Growth And Communities Coordinator Jobs in Cardiff, Wales
Are you a strong, visionary leader keen to advocate for the VCSE sector? Are you interested in bringing people and organisations together to collaborate on the future of community led services across Hampshire and to be the public face of the organisation?
Having led the organisation through a significant period of change, our CEO has chosen to move on to take up a new challenge and set up her own business. We are now seeking a Chief Executive to lead Action Hampshire through the next phase of its strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who has the desire, vision and ambition to continue to build a system that is fairer for our communities.
As a strengths-based organisation, we value the unique contributions each member of our team brings and our organisational culture emphasises coaching and leadership over management. We’re committed to inclusivity, equity and to the wellbeing and safety of our team. This role offers a high degree of flexibility in working hours and can be delivered remotely, apart from bimonthly coworking or away days in Hampshire. You’ll have the opportunity to set your own development goals and targets and receive support to achieve them. Joining a friendly and supportive team, you’ll be able to manage your own time and work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues and contractors. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your strengths to other parts of the organisation too.
Key tasks include:
(see job description for a full list of tasks)
- Lead, inspire and develop the team at Action Hampshire to deliver our purpose
- Work with the Board of Trustees to ensure delivery and regular review of Action Hampshire’s (‘the charity’) vision, mission and strategic plans
- Deliver the charity’s vision and mission through appropriate plans and in accordance with agreed policies and protocols.
- Support and advise the Board to meet its responsibilities to ensure that the charity is legally compliant, well run and meets its organisational duties and obligations
- Enhance the charity’s impact and profile locally, regionally and nationally.
For almost 75 years, we’ve supported communities across Hampshire. Today, our mission focuses on strengthening the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, supporting communities to raise their voices, and doing all we can to reduce disadvantage and celebrate diversity across Hampshire. Our responsive approach means we work across a wide range of issues relevant to our communities, from increasing the availability of rural affordable housing to ensuring cancer awareness messaging reaches seldom heard communities.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our talented, ambitious and friendly team. Our new 3-year strategy sets out clear goals and actions which we’ll achieve together. Our leadership team are embedding a culture of learning, experimentation and development. Our team is caring, collaborative and driven by our values of being bold, enterprising, informative, and empowering. We very much welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith or disability. We are a Living Wage employer and Disability Confident.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Action for Happiness is on a mission to create a happier and kinder world and we need a superhero to join our team.
We work at various levels to pursue our mission, and this role relates to our Community Building workstream - the focus of which is to bring people together for rich and impactful experiences (such as monthly groups and courses) led by our volunteer facilitators.
The community building team is currently four people helping to manage over 2000 trained volunteers. We are offering this exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled generalist to join a rapidly scaling project, do highly meaningful and rewarding work and provide support to all members of the team.
This is a unique opportunity for someone with the right blend of skills and - above all - the ability to engage with a wide range of people with enthusiasm, proactiveness and competence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join Fight Bladder Cancer's mission to revolutionise care for individuals battling bladder cancer. We're seeking a Grants Coordinator for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to join our team. This role allows you to leverage your funding acquisition skills to propel our initiatives, enhance patient care, and broaden our impact. As a crucial part of a team passionate about awareness and healthcare, you'll help shape a future where bladder cancer no longer poses a threat.
Position Overview
Hours: Targeting 7.5 hours per week, flexible scheduling.
Reporting To: Chief Executive of Fight Bladder Cancer
Salary: Annual range of £25,642.50-£29,503.50 pro rata. For 7.5 hours weekly, this equates to £5,128.50-£5,900.70 per year
Benefits: 8% pension contribution. Annual leave of 30 days plus 8 bank holidays on a pro-rata basis (equalling 6 days plus 1.6 bank holidays for 7.5 hours/week workers).
Location: Home-based, with periodic travel to Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and London.
Contract: Permanent.
Your role
You'll identify and secure funding opportunities, develop compelling grant proposals, and foster strong relationships with funders, alongside colleagues such as the Fundraising Coordinator and Support Services Manager. Your work will be tied to enhancing the awareness of bladder cancer and support for those affected by bladder cancer.
Why choose Fight Bladder Cancer?
