acta is recruiting a new Director with experience in fundraising and human resources to manage its innovative work in participatory Community Theatre; a unique opportunity to lead this internationally acclaimed company.

The new Director will have a proven track record in leading an organisation in the field of social change; strategic thinking; business management; success in identifying and securing funds; human resources; partnership working; with a strong commitment to facilitation, and collaborative/adaptive leadership.

We are looking for someone to respect and build on acta’s strong track record, but with the vision to develop and innovate.

This appointment is a new post and a key component of the Company’s managed transition process towards the stepping down of acta Founder and Artistic Director, Neil Beddow, in March 2021. Neil will work alongside the new Director for a transition period over the Winter months.

Further information

Deadline for receipt of completed applications is 21 September, with interviews on 6 – 8 October.

Full job pack, including job description, person specification and application process now available on our website.

We encourage all applicants to take a detailed look at the website to truly understand what the history and mission of acta.

We will be recruiting in accordance with our equality and diversity recruitment procedures, so will be making opportunities available to all applicants on a fair basis. However, we are keen to recruit workers representative of the diverse cultural backgrounds of our participants, and encourage applications from BAME and / or disabled people, who are under-represented in the existing staff team, for this significant new leadership post.

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a positive resilient individual committed to working collaboratively with GP’s, our partners and other community and healthcare organisations to provide a wide range of services including; telephone assessments, content based groups & workshops, creating support plans & risk assessments in a large & mixed team of colleagues and peers.

You feel confident around IT using our Caseload Management IT system to record attendance and outcomes and communicating on the telephone making contact with clients on a daily basis.

You have experience of working with people with substance use issues, and can offer a range of harm reduction advice and information, manage safeguarding concerns and have an interest in developing your knowledge of interventions and support that can in turn support our clients.

If you are interested please visit the DHI website to find contact details for an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification and send to HR before midday Monday 31st August 2020.

Please visit the DHI website for further information

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

The post holder will be working within the vibrant Peer and Workforce Development Team. You will recruit, train, coach and support Peer Supporters to grow in their recovery and develop work-based skills as well as coordinate peer placements within DHIs recovery hubs, partner agencies and across Bristol ROADS (Recovery Orientated Alcohol & Drug Services) .

We welcome applications from those with direct lived experience of drug and alcohol addiction.

If you are interested, please visit the DHI website for contact details to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

If you wish to apply for the role, please use the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Monday 31st August 2020.

More information available on the DHI website

Do you like a dynamic and varied work load? Are you most energised when working in a busy environment? Can you provide non-judgemental advice that focuses on harm reduction and supports recovery? If you enjoy working with clients, and supporting staff, this role provides a great mix of frontline support work and management responsibilities.

DHI are looking to recruit a new Team Leader to lead, manage and develop the Engagement Team in South Gloucestershire. This is an exciting and varied Team Leader post with opportunities for creativity and innovation. Alongside line managing the Engagement Workers, you will also hold a caseload of clients, and will provide a range of frontline support including needle exchange and structured groups.

DHI’s Engagement Team seek to engage with clients at the earliest possible stage, delivering interventions that reduce harm to themselves, their peers and the wider community as well as supporting them to access pathways to treatment and wider health interventions. Engagement workers provide brief structured interventions for non-opiate users (including alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, novel psychoactive substances and performance enhancing drugs). Engagement workers also support clients who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Based at our busy client hub, The Team Leader will co-ordinate the in-house and pharmacy based needle exchange scheme, engaging with the community to promote the service, and keeping up with new and emerging drug trends. The Engagement Team also supports a number of student social workers, enabling us to enrich the service we offer.

If you’ve got significant experience of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you. DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community. We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and our local communities. You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic team, that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.

If you’d like to know more about the role, please visit the DHI website for contact details to arrange an informal discussion.

Deadline for applicants is Thursday 27th August - midday

Interviews are scheduled for Friday 18th September

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification and send to HR before midday 27th August 2020

More information available on the DHI website

The Role

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well being of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, conscientious and enthusiastic full time Senior Practitioner for our Central Community Recovery Drug & Alcohol Service in Bristol. You will provide essential support to the Hub Manager and have significant line management responsibilities. You will support the team to meet service delivery targets, be confident in communicating data, manage caseloads and competently manage safeguarding concerns alongside the Hub Manager ensuring the team deliver a safe, caring and effective service.

Experience of line managing people is essential, as is a deep understanding of substance misuse and alcohol. It is a challenging role requiring leadership skills whilst also undertaking some client work. You will be required to work in group settings and on a one to one basis, with staff and clients. It is essential that you have motivational skills in order to inspire team members and encourage service users.

You will be expected to support staff with assessments, risk assessments, support plans and reviews and coordinating the client’s care with other agencies, as required.

