A leading international examination body are recruiting for a Senior Statistical Analyst on an initial 6month contract to support in analysing student results data for this challenging examination session in order to ensure fairness during the COVID pandemic.
As a someone who has a degree or higher in statistics or mathematics with experience of undertaking statistical analysis and an understanding of assessment principals you will be responsible for recommending and undertaking recognised statistical tests to answer key questions posed by the Head of Assessment Principles and Practice to identify any anomalies in the outcomes of results in the November session and beyond.
The role will also support the assessment division and wider organisation in carrying out reviews of assessment outcome, with a particular focus on providing staff with an education and assessment background with the tools (PowerBI dashboards) etc to undertake reviews of school outcomes.
While initially focused on the November 2020 non-exam/exam route comparison, it is intended to take the learning from this session into the business as usual approach to maintaining standards and this role will support the Head of Assessment Principles and Practices in establishing what the business rules should be.
Finally, the role will also be expected to undertake statistical work to support the wider objectives of the assessment division and organisation.
If you are someone who wants to make a positive impact on young people during this traumatic year in education then please get in touch today for more details quoting reference number J74129KP
This role will be home based until at least April 2021 with room for flexible working after this time.
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Principal Economic Regulation Specialist, Energy Networks and Systems
Location: Flexible within England & Wales
Department: Policy Team
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
Each year we help 2.8 million people to solve their problems face to face and see over 34.5m visits to our website. This data and our reputation give us unparalleled influence. We have a unique insight into emerging trends and issues affecting people, and we use it to work with government, regulators and industry to improve people's lives.
We are looking for an outstanding person to recruit for the position of Principal Economic Regulation Specialist, Energy Networks and Systems at Citizens Advice.
Citizens Advice is the statutory advocate for energy consumers. We use research and evidence from the people who contact our advice service every day to understand the problems facing energy consumers in Great Britain. We help solve these problems by engaging with industry, changing policy and supporting consumers to navigate the market.
The team's role involves representing the views of energy consumers in a series of highly technical debates including:
- Advocating for an energy price cap, which is saving energy consumers over £1 billion each year
- Persuading regulators to reduce the cost of capital for energy network companies, potentially saving energy consumers up to £5 billion over the next 5 year price control period
- Helping secure automatic compensation for gas network outages and for consumers switching energy tariffs
You will lead the energy team’s work on energy infrastructure, developing our research and advocacy programme focussed on energy networks, systems and governance. This includes managing a team of policy specialists. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the energy team, as well as our data, public affairs, campaigns and media teams to maximise impact for energy consumers.
You’ll also support our wider energy advocacy work as well as supporting junior members of the team to reach their potential. Our strong brand will give you unique opportunities to engage with those who have the power to make change. You’ll influence regulators, MPs, civil servants, industry on behalf of energy consumers and the people who rely on Citizens Advice.
We’re looking for someone with a wide range of skills, from exceptional judgement and excellent stakeholder management, to being able to lead in a large organisation.
We are always happy to consider flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds,, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?
Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It’s a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely doesn’t have to exist.
We’re looking for passionate, talented and tenacious strategic leader to join Team Llamau and help shape our current and future service delivery.
You’ll be demonstrable experience working in a senior role and in-depth knowledge of delivering high quality operational services. You’ll be dedicated in ensuring the people we are privileged to support are able to thrive and achieve their aspirations.
You’ll be working alongside passionate and supportive colleagues in a rewarding environment, where you’ll be making a huge contribution to creating a Wales without homelessness, every single day.
Please email your completed application form to us directly. Please note we do not accept CVs. Full details including the application form, the full job description and person specification can be found on our website
Contract: permanent
Salary: circa £50,000 - £55,000 dependant on experience
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Location: South Wales
Essential: Driving Licence
Please send your completed application to our careers inbox or by post to our head office in Cardiff by 5pm on Monday 7th December 2020.