As a patient-led charity, we've made significant strides locally since our inception in 2009 by patient Andrew Winterbottom and his partner Tracy. Starting from humble beginnings, our growth has allowed us to reach and support an ever-expanding community. Our advocacy ensures increased awareness of bladder cancer and that those affected receive the support, information, and representation needed to influence critical decisions in policy, care, and research.
Key responsibilities
- Research and pinpoint potential funding sources that align with our goals
- Craft and submit persuasive, customised grant applications
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with funding bodies
- Work collaboratively across teams to compile grant applications and report on their outcomes
- Efficiently manage the grant application lifecycle, adhering to deadlines
- Evaluate the impact of received grants and report back to funders
- Play an active role in the development and execution of our fundraising strategy
- Ensure that Fight Bladder Cancer acts within the Fundraising Code of Practice – legal, fair, open, honest and respectful.
Please note that the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description may evolve to meet the changing needs of the charity. We value adaptability and a collaborative approach to adjusting roles and tasks as required.
Who we're looking for
- Previous success in trust and grants fundraising.
- Robust research, writing, and communication skill set.
- Relationship management and organisational skills.
- A passion for healthcare, particularly in cancer support and awareness.
- Desirable: Specific knowledge about bladder cancer and related medical conditions and familiarity with fundraising databases.
We know a variety of backgrounds enriches our team and enhances our ability to achieve our mission. While specific experience in the charity sector, especially in healthcare or cancer support, is highly relevant, we also consider equivalent experience gained in other sectors.
Our pledge to you
We at Fight Bladder Cancer cherish diversity and are devoted to fostering a supportive, inclusive work environment. We're enthusiastic about flexible working arrangements to maintain our team's health and happiness. We are committed to supporting all employees in creating a safe and productive home working environment, which includes providing necessary equipment and resources. Appointment to this role is contingent upon satisfactory references and, if needed, a DBS check.
Join us to drive forward change and extend hope to countless lives touched by bladder cancer.
Be prepared to provide contact information for at least two professional references who can speak to your qualifications for this role. References will only be contacted for candidates advancing to the final round of the selection process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join Fight Bladder Cancer's mission to revolutionise care for individuals battling bladder cancer. We're seeking a Grants Coordinator for Scotland to join our team. This role allows you to leverage your funding acquisition skills to propel our initiatives, enhance patient care, and broaden our impact. As a crucial part of a team passionate about awareness and healthcare, you'll help shape a future where bladder cancer no longer poses a threat.
Position Overview
- Hours: Targeting 7.5 hours per week, flexible scheduling.
- Reporting To: Chief Executive of Fight Bladder Cancer
- Salary: Annual range of £25,642.50-£29,503.50 pro rata. For 7.5 hours weekly, this equates to £5,128.50-£5,900.70 per year
- Benefits: 8% pension contribution. Annual leave of 30 days plus 8 bank holidays on a pro-rata basis (equalling 6 days plus 1.6 bank holidays for 7.5 hours/week workers).
- Location: Home-based, with periodic travel within Scotland to locations such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and Fife.
- Contract: Permanent.
Your role
You'll identify and secure Scottish funding opportunities, develop compelling grant proposals, and foster strong relationships with Scottish funders, alongside the Scottish Steering Group. Your work will be tied to enhancing the awareness of bladder cancer and support for those affected by bladder cancer.
Why choose Fight Bladder Cancer?
As a patient-led charity, we've made significant strides locally since our inception in 2009 by patient Andrew Winterbottom and his partner Tracy. Starting from humble beginnings, our growth has allowed us to reach and support an ever-expanding community. Our advocacy ensures increased awareness of bladder cancer and that those affected receive the support, information, and representation needed to influence critical decisions in policy, care, and research.
Key responsibilities
- Research and pinpoint potential funding sources that align with our goals
- Craft and submit persuasive, customised grant applications
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with funding bodies
- Work collaboratively across teams to compile grant applications and report on their outcomes
- Efficiently manage the grant application lifecycle, adhering to deadlines
- Evaluate the impact of received grants and report back to funders
- Play an active role in the development and execution of our fundraising strategy
- Ensure that Fight Bladder Cancer acts within the Fundraising Code of Practice – legal, fair, open, honest and respectful.
