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This is an exciting opportunity to lead a collaboration partnership project between TCC, Wrexham Citizens Advice, and Wrexham Foodbank. This project will work to reduce poverty and the impact of poverty on people living in Wrexham.
The project coordinator role will be supported by management from the three partnership organisations.
The project coordinator will be responsible for the management and coordination of the project including budgeting, planning and implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. They will coordinate the project partners and wider stakeholders to support an influencing campaign in Wrexham funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation England and Wales.
Key Tasks Include:
- Raising awareness of the problem of poverty and its structural causes amongst those living and working in the county
- Making local elected officials, policy makers, and local organisations aware of the drivers of poverty and encourage them to take steps to alleviate these drivers
- Running community workshops, training, and other engaging activities to partner with people, including those with lived experience of turning to poverty support organisations (such as a food bank)
- Think strategically about how best to bring about change locally, working with a range of stakeholders, and enabling local people to engage with local policy makers
- Collaborative working – bringing the partner organisations together in a strategic and creative way
- Coordinating the setting of agreed project milestones with partners and track progress
- Being the main point of contact for all partners
- Coordinating partnership meetings (confirming chair, finding meeting venue, sending invites, setting meeting agendas, and distributing notes)
- Preparing presentations and reports with input from all partners
- Coordinating and implementing monitoring and evaluation of the project
- Being the main point of contact for funder
- Managing project budgets and finances alongside the project finance lead
- Ensuring people with lived experience and grassroots organisations can input meaningfully
Essential Experience:
- Experience of project coordination
- Experience of bringing people together to achieve change
- Understanding of poverty in the local area
- Experience of working with people with lived experience of poverty
- Experience of working in line with safeguarding and GDPR policy
- Excellent communication skills and experience of report writing
Terms and Conditions:
- Salary £11,856 (FTE £27,434)
- 16 hours per week
- 2 year fixed-term contract
- The project coordinator will be employed by TCC (Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru/ Together Creating Communities).
- Annual leave starting at 23 days holiday per annum pro-rata (plus statutory bank holidays pro-rata), increasing 1 day per year of service up to a maximum of 30 days pro rata
- A pension contribution of 10% of salary, subject to the employee contributing 5%
- 3 month probationary period
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're seeking a skilled and dedicated Maintenance Contracts Officer to join our team in Kings Cross. Working across almost all London Boroughs, we strive to provide a warm, safe home, from which our residents can begin their recovery, and our Maintenance Contract Officer plays a vital role in managing our contracted services effectively to enable this. This is a great opportunity for someone who is resourceful, interpersonal and a strong team player.
About the role:
As a Maintenance Contracts Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring our contracted suppliers provide high quality, reliable services to our supported housing schemes, to ensure clients have safe, good quality accommodation they can call home.
In your role, you will lead on tender and procurement processes to secure contracts with suppliers that deliver reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality services. You will be responsible for ensuring all contracted suppliers hold relevant qualifications, health and safety and, insurance requirements at the point of tender and throughout the contract period.
You will work with the wider maintenance team to respond to queries from our supported housing colleagues related to contracted services.
About you:
- You’ll bring experience of contract administration and monitoring the performance of contracted suppliers, with the ability to implement and manage supplier performance improvement plans.
- Your toolkit includes an understanding of customer needs, and how to manage expectations to deliver a professional service, including recognising and managing dissatisfaction.
- You have strong negotiation skills, actively listen and effectively adapt to meet the needs of all stakeholders.
- Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering the service.
- You are self-motivated and understand the impact of your work and follow through.
- You can handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and prioritise and schedule tasks to meet deadlines and goals.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
This role is more than a job, it’s about making a safe home for people who have experienced homelessness, we offer the opportunity to be part of supportive team who care about the way we do things, and work to improve homes and make a real difference in people’s lives.
Apply now to become a pivotal part of the Single Homeless Project’s Maintenance Team.
