The Disability Selection Advisor requires an individual with substantial working knowledge and experience of implementing the Equality Act in order to both navigate the assessment of applicants' suitability (particularly, but not exclusively, those who have a health condition and/or may be considered to have a disability) to commence the Frontline programme and to advise Frontline and local authorities in respect of reasonable adjustments.
This is a vital position in a pioneering organisation and the appointed individual will bring their extensive knowledge of equality legislation to help develop organisational knowledge, improve participant experience and embed disability best-practice into all aspects of our programme. This role sits within the Suitability team so working with the wider group to ensure a joined-up journey for our participants and local authorities is essential.
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Our client is looking for an Operations Director to join their team based in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Location: Ashton-under-Lyne
Salary: £32,135.17 pro rata (£24,600.57 pa)
Hours: 28 hours per week (working across 4 days per week)
Closing Date: Monday 14th September 2020
Our client is a charity supporting older people across Tameside, with a multi-purpose Centre in Ashton-under-Lyne. The charity has been serving older communities for over 40 years. They are currently seeking to recruit an Operations Director.
This is a senior management position, operating at a strategic level directly with the CEO, overseeing the day to day administration & finance functions of the charity, ensuring robust financial reporting, systems and practice.
Operations Director - Key Responsibilities:
Financial Management
- To maintain the accounting records using a Sage Line 50 system or relevant system appropriate to the needs of the organisation
- To produce monthly financial exception reports to the Board
- To produce the year end management accounts in consultation with the external auditors.
- To develop the annual budget with the CEO and Finance Sub Committee, providing quarterly management accounts thereafter
- To devise financial policy, procedures, protocols and guidance to ensure the Charities financial functions are robust and consistent and meet the legal standards of best practice
Customer Services Management
- To provide coaching and supervisory support to a team of Customer Service Assistants
- Oversee day to day finance administration tasks including recording income and expenditure, ordering and petty cash
- Oversee admin tasks in support of recruitment and volunteering and other general correspondence
- Oversee maintenance of the charities Social Media marketing and Website maintenance
- Oversee front of House Reception and Dealing with Enquiries
- Oversee building maintenance including Health & Safety, Fire Safety and First Aid
- Oversee room hire and booking
- Oversee the design of displays and other information
- Oversee maintenance and replacement of IT equipment and hand-held equipment
- Any other tasks that fall within a Customer Services remit
General Management
- To establish customer service quality standards, aims, objective and measurable outcomes.
- To act as the Information Governance Lead
- To work with the CEO to develop new grants, commercial funding streams and maximise income from existing income generation initiatives
- To work with the CEO to develop its internal strategy, fulfil its goals and realise its ambitions
- To deputise in the absence of the CEO
Operations Director - You:
Qualifications
- Management or Supervisory Qualification Level 5 or above
Experience
- Minimum of 3 years voluntary sector management accounts experience & 3 years senior management experience
- Preparation of Management Accounts, budget setting, Annual Accounts and ongoing reporting
- Experience of staff training, coaching, support and supervision
- Understanding of legal frameworks governing the work of the Charity
- Experience of working with Sage 50 Accounts Office Software or similar Software together with the design and application of excel spreadsheets
- Experience of using social media and the website as promotional tools for the work of the Charity
- An understanding of back office and front of house functions
- Overseeing Information Governance procedure and practice
- Developing internal strategy and charity growth development though grants and commercial income generation
Knowledge
- High Quality Customer Services
- Health and Safety Legislation
- Charity Commission Regulations
- Companies House Regulations
- Data Protection Legislation
Interviews will take place the week commencing 28th September 2020. To submit your CV for this exciting Operations Director opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now.
Job Title: Operations Director Service Delivery- Restoration
No of Posts: 1
Salary: £33,000, Pension and Health Benefits
Status: Full Time, Substantive
Hours: 37.5 per week
Holidays: 24 days plus Bank Holidays per annum
Based at: Wigan and Leigh
Responsible to: CEO
Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees
SUMMARY
The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to join the charity in a new and exciting role. Your role will be to enhance integrate and develop all aspects of restoration within the Charity. You will need to be as committed as we are to equip people from diverse backgrounds for self-sustaining and independent living.
