Somalia Crisis Recovery Programme (SCRP) Senior Programme Manager

Salary: £36,994 per annum (£22,804 per annum, pro rata) + good range of benefits (+ London Weighting if based in London)

Contract: Fixed Term (until 30th December 2021) – 22.5 hours per week, contract issued will be conditional and subject to funding approval

Based: Currently home-based due to Covid-19, however role to be Milton Keynes (preferred) or London based when offices re-open

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

World Vision UK is setting up a team to lead the Somalia Crisis Recovery Programme, funded by the World Bank through the Federal Government of Somalia. The programme will be Implemented through the SomReP consortium and will support the recovery of communities in Somalia impacted by floods and drought and strengthen capacity for disaster preparedness.

This is an attractive opportunity for an experienced programme manager to lead the implementation of the complex programme, working with a range of partners and the Federal Government of Somalia to ensure that the contract outputs are achieved in accordance to the contract terms whilst managing risks in the implementation.

We are looking for a candidate with experience of complex grant or contract management in a humanitarian or development environment, with the ability to manage relationships with consortium partners and international funders effectively. Experience of applying monitoring systems and managing budgets is also required.

This is a fixed term contract for 12 months, and the contract issued will be conditional and subject to funding approval.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description attached. 

Closing Date for applications: 30th November 2020

Interview Dates: week beginning 7th December 2020

Please note that if response for this role is higher than anticipated, we reserve the right to commence interviews and appoint before the published closing date.

Please note that we are only able to accept applications from those who currently hold the Right to Work in the UK.

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

We are seeking a positive, target driven and organised individual to join our successful retail team in Northampton Town Centre.
Daily duties include sorting donated stock, preparing stock for sale, pricing, managing volunteers, visual merchandising, cashing up, recruiting volunteers and providing training to them.

Occasionally the Shop Manager may be required to assist in other RSPCA Northamptonshire shops to cover absences or provide additional support.

The Shop Manager will be required to work 5 days per week (35 hours) including some weekends. Working days may vary weekly so flexibility is required.

Previous retail, customer service and management experience is desirable.

This is a very rewarding and exciting opportunity in a role that varies day to day. A good level of fitness is required to carry out duties.

Job Type: Full Time

COVID-19 considerations:
Strict Covid Risk Assessments are in place and constantly reviewed to ensure the safety of our staff and customers

Application deadline: 25/09/2020

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £18,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• management: 2 years (Preferred)
• customer service: 2 years (Preferred)

Licence:

• UK Driving (Preferred)

Work remotely:

• No

With child poverty on the rise, we are looking for incredible people to grow our work, helping us support every child who needs us. 

Are you systematic and efficient with an eye for detail? 

We need someone like you to join our office team. 

Key duties include:

• Financial administration including all bookkeeping.
• Implementing processes that make our work more efficient. 
• Managing our contact database. 
• Keeping staff records up to date. 
• Providing all administration functions for safe recruitment of new team. 
• Sending regular mail outs. 
• Fulfilling the role of GDPR officer.
• Overseeing the charities general enquires. 

If you fit the following criteria, we think you could be perfect for this role. 

Experience

• Exceptional data entry and record keeping.
• Designing and implementing efficient systems. 
• Successfully working in a small team.

Knowledge

• Understanding of office management processes. 
• Basic understanding of bookkeeping. 

Skills

• Proficient in MS Office.
• An eye for detail, highly valuing preparedness and efficiency. 
• Excellent communication skills. 

For more information please download attachments or visit our website. 

Do you want to join an award winning team that is making a difference to  people's lives and the natural world we live in?

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To take the lead in:

• Co-ordinating Tree and Wildflower Nurseries with responsibilities for ensuring supply meets all of Lindengate’s commercial needs, as well as creating year round tasks for gardeners and increasing/maintaining habitats at Lindengate and elsewhere.
• Co-ordinating development, and ongoing maintenance of the wildlife ponds, the Community Nature Reserve and Education facilities, and co-ordinating the Rough Around the Edges project.
• Developing training for volunteers in conservation practices as needed to fulfil gardener activities, and site and trading objectives.
• Co-ordinating conservation volunteers.
• Supporting Short Programmes for young people with conservation, bush craft and heritage craft activities.
• Liaising with the STH Co-ordinators and their team to ensure that all service users programmes are supported as is best for the service users and the overall site objectives.
• Assisting and supporting training for STH volunteers and gardeners, especially with conservation projects.