Important Info:
Closing Date: Sunday 02nd June at midnight
Interview Date: Wednesday 12th June at 245 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8QY
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Operations Director
Closing Date: 6th June 2024 at 12 noon
Salary: £53,615 to 59,829
Location: This post is based at Children North East, 89 Denhill Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE15 6QE
Contract Type: A normal working week is 37 hours. This role is a permanent role
Children North East is a growing charity, working to ensure that all babies, children and young people have the opportunity to grow up happy and healthy. The charity as a whole has been through a transformative restructure and due to this transformation the charity has grown substantially since 2019. Our Operational area will be led by two Directors an Operations Director and an Operations Development Director.
The current Operations Director has now been appointed internally as the Operations Development Director, this role will focus on system change including research, data, growth and further our development on specific pieces of work. This will include growing the demographics of children we work with to help us to meet their needs, changing reactionary work into intervention work and will lead on the following:
• CNE voice work – supporting babies children and young people to have a voice in the work that we do at CNE.
• Developing, implementing and leading on our training offer – in house online packages.
• Leading on new operational developments – research, scoping, pilots and evaluation.
• Driving forward our current work – regionally and nationally – stakeholder engagement, scoping new geographical areas for
development actively selling our work.
• Influencing and campaigning – working alongside policy/campaigning led by CNE, influencing external networks and systems.
The Operations Director will ensure that our current and future strategies will enable us to meet our ambitions. You will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to drive the charity forward in meeting the end of its current 5 year strategy and be part of the development of the next 5 year strategy. You will create good working relationships with your senior leaders and Operational Leads and you will have a whole charity approach to the work required.
This role will Lead our Operational Leads to deliver the excellent services that sit within their portfolios including the following teams:
• Therapeutic including Counselling
• Communities
• Poverty Proofing
The Operations Director role will ensure the income, safety and quality of our services are delivered to the highest standards. With key leadership qualities, this role will ensure the sustainability of our services and work collaboratively with SLT to reach its ambitions of our current and future strategies. There will be specific collaboration with the Operations Development Director to ensure that once our seed and pilot work is established it is moved forward into Operations within the charity to benefit all of the people we work with. This role is also expected to inform the Operations Development Director of key themes/gaps in services that have been recognised through current service delivery work.
Reports to: Head of Change
Salary: £32,300
Contract: 2 years fixed term - potential to extend
Location: Central London, Hybrid*
Closing date for applications: 9:00am, Friday 7th of June 2024
Interview dates: week commencing the 17th of June 2024
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by funding great initiatives, finding what works and working for change – scaling up and spreading the practices that make a difference.
Our Change team does this by building excellent relationships and sharing evidence of what works with organisations and key individuals across the public, private, third sectors and local communities. We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, proactive and highly organised Change and Events Officer to join our Change team to help us fulfil our mission.
Key responsibilities
Most fundamentally, your job is to work as a member of our Change team to make sure we’re excellent at running events and managing relationships with key stakeholders. You’ll make sure the team is incredibly organised and has the support it needs to work effectively. Key responsibilities:
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Event Organising. Help to organise events, from small roundtables to large in person conferences. You will help make sure events run brilliantly, from booking venues to managing invites and organising materials.
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External Relationship Management Support. Provide support to the team in managing external relationships by scheduling meetings, organising workshops and developing materials.
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Meeting Effectiveness. Make sure certain meetings are effective. You’ll do this by organising the meetings, taking great minutes, making sure we keep track of things we said we would do and saving the documents in the right place.
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Project Support. Help ensure projects within the Change teams are done brilliantly. This may involve administrative tasks, tracking deadlines or leading projects as needed.
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Query Management. Monitor and respond to general queries by managing the team inbox.
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Salesforce Reporting and Stakeholder Communication. Lead on coordinating Salesforce reporting and effective communication outreach for key stakeholder groups.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Change Activities. Develop and support stakeholder engagement and Change activities, including monitoring and compiling feedback from surveys.
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Team Scorecard Coordination. Lead on co-ordinating the team scorecard, ensuring that the team is on track with targets.
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Collaboration. Work closely with other roles (including our Operations and Culture team) within YEF to ensure coordinated efforts and sharing of best practices.
About you
You are this sort of person:
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You’re incredibly organised: You have an eye for detail and you’re excellent at and enjoy designing a plan and seeing it through. You use your organisational skills to work across your team and keep everyone working together to achieve the same goals. You have a track record of making things happen on time. You like finding ways to make things operate better for everyone. It’s a plus if you’ve used the Salesforce system, before but it’s not a requirement.
