Safeguarding & Quality Officer

Home Based: with occasional travel to head office in Stevenage

Job reference: 32

Contract Type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours per week, 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £22,000 - £24,000 per annum (depending on experience) + Benefits

We are seeking an experienced individual to support us in the role of a Safeguarding and Quality Officer to ensure POhWER fulfils its obligations to protecting and safeguarding people who come into contact with our charity.

Our ideal candidate will have comprehensive working knowledge of current safeguarding, child and adult protection legislation, statutory and related guidance as well as carrying out risk assessments and the ability to input relevant control measures.

This role is ideal for someone who has undertaken comprehensive safeguarding training and has experience in working within a safeguarding governance framework, enjoys attention to detail, familiar with report writing and data collection.  As well has dealing with complex issues proficient in IT, and enjoys working effectively as part of a team.  Our ideal candidate will have the ability to communicate clearly at all levels, be highly organised and able to prioritise their workload to meet deadlines and targets.

You will be an efficient professional looking for a challenge with the passion and empathy to succeed in a Charitable working environment.

Experience of working in a similar safeguarding role is essential as well as being able to implement best practice in working confidently to promote the POhWER’s values.

The full Job Description and Applicant Information Pack can be downloaded from our website or Charity Jobs.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter (no longer than 1 side of A4) before the application deadline 10am, Tuesday 4th May 2021. 

In your cover letter please include your reasons for applying for the role, examples to demonstrate you have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience and what makes you a suitable applicant for this role.

For the right person, with the right mindset, working as Noah’s Ark’s Supporter Engagement Officer really should be a formative step in your career. If you’re ambitious about your career, and looking for a charity which can support you in pushing forward in a busy and responsible role, please read on and apply.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice has been on a major upward trajectory in recent years – more children supported, more major hospitals partnered with, and more supporters donating. We’ve transformed from being an enthusiastic start-up, to a serious player delivering major impact. So what next?

Typically around 75% of our income is derived from a relatively small number of supporters who are managed by our Philanthropy Team. We need to diversify our income streams and de-risk the charity’s financial sustainability in the process. As well as acquiring new one-off donors and fundraisers, we aim to build a sector-leading regular giving club with tens of thousands of supporters donating monthly. The financial security provided by this low-risk regular income will enable the charity to expand at scale and ultimately enable an improved quality of life, and death, for many more of the over 2,400 seriously unwell babies and children who could be benefitting from Noah’s Ark’s support.

So, how will the successful applicant to this role play their part?

Firstly, we need to look after our supporters in a highly engaging and reliable way, strengthening their trust of the charity and fostering their loyalty. Relationship fundraising is our team’s bedrock – this will be the perfect environment to hone your supporter care skills. Secondly, we need to harness the power of data. Efficiently managing data will be key to Noah’s Ark’s growth and sustainability – indeed it is an increasingly vital part of any successful fundraising team’s strategy. We have recently appointed two sector-leaders in the supporter engagement/digital space, with excellent experience at some of the UK’s biggest charities. So, again you will be supported and developed by sector leaders.

We are looking for an intelligent, expansive thinker with a high level of determination and rigour. You will relish a busy workload and be able to keep a cool head under pressure. You will be highly articulate, have a positive manner and be very organised. You will welcome professional challenge. Bringing new ideas to life requires gumption and self-belief – you will have both in spades.

Previous experience of supporter engagement or customer services is desirable, as is experience of working with a CRM database. For the right person, we will still consider your application if you haven’t worked with a CRM database before but can otherwise demonstrate your computer literacy, willingness to learn at pace and take on responsibility from the off.

As explained in the job pack (see below), we’re looking to change the way we do things with supporter engagement quite radically. So, if helping a vital cause deliver transformational outcomes for London’s most unwell babies and children, whilst helping to create systemic change to the charity’s fundraising, and learning and developing your own skills at pace sounds like a good next step for you, please do send us your CV and covering letter. 

Closing date is: Monday 10th May but we expect to interview on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged. 

Deputy Manager - Childcare Services

Deputy Manager – Childcare Services
Permanent
37.5 hours per week
£22,016 - £24,853 per annum

About the role

Our Children’s Home is entering an exciting period of change as we move towards opening 8 discrete Children’s Homes. We are seeking to appoint Deputy Managers to support our Registered Managers and Head of Residential Child Care Services in running an established vibrant and nurturing service for our children and young people.

About You

You will work with a Registered Manager to manage a designated bungalow and staff team. Each of our bungalows are home to a maximum of 8 children. This role will be busy and varied; you’ll take the operational lead for all safeguarding matters, ensuring that all staff are effectively trained and supervised and that all aspects of the children’s care runs smoothly. You will operate alongside Registered Managers and our Head of Residential Child Care Services to ensure a safe and professional environment for our staff, children and young people.

