Overview of the area of work

The aim of this post is to provide support for families who are interacting with the Youth Justice Service and to receive referrals from Youth Justice colleagues or via Complex Safeguarding for families who need tailored support, including connecting them into community support offers – whether for advice, mental health support, practical support such as food / clothing, and access to community activities. The role encompasses elements of both advocacy and social prescription.

Community Connectors are at the heart of our approach to Social Prescribing in Salford and we are looking for an enthusiastic and person-centred individual with experience of working with children, young people and their families to join the team.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Develop positive working relationships with Salford City Council’s Youth Justice Service, ensuring you have an understanding of the youth justice system and working closely with the team to identify families who may benefit from support
• Develop and maintain good communication with people accessing the service to ensure that their strengths, goals and preferences as individuals are met and connect them to relevant services and opportunities within their community to achieve these
• Manage an active caseload and regularly visit families in person at home, at community venues or at the Youth Justice Service office
• Attend Child Protection / case conferences and other key meetings as required, including building relationships with other relevant professionals
• Work in collaboration with Wellbeing Matters’ Community Connectors to identify opportunities to connect families into, as needed
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key relevant community-based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals e.g. other local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
• Undertake research to understand how housing services operate in Salford and ensure a working knowledge of the benefits system
• Monitor and record key information regarding individual’s participation in the programme including tracking their experience and outcomes and provide timely feedback to referral partners
• Support and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the programme including producing relevant monitoring reports as well as collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews to understand how or why the delivery approach is impacting on people and the local community
• Support project development by raising awareness of the service through training, presentations and events

We are recruiting an experienced and motivated Senior Finance Officer with a proven track record of delivering to deadlines in a busy and dynamic environment. This is a varied role that will process transactions, perform reconciliations and help ensure that financial controls and policies are followed across the charity and its trading subsidiaries.

For more information about the role, please read the Job Pack. 

Do you have a passion for mental health and appreciate the important role nature plays in improving wellbeing? Are you a talented fundraiser with a track record of securing funding from Trusts and Foundations? Are you a self-starter who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment? If your answer is ‘Yes’ to all these questions then this could be the role for you.

About MindFood - MindFood is a small Ealing charity with a big vision: to be the Natural Health Service for the mind in West London. 

Our services help people to tackle stress, anxiety and depression in a natural way, by offering free food-growing and mindfulness courses across 2 sites in Ealing. Our courses are a fun balance of learning how to grow food, combined with tips and techniques to improve your wellbeing. As well as learning lots about gardening, participants are introduced to psychoeducational tools such as mindfulness, 5 ways to wellbeing and nutritional advice. 

About the role

MindFood are looking for an exceptional Fundraising & Development Director to work 1 day a week (or 4 to 5 days a month as a freelancer) to retain existing Trust and Statutory funding, identify & pursue new funding opportunities and to look at innovative ways of generating unrestricted income through corporate and community support. They will share responsibility for MindFood’s budget with the Management Team, and support the Finance Director on financial reporting. 

The successful candidate will be part of a small passionate, proactive and creative team. They must demonstrate flexibility and have excellent communication skills to deal with the demands of working for a charity. They will have a high level of initiative, direction and vision.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Development Director of MindFood is responsible for:

• Researching and identifying trusts and foundations whose interests align closely with MindFood’s vision 

• Preparing and submitting compelling applications, proposals and presentations to funders.

• Managing and developing new sources of revenue, including corporate wellbeing days, individual giving, tendering opportunities, statutory funding and community fundraising. 

• Ensuring we are leveraging our new charitable status including taking advantage of gift aid. 

• Identifying and working with partners on joint funding bids that align with our values and strategy

• Working with the Finance Director to agree to MindFood's budget to ensure minimal disruption to services and staff, and eventual growth.

• Reporting on charity development performance against agreed targets and KPIs and ensuring effective reporting to funders and donors.

• Producing quarterly charity development reports for the board. 

• Long range forward-planning and clear reporting of risk.

• Developing new services including structures, strategies and implementation plans

• Collaborating on service design with Programme Director and participants to ensure that MindFood’s programmes are constantly improving and evolving to better help people with mental health difficulties.

• Managing funders’ requirements, all funding applications, evaluation and reporting in a timely & professional manner.

• Stewardship of donors, ensuring that donors are thanked promptly and that their support is acknowledged in our marketing and social media.

• Attending funding events, workshops and other relevant events.

• Communicating funders’ requirements to the team to ensure all expectations are met.

• Maintaining an accurate record of all grants received, bids made and prospective charitable trusts. 

• Supporting on our marketing plan; providing content for our newsletter, contributing to our social media channels and website.

• Working with the Programme Director to develop and implement a strategy for unrestricted income generation, and trading e.g plants or other MindFood products, workshops or consultancy.

• Working with MindFood’s Finance and Programme Directors and Board of Trustees to set the strategic direction and priorities. 

• Assisting in the coordination of MindFood’s board meetings on a quarterly basis and ad-hoc sub groups.

The Mental Health Foundation is the UK’s leading charity for everyone’s mental health.  We are home to Mental Health Awareness Week and, with prevention at the heart of what we do, we aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.

Our focus is on three key areas:

1. Impact

We systematically consider how to scale ideas informed by evidence.  We build partnerships and alliances that increase the impact and reach of our work.

2. Influence

We harness evidence and the voice of lived experience to advocate for preventive approaches and create campaigns which tackle the root causes of poor mental health. 

3. Integrity

We continue to build a strong organisation that lives its values - that is open, kind, outward-looking and sustainable.

We have pioneered change for 70 years and we are not afraid to challenge the status quo. Come join us!

This exciting Project Administrator role will ensure wraparound support for the project team in delivering an impactful online and in-person group intervention for families experiencing parental mental illness. The role will support with purchases and coordination, facilitating communication between stakeholders and supporting the project team with administrative assistance.

What does the role involve?

• Maintaining accurate records on referrals and expenditure, including making purchases for project resources
• Providing technical and in-person support to enable smooth delivery of the multi-family intervention
• Liaising with the project team to coordinate refreshments/food for project beneficiaries, venues and other arrangements for delivery

What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?

• Demonstrable significant experience of providing office administrative support to multi-partner projects

• Demonstrable strong knowledge on IT tools and systems to provide robust project administrative support on a multi-stakeholder project

• Evidenced ability to work supportively and proactively within a team, using a solution-focused mindset to overcome challenges
• Proven ability to manage a varied workload, prioritising and planning ahead in line with project timelines and operations
• Fully committed to enabling vulnerable families’ access to high quality and preventative mental health support.

Why should you join the Mental Health Foundation?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 27 after 5 years’ service

• 3 closure days between Christmas and New Year
• Up to 3 wellbeing days per annum
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous non-contributory pension scheme, 8% at 3 months service, rising to 10% at 6 months service employer contribution
• Life Assurance Scheme at four times annual salary
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to work scheme

Please note that for safeguarding purposes, all our roles require a DBS check.  Also, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. 

How to apply

If you think your skills match and you’d like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete and send your application form to us via our website (along with a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form).  Please note that all sections of the application form should be completed as CVs will not be accepted. 

Applications will close at 5pm on 1st November 2021. 

Interviews will take place remotely via Microsoft Teams on 16th November 2021. 

You will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation that outlines your approach to prioritisation and examples of your prior administrative experience.

Diversity is greatly valued at the Foundation.  Applications from all sections of the community are actively encouraged.  If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us via our website.

Due to Covid-19 and until further notice, we are operating digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing) and on-boarding processes.  We are blending office and homeworking until further notice

We look forward to hearing from you!

Contract: Full time, 35 hours 

Salary: £18,500 to £22,500 dependent on experience 

Location: Flexible – good access to transport links in/around Sussex required 

Closing: Sunday, 31 October 2021 

Interviews: 16/19 November 2021 

Our work is people-powered, and we really like to talk to people and hear their views. We use the information and data to drive real change, and that’s change that our ocean and environment really need right now. Getting that to happen takes a lot of organising and two of our projects in our Ocean Recovery team need your help. 

We’re looking for you to join our Ocean Recovery team as their administrative Support Officer to organise a wide range of events that will be online, or in-person, in East Sussex or the Caribbean!

