We are seeking a dedicated and talented individual to help enable our 3,000 volunteers to reach their full potential in delivering Prison Fellowship’s mission in prisons across England and Wales.

The post holder will be an outstanding leader who understands the prison environment and is aligned with our mission to show Christ's love to those in prison.

This role is currently home-based due to the ongoing pandemic. Once it is safe to do so, the post holder will be required to work flexibly between our Westminster office, home and prison group locations.

Please apply with a full CV and covering letter.

About the role

There is a growing demand for analysis of a wide range of information and data on the performance of Amnesty International within the new strategic period.

We're looking for an analyst to join the team with at least 2 years of experience. This role will help manage, support and improve our growing data and information service delivered by the Global Strategy and Impact Programme as well as supporting the portfolio management office, working with project managers to ensure that the work they are delivering is reflected accurately in the portfolio.

This role will help manage, monitor and understand data on the work which the organisation delivers and will help improve the quality of this data. By bringing together diverse organisational and external data, conducting analysis, supporting the delivery of high standard reporting and insights to senior decision makers and teams across the organisation we can help ensure a more effective delivery of Amnesties strategic framework and achieve greater human rights impact.

You'll perform regular quality checks of our data sets, identify and bring together new datasets useful for the measurement of impact, improve on the effectiveness of our data collection initiatives, and will work with project managers to ensure that work is recorded properly. You will also support in documentation of data processes and workflows.

This role will support in the management of the portfolio, helping managers and directors to understand how their work fits into the portfolio and you will help to respond to queries related to the portfolio ensuring that correct processes and controls are followed by teams in proposing, developing and closing project work.

You'll be reporting into the lead analyst but working with a number of stakeholders within Amnesty International.

About you

Good communication and business acumen. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. An emerging knowledge base of finance, economics and general business and management practice, plus specific experience of prior industries

Analysis. You'll be inquisitive of the data, how to manipulate data sets, identify trends and insights and ensuring good presentation of the information we find. Relevant experience of performance measurement and delivery of management reporting at an appropriate level for the audience.

Data Visualisation and presentation abilities. Able to interpret requirements and present data in a clear and compelling way, using graphical representations and data visualisations.

Research - know what data you need, what form you need it in and where to get it. This can range from simply requesting client data sets, getting publicly available data or commissioning third party market research. If data is not available or compromised, be able to qualify the limits of this data and draw conclusions where appropriate

Great data management skills. You know about organisational data governance and have basic database knowledge. Experience of working with, and consolidating, large volumes of structured and unstructured data, including financial data. Strong ability to conduct data quality assurance, validation and checks, and be able to QA the data to find inconsistencies.

Knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, reporting technologies and dashboards such as PowerBI.

About us

The Global Strategy and Impact Programme (GSIP) in Amnesty's International Secretariat makes Amnesty more effective in helping achieve greater human rights impact . In addition to supporting the Coalition Leadership Teams and the International Board, we also serve and support National Entities around the world and the project staff to plan and implement their work.

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

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional, engaging environment.

For further information on our benefits, please visit our website

What we hope you will do next

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, rough sleeping, isolated and in despair there must be a place to turn. The Connection is there to be with people as they overcome their problems, recover and move on to a meaningful, fulfilling life.

However, this is not enough. The experiences of people on the edge matter. Their story must be told to those in a position of power and influence, so that rough sleeping is not an accepted feature of life in the UK.

The Connection at St. Martin’s tackles rough sleeping by:

• providing services designed to help people to recognise their own strengths, recover from crisis and move away from the streets for good;

• collaborating with others to achieve this – a person’s rough sleeping situation is rarely addressed by one agency working alone;

• Sharing our learning with others, to deepen our own understanding and create a more socially just society for those on the margins not just in London, but other parts of the UK and the world.

The Engagement Lead will take forward our Engagement and Assessment work including our Resource Centre, Triage and Brief Intervention Team, Street Engagement Team, Emergency Accommodation Team and System Change Project. The role requires someone with a strong track record in service delivery with people who have complex needs.