To be successful, you will be a person who has
• high integrity,
• commitment to organisational development, and good governance,
• excellent communication skills
• the ability to work at pace in a complex context,
• the ability to work in a team in a practical, flexible and cooperative way
• passionate about supporting people to transition
To Apply: Please complete an application form along with a brief overview of why you feel you are perfect for this role in no more than 500 words. Please attach all documents when applying for this vacancy
Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible.
Closing Date: 12 Noon Friday 28th August 2020
Possible Interview days: Early September TBC
*** We are a Christian Charity with Christian Values supporting the Wigan Community *****
****The Brick is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce.
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and support or staff from different backgrounds****
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Interim Head of Marketing
You will be engaged to develop the marketing (and communications) strategy and plans for agreement, in line with the overall strategy and plans. You will lead the team to implement the agreed plans, delivering the agreed outcomes and objectives.
Head of Marketing Responsibilities:
• Develop the marketing (and communications) plans for agreement, that support the delivery of the VDS strategy, business plan, purpose and values.
• Develop the optimum people and process framework that support the delivery of the plans, outcomes and objectives.
• Lead the team to deliver the expected short-term objectives and outcomes, as well as being set up for the future.
• The development and delivery of our digital plans, including website and all social media.
• All internal and external communications, including communications within projects such as policy renewals and Brexit.
• The development of optimum budgets to achieve outcomes and budget owner
• Accountable for the outcomes and quality of the VDS marketing plan and outcomes.
• The effective leadership and development of the team with clear objectives, effective coaching, 121s and appraisals.
• Attendance at Performance Executive Meetings as required
• Development and oversight of the communication plan and outcome
• Development and oversight of the digital plan and outcomes
• Overall brand positioning based on agreed outcomes.
• External partnership development for products and services
• Segmentation of membership and market for communications, sales and retention.
• External events, exhibitions and seminars plans and outcomes.
• Internal communications framework
• Ensure all plans support and develop the agreed member experience
• Overall member value and reach.
• Market research and insights.
Head of Marketing Requirements:
• Be an excellent communicator
• Possess strong people leadership skills
• Have a solid commercial and financial understanding
• Have experience of developing and delivering comprehensive marketing plans across the full mix of requirements, including communications, digital, social media and brand
• Lead teams, working and influencing cross-company up to Executive level
• Set clear outcomes and measurements
• Have financial services experience
• Be change-oriented – implementing plans that require change
• Have experience of working within a senior management team environment
• Possess a high degree of integrity and confidentiality
• Be a team player
• Be flexible, responsive and considered in approach
• Have exceptional communication skills
• Possess a high awareness of cultural sensitivity.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications whatever your background – be it educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
No external agencies please.
About the company:
Our client is a mutual insurance company founded in 1865 and run by experience veterinary surgeons on behalf of the veterinary profession.
Location: Office-based (Knutsford. Cheshire, WA16 8XZ), currently working from home but with ongoing flexibility so long as outcomes are delivered. Some travel is required.
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £60,000 per annum (pro-rated for 6 months)
Benefits: They offer Competitive salary. Generous holiday entitlement on-contributory individual pension. Generous company benefits. Desirable, Cheshire location with easy access to the motorway network
You may have experience of the following: Head of Marketing, Marketing Manager, Marketing Operations Manager, Senior Marketing Officer, Senior Marketing Manager, Senior Marketing Executive, Senior Marketing Specialist, Marcomms, Marketing Communications Manager, Marketing Specialist etc.
Ref: 93826
This role can be based at any of our South London, Bristol, Birmingham or Manchester hubs however the successful candidate will be able to work primarily from home for the foreseeable future.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished analyst to join the small but crucial Impact team at The Prince’s Trust, within the Service Design & Delivery directorate.