As DHI employees, we are representatives of DHI’s vision. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others in fulfilling their potential we look forward to hearing from you.

If you are interested in the role contact details are available on the DHI website for an informal chat about the role.

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form, using the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification and send to HR before midday on Monday 31st August 2020. More information available on the DHI website.

Can you provide non-judgemental advice that focuses on harm reduction and supports recovery? Do you like a dynamic and varied work load? Are you most energised when working in a busy environment? If you enjoy working with clients in a variety of settings, this role provides a great mix of 1:1 and group work in the community.

DHI are recruiting a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner within the Primary Care Team, to support clients within South Gloucestershire who are experiencing problematic use of drugs and alcohol. This is an exciting and varied post with opportunities for creativity and innovation.

Based within GP Practices and our community hubs across South Gloucestershire, you will hold a caseload of clients, and will provide a range of frontline support including 1:1 support as well as structured groups to support clients in achieving their goals.

You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic Primary Care Team that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.

If you’ve got experience or an interest of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you.

DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community. We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and our local communities.

If you’d like to know more about the role, please visit the DHI website for contact  details to arrange an informal discussion.

Deadline for applicants is Thursday 27th August - midday

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 14th September

How To Apply

Please complete an Application form and Skills form using the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification, and email to HR before Midday Thursday 27th August 2020.

More information available on the DHI website

Contract: 30 hours per week. Permanent Contract (4 days a week) 

About us

The Soil Association is the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use.

Uniquely we work across the whole food chain, giving us extensive learning from our activities with farmers and growers, processors, supply chain partners, caterers, educators, young people and consumers, which enables us to create well-evidenced, practical solutions and programmes across our food and farming portfolio,  examples of which include enabling farmer-led innovation through the Innovative Farmers network, our Food For Life (FFL)  programme, an exciting and fast-growing programme that bring schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities, together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food and working with caterers to improve the quality of 1.8 million meals per day through our Food for Life Served Here standards.

About the opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to help build the collective power of the Soil Association brand and enable the maximum impact from our food and farming programmes.  This role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten year strategy at The Soil Association and we are looking for someone with a passion to make sure we achieve the change we want to see in our world through outstanding communications.

Your role

As our Food and Farming, Head of Marketing and Communications you will lead our Food and Farming (B2B) marketing, communications and engagement activity, across all stakeholder audiences, generating positive behaviour change and contributing to the development of our key programmatic work.  

This is a busy, fast paced role, which requires an innovative mindset as we bring together our food and farming communications teams under a new structure, managing a small dynamic team, you will enjoy creating opportunities to grow our funding and expand our capacity around how food is grown, produced and consumed.  

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you are an innovative leader, have a collaborative mindset, the ability to operate with autonomy, be comfortable working across multiple audiences and channels alongside demonstrating a commitment to making a difference in the world. We are looking for a passionate senior leader, with skills and experience to make a real impact.

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Soil Association and FFL are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people that we work with. In accordance with this commitment we ensure that we follow a thorough and safe recruitment and selection process for all roles that work with children. This includes checking against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) where appropriate. Please note that if you are successful in your application to the role any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Our Benefits

Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.

Important dates
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 24th August

Interviews are expected to take place: During week commencing 31 August

To Apply

Please read our full job description for this role.

Please submit your CV with a covering letter (both in Microsoft Word format) to our recruitment team. Your covering letter must cover the “essential” criteria listed in the Job Description. Failure to submit a covering letter may mean your application is removed from the shortlisting process. To support our work on enhancing our advertising reach please complete the Equal ops form too. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname)

Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Soil Association is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of their background. We value diversity whilst also acknowledging that people from certain backgrounds are underrepresented in our organisation. If you’re not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.

Thank you for your interest in supporting our work at the Soil Association

The Role

DHI is an award winning charity that works with socially excluded communities to help turn lives around. We are currently recruiting for a full time maternity cover Shared Care Worker to support people who use heroin and other opioids to overcome their dependencies and live life to the fullest potential. We are looking for inspiring and creative individuals who are able to create opportunities for people who are often marginalised from the resources and opportunities that society has to offer.

The Shared Care Team will manage a caseload of service users and will work in close collaboration with GPs, partner agencies and other health and social care professionals. They will also help broker a package of holistic support to help build resilience and improve peoples ability to live independently.

If you have experience of working with people who are socially excluded, supporting them to create positive change and lead fulfilling lives, get in touch! We are looking for resilient individuals whose behaviours model DHIs values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life.

How To Apply

If you are interested in applying for the role, please use the enclosed Job Description & Person Specification to complete an Application form and Skills form and send to HR before Midday Wednesday 19th August 2020

Please visit the DHI Website for more information

Specialist Employability Key Worker - Young People
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 30 June 2022
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Salary: £22,500.00 pro rata 
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon).

