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The Head of Markets plays a pivotal role in managing the market spaces at Pride Cymru events, ensuring a vibrant and diverse marketplace that reflects the organisation's values and supports LGBTQ+ businesses, and community organisations. This position requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and relationship-building skills to create successful market experiences for attendees and vendors alike.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Select and coordinate vendors, artisans, businesses, and community organisations to participate in the market, ensuring a diverse and inclusive representation of LGBTQ+ and allied interests.
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Foster positive relationships with vendors, addressing their needs, concerns, and feedback to enhance their experience and maximise their success.
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Oversee logistical aspects of market operations, including vendor placement, booth assignments, load-in/load-out procedures, and traffic flow.
Skills and experience
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Experience in market management, event planning, or vendor relations, preferably in a festival or large-scale event setting.
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Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
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Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities, with a customer-focused mindset.
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Creative thinking and strategic planning skills, with a passion for supporting local businesses, and community organisations.
About you
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A genuine desire to support the LGBTQ+ community in Wales
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Commitment to upholding and promoting values of equality, diversity and inclusion
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Ensure work is completed to a high professional standard and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
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Attend appropriate meetings/events
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Represent the organisational ethos and values
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Carry out any other reasonable duties as the role develops and as may be requested by the management/trustees
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Head of Community Engagement is an exciting role focusing on fostering meaningful connections, collaboration, and support within the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. This position leads efforts to engage community members, organisations, and stakeholders, ensuring that Pride Cymru initiatives are inclusive, impactful, and reflective of community needs and aspirations.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Develop and implement strategies for engaging with diverse LGBTQ+ communities, organisations, groups, and individuals across Wales.
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Build and nurture relationships with community leaders, activists, advocates, and stakeholders to foster collaboration and partnership opportunities.
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Seek opportunities for collaboration and partnership to maximise impact and reach.
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Oversee and cultivate partnerships with organisations responsible for managing spaces during Pride Cymru events.
Skills and experience
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Proven experience in community engagement, activism, or advocacy, preferably within the LGBTQ+ community or related social justice movements.
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Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to inspire and mobilise diverse communities and stakeholders.
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Knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues, and intersectionality.
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Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a passion for promoting social change and empowerment within marginalised communities.
About you
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A genuine desire to support the LGBTQ+ community in Wales
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Commitment to upholding and promoting values of equality, diversity and inclusion
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Ensure work is completed to a high professional standard and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
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Attend appropriate meetings/events
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Represent the organisational ethos and values
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Carry out any other reasonable duties as the role develops and as may be requested by the management/trustees
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
Main purpose of job: Develop and implement effective financial strategies in order to optimise the organisation’s financial performance and strategic position.
Division: Operations
Department: Finance
Position reports to: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Position is responsible for: TBC
Main Duties and Objectives:
- Lead the strategic and operational financial planning of the organisation by analysing and reporting on financial performance and risk management, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory financial reporting requirements
- Ensure that the organisation is financially sound by advising on the best path of growth and assisting in organisation-wide forecasting and budgetary planning
- Develop and manage financial systems and control, using the accounting software Xero and ensure that all controls are adhered to at all times
- Oversee payroll, internal audit and tax functions, as well as the preparation of the organisation's financial accounts to ensure that these are presented and filed accurately and on time
- Provide leadership in applying for pre-seed funding from impact investors with the aim of financing our revenue-generating initiatives in line with our strategic objectives as a Social Enterprise
- Help to define market relevant value propositions for consulting services to generate revenue for the organisation
- Take responsibility for monitoring cash flow and expenditure, maintaining a healthy financial position, as well as engaging with investors and enhancing investor confidence
- Participate in the development of business planning tools to steer the organisation towards long-term financial health and sustainability
- Contribute fully to the development of organisation strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers
- Manage the life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including performance management processes
- Ensure that team members are given opportunities for training and career development by working with HR to support the capacity building planning
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential
- Fully qualified accountant with over 10 years of senior level managerial experience in finance
- Proficiency in accounting software and accounting principles
- Track record of providing financial advice and support to help senior executives make key decisions
- Demonstrated leadership ability, including the ability to build and develop a team of highly motivated and well qualified staff/volunteers to achieve results
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week
Desirable
- Experience as a Head of Finance
- Experience of setting up a finance department
- Experience working in an early stage star-tup and gone through a scaling phase · Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC offers you:
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
Professional learning and career development opportunities.