Other responsibilities:

• Support in planning a 3 month rolling programme for activities in the gardens, nature reserve and conservation areas.
• Support in the development of a programme of growing and productivity on the site to support its financial sustainability.

• Keep records of the tree and shrub nursery using the ‘Accessions’ file.
• Keep an up to date inventory of all site and horticultural tools and materials, and support in the liaising of suppliers for repairs, replacements and additions.
• Ensure the site is properly equipped for all H&S needs in line with current legislation and agreed policies, and implement monthly updates of risk assessments/ fire drills as the site develops.
• Support the Horticultural Manager with resourcing all that is needed for the site development and all programmes according to agreed deadlines and budgets.
• Support in the implementation of all site-based volunteer, corporate fundraising and community group events.  This will require some evening and weekend working.
• Implement agreed induction for new Site and Hort volunteers joining the team.

• Support all activities with effective communication and learning.
• Support in the implementing all aspects of site maintenance.
• Share general co-ordinator responsibilities with Site and Hort Co-ordinator (Hort).
• Develop a series of nature based walks and talks for gardeners, volunteers and visitors.
• Assist in the development of our conservation income streams.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

A combination of specific conservation/horticultural qualifications and/or experience, supervisory skills, and a natural aptitude to deal with a highly flexible environment. An empathy for those dealing with mental health needs and a proven track record in working with young people is paramount.

• RHS Level 2 Horticulture equivalent with relevant experience working in horticulture.
• Proven experience in managing wild spaces and habitats.
• Able to demonstrate an in depth knowledge of native species, conservation methods and practices, including bush and heritage crafts.
• Experience of successfully working with volunteers, community groups and young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of mental health needs.
• Competency in Word & Excel.
• Competency in working to budgets and resourcing.
• Competency in project co-ordination.

Personal attributes

• An empathy for people with mental health needs, especially young people.
• Values that are in line with Lindengate’s policy to conserve nature and use eco-friendly and recycling methods.
• High personal standards, including good time keeping, ability to meet deadlines and general good husbandry with all activities.
• Good leadership skills, enthusiastic personality, able to motivate others and work as part of a team.
• Pleasant and patient manner, and ability to relate positively to many different kinds of people.
• Ability to deal with changing priorities and respond happily to the need to be flexible.

COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES

All duties and responsibilities should be carried out in accordance with agreed policy and procedures, in particular the policies on Vulnerable Adults, Boundaries, Safeguarding, Confidentiality, Data Protection and Health and Safety. 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative fundraising leader who has experience of creating and delivering plans for income generation, ideally working within a Charity environment, who will empower the fundraising team to help deliver success and our ambitions for the charity.

Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charity provides funding and support to Cynthia Spencer Hospice, a NHS hospice in Northampton. Cynthia Spencer Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults living in the South of Northamptonshire.

As we embark on a period of challenges and changes within the hospice sector and the economy, this post holder will have ultimate responsibility in developing a fundraising and communication strategy which will grow income to ensure sustainable service delivery and support for our patients and their families. Whilst ensuring the promotion and visibility of Cynthia Spencer Hospice and its services as the lead provider of hospice and specialist palliative care services across South Northamptonshire.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual with the vision to embrace and cultivate new opportunities to grow income and be able to support the charity through significant change. In order to succeed in this role you will need to demonstrate:

• Fundraising and commercial experience, with demonstrable success at forming and delivering against a fundraising and communication strategy

• The ability to network, build and manage high value relationships and form strategic corporate partnerships

• The ability to inspire and motivate a team to achieve targets and deliver the strategy

• Experience and confidence of managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Excellent budget management skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

As Director of Income Generation you will report to the CEO and, as part of the senior management team, help to present our work to a variety of audiences and develop the charity.  Above all you will embrace our values with a passion, and love working as part of a growing organisation dedicated to improving care for patients at the end of life.

