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Check my CVOperations Director – Performance and Quality
Age UK Leeds is a leading local charity with a strong reputation for providing high quality services that contribute to improvements in the health and wellbeing of older people in Leeds. Along with other partners across the city we are facing a critical period, as the full impact of the pandemic on the older population emerges it is essential that we are well placed to respond positively to address health inequalities, promote independence and increase resilience.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our well established Senior Management Team where you will be in a position to shape and lead the development of new initiatives as well as providing senior leadership oversight of two of our key city-wide existing services ensuring they continue to deliver to the highest standards meeting the diverse needs of the older people of Leeds.
Starting salary £35,745 to £38,890 + pension
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week
Closing Date: Tuesday 01st June 2021
Interview Date: Wednesday 9th June 2021
As the Operations Director – Performance and Quality you will be directly responsible for providing strategic operational leadership for the following key services; Hospital to Home (including the current Home Comfort pilot), Information and Advice and SWIFt (Supporting Wellbeing).
In addition, you will have organisation wide responsibility for;
- The development and implementation of organisation-wide quality management processes, procedures
- Service user engagement, to ensure that service user involvement is key in the development and delivery of all services, and is embedded in practice and development
- Oversight of volunteer recruitment, development and engagement
As a member of the SMT you will directly contribute to the strategic planning and development of Age UK Leeds, working as part of a team help to shape the vision, culture and core values of the organisation. You must have the ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise conflicting work loads and delegate effectively. You will have proven ability to build and manage effective and high performing teams. Experience of effective partnership working in a health or social care environment and with a range of stakeholders is essential for this post.
Further details and an application pack are available on our Age UK Leeds website.
Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) is a national Christian charity that helps churches to bring hope and a future for struggling children.
This is an exciting time to join us. Recognised as the UK’s Best Charity to Work For by the prestigious Sunday Times Annual Awards in 2019, we have developed three high-impact programmes that more and more churches across the UK are running and funding. This has led us to double in income in the last four years. We expect to do so again by 2026.
With more than 100 staff and income of over £5m, we have been upgrading our finance system and growing the finance team to keep pace but there is much more to do. As Head of Finance, you will deliver high quality and timely financial information, working with the team to ensure the smooth running of TLG core finance functions. This role will take a business partnering approach working across the organisation, connecting with senior managers and key leaders to support and advise on all financial aspects. The role will also work externally, connecting with key stakeholders and managing key relationships.
If this sounds like you and you share our passion to see UK churches transforming the lives of struggling children, then we would love to hear from you.
TLG welcomes applications from many diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Initial interviews to take place w/c 21st June 2021 and final interviews w/c 28th June 2021.
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With the retirement of the current Director later this year, the Chair and Trustees are looking for someone with a passion for community development, who is an innovative, flexible leader with prior fundraising or income generating experience and comfortable in public, private and voluntary sector settings.
If you have the drive and enthusiasm to respond to this exciting challenge, then we would like to hear from you.
The closing date for recipt of completed applications is Friday 28 May and interviews will be held in Wakefield w/c 21 June.
As a result of an exciting array of opportunities for greater impact and influence, TLG are creating the brand-new role of Schools Strategy Director to initially lead a strategic review of the TLG Education Centre model and the existing support structure.
The School Strategy Director will build a shared understanding with senior leaders of the practices that are central to success and identify opportunities for school improvement, efficiency, investment and change across the TLG network of Education Centre Schools.
They will bring leadership in the implementation of change and development with the goal of enabling local churches to play their part with TLG in transforming the lives of struggling children. We are seeking a senior educational leader with a vibrant Christian faith and a passion for the Church to be at the forefront of changing lives.
As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
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We are delighted to be working in partnership with Day One Trauma Support to recruit them a new Director of Service Development. Day One Trauma Support are a truly incredible national Charity based in Leeds, providing practical and emotional support to patients and family members in the immediate aftermath of a major trauma and throughout the recovery journey. They work alongside the NHS with patients and families and are able to provide support and advice alongside the medical treatment that a patient receives. This could be emotional, financial, legal and other practical concerns.
The Director of Service Development is a brand-new role within the Charity and it is certainly a very exciting time to join as Day One have ambitious growth plans moving forwards. The Director of Service Development will work closely with the CEO and the board to develop the growth strategy both regionally and nationally.
As the Director of Service Development, you will lead on the delivery, planning and implementation of service developments, including new contracts within Major Trauma Centres and community outreach projects. You will be instrumental in project managing the roll out to new trauma centres. As a member of the senior management team you will be directly responsible for the volunteer Manager and work closely with the Income and Communications Manager on bids for funding to support service delivery.
To apply for this role you must have had business or service development experience, preferably in a Charity or healthcare setting, as well as project management experience. Success in tender bidding management is also desirable. You will have had service planning and operational management experience and it is desirable that you have had some experience in working with or within NHS Trusts. You will also be a creative, strategic thinker with a practical operational approach.
Day One Trauma Support are a flexible employer and this role can be home based preferably with access to the head office in Leeds. Please note this role closes 28th May with interviews scheduled in for w/c 7th June. For more information about this incredibly exciting opportunity please contact Laura iliff on [email protected] .com or call 01132207540
Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
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We’re excited to be recruiting across West Yorkshire for people who are passionate about working with and helping young people improve their lives.
It's a unique time at the moment but our commitment to our young people is as strong as it’s ever been. We want to keep providing support to young people face to face, however, we’ve developed new ways of working to enable all young people access to our services including a blended approach to virtual and face to face programme delivery.