Please note that the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description may evolve to meet the changing needs of the charity. We value adaptability and a collaborative approach to adjusting roles and tasks as required.
Who we're looking for
- Previous success in trust and grants fundraising.
- Robust research, writing, and communication skill set.
- Relationship management and organisational skills.
- A passion for healthcare, particularly in cancer support and awareness.
- Desirable: Specific knowledge about bladder cancer and related medical conditions and familiarity with fundraising databases.
We know a variety of backgrounds enriches our team and enhances our ability to achieve our mission. While specific experience in the charity sector, especially in healthcare or cancer support, is highly relevant, we also consider equivalent experience gained in other sectors.
Our pledge to you
We at Fight Bladder Cancer cherish diversity and are devoted to fostering a supportive, inclusive work environment. We're enthusiastic about flexible working arrangements to maintain our team's health and happiness. We are committed to supporting all employees in creating a safe and productive home working environment, which includes providing necessary equipment and resources. Appointment to this role is contingent upon satisfactory references and, if needed, a DBS check.
Join us to drive forward change and extend hope to countless lives touched by bladder cancer.
Be prepared to provide contact information for at least two professional references who can speak to your qualifications for this role. References will only be contacted for candidates advancing to the final round of the selection process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO?
We are the UK’s student mental health charity. We challenge the higher education sector, health sector, and government to work with students when making decisions that impact them, and make them accountable for prioritising student mental health. In collaboration with students, we show sector professionals what effective student mental health looks like, and bridge the gap between students and the communities around them to ensure their voices are always heard.
By creating and curating resources, stories and tools, we empower students to build their own mental health toolkit to support themselves and their peers through university life and beyond. We want to empower and inspire students to use their voice to share their stories and advocate for themselves.
ROLE PURPOSE
The Programme Liaison Officer (full-time, fixed-term contract for 18 months, with possibility to extend) will join the expanding Sector Improvement Team. They will provide vital administration, communication and digital liaison and support required to successfully run and deliver the University Mental Health Charter Programme and Award, achieve the Sector Improvement Team’s key objectives, and contribute to the whole charity’s mission and goals. This is an exciting opportunity to help the team scale the University Mental Health Charter, with the potential to impact 2.5 million staff and students across the UK.
This role will include responding to queries, liaising with assessors, universities and general enquiries. The post holder will be responsible for working with the team to develop and monitor our HUB and digital platforms, for developing regular newsletters and working with colleagues to liaise with the many stakeholders involved in the assessment and programme processes.
Key responsibilities
Liaison support
- Provide effective liaison and administrative support to the Sector Improvement Programme(s), working closely with the Sector Improvement Lead and Programme Managers to ensure thesuccessful delivery of the programmes
- Support the planning and delivery of key Sector Improvement Programme activities such as the Winter Panel and the recruitment of the Award Assessors, CPD training and responding togeneral enquiries
- Act as the first point of contact for key stakeholders’ inquiries through the Charter Inbox and Student Minds’ Hub
Digital and resources support
- Utilise project management tools to manage work, deadlines and workflows alongside relevant colleagues to ensure timely and quality programme delivery
- Support the development of resources and documents for the charter, including newsletters, HUB announcements, Charter Handbook etc.
- Work closely with the Comms and Digital Team internally to develop and communicate clear timelines and resources needed throughout the year
- Support the annual onboarding of the Charter Programme, supporting the administrative tasks for the process, including some financial support. Lead on bringing together and distributing key documents such as welcome packs, Charter Framework documents etc.