An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession.
An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world, that is changing lives in Africa.
An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise.
We will provide work reference for you.
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
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African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make informed development choices in the management of public finances and resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Head of Policy & Research (Remote) to join ADC.
Main Purpose of Job: Lead the development of policy positions through research to strengthen our evidence base and help ADC act as a thought leader in shaping debate and dialogue around key policy issues relevant to ADC’s work
Division: Operations
Department: Policy & Research
Position Reports to: Chief Impact Officer
Who Reports to this Position: TBC
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop policy positions and commission new research and policy outputs and harness the data and stories from across ADC’s work to strengthen our evidence base
- Develop a stakeholder outreach strategy aimed at building key relationships with local and international stakeholders in parliament, civil service, think tanks, peer organisations, universities/colleges and research community
- Analyse data and put together detailed research reports, executive summaries, briefings, factsheets, white papers and policy papers for internal and external audiences
- Put together emotive case studies and stories which demonstrate positive impact on communities and ensure project data is gathered for impact reporting and creating infographics for business development
- Set up externally funded research projects and apply for funding
- Recruit additional volunteers for the Policy & Research team when needed
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years of experience in senior policy and research management
- Experience of strengthening evidence and influencing policy agendas
- Significant senior policy and research development experience, ideally in international development
- Background in policy and stakeholder relations with a good general understanding of the workings of government, parliament and civil service
- Significant experience in developing and implementing policy and research strategies
- A creative and strategic thinker, with the ability to develop innovative policy solutions to complex challenges
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week
Desirable
- Experience of influencing the formation or revision of international development policy at an institutional, national, or inter-governmental level
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC Offers You
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg
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As the Head of Sustainability you will lead Pride Cymru’s efforts to integrate sustainability principles and practices into all aspects of its operations and events. This position is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to minimise environmental impact, promote social responsibility, and enhance the organisation's commitment to sustainability.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Lead efforts to minimise the environmental impact of Pride Cymru events and operations.
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Identify key sustainability priorities, targets, and performance indicators to measure progress and impact.
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Build and maintain partnerships with local organisations, businesses, government agencies, and community groups to advance sustainability initiatives and leverage resources.
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Collaborate with vendors, suppliers, and sponsors to promote sustainable products, services, and practices.
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Lead by example and champion sustainability principles in decision-making, planning, and operations.
Skills and experience
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Proven experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies and initiatives, preferably in the events or nonprofit sector.
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Strong knowledge of environmental issues, sustainability best practices, and relevant regulations and standards.
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Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage and inspire diverse stakeholders.
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Passion for sustainability, social justice, and LGBTQ+ advocacy, with a commitment to advancing environmental stewardship and positive social change.
About you
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A genuine desire to support the LGBTQ+ community in Wales
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Commitment to upholding and promoting values of equality, diversity and inclusion
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Ensure work is completed to a high professional standard and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
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Attend appropriate meetings/events
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Represent the organisational ethos and values
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Carry out any other reasonable duties as the role develops and as may be requested by the management/trustees
At Pride Cymru, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.
We therefore particularly welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented individuals including those; from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, transgender and non-binary people, disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
Support for applicants with a disability/long term health condition
We welcome applications from Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people and those with long term physical and mental health conditions. We can support you with the application process and provide reasonable adjustments to on-site working. If you need support please contact us.
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As the Head of Family and Youth, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of activities for children, youth and families at Pride Cymru events. You will be an essential part of creating a welcoming and safe space for families to participate in Pride Cymru.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Build and maintain strong relationships with community organisations, schools, youth groups, and family support networks to enhance collaboration and outreach efforts.
