At Student Minds we value student engagement and co-production. We believe that students with lived experience should be at the forefront of decisions that will impact their experience. We want to improve and enhance how we do this and we are looking for a Student Engagement Officer to help us achieve this.
We have a proud history of championing student engagement and co-production in designing and delivering student experience and we want to ensure that student voices feed into our programmes and initiatives at all levels. If this sounds like an appealing challenge then this could be the role for you!
As Student Engagement Officer you will be working in close collaboration with our Student Voice and Equality Lead to ensure Student Minds’ student engagement work is the best that it can be.
You will advance the work of the charity on a number of different projects. This is an excellent opportunity within an organisation that is small enough to see the direct benefit of your effort. This role is ideal for someone looking to enter into a career in student engagement, Higher Education and/or the charity sector.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
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Christians Against Poverty is a dynamic and growing mission with a strong vision, award winning culture and passionate workforce. CAP exists to equip the local church so that it may effectively serve the poor and proclaim Jesus. We have developed highly effective expertise to break into the hellish mix of poverty, isolation, chaos and severe stress, delivering hope, peace, and freedom through our compassion and technical excellence. Due to our debt help work, we are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and are required to meet high regulatory standards.
Working at CAP is exhilarating because we experience partnership with the living Christ and the power of His resurrection as we see thousands of people freed from debt, connected with a loving community and saved. We have a huge, collective ambition to see people freed from poverty, and to see them come to know Jesus’ abundant life and find belonging in his family.
CAP’s work in the UK is delivered through over 300 head office staff in Bradford who serve the frontline teams and volunteers that make up a vibrant network of around 600 community franchise centres. CAP UK, as the founding national franchise, also supports and equips country franchises growing in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and America.
CAP lives out the belief that culture eats strategy for breakfast (though we’re pretty keen on strategy too, so we have that for lunch). We invest in and seek to thoroughly integrate our core values into who we are and how we do what we do. To join CAP is to commit to growing with us into being more Christ centred, generous, passionate, united, compassionate, fun, excellent and courageous.
The role of the Director of Technology and Digital Transformation, reporting into Jon Day our COO, is a critical one, particularly at this time in leading the digital transformation of our flagship debt service. We are looking for a Director to provide the sophisticated and inspiring leadership required to take our services to the next level.
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We are looking for a talented, passionate and experienced Behavioural Insights Consultant to lead the strategic development of behaviour change marketing interventions, ensuring they are guided by the latest theory and research evidence to create positive, demonstrable impact for our clients and communities.
Magpie is a cause–led marketing agency, placing behaviour change at the heart of what we do. Our purpose is to help create healthier and happier communities; one person, one campaign at a time. We call this The Great Campaign.
Inspirers, motivators, strategic thinkers, creative activists, communicators, collaborators, socially engaged, ethical, problem solvers, proactive, tenacious, experts.
We are driven by purpose and have a plan. Positive energy and social good emits from within and is felt across the team. We work as one, to succeed together and to respect the expertise each of us brings. We step up and keep going until the job is done, whatever it takes. This is what our clients and communities deserve.
This exciting new opportunity will strengthen our passionate team and ensure we continue to offer leading-edge behaviour change marketing interventions driven by academic insight. This matters now more than ever.
We are looking for a strong leader with a solid background in one of the following: Applied health research, behavioural psychology; behaviour change; social marketing.
Role Description
Lead all insight work, with hands-on project management from initial proposal and scoping through to intervention and evaluation.
Act as a thought leader with a proven track record in the field of behavioural science and complex interventions. Always abreast of current affairs, leading and joining conversations as a representative of Magpie and our clients.
Provide proactive, intelligent, and diligent consultation to clients, guiding them with your expertise.
Ensure the team are utilising the latest methods of insight collection and interpretation through delivery of regular training and guidance.
Apply underpinning psychological theory to new strategies, and develop these into a defined programme of work to deliver exceptional impact for our clients.
Manage and take complete responsibility for budgets, including setting budgets, budget management and regular and timely budget reporting.
Oversee all aspects of quantitative research including survey design, analysis and evaluation.
Head up qualitative research, leading focus groups, workshops and co-creation sessions garnering insight for campaigns.
Interpret and write academic reports and use knowledge to develop robust strategies.