Schools Officer
North West Wales
(ref: SUS3049)
£24,691 pro rata per annum
30 hours per week – contract to 31 March 2023 – based in Bangor Area
About the role
This exciting role involves promoting cycling and walking as forms of active and sustainable travel to school age children, parents and staff at selected primary and secondary schools across northwest Wales. The project aims to reduce the number of pupils being driven to school. This will also include supporting ‘school champions’ in schools, harnessing local authority resources available for cycling and active travel and to making links between schools and the wider community.
About you
With experience of working in a schools setting with children and young people, of delivering training to teachers and of partnership working within a range of capabilities, you will have the ability to build strong working relationships. Your enthusiasm will be motivational to others and your excellent written and verbal communication will complement your strong organisational skills. IT literacy is essential as is an understanding of school settings and the health benefits of active travel. You will also be committed to active travel and the promotion of sustainable transport. DBS Enhanced Disclosure clearance is mandatory for this role. Welsh language conversation skills are essential for this role.
Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Thursday 10 December 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Friday 18 December 2020.
Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.
Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently this includes people who identify as having a disability and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups
Swyddog Ysgolion
Gogledd Orllewin Cymru
(cyf: SUS3049)
£24,691 y flwyddyn pro rata
30 awr yr wythnos – cytundeb hyd 31 Mawrth 2023 – wedi’i leoli yn ardal Bangor
Ynglŷn â’r rôl
Mae’r rôl gyffrous hon yn cynnwys hyrwyddo beicio a cherdded fel dulliau llesol a chynaliadwy o deithio ymysg plant oedran ysgol, rhieni a staff mewn ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd dethol ar draws gogledd orllewin Cymru. Nod y prosiect yw lleihau’r nifer o ddisgyblion sy’n cael eu gyrru i’r ysgol mewn cerbyd. Bydd hyn hefyd yn cynnwys cefnogi ‘hyrwyddwyr ysgol’ yn yr ysgolion, i harneisio’r adnoddau sydd ar gael gan yr awdurdodau lleol ar gyfer beicio a theithio llesol, a gwneud cysylltiadau rhwng ysgolion a’r gymuned ehangach.
Amdanoch chi
Bydd gennych brofiad o weithio mewn amgylchedd ysgol gyda phlant a phobl ifanc, ac o ddarparu hyfforddiant i athrawon a gweithio mewn partneriaeth mewn amrywiaeth o sefyllfaoedd, a bydd y gallu gennych i feithrin perthynas waith gadarn. Bydd eich brwdfrydedd yn ysgogi eraill a bydd eich sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar rhagorol yn cyfannu eich sgiliau trefnu cadarn. Mae hyfedredd gyda TG yn hanfodol, ynghyd â dealltwriaeth o amgylcheddau ysgolion a’r buddion iechyd a gynhigir gan deithio llesol. Byddwch hefyd yn ymroddedig i deithio llesol a hyrwyddo trafnidiaeth gynaliadwy. Mae datgeliad manylach gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd (DBS) yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon. Mae sgiliau sgwrsio yn Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon.
Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau wedi’u cwblhau yw 9.00yb ddydd Iau 10 Rhagfyr 2020. Cynhelir cyfweliadau dros MS Teams ddydd Gwener 18 Rhagfyr 2020.
Os bydd Sustrans yn derbyn nifer llethol o geisiadau am y swydd wag hon, gellir penderfynu ei chau'n gynt na'r dyddiad cau a hysbysebwyd, felly sicrhewch fod eich cais yn cael ei gyflwyno cyn gynted â phosibl.
Mae Sustrans wedi ymrwymo i leihau anghydraddoldeb, gwerthfawrogi amrywiaeth a
galluogi cynhwysiant. Croesawn geisiadau gan bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, yn enwedig rhannau lle mae gennym dangynrychiolaeth. Ar hyn o bryd, mae hyn yn cynnwys pobl sy’n ystyried eu hunain yn anabl a phobl Dduon, Asiaidd a lleiafrifoedd ethnig
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Compliance and Risk Manager
You will join us as a Compliance and Risk Manager, where you will support a culture of compliance and risk management across RNIB. The purpose of the role is to support RNIB’s compliance activity, holding colleagues to account in ensuring that statutory compliance requirements are met.