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Develop new partnership opportunities and support positive partnership working
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Oversee the planning and execution of family-friendly activities and youth-focused events during Pride Cymru festivals and other community gatherings.
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Ensure that events are accessible, inclusive, and engaging for participants of all ages.
Skills and experience
Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must hold a valid DBS with the DBS Update Service before conducting any work with Pride Cymru.
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Enthusiasm for creating a family-friendly environment within the LGBTQ+ community.
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Previous experience working with children, youth, and families in a community-based or nonprofit setting, with a focus on LGBTQ+ issues and advocacy.
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Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate staff, volunteers, and community members.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
About you
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A genuine desire to support the LGBTQ+ community in Wales
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Commitment to upholding and promoting values of equality, diversity and inclusion
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Ensure work is completed to a high professional standard and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
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Attend appropriate meetings/events
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Represent the organisational ethos and values
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Carry out any other reasonable duties as the role develops and as may be requested by the management/trustees
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Ecosy Travel is a certified social enterprise reducing the climate impact of travel & tourism with innovative software to support travellers and tourism businesses to cut their carbon footprints. They tackle the following challenges - greenwashing in the tourism industry, added burden of planning flight-free holidays and difficulty finding genuinely green holiday accommodation
Ecosy has developed software that supports reporting of per stay emissions data, to support data-backed sustainability claims and transparent reporting to potential guests. Ecosy offers carbon-optimised journey planning of flight-free holidays for easy planning. It has developed a community platform for green travellers to build trip itineraries and share their experiences to inspire others.
HEAD OF MARKETING
- We are looking for a volunteer Head of Marketing to: develop Ecosy's brand and content marketing strategy that brings together our brand story, vision, voice and messaging into a coherent and deliverable strategy for implementation by our content marketing coordinator. Review our existing brand assets, both for our B2B and B2C products and content, to refine and optimise our messaging.
- Volunteer 2-3 hours per week remotely for 3-5 months
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Social & Content Manager to join ADC.
Main purpose of job: Develop and implement our social media & content strategy in order to increase our online presence and drive engagement
Division: Operations
Department: Marketing & Communications
Position reports to: Head of Marketing & Communications
Who reports to this position: N/A
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop a content calendar across all social platforms ensuring a constant supply of relevant content (1 post per week on LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram – initially)
- Collate content for, prepare and publish the monthly volunteer newsletter through MailChimp
- Identify and engage with key social influencers to create beneficial relationships and strong networks and grow the ADC brand
- Perform social listening across all social platforms by monitoring and responding to relevant brand mentions and identifying opportunities for engaging in related topics/discussions
- Define social media KPIs, measure and optimize social media performance metrics, and develop enhanced reporting
- Manage and oversee social media content
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- 3+ years of experience in social and content management
- Experience using MailChimp or similar software
- Excellent knowledge of Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media platforms
- Experience of forming relationships with key influencers on social media
- Good understanding of SEO metrics and social media KPIs
- Ability to come up with creative content (text, image and video)
- Available to volunteer at least 7 hours a week
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience of establishing online communities on social media
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC Offers You
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
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Amazing, giving, inspiring and awesome are just a few of the words we would use to describe our volunteers!
Our volunteers play an integral part in the services we provide and the people we support. If you are looking for a rewarding role where you will really make a difference whilst gaining experience along the way, then join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.
About the role
Do you love creating engaging content and connecting with people? Rethink Mental Illness is looking for Social Media Volunteers who can bring our online community to life!
Our social media volunteers use their passion and knowledge of social media to promote the activities of our local services and groups in Central England though various channels, for example, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.
Working closely with the Head of Area, you will be remote based at home, with some occasional travel for events (expenses reimbursed), and ideally will be able to commit up to 4 hours per week to volunteering.
You will receive training and regular supervision to ensure you feel confident in your role. This role is flexible and can be shared by more than one volunteer.