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You love organising external events: You like helping to create experiences that leave people feeling energised, excited and ready to act, whether that’s a well-run roundtable, an effective workshop or a remarkable conference.
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You understand how people and organisations work: You understand the nuance of how decisions get made and you understand how to find out who has decision-making power.
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You win people over: People tend to warm to you and respect you. You easily build good relationships with both very senior and very junior people. You are at ease talking to a senior civil servant or a 15-year-old.
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You love supporting great teams: You don’t know all the answers, but you enjoy helping colleagues find answers and solve problems so that the team can work brilliantly and efficiently.
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You’re able to juggle many diverse tasks at once: You enjoy moving between different types of projects and prefer a job that looks a bit different every day. You can effectively identify what’s most important and how to balance different priorities.
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You learn fast but remain humble: You quickly get your head around ideas. You have a track record that shows how quickly you think. It wouldn't faze you to have responsibility for organising things that are new to you, as long as you have an expert to ask advice from. You like learning and developing. You are proactive, but happy to ask for help when needed.
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You don't want your days to pass without making a difference: You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference. You like the idea of doing a job that makes young people safer.
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You’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion: You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.
While it’s not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Additional benefits include
£1,000 professional development budget annually, 28 days plus Bank Holidays, four half days for volunteering activities.
Hybrid working details
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month.
If you’re interested
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter, and complete the monitoring form via our application website by 9:00am Friday the 7th of June 2024.
Please ensure that your cover letter can answer, within a maximum of 1000 words, the following questions:
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Please share why YEF’s mission is motivating you to apply for this role.
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Referring to the ‘About You’ section on the JD, give clear examples of:
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How your experience shows that “You’re incredibly organised and
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How “you love organising external events”.
You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.
We plan to host interviews the week commencing the 17th of June 2024.
This role is advertised as full time at 37.5hrs per week. As part of our commitment to flexible working, we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.
You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Personal data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Digital Content Creator
Are you looking for an opportunity to put your digital marketing skills and creativity to use for a socially responsible cause? Do you have a flair for creating engaging videos, a passion for social media and a love of all things digital?
We are looking for a highly creative digital marketing specialist to create and deliver engaging and inspiring content across our range of digital channels.
Ensuring our digital presence supports and enhances our business offering and delivers our messages effectively, the role requires a creative, digitally savvy individual with proven experience of developing and delivering successful digital marketing campaigns.
You will be a social media whizz, have strong design skills, know your way around a digital camera, and have experience in copywriting and proofreading. From coming up with new ideas for delivering digital content, to managing social channels and developing our websites, this is a truly varied role and the opportunity is there for you to really make it your own.
Sound like the challenge you're looking for? To apply, please submit a covering letter indicating how you feel you meet the person specification and why this might be the role for you, together with your CV.
- Contract length: 3 months with possibility of extension.
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Salary: £29,656-£32,000 per year (dependent on experience)
- Based: Remote with occasional travel to the London office
- Closing date: Ongoing
- Interviews: May be arranged at short notice
- Start date: As soon as possible.
Please see the full job description and person specification for further details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £24,102 per annum + £1,500 budget for personal and professional development
Contract: 15-month fixed term
Hours : 37.5 per week
Location: Sheffield
Closing date: 16th June 11.30pm
Come and Join us
The GROW Traineeship gives people with lived experience of homelessness and/or other related disadvantages (including but not limited to; contact with the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance use) access to paid employment, training and personal development opportunities. The traineeship lasts for up to 15 months, and each GROW receives personalised training and support to help remove some of the barriers that may have prevented them from getting meaningful employment. We are looking for people who are passionate about using their own experiences to help make change for people in Sheffield experiencing bad housing and homelessness.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent. We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the role
The GROW trainee will be primarily working alongside Senior Support Workers within the Home at Last Project (HALT) to improve support and outcomes for people experiencing rough sleeping who have drug and alcohol dependence needs. You will also work with other professionals from across the housing, health and social care sectors to help people experiencing multiple disadvantage to build resilience and develop independent living skills. The role will involve helping people to settle and stay in accommodation, help build independent living skills, support to people to access services and appointments. The GROW trainee programme includes opportunities to get involved in developing services in Sheffield and across Shelter at a national level, using your experiences to influence our local strategic aims.
