Housing Administrator Jobs in Liverpool

We believe survivors of slavery deserve a safe home.

Our small, supportive team work hard to make this a reality.

We are looking for a highly organised, self-motivated person with experience of successful volunteer recruitment to recruit and support hosts in the South of England, facilitate placements, and continue to develop relationships with local referral agencies. 

In return, we offer monthly external supervisions, flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowance, employee pension scheme, travel costs (including mileage) covered by Hope at Home, a supportive team and plenty of cake.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Recruiting Hosts

• Organising and overseeing in person and online host recruitment events and activities
• Networking and marketing (cold calling, following up warm leads, contacting and meeting with local organisations and faith groups) to meet targets for host recruitment
• Maintaining records, compliant with GDPR
• Following up expressions of interest
• Carrying out Home Visits for hosts
• Training new hosts
• Along with other staff, ensuring safeguarding policies are upheld across the organisation.

Supporting Hosts

• Communicating with active hosts weekly
• Facilitating online host support groups
• Carrying out monitoring and evaluation of hosting process.

Facilitating Placements

• Following Hope at Home’s placement processes including completing risk assessments, communicating with available hosts, potential guests and referrer.
• Ensuring all information is up to date on Inform database.
• Continuing to liaise with guest’s support worker throughout placement.

Other

• Maintaining relationships with partner agencies, funders, hosts and other external organisations.
• Remote covering for other team members in different areas of the UK in the event of staff absence.
• Promotion of Hope at Home via presentations, events, networking, use of social media and other forms of communication and promotion.
• Participating in local and national planning and strategy groups with statutory and voluntary agencies to represent the needs of survivors and Hope at Home.
• Ensuring the mission, values and ethos of Hope at Home are upheld across the organisation and externally.
• Carrying out duties in accordance with Hope at Home values, policies and procedures.
• Attending meetings and training courses as required, including regular supervision meetings, ad hoc attendance at Board meetings, and annual appraisal with the Hosting Manager.
• Travel across UK for meetings, home visits with potential hosts, events and training.
• Undertake from time to time such other tasks as may be required including administrative duties in connection with the post.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• Experience of successful volunteer recruitment, marketing and / or cold calling.
• Experience of delivering training and presentations.
• Experience of successful collaborative working with external agencies such as:  trusts, faith / community groups and volunteers.
• Experience of handling large quantities of data.
• Experience of working with a wide range of people from all backgrounds, including vulnerable people. 
• High levels of cultural awareness.
• Experiencing of recruiting, coordinating, and supporting volunteers.
• Strong MS Office skills Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel to manage data.

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to play a positive role in a team.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Self-starter and highly motivated.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to prioritise both time and tasks and capable of meeting deadlines.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of modern slavery & human trafficking and current issues facing survivors within the UK.
• Sympathetic to the vision, values, and ethos of Hope at Home.

• Emotionally resilient to cope with stressful situations.
• Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends.

Hope at Home is committed to inclusive employment practices, and we encourage applications from people who have lived experience of the issues our organisation addresses as well as applicants from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities.  There is no requirement to disclose lived experience.  We encourage applicants to think creatively about how to demonstrate you meet the requirements of the person specification.  We are looking for talented people who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this. If invited to interview, all questions will be sent in advance and the interview will be a panel of two.

We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network which aims to increase representation of people with lived experience in the charitable sector. Please feel free to use their information and resources at which may help in preparing your job application.

Note: This position requires you to undergo a DBS check. As an organisation using the DBS to assess applicants’ suitability for positions of trust, the organisation undertakes to comply fully with the DBS Code of Practice and to treat all applicants for positions fairly. It undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any person on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. 

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is the membership organisation and professional voice for environmental health. We set and raise standards to improve public health, supporting out members and influencing policy.

Our goal is simple: to enable safer, cleaner, and healthier environments for the benefits of people, business and local communities. To do this we offer professional support to our members, a range of corporate training solutions, topical events and workshops and provide information and policy advice. In addition, we promote 15Hatfields - one of London’s most sustainable venues.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Senior Policy and Public Affairs Executive to join our impactful Policy and Campaigns Team.

