About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis is committed to ensuring that people with lived experience of homelessness are involved in developing and delivering our services. 

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team to help resource suitable and sustainable accommodation for our members to move on to in ending their homelessness.
As Housing Procurement Officer, you will create successful relationships with social and private landlords to maximise the supply of suitable homes across the Liverpool City Region for our members. You will work alongside the Merseyside team to identify appropriate matches of tenants and properties.
The post holder will work in conjunction with Client Services and Best Practice colleagues to inform and shape best practice in securing affordable, sustainable homes for our members, and support its adoption across Crisis.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have an excellent understanding of the Liverpool City Region rental housing market along with an understanding of both the needs of social and private landlords and the barriers and opportunities faces by people moving out of homelessness and into housing. You will have experience of sourcing and procuring properties and the ability to negotiate and broker agreements effectively. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of issues affecting homeless or vulnerably housed individuals along with a commitment to empowering individuals with complex needs.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8% (subject to annual increase)
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website. 

Closing date: Sunday 17 January 2021 (at 11.59pm)
Interview date: Thursday 28 January 2021

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

The successful applicant will work with a dynamic, passionate Team, within a very well established and needed female only registered Charity, Tomorrow’s Women Wirral. As Business Development Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the efficacy and efficiency of business operations as well as shaping strategic goals for the future. As an ideal candidate you will be well-versed in all business matters.  You will be a competent leader able to provide guidance that enhances performance in a manner which incorporates the Charity’s vision and culture, with the goal to ensure the sustainability of the Charity’s activities and to drive development  and long-term success whilst always keeping the aims and values of the Charity at the forefront.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

(Please note, this job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be changed in the light of experience and in consultation with the post-holder.)

• Adhere to direction set by the Board of Directors/Trustees and CEO.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors/Trustees, CEO and Treasurer in the production of business plans, financial forecasts, and policy updates, and provide feedback on strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. 
• Deputise for CEO in her absence.
• Work as part of a Motivational Management Team.
• Support the work of employees to improve efficiency, effectiveness, safety and wellbeing.
• Gather, analyse and interpret both external and internal data to assist in the production of reports required.
• To develop and lead a Bid/Tender Writing Team providing tools and techniques to convert business ideas into an actionable plan to increase finance and growth.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with financial partners, Landlord, Public or Third Sector Grant fund holders, to facilitate an effective client financing process.
• Deliver a strong Business Plan and Model to develop and strengthen Tomorrow’s Women’s move towards business sustainability, creation and expansion. 
• Ensure adherence to legal rules and guidelines, and compliance with the regulations and procedures of the Charities Commission and Company Law.

Job Specification

• Proven experience as Business Development Manager or relevant role.
•  Appropriate degree/diploma or higher.
• Qualifications in Income Generation/Bid Writing/Leadership & Management and proven evidence of this.     
• Strong financial and business planning/growth expertise with a thorough understanding of diverse business processes and strategy development.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and abilities.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases, Tendering processes, and information systems.
• Good understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques.
• Commitment to, and understanding of, the work of our Charity. Ensuring Tomorrow’s Women’s ethos of client-focused delivery, innovation and social value is demonstrated to clients, partners, stakeholders, and funders.
• Flexibly and sensitively challenging in approach.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of Tomorrow’s Women, sharing best practice and ideas required.
• A good sense of humour!

OB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Operations Director Service Delivery

No of Posts: 1

Salary: £31,546- £34,999 plus Pension and Health Benefits

Status: Full Time, Substantive

Hours: 37.5 per week

Holidays: 26 days plus Bank Holidays per annum (increasing after 2 year’s service to max 31 days)

Based at: Wigan and Leigh

Responsible to: CEO

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

Closing Date: 12 noon, Friday 29th January 2021

Possible Interview days: 3rd and 4th February 2021

Please see full job specification attached

To Apply: Please enclose your CV along with a brief overview of why you feel you are perfect for this role in no more than 500 words

Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible

SUMMARY
The Brick is a growing Charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering a personal transitions service, unique to every person because every individual is at the heart of their own transition. This is an exciting opening for an exceptional leader to join the Charity in a role that will truly provide opportunities for people to make their own changes. Your role will be to enhance, integrate and develop all aspects of personal transitions services within the Charity. You will need to be as committed as we are to equip people from diverse backgrounds for self-sustaining and independent living. You will have an understanding about the need to ensure people have a safe, nurturing environment to thrive in, which is the first step into transition.