About you
We are looking for people who have experience of overcoming personal challenges and barriers and who are passionate about using their own life experiences to help make positive change for others. Good communication skills and the ability to make people feel heard will also be essential. Basic computer skills, e.g. word processing, the internet and email would be useful, but support can be provided. Above all, we need people with a real desire to develop personally and learn new skills.
How to apply
To apply you need to submit a copy of your CV and a completed application form (attached). This can be submitted either by email or you can submit a paper copy to the Sheffield Hub: Shelter, 33-37 Hereford Street, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 4PP. Please don’t worry if your CV has gaps or limited work experience, this is not a problem. If you need support creating a CV, please get in touch.
We will be holding support sessions at our hub in Sheffield to give people practical support and advice on how to complete an application, or to pick up a paper application. This sessions will also give you the chance to find out more about the role as well as other opportunities at Shelter Sheffield. This will take place on the following date:
Thursday 13th June 2024, 2-4pm- Sheffield Community Hub (Shelter, 33-37 Hereford Street, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 4PP)
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fixed Term for 2 years | Part Time 22.5 hours per week | Salary: Up to £20,229 per annum (£33,715 per annum FTE) | Location: based within the Luton and district area | Close date: Thurs 6 June 2024 (9am)
Join our award-winning team and help the nation enjoy better bone health. We’re a dedicated, inspiring and forward-thinking healthcare charity and our mission is to improve the bone health of the nation and prevent osteoporosis by influencing healthcare providers and professionals; delivering services to help our beneficiaries; and drive research.
Better Bones for Luton
Over the course of 2 years, the role-holder will support the programme in its aim to develop a sustainable presence in Luton. Better Bones for Luton will change lives locally by providing timely practical and emotional support. More importantly, it will leave a lasting legacy of increased knowledge, coordinated support and greater awareness. Better Bones for Luton will be the charity’s first local, place-based project approach.
The project aims to create a replicable and sustainable model to reduce pain and suffering across a locality. It will be a powerful vanguard – a model that can be replicated in other cities and towns across the UK. This role is an exciting opportunity to work within our Volunteering & Public Engagement Team coordinating the successful delivery of the place-based project – Better Bones for Luton. This role combines the opportunity to lead community engagement activities in Luton and create sustainable volunteer-led activities across the programme.
Do you have experience of coordinating volunteers and a sound understanding of the issues that affect them?
Are you a confident communicator, with experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences and organising community events?
Do you have experience coordinating a place-based programme and/or community activities and engagement?
If you’re looking to join a fantastic organisation and team where you can really make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re proud to have a committed, highly engaged workforce, as shown by our employee engagement rating, which puts us in the top 20% of charities and we want to attract the brightest and the best to help us beat this condition and change society for the better.
Location – Home Working, but post-holder must be based within the Luton and district area.
How to apply
To apply, applicants should provide a comprehensive CV, including details of relevant experience and achievements. This should be supplemented by a supporting statement, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet the person specification.
We particularly welcome qualified applicants from ethnic minorities as they are under-represented in the team.
Want to know more?
For more details on this role, please download the job description.
The closing date is 6 June 2024 (9am). First round interviews expected to be Weds 19 June 2024 (via MS Teams).