This role involves working on our Health and Social Care programmes, could you support young people to reach our aim of getting 10,000 young people into Health and Social Care careers?
As a Prince’s Trust Executive, you’ll engage and build quality relationships with young people, volunteers and partners, and as an effective communicator and collaborator, you will thrive in both team and independent work. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives then we would love to hear from you!
Our Prince’s Trust Executives work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We therefore welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role, if you’re not sure if you do, please feel free to apply as you’ll have the chance to fill in a supporting statement and let us know what you would bring to the table and if you have lived experience that will help our young people.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. As well as being confident delivering with groups face to face you must also be comfortable working virtually and delivering programmes on virtual platforms.
Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people so you will need to have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:
• Social and personal development
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management
• Partnerships management
• Health and Social Care
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
37 hours per week worked flexibly
Based in Shipley, Skipton or Harrogate, plus home working
Raising the profile of unpaid carers and reaching out to offer support, information and advice are the key dual roles of the Communications and Engagement Team.
You will work across the organisation identifying key communication and marketing routes to ensure that the voices of carers are heard locally, and nationally
The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator with the range of skills commensurate with the array of communication methods in use today. Leading the Engagement Team, the post holder will ensure that all communication both externally and internally adheres to our branding guidelines and is presented in a high quality professional manner.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to write, co-ordinate and edit others contributions to our quarterly newsletter, manage relationships with the media, lead publicity and carer campaigns and further develop social media as an effective form of communication.
Are you a motivated, passionate and experienced manager with an impressive track record of delivering high-quality services, to meet the needs of local communities in a social work/care, health or education profession? Want to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families? If so, read on.
Catholic Care is an ambitious Charity. We are always striving to offer even better services to give the children, young people, families and schools we work with quality and highly regarded support services. This means that as we look to the future we have the confidence to try something new.
We know it is our professionals working with children and young people who make the biggest difference to their lives and as we look to integrate our services, we require a Senior Manager who will share this vision and manage a team of experienced practitioners. Your role will be to provide management, professional support, advice and supervision to frontline practitioners, ensuring that a quality service is delivered to children and young people.
You will be responsible for the development of the teams and the results delivered. You will work in partnership with other agencies and with our commissioned services to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people that we work with.
This is an exciting time where we are keen to make a difference to service delivery. This is an inspirational opportunity to be part of the team and join us on our journey.
To be considered as the Senior Manager, you will need:
- A management qualification and extensive experience in a senior management role
- A thorough knowledge of good practice and legislation in relation to safeguarding children and adults, social care provision, outcome management and management controls
- A recognised professional qualification in social work and/or care, health, education or equivalent
In-depth knowledge of local services that provide support for families, across children’s social care would highly desirable.
If you are as excited by the prospect as we are, then we would like to speak to you as it may be just the role for you.
Job Title: Senior Manager for Children and Young People’s Services
Salary: SP38 to 41 £40,760 to £43,662 plus pension and other benefits
Post: Permanent Full Time
Location: As part of your role, you will be expected to travel across West and parts of North Yorkshire and be based at Head Office in Headingley, Leeds
Closing Date: 21st May 2021
Interview Date: 7thJune 2021
Catholic care was founded in 1863 and has evolved its services now caring for older people, adults at risk, children & families and helping those who are disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized; people of all faiths or of no faith at all. The charity also employs people of all faiths and none.
Project Officer
(Ref: SUS3191)
£24,938 per annum pro rata
37.5 hours per week
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Base: Leeds or Newcastle
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About the Role
We now have an exciting opportunity to help us undertake projects across the North of England.
You will work on our “Paths for Everyone” and “Liveable Towns and Cities” programmes, with projects focused on getting more people walking and cycling by improving the National Cycle Network and working with local communities, reshaping their streets and encouraging greater active travel.
About You
We are looking for an excellent communicator who can build effective working relationships with a diverse range of project partners.
You will have an understanding of wider transport and/or urban design issues and how they interact with creating more liveable spaces.
In return we can offer you genuine flexibility around working patterns. We embrace values-driven and inclusive leadership and we listen and make time for innovation through our people-centred culture.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you can make a big impact and where we value the contribution and expertise of everyone.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.
We actively encourage applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes people who identify as having a disability, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.
Interviews
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Wednesday 26 May 2021. Interviews will take place via MS Teams during 16 June 2021.
Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.
To apply, please complete our online application form.
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Department: Customer Journey
Interview date: week commencing 24/05
Contract Duration: 18 months
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
You will be part of a high-profile, business critical, priority team transforming the platforms used by Citizens Advice volunteers to deliver remote advice to the public. This will involve replacing existing telephony and webchat platforms and introducing video chat capabilities to the network. Our phone service alone receives millions of calls from the public every year and is staffed by thousands of volunteers. The team is multi-disciplinary and involves staff from across the organisation. You will be working particularly closely with product managers, delivery managers, user researchers, user experience designers, service designers, data scientists and strategists. We work closely with colleagues in technology and data and operations.
You will provide business change management support to this transformation effort, which is expected to take up to 2.5 years and will involve discovering requirements, testing and procuring solutions and rolling out new technologies to thousands of volunteers across England and Wales. You will be responsible for ensuring that this significant body of change is delivered successfully. As well as bringing extensive change management experience, including knowledge of current methodologies and tools and their practical application, we are looking for someone with experience of working in a multidisciplinary team delivering high transactional digital products and platforms using agile methodology. You'll also have experience discovering training requirements and supporting the delivery of training programmes that meets those requirements. To be successful, you’ll need strong analytical and judgement skills and be adept at building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.