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of marginalised people?

Julian House is a Bath-based charity supporting people who are homeless and socially excluded to build sustainable independent lives. 

The Julian House West of England Works service is seeking to appoint a Specialist Employability Keyworker to work with Young people aged 16-25.

The aim of the post is to engage with young people aged 16-25 across B&NES and South Bristol, to support them to address and overcome barriers that make attaining employment and accessing education and training difficult.

We are seeking a creative thinker who can work flexibly to manage their caseload and deliver 1 to 1 support in line with the parameters of the West of England Works Project.

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Closing date:

The closing date for this post is Tuesday 25 August '20 (12 noon). 

To Apply: 

To apply for this role please fill out an application via our jobs page on our Julian House website. Please reference the job description and person specification and draw on your track record and transferable skills, giving clear examples.

Complex Adults Team Leader
Location: Bath, Somerset
Contract: Fixed Term Until 31 March 2021 (potential extension if more funding is secured)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,500.00 pro rata
Closing Date: Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon)

Julian House is a growing voluntary organisation providing services to people facing acute challenges in their lives. We are currently looking for a Team Leader within our Complex Adult Service in BANES.

As well as working directly with new, returning and entrenched rough sleepers, the service will focus on engagement with people who have a street based lifestyles e.g. beggars and street drinkers, who are at risk of becoming homeless. The service seeks to work in collaboration through engaging and partnering with the whole community.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for a new service that is designed to provide intensive, person centred support and reduce rough sleeping in Bath and North East Somerset
• Lead the multi-agency working with external agencies required to reduce rough sleeping, including cross authority
• Track and monitor support delivered and its impact through review and use of outcome tools, with a focus on trauma informed care and gender informed interventions
• Support clients to engage in consultation events both within the organisation and in the wider community
• Provide supervision, support and guidance to other staff and volunteers as agreed with Line Manager.

For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and personal specification.

If you want to work for an organisation that genuinely helps others and has real opportunities for advancement. If you are up for a new challenge or want to develop your existing skills, then we would love to hear from you. 

As an employee, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Shops and Bike Workshops 

Julian House has a supportive culture, providing regular supervision and line management alongside externally facilitated reflective practice which enables staff to look after their own health and well-being whilst giving their best in their roles. 
 
To Apply: 
Please apply by completing an online application form outlining why you would fit the role, via our jobs page on our Julian House website by the closing date of Tuesday 18 August '20 (12 noon).

Location: Bristol, or remote (home working) with travel to Bristol for meetings

Closing date for applications: 24 August 2020

Start date: As soon as possible

Contract duration: Permanent

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience 

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures develops locally led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.

Summary job description

Blue Ventures’ approach is grounded in listening and responding to the needs of coastal communities. We seek to reimagine the relationship between people and conservation, to benefit and empower communities through practical efforts to protect the ocean. The approaches we develop are grounded in our theory of change and underpinned by our learning framework. 

We are seeking a Head of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to provide operational and strategic leadership to our M&E team.  The role is responsible for ensuring that good monitoring and evaluation approaches, systems and tools are embedded in all aspects of Blue Ventures’ programmes.

Our M&E seeks to harness data to empower coastal communities and decision makers in marine conservation and fisheries management, while ensuring we can assess and document our impact and reach.  We also provide training and support to partner NGOs and community organisations in using participatory data systems to support community conservation.  The Head of M&E plays a key role in leading and energising an internal community of practice that promotes a supportive learning culture and seeks to ensure that Blue Ventures’ M&E is informed by global best practice.

Application Process

Applicants should apply online via Blue Ventures website.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.

Job Title: Executive Assistant/ Administrator

Reports to: Reports to CEO

Salary: £30,000-£35,000, depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week, with flexibility to work the occasional Saturday morning to meet deadlines (2 to 3 times a year)

Location: UK, largely working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average)

Contract type: 6 months initial contract, likely to be extended subject to funding

Date: September 2020

About FaithInvest

FaithInvest is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation and registered Charity for religious groups and faith-based investors worldwide. We assist faith groups to invest in line with their values. Our aim is to grow the scale and impact of faith-consistent investing. We support religious groups in moving more of their funds and resources into investments that will achieve the environmental and sustainable development impacts they seek to implement in the world.

Job Summary

We are seeking a full-time, experienced, high performing and flexible Executive Assistant/ Administrator who is eager to join a young and ambitious organisation at a critical point of its expansion and development. This is an excellent role which will pay a salary of circa £30-£35k. It involves remote working, with some monthly UK-based travel.  A flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones.

