where work life balance and agile working is valued.

Our brand new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours perweek.

• Most staff in the UK are currently working from home due to coronavirus and we expect to it be this way for the next few months. It is however our normal practice to operate an agile working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (2 days per week depending on the role).

• 26 days holiday rising with continuous service,in addition to public holidays

• Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% salary and the employee contributes 5%.

• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.

• Life assurance (3 x annualsalary).

• Bike to Work scheme.

About us

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Location: Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

This role will be working across Central England. Geographical areas include: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services and looking for an Engagement Team Leader to work on our DWP Work & Health Programme Job Entry – Targeted Support (WHP JETS) Programme.

As an Engagement Team Leader, you will be responsible for managing and supporting our Engagement Advisors (WHP JETS).

The WHP JETS Engagement Team Leader role is integral to the success of our employment programme, ensuring The Engagement Team develop and maintain close working relationships with Shaw Trust Team Leaders and Employment Advisors to expand engagement opportunities for participants.

This role is perfect for an individual with experience of leading and supporting customer focused teams. The role requires a driven individual, motivated to succeed with the ability to achieve day-to-day KPI performance. You will be expected to manage a team of Engagement Advisors with a key target of increasing the number of engaged participants on programme across the CPA. This will be mainly delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England geographical areas including Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Foundation Personal Wellbeing Advisor

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£23,218.59 - £26,983.44)

The new and exciting post of Foundations Personal Wellbeing Advisor

The post holder will work as an integral part of CGL and hold a dual role of delivering Foundations of Personal Wellbeing and being and a Personal Wellbeing Advisor within the Leicestershire Area.

 No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

Overview

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Foundations Personal Wellbeing Advisor with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

The post holder will work as an integral part of CGL and hold a dual role of delivering Foundations of Personal Wellbeing and being a Personal Wellbeing Advisor within the Loughborough area.

Under the supervision of the CGL National Team Leader and integrated within the Ingeus Hub provision, you will deliver flexibly on a rolling basis CGL’s Foundations of Personal Wellbeing, which comprises of five modules

• The Road to Desistance
• Building Resilience
• Thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
• Mindfulness and Wellbeing
• Support Networks
• Citizenship
• Thinking and behaviour cycles
• This is who I am.

When not delivering the Foundations of Personal Wellbeing you will be acting as and Personal Wellbeing Advisor within the Ingeus Hub

You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

Closing Date: 17/5/2021

Interview Date: 19/5/2021

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.

JOB DESCRIPTION SENIOR SUPPORT WORKER (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) 

Responsible to: Project Team Leader (Cambridgeshire)
Responsible for: New Arrival Support Worker & Residential Volunteer
Location: Cambridgeshire, England regular travel to Baca Office in                                                      Loughborough and Leicestershire 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week including evening and weekend work
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Contract: Permanent

Overall purpose

• To provide therapeutic support and care service to empower unaccompanied asylum seeking young people, some of whom are victims of trafficking, with dignity, strength and hope - inspiring them to become individuals who are net contributors to society.
• To partner with social workers and representatives from other agencies, for the benefit of the young people.
• To provide support, guidance and be an example to other support staff to inspiring them to be fully investing in the young people and developing their own skills and passions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• All responsibilities, as detailed for the Support Worker (see below).

Plus:

• Be a proactive and committed member of the team that seeks to establish the Rebuild service for unaccompanied young people aged 16+ in Cambridgeshire in line with Baca’s vision, mission and values, by working closely with the Project Team Leader, Leadership Team and the wider team of Baca.
• Be the Deputy Team Leader of the Support Team, supporting the team manager in day to day operations, in decision making and problem solving as part of young people service delivery.  
• To deliver young people services in line with Baca’s Theory of change, to enable young people to achieve the following outcomes, ensuring it is of the highest quality
  • Improved Physical Wellbeing,
  • Improved Emotional Wellbeing,
  • Increased engagement with Education, Employment and Training,
  • Increased Social engagement and
  • Increased Personal Safety. 
• Take the lead in decision making about young people’s progress and their transition to semi-independent placements.
• Be part of the Oncall team and deliver oncall support outside of work hours on a rota basis, which comes with additional pay per night.
• To ensure new arrival risk assessments are updated to suit the individual young person.
• Proactively participate in the training, induction and support of new support workers.
• Play an active role in developing knowledge and understanding in areas relevant to the role, and dispersing this knowledge to support workers in the team.
• Provide support and supervision for the New Arrival Support Worker & Residential Volunteer role.
• Facilitate the development and ongoing review of Baca’s young people support programme.
• Work in close partnership with social workers, other professionals and volunteers to provide a holistic development package for each young person enabling them to become independent.
• Organise and coordinate meetings where necessary to facilitate the achievement of above outcomes.
• Work closely with Baca’s teams to ensure to ensure that all processes, procedures and practises of the project are compliant with Baca’s systems.
• Provide assistance where necessary to facilitate work needed to ensure Baca’s young people accommodation are suitable for purpose and meets regulation.