Representing our members across the UK, CIEH campaigns on an exciting array of policy areas, from environmental protection and food safety, to housing standards and better public health. 

The role is varied, encompassing member engagement, policy development and reports, and government consultation responses. However, it will also focus primarily on external affairs, taking responsibility for driving forward CIEH’s public affairs, campaigning, and PR, activities, including engagement with the devolved administrations as well as the UK Government.

The role is remote/hybrid, with travel to CIEH’s offices in central London expected around once a month for team meetings alongside any additional wider organisational events.

This is your chance to work on a varied portfolio of issues to represent the key concerns of environmental health professionals, who work to protect and enhance the health of the public. Previous experience of working with political influencers is key to success.

Sound like the challenge you are looking for? To apply for this role, please submit your covering letter and CV via our website

• Hours- Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
• Salary- £34,569 per annum
• Based- Hybrid/Remote with some travel to our offices in London
• Closing date- 03 December 2023, interviews to be held shortly after.

Please see the full job description and person specification for further details.

Job Title: Executive Assistant
No of Posts: 1
Salary: £24,000, (£30,000 pro rata) free gym membership, cash health plan, life assurance
Status: Part Time, 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days
Holidays: 24 days plus Bank Holidays per annum plus birthday off.
Based at: Wigan Town Centre Location.`
Responsible to: CEO
Accountable to: Board of Trustees

Closing Date: 5th January 2024
Interviews: w/c 15th January 2024
To Apply: Please upload a CV and Covering letter outlining why you would be an asset to our charity. 

Please apply early as we reserve the right to close applications as soon as sufficient applicants have been received.

SUMMARY
The Brick is an ambitious 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. Our projects include emergency and supported accommodation, an affordable food community, street outreach and homelessness prevention programmes. We are now seeking a skilled Executive Assistant to join our growing team. You will a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation.

JOB PURPOSE
We are seeking a highly motivated and organised individual to provide a professional, comprehensive and efficient PA and Governance co-ordination service to our Chief Executive and Trustee Board. This role requires excellent organisational skills, initiative, time management and co-ordination skills as well as personal credibility.
In addition to providing all aspects of PA support to our Chief Executive, you will play a pivotal role in Brick governance, including servicing of Board meetings, sub committees and key events, taking minutes and ensuring communication of actions out to the relevant owners and monitoring and co-ordinating completion within deadlines. This role will provide career development opportunities in building good office management/HR systems and contributing to employee development, communications, policy development and the production of strategic reports.
 

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key accountabilities
Executive Support to Chief Executive
• Assist the CEO in achieving The Brick’s aims and objectives and provide a comprehensive support service for the CEO and Trustees, maintaining the highest possible standards of service and customer at care all times
• Manage the Chief Executive’s Diary and appointments; ensuring the Chief Executive is adequately prepared.
• Be the primary point of contact between The Brick Chief Executive and internal/external stakeholders, screening and directing phone calls and emails appropriately.
• Work on own initiative to instigate, respond to and undertake work to assist the Chief Executive and Trustee Board functions.
• Compile and co-ordinate appointments and meetings in the CEO’s diary and sort and prioritise enquiries; answer enquiries on behalf of the CEO, when required
• Organise meetings, events, hospitality and receiving visitors for the Chief Executive
• Provide secretarial support to the Chief Executive, undertaking research, preparing reports, responses and statistical information as required
• Set up and manage appropriate administrative systems to enable the Chief Executive to be effective in their role.
• Servicing and Co-ordination of all Management and Charity team meetings
• Supporting the co-ordination of all The Brick external events, as required
• Support internal and external communications for the Chief Executive
• Develop a good understanding of the Chief Executive’s external relationship priorities and manage a proactive meeting programme
• Develop good relationships with key external contacts across all sectors
• Support the Chief Executive by drafting, or sourcing content for, written communications including the annual social impact report