Making an impact on young people is at the heart of what we do so measuring and evaluating our services is key to informing the programmes we design and showcasing our success with partners and funders.
Most importantly you must believe in The Trust’s work, live our company values and fit in with our team’s positive, supportive and collaborative culture.
What you will do:
- Be responsible for transforming how we use our data to shape our services.
- Drive our performance and showcase our work with our supporters.
- Create and maintain an infrastructure of systems and tools for undertaking analysis and supplying data and insights.
What we need from you:
- A solid foundation of technical knowledge
- A track record of unlocking the power of data to drive organisational success
- Skills using data analysis tools including Google studio, BI systems such as Oracle service cloud and software including R, Python and SQL
- Experience presenting analysis through written and verbal outputs, including facilitating insight based discussions
For full details, please go to the job description.
Why we need Data Analysts:
This dedicated team is focused on delivering 10,000 young people into sustainable jobs on health & care.
We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years. Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.
We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.
Perks for working at The Trust:
- Great holiday package! 30 days of annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure days between Christmas and New Year
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
- Flexible working! You can work hours to fit in with, school hours, college hours or care arrangements for example. You can also work from home.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
- Volunteer / attend events such as music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year.
The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!
Req ID: 433
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As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans.
About the role
As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans. Above all, your over-riding purpose will be to influence the organisational culture to one in which EDI is the driver for sustainable change. You will also be the principle EDI advisor to the CEO, the Chief Commissioner, the Head of HR and to the Celebrating Communities Steering Group. This will be an extremely challenging role which will ensure that, as an organisation, we discharge our specific legislative obligations as well as significantly contributing to the St John Values and cultural change expectations.
About you
You will need to be a special person to succeed in this role with a strong passion for fairness and equity and an in-depth understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion matters as they affect all St John people. Previous experience of delivering EDI interventions and influencing positive change via a range of stakeholders is important. Being able to inspire and drive delivery across a wide range of EDI areas in a complex organisation will require strong levels of resilience and perseverance and the ability to persuade at all levels of St John.
About Us
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.
Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.
We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.
You will receive:
- Competitive salary & pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.
Interview Date: 10 August 2020
Application Review Date: 28 August 2020
We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.
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At Turning Point, it’s our job to help people find a new direction in life. Through our person-centred approach to support, we’re now one of the country’s leading social care providers, with a turnover of over £130m p/a.
We continue to grow, and we’ve big ambitions to stay on that upward curve. Join us as a Business Development Manager for our Public Health and Substance Misuse Services, and you’ll help us do just that by leading and managing one of our two regional business development teams.
In this business-critical role, it will be your job to make sure everything we say and do is relevant, engaging and original – ensuring that our excellent track record of service delivery is noticed by Local Authority Commissioners.
An experienced Business Development professional with a track record of leading winning bids, you will be responsible for both contract retention and winning new business in your region. You will work in partnership with operational colleagues and other senior stakeholders to co-produce service models, budgets and partnerships for tenders, as well as managing all aspects of the tender process, including quality assurance of written responses.
You will be responsible for written responses for tender submissions, bid planning/preparation and bid leadership and management all whist continuously improving business development processes. You will be responsible for the line management of 1 or more bid writers.
You will have effective communication skills (both oral and written), excellent critical thinking skills, great interpersonal skills, good attention to detail, previous experience of line management and an organised/methodical mind. You will have excellent business writing skills and effective project management. The ability to remain calm and deliver under pressure to tight deadlines is essential as well as good problem solving and critical thinking skills.
A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a business development role that has involved bid/tender writing is required as well as a demonstrable track record of significant contributions to winning bids, either in own right or as part of a wider team.
You will be based in one of our regional offices in Manchester or London, with home working from any location with good transport links also considered for the right candidate.
Why Turning Point?