They must have experience of strengths-based assessment and case work, supported housing and provision of practical help such as washing facilities and meals. Alongside ensuring high quality service delivery, they must have experience of developing new approaches and working with fundraising specialists to secure resources. The Engagement Lead will be a well organised and focused manager who uses coaching techniques to develop their team. Finally, they must be a positive role model with the personal credibility to build confidence in the charity both internally and externally.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? To apply, please submit an application form highlighting that you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Details of the role including the person specification can be found attached.

Please find the application form attached.

This is a permanent contract.

Closing date: Monday 12th July 2021 – 9am

Interview date: Thursday 22nd July 2021.

Job Title: Schools Engagement Coordinator  

Reports to:  Head of School Programmes 

Location: Quantum House, 22 – 24 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 3AB. Open to flexibility on location provided able to attend offices in London on a regular basis. 

Purpose: A fantastic opportunity to take on the role of Schools Engagement Coordinator - for Education and Employers across the internationally recognised Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures programmes. The Charity aims to ensure that all young people have the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential.

This key post is part of the Schools Engagement Team with responsibility for working closely with primary school and secondary school teachers and leaders to support them with running activities involving volunteers from the world of work. This will include supporting delivery of funded projects aimed at these audiences and general administrative support.

Remuneration: £21k - £24k per annum (pro-rata depending upon experience) 

Additional Terms: 30 days paid holiday pro rata, exclusive of Statutory Holiday plus competitive pension scheme and a volunteering allowance of up to 5 days. Additional family friendly benefits including enhancements to Statutory Payments. 

Appointment Terms:  12 months fixed term 

The role:  

The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with school staff in promoting and empowering schools to utilise Primary Futures and Inspiring the Futures alongside delivering virtual activities for schools. These programmes are an online system connecting schools to an enormous range of fascinating volunteers from the world of work for virtual or face to face activities to raise aspirations, provide insight into jobs, tackle stereotypes and demonstrate how learning at school in the present links to opportunities in the future.

This is a dynamic role for someone looking to gain a breadth of experience in the charity sector and keen to learn about the education sector and career-related learning, social mobility and volunteer engagement. Primary Futures (for primary schools) and Inspiring the Future (for secondary schools, colleges and SEND) are at an exciting stage of development.  Throughout the pandemic we have established an engaging and interactive virtual offer that has broadened the opportunities for schools to connect with volunteers beyond their local geography and we expect to maintain this alongside a return to face-to-face activities. 

This role will be split between delivering activity for providing facilitated support to a case load of schools across parts of the country (60%) and supporting the general self-service programme for schools nationally in an administrative capacity (40%).There is opportunity to interface directly with children and young people through facilitating virtual interactive activities with volunteers.

There is scope outside of the main responsibilities to develop areas of interest that meet project needs, such as video editing, social media input and developing educational resources.

We are looking for an agile worker, capable of absorbing key information quickly, as well as handle a voluminous workload to meet the multiplicity of projects and the high demand from schools keen to engage. Education and Employers is a small charity working at a rapid pace to bring about change and the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills, able to work collaboratively with a small and passionate team to achieve big results.

60% facilitated support to a case load of schools, including for the successful delivery of various funded projects in geographic target areas of the country such as Dorset, Blackpool and Derby by:  

• Managing relationships with a case load of primary schools in different areas of the country to host planning calls, deliver sessions, gather evaluation data and ensure a legacy of independent use of Primary Futures beyond the project. 

• Setting up virtual and face-to-face activities including school liaison, securing volunteers, test calls, setting up on the Primary Futures system and hosting on tech platforms (Zoom, MS Teams, Google Classrooms, etc)

• Facilitating virtual activities to primary school children to link with volunteers, hosting sessions online to ensure an interactive and engaging experience for children and volunteers, following a Q&A or job guessing-game format. 

• Supporting and co-hosting sessions to teachers including CPDs, staff meetings and info webinars to promote Primary Futures, deepen engagement and demonstrate independent usage

• In collaboration with rest of team, identifying need for and developing new resources and guidance to support greater school engagement. 