General

• Be a role model, leading by example in practicing the Values of Baca.
• Play an active and supportive role within the organisation 
• Take ownership of all administrative aspects of the role.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to work undertaken and ensure all confidential material is stored according to Baca’s Confidentiality statement and Data Protection Policy. 
• Treat all staff and young people fairly and without prejudice, in line with Baca’s Equality and Diversity policy 
• Be adept in employing the correct procedures for dealing with any safeguarding incidences or concerns, in line with Baca’s Child, Vulnerable Adult Protection & Safeguarding Policy 
• Adhere to all Baca’s policies and procedures. 
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, in line with the needs of the team.

More information about the role and organisation can be found in the Recruitment Pack

About the role

Climate change is a global challenge that is having a direct impact on the poorest people around the world, eroding the development gains of the last few decades. Practical Action plays a key role in influencing the climate agenda to reduce risks for, and address the irreversible impacts on, the most climate vulnerable communities.

Our teams work across Asia, Africa and Latin America in programmes and partnerships that address the implications of climate change for people living in poverty. We are actively supporting climate solutions to build resilience, helping farmers adapt, low-income communities in informal settlements respond to urban climate impacts and exploring how modern energy services can support communities to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Reporting to the Head of Climate and Resilience, you will help to strengthen the way we work on climate change across Practical Action so that we increase our impact. You will identify and develop effective ways to work with and influence other organisations to deliver wider change so that poor people and their livelihoods threatened by climate change have a sustainable and resilient future.

About you

We are looking for a passionate and committed individual, with good knowledge of climate change, a degree in a relevant subject who is fluent in English (with knowledge of another language desirable). We are committed to supporting you on your professional journey and offer a vibrant team atmosphere with strong multicultural engagement across teams and country offices.

You will ideally have experience in international development and an understanding of the impacts of climate change in the developing world. You should have a passion for ensuring that people living in poverty have the support they need to respond to the impacts of climate change, allowing them to thrive in spite of the increasing frequency and intensity of climate events. You should have understanding and empathy for the challenges faced by the poorest and most climate vulnerable, those who are least responsible for the problem.

You should be an analytical thinker, with an understanding of applied research and be an excellent communicator. A good understanding of international development debates and the global climate change negotiation process led by the UNFCCC and its relationship with UNDRR, the SDGs, etc. would be a huge advantage.

You will demonstrate the ability to work well across diverse teams, geographies and cultures. You will be required to work with and mentor colleagues in country offices and would be expected to feel comfortable presenting learning and analysis both internally across Practical Action and externally to our partners as required.

You will possess strong time management, planning and prioritisation skills and be able to work well under pressure. You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Ideally candidates should hold a Masters level degree qualification in an appropriate discipline and have work experience ideally including experience working in developing countries either as a volunteer or as part of your studies for at least 6 months.

You will be highly organised and an excellent team worker. You will need to be passionate for the cause and able to work in a complex, multicultural environment. You must have a strong empathy with Practical Action’s vision, mission and values.

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.

• Most staff in the UK are currently working from home due to coronavirus and we expect to it be this way for some time. It is however our practice normally that we operate an agile flexible working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working (between 2-3 days per week depending on the role).

• 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.

• A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.

• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.

• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).

• Bike to Work scheme.

  • About us

    We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

    We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

    We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

    Additional information

    We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

    Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

    Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

    The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

We are a leading UK charity and expert voice for children with cancer and we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Health Information Executive to join our Engagement team.

You will have editorial experience demonstrating a wide range of skills in copyediting, writing and proofreading. This is an interesting and varied role for a professional who is looking to further their skills within publishing and health information production.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

We are a registered charity and fundraise for our important activities through campaigns, donations and family involvement.

Main purpose of the job

To support and coordinate development and review of our portfolio of information resources in print and digital for public and healthcare professional audiences.

Closing date: 30 May 2021

We are a leading UK charity and expert voice for children with cancer and we have an exciting opportunity for a talented Graphic Designer to join our Engagement team. 

You will have a strong design portfolio demonstrating a wide range of skills with a particular focus on branding, creativity and digital content. You will have an eye for visual impacts and be able to translate requirements into ideas and eye-catching designs. This is a busy role for a design professional who is looking for variety and an outlet to develop their artistic skills.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

Main purpose of the role

This role is to provide professional design and artwork services for CCLG’s print and online communications within the framework of our brand identity. The work will also focus on CCLG’s portfolio of patient information including Contact magazine; fundraising campaigns; and assist with digital marketing activities.

Closing date: 23 May 2021

We are a leading UK charity and expert voice for children with cancer and we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Digital Communities Executive to join our Engagement team.

You will form part of our brand voice using compelling messages and meaningful content to tell our story online through our social media accounts. This is a fantastic new role for an aspiring professional who is social media savvy and is interested in growing their career in digital marketing.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

Main purpose of the role

To create and coordinate digital content for day-to-day posting on, and engagement with, our social media channels and online community groups, working across teams to engage and communicate with our audiences in line with business and marketing objectives.

Closing date: 23 May 2021