Job Profile

The Executive Assistant/ Administrator will support the senior team, particularly the Chief Executive Officer and Membership Director, being a ‘go-to person’ for information relating to projects, contacts and the network.  This post balances administrative responsibilities to the executive leadership team and the Trustee body, and wider organisational responsibilities, particularly in relation to grants and reporting. It also involves close liaison with key colleagues such as the Head of Finance and Administration.

This is a busy and challenging role within a small but friendly team. The successful candidate will need to have demonstrable expertise in a full range of administrative tasks, including diary management, dealing with confidential correspondence, managing mail/email and ensuring the senior team is fully prepared ahead of all meetings. The successful candidate will be highly organised with a keen eye for detail, possess high level IT skills, with an ability to multi-task as well as prioritise. They will be well organised, flexible and able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team, dealing with a range of matters whilst demonstrating initiative and sound judgment. They will be confident in dealing with FaithInvest’s wide range of partners, funders and members and able to operate at a senior level while also demonstrating the core administration skills needed. These will include updating FaithInvest’s online customer relationship and office databases with contacts and information and taking responsibility for delegated tasks in respect of data maintenance, accuracy and cleansing. This is a pivotal role for the organisation as it cuts across all areas of operation and will continue to be of influence as the organisation grows.

FaithInvest’s team is based largely in the South West. The full-time role involves working from home, with a two to three-day residential monthly meeting (on average), most of which will be in Bristol or London.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Day to Day Support to Executive team and Trustee Body

• Executive assistance to the Senior Team, consultants and Board, including:
  • diary management
  • coordinating meetings and calls
  • undertaking proactive e-mail management ensuring that urgent e-mails are promptly picked up, responded to and actioned as appropriate.
  • arranging Board of Trustees meetings
  • liaising with the Board
  • preparing agendas and taking minutes, including for weekly team meetings.
• Administrative support to the work of the senior team, including:
  • liaising effectively with colleagues to set deadlines for projects and tasks 
  • assisting the Communications department in the preparation of presentations and papers
  • proofreading
  • formatting documents
  • collating information for funding proposals and grant reports
  • taking responsibility for an overview of collective and individual deadlines within the team, e.g. for grant proposals and reports
• Support and coordination with the Head of Finance and Operations including
  • travel, meetings and hospitality bookings
  • the timely submission of reports and information to official bodies, as required for the charity to ensure compliance, and other legal requirements.
• Updating our customer relationship management system (Salesforce) and other systems (eg, our online office database, Office365) with contacts, documents and information.

Specific Project Support

• Joining specific projects or events for defined periods to provide general support and coordination

Additional responsibilities

This post has no budgetary or line management responsibilities

Qualifications and Education

Whilst degree level education is preferred, candidates with significant experience in administration will also be welcomed

Skills and Knowledge

Essential: Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.

Desirable: Experience of Salesforce, Apple Macs

Essential proven ability

• Demonstrable expertise in a full range of Executive Assistant/Administrator tasks, including diary management, proactive email management, dealing with confidential correspondence, minute taking, document preparation, updating and maintenance of online office databases
• Demonstrable experience of being able to work proactively on their own or as part of a team
• High degree of IT literacy (experience of Microsoft Office, and preferably also Apple Macs)

Experience

Minimum of 5 years working in an Executive Assistant/ Administrator role

Essential personal qualities

• Highly organised
• Good communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Able to work independently but also as part of a team in a busy and changing work environment
• Able to work calmly under pressure and keep to deadlines
• Flexible, resourceful and adaptable in approach to deal with changing requirements, especially for travel arrangements in response to frequently changing diaries
• Able to prioritise workload effectively

Desirable qualities

• Good understanding of the UK charity sector and structure
• Experience in a smaller office environment

Out of hours working and travel

While usual working hours are Monday-Friday, 9.00 – 17.00, a flexible and adaptable approach is needed on a weekly basis as FaithInvest works with partner organisations across various time zones.  Therefore there may be a call or meeting out of these hours.

On average there will be a two to three-day staff residential each month, and some occasional international travel.

Holiday Entitlement

20 working days per annum in addition to the normal public holidays.

Application Process

To apply please send your CV and a cover letter.

Please note that CV’s sent without a cover letter will not be considered

Application Deadline: 31st August 2020  

We're seeking a dedicated and conscientious individual with experience of giving advice to people in vulnerable circumstances and who can relate to others in a sympathetic and understanding way.

The post-holder will support our work in the Bath & Northeast Somerset council area aimed at improving the health and financial sustainability of vulnerable households living in cold homes. 

We anticipate some of the post-holder's time will be based at the Royal United Hospital in Bath to help ensure that discharged patients leaving hospital return to a warm and comfortable home.

We aim to support everyone who approaches us for advice although in some cases we are only able to offer telephone advice via our Bristol based advice line.

To apply: or find out more, download a full job description and application form below. Choose from PDF or Word versions.