St Werburghs Community Association is in the final year of its current four year Business Plan. We are now working on organisational development, which includes Digital Project (commissioning of a new booking and service monitoring software), Strategy and Board Development, Marketing and Digital Inclusion Plan, Finance and HR training, as well as Team Building activities.
With current challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as loss of trading income and continuous demands on services we are looking for an experienced Strategy, Evaluation and Fundraising Associate to work with the Centre Team and Board of Trustees to complete an evaluation of existing work and plan for the imminent future assuring the Centre’s sustainability. The work will also include writing and submitting funding bids to ensure continuation of SWCA’s core services and further development of the organisation going into the next Business Plan period 2021-2025.
Applicants should be available for a period of 30 days between February and July 2021 to support the organisation. The timeframe greatly depends on the grants proposals and deadlines. All preparation, strategy sessions with the Board and evaluation of services will need to happen before the end of March 2021, with fundraising focus from April to July 2021.
About St Werburghs Community Association
Established in 1971, St Werburghs Community Association aims to manage the Community Centre building, develop its services and ensure it meets the demands, and needs, of local people. In 1999 the Association took over the management of the Centre from the local authority and completed Asset Transfer and an over £1m Capital Project in 2010, which resulted in construction of a four-room eco-friendly annexe, doubling up on the lettable spaces and making the main Victorian building more energy efficient and fully accessible. The Centre is one of Bristol’s busiest, most loved and inclusive community buildings.
In the last 10 years the Centre has grown from strength to strength, developing the facilities, which now include six large multipurpose rooms available to hire on hourly basis, a catering kitchen, seven office spaces, an outdoor seating, growing and play area, an Open Access Computer lab, a café and a central Reception from which SWCA delivers a range of Signposting and Advice services. Services we offer to meet community needs includes weekly cooking and gardening courses, one to one computer support, employability support/advice, Tai Chi, stay and play and much more. Most recently due to Covid-19 we have a telephone befriending service, food bank and a community outreach programme. There are volunteering opportunities to build skills and promote inclusion, we support local people in taking actions on issues which matter to them and link people to the support they need enabling them to achieve their goals. The Centre is available for private, social and business hire.
As a membership organisation, we have 200 active member groups who use the Centre for faith and cultural activities, training and education, exercise, dance and hobbies, as well as personal development and voluntary and charitable sector members, who work with local people.
Role and responsibilities
The Strategy, Fundraising and Evaluation Associate will support SWCA in building a sustainable financial, business, engagement and development plan. Experience in organisational development, finance, fundraising, business evaluation and strategy are key to this role. Plus excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills; good knowledge of the community business and voluntary sectors and a sound understanding of the different protected groups, of social and community inclusion.
Specific responsibilities include:
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taking part in a half a day induction to familiarise yourself with the organisation
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facilitation and drawing on learning (Business Plan) from two to four sessions with the Board of
Trustees, and Management Team to include:
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exploring our development trust status,
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forming meaningful alliances with other organisations,
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improving engagement with local residents,
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communications with groups,
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partnership working with other organisations and
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evaluation summary of community response/action.
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analysis of income streams and scenarios in liaison with Finance Manager(trading vs grants).
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looking at possible different membership structures: individual members, community member groups
and associate members, also young members.
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evaluation of current service provision work in liaison with the Centre operational teams.
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creating a 3-page document / web content describing SWCA, its vision, aims and objectives based on the evaluation of services in liaison with the Digital Communications and Marketing Officer.
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fundraising in liaison with the Centre Director and Finance Manager to include writing and submitting bids, working to deadlines and in line with our fundraising strategy.
Person specification
Essential
Business and strategic planning.
Ability to engage, communicate with and work with trustees, staff and partners at all levels.
Ability to evaluate and assess an organisation’s activities and performance and recommend detailed next steps.
Fundraising and bid writing to trusts and ufoundations.
The ability to read financial accounts and financial uprojections/ budgets.
Proficiency with IT and computer-based information systems.
Ability to work independently.
Excellent analytical, written and verbal ucommunication skills.
Commitment to equal opportunities and ability to exercise this in practice.
Sound understanding of the community business and voluntary based sectors.
Desirable
Understanding of membership organisations.
Knowledge of governance models, legal frameworks, and best practice in accountability and reporting.
Deadline
Noon 22nd January 2021
Application process
For further information or informal conversation please contact the Centre Director, Goska Ong.
Applicants will be contacted by 26th January and contracts for successful applicants will be agreed by 29th January 2021. Successful applicant will attend a paid induction/meeting with staff and trustees week commencing 1st February 2021 TBA.
This post is supported by Power to Change Business Development Support Grant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Deputy Head of England
Fixed Term Contract Up to 12mths
Location either: London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Belfast, Cardiff, Manchester
London: £41,770 to £43,770 per annum
Regional: £38,690 to £39,690 per annum
We are looking for a Deputy Head of the England team to be at the heart of helping to shape the people-powered focus of Friends of the Earth’s grassroots campaigns. This is a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
In this role you’ll help ensure that our campaigns achieve real impact, diversifying at a grassroots level and building our movement-powered organisation.
To be successful you will need demonstrable experience in delivering campaigns, particularly at a grass-roots level; using your knowledge of social and political change to utilise cutting-edge campaign strategies and tools. It is also essential that you are a strong people manager who is comfortable leading a geographically dispersed team.
Closing date:Monday 25th January 2021 (23:59)
In return we offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.
Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re seeking an enthusiastic Senior Fundraising Officer to join our small fundraising team as we look to develop our existing income generation streams. With a focus on building relationships you will work with donors who give in different ways, such as individuals, community groups, trusts and foundations and corporate partners.
You will need to have great interpersonal skills, be confident when meeting new people, and have a desire to find new opportunities to promote the work of Designability and our case for support. You’ll be encouraged to put forward and develop your own fundraising ideas and a good level of creativity would be a benefit.
Designability is an independent national charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our expertise is in user-centred design, creating products with and for disabled people to improve and enrich their lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that develops new products and provides innovative services which deliver greater choice for disabled people. We are a creative and inspiring team, operating with the freedom to explore and deliver exciting new ways of working, beyond statutory provision.
You will be joining a team which includes mechanical and electronics engineers, workshop technicians, product designers, occupational therapists, fundraisers, researchers and administrators. Our team is led by strong values: we are creative, inclusive and practical, with our vision being to create a future where every person with a disability has the products they want to live the life they choose.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing date: January 31st, 2021
Location: Bristol, UK
Contract: Full-time 12-month fixed term, with possible extension
Salary: £27,500 - £29,500 per annum depending on experience plus benefits
About Action for Conservation
We are at a critical moment in our earth’s history, and it’s never been more important to empower every young person to fight for their future and the future of the planet. Action for Conservation is an innovative young charity using pioneering approaches to inspire the next generation of environmental leaders. We work with young people from diverse backgrounds to build a youth movement committed to the earth.
About the role
This is an exciting role for an experienced manager who shares our passion for youth-led solutions to the climate and environmental crisis. The Programme Manager will work closely with the Head of Programmes to lead and expand our core programmes in South West England and Wales, grow and mentor a regional delivery team and support with other emerging areas of our work. You will act as an educator, role model and mentor to young people, whilst demonstrating strong, visible and inspiring leadership within the organisation.
If you feel you would make the most of an opportunity to shape an exciting young charity and have a positive impact on young people’s lives and the future of our planet, then we want to hear from you.
Why work with us?
You’ll be joining a young, mission-driven team who truly love what they do. Working with young people is always rewarding, sometimes challenging and never boring, and you’ll get to experience first-hand the positive impact that our work has. It goes without saying that we work hard, but we also maintain a positive work-life balance and spend lots of time outdoors. You’ll receive 33 days annual leave including public holidays, 4 paid annual volunteer days, quarterly team ‘action days’, away weekends, access to flexible working, training, development and career progression opportunities and a work place pension.
Our commitment to diversity
Diversity is one of our core values as an organisation and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We also recognise that the climate and ecological crisis disproportionately impacts minority and/or marginalised communities – yet these voices are largely underrepresented in the sector. We therefore encourage people from backgrounds currently underrepresented in the environmental movement and on our team, including people of colour, disabled people and LGBT+ people, to apply.
Our commitment to safeguarding
We’re committed to ensuring that robust child safeguarding practices are seen as the norm, so that safeguarding becomes everybody’s business. We expect all staff, volunteers and partners to protect the young people we work with from harm and abide by our Child Safeguarding Policy. Prior to appointment, the selected candidate will be required to provide two references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out.
How to apply
For more information, please download the Job Description and Application form and read more about Action for Conservation.
1. Your CV, including contact details for two referees. References will only be contacted after interview and prior to appointment.
2. Completed Application Form
3. A video recording (max 1 min) of yourself answering the question: What do you perceive to be the biggest barrier to young people becoming involved in environmental action?
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
37.5 hours per week
Location Flexible (home, Bristol office or London office) with regular travel across UK
Our training programme significantly improves the ability of domestic abuse professionals and other frontline responders and organisations, including police, children’s social care staff, and corporate HR and community teams, to identify and respond to domestic abuse and closely linked issues. We take a holistic approach, looking at the whole family and the connections between them to keep families safe sooner. We offer a whole range of training products, including accredited professional training (e.g. Idva, Ypva), accreditation of specialist DA services (Leading Lights), and bespoke services for public, voluntary and commercial organisations.
Our training programme across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aims to create:
- user value: with learners who attend our training feeling more confident and better equipped to fulfil their role
- social value: with measures showing professionals who attend our training provide more effective interventions for those who experience abuse
- financial value: responsible for generating around a third of SafeLives’ annual incom
As the Senior Training Lead for SafeLives, you will help shape the SafeLives Training and Development programme, with responsibility for developing, delivering and continuing a range of courses from within our suite of training products, in collaboration with our team of Lead Trainers, Training Coordinators and our Associates. You will work to ensure that SafeLives’ training programmes are in line with our strategic priorities and are of the highest quality, including course development and delivery with external partners and associate trainers.
You will combine teamwork with working independently on a day-to-day basis at home, in SafeLives’ Bristol or London office and at training locations.
You will be responsible for leading and driving forward SafeLives Responding Well cultural change programmes, in particular our delivery of the DA Matters programme for police, developed in partnership with the College of Policing.
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the performance of professionals within the domestic abuse and related sectors as well as the response of other frontline or first responders in the public, voluntary or commercial sectors, and thus help address the risks faced by victims of domestic abuse across the UK.
Benefits include a generous package including 25 days' holiday a year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with up to 4% employer contribution, childcare voucher scheme, 365 days a year access to Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle2Work scheme, flexible working
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.
Closing date: Monday 8th February 2021 at 9am.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.
No agencies please.
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced individual to join the Bristol Hub as an Operations Executive. This role is well suited to an individual that is able to work directly with young people, volunteers and delivery partners to plan, organise and deliver self-development and employment opportunities for young people in the South, to empower them to live, learn and earn.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an effective communicator and collaborator
- Will thrive in a busy and dynamic role
- Is able to work efficiently and effectively to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Can confidently work as part of a team, with other departments across the organisation and externally with delivery partners and volunteer
- Has experience of working on their own initiative to achieve individual and team objectives
- Can write, develop, and deliver lesson plans both face-to-face and virtually, utilising digital technology (including MS Teams)
- Has a fine attention to detail and can process paperwork in a timely and accurate manner
We work with young people from every background, so we are passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We therefore welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people, volunteers and delivery partners so you will need to have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:
• Social and personal development
• Digital skills training
• Education sector
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management
• Partnerships management
Upon joining The Prince’s Trust you will have the opportunity to join and be supported by our four networks:
PT CAN (Our Cultural Awareness Network)
PT NOW (Our Network of Women & Parents)
PT Pulse (Our LGBTQ+ network)
PT DAWN (Our Disability and Wellness Network)
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. If you think that is you, we’d love to hear from you.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your application answers will be reviewed blind to ensure fairness. Your responses will be randomised and the shortlisting panel will not see any details about you, including your CV. Your CV will only be seen after shortlisting if you have been invited to an interview.
Please note your application will be automatically rejected if you are not a qualified social worker.
We are recruiting talented Leadership Development Advisors to deliver 1-to-1 and group coaching sessions to Firstline Leaders (FLLs). We currently lack racial diversity in our coaching pool and want our organisation to better reflect the communities we serve. Therefore, we are actively seeking applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds for these roles.
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JOB SUMMARY:
The Fundraising Manager (Trusts & Foundations) is responsible for the development and delivery of an annual plan to achieve a key portion of the organisation’s operating budget as well as developing long-term relationships with key funders to secure a pipeline of sustainable funding. The post-holder will work across the organisation to develop compelling cases for support for funders, whilst managing a portfolio of larger trusts and foundations.
KEY TASKS:
- Work with colleagues across the organisation to identify projects of interest to potential funders and develop attractive cases for support for use across all fundraising streams
- Lead on the development of a dynamic trust fundraising programme to meet agreed annual targets and secure sustainable income through repeat and multi-year grants
- Plan and implement a rolling programme of trust funding applications, ensuring a healthy balance of large and small, restricted and unrestricted funding applications to achieve the agreed income targets
- Monitor income and expenditure targets and provide regular progress reports and updates on performance against target
- Develop and manage high quality cultivation, engagement and stewardship plans for trust prospects and existing priority donors, collaborating with the DCEO, senior management and trustees to ensure networking opportunities are maximised
- Coordinate and lead on the post-grant reporting needs of donors
- Contribute to the ongoing development of akt’s fundraising strategy
- Undertake any other reasonable tasks as requested
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Are you a digital analytics professional with excellent problem solving and prioritising skills, meticulous attention to detail and a real desire to work with like-minded people? Then join Shelter as a Digital Analyst and you could soon be playing a vital role at the heart of our digital team.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
With a cross-functional team spanning front and back end development, UX/UI, content production, social media, analytics and more, our digital team sets the example for Shelter in digital best practice, discovery and innovation. And, right now, we’re looking for a self-motivated, highly analytical Digital Analyst to join us.
About the Role
A great opportunity to influence the ongoing improvement of core Shelter digital products, we’ll look to you to provide support by producing dashboards and reports and delivering meaningful insights about our digital products. You’ll work on a variety of exciting projects, including online campaigns, fundraising events and donation drives, web-based advice services and new digital product development. You’ll also help improve reporting quality and capacity across our digital products, incorporating new data sets where applicable and collaborating with our other data teams. Producing interactive and attractive dashboards, continually reviewing data quality, reporting and insights and keeping an eye on future analytics trends and implementing them into your work – all are aspects of this varied, interesting and vital role.
About you
Your proven track record using industry-standard web analytics and data visualisation tools gives you the knowledge of the metrics and dimensions most relevant to each digital scenario. This will be vital in order to help ensure we make data-driven product decisions, leading discussions on KPIs and tagging implementation. You’ll need to be happy working alone or collaboratively with other analysts and stakeholders and have a proven ability to manage and develop both immediate and long-term reporting. Conveying and explaining complex data and digital concepts to stakeholders at all levels comes naturally to you too, while your flair for drawing out insights which can be supported by good quality data is second to none.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.