What you will be doing as a Social Media Volunteer
- Help to co-ordinate our Quarterly newsletters and content schedule
- Work with other volunteers and the Head of Area to capture events, meeting updates, good news stories
- Support the creation of fun and captivating email and newsletters
- Creating regular engaging content across all our social media platforms including, story posts, blogs, articles, multimedia content.
- Monitoring activity, analytics and engagement with content
What will make you a great fit for this role?
- An eye for fun and engaging content, with ability to think creatively when sharing content
- A strong writer – must have a good voice online, relatable to our target audience and in line with our brand identity and tone of voice
- Good written communication skills, with accuracy and good attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and motivated to work as an individual.
- Social media experience
Who are we?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Amazing, giving, inspiring and awesome are just a few of the words we would use to describe our volunteers.
Our volunteers play an integral part in the services we provide and the people we support. If you are looking for a rewarding role where you will really make a difference whilst gaining experience along the way, then join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.
About the role
Do you have great administration and IT skills and enjoy meeting new people? Want a flexible voluntary role that allows you to make a difference to peoples’ lives? Then read on!
We are looking for a Volunteer On-line Meeting Assistant to support the Head of Area (Central Region) with organising and preparing for monthly and quarterly virtual meetings, and on occasion events or conferences.
You will be remote based at home, with some occasional travel for face-to-face meetings (expenses reimbursed), and ideally will be able to commit up to 4 hours per week to volunteering, during usual office hours Monday to Friday.
You will receive training and regular supervision to ensure you feel confident in your role.
What you will be doing as a Volunteer On-line Meeting Assistant
The majority of meetings are held virtually on-line via MS Teams. You will support the Head of Area (and meeting Chair) by:
- Co-ordinating meeting invitations (via MS Teams), attendee registration and apologies
- Distributing documents in advance of meetings
- Take notes of the meeting and share these with attendees, eg, updating SharePoint
- General meeting support, share any slides, launch polls and set up break out rooms as required during virtual meetings
- Co-ordinate and collate post event evaluations and feedback
- Develop and maintain information systems, eg, attendee contact details and distribution lists
What will make you a great fit for this role?
- Experience of note taking
- Good listening & orgnisational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft office packages, Outlook and MS Teams
- Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Warm, friendly, empathetic and able to connect with people from a range of backgrounds
Who are we?
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for a highly motivated Partnerships Officer in maintaining our relationships with charities and enterprises
We are looking for someone to help develop and maintain our partnerships with charities and social enterprises
You should be confident in drafting and building proposals; managing the organisation's CRM system and reporting data to the Head of Partnerships.
You will hold a hands-on role working in a small team and you will be comfortable working alone and/or in a team on projects, proposing how best to support and deliver them in collaboration with other departments.
Some of our past campaigns:
- Promoting Zero Waste
- Tackling modern slavery across the globe
- Improving disability equality in the UK
- Improving mental health in the UK
- Supporting people facing homelessness in the UK
Through promotion we also engage with users of our app and website. By giving people actionable opportunities to help further the cause of our chosen campaigns (i.e. donating to certain charities, writing to your local MP, links to sign petitions), we work to create an engaging space whereby anyone can help contribute and tackle some of the challenges we face today.
Your role:
- Working with the Head Of Partnerships to identify potential charity and social enterprise partners.
- Contacting charities to form potential partnerships.
- Building relationships with existing partners.
- Working with the wider team to plan and execute campaigns and initiatives.
- Writing and designing proposals to potential partnerships.
- Support the Head of Partnerships in delivering the strategic initiatives to enable us to achieve our long-term growth and vision
Your impact:
Our work involves reaching out to charities and social enterprises to work with us, they then suggest improvements and propose actions to support their work
Thus your input will help maintain relations with our partners and help identify new opportunities
Who we are looking for:
We're primarily looking for someone who's had experience in managing relationships with businesses, such as in communications or business development, and someone who enjoys working with people.
