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The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues.

The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Purpose and overview of the role

This is an exciting new role to add capacity to our Schools Division’s Knowledge Dissemination team by developing new content for education professionals, ensuring that it is of high quality, evidence-based, accessible, and correlates with the ambitions of our strategy. The content would include resources (such as guidance, lesson plans, and assembly plans) and digital copy.

The Education Content Producer will combine their prior experience working in (or closely with) UK education settings with their strong writing talents to produce engaging mental health resources and other forms of content. Content will be shared and disseminated across the UK via a variety of platforms and formats including our website, emails, newsletters, and social media channels.

The post-holder will be skilled at writing, editing, and producing materials for a range of education settings, from primary schools to further education (FE) colleges. These are aimed at education professionals, though occasionally may be for parents and carers or young people. There will also be expectations to support with reporting to trustees or funders, put forward ideas about untapped opportunities to disseminate our work, and identify potential gaps in content.

 Please note that successful candidates will be to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.

Location

The Centre has moved to a hybrid model of working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 40% of their working hours, either at the Anna Freud Centre in King’s Cross (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH) or our Northern Hub in Manchester (Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5AD). Flexible working hours can be considered.

Contract duration

Permanent.

Closing date for applications

Midday (12pm), Monday 5 September 2022.

Notification of interview

Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Thursday 8 September 2022. Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 13 September 2022.

We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £29,141 – £36,879 (Depending on location)

Location: London or Manchester

New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for x2 Finance Business Partners to join our Financial Management based in London and Manchester. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a Permanent opportunity with a closing date of Monday 29th August 2022.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.

Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.

The Finance Team at Centrepoint plays an integral part in ensuring that we spend our money effectively and efficiently and we are supporting our business growth by expanding our Business Partner team. This is an exciting time to join our team. If you have Housing or Charity experience it will be a plus!

What you’ll be doing…

• Providing a Finance Business Partnering service to Budget Holders through regular meetings
• Working closely with colleagues on all Finance related issues providing relevant advice, support & training
• Reviewing and guiding budget holders on use of their budgets including restricted funds
• Explaining and resolving queries  and providing ad-hoc reporting
• Helping shape and contributing to the Finance Business Partnering strategy and Financial Management strategy

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Finance Business Partner click ‘Apply’ now!

Contract: FTC (9 Months), Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £25,928 – £30,206 per annum (Depending on location)

Location: London/North

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity is looking for an experienced trainer to join our Skills Development Team as a Content Creator to support our move to building a learning culture across the organisation and will primarily be responsible for the creation of new content to be delivered internally to Centrepoint staff. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a fixed-term contract opportunity for 9 months with a closing date of Monday 29th August 2022.

This role will research, design and develop training material for staff on a wide range of topics, often driven by the needs and requests coming from colleagues within the organisation. We are looking for trainers with particular experience in training at least one the following areas; Manager Capability; Leadership; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (including allyship); Health & Social care, Social Housing, HR policies and procedures or experience in delivering and developing training in an organisation embedding a culture change.

The Content Creator is responsible for developing a robust, diverse, inclusive and inspiring curriculum across the organisation. We are developing a large amount of new and exciting courses across a wide range of subjects, so we are open to trainers with a variety of experience. To develop this new material Content Creator will be responsible for liaising with managers, HR and other functions to ensure that team members have access to training that fits around organisational requirements and that all team members are safe and competent. Some training delivery may be required based on organisational needs.

The role will work as part of an established, multi-disciplinary team that plans, delivers, monitors and evaluates staff training activities. The post-holder will work collaboratively across all levels of the Skills Development function, and be required to foster positive working relationships with department heads and other key staff to ensure objectives are met.

What you’ll be doing…

• Managing a broad curriculum of training design with the main focus of the role being exciting new training that forms part of our People Strategy, including modules for our new management capability and Leadership training programme.
• Continually review the training offer against the needs of the organisation
• Developing and manage stakeholder relationships
• Promoting a positive learning culture across Centrepoint

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to develop and progress in your career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Skills Development Content Creator click ‘Apply’ now!

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £30,206 - £33,228 per annum

Location: London

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2022?

We’re looking for a creative and organised Internal Communications Officer to join our passionate team based in London!

This is a permanent contract opportunity with a closing date of Monday 29th August 2022.