• Actively monitor and take appropriate action on all incoming communications to the Chief Executive
Governance
• Provide all aspects of secretarial/administration/co-ordination support to the Brick’s Trustee Board and any sub committees (including booking meetings, minute taking and preparation of agendas and papers)
• Progress/ chase reporting of actions flowing from The Brick’s Trustee Board Meetings and any subcommittees
• Maintenance of Trustee/Governance policies, documents, filing systems in both electronic and hard copy and information provision
• Maintain the Board membership register and support the recruitment and acceptance of new members
• In conjunction with the Chief Executive and Senior Leadership Team, managing pre and post Board events and discussions, training sessions and strategy days
• Support the recruitment and on-boarding of Board and Committee members and managing the annual review process
• Ensure claims for travel and subsistence of our Board and Committee members are in line with Expenses Policy and processed in a timely manner
• Develop and maintain effective information sharing systems for Executive Team and Board of Trustees including the Executive SharePoint site.
• Develop and maintain effective electronic and paper-based filing systems

About the role

Global Partners Digital (GPD) houses the Support Unit (SU) for the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), an intergovernmental coalition of 38 member states who collectively advocate for the promotion of human rights online. 

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Officer to join the FOC SU team and contribute to the work of the FOC. 

This role sits at the centre of a small and dedicated FOC SU team. You will be essential to supporting the team and the daily functioning of the FOC. With some previous administrative experience, you will support the efficient, timely and impactful delivery of FOC activities. This will include setting up and maintaining systems and processes, general administrative support, coordinating travel and logistics for FOC events,  responsibility for meeting agendas and minutes, and supporting FOC communications. As part of the role, you will frequently be required to participate in meetings and events with government representatives.

With many moving parts, you will be a fast learner, able to juggle multiple work streams and changing priorities, be observant, take initiative and work with discretion. Some prior experience of working with government stakeholders is essential.

About Global Partners Digital

GPD is a social purpose company working at the intersection of human rights and digital technologies. We work to ensure that human rights underpin how we develop, use and govern digital technologies. Through advocacy, partnerships, capacity building, networks, and research, we shape rights-respecting laws and policies and help build a more diverse digital policy ecosystem. 

Working days: Full time* (32 hours per week, Monday to Thursday)

Start date: ASAP

Salary: £30,000-£35,000 pa based on experience

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract (possibility for extension)

UK based (with permission to live and work in the UK)

Flexible hours

Remote working or co-working

*GPD is an accredited four-day week organisation. This means that we work reduced hours (32) Monday to Thursday with no loss of pay.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with interviews also held ongoing, therefore we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

You will be responsible for overseeing the efficient and effective running of our three respite homes providing our wrap-round services:

• Stress busting Residential Respite Breaks, giving young carers the opportunity to make happy memories.
• Three- week SEAL education booster program including a four-day residential stay at Honeypot, to help young carers who struggle to progress in school due to poor confidence and self- belief that they can learn, to find the confidence that they can succeed in education.
• Wellbeing grants, for essential items no child should lack, such as a clean bed, or new school clothes.
• Face to face outreach including memory making days out at the beach, countryside, or fun park for young carers who never get this experience.
• Pastoral Care promoting the welfare of children and ensuring their needs are being met.
• Healthy Eating and Nutrition, for children who receive free school meals during term time but resort to sugary drinks and snacks during school holidays. Honeypot helps children to perfect a healthy signature dish and provides funds for the ingredients.
• Urgent Pastoral Care, for young carers and their families, who are struggling to cope.

As Operations Director you will be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team with the responsibility of developing and embedding the new 3-year plan and the Charity’s values, ensuring service delivery supports the overall business strategy and plans of Honeypot, whilst meeting budget guidelines.

Please see the JD for full details.

JOB TITLE: Operations Officer (Maternity Cover)

CONTRACT: 0.6 (8 months, approx. February – September) 

SALARY: up to £25,000 pro-rated 

DEPARTMENT: Operations 

REPORTS TO: Chief Operating Officer

PURPOSE: To provide varied support to the Chief Operating Officer. The role involves tasks within HR and Operations including tasks such as minuting meetings, organising in-person meetings and assisting staff with day-to-day queries. This is a key role in a fast developing and exciting organisation, with passionate people committed to protecting freedom of speech. 

LOCATION: Home based with the ability to travel to London for monthly team meetings. Costs covered by the FSU. 

DEADLINE: 4th January 2024

Who are we? 