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At Bookmark Reading Charity, we exist to change children’s life stories through the joy of reading. Volunteers are vital to our ongoing success at Bookmark and our team are focused on providing them with a positive and rewarding volunteer experience. As a Volunteer Coordinator, you will play a key role in the communications with, support for and retention of volunteers. You will also help develop the volunteer experience across the organisation, ensuring continuity and quality in our volunteer involvement practices.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with the Volunteer Services Manager to deliver the Volunteer Strategy and Bookmark’s vision
- Deliver mechanisms to maintain or improve volunteer activeness , satisfaction and retention
- Act as primary contact for volunteers, supporting with enquiries and concerns
- Deliver ongoing volunteer stewardship and recognition functions
- Coordinate and facilitate the delivery of events and drop-in sessions for prospective, onboarding and onboarded volunteers
- Deliver continuous development and coordination of other support services, including but not limited to our volunteer messaging platform, engagement resources and the Volunteer Helpline
- Facilitate peer-to-peer engagement opportunities for volunteers
- Conduct, report and advise on volunteer feedback and insights
- Support with delivery of Volunteer Advisory Board
- Support with creation and delivery of volunteer marketing and publicity opportunities
- Deliver prospective and current volunteer communications
- Deliver ongoing volunteer problem-solving and complaints functions
- Provide volunteer references upon request
- Operate recurring volunteer data and reporting functions
- Operate bespoke volunteer programming, including single session delivery
- Liaise with Schools Team to communicate and action feedback and requests
- Manage volunteer vetting and training update procedures
- Deliver ad hoc volunteer engagement functions
- Input and maintain accurate and up-to-date information on our systems, including Salesforce CRM and SharePoint
- Assist Application Support Team to deliver volunteer interviews and processing during periods of high volunteer application volume
- Any other reasonable duties, as required
Person specification
Essential
- Experience of supporting volunteers
- Understanding of the external volunteering environment and relevant implications for volunteering and service delivery
- Excellent organisation and project planning skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Experience with safeguarding procedures
- Enthusiastic, professional and positive approach with a strong customer service ethos
- Structured problem-solving approach with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and contribute as part of a team
- Ability to be persuasive, motivating and empathetic when liaising with volunteers and staff
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (particularly Outlook, Excel and Word)
- Passionate about our vision and mission
Desirable
- Salesforce and / or SharePoint experience
- Data-driven approach
- Customer service or client support experience
- Experience involving volunteers in youth or academic settings
- Understanding of the legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to volunteers
- Familiarity with the Investing in Volunteers (IIV) quality standard
- Experience as a volunteer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £24,102.00 per annum + £1,500 budget for personal and professional development
Contract: 15-month fixed term
Hours: 37.5 per week (part-time considered, 3 days per week minimum)
Location: Bournemouth
Closing date: 16th June 11:30pm
Please note all applications will be considered once the vacancy closes, and Interviews will take place at the beginning of July.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction.
This is your chance to play a part.
Come and Join Us
The GROW Traineeship gives people with experience of homelessness and other disadvantages (including but not limited to; experience of the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse) access to paid employment, training and personal development opportunities. The traineeship lasts for up to 15 months, and each Trainee receives personalised training and enhanced support to give them the skills and confidence they need to secure meaningful employment at the end. We are looking for someone who is passionate about using their own experiences to help make change for people in Dorset experiencing bad housing and homelessness.
About the team
The team in Dorset is well-established and has been providing housing advice and support services within Dorset for over 20 years. With office bases in Bournemouth and Weymouth, we have contracts to deliver Housing First support in Dorset Council area and offer Legal Aid Advice, including a court desk service at Bournemouth and Weymouth County Courts.
We are active in our communities and strive to understand what housing issues people are experiencing; providing advice and advocacy to individuals and groups to empower them to resolve their situation.
About the role
This role will enable the successful candidate to have a broad understanding of local responses to the housing emergency and give a taster of what role different organisations play in this and would be ideal for someone who is looking to work in housing or homelessness services.
This role will work alongside, and be supported by the Dorset Hub team, based in Bournemouth, to improve the number of people taking part in lived experience activities within Bournemouth, (Dorset) Hub and the BCP Homelessness Partnership. You’ll attend and/or facilitate lived experience groups, people with experience of homelessness to speak up, be an ambassador to encourage partner organisations to involve people with lived experience and offer peer support and encouragement, using your own experience, to help other people participate. You will also contribute to communications from Dorset Hub and BCP Partnership, which highlight the local impact of the housing emergency and effective solutions.
You will be given extensive on the job training, support, and supervision, and will have access to a flexible personal budget to help in your own personal and professional development. Previous trainees have used the personal budget for things like mental health support, qualifications and training courses. The successful candidate will also have access to Shelter’s Employee Assistance Programme and will have dedicated wellbeing support.