Compliance and Risk Manager Responsibilities:
- Support delivery against RNIB’s organisational objectives on compliance and risk management.
- To monitor and drive forward resolution of control matters picked up by internal and external audit, external assessments and internal review/lessons learned exercises.
- To collate evidence and data on effective compliance management, producing reports for management and the Audit and Risk Committee under the direction of the Head of Compliance, Risk and Assurance.
- To ensure that assessment/dip sampling is carried out within directorates, ensuring effective control on an ongoing basis.
- To monitor and ensure that organisational policies are reviewed in a timely manner with necessary approval and publishing of.
- To support the Head of Compliance, Risk and Assurance in ensuring a culture of compliance across the organisation.
Compliance and Risk Manager Requirements:
- Experience of supporting an organisational compliance framework and reporting across one or more of the following areas; safeguarding, regulated services, fundraising, data protection. Technical expertise of these areas is not essential.
- Experience of supporting a risk management framework across an organisation.
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders in relation to ensuring compliance and effective risk management within an organisation.
- Experience of collating and analysing data and producing reports to management on compliance and risk matters.
- Strong relationship management and communication skills.
- Working towards a relevant professional qualification (desirable).
- Experience of working in the not for profit/third sector (desirable).
- People management skills / team working skills
About RNIB Royal National Institute of Blind People:
We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we’re here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK’s biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.
RNIB is committed to being led by our customers (blind and partially sighted people), and one of the ways we do this is through active involvement and engagement in many of our work activities, including the recruitment of new members of staff.
Please be aware that blind and partially sighted volunteers may be involved in the recruitment and selection process for this vacancy; including reviewing job applications and CV’s, shortlisting and interviews and selection tests.
RNIB is committed to being an Equal Opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.
Location: TBC
Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (6 months)
Salary: Competitive
You may have experience of the following: Compliance and Risk Manager, Risk & Compliance Manager, Compliance Manager, Risk Manager, Compliance Officer, Senior Compliance Officer, Regulation, Legislation, Data Protection Officer, Data Protection Manager, Charity, NFP, Not For Profit, Social Investment, etc.
Ref: 95081
One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.
About One Million Mentors:
One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.
1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners.
1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.
The Role:
As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentees with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentees in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.
Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.
For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.
Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
One Million Mentors is looking for a full-time, dedicated Project Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the mentoring programme. You will be responsible for overseeing and managing the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform.
About One Million Mentors:
One Million Mentor's (1MM) is an exciting startup within a larger charity called Uprising Leadership. Its mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.
1MM has developed an online platform, using latest technologies, to train professionals who are then digitally matched to young people via youth partners (educational institutions, charities and employment programmes).
Pre - pandemic mentoring took place face to face for one hour, once a month for up to a year on the site of youth partners. We have established 2,000 mentoring relationships partnering with over 200 employers and 100 youth partners.
1MM has now developed a new safe and secure virtual mentoring offer for both mentors and mentees (aged 18 to 25 years old) which includes; sign up onto the platform, completing a profile, undertaking mandatory online mentoring training, attending a mandatory online workshop facilitated by experts, matched digitally and then meeting for one hour once a month via video conferencing. 1MM also provides ongoing online support to mentors and mentees by delivering relevant employment/careers and wellbeing related workshops on a monthly basis.
The Role:
As Project Coordinator you will oversee and manage the registration and matching of mentors with 1hr / month voluntary mentoring opportunities listed on our online platform. This will involve directly supporting mentors in successfully using our online platform, and using the information gathered on our online system to report back on progress.
Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast-moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full-time role offered on a one year fixed term contract.
For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.
Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter: - CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies - Cover Letter should refer to two competencies where you are particularly strong. The Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4. We will not be accepting applications without a Cover Letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.