This post offers a real opportunity for the successful candidate to have a direct, tangible impact on the charity by strengthening and increasing support, expanding our income streams and improving awareness of the charity – helping us to continue to provide much needed care to the thousands of local people living within or affected by life-limiting illnesses or complex health issues.

If you want to be part of an established and successful organisation and have the ambition to help drive our strategy and changing environment, please get in touch.

Marketing Officer – Supporter Engagement team

Looking to take your fundraising and marketing career to another level and use your skills where they really matter?

Salary: £25,650 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced direct marketing professional to join the Supporter Engagement team within our Fundraising Group. In the team we love the fact that each day is different - from creating concepts, briefing and copywriting, through to project and agency management, data selection, analysis and insight. Within this role, you'll deliver exceptional experiences for World Vision supporters through the development and delivery of timely, high-value and inspiring multi-channel fundraising campaigns that demonstrate the difference they are making.

This role will give you the opportunity to develop fundraising campaigns that inspire our supporters and invite them to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. It will be your job to ensure our communications truly reflect World Vision’s mission and Christian ethos to our diverse supporter base.

Working alongside our data team, you'll have the chance to understand supporter behaviour, analyse results and build learnings into future activities. You’ll create compelling copy, as well as manage relationships with our design, print, and digital agencies, working collaboratively to produce emotive communications that ‘reach’ our supporters and bring to life the change they are making.

With a particular focus on supporting digital innovation for our entry level products, specific experience in digital fundraising, online advertising, conversion journeys or web analytics would be an advantage.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking. Like many organisations we’re mainly working remotely right now, and longer-term this role could be carried out in part remotely. The role will have a significant stakeholder management component to it as well as a strong emphasis on networking and relationship building internally, so the postholder would need to be in the Milton Keynes office at least twice a week.

Please click the link provided to view the full job description.

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 10 December 2020

Interview Dates: w/c 14th December 2020

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice available on our website.

No agencies please.

Exciting new opportunity for a Team Leader to join our Young Peoples service in Milton Keynes!

GBP £25,475 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Milton Keynes Young Peoples Service is for people aged 16 - 21 with the capacity to support 58Young People at any one time. The service provides a high level of support to Young People that may be care leavers, looked after children and unaccompanied asylum seeking children. They are supported with a variety of complex support needs such as child sexual exploitation, gangs and offending, substance misuse and mental health.

You will be working with and leading a team of specialists and supports workers to support Young People to meet their aspirations, stay safe and live independently. The service is compiled of 5 properties, the largest capacity at one site being 16 units with 24hr support.

Job Overview:

The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day to day management of their designated services, including line managing the relevant front line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the Contract Manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the service.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
- Deliver effective supervision and team meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication
- Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisations succession plans
- Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
- Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
- Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract/Heads of Operations
- Deliver an out of hours on-call service for region, where required
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Contract Manager/Head of Operations, as appropriate
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all times and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Desirable:

- Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

This is a great opportunity to join our local delivery teams in our Central Region.  We are looking for an Operations Executives to manage a caseload of Young People into sustainable outcomes.  We are currently working from home which will feature for the foreseeable period.

Your responsibilities will include delivery of a range of sessions to local Young people helping them secure positive outcomes in Employment, Education or Enterprise. Working as part of a small team you will need to be flexible, adaptable and build great relationships with Young People, our delivery partners and volunteers. You will help to deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to young people across the area whilst ensuring the Trust is known to local recruiters for referrals. Within your role you will have responsibility for a specific theme, either Enterprise, Education or employability.

We have the ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review, and support our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across the area.

We want to hear from applicants that have high motivation to succeed, can work to local contract requirements and KPIs and are a great team member.

 You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external) and ensure that our delivery plans are achieved, and the quality and impact is high.

The Trust has a behavioural framework which informs all our work with colleagues, young people and partners. Through the process, the successful candidate will demonstrate their ability to lead by example, communicate effectively, continually improve themselves and others and by working as one team deliver results for the benefit of young people.

Please note: We will begin reviewing applications prior to the closing date so we advise you to submit something sooner rather than later. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply.