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Job Description
Job Title: Fundraising and Impact Manager
Salary Band: £27,588-£29,211
Fixed Term: 12-month initial contract
Location: Coventry
Hours of Work: 40 per week
The Positive Youth Foundation is a Coventry-based charity, established to support young people to achieve their full potential. We have a long-standing track record of developing services for young people, in particular, those who find themselves in challenging circumstances.
Job Purpose:
Our organisation has seen steady growth over the years, and to facilitate this further, we have an exciting new role within the leadership team. The successful candidate has a unique opportunity to lead on the implementation of our fundraising strategy and associated impact measurement work. Reporting to the Executive Director, they will support an established management team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Lead on an ambitious Grants, Trusts, CSR and Philanthropic investment strategy.
2. To advise the management team and lead on applications for funds from a range of relevant bodies to impact on positive outcomes for young people.
3. Support compliance of contracts and agreements across the organisations business.
4. To deliver effective impact measurement processes to inform funders of outcomes as well as influence strategic decisions of PYF.
5. To possess the relevant commitment to be able to involve young people in decisions.
All duties and responsibilities must be carried out with due regard to PYF’s Policies and Procedures.
Person Specification
Area Description
Knowledge:
Knowledge of fundraising within a social enterprise, charity or CIC (or similar) environment, designed to meet social outcomes. Knowledge of relevant local, regional and national sources of grant and unrestricted funding. Knowledge and awareness of issues affecting young people who find themselves living in challenging circumstances. Knowledge of compliance matters in relation to grant-related and other funding arrangements. Knowledge of how to design and utilise data capture processes, and use data to influence decision making and strategy developments.
Skills and Abilities:
To be forward thinking/non-conventional in your approach to fundraising. To be able to consult and involve young people and relevant partners to get their feedback which will help them to be involved decisions. To manage a comprehensive workload of funding applications and associated compliance measures. Ability to engage with a variety of professional sector groups, including funders and corporate bodies. Ability to design and implement a successful inward investment strategy designed to maximise resources for social outcomes. Ability to respond effectively and quickly to competing work priorities. Ability to work within and contribute towards a team approach.
Experience and Education:
Educated to degree level or with an equivalent/relevant proven track record in fundraising. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years of relevant sector experience, attracting individual investments of around £100k-£250k.
Safeguarding
PYF puts safeguarding at the forefront of all its activities. The successful applicant will demonstrate their firm commitment to effective safeguarding practises and high professional standards around all safeguarding issues. An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.
Equal Opportunities
PYF are fully committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. We actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.
Interviews to be held 14th-18th June 2021
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Starfish Health and Wellbeing offers a range of services across the Midlands and North East England. We are looking for a Community Link Worker to support our Social Prescribing service during a period of maternity cover.
Title: Community Link Worker – Social Prescribing – Maternity Cover
Location: Midlands
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Contract: Temporary Fixed Term – (potentially 12 months if funding available- currently funded to September 2021)
Salary: £22,000 per annum (pro-rata)
Social Prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to a non-medical professional who gives time, focus on “what matters to the individual” and takes an holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. The successful candidate will support existing and help people to start new community groups by working collaboratively with local partners. Key outcomes are increased activity, community involvement and improved employability.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support this project.
Duties will include:
- Taking referrals from a wide range of agencies.
- Relationship building, including working with GP practices within primary care networks, pharmacies, multi-disciplinary teams, hospital discharge teams, allied health professionals, fire service, police, job centres, social care services, housing associations and voluntary, community and social enterprise, other organisations as required.
- Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
- Co-produce personalised support plans to improve health and wellbeing.
- Work together with local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps are identified in local provision.
- Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
- Data capture.
You will need experience of working with people who have suffered with a mental health problem for at least 2 years, along with a high standard of written communication and excellent interpersonal skills. Applicants must have a good understanding of the voluntary sector and demonstrate empathy and a non-judgemental approach.
Closing date for completed applications: Closing date 28th May 2021.
Interview date W/C 7th June 2021.
A DBS disclosure will be requested for the successful applicant.
Starfish is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
No agencies please.
KairosWWT are recruiting a Support Worker who has an interest in and commitment to working with women, particularly those who are at risk of or subject to sexual exploitation. This is a support worker role within the Feeling Safe Project working with young women, 18 - 25 years old who are at risk of sexual exploitation.
This post plays a vital role in the delivery of our services by offering service users support to increase their life chances, choices and wellbeing, primarily though the delivery of 1-1 and group work, as well as supporting the delivery of awareness raising sessions in the community, in and around Coventry.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.