About you
- You will have experience of homelessness and / or other disadvantages (e.g. experience of the criminal justice system, mental ill-health or substance misuse) and an understanding of how these experiences have affected you
- You want to make things better for people experiencing bad housing and homelessness in Dorset and you have a commitment to equality and a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination.
- You will be a good communicator and a non-judgmental listener, with empathy for people from different backgrounds.
- You will have an ability to work as part of a team, be flexible and open to learning, supported by your line manager and wider team.
- Experience of using IT (including phones) for emails, internet research and other basic skills
- The enthusiasm and determination to develop and learn new skills.
- A proactive attitude and the confidence to voice your opinions
- You must have support in place to enable you to deal with situations that may reflect your own experiences
How to apply
To apply you need to submit a copy of your CV and a completed application form, this can be submitted either online, by email or you can submit a paper copy to the Shelter Bournemouth, Discovery Court Business Centre, 551-553 Wallisdown Road, Poole, BH12 5AG.Please don’t worry if your CV has gaps or limited work experience, this is not a problem.
If you need support to create a CV, please see the jobpage on our website for details.
To get a copy of the application form please visit Work for Shelter - Shelter England, and search for GROW Trainee or contact Katie at the above email address.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career. If you feel you have the necessary lived experience, please apply and share as much as you feel comfortable with in the application to increase your chances of being invited to interview.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free of harm, abuse and neglect.
All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs of external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £24,102 per annum plus £1,500 budget for personal and professional development
Contract: Fixed term for 15 months
Location: Homeworking (within UK), with the option to work from any of our Shelter Hubs across the UK
Hours: 37.5 per week (pro-rata if part time is preferred)
Closing date: 16th June 11.30pm
We’re looking for passionate individuals with personal experience of homelessness, bad housing, which may include other related disadvantages such as substance misuse and mental ill-health; to come and join us and make a difference to the way we do things. If you believe that people should have a say in their own support and that they should be at the front of making meaningful change then this could be the traineeship for you.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent. We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the role
This is a great opportunity to work within the Stories team at Shelter, recruiting people from within relevant services and outside the organisation to share their experiences to support Shelter’s fundraising, media, services, campaigning, research and brand work. As well as making contact with people willing to share their stories, you’ll be able to listen to someone’s experience and write a summary of their story. The traineeship lasts 15 months and you will receive personalised training and support to help remove some of the barriers that may have prevented you from getting meaningful employment. Once your traineeship is complete, we will support you in securing further employment in the future.
About you
We are looking for people who have lived experience of homelessness/bad housing and overcoming personal challenges and who are passionate about using their own life experiences to help make positive change for others. Good communication skills and the ability to make people feel heard will also be essential. Basic computer skills, e.g. word processing, the internet and email would be useful, but support can be provided. Above all, we need people with a real desire to develop personally and learn new skills.
How to apply
To apply you need to submit a copy of your CV and a completed copy of the application form. This can be submitted by email.
If you need support to create a CV please contact Sally Duckworth (GROW Officer) either via email.
We will be holding support sessions on Zoom to give people practical support and advice on how to complete an application. These sessions will also give you the chance to find out more about the role as well as other opportunities at Shelter. This will take place on:
Monday 10th June 2024, 1-3pm, online: https://shelter-org-uk.zoom.us/j/84646460768?pwd=fLwF87MbVm67wInVZhQx833mXi7oK3.1 Meeting ID: 846 4646 0768 Passcode: 74994782
We encourage all applicants to attend a session before submitting an application, if you are interested in coming along then please let Sally know beforehand.
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career. If you feel you have the necessary lived experience, please apply and draw this out as much as you can in the application to increase your chances of being invited to interview.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies. Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £24,102.00 per annum + £1,500 budget for personal and professional development
Contract 15-month fixed term
Hours: 37.5 per week (part-time considered, 3 days per week minimum)
Location: Plymouth
Closing date: 16th June 11.30pm
Please note all applications will be considered once the vacancy closes, and Interviews will take place at the beginning of July.