You’ll be working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across the Centre, liaising with residents, families and external agencies so well developed interpersonal skills are essential. We’re looking for someone who has relevant experience of working with learning disabilities in either a care or educational setting. You will also have experience of leading, developing and mentoring teams. Ideally you’ll hold your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or equivalent with a willingness to enrol and complete Level 5 Diploma in Residential Child Care within 2 years.

St Elizabeth’s Centre

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire countryside between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs in our Children’s Homes, School, College, Residential Homes with Nursing and Day Centre.

Our Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Currently a 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for full time permanent employees
- Fully paid for DBS
- Life Assurance
- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
- Free parking
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- High Street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a Friend payments of up to £300

How can you find out more?

To apply and to find out more information about St Elizabeth’s, please visit our website.

All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

Ref: 98393

This is an exciting opportunity to join DENS in a new role. We are recruiting for a Social Enterprise Manager to lead the development of DENS Social Enterprise Programme.

DENS is committed to the development of the Social Enterprise programme; providing participants with a supportive environment to develop work-skills and confidence, leading  to  employment,  whilst long term developing  an additional income stream for DENS, that we can re-invest  into our services.

The Social Enterprise Programme was established two years ago, and currently consists of the following:

• Bike project: ‘doing up’ and selling second- hand bikes in our bike workshop, based in Hemel Hempstead. This is the most established element our social enterprise programme. The bike workshop is open 4 days a week.
• Coffee Cart:  a mobile coffee cart, providing fabulous Barista style coffee made by our participants. The Coffee Cart was hired for several events pre-COVID. 
• Catering Project:   the least developed element of the programme, but with plans in place.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong business acumen, experience in business development and committed to supporting those facing homelessness,  social exclusion and poverty to rebuild their lives.

We are looking for someone who is dynamic, but with eye for detail and can balance the challenges of developing enterprise with the needs of the charity, and most importantly our participants. 

You do not need to have any previous experience with catering or bikes,  more important is your ability to lead the  Social Enterprise Programme and commitment  to providing opportunities for our participants.

How to apply

Please read the full Job Description & Personal Specification

If you match our criteria:

• Fill in the DENS Application Form  including your Supporting Statement
• Closing date for receipt of applications is 19th April 2021
• Please note,  the successful applicant will be required to complete a DBS check

We will not accept a general CV for this role

For an informal chat, please ring Wade Dingle, Head of  Community  Services 0 7 538 9 85 64 2

We are looking for a Volunteer Devepoment Manager to join Noah's Ark Children's Hospice in North London. 

Volunteering is critical to the success of Noah’s Ark. We value the unique role that volunteers play within the charity and believe that the skills and experiences of volunteers help Noah’s Ark to provide a high quality of care to children and families and enhance and enrich the work of staff. Volunteers also allow Noah’s Ark to develop strong links with communities which raises awareness of Noah’s Ark and of the care and support that we provide.

We are looking for someone dynamic, enthusiastic and capable to:

Be responsible for the recruitment, placement and retention of all volunteers across Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice

Manage and support volunteering across Noah’s Ark in conjunction with other department managers and Heads.

Ensure Noah’s Ark attracts a diverse volunteer workforce and offers an exceptional volunteer experience.

To work alongside the Deputy CEO to achieve Investors in Volunteering status.

Principal

£85,000 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Permanent

About the role

St Elizabeth's is a charitable organisation that supports children and adults with severe epilepsy and other complex medical conditions and learning disabilities. We provide support through holistic care, health and education services in a safe environment that enables vulnerable people to maximise their personal potential in all areas of life.

We are seeking a Principal who will provide authoritative and professional visionary leadership to St Elizabeth’s Educational Services, which include our on-site Catholic Special School and Independent Specialist College. Working with the Trustees, the CEO and the Senior Leadership Team, the Principal will support and develop the Centres Educational Services in line with its mission and ethos and, as we look to the future, we need to ensure we are well positioned to respond to the changing needs of our residents, learners and young people.

About you

The Principal will ensure effective high standards of day-to-day leadership and management are adopted within our School and College, whilst working collaboratively with direct reports to ensure the holistic needs of all students and learners are effectively assessed and met.

You will be an experienced Teacher with NPQH status, and previous experience at Head Teacher level or similar within a SEN school or college environment. You will have excellent leadership skills along with experience of managing a team. An outstanding classroom practitioner, you will be fully conversant with the legal, regulatory and inspection requirements of Ofsted, along with willingness and commitment to support the ethos and values of St Elizabeth’s.

Our Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

- Competitive salary
- 27 days annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
- Fully paid for DBS
- Life Assurance
- Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
- Free parking
- High Street retail/leisure discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Recommend a Friend payment of up to £300
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Contributory Pension Scheme

How can you find out more?

To apply and to find out more information about St Elizabeth’s, please visit our website.

Interviews will take place over two days on 28th and 29th April, with a classroom based exercise on site followed by two panel interviews with our Trustees, CEO and Senior Leadership Team.

All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

Ref: 98043

Money Advice Specialist

Contract Type: 1-year fixed term 

Hours: 12 hours a week Location: Based remotely if Covid restrictions apply, or based at Citizens Advice Harlow Salary: £7,776 (£25,920) Start Date: As soon as possible

You would be responsible for delivering a high quality, confidential, independent, and impartial Money advice, using multi-channel service delivery to help clients in this role. Led by the Head of Advice and Operations, you will be part of a team of Specialists who work to support the local community of Harlow.

You will:

· be responsible for ensuring that advice is delivered to consistently high standards and meets the technical requirements of Money Advice

· have excellent communication and advocacy skills

· have the ability to manage a caseload

· complement this with strong IT skills and ability to analyse and interpret information

Suitable candidates for the post will have recent experience of delivering debt advice to a wide range of clients (face to face and on the telephone). Additionally, priority will be given to applicants who are an approved Debt Relief Order Intermediary.

For a job pack and application form, please email

Motability is a national charity which aims to enhance the lives of disabled people by improving their personal mobility. We help people to enjoy the freedom and independence to work, to learn, to get to appointments and to see family and friends. We provide a range of grants to help people with a range of disabilities and we oversee the Motability Scheme, through which some disabled people can use enhanced mobility benefits to lease a car, scooter or powered wheelchair. This is an exciting time for Motability. At a time of huge growth and of new opportunities, we want to make faster progress to realise our vision to ensure that no disabled person should be disadvantaged due to poor access to transportation.

We want to ensure that we are consistently monitoring and evaluating our work to demonstrate that our programmes are being implemented as designed, and achieving planned results (at output and outcome level) and targets. We want to use the findings from our monitoring to inform programme adaptations during implementation to course correct where required. We want our evaluations to inform our decisions about future of our existing programmes as well as other investments we need to make so that they are aligned to the mobility needs of disabled people. This will help us to better target and use our valuable resources and maximise the impact that we are having on the lives of disabled people by improving their personal mobility.

Purpose of the role

Our experience shows that being mobile helps disabled people to participate in work, to continue in education, to live independently, attend events and appointments as well as see friends and family. However we need to be able to evaluate our work and generate evidence that demonstrates how our work is having this impact as well as to capture other effects that our interventions may be having (positive or negative, direct or indirect). We also need to be able to identify what is and is not working that may be affecting the success of our work. Going forward we will also be undertaking cost benefit analysis of our programmes and developing a methodology to assess the anticipated and actual Social Return on Investment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead on design and implementation of evaluations that assess organisational and specific programme/project level relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and financial, social and economic impact.
• Lead on design and implementation of a monitoring system capable of regularly reporting results for all programmes at output and outcome level. This may be in the form of a database which would be used to develop a dashboard capable of showing programme performance as well as organisational performance.
• Support the development of Motability’s Annual Impact Report
• Build capacity: Work with programme teams to support the development of programme/project specific monitoring and evaluation plans, Theories of Change and results frameworks which will then be used for evaluation purposes. This will involve building capacity of the programme teams, and working with other charities and organisations who are recipients of Motability Special Grants.
• Based on an agreed charity-wide annual evaluation plan, develop terms of reference for various evaluations, in consultation with programme/project teams, with clear purpose, objectives and evaluation questions, approach, methodology, resource requirements and work plan.
• Design evaluation approaches and methodologies, data collection instruments and analytical frameworks.
• Lead on tender processes where evaluations or components of them are to be outsourced, and manage delivery ensuring the work is delivered according to agreed timelines and meets user needs.
• Undertake and oversee design, collection and cleaning of data ready for analysis.
• Undertake analysis of the collected data to respond to the evaluation questions and criteria.
• Lead on writing of evaluation reports ensuring they are of high quality and suitable for target audiences.
• Present findings to internal/external audiences.

Profile:

Technical skills, knowledge and experience

1. Experience of monitoring and evaluating interventions with focus on undertaking process evaluations, measuring impact, calculating cost/benefit analysis and Social Return on Investments
2. Experience of working closely with project/programme teams to develop theories of change, results frameworks and monitoring and evaluation plans including designing output and outcome level indicators and evaluation frameworks.
3. Relevant qualification in an analytical discipline such as economics, statistics or social sciences, or evidence of professional experience in the area of evaluations.
4. Ability to design and implement programme and organisational level evaluations and monitoring systems. This includes:

• Being highly experienced in developing evaluation terms of reference working closely with programme teams.
• Selecting best fit evaluation methodologies according to purpose and objective of the evaluation.
• Designing data collection instruments and analytical framework.
• Familiarity with handling data protection protocols, ensuring data security and ethical considerations.
• Undertaking analysis and reporting.
• Where required managing and commissioning other agencies for data collection/analysis and specific aspects of an evaluation.

1. Highly experienced in report writing.
2. Highly IT literate with extensive experience of using Microsoft Office applications, and statistical and other qualitative software packages.
3. Understanding of disability, mobility and accessible design issues is desirable and the willingness to learn and apply evaluation design to this sector is essential.

Management and Coordination

1. Ability to collaborate and build effective working relationships with programme and project leads and other teams across the charity, helping others to recognise and embrace the benefits of evaluation activity.
2. Highly experienced to lead and manage on design and delivery of monitoring and evaluations using appropriate approaches and methodologies.
3. Highly experienced in coordinating across multiple teams, agencies and stakeholders and simultaneously deliver multiple evaluations, within agreed timelines.
4. Exceptional written and oral skills, including the ability to present complex information in simplified form for non-technical audiences.
5. Ability to work remotely, within a team and independently.

Key reporting and interfaces

Reports to Head of Impact and Evaluation.

The post-holder will be privy to and responsible for highly sensitive information and will be expected to exercise complete confidentiality.

He or she will work in close coordination with key managers and staff within the organisation as well as with external agencies, including organisations holding grants from Motability and research organisations.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those with lived experience of disability or a long-term health condition.

Although initially based at home, the selected candidate will be expected to come to the office a minimum of 2-3 times per week as Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease. 

Integration Support Services is a small charity based in Harlow, West Essex. Our mission is to support the successful integration of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minority communities in Essex and Hertfordshire.

ISS provides various services, including: tailored IAG services for individuals and families; immigration advice and services; adult ESOL classes; weekly social groups; a stay-and-play group for young children and various social events and trips that run throughout the year.  We are also a registered Hate Incident Reporting Centre and play an active role in advocating for our target communities.

To learn more about our services, please visit our website.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our services are currently online, but we anticipate returning to a predominantly face-to-face delivery model as restrictions ease.  The charity is financially stable and we hold good relationships with our funders.

We are seeking to appoint a CEO/Operations Manager who shares our vision and who has the experience needed to lead our charity forward. The successful candidate will have executive responsibility for the strategic development and management of the organisation, the preparation and implementation of ISS' strategic plan and the growth of the organisation.  The Chief Exec/Operations Manager will be supervised, and supported by, the Board of Trustees.

*ISS reserves the right to remove the posting early if the vacancy is filled sooner than anticipated; we therefore recommend applying soon.

Project Manager - Strategy and Impact
Reference: MAR20217900
Location: Flexible
Salary: £27,574.00 - £30,590.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave
Duration: 18 months

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB is evolving to respond to the natural world’s greatest threats, ensuring that we are in the best possible shape to deliver on our strategy. Underpinned by evidence-based decision making, our work programmes range from working in partnership to deliver major conservation outcomes on land and at sea, through to transforming our own ways of working to have greater impact for nature. RSPB has a large supporter base and workforce of paid staff and volunteers, with many sites, partners, and digital systems.

What’s the role about?

Working in the Strategy and Impact Department and reporting to the Head of Impact and Evaluation, you will manage projects which help RSPB plan and deliver its work and understand its impact for nature and people, on an 18-month contract.

Working with knowledgeable and friendly staff who are passionate about making a difference for nature in the UK and globally, we can offer you a unique opportunity to further your project management career.

The team is normally based at our UK Headquarters in the heart of The Lodge Nature Reserve in Bedfordshire. The impact of Covid-19 means the ability to work happily at home in a suitable environment is essential. The successful candidate could be based anywhere in the UK with good broadband connectivity.

Key result areas:

• Put in place the right governance structure to keep projects on track and ensure adherence to our strategic priorities.
• Produce relevant project documentation (including highlight reports).
• Ensure that stakeholders, including customers, are kept fully involved and informed.
• Estimate and manage the project(s) duration determining when activities and events are planned to happen -ensuring the timely completion of the project(s).
• Identify, record, manage and communicate risks and issues, putting in place appropriate contingency actions -to reduce the likelihood of events that might prevent project outputs and objectives being delivered on time.
• Agree and implement a quality strategy to determine what are the acceptable standards for the outputs and objectives of the projects.
• Manage the project budget against forecast, estimate costs, ensure that exceptions beyond tolerance are escalated and approved so that project costs are kept within agreed tolerances.
• Ensure that all changes made to project baselines are managed effectively to prevent scope creep.
• Take responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiate corrective action where required to keep the project on track.
• Direct and motivate the project team to achieve project success by focussing on a common goal.
• Manage handover to ‘business as usual’ by formally bringing the project to an end, preparation of any follow on actions required and communicate to others where relevant.
• Contribute to sharing of project management best practice across the RSPB.

What we need from you:

A strong background in managing projects, you will have experience of working on more than one project at a time and ideally in the area of strategic or business planning. You’ll be able to navigate and large organisation and work confidently with a range of diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to ensure project success. You will know the tools and techniques of the discipline and can analyse problems and options both alone and collaboratively. An understanding of portfolio and programme management is highly desirable. You’re quick and keen to learn from others and happy to energetically take the lead to ensure project activities meet stakeholders needs.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Demonstrable experience of Project Management following a formal methodology
• Experience working on multiple concurrent projects
• Experience of digital system implementations
• Experience of dependency management within and across large programmes of work
• Skilled in the use of project controls
• Ability to manage data and information with Microsoft tools
• A good listener, quick learner, and logical thinker
• Evidence of strong literacy and numeracy
• Able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Understanding of Programme and Portfolio management
• Enjoys collaborative working practices
• Structured and methodical in work planning

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Relevant professional/technical qualifications or training
• Experience of working in business planning and performance
• Experience of project working within and across a large organisation
• Skill in resource investigation
• Able to manage SharePoint sites, libraries and lists

Closing date: 23:59, 26 April 2021
We are looking to conduct interviews for this vacancy on Friday 30th April 2021.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Full-time 37.5 hours per week, permanent
Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19
Covering the Home Counties (Including the East of England – Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk)
Job Ref: 22542

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible, and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission, we are looking to expand our employability services Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS) and are looking for an Operations Manager.

Reporting directly to the Director of Programme, the role will be aimed at supporting the performance of the expanded Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS). The role will ensure all operational delivery is operated safely, efficiently and achieves or exceeds performance expectations.

We need an Operations Manager to lead the regional delivery of services, supporting people to change their lives positively through finding work. Our staff strive to make an impact by looking for new and innovative ways to motivate people who are disadvantaged in the job market. They deploy out-of-the box thinking to provide personalised support to help people take control over their lives.

To stand-out, you need to champion and embrace change, balance the empathy of a charitable heart with a commercial edge, and be willing to learn and collaborate with others.

This role is ideal for a person with a background in management, budgeting and delivery of continuous improvement. Working with key stakeholders, you will have a proven track record of achieving objectives through strong relationship management. A solution focussed approach, which enables risks and issues to be minimised is ideal, as is the ability to make decisions based on analytical assumptions.

This is a complex and challenging operations management role, which requires strong management and contract delivery skills. The post holder has responsibility for the efficient, effective and evidence based delivery of excellent performance in all services, measured against contractual requirements.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within the Home Counties area, and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

you will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits include:

• Competitive Salary.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.
• Enhanced annual leave.

For further information and to apply online please click the Apply on website button. Please quote the reference number 22542.

Closing date:  5 April 2021.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

We are looking for a dynamic and forward looking Chief Executive to lead Home-Start Hertfordshire on to its next stage of development and sustainable future. The foundations are securely in place with a strong, experienced team of dedicated trustees, staff and volunteer family mentors who have a track record of delivering a high quality service. 

Home-Start Hertfordshire believes every parent should have the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life. The early years of a child’s life makes the biggest impact: Home-Start makes sure those years count so that no child’s future is limited.

Home-Start Hertfordshire is a voluntary organisation that provides support to families through challenging times helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown. Support is provided by highly trained volunteer family mentors who work alongside parents, often in their own homes, to help them cope with the stresses and strains of life.

The team has adapted the usual face to face contact with families to offer a telephone support service throughout the Covid pandemic, this has added to the menu of services that will be offered to families in the future.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced Senior Project Manager/CEO with a demonstrable track record of successfully running an organisation within a relevant field.
• Possess strong leadership, strategic management and governance skills as well as being creative and solution focused.
• Ensure a high profile for Home-Start Herts developing and engaging high value funders, sponsors and donors.
• Identify and secure new opportunities for strategic partnerships and income generation.