They should preferably have working knowledge of Gmail and slack, as well as having experience maintaining CRM
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Are you a dynamic fundraising leader with a talent of developing new relationships and creating new sustainable sources of income?
Now-u is a non-profit website and app, launched in July 2020 with a mission to inform, involve and inspire people to help tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental and social problems related to i) human rights and welfare, ii) protecting the world around us, and iii) preserving our species and the planet.
Some of our past campaigns:
- Promoting Zero Waste
- Tackling modern slavery across the globe
- Improving disability equality in the UK
- Improving mental health in the UK
- Supporting people facing homelessness in the UK
Through promotion we also engage with users of our app and website. By giving people actionable opportunities to help further the cause of our chosen campaigns (i.e. donating to certain charities, writing to your local MP, links to sign petitions), we work to create an engaging space whereby anyone can help contribute and tackle some of the challenges we face today.
How we create a campaign:
- The team looks at what issues would be best to tackle for a particular month
- It considers multiple factors: Recent developments impacting charitable causes, public and media attention, upcoming parliamentary debates and more
- We prepare a proposal for the campaign, gathering info, learning materials and suggested actions to complete
- We then reach out to charities and social enterprises to work with us
- They suggest improvements, and propose actions to support their work
- We prepare all these materials to be presented in accessible and engaging ways on the app
- We use other supporting materials like campaign videos, blog articles and social media
The difference you will make in this role
We are seeking an experienced senior fundraiser manager to join our team and lead in the development and delivery of our new fundraising strategy.
This is a new role where you would be instrumental in increasing our supporter base to provide us with an income to grow.
The ideal person would bring leadership and management experience and have a track record in strategy development, budgets, working to target and KPIs.
Working independently you would:
- Action a fundraising strategy approved by the chief executive & senior leadership team.
- Agree a departmental budget and work to achieve or exceed a fundraising target.
- Co-ordinate and manage fundraising, comprising community, trust, corporate, major donor and digital fundraising, across the organisation.
- Motivate a team of volunteers who engage in fundraising activities
- Build relationships with charitable trusts, foundations and other institutional funders.
- Lead funding applications with regards to charitable trusts, foundations, grants & competitions.
- Develop a strategy to attract corporate partners/sponsors.
- Prepare reports and give presentations on fundraising progress to the senior leadership team and the trustee board.
What are we looking for?
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills: Head of fundraising needs to make regular presentations to trustees, senior managers or potential donors/sponsors and write winning fundraising applications.
- Networking/Relationship Management skills: Head of fundraising will be called upon to represent the organisation to corporates & donors and persuade them that their cause is one they should contribute to.
- Effective project management skills: Ability to lead and co-ordinate fundraising initiatives with the support of volunteers.
- Digital skills: The organisation is centred around mobile/online technology and the Head of fundraising will need to be adept at using these technologies and be aware of their fundraising potential.
- Innovation skills: Strong ideas about how to hit fundraising targets in this climate.
- Budget management skills: You need to be able to work effectively with limited resources.
Essential experience
- Proven track record in developing and delivering fundraising strategies
- Knowledge of good fundraising procedures for the voluntary sector
- Knowledge of current fundraising guidelines and legislation
- Proven ability in producing effective, and inspiring proposals and funding reports
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We are looking for an organised ninja to collate lists of media contacts, researching statistics, sourcing corporate contacts. Working closely with Head of operations and CEO.
We are a small charity and volunteer help is huge to us. We are a fun young team and passionate about what we do
What will you be doing?
We are a small charity and volunteer help is huge to us. We are a fun young team and passionate about what we do.
Your role will be assisting the recruitment administrator in onboarding volunteer Mentors.
This will include checking their references, (via email), applying for DBS checks and assisting with distributions of training materials.
There may also be occasional tasks from other departments. We are a small team and jump in to help each other where possible.
What are we looking for?
- 3+ years experience within an administration role or similar.
- previous experience using excel and applying for DBS checks would be a bonus.