The projects organise conservation workshops in local communities, outreach events that are attractive to the 16–25-year-old age group and project partner meetings. You’ll be the make-or-break in getting everyone invited, the venue booked, the tech in place, promoting events to the people we want to reach. To keep the conversations flowing, you’ll follow up with meeting notes and feedback, and updates to the programme webpages or on social media. 

Here’s what you’ll need: 

Experience handling the admin for a team – able to deal with competing demands and timescales 

Event organisation – booking venues, technical set up, attendee invites and tracking,

Can update a website and use social media to good effect 

Confident starting conversations with people, both inside and outside the organisation 

Able to relate to our harder-to-reach audiences and find ways to engage in local communities both in the UK and the Caribbean. 

Working with us: Takes an inclusive and equitable approach to engagement, is a problem-solver and supports others and enjoys working with a team of passionate advocates for our ocean and environment. We are looking for you to demonstrate our values, but we value your unique perspectives and experiences which add to our knowledge and our culture.

Ready to dive in? 

Your CV – it would really help us if you removed all of your personal information prior to sending your CV to us. Keep your contact information in your email, but not on the documents that we’ll use for shortlisting.

A motivation statement - tell us how your experience meets the role requirements by referring closely to both the job description and the person specification. Include examples of your work or experiences which show how you will meet the job criteria and person specification and what skills you bring which would make you successful in the role.

Your motivation statement should also let us know what inspired you to apply for this role with us – tell us what it is about our work that attracted you to the organisation and the position.

We find that stronger applications have this statement – to give yourself the best opportunity for this role, please ensure you include it. No need to write pages, one side of A4 would be perfect, two would be more than enough so try to limit yourself.

We understand that the application process can be difficult if you have a condition or disability that you live with. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to shine during your application process, so please let us know what we can do to accommodate you.

Selection process

If you’re invited to an interview, you may be requested to prepare a task in advance, or take part in a group activity as part of the assessment process – we’ll let you have all the details in the invitation to interview. We will also invite you to talk to us about any reasonable adjustments which would support you in fully taking part in the interview process.

The legal bit

If you’re successful, all offers of employment are conditional, subject to the following:

• We are not licensed to issue work permits so candidates are required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK and will be required to present original documents if invited for interview. Information on what you’ll need to show will be provided as part of the invitation to attend an interview but you can read more on the Home Office UK Border Agency website: UK Visas and Immigration

•  receipt of two references which are satisfactory to MCS

Our Commitment

Everyone can expect to be treated with consideration and respect and MCS is committed to providing an inclusive environment for all. Good working relationships release the full potential, creativity and productivity of each individual, in an atmosphere where everyone can learn and work without prejudice, discrimination, harassment or violence.

We are committed to developing a team which is reflective of our society, and which can offer insight and views that influence our work. We are particularly interested in applications from groups which are under-represented in marine, environmental and charity sectors. 

Registered Charity No: 1004005 (England and Wales) SC037480 (Scotland)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (these hours can be split, 2.5 FTE roles are available)

Term:  Fixed term for up to 31 March 2022

Location: Office base either Brightspace, Ipswich or The Kirkley Centre, Lowestoft. Blended working

Salary: £25,000 per annum (FTE)

Start Date: Immediate start

If you'd like a job where you can make real, positive change, explore your options within the rewarding charity and voluntary sector.

An exciting opportunity to join Community Action Suffolk’s dynamic team of development staff.  Do you have the energy and enthusiasm to support Suffolk’s people and communities?  You will proactively reach out to groups and organisations across Suffolk to offer support to restart previous activities safely and adapt to new ways of working as a result of covid.  We want to include and mobilise organisations who can bring yet more power to change the situation for those who are isolated and marginalised in Suffolk.

Our Team are adaptable and innovative, with a ‘can do’ attitude.
 
You will need to be:
 
- Passionate about supporting our Community and Voluntary Sector to thrive
- Brilliant at communicating, and
- A great organiser and self-starter

You will play a key role in supporting us to deliver our vision of dynamic communities shaping their own futures.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or on commencement of post.  The hours for this post are negotiable, minimum of 15 hours and maximum 37.5 hours per week.

What we offer

You will work within a reputable charity which offers its employees benefits which include:

• 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• 4% matched pension contribution
• 2 days pro rata volunteering days
• Discounts on shopping vouchers

If you wish to understand more about the role or to apply please visit our website. 