- Support the coordinator (Programme and HUB) to onboard universities and Assessors to the HUB, and develop and grow the platform for members
- Update and oversee the Sector Improvement annual calendar of events and key activities/deliverables and share with the wider Student Minds team, identifying where dates may need to be moved
- Actively participate in the testing and embedding of new digital systems being led by the Digital
- Product Manager to increase efficiency and engagement for the Sector Improvement Programme and organisation as a whole for example collating product requirements
Financial support
- Work with the Programme Support Officer and finance colleagues to ensure correct processes and procedures are followed accurately and compliant with finance requirements
- Act as a secondary card holder for the team, making online purchases such as accommodation and travel bookings and following policies, procedures and guidance in the correct and responsible use of the Student Minds card
Data and process administration
- Administer data princesses for the University Mental Health Charter Programme and Award process, in line with Data Protection Guidelines
- Collate evaluation data from Sector Improvement events (online and in person)
- Create essential documents requested by the Sector Improvement Programme team, to support programme delivery and scalability
- Use our database(s) to manage relationships and communications with programme participants and key stakeholders, ensuring it is always up-to-date
- Support the Sector Improvement Team and Award Managers to enable efficient Award
- Assessment accreditation processes
- Maintain key working relationships with our network of Assessors and University Award Leads, addressing queries, scheduling and minuting award panels, sharing actions with the team
Working together
- Work closely with the Programme Support Officer to successfully deliver all aspects of the role, including managing the relationships with universities and logistical aspects (e.g. bookings, finances), ensuring tasks are picked between roles and when required
- Work closely with colleagues in the Student Space team and Training teams to embed cross- programme working within Student Minds.
- Attend various programme-related meetings, actively contributing ideas to continually develop our Programmes
- Stay updated on developments in Higher Education and gather insights from sector partners to feed into team decisions
- Look for opportunities to develop systems and processes to improve ways of working and participate in discussions on the Sector Improvement Team development and improvement
BENEFITS
- Generous annual leave allowance - 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus a 2-week winter closure
- Flexible working - we encourage all employees to reflect on when and where they work best and how they need to fit work around caring or other commitments.
- Wellbeing is at the heart of what we do - we support staff to implement Wellness Action Plans and offer 10% of weekly working hours for you to invest in your wellbeing.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme - we also offer wellbeing support through an Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of resources as well as confidential counselling.
- For other benefits and more information please see our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Social Media Manager
Remote working
£38,000 - £40,000 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
Are you passionate about the power of social media? Do you understand what it takes to manage a community and deliver impactful and meaningful content? Are you a creative whizz and someone who wants to take RNID to the next level? Then we want to hear from you.
As Social Media Manager, you will be the social media expert at RNID and be responsible for creating exciting and meaningful content. With the capability of seeing through imaginative paid and organic social media campaigns, you will track success and feedback via reports. You will also champion social media for all RNID staff.
The Social Media Manager in the Marketing and Communications team will focus and lead on:
- Being the go-to person for all paid and organic social media communications and help develop a forward-thinking social media strategy for the organisation.
- Implementing and managing a social media activity schedule for the charity with the discretion to decide what activity is added to the schedule, whilst creating highly engaging content.
- Championing social media best practices day to day to deliver the most effective, integrated campaigns across the UK from a paid and organic perspective.
You will be responsible for:
- Co- ordinating our content calendar, creating and curating inspiring and shareable content that resonates with our target audiences whilst reporting on performance against our KPIs, making recommendations that help us learn and improve.
- Being first point of call for all paid social media campaigns, working closely with our external agency as well as managing smaller campaigns in-house.
- Advising and assisting teams, continually applying learnings from analysis to ensure that all social content is designed to be shareable, to help increase reach, engagement, income.
- Being responsible for social media community management, ensuring timely, engaging and brand-appropriate responses to queries and comments.
- Championing social media for all RNID staff and act as the channel coordinator for our corporate channels and create engaging and shareable content.
- Being responsible for social listening, flagging trends and reputational issues, so that we can be quick to respond appropriately.
- Tracking the success of social media as a channel and feeding back to project groups about what works and what does not.
- Line manage a Social Media Executive and supporting them in their growth as a social media guru.
You will have worked in a social media team at management level before and have a thorough understanding of how each channel operates and how content is best delivered. You’ll keep up to date with social media trends and report to the wider team when necessary. You will come with an air of excitement to engage our audiences through social media to help us reach and support as many people as possible. You should also have a background within social media.
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.
We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.
RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
We are a remote working organisation, with colleagues based across the UK in locations from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands and everywhere in between. We come together in person three times a year for our Staff Summits, inspirational events for sharing skills and ideas, hearing from external speakers and spending quality time with colleagues. Working in this way, we bring together the best of digital and in-person working in a modern, progressive organisation. We know our colleagues have responsibilities and interests outside work and we want to support that, which is why we offer a sector-leading flexible working policy to all our staff from day one.
We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.
Closing date: 10 April 2024
Interviews: 18 and 19 April 2024