- extremely good written communication
- be confident and comfortable conversing via email and phone calls
- excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and a positive attitude.
- strong communication as you will be checking in with the Recruitment Administrator to keep them informed
- uses initiative and is proactive
What difference will you make?
As we are a start up, the impact you will have is vast. Volunteer Mentors are at the heart of what we do, so getting them onboarded and trained in an efficient and organised manor is so important to us.
We are an app-based charity that connects people over 18 with a vetted and trained Mentor (who has also 'been there') to help with body image issues.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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QuilomboUK is looking for a Public Relations Assistant, who would love to join a growing organisation.
We are a Kingston-based social marketing enterprise using creative thinking to build community cohesion.
We aim to attract knowledgeable individuals encouraging different cultures to unite which enables us to share and celebrate essential lessons. Partnering with local organisations, we put on programmes of training, workshops and other events that promote unity and tolerance.
We conduct research to support our cause to challenge preconceptions around race and stereotyping. As well as delivering workshops on unconscious bias in the workplace.
The PR Assistant role offers a great opportunity for the right person who is looking to:
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Gain experience in the Third Sector;
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Develop their skills and management experience, or just simply 'give something back to their community'.
Ready for an adventure? Dive into the heart of Quilombo UK by exploring our website and videos! Explore the values that guide our mission, values and the impactful work we do to make a difference in our community.
The role provides you with flexibility and autonomy at work. Where necessary, specific training will also be provided to help you develop and grow your skill set.
Should you meet these requirements, join us in leading positive change!
Main Responsibilities
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Providing general support and guidance to the wider PR Department as and when directed by the Head of PR team.
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Conduct research to support PR planning
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Lead and develop the team
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Foster good community relations through events and through involvement in community initiatives
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Line manager - coach and motivate the team to address skill gaps and achieve aspirations.
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Managing projects as assigned and organising teams to assist in these efforts.
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People management-Manage individual performance, regular progress meetings, induction of new starters, people development, resolve issues.
General tasks
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Contribute to staff meetings and other internal meetings with views and suggestions etc.
Essential
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Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Tactical understanding of all primary social media platforms
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Knowledge and understanding of online and offline marketing tactics
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Event planning experience
Desirable
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Committed to working with the community with a passion for helping others less fortunate.
The Professional Development Programme with Quilombo UK runs over a period of 16 weeks, is UNPAID and requires a minimum of 12 hours commitment per week across Monday, Wednesday and/or Friday.
Upon successful application, our HR team will contact you to arrange an interview. Following a successful interview, we'll initiate the onboarding process by sending you the necessary documents. Once your onboarding and identification documents are received and verified, you'll be invited to a 6-hour HR and System Induction. Subsequently, you'll meet with your Head of Department or Assistant Manager for your First Day.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Quilombo UK is looking for an IT specialist to join their national volunteering team working from home. By joining QuilomboUK you will be supported and guided by experienced staff and volunteers, who are willing to share their skill set and will provide you with great opportunities for development in many different areas.
What will the role entail?
> Adding new volunteers to google systems
> Managing Passwords
> Google Drive maintenance
> Integrator Management (software that links to MT)
> Whatsapp / Alternatives
> Managing website structure
> Support for online database for interactive products
> Making sure all accounts are safe and secure
> Able to volunteer at least 12 hours a week (preferably 2 days, 6 hours each day) for minimum 16 weeks
Some Skills that are preferred:
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Basic IT skills
- Database management
- Organization
The Professional Development Programme with Quilombo UK runs over a period of 16 weeks, is UNPAID and requires a minimum of 12 hours commitment per week across Monday, Wednesday and/or Friday.
Upon successful application, our HR team will contact you to arrange an interview. Following a successful interview, we'll initiate the onboarding process by sending you the necessary documents. Once your onboarding and identification documents are received and verified, you'll be invited to a 6-hour HR and System Induction. Subsequently, you'll meet with your Head of Department or Assistant Manager for your First Day.