Closing date: 9.00am 5 November 2021. Applications will be assessed as received due to the short timeframe of these posts.

Coeliac UK currently has an exciting, challenging and varied opportunity for an Evidence and Policy Adviser to join our team based in High Wycombe with the possibility to regularly work from home by prior agreement with your line manager. You will join us on a permanent, full-time basis working 35hrs per week. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of Circa £28,000 per annum plus 36 days holiday a year including bank holidays.

The Evidence and Policy Adviser role:

As the Evidence and Policy Adviser, you will be developing the Coeliac UK agenda for health and food across the UK. Interpreting any related technical, legislative and research activities to inform charity policy and deliver strategic aims. Working closely with the Heads of Health and Food Policy but with responsibility for specific project areas.

Key responsibilities of the Evidence and Policy Adviser:

- Contribute to the development of the evidence base to inform charity policy and the charity’s business and strategic planning in conjunction with the Evidence and Policy team
- Critically review, appraise and translate the evidence base ensuring it is up-to-date, quality assured and transferable to all necessary areas of work
- Develop and review Coeliac UK standards and policy positions in relation to health and food information and legislation and ensuring compliance with external standards in conjunction with the Evidence and Policy team
- Manage the specific intelligence gathering, horizon scanning of the political and legal landscapes around health and food policy
- Manage designated projects and working in line with charity business and strategic aims and in conjunction with other members of the Evidence and Policy team
- Advise and liaise with Membership Services, the Communications team and other teams as necessary on the development and update of health and food information for members and other stakeholders organisation-wide
- Represent and promote the work of the charity amongst stakeholders from the health and food sectors
- Represent the charity by speaking at conferences, exhibitions, local groups; professional or patient focused
- Produce and contribute to articles for peer review and consumer press
- Maximise the fundraising potential of the charity by supporting the fundraising team at Coeliac UK with detailed evidence underpinning cases of need
- Have a continuing plan for personal development

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the Evidence and Policy Adviser:

- Understanding of the scientific evidence base and research, with an ability to critically review scientific literature
- Ability to lead and make decisions on developing and implementing standards and policy positions in relation to health and food information and standards
- Able to manage complex projects on time and to budget
- Understands stakeholder needs and identifies solutions
- Motivated, cooperative team player with practical and ‘can do’ attitude
- Excellent written, communication and presentational skills
- Confident proof reader
- Able to work to deadlines and prioritise tasks
- Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision
- Educated to degree standard
- Good knowledge of health and/or food policy or has gained equivalent transferable experience 
- Numerate with necessary skills to produce, monitor, analyse and interpret large datasets
- Excellent IT skills and digitally savvy
- CRM and website content management experience

Our Evidence and Policy Adviser will ideally have the following Competencies:

- Offers mentoring/guidance to others
- A key contributor acts individually as a specialist expert in own area or as a team leader providing direction for others
- Acts with no supervision
- Demonstrates depth/breadth of knowledge/skills in own area
- Applies knowledge/skill through handling complex problems and/or co-ordinating work which may extend beyond own area of expertise, shares expertise with colleagues and other work groups
- Proactively acts to understand client needs and identify solutions to non-standard tasks/queries; actively seeks opportunities

If you would like to be considered as our Evidence and Policy Adviser, please apply now with your CV and cover letter. We’d love to hear from you!

The Charity has provided specialist palliative care and support to patients with life limiting illnesses, and to their relatives and carers, in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire for 27 years.

The Director of Finance & IT role is an integral part of the Charity’s senior management team.  The role holder will report directly to the Chief Executive and will lead the Finance and IT functions in the provision of financial and ICT data, reports and information for the Senior Management Team and Trustees.  This includes the annual budgeting process, all monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting requirements and to ensure the Charity’s financial systems and resources are in place so as to support the income generation objectives and financial governance of the Charity.

In recent times the Charity has implemented a new ERP system and it would be helpful for the post holder to have experience of implementing such systems, and certainly to have project management capability in order to complete the implementation of this very important process. The post holder will need to be an inspirational and proficient leader of people with the ability to inspire and to build a motivated and high performing team. You will be qualified ACA or ACCA or CIMA Accountant with demonstrable experience of successfully leading and managing a finance and IT function.

In addition to an enjoyable working environment with a charity that makes such a difference to so many people, we offer:

• A competitive salary (circa £55,000 - £60,000 per annum, depending on experience)
• Contributory Pension up to 7%
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Free parking
• Health & Well-being initiatives and schemes, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Health Plan.

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to encourage people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great? We’re looking for a strategic leader who can help to drive both individual behaviour change and system change, to support a vegan future.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role

Due to internal promotion, the Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research role has become available. This is an exciting opportunity for someone whose values and beliefs align with The Vegan Society, and who is ready to seize opportunities to take veganism to the next level.

Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research will lead and manage our Campaigns, Policy and Research team providing strategic direction, motivation and creative ideas.

The successful candidate will build relationships with influential audiences across the vegan, food and environment sectors – engaging with individuals, groups and the government in order to provide vegan solutions to many of the problems our society currently faces.

As Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research you will engage with political audiences and public institutions at high level to meet the Society’s campaigning objectives.

You will build credibility and relationships with Parliamentarians and work in collaboration with organisations with similar goals.

As Head of Campaigns, Policy, Research you will:

• Devise and develop campaigns, policy and research activity that promotes the benefits of veganism; supports new and existing vegans; and encourages more vegan-friendly policy.
• Lead and oversee a team including campaigns, policy and research staff along with the organisation’s senior dietitian and fundraiser
• Develop and monitor the CPR strategy, setting KPIs and evaluating impact
• Produce and monitor the CPR budget
• Oversee delivery of high profile, high impact campaigns
• Build relationships with other organisations to raise the profile of The Vegan Society across a variety of sectors
• Act as spokesperson across a variety of issues, actively seeking opportunities to get your voice heard
• Collaborate with teams across the organisation to offer and enlist support
• Be part of the Senior Management Team, driving the organisation forward to meet the organisation’s strategic objectives

To be considered as our Head of Campaigns, Policy, Research you must have:

• Experience running public facing, ideally behaviour-change, campaigns
• Experience in developing policy and liaising with policy-makers and politicians
• A good understanding of the political landscape in the UK and beyond
• Demonstrable leadership skills and experience
• Strong project planning experience
• Experience in strategy development
• Experience of budget planning and management
• Experience of public speaking and influencing at a high level
• A creative, solutions-based approach

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Animal companion compassionate leave
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
• Death in service benefit
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)
• Central Birmingham office location. Some home-working may be considered, but the role must be office-based for at least 2 days per week.

Additional information

This is full time (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £40,876 - £44,514 per annum.

The application deadline is 9am on Friday 29th October, however we will be reviewing applications as received and may end the application stage early if we get enough candidates.

Interviews date TBC.

Find out more about what it is like to work for The Vegan Society by reading our recruitment pack.

For 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, Action Against Hunger has led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children. We ensure everyone can access clean water, food, training and healthcare. We enable entire communities to be free from hunger. In 2020, Action Against Hunger reached over 25 million people through interventions in nutrition and health; water, sanitation and hygiene; food security and livelihoods; mental health and care practices and; disaster risk management.

Action Against Hunger UK, as part of Action Against Hunger’s global humanitarian Network (Network), supports our international programmes by raising funds, providing Nutrition, Climate and MEAL expertise, campaigning for change and raising awareness of child hunger.

The Operations Department at Action Against Hunger UK envisions a more effective humanitarian sector, able to evidence effectively and adapt efficiently to meet the needs of those affected or at-risk of disasters and hunger. The Department has a mission: to improve the quality and impact of humanitarian action by harnessing the power of information and knowledge.  To achieve this, the Department focuses on three key areas of work: 1) information and knowledge management; 2) innovative research and action and; 3) programme design and funding.  By delivering technical assistance across these three areas to the Action Against Hunger International network and external partners we are helping to create and deliver more exciting and more impactful humanitarian interventions. 

The Senior Coordinator will be a key member of the Action Against Hunger UK Operations Department providing financial, administrative and coordination support to wider Operations department in delivery of their strategy.  The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate, develop and support Action Against Hunger’s MEAL and nutrition teams in the coordination and administrative management of business development, financial tracking and the implementation of grants and contracts, as well as improve the capabilities and oversight of activities across the Operations department.