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive opportunities to learn and develop, with silver accreditation from Investors in People
- 33 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays
- Flexible benefit options including cycle to work schemes and season ticket loans
- Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
- Employee assistance programme and access to online health and wellbeing support
- Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
- Access to a wide range of discounts, including cinema tickets, grocery and high-street shopping and gym memberships
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applicants before the advertised closed date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Act4Africa, a UK charity with a 19-year history of providing holistic care and support to women, girls, and their communities in sub-Saharan Africa, is looking to recruit a Programme Manager as the charity heads into an exciting new phase.
Taking responsibility for the day-to-day management, support and facilitation, of Act4Africa’s in-country partners, the successful candidate will also be required to create and interpret detailed project planning, tracking and feedback mechanisms, as well as to play an active role in the overall direction and development of the charity. S/he will be comfortable working towards agreed targets, creating, and adhering to strategic plans, and negotiating relationships between different stakeholders and partners.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for two admin officers to join our friendly, busy team. One is a full-time position to act as maternity cover for 9-12 months. The other is a part-time position for 14 hours per week.
Reporting to the Head of Admin, the person in this role will influence, inspire and support people to embrace and maintain a vegetarian lifestyle. You will need to be able to demonstrate how you uphold our vegetarian values in your personal life.
Main duties include providing excellent customer service, dealing with enquiries via phone, email and in-person as well as supporting all areas of the charity with a wide range of admin and facilities tasks.
Our physical offices are closed at the moment because of COVID-19 so the position currently involves working from home. When the office re-opens the role will be based in our headquarters which is located, within close proximity to Altrincham. So the ability to be able to travel into the office is essential.
For further information on this position please see the job description and person specification.
To apply for either of the posts please enclose a letter detailing how you meet each of the criteria set out in the person specification along with your CV to Zoë Irwin either via email or post to: Parkdale, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4QG. You’re welcome to apply for both positions but if you have a preference please let us know.
The closing date for applications is Friday 21st August 2020 at 9 am.
You must be available for the first round of virtual interviews on Tuesday 1 September 2020.
If successful you must also be available for in-person interviews at our offices on Thursday 3 September 2020.
The Vegetarian Society aims to be a positive employer. We operate a 35-hour week, flexible working-time scheme and stakeholder pension.
If you have any queries regarding the post, please get in touch.
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At Turning Point, it’s our job to help people find a new direction in life. Through our person-centred approach to support, we’re now one of the country’s leading social care providers, with a turnover of over £130m p/a.
We continue to grow, and we’ve big ambitions to stay on that upward curve. Join us as a Senior Bid Writer for our Public Health and Substance Misuse Services, and you’ll help us do just that through your contribution to our bids and tenders.
In this business-critical role, it will be your job to make sure everything we say and do is relevant, engaging and original – ensuring that our excellent track record of service delivery is noticed by Local Authority Commissioners.
The role will include written responses for tender submissions and you will play an active role in bid planning/preparation. You will be responsible for bid leadership and management and will support in the management of bids and put forward ideas for the continuous improvement of business development processes. You will also line manage 1 or more bid writers.
As an experienced Bid Writer with a great track record, you’ll be able to turn your hand to any tender or prospective bid that comes your way. Naturally, writing will be the bread and butter of your role, but you’ll also be involved in the whole tender/business development process, as well as line managing and coaching other team members.
We’re also looking for: excellent critical thinking skills; the ability to present complex ideas in a simple way; great interpersonal skills; forensic attention to detail; and an organised/methodical mind.
The successful candidate will have excellent business writing skills; effective project management skill and the ability to remain calm and deliver under pressure to tight deadlines. Good problem solving and critical thinking skills are essential as well as a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a business development role with extensive experience of bid writing. You will have a demonstrable track record of significant contributions to winning bids, either in own right or as part of a wider team.
You will be based in one of our regional offices in Manchester or London, with home working from any location with good transport links also considered for the right candidate.
Why Turning Point?
As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.
Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.
We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.
Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.
What Benefits Will I Receive?
Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive opportunities to learn and develop, with silver accreditation from Investors in People
- 33 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays
- Flexible benefit options including cycle to work schemes and season ticket loans
- Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
- Employee assistance programme and access to online health and wellbeing support
- Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
- Access to a wide range of discounts, including cinema tickets, grocery and high-street shopping and gym memberships
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applicants before the advertised closed date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Flexible location
Closing date: Monday 17th August 2020 at 11.30pm
Interviews: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August 2020
We’re looking for a commercially aware individual with experience of working in a fundraising/income generation focused product development and innovation environment, to join us as a Community Fundraising National Relationships Manager and play a key role in engaging new and existing supporters.
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.
Part of our hugely successful Income Generation division, Shelter’s Community Fundraising team is a new and, currently, small team but with big plans to grow our numbers to have Regional Fundraisers in 12 cities across England and Scotland. Community Fundraising is a key part of Shelter’s long-term fundraising strategy and investment is being made available to fund it. We have recently appointed a new Head of Community Fundraising and are now seeking to expand our team – it’s a great time to join us.
At Shelter we are committed to tackling systematic inequalities and currently we are looking to increase the diversity within our Fundraising team. We would particularly welcome applications from anyone with a BAME background or considers themselves to have a disability.
About the role
This brand new role involves leading and managing a team and working closely with the Head of Community Fundraising to achieve our strategic and operational objectives. You’ll also play a big part in developing, testing and evaluating new mass activity products and carrying out market scanning and trend spotting. Managing the national stewardship and engagement of supporters will be important too, as will managing a budget to ensure optimal ROIs. Developing and testing supporter journeys, creating and developing assets and materials and using coaching, mentoring and other methods to continuously improve the performance of your team – all are aspects of a role that will also see you work with the Head to develop a culture of innovation across Community Fundraising.
About you
You’ll need to be an accomplished project manager with a proven track record in a related environment where you employed innovation management tools. You also need a good understanding of Google Analytics, Trello, Miro, DSEO, social media marketing, Indesign and databases. Some management experience is required too, as is a customer focused approach, lots of creativity and innovation and a strong desire to deliver results each and every time. You will be able to demonstrate strong skills and experience around supporter stewardship and supporter journeys. Someone who responds quickly and positively to change, you’re happy to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas, methods and processes where appropriate. What’s more, you have excellent networking and influencing skills, whether dealing with a variety of internal teams or external suppliers, developers and agencies.
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.
Background
New Schools Network (NSN) is a dynamic, growing charity. Our purpose is to ensure that every child has an equal chance to succeed, irrespective of their background, by supporting communities to establish, run and improve schools.
An unacceptable number of children fail to reach their potential because they lack access to an excellent education. Too often, a child’s background dictates their destination in life, entrenching inequality and impacting communities for generations to come.
NSN is passionate about ending educational inequality once and for all.
We envisage a country where every child has an equal chance to succeed in life, irrespective of their background. Through our programmes, we partner with individuals, groups, trusts and business leaders to establish, run and improve pioneering and innovative schools.
By offering advice, guidance and support, the charity has been instrumental in helping hundreds of groups of parents, teachers, charities and schools to establish new schools. Over the last three years, NSN has expanded its activities to support the 800 or so free schools that are open or have been approved to open. This is an exciting opportunity to work in medium sized charity and to improve the quality of education in England by joining NSN’s Free Schools Programme Directorate.
New Schools Network is powered by a dynamic and enthusiastic team, united by a passion for improving life chances for children through education.
Free Schools Programme Directorate
As a member of the Free Schools Programme Directorate (FSPD), you will be supporting the team to deliver services to free schools at all stages of their journey. No two days will be the same; you will be involved in a varied range of projects across the team and wider organisation. The FSPD intern will primarily support NSN’s two free school services:
- Advisory Services: NSN’s Advisory Services offers support and guidance to free school applicant groups. This includes researching and reaching out to groups who are best placed to set up specific types of schools, and working with them to develop their idea and prepare them to submit a free school application to the Department for Education (DfE).