• In collaboration with rest of team, develop and implement new processes and system improvements, to support increased school engagement.  

40% enquiries management and administrative support across the programme team to support teachers to independently use Primary Futures and Inspiring the Future by:  

• Managing the enquiries inbox and switchboard phone number, responding to enquiries from schools and volunteers about the charity’s work and programmes and how to sign up 

• Providing targeted support to schools such as phone calls to secondary schools and colleges independently utilising the programmes using a RAG (red, amber green) system to convert them to successful activities

• Providing administrative support across the volunteer and school engagement teams, including record-keeping, data entry, meeting minute-taking, scheduling, event coordination, etc 

• Monitoring new registrations from schools and sending welcome emails, keeping this up-to-date with the latest opportunities and messaging for schools

• Use Salesforce CRM to support with data management, assisting with maintaining up to date records and supporting data cleansing as needed  

• Other ad-hoc administrative tasks as needed
   

Person specification 

Skills/ Knowledge/ Expertise 

Essential  

• Experience in successful relationship management – ability to engage confidently and sensitively with schools/colleges and at a range of levels of seniority up to and including headteacher level 

• Outstanding customer service and telephone manner, including handling large volumes of email enquiries and dealing with difficult situations politely and assertively

• Strong organisational and administrative skills including close attention to detail and effective time management

• Persuasive and confident communicator who is influential, and effective in presenting a concept both face to face and on the phone. 

• Good level of education, demonstrating capability in producing written content to a high standard.

• Comfort and confidence in working with data to inform actions

• Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload; being able to prioritise work and working under pressure.

• Good working knowledge and practical application of Microsoft office tools 

Desirable 

• A passion for supporting young people in realising their potential through harnessing skilled volunteers to engage in education 

• Experience of marketing to schools

• Experience of delivering directly to children or young people in a volunteer or work capacity

• Experience of client relationships management (CRM) databases in particular Salesforce 

• Experience of working to deliver targets

• Experience of working in a small team 

• Experience of working with volunteers  

• Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and data protection. 

Personal Attributes  

• Comfort and confidence in working with a variety of audiences 

• Having an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to their work.

• A “doer”- ability to anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions 

• Creative and solutions orientated, perceiving processes as the means rather than the end and as an aid to effective delivery 

• Influencer - demonstrates personal ‘presence’ and gains the confidence of others through temperament, capability and calibre

• Demonstrates sensitivity and possesses the ability to manage effectively the organisational tensions that sometimes develop between all stakeholders involved in the organisation and delivery of the event.

• Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and is keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos 

• Able to undertake some occasional work in the evenings and at weekends

• Able to travel in the UK if required

Application process 

The Education and Employers charity values having a diverse workforce.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. We offer a range of inclusive employment and family friendly policies as well as flexible working arrangements in order to support staff from different backgrounds.  

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 28th June, 2021.Interviews will take place online in the week beginning 5th July.

Please send a covering letter setting out your interest in and suitability for the role and a CV.

Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter and applications will only be accepted from those with the right to work in the UK with a valid passport/visa.  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered under any circumstances.  

The Charity is fully committed to safeguarding those in our care. We plan our recruitment processes to ensure effective timelines for any required vetting processes such as enhanced DBS, qualification, reference and identity checks. The Charity also ensures that each staff member is appropriately trained for their duties with a comprehensive induction process on commencement.  

About the Education and Employers charity 

Education and Employers is an independent UK based charity launched in 2009 with the vision of “providing children and young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential”. It aims to achieve this by working with schools, employers, the national bodies that represent them and a wide range of other partners including the government and third sector organisations. The charity also works with partners internationally – more details here. 

The charity runs Inspiring the Future, a free service which uses innovative match-making technology to connect volunteers with state schools and colleges, quickly, simply and at scale. Schools can very easily search a massive database of willing volunteers, filter against a wide range of criteria – e.g. subject, sector, career route and send them a message. It enables young people, wherever they live, whichever school they attend, the opportunity to meet people from a wide range of backgrounds doing jobs from across the whole world of work. 