The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan, mass-membership public interest body. We stand up for the speech rights of our 11,000 members and campaign for free speech more widely. Our in-house legal counsel, working with our casework team, coordinates legal representation for members in difficulty. Our research arm publishes briefings on where free speech needs to be better protected. Our events arm organises events in pubs (“speakeasies”) and stages regular public debates. The FSU has sister organisations in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, with more to come.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Duties will include (but are not limited to): 

• Assisting the COO with ad-hoc tasks to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.

• Acting as administrator for Outlook365, SharePoint, annual leave (WhosOff), and Bupa accounts.

• Minute taking for in-person and online meetings. 

• Planning staff events – booking meeting rooms, lunches for monthly meetings, travel and accommodation for all staff members. 

• Checking receipts and processing expense forms. 

• Filing receipts and other documentation. 

• Ensuring the SharePoint filing system remains organised and accessible.

• Managing the recruitment of new staff (posting job adverts, liaising with candidates, arranging interviews and sharing applications with the relevant managers). 

• On-boarding new staff. 

PERSON SPECIFICTION 

Essential: Work experience 

Work experience in an admin role. 

IT Proficient: Outlook 365, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, Teams. 

Use initiative and take a pro-active approach. 

Extremely well organised, calm, discreet and comfortable working with strong personalities. 

Communicator – excellent standard of literacy and written communication skills for the purposes of communicating with members and third parties. 

Agreeable – good interpersonal skills with people at all levels. 

Homeworking – has premises, equipment and systems to enable productive working from home. 

Desirable 

Experience using Microsoft Office applications.

Experience in a similar supporting role.

Experience working remotely.

Applicants should send a CV and introductory letter. The FSU is actively recruiting for this role and may withdraw it at its discretion. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

Benefits 

• Employer pension contribution of eight per cent. 

• Full access to our learning and development programme. 

• 20 paid holidays per calendar year (pro rata) plus public holidays. 

Probationary Period  

This post is subject to the requirements of a one-month probationary scheme for new staff only. 

Review of this Job Description  

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder. 

The FSU values diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage or Civil Partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex. 

The Brick is an ambitious 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. Our projects include emergency and supported accommodation, an affordable food community, street outreach and homelessness prevention programmes. In March 2023, we launched England’s first multibank in partnership with Gordon Brown and Amazon. In the past 10 months we have distributed 500,000 essential household items, donated to us by businesses, to families in need via a network of over 300 professional partners across Wigan, Leigh and neighbouring boroughs. We now have huge ambitions to grow this project across the northwest by establishing regional partner distribution hubs and establish transportation and distribution capabilities. We are now looking for a Multibank Development Manager to build a long-term financially sustainable operational plan for this project. In joining our team, you will a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation. You’ll have outstanding numeracy and data analysis skills, relationship management and influencing experience and will be tenacious. You’ll be someone who is self- motivated, strategically experienced, commercial and an analytical leader. You’ll also be someone who has excellent organisational and logistical or transport experience, attention to detail, strong communication skills and be an empathic team leader.

Job Title - Agency Decision Maker and Policy Lead

Pay - £52,939 per annum plus £750 per annum Homeworking Allowance and £3777 per annum London Weighting (if eligible)

Hours - Full Time - 35 Hours per week

Contract - Permanent

Location – Homebased in the UK with occasional travel for in person meetings and training

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. TACT invests all surplus income into staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to establish expert in-house support services such as our TACT Health and Education Services and create TACT Connect, our ground-breaking scheme for care experienced young people and adults.  New staff will join us as we  embark on a journey to become a wholly trauma-informed organisation with the aim of increasing our effectiveness and improving outcomes for the children and young people in our care.

We pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to support a healthy work-life balance for all our staff. We will also invest in your learning, supporting you to grow and develop during your employment with TACT.  You will be encouraged to attend personal and professional development opportunities and will have access to learning and resources to empower you to advance your knowledge and skills.

We are currently the 4th Best Charity to work for and the 16th Best Mid-Sized Company in the UK according to The Best Companies criteria and our survey results have evidenced “outstanding” levels of engagement amongst staff in recent years. You can view our Best Companies summary video here.