As part of the Action Against Hunger UK Operations Department, the post-holder will contribute to the Department’s development and activities as the supervisor of financial management and engage with other teams within Action Against Hunger UK (e.g. finance,) and Action Against Hunger’s International teams (country level, HQs) as relevant. 

The Senior Co-ordinator will directly manage a Co-ordinator and will be in charge of assigning work to them. The aim of both roles is to support the work across the Operations department; ensuring alignment of processes and stronger business continuity. It is expected that the role of the Senior Coordinator will focus more towards our service-orientated teams (MEAL and Nutrition)

Cosing date: 12th November 2021
Interview date: 19th November 2021

Please read the following carefully before making your application: 

• As a UK based position, candidates must have the right to work in the UK 
• We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community 
• You can only be considered for this role if you meet the essential criteria in the person specification. You should use the "cover letter" section of the online application to demonstrate this. 
• Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, within one week of the closing date. Unfortunately we cannot provide individual feedback. 
• If you experience any technical difficulties in submitting your application, please contact the charityjob helpdesk 

Are you an experienced individual with a background in visitor experience, retail, catering, or hospitality looking for a new challenge and a great work life balance? If so then this is an unmissable opportunity to work for a fantastic charity where you would sit within the commercial team and will be using your skills to give all our visitors a fantastic experience and in turn generate income via our visitor centre, shop and cafe that will be used to help us protect wildlife for future generations.

Our visitor centre is open between 10am and 4pm 7 days a week, and we run 1-2 events a month that mean the centre might be open a little bit later such as Bat Walks or birthday parties. you will join a small team of 4-5 staff on site, who are supported by 50+ volunteers to deliver conservation, commercial and education activities.

This is a truly unique position where you will be working on one of the most beautiful and well-established nature reserves we manage with fantastic views, fresh air and what can only be described as very favourable hours for the commercial world.

Our visitor centre, shop and café is brand new and less than 6 months old, it has a modern, relaxed, dog friendly, wellies on vibe and no one day will be the same, you might be working in the centre one day, training volunteers on customer service the next, planning and programming a free kids nature theme crafting activity the next and maybe even helping conservation keep an eye on the Hebridean sheep that live on the reserve the next.

You don’t need to have worked in the charitable sector before, but if you have then that’s a bonus – the most important thing we are looking for is someone that understands how to give a visitor a fantastic experience and has experience generating income, managing a budget and being entrepreneurial to create and develop our offering on site to ensure people keep coming back time after time to enjoy the reserve and centre.

Please note – we will be inviting people in for interview as they apply so early application is encouraged.

Further details including a full Job Description can be found in the Recruitment Pack below, along with our application forms.  Please review the Job Description before you apply.

 (CV's will not be considered - No Agencies)

Closing Date for Receipt of Applications Is:Tuesday 30th November 2021 - early applications advised.

Interviews:Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

Full time/37.5 hpw (4 days/30 hpw week considered for the right candidate)

Salary £28,000 - £32,000 FTE

Do you have a passion for the local community, love working with people and a positive/can do attitude? We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated leader to join our high-achieving and dynamic Fundraising team.

This is a permanent position, leading on our Community Fundraising income stream. Working with and managing our current (successful and experienced) team, the ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in Community fundraising (including events) and the ambition to help achieve our organisational strategy to double the reach of our care by 2028.

You will lead the rebuilding of this core income stream following the pandemic and maintain the direction of travel, to bring our Community Fundraising activities back to their pre-pandemic levels. Then through experience and innovation grow our wonderful network of support and income line for the future.

This role would suit a Community Fundraising Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge, or an experienced Senior Community Fundraiser looking to take the next step in their career, and can evidence the required skills, ability and ambition to achieve.

About You:

• A confident communicator and team player able to engage and inspire your team and a wide range of supporters
• Substantial experience of implementing safe and well regulated community fundraising activities including larger scale events
• Proven track record in achieving targets in a fundraising role
• Passionate about delivering an exceptional experience to our supporters
• Excellent organisational skills
• Decisive decision maker
• Experienced in performing well under pressure, strong attention to detail and ability to drive multiple projects concurrently
• Solid IT skills in Microsoft Office and fundraising databases
• Flexible and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays
• Flexible working opportunities (hybrid working available, minimum of 3 days required in the hospice/local community)
• SMART pension scheme with employer contribution
• Free onsite parking at our office in Northchurch, Berkhamsted
• Wide range of free training courses
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site home cooked food served at a reasonable rate in our bistro​

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our friendly, creative and professional Fundraising team to help us to raise the £5million a year which we need to deliver our free expert care.