To be successful, you will be a person who has
• high integrity,
• commitment to organisational development, and good governance,
• excellent communication skills
• the ability to work at pace in a complex context,
• the ability to work in a team in a practical, flexible and cooperative way
• passionate about people having a right to choice
• passionate about an asset based approach to all service delivery
• a thorough background and knowledge surrounding safeguarding
• robust and in depth experience in complex issues which may prevent people from transitioning

Wellbeing Enterprises (WE) has received funding from the Future Innovation Fund to develop a Social Prescribing Training Academy for the Liverpool City Region (LCR). The Academy’s aim is to bolster the capacity and develop the skills and competencies of the social prescribing workforce in the LCR. It will also provide pathways to volunteering, work experience and employment for local people.

Social prescribing links patients to non-medical sources of support in the community as a way of responding to the wider biopsychosocial needs of patients. This approach is typically facilitated with the support of a Social Prescribing Link Worker / Wellbeing Officer.

As the Project Lead, you will drive forward the development of the Academy, having a key role in its design, implementation, and delivery of training. This is an excellent opportunity for a focused and creative individual who is looking to take ownership of a project and drive it from a concept to a reality. We are looking for candidates who place emphasis on quality of provision and long-term sustainability.

Chapter, a Cheshire based mental health charity, is looking for an experienced and proven Grants Fundraiser to join its dedicated team.

Chapter promotes the mental health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and workplaces through the provision of education and training services that adopt preventative and/or therapeutic approaches.

With an exciting strategic plan in place and a solid track record of securing funding from grants over the last 30 years, we’re looking for someone able to capture the imagination of funders and secure the monies needed for our core costs as well as a range of new projects.

This post offers the flexibility of home-based working, however you will be required to work a minimum of one day a week based in our Ellesmere Port office. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the successful candidate may be required to work largely from home in line with Government guidelines.

We have a strong commitment to promote equality and equal opportunities. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental ill-health. 

Closing date for applications is Sunday 14th February 2021.

Interviews will be held Thursday 25th February 2021. Due to current Government guidelines, it is expected that initial interviews will take place virtually. 

About us

Christian Aid believes that everyone, regardless of faith or race, is entitled to live a full life, free from poverty. We believe in tackling the root causes of poverty, not just the symptoms. And we believe the world can and must be changed so there is equality, dignity and freedom for all. If you’re as compelled as we are to make this change happen, and want to inspire others to help make it happen, then join us.

About the role

Central Supporter Engagement Coordinators play a crucial role in stewarding, inspiring, and engaging a diverse range of churches and Christian Aid groups to build on the agency of Christian Aid’s supporters. They are accountable for establishing stronger and more effective relationships and maintaining and increasing supporters’ level of engagement. They undertake a diverse range of stewardship and enquiry management activities, as well as being proactive in equipping and motivating churches, groups and people to pray, act and particularly give, in order to expose the scandal of poverty and to contribute effectively to its eradication. They are accountable for capturing and processing supporter information and providing consistent outstanding customer service and stewardship. The team will be involved in data management and will gain specific expertise in Christian Aid systems. The Central Supporter Engagement team are also accountable for providing excellent office-based help to complement the efforts of regional colleagues, working as one to achieve the strategic objectives of the Fundraising and Supporter Engagement department and the wider organisation. You will work closely with regional colleagues across the UK.

About you

You will be used to working in a customer care environment, including handling enquiries and complaints and appropriately dealing with difficult issues, and working with a customer database, including inputting, editing and extracting data. You will be able to dealing with new and existing supporters by telephone and in written communications, and liaise and build relationships with a broad range of people in a friendly, outgoing and positive manner. You will have knowledge of good donor management or customer care.

You will be able to demonstrate appropriate assurance to set manageable expectations and deal positively with supporters whose expectations cannot be met. You will also have the ability to retain clarity and focus in a very busy environment with excellent attention to detail as well as a systematic approach to work.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

All successful candidates will require either and Enhance  or Basic Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. Information will be forwarded to you by the HR team with your offer.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Our current team comprises of a small group of diverse individuals from different backgrounds. This is because we value diversity, and believe our differences makes us a stronger team and is instrumental to the way we work and to provide the best service to our supporters. As such, we invest in the skills, talents and experience of people from all walks of life, which also allows us to live out Christian Aid’s value which we are grounded in and committed to deliver; Dignity, Equality, Justice and Love. And so, we welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, and of all races, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion and beliefs. We would particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian & Ethnic Minority candidates as we are under-represented within this area and level within our organisation. As members of the International Disability Alliance, we also guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for our roles.