At Centrepoint, we’ve set ourselves the bold ambition of ending youth homelessness by 2037, which we can’t do without one of our most valuable assets – our amazing staff team. We need all Centrepoint staff to get behind our strategy and understand what their roles are in achieving it (this is where you come in!)

For this to happen, we need you to help us make sure staff:

• Have a voice by creating a safe space for meaningful feedback and discussion with senior leaders and the wider organisation.
• Have ways to connect to staff members and services across the organisation.
• Know how to access important information and documents to help them do their job.
• Feel informed and clear about organisational activity and strategy.
• Feel part of a wider family and help set the tone of a positive working culture.

We are proud to have a diverse workforce that is based across the UK and with many of our teams working in new and different ways; staff engagement and internal communication has never been more important.

This role will help us roll out our organisational strategy and support the delivery of the people strategy, which includes staff wellbeing. It is also a great opportunity to take ownership of our new internal communications platform, using creative and strategic ideas to help us make it a success with staff in all corners of Centrepoint.

You will be working with teams at all levels of the organisation, from liaising with our Senior Executive Team for org-wide updates, to teaming up with our Diversity and Inclusion Working Groups on important Inclusion Week content. You’ll also head up the Internal Communications Committee, listening to staff feedback and putting it into practice.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days

- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to develop and progress in your career

- Employer pension contributions of 4%

- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme

- An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

If you like what you’ve read and you think you fancy an exciting and rewarding challenge, then we’d love to hear from you.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Internal Communications Officer click 'Apply' now!

Are you keen to get stuck in as part of a fast-growing social enterprise tackling fair access to careers in the modern economy?

Career Accelerator is an award winning education organisation helping 14-30-year-olds from diverse backgrounds prepare for careers in the modern economy through employer support led by top firms. We do this through providing a 3-month programme arranging mentoring, alongside other employer support, for young people - all of which are led by leading firms including Vodafone, LinkedIn, Just Eat Takeaway, Pearson and Snapchat.

Career Accelerator was set up 5 years ago and, so far, has worked with 30 schools across England, 20 corporates and the UK’s 2 leading LGBT+ career conferences. We are backed by LinkedIn for Good, Teach First, Cambridge Social Ventures, The Young Academy and Year Here. We are supported by a Multi-Disciplinary Board of Advisers who are experts in the social enterprise, education, technology and diversity and inclusion sectors.

Key Information

• Contract Type: Full time. 
• Salary: £23K-£25K depending on experience. 
• Location: Approximately 2 days in the Kings Cross Impact Hub co-working space and client sites in London, and 3 days working remotely. 
• Reports to: Head of Youth Programmes.
• Start date: November 2022 – January 2023 depending on when you want to and can start. 
• Hours: Typically, 9am-5pm, although there may be occasional early starts/ late finishes where required.
• Annual Leave: Bank Holidays plus 25 days per year. 

Key Areas of Responsibility

Helping deliver the programme to our young people:

• Helping run promotion assemblies to young people.
• Helping select young people to be on our programme through reviewing their application forms and conducting interviews. 
• Supporting run mentee training session for our young people to help them make the most of the programme.
• Supporting match business mentors and mentees based on their information. 
• Helping to supervise the programme once underway.
• Helping enhance our existing programme resources for mentees and mentors. 
• Supporting organizing career workshops and work experience.
• Helping organize mid programme events and graduation events.

Working with youth partner organizations:

• Working with our youth partner organizations to make sure that we manage risk and fulfil legal requirements.
• Supporting mentees on a day-to-day basis.

Marketing:

• Helping take photos and videos during employer sessions. 
• Helping promote Career Accelerator's outreach work on our social media (LinkedIn and Twitter).
• Supporting with designing end of programme mentee and business impact reports. 
• Helping write blogs about our work.

Safeguarding

• Helping process employees’ Enhanced DBSs and sharing these to our youth partner organizations before the programmes start. 
• Helping with safeguarding work for our business mentors and young people.

Community Building:

• Supporting with enhancing our alumni network for our young people to provide them with post-programme support.
• Supporting with our career newsletter outlining career opportunities for our young people.

Business development:

• Helping carry out market research to inform our business strategy and grow our impact.

Person Specification

Experience:

• Personal commitment to the Career Accelerator mission.
• Experience working in a team in a professional or voluntary capacity.
• Interest in employment support and diversity and inclusion.

Skills:

• Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint (intermediate).
• Strong written communication skills.
• Being able to engage young people.
• Confidence speaking to large audiences (e.g. assemblies).

Deadline is Sunday 11th September 23:30 2022.

Reporting to: Programme Manager – Human Rights

Management

responsibility: None

About the Trust

Founded in 1995, the Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making foundation based in London. The Trust runs ten grant-making programmes, organised under three themes: human rights, fairness and inclusion and the environment. In addition, we make occasional grants in other fields, including medical and humanities research. The Trust has so far committed approximately £460 million to organisations all over the world. Its grant-making budget for 2022 is approximately £37 million. The Trust is led by nine Trustees and currently employs 27 staff. More detail on the Trust’s work can be found on its website

Purpose of the role

To advise the Trustees of the Sigrid Rausing Trust on their human rights grantmaking. The post would work flexibly across the Trust’s human rights programmes, which include

• Strengthening the Human Rights Field
• Defending Civic Space
• Truth, Justice and Memory and
• Detention, Torture and the Death Penalty.

Relationships and reporting lines

The Programme Officer will report to a Programme Manager for human rights, and will work closely with other members of the programmes team, as well as the Executive and Deputy Executive Directors on matters of strategy. Additional key relationships include interaction with the Chief Executive, Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director and Trustees, as well as collaboration with the Trust’s other programme officers and operations staff.

Working for the Trust

The Trust is committed to staff development. We offer various opportunities for staff to learn and develop, including an individual training budget, and management devoted to coaching and development as a grant maker. We encourage staff to attend events such as conferences, expert and donor meetings, to keep abreast of the developments in the human rights and philanthropic fields. The Trust is committed to being a good practice employer. We offer flexible working arrangements.

It is important to us that our organisation is diverse, so we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

Main duties and responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to manage all stages of the grant making process, from invitation to application, award and reporting.

Programme Officer Duties:

• Liaising with staff and Trustees on the overall approach to the portfolios they work on;
• Identifying potential grant applicants by researching organisations in fields and geographies of interest to the Trust, networking and attending relevant events;
• Providing expertise on the issues covered in the programmes they work on;
• Reviewing submitted applications, interviewing potential grantees, undertaking due diligence and preparing analytical reports and recommendations to the Trustees;
• Reviewing reports submitted by grantees, evaluating and reporting on the impact of grants and signing off on grant payments;
• Managing the grant making pipeline to ensure efficiency of processes and an appropriate balance of recommendations across the Trust’s grant making meetings;
• Maintaining relationships and regular communication with grantees, including site visits and attendance at grantee events;
• Keeping informed of developments in relevant fields and in the Trust’s focus countries;
• Developing relationships with other donors and stakeholders in the field;
• Representing the Trust externally at national and international conferences.

Other Duties:

• Carrying out similar duties for other programme areas as needed; 
• Conducting research into particular thematic or funding related issues relevant for the Trust as needed;
• Such other duties as the Trust may reasonably require.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

Experience:

• At least seven to ten years of experience, ideally on issues related to the portfolio;
• Experience of working in some of the Trust’s geographic focus areas;
• Demonstrable commitment to furthering the Trust’s vision;
• Knowledge of working with international and regional human rights mechanisms as they pertain to the issues addressed by the portfolios they work on;
• Experience of developing and managing relationships with civil society;
• Demonstrable interest, knowledge and experience of the issues addressed in the portfolios they work on;
• Prior experience of working in the civil society, legal or donor sector ideally on the issues in the portfolio.
• Experience of grantmaking is desirable.

Key Competences and Skills:

• Adaptability and flexibility;
• Organised, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands;
• Ability to think strategically about opportunities for grantmaking in the given fields;
• Good judgement, demonstrating objectivity and self-awareness;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Analytical, with excellent research skills;
• An understanding of good grant making practice, including due diligence, effective grants management, legal compliance and monitoring and evaluation;
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks;
• Attention to detail;
• Collaborative, with good interpersonal skills;
• Takes initiative but knows when to seek advice and guidance;
• Integrity, humility and a sense of humour.

SRT is only able to consider applications from candidates who already have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The post will be based in London and will require travel up to six weeks a year in the UK and internationally.

How to apply:

Please submit a 2-page CV and cover letter to (maximum 2 pages) apply. 

Closing date for applications is Sunday 4th September  

We expect to hold first round interviews during the week of 12th September

About the Youth Investment Fund

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people.

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance.

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND).

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.  For further information please visit the Youth Investment Fund website, details of which can be found on the Job Description. 

About this role:

This role will be employed by Social Investment Business (SIB) on a fixed term contract up until March 2025.

For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within. 

Find out more about what we do by visiting our website, details of which can be found on the Job Description.

Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

For further information on our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.

Reporting to the Data Analyst in the Learning and Influence (L&I) team at SIB, this role plays an important part in supporting our data team in achieving the delivery of SIB’s new data strategy and focus.

This role will contribute to our data and analysis to capture SIB, social investment sector and social economy activity, and to deliver the best possible grant making and social lending. It is critical for us to be better able to generate insights about social investment and grant making in order to provide the most effective financial instruments to our customers and support their delivery of social impact.  

In this role, a wide range of datasets will be used, which could include loan and grant portfolio data, Salesforce reports, Companies House, IMD, Charities Commission, ONS datasets, credit card spend data and others to support your work.

Key responsibilities

1. To support the grants and loans teams by providing quick and accurate analysis as and when required. 
2. To clean data where necessary and help maintain a robust and accurate data set of grantees and investees in SIB’s internal systems.  
3. To support standardisation and robustness of data across SIB’s internal systems, working closely with the data and operations team to do so.
4. To help the transition of our data into an environment that is more in line with the data industry best practices and market leaders. This would include supporting SIB’s data team to set up SQL database(s) as well as proactively learning new software if it better suits a project.
5. To develop analyses from the data and visualise data insights for use internally, and to contribute alongside the wider data team to external data work, including the annual impact report, retrospective analysis of SIB’s long term funds, grants programmes and retrospectives.
6. To draw on comparative data sources and develop creative ways of adding to SIB’s own data to generate greater insights on the value of social investment and its role within the social economy, and the effectiveness of grant-making.
7. To encourage the use of best data practices throughout the SIB team and show colleagues how data can make tasks more efficient and insightful. This will range from simply sharing our findings internally to actively working with other teams to inform better data processes. It also includes providing consistent and responsive direct support to the grants and investment teams.
8. To work alongside colleagues to inform business development, supporting strong base case analysis, projected fund models and grant delivery models.
9. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence. 
10. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
11. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
12. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
13. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.

Core competencies

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity, inclusion and customers.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent computer literacy.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel.
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Good adherence to task timelines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience using data to solve a problem or improve a process.

Desirable competencies

• Experience with PowerBI or similar.
• Experience coding, preferably python.
• Experience with Salesforce .

As a Project Worker, you will deliver our remote support service, primarily across Nottinghamshire, in close collaboration with local authority staff.

You will provide remote one-to-one support for special guardians and other kinship carers within local authorities who have commissioned Kinship Reach. You will also provide remote one-to-one support to kinship carers, including digital up-skilling and developing and facilitating virtual peer support groups.

This is a part-time, home-based role for two days per week. The role is fixed term until 30 September 2023 with the possibility of extension, dependent on funding.

About Kinship

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voices and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

In return, we offer 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata) and a pension.

For further details about the role, please refer to the attached job specification.

To apply, please click the Apply button to send us your CV and cover letter.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 30 August 2022
Interview date: w/c 7 September 2022

We will be scheduling interviews as and when suitable candidates apply.

Are you passionate about preparing people for the mission? Do you want to play an essential role in equipping the next generation of mission workers from around the world for intercultural mission? Are you innovative and hard-working? Then this might be the role for you!  We’re looking for someone to develop and lead our capacity in intercultural learning and collaboration as part of the ongoing development of BMS.

As the Director for Intercultural Learning and Collaboration, you will be responsible for the following:

• Sharing in providing the overall leadership of BMS as part of the Executive Director Team
• Providing leadership for, and further develop, an intercultural learning and collaboration team focused on resourcing intercultural mission to, within, and from the Majority World
• Developing existing and new global partnerships to facilitate ongoing learning in intercultural mission and preparation for mission.

We are looking for someone with the desire and ability to enable others to serve effectively in intercultural mission. We are extending the search globally in seeking the best possible candidate, which will be based in the Global South. 

If you have excellent leadership and organisational skills, are familiar with contemporary developments in world mission, and have good interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate well across a range of cultures, contexts, and organisations, we want to hear from you. This is a stimulating, challenging and very fulfilling role, which we anticipate will be located outside the UK.

This role has a Specific Occupational Requirement for a practising Christian. The successful applicant will be fully in agreement with the BMS vision. The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues

If you would like to discuss this role with the BMS General Director, Kang-San Tan, please contact Stephanie Brown at BMS World Mission to arrange a suitable time.

For full information and to download recruitment pack, please visit  BMS World Mission website.

Chance UK has been delivering early-intervention services across London since 1995. Our longest running programme is our mentoring service where Mentors pick the child up from home and run a 1:1 session in the community, once a week for 2 hours. They use the solution-focused approach to work on building the child’s self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places. 

In addition, we are growing a range of community based groups running after school as well as some workshops delivered in schools which will support children with developing social and emotional skills and resilience through activities or skills development.

The balance between 1:1 work and group delivery will change according to services commissioned so the post holder will need to be flexible accordingly.

We are actively seeking to broaden the diversity of the team and welcome applications from male candidates, candidates with disabilities and also those with lived experience of the issues we work on, including: exclusion from school, being a parent of a child who has been excluded or who has additional social, emotional or behavioural needs. 

Please note that we operate a mixed delivery approach which would required employees to have the rights to work in the UK and based in the UK.

About the Role

Chance UK has been delivering early-intervention services across London since 1995. Our longest
running programme is our mentoring service where Mentors pick the child up from home and run a
1:1 session in the community, once a week for 2 hours. They use the solution-focused approach to
work on building the child’s self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places.

In addition, we are growing a range of community based groups running after school as well as some
workshops delivered in schools which will support children with developing social and emotional skills
and resilience through activities or skills development.

The balance between 1:1 work and group delivery will change according to services commissioned so
the post holder will need to be flexible accordingly.

Role Competencies

1. Understanding of the context and challenges facing vulnerable children and families. 
2. Ability to deliver a high quality support to families, ensuring it is received entirely based on the families needs, contributing to systems and procedures that are in place within the organisation.
3. Actively participates in the development of an outcomes focused mentoring service and group work by planning, and evaluating a service within own caseload with a willingness to adapt to changes and challenges that may arise in the delivery of the Programmes.
4. Ability to work within the team to develop reflective practice, enabling high quality service and flexible service delivery to families.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete Chance UK’s mentor induction and training
• Set up and run arts-based activities, community/environmental projects, residential
  activities, outdoor education and sporting activities
• Assessment and set up of all cases and groups supported by management, including initial
  meetings with parent/carer and referrers
• Completing individual case summaries for newly enrolled children, assessing the needs of
  young people to correctly plan and deliver programmes in group settings ensuring they have
  a safe place to develop their identity and place in society
• Support young people in different settings, including outreach work and group work,
  mentor, coach and support individuals, encouraging greater social inclusion
• Conducting Risk Assessments for all cases
• Mentoring a caseload of children for an up to nine-month duration. Every effort will be
  made to allocate Youth Workers to children who live in a close area so that sessions can be
  completed as efficiently as possible
• Set targets for progression and regularly monitor and review the quality of the local youth
  work provision amending group work activities
• Meeting each child on a weekly basis, online or picking up/dropping off at home, building
  rapport, and planning appropriate activities according to their individual interests, abilities
  and goals
• Taking full responsibility for the child’s safety and welfare when out in the community, on
  session or in groups
• Reporting and recording of all case related information on CUK database
• Raising and reporting safeguarding concerns internally and externally
  • Liaising with professionals that work with the children and families you are
  supporting including social care or school
• Attending and contributing to all internal meetings including programme and organisational
  meetings
• Liaising directly with each parent/carer to ensure sessions happen every week
• Completing session reports for each session within 24 hours of it taking place
• Understanding and abiding by all of Chance UK’s policies and procedures
• Following Chance UK’s safeguarding procedures and acting on any concerns within an
  appropriate timeframe
• Attending a graduation ceremony at the end of the mentoring period, and abiding with
  Chance UK’s no-contact policy with families after this date
• Working pro-actively to achieve the best outcomes for each child, and flagging up issues that
  arise
• Attending a monthly 1:1 supervision with line managers at Chance UK’s office
• Delivering groups and universal workshops with children across CUK services
• Contributing to the organisations bank of stories and case studies that help share the impact
  of the work we do

Family Support Worker (fixed term)
Location: Grafton Primary School, Islington, N7 6AR
Hours: 3 days per week term time only - 21 hours per week
Salary: £12,344 - £13,741 per annum 
Closing date: 22 August 2022
First stage interview date: 1 September 2022 
Second stage interview date with school: To be confirmed

This is a fixed term contract until March 2023. 

Our mission at School-Home Support is simple. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes. The work we do is truly life changing, you should join us on this mission. 

We are looking for a Support Practitioner to join our team and to make a difference in children's lives every single day. As the Support Practitioner, you will work in close partnership with school staff to deliver a programme of casework to promote and improve educational outcomes for the children and their families we support. You will also focus your support to help improve attendance, punctuality and engagement in learning. 

You will have excellent relationship building , creative and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate with a wide group of people. 

You’ll have previous experience of: 

• working and engaging with parents, carers or guardians, children or individuals through individual and/or group-based support

• working in an educational environment 

• working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn

• working with families from diverse communities

To view the job description please scroll down to the application resources section at the end of the advert. 

To apply for the role please tap the apply now button. 

We are committed to maximising staff wellbeing and creating an inclusive, safe environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. 

As an employer we offer:

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 28 days and bank holidays

• Perkbox membership 

• Employee assistance programme

• Life assurance 

• Pension scheme

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.  Please contact us if you need any special arrangements or adjustments to help you take part in this recruitment process.

School-Home Support​ ​takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. All roles at SHS are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Job title: Analyst, European Union and Member States 

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit an Analyst to join their Programmes team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.  

As an Analyst with Clean Air Fund, you would help to… 

• design, manage and help deliver philanthropic initiatives, including strategic partnerships, campaigns and advocacy efforts, and private sector engagement;
• support the design, management, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of projects/grants, including proposal development;
• lead the end-to-end administration and project management of EU and Polish projects from concept formation through to delivery/launch and evaluation;
• support colleagues to build and manage relationships with key CAF partners, such as the World Economic Forum, coordinating meetings and providing administrative support.

To be successful in this role you will have … 

• the capability to assist with the development and management of projects in Poland and/or other European countries;
• experience in executing on developed plans and programmes, keeping deliverables on track, reporting about the progress;
• excellent communication skills including report writing, minute taking, delivering presentations and keeping internal stakeholders updated.

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description. 

Further details: 

Closing date – 30/08/22 

• Salary range – £20,600-£41,200, salary dependent on experience.
• Type of employment - Permanent, Full time
• Post holders must have the right to work in the UK.
• This is a full-time position (37.5hrs), working from home can be facilitated for up to 50% of working hours.
• Due to our size, we will not be able to support visa applications.

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that the recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm. 

Insight Manager, Q

12-month fixed term contract

£53,964 per annum plus excellent benefits

Full time role (flexible working requests will be considered)

Hybrid working with minimum 1 day per week in our London office

The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.  This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious, growing and dynamic initiative.

Q is an ambitious initiative connecting thousands of people working to make health and care better across the UK and Ireland. Q is part of respected charity The Health Foundation, working in partnership with organisations across the UK and Ireland.  You can find out more on Q’s website.

As the Insight Manager, you will lead, deliver and commission a wide range of insight projects that support Q’s thematic work around key priorities within health and care. These themes include work related to digital transformation, addressing the backlogs in care and enabling integrated improvement across sectors.

You will be based in Q’s growing Evaluation and Insight function but will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Q team and across Q’s offers to ensure that the health and care system can draw on the most up to date, high quality and actionable insights to support work in these areas.

Critical to your success will be skills in a wide range of insight generation methods including both quantitative and qualitative social research methods, an ability to synthesise complex information in a way that is accessible and meaningful for many different audiences and experience of commissioning others to undertake this type of work.

Collaborative by nature and training, you’ll have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to network, build and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders and to influence others to secure buy-in and engagement. Strong project management, communication and organisation skills will be expected.

To find out more about the role and what we are looking for, please read the job desccription. We have also attached further information.

You can also arrange for a short informal conversation with the Head of Insight, Evaluation and Research.

To apply for this role please submit your CV together with a supporting statement (max. 1500 words) which clearly sets out how you meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Application deadline: Tuesday 30th August 2022 at 23:59

Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will undertake an exercise as part of the remote interview s on Friday 9th September 2022 .

The Health Foundation values diversity and champions inclusion and strongly encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Job Title: Regional Membership Engagement Manager

Regions: Southwest, Central, East of England, Midlands, North

Directorate: Membership

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (35 Hours Per Week)

Salary: £33,250 to £36,100 Per Annum

The Role

At the Royal British Legion, we believe in building on potential. As a Membership Engagement Manager your ability to manage the support to our membership across your region could have a real impact on people’s lives. We have opportunities across the Southwest, Central, Est of England, Midlands and North regions.

At its heart, RBL is a people organisation. People who want to do the very best for others, while at the same time making the most of the opportunities and experiences we offer them.

We are the country’s largest Armed Forces charity, with 180,000 members, 50,000 volunteers and a network of partners and charities; helping us give support wherever and whenever it’s needed.

As a Membership Engagement Manager you will manage a team of staff providing direct support and guidance to our members and you will be responsible for working closely with County Committees, Membership Council Representatives and other staff to ensure that Membership fulfil their role in accordance with the Legion’s Membership handbook and policies.

If successful, the main duties of your role will be:

• Manage and motivate the Regional team and ensure they deliver on their individual and team objectives.
• Oversee the management of annual accounts and other compulsory returns, ensuring that Branches are compliant.
• Support the development and implementation of Regional and County Plans which contribute to the development and engagement of membership.
• Oversee the delivery of the Membership Engagement Strategy in the Region in order to support Membership to deliver the RBL Charitable objectives, fulfil its role and purpose and recruit and retain members.
• Work closely with Operations, Fundraising, Network Engagement and Campaigns, Policy and Research (CPR) to ensure cross-boundary collaboration and a One Legion approach within the Region.
• Working with relevant directorates, including Finance and Governance as well as our volunteers, including Membership Council Representatives (MC Reps), County & Branch Officers, act as a critical escalation point in the management and resolution of Branch and Club compliance issues and complaints.
• Working with the Network Engagement Team, support the development and implementation of Network Engagement in the Region, including youth, community, Armed Forces Community and heartlands work.

We are looking for an effective, diligent multi-tasker with excellent customer service and communication skills. This is a varied role which covers a range of duties and requires effective collaboration with a range of individuals and teams.

To meet the needs of the business, it is expected you will work evenings and weekends to support your region. Your working pattern will be discussed and agreed with your People Manager

When completing your supporting statement in the application, please indicate which region(s) you are applying for.

About the Royal British Legion – Membership

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the RBL is there to support our Armed Forces community. We formed in 1921 and our membership continues to play a significant role in our work; from being our ambassadors within local communities to working with our welfare teams to provide support to beneficiaries who are socially isolated.

Our Membership Engagement Team provide support, advice and guidance to ensure that our members can continue to be the force for good in their communities.  Through strong relationships with our members, the Branches and the County Committees, the MSOs facilitate the sharing of great practice and ensure that the membership remain compliant. The Membership Support Officers are out and about across their areas, meeting Branch members, supporting their activities and building a stronger membership fit for the next 100 years. 

So, if you want to give your days meaning. To put your passion into a role with real impact. To support people and be supported yourself. In an inclusive team that faces every challenge together. Whatever your interests and ambitions, we think you’ll find a role here that works for you, with career opportunities right across the UK.

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding, and service we show each and every individual should be reflected in the way we all support, respect, and include every individual who works with us. We want everyone involved in our work or receiving our services, to feel proud to contribute to or be part of a diverse and inclusive organisation.

We recognise that we still have a long way to go to ensure that we make the RBL a truly great and inclusive organisation to work for and be part of so we have set out our commitments to provide a clear path to deliver this ambition. We will keep listening, learning, and sharing our progress and impact.

How to Apply

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Closing date for this role is: 28th August 2022

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.