Nearly 65,000 people have already volunteered in the UK - people from all levels: apprentices to CEOs and all sectors: apps designers to zoologists and over 80% of English secondary schools have registered. People can volunteer from an hour a year in a local primary or secondary school to chat informally about their job and career route, take part in career speed networking session, give careers insights, provide mock interviews or feedback on CVs through to serving as a governor or trustee.  There is also the opportunity to link up with schools for workplace visits, job shadowing and mentoring. 

Inspiring the Future operates on a technology platform kindly developed in partnership with Deloitte, Salesforce and Ordnance Survey. It allows the charity to run national campaigns such as Inspiring Women and others focused on specific geographic areas or economic sectors such as engineering, science, health and arts and culture. The campaigns have secured high profile support across government, business and teacher associations and ongoing corporate partnerships including our lead corporate partner Bank of America. 

In partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers the charity has developed a version for primary schools called Primary Futures and over 4,500 primaries have already signed up. To see a short clip on how it works please click here.  All campaigns run through Inspiring the Future share a common objective: to broaden young people’s horizons, raise their aspirations and show them the range of opportunities and careers routes e.g. apprenticeships and university open to them. Over 1.8 million interactions between young people and volunteers from the world of work have already taken place. 

The charity runs Inspiring Governance the free governor recruitment and support service. This Department for Education funded service aims to get highly skilled volunteers to serve as governors in some of the most disadvantaged schools in England and in so doing help raise educational achievement. 

Since the Charity’s launch it has sought to understand what difference employer engagement in education makes to young people and the economy. It works with academics and researchers from around the world and its own research is regularly cited by government and international organisations like the OECD. The research, which has informed and influenced a range of government policies, shows that employer engagement helps improve social mobility, reduces the likelihood of young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment of training), increases the amount they earn in adult life, helps them make better informed career choices and leads to improvements in educational attainment. 

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association have an exciting opportunity for an Engagement Fundraising Co-ordinator to join our Community Fundraising Team at our national office in Northampton, where we operate a trusting, collaborative, and agile working environment.

Salary: c.£22,000 per annum plus benefits

Location: Northampton with agile working

Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

About the role

You will be an integral member of the Community Fundraising Team conducting a variety of tasks. You will be involved in producing marketing and promotional activities to actively recruit fundraisers, managing the logistics and expenditure of event receptions and providing administrative support to the team.

What are we looking for?

You will:

• have experience in fundraising, marketing or sales environment.
• strong customer service skills.
• ability to devise, implement and monitor systems and procedures.
• be able to research, analyse and collate data.
• ability to work as part of a wider team.

This role involves the ability to work flexibly as required by attending events as and when required including evenings and weekends and travel throughout the UK requiring a full UK driving licence.

For full role responsibilities please view the job description.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.
 

About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

We operate an agile working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers and stakeholders.
 

Important Notices

This role is currently based remotely due to the covid pandemic. In normal circumstances this role will be based at our national office in Northampton with an option for agile working.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ head-hunters.

Community Engagement Lead

Salary Range: 27 hours per week @ £13.50 per hour = £18954 per annum or 25 hours per week @ £14.50 per hour = £18850 per annum. 

Hospice Hope works within North West Leicestershire to support individuals who have a condition that leads to a reduction in quality of life or who have been diagnosed with a life limiting condition as well as offering support to their partner or carer.

It is an incredibly exciting time to be joining our organisation. Our small team of dedicated staff and trustees have big plans. Our amazing volunteers are ready to get back to what they do best, and our charity is building a state-of-the-art facility in North West Leicestershire which will provide vital community care and support. We are re-branding and refreshing but we will always do what we do best – help people who need it the most.

Hospice Hope have an exciting opportunity for a Community Engagement Worker within our team. The post is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund and will therefore initially run until April 2022 with a further funding bid currently being considered.

The role is currently based at home, but Flexibility is essential as there will be some work required during evenings and weekends and travel around NWL will become more frequent.

This role is key to the development of our community-based services and will be essential in increasing referrals into the service, developing existing and new relationships within the community and raising the profile of our organisation via community events. As with all roles at the charity, fundraising will always be encouraged.