Brief and write content for a range of material for the intervention as required, utilising external partners expertise and input as necessary.
Proofread content for all intervention materials ensuring accuracy of all materials and providing formal sign off with the client. Be accountable for the accuracy and quality of your own work and all insight that has Magpie’s name on it.
Get hands on with intervention delivery as and when required, including writing content for social media and newsletters, or promoting events and activities across networks.
Ensure that all communications adhere to brand and identity guidelines across all campaign communication channels.
Develop and cultivate relationships with a range of stakeholders to ensure maximum engagement and impact for every campaign.
Prepare and deliver presentations at a range of informal and formal meetings and events to varied audiences (ranging from small local community groups to large delegations of senior influencers).
Recognise and nurture future opportunities within the networks and communities you are working with as part of our Great Campaign approach.
Connect and keep in touch with communities and networks to constantly adapt live interventions to create maximum impact, within budget.
Establish key measures and monitor results, producing regular progress reports (e.g. weekly, fortnightly or monthly), making recommendations for alterations to tactics to optimise the impact of each intervention.
Respond to, and challenge, client feedback in a timely and empathetic manner, clearly communicating thoughts and next steps to clients and internal colleagues.
Work with impact and commerciality at the core to achieve sales targets, making the most of every opportunity with existing and potential clients to attract and win fulfilling new business for Magpie.
Manage, motivate and support other staff, to ensure our campaigns create positive impact.
Read more in our recruitment pack available below, which also includes contact details to arrange an informal chat about the role should you wish to find out more.
Magpie is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer - a place where we can ALL be ourselves and succeed on merit.
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Head of Services
Yorkshire and North East
£50,000 per annum plus bonus, pension and healthcare
Are you an innovative and effective senior operational leader with commercial acumen and a strong social ethos and ready to make a positive contribution to the lives of homeless people with support needs?
One (Housing and Support) CIC are a specialist provider of intensive housing management to vulnerable groups of people. As a newly formed not-for-profit community interest company we work with a variety of people who need help to overcome barriers in their lives. We work in partnership with people to provide high-quality accommodation and support and help them to learn the key skills needed to live independently and play an active role in their community, giving them access to a better future.
At One CIC, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to do great things.
About the role
This is a highly rewarding opportunity and an excellent time to join an organisation that is passionate about reducing homelessness and giving people access to a better life.
The role itself is highly autonomous and strategic and is a vital part of the senior leadership team which has impressive growth plans UK wide.
Reporting to the Chief Executive and working closely with the Directors, you will implement and drive initiatives to meet the objectives and goals of One CIC; and will proactively drive continuous service improvement plans to meet challenging targets and achieve the best value for the customers, their team and the future of the organisation.
As a leader you will manage the operation, which will include talent attraction, development, retention and performance of several individuals, such as: Housing Manager, Housing Support Officers and the wider support team.
As the safety of people is paramount, you will be accountable for managing risk and ensuring the organisation is compliant with current and ever-changing housing laws and recommendations.
You will manage seamless relationships with many internal and external stakeholders, inclusive of local housing teams, commissioners and partners. Nurturing these relationships and enabling them to identify and develop continued and future growth opportunities across the Yorkshire and North East Region
About you
Able to demonstrate extensive experience of strategically leading an operational service where you have implemented successful policies, procedures and continuous improvement initiatives, ideally within the housing or homeless sector or a similar not-for profit organisation.
You will be a commercially astute manager with proven experience of developing business opportunities and have a personal drive and ambition to meet One CIC's plans for growth and development.
With a proven passion for delivering excellent customer service and a genuine desire to help tenants, you will have first class communications skills and be able to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
By adopting a collaborative and supportive management style, you will be able to lead, influence and mentor with a strong emphasis on employee engagement and a personal commitment to tenant/customer involvement.
You will have an excellent track record in developing and overseeing outstanding support for people facing homelessness (or a related areas) such as supporting people to move on to their own accommodation, gain independence and/or reintegrate them back into a community setting.
How to apply
Please upload a copy of your CV, along with a covering letter which explains both why you are attracted to this post, and why you are the right person for us. Please limit your covering letter to no more than 1 page.
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 17th August, with first stage interviews taking place week commencing 17 th and 24 th August 2020 and final interviews scheduled for week commencing 7 th or 14 th September 2020.