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Delivery Services: NSN’s Delivery Services offer a range of support to free schools that have been approved to open, and those that are open. NSN supports approved groups by providing a range of paid-for services, specially designed to help groups achieve the key milestones in a challenging and rigorous set up process. Open free schools can access a range of free support including events, meetings with specialist consultants, and NSN’s dedicated helpdesk service.
The FSPD intern will also be expected to provide ad hoc support to other projects and teams across the organisation.
Our values are:
- We take action to generate change.
- We embrace innovation.
- We believe in individual agency.
- We celebrate diversity.
Key responsibilities
Interns work across all areas of NSN’s work. They have an opportunity to develop a number of key skills, including research, writing and presenting, event organisation and database management. This role will include the following responsibilities:
- Helping to deliver accurate advice to free schools at all stages, including applicant groups, through NSN’s universal helpdesk service;
- Supporting the co-ordination of one-to-one advice surgeries;
- Researching various topics in public policy, politics and education;
- Helping to organise events, including (virtual) visits to schools, roundtables and webinars;
- Supporting advisers to identify and contact high quality potential free school applicants;
- Updating and maintaining records on NSN’s internal database, including running reports and logging queries in a timely and accurate manner; and,
- We commit to continuous improvement.
- Supporting the work of the wider team and the administration of NSN’s work in general
Candidates need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
- Enthusiasm – NSN’s interns must be passionate about education, and support the free school policy.
- Proactivity – NSN’s interns must be able to use their initiative to solve problems, handle external queries appropriately, and support the team.
- Impressive communication skills – NSN’s interns communicate with a great variety of individuals and groups in person, over the phone and in writing, including civil servants and senior leaders of national academy trusts.
- Strong time management skills – NSN’s interns need to prioritise their workload and be able to balance time sensitive tasks with longer-term projects.
- Professionalism – NSN’s interns are often the first point of contact for external stakeholders, so they need to represent NSN in a professional manner in any situation.
- Adaptability – NSN’s interns are asked to complete a wide variety of projects and need to be adaptable.
- Attention to detail – NSN’s interns need to complete both written and data-related tasks with precision and accuracy.
We are interested in applications from anyone with the above attributes, regardless of your level of education or experience. A proven interest in education (e.g. tutoring, volunteering with young people) and/or experience in a customer facing role would be beneficial.
Please note: We are keen to appoint as soon as possible and may interview for this position before the deadline. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Interviews will be held virtually due to COVID-19.
Location
London or Manchester (with initial flexibility around working from home due to COVID-19).
How to apply
To apply for this role, please e-mail with your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are the right person for this job. NSN operates a 'blind' recruitment process, whereby all personal and identifying details are removed from candidates' applications. We do this to ensure that the hiring team evaluate applicants on the basis of their skills, aptitude and experience instead of factors that could potentially bias decision-making.
New Schools Network (NSN) is a dynamic, growing charity that aims to improve the quality of education – particularly for the most deprive... Read more
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WHAG
WHAG is a leading charity delivering quality support services to women, men and their families who are affected by domestic abuse and homeless vulnerable women across North West England. Improving the safety and life opportunities of our service users and supporting them in their recovery
Our people impact on the lives of others and our business everyday so we’re committed to developing talent and growing ambition. We’re looking for people who want to be the best they can in their role and who want to make a difference day in, day out.
We currently have opportunities for:
Assistant Domestic Abuse Support Worker (Nights) (Rochdale)
We are looking for an Assistant Domestic Abuse Support Worker to provide clients with assistance and support as required in a safe and secure environment and assist them to reach planned goals.
- Salary: NJC scale 9 (£19,283 + £50 per sleep allowance)
- Actual Salary: £14,803
- Hours: 14.92 hours
- Thursday 4.30pm to Friday 8.45am (Sleep 11pm-8am)
- Friday 4:30pm to Saturday 8.45am (Sleep 11pm-8am)
- Every 3rd Saturday 5.30pm to Sunday 8am ((Sleep 11pm-8am)
- Closing Date: 10.00am, Wednesday, 26th August 2020
- Interview date: Wednesday, 9th September 2020
As this post is at women only project schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 applies
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.