Working directly to the CEO, this exciting new role at TACT will provide a varied and influential range of duties. The role will combine fostering Agency Decision Maker responsibilities with leading on policy and research review. The role will be responsible for exploring and collating policy and guidance on internal and external best practice, with a view to it informing best practice across TACT . The role will inform and guide the advancement of specialist services within TACT to enable excellent care to children, that is also responsive to the emerging needs of the sector.

Main Duties of the Agency Decision Maker and Policy Lead:

• Responsibility for decision making and approval of foster carer registration and renewals.
• Leading on compliance with regulatory requirements, requiring up to date knowledge of legislation, case law and policy development.
• Monitoring and guiding fostering panel performance and improvement.
• Responsibility for national and regional policy and research and coordination of the Policies and Procedures Board.

The Agency Decision Maker and Policy Lead will be:

• A registered and experienced senior social work manager with experience of the Decision Maker role.
• Knowledgeable of child protection and safeguarding regulations and current and developing legislation.
• Skilled in research / policy development and be able to draft policy documents and submissions.
• Confident in chairing and facilitating meetings and have the ability to influence and negotiate with a range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• An excellent time manager, administrator and communicator, with the ability to self organise and be an effective team member in a remote working organisation.
• Have a positive and flexible attitude to change and development, be able to generate and use creative and innovative techniques in developing and implementing new policies and practices.

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

• 31 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata if part time).
• Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, and volunteer days policy).
• Family-friendly policies.
• Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance of £750, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
• Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice) and life insurance from day one.
• Employee Assistance Programme (including free CBT counselling, remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions).
• Fantastic professional learning and personal development opportunities.

The Agency Decision Maker and Policy Lead will be homebased within England, Scotland or Wales and will be required to travel occasionally for face-to-face meetings and training.

An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

• Closing Date: Wednesday 13th December 2023
• Interview Date: Tuesday 9th January 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Skylarks charity is seeking a SENIOR SEND EDUCATION ADVISER who will be part of a small enthusiastic and growing team supporting children with additional needs and their families. This post will complement our existing services and grow our organisational capacity.

Since launching in April 2020, The SEND Advice Service has supported over 1000 families who need legally-based advice in relation to the education needs of their child or young person with SEND. We are adapting to meet demand. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills in a rewarding role and gain a strong sense of achievement.

As the Senior Send Education Adviser, you will provide high-quality information, advice and support to children and young people with SEND aged 0-25 years and their parents and carers in line with the SEN Code of Practice and associated legal framework. You will answer queries from the public and provide support in a range of areas relating to SEND education. Most of our queries are in relation to Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs)

You will manage a small team and oversee the caseload. Your line manager will provide support, guidance and additional training opportunities.

No two days are the same and this is an interesting and varied role that would suit someone who has a good working knowledge of SEN Legislation and the statutory guidance. You will have relevant experience providing support and giving legally-based advice to people seeking help in relation to EHCPs, SEND education and associated matters.

Ideally, the candidate would have completed all of the IPSEA SEN Law training levels 1-3.

The majority of the service is delivered via phone or via video call appointments across the working week during office hours. We also provide weekly in-person meetings which take place at our centre in Twickenham or occasional outreach centres, including our new centre in Hounslow opening next spring. The role will also involve providing training for parent-carers via F2F workshops and webinars.

You will be required to:

• interpret complex information;

• be able to explain complex concepts;

• record the advice given;

• liaise with other key professionals;

• compile formal letters;

• support parents in meetings with other professionals (usually via video call)

• deliver webinars to train parents/guardians on key topics.

Skylarks works in conjunction with a third-party organisation, AMC LTD, on occasion where more specialist advice is needed. Skylarks is looking to increase the knowledge and support offered in-house but will continue to utilise the third party for more complex cases. We also work closely with other education advisers, law firms and statutory services such as SENDIASS, to ensure the best possible outcomes for families and this role will involve building on those relationships.

We currently do not provide support with appeals to the SEND First Tier Tribunal, but we are looking to do so. It would therefore be an advantage if you had some experience in supporting individuals with appeals.