Closing date for applications is Monday 1st November 2021

Interviews to be held on Thursday 4th and/or Monday 8th November 2021

#YourPreciousLife

Who we are:​

The Humane League UK is a charity ending the abuse of animals raised for food by influencing the policies of the world's biggest companies, demanding legislation, and empowering others to take action. We're a mission-driven, energetic team focused on problem-solving and effective teamwork, and have grown significantly over the last few years. Thanks to our targeted approach, our effectiveness in reducing animal suffering and our efficient use of donations, The Humane League has been named Top Charity by the independent evaluator Animal Charity Evaluators for every rating period.

The Humane League is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment and being an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, demonstrating our commitment to recruiting, retaining, and supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, based on their skills and talent. 

In compliance with laws and in furtherance of our commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, all applicants will receive unbiased consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodiversity, age, or veteran status.

You can read more about how The Humane League UK is working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by clicking the Apply button and following the link in the job description.​

If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us via our website and we will be happy to discuss via email or telephone reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the process.

We are seeking a well-organised, analytical and strategically-minded individual to lead our Operations team in the UK.

This is a permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours per week).

If you would like to learn more about the Head of Operations role, you can watch the recording of our recent webinar by following the Apply button. 

Who you are:

Reporting to the Managing Director and sitting within the Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will be passionate about The Humane League’s mission of ending the abuse of animals raised for food.

The primary focus of the position is to support the operational side of the organisation designing policies, developing internal communication processes, overseeing staff well-being and implementing technological solutions. Working closely with other Leadership team members you’ll provide strategic thinking and contribute actively to the development of the organisation. 

Managing the Financial Officer and Operations Coordinator and collaborating with other Leadership team members to facilitate support for the team and design internal processes for efficiency and success. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to contribute towards creating long-lasting change for animals raised for food.

With the ability to multitask, you’ll need to be well organised, efficient and a good problem-solver. You’ll have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment and be able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively and efficiently.

Management

Manages Finance Officer and Operations Coordinator

• Ensures staff receive the training, resources and support to do their jobs effectively

• Manages and leads the Operations Department to achieve agreed objectives and to encourage the professional development of individual team members 

• Develops, in collaboration with the team, Operational department goals and is responsible for timely reporting

• Oversees the development and monitoring of the budget for the Operations team

• Sets/clarifies job expectations and provides regular feedback & guidance

• Empowers staff  in the development of their strategies and techniques

• Manages Time Off requests and approval of expenses for the Operations Department members

• Leads hiring/promoting/termination of staff 

• Sets/Manages departmental call agendas or delegates as appropriate

Strategy

Leads, manages and develops all strategy for operations within the UK

• Develops an internal operational strategy 

• Researches and keeps up to date on developments in GDPR, Human resources and operational strategy 

• Collaborates with other organisations to learn new approaches and share/coordinate strategies

• Coordinates monitoring and evaluation of internal communication processes and updates as needed

• Works closely with other departments to ensure effective collaboration

• Working together with the Leadership team in the UK, develops and guides the work of THL UK, identifying key priorities and strategies to further the organisation.

Communication

• Oversees and develops effective internal communication processes in close collaboration with other members of the Leadership team.

• Works with all departments to ensure effective strategic alignment, working cohesively with team members intra- and inter-departmentally.

• Presents to the board of trustees, as required, on key operational updates and financial reports.

In Addition

• Ensuring compliance with all charity and legal regulations.

• Attend conferences, events and protests as required. 

• Perform any other duties assigned by the Managing Director.

• Attending in-person workshops several times a year.

Key Competencies

Thought Leadership: An informed opinion leader on operations and the go-to person for the organisation. With great experience in internal communications, you know how to develop the most efficient processes.

Strategic thinking: Overseeing both the financial aspects of the organisation as well as the hiring and other human resource needs you will be a strategic thinker who can look ahead, predict and plan the needs of the organisation.

Leadership: Leads with integrity and mutual respect and inspires trust and confidence with a wide range of people representing various backgrounds and levels of experience.

Management: Builds a team of high-performing staff members, appropriately structures jobs so that staff members can succeed, develops and motivates staff members, and acts from the perspective of an organisational leader

Decision making: an active listener with the ability to critically think and evaluate. Making key decisions when needed and in collaboration with others.

Problem solver: Identifies issues, effectively structures problems, analyses information to produce insights and generates wise, actionable recommendations. A forward-looking thinker who anticipates needs.

Analytical: You have a careful and systematic approach with a keen eye for detail. Able to review large amounts of data and succinctly present it.

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Good to know:

Our employees all work remotely but still enjoy a supportive, collaborative environment. You will have access to a work place pension, 25 days leave plus Public Holidays, flexible working hours, internet reimbursement, our Employee Assistance Programme, and family friendly policies. Professional learning and development is actively encouraged.

At The Humane League, animal welfare is at the forefront of our everyday work and as such, many of our employees are vegan by personal choice. All of our events and workshops offer only plant-based meals. 

We are looking to speak to a wide range of candidates with diverse backgrounds - #NonGraduatesWelcome

For our salaries to be fair, transparent, and equitable we want to provide a system that delivers a competitive salary in the market and could eliminate potential biases in compensation (such as the gender pay gap). For more information about the Head of Operations salary structure and The Humane League UK's benchmarking algorithm please see the additional documents attached to this job advert

All applicants need to be:

1. Fluent in written and spoken English

2. Live and have the right to work in the UK (we are unable to consider applications from those without the right to work in the UK) 

3. Committed to our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food 

Closing date: 7th November 2021 

You will hear from us after the application closing date passes. Once your application has been received and reviewed and we want to take it forward, our thorough interview process will follow this route.

• Skills Test (completed remotely)

• Screening interview (via audio call) 

• Second Interview (via video call)

• Final Interview (via video call)

For full details of our recruitment process please see the additional documents attached to this job advert.

Oasis is looking to appoint two passionate and committed early years practitioners/ Room Assistants to join our Mulberry Bush Pre-school team, South London.

The Mulberry Bush Pre-school provides wrap around childcare for primary aged children and is part of Oasis Community Partnership.  We also offer sessional and day care 50 weeks of the years for pre-school children aged two to four years.

An opportunity has arisen for two After School Club Early Years Practitioners / Room Assistants to work with the young children, creating a stimulating and safe environment.  The hours are Monday to Friday 14:30 – 18:00pm.  Key responsibilities will include:

• Registering all children upon arrival and departure
• Collecting children from local schools in a safe manner
• To support children’s healthy eating/mealtimes, preparing snacks as required ensuring food hygiene standards are adhered to.
• To raise concerns regarding children with the Senior Team.

To be successful you will have: 

• a caring and attentive nature with a focus on child development and safety is a must.
• the ability to walk to and from local schools as part of collecting children for the Club.
• the ability to communicate and encourage parents and families to get involved.

While we will consider candidates with no formal qualifications, someone with Level 3 qualifications is desirable, or also Level 2 qualifications with training.

In return you will

• join a truly warm and friendly working environment, with a team of professionals who really care for the children and support each other.
• receive relevant training opportunities to enable you to grow as a professional.
• join a non-contributory pension scheme with 7% employer contributions

As part of our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are open to candidates who want to apply as part of a job-share arrangement and we actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

If you are interested in joining this fantastic pre-school and want to know more, please go the Oasis UK charity website, or click on the documents on this page.

Closing date for completed applications is 9am Tuesday 9th November 2021. Interviews will be held week beginning 15th November 2021 in Old Coulsdon, South London.

Based at Mulberry Bush Pre-school, Old Coulsdon, South London

Part-time, up to 17.5 hours per week (2.30 – 6.00pm Monday to Friday)

Permanent Contract

Salary £5,187 - £9,573 p.a (depending on hours and experience)

*We will consider applicants who wish to apply as part of a job share.

We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding children and young people and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. The successful candidate must have proof of right to work in the UK.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487