Data Officer

Altrincham, Greater Manchester

Full Time (potential for part time)

Salary: £22,183 to £27,041 per annum

Our charity is on an incredible journey and this is a hugely exciting time to join our team. We have been fortunate to have increased our fundraising and marketing activity and income this past year. We are looking forward to continuing to adapt to the new charity landscape during a time when vegetarian and vegan lifestyles are being embraced by more people than ever. You can be a key part of this delivering our data strategy to reach out to more people going and staying vegetarian.

The post holder will maintain the quality of data stored within the Raiser's Edge database by reviewing data quality issues, data management processes and coordinating user training, as well as managing large-scale data uploads and extracts.

If you can demonstrate that you uphold our vegetarian values in your personal life, and want to use your strong data and analysis skills to help us increase our income and activities, then this role might just be for you.

How to apply

To apply for this post, please send a letter detailing how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification along with your CV.

The closing date for applications is 9:00am Monday 5 July 2021.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 14 July 2021.

The Vegetarian Society aims to be a positive employer. We operate a 35-hour week, flexible working-time scheme and stakeholder pension. We offer 33 days annual leave including public holidays, among other benefits.

If you have any queries regarding the post, please get in touch and ask for Fay.

Policy and Engagement Officer 

Central London • £26,000 - £29,000 (Full Time Equivalent) + Benefits

About Us 

The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. It is one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools.

Our principal goal is to develop, expand and strengthen the networks available to our members so that they can generate new knowledge about microbes and ensure that it is shared with other communities. The impacts from this will drive us towards a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society.

About You

We are looking for a Policy and Engagement Officer to join our friendly and welcoming team, based in central London (currently working remotely). The postholder will be responsible promoting science policy issues and engagement to members of the Society.

This role requires the postholder to have experience in science policy area as well as the ability to analyse, interpret and summarise complex information. Working with the Head of Policy and Engagement, the postholder will support and contribute to the delivery of all of Council’s strategic objectives and particularly in relation to advancing the understanding of microbiology and championing the contribution made by microbiology, our members and their work in addressing global challenges.

The Benefits:

Our generous benefits package includes:

• A highly competitive salary with annual cost of living increase
• Season Ticket Loan scheme
• Cycle to work scheme 
• £50 contribution towards eye care
• 10% employer pension contribution
• 23 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + bonus 3 additional days over the Christmas break 
• Flexible working hours including remote based options
• Life Insurance including free (health and wellbeing) employee support services

To Apply 

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 10th June 2021.

It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter.

This is because the Microbiology Society is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We value, promote and seek diversity. 

The Society also takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”

Engagement and Support Officer, Fine Cell Work

We are looking for an exceptionally supportive and non-judgemental individual to underpin all aspects of the Fine Cell Work post-prison programme, Open the Gates (OTG). This person will be responsible for ex-prisoners’ referral, recruitment and support arrangements; for risk assessing attendance and providing individualised support based upon need, sharing appropriate information on ex-prisoners’ licence conditions and skills with mentors and staff; for setting up and delivering the FCW distance support scheme and for supporting volunteer employment mentors alongside the Volunteer and Programmes Coordinator.

As well as offering person-centred support and helping to shape and embed our new distance support project, the role includes:

• Building relationships with ex-prisoners’ Probation Officers, Public Protection Officers and  other keyworkers to ensure support and risk is managed and communicated.
• Actively recruiting ex-prisoners to join the programme, including promoting OTG to Fine Cell Work prison groups and volunteers, and building relationships with prisons, probation services (including Approved Premises) and other ex-offender support organisations across the country to promote the programme.
• Overseeing the ex-prisoner journey at Fine Cell Work and ensuring ex-prisoners move on to further education, training, or employment (where appropriate) and are able live meaningful, crime-free lives.
• Carrying out pre-engagement assessments of all ex-prisoners applying to the programme, including arranging logistics of in-prison assessment meetings and requesting relevant risk information.
• Assisting with the development of risk management plans.
• Working with the wider team to research and liaise with offender support and employment agencies beyond FCW, signposting ex-prisoners on to these, and helping mentors with appropriate signposting and referrals to partner agencies.
• Responding to safeguarding issues and working as part of the Fine Cell Work team to ensure all staff are aware of good practice in working with ex-prisoners and those with complex needs.
• Delivering a number of workshops to ex-prisoners every year on themes of disclosure letter writing, CV writing, mental health and wellbeing, safeguarding and professional boundaries.  
• Work alongside the Workshop Supervisor to conduct regular development reviews with ex-prisoners, to record and track progress quarterly to maintain effective evaluation of the OTG programme and providing written reports on programme delivery when required.

To apply for this role please send a cover letter, outlining how you meet the person specification, and CV by 9am Friday 18th June. Please note your application will not be considered if a cover letter is not included.

Interviews will be held on the 23, 24th and 25th June.

We are looking to recruit an energetic, sociable, engaging individual who has charisma and an ability to positively influence others.  They will be able to demonstrate that they can establish and sustain high quality trusting relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.  This person will have excellent interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and a sound knowledge and experience of the VCSE sector. The VCSE sector in Cornwall comprises of 2500 registered charities who offer a range of services to residents and visitors in Cornwall through paid roles and volunteers.

This individual will have a proven track record of engaging this sector and helping to achieve its outcomes for its beneficiaries.  We have established an Alliance model as a structure for increasing our engagement with the VCSE.  This individual will be expected to establish new alliances on a broad range of themes such as housing, environment, and community safety etc. Therefore, they will possess skills in facilitation, coordination, need assessment, mapping provision, gap analysis, and chairing meetings.  They will also have experience in planning and facilitating workshops, training, conferences, and events. 

As an organisation known as the voice of the voluntary sector this individual will also be able to represent the sectors interests, advocate and raise the profile of the sector and help to advance the sectors causes and address concerns. This individual will be a member of a small team, working closely with our comms professionals on campaigns and events and will therefore have good public speaking skills and an ability to positively influence a wide range of stakeholders to support the VCSE. 

This is a great opportunity for someone who’s passionate about changing the outcomes for young people and the youth sector and ensuring they are at the centre of our work.

This is an exciting and busy time to be joining UK Youth as we have just launched our new strategy “Unlocking Youth Work” which outlines a bold ambition to impact young lives by unlocking youth work as a catalyst for change. As a result,  we are recruiting for a number of new roles designed to enable the organisation to grow, improve our ways of working and enable us to deliver to deliver our ambitious 2025 strategic plan.

This role will work to develop and deliver a range of opportunities and activities to build and develop cross-sector networks across the UK Youth Movement. This role will report into the Network Engagement Manager and will develop positive relationships with youth organisations and young people across the UK so that our work is driven by the voices of youth workers and young people.

You will identify, create and deliver new and innovative ways of working to retain youth organisation and young people’s engagement, using digital platforms to build communities and connect networks across the UK Youth. You will work across the collective action team to support projects and campaigns to ensure a diversity of youth organisations and young people are engaged in all our work.

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

Why work at UK Youth?

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even whilst we are all working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.

We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men, and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.

• Flexible/Agile Working

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)

• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary

• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally

• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell our New Forest Outdoor Centre including, camping, lodges and outdoor activities.

• Cyclescheme and Techscheme

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please read the job description, and then click here and complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system (provided by Applied).

• Closing date for applications will be 9am 22nd June  

• First round interviews are due to take place 29th June 2021

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks which include criminal record check and employment reference.

As part of the recruitment process UK Youth will be gathering and uses certain information about you. For further information regarding this please review our Data Protection Privacy Notice which explains what data of yours we process and how we use it.

Role: Membership and Engagement Officer
Salary Band: £25,000 - £31,059
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (35hrs pwk)
Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire

Plunkett is a national charity and leading expert in rural community owned business. Working with over 1000 community businesses - including shops, pubs, woodlands and farms – our services help communities UK-wide develop and safeguard assets and services which address a range of issues including isolation, loneliness, wellbeing, work and training.

We are seeking to grow and develop our membership network and fundraising activities and this role will require daily contact and conversations with our growing network of community businesses, individual supporters, funders, and membership suppliers. You will be at the very centre of this activity, helping to create long-lasting relationships with stakeholders throughout the UK.

To be successful in the role, you will be enthusiastic about the role of community businesses, confident and outgoing in your communication style, and have a proven aptitude for customer service and relationship building. You will also have excellent administration and organisational skills and be keen to play a valuable part in helping the organisation achieve its membership and fundraising targets.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Sunday 4th July 2021
Interview date: Interviews will be held remotely during the week commencing 12 July 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our HR Partner's website to submit your application.

Registered Charity: 313743

No agencies please.
 

Overview - Justlife Brighton
The team provide holistic, responsive and flexible support to people with the aim of helping their experience of housing vulnerability be as short, safe and healthy as possible. This includes health engagement work improving access to primary care, helping clients improve and maintain their health along with support specifically for those in temporary accommodation in the city. Justlife also engages in research into the effects of living in temporary accommodation, which informs our work locally, as well as enabling us to have conversations on a wider scale to bring about positive change.

Job Summary – Health Engagement Worker The role of Health Engagement Worker will involve supporting a caseload of people that are experiencing homelessness. The role requires the use of specialist knowledge and relationship skills to influence people with varying degrees of mental health, addiction and trauma related issues to engage with health services. This will include advocacy in registering them for medical services and accompanying them to appointments; assisting them in addressing all aspects of physical and mental health or substance addiction needs, as well as advocating or them to get access to source housing and social security benefits. Working collaboratively with our partners Arch Healthcare the role is dependent on good communication and joint working with a variety of partners and professionals.

The role requires a high degree of motivation to support complex and vulnerable people, often in a lone-working situation. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our service users, and with some experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.
A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support people, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. A role of this nature will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such requires a high degree of resilience to cope with the emotional demands of the role.

Making decisions “in the moment” to do the right thing to mitigate risk with service users can place high emotional demands on the job holder. The role is highly reactive, unpredictable and at times, chaotic. The role therefore requires a high degree of self-awareness to one’s own resilience levels and exercising appropriate levels of self-care.

Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement Manager

£39,000

Braintree, Essex - Agile working

Permanent, Full Time 

Closing Date: 21st June

About the role

Our client are currently seeking an Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement Manager to help them build a culture that celebrates difference and removes the barriers that can prevent everyone from being able to get involved.

Your key requirements for this role include:

• Promote a diverse and inclusive culture, celebrate their differences, and empower their people. 

• Drive the delivery of their ED&I strategy and their wellbeing programme.

• Work with senior colleagues to initiate and create long term value, going beyond the legislative and compliance requirements to create an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can flourish.

• Lead on developing and delivering employee wellbeing initiatives which will ensure they maintain a positive working environment where individuals can thrive.

About you

The ideal candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Significant experience working to support equality and diversity.

• Have a strong personal commitment to promoting Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice

• As a strong influencer, you’ll be able to build credible relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers

• Hold great analytical and investigative skills, including logical reasoning and problem solving

• Have the ability to write reports including effective evaluation of data to meaningful management information, along with good presentation skills.

About Our Client

Our client are proud to be the largest Community Gateway Association in the country. This makes them different from other housing associations as they encourage their residents to regularly share their insights with them so that they can be actively involved in decisions about their homes and the services they offer. They believe they have a fantastic opportunity to not only meet the housing needs of their communities in Essex and Suffolk but do so much more for their residents.

With ambitious plans to play their part in challenging the housing crisis, they are looking for passionate and inspiring individuals from all walks of life to join their world and help them achieve the very best for their people, their residents, and their communities.

They are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse culture where their people across all ethnicities, genders and lifestyles are respected and valued. Embracing diversity is not only the right thing to do, but it is key to their success, and that’s why they welcome applications from everyone.

Join Our Client!

They offer a great range of benefits as well as opportunities to learn, develop and collaborate across the organisation. Along with flexible working and a dress for your day office culture they are innovative, in not just the work they do, but the way they work.