Come and join us
We’re looking for passionate individuals with personal experience of homelessness, bad housing, which may include other related disadvantages such as substance misuse and mental ill-health; to come and join us and make a difference to the way we do things. If you believe that people should have a say in their own support and that they should be at the front of making meaningful change then this could be the traineeship for you.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle daily with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. This is your chance to play a part.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the role
This is a great opportunity to work with a lead provider of homelessness and housing advice and support and gain invaluable experience while being part of an exciting employability programme centred on lived experience. The traineeship lasts up to 15 months, and you will receive personalised training and support to help remove some of the barriers that may have prevented you from getting meaningful employment.
You'll be based in our Devon Hub, and you'll be a key member of the local team helping to support or organise various activities within communities, and help map housing advice and services in Plymouth, especially for temporary accommodation and homelessness.
You'll support local campaigns and strengthen connections between the lived experience involvement group and the Hub, making sure lived experiences are valued and included.
About you
We are looking for people who are passionate about the opportunity to use their own life experiences to help make positive change for others.
You’ll also need a commitment to equality and a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination and exclusion.
Good communication skills and the ability to make people feel heard will also be essential.
Basic computer skills, e.g. word processing, the internet and email would be useful, but support can be provided.
Above all, we need people with a real desire to develop personally and learn new skills.
How to apply
To apply you need to submit a copy of your CV and a completed application form, this can be submitted either online, by email or you can submit a paper copy to the Shelter Plymouth, Ernest English House, Plymouth, PL1 2DA
Please don’t worry if your CV has gaps or limited work experience, this is not a problem.
If you need support to create a CV, please see the jobpage on our website for details.
To get a copy of the application form please visit Work for Shelter - Shelter England, and search for GROW Trainee or contact Katie at the above email address.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
When applying, we appreciate it may feel unusual to be talking about your lived experience to a prospective employer. Please be assured that we ask for this only to assess your suitability for a role that’s designed to help people to use their experiences to develop a career. If you feel you have the necessary lived experience, please apply and share as much as you feel comfortable with in the application to increase your chances of being invited to interview.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We need an experienced fundraiser who can research and apply for funding for our projects from a wide range of sources including: grants, s106 developer contributions, sponsorship and corporate volunteering. We have a diverse range of projects to deliver from new play equipment to support for community projects, regeneration schemes and more.
Serving the people of Stroud Town to create a thriving, sustainable community
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Can you bring your extensive Facilities and Management experience to a new collaboration, working with our partner the Methodist Church, across two sites?
The United Reformed Church main office based at Church House and Methodist Church House are within 5 minutes walking distance of each other and easily accessible from major rail lines and tube stations. In this new role you will oversee all areas of building operations with responsibility for health and safety compliance, risk assessments, managing physical assets, enhancing building appearance, cleanliness, security, and overseeing contractors.
You are educated to degree level in a relevant field and IOSH or NEBOSH qualified. You have experience of buildings and health and safety management, managing facilities and contracts, and people management. You are highly customer focused with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The ability to negotiate, make decisions and work collaboratively is essential. Knowledge of project management principles and experience of providing hospitality services would be a distinct advantage.
We can offer you a flexible and friendly working environment and a generous pension scheme.
If you are interested in working for us and can meet the above requirements, please send your application form. We do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 10 June 2024
Interviews: Friday 28 June 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising Events and Challenges Lead
£44,342 - £47,888 pa
City of London and we are a hybrid working organisation
This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.
Purpose of job:
The Fundraising Event and Challenges Lead is responsible for overseeing the fundraising events portfolio, developing and driving the strategy, and leading the delivery of a wide-ranging events and challenges portfolio to deliver ambitious organisational objectives and fundraising growth targets. This includes high-profile celebrity sporting and non-sporting challenge events alongside special events and mass-engagement events.
Key responsibilities:
· Leads the strategy setting and annual planning and budget setting for Comic Relief’s events, including building financial models, developing business cases and strategic plans.
· Lead the operational planning and implementation of fundraising events from ideation, through development and delivery, ensuring an agile approach to changing circumstances and to manage risk and maximise income opportunities.
· Manage and coach the events co-ordinator to support and deliver operational and fundraising activity across the portfolio to deliver against agreed plans and objectives.
· As appropriate, lead or work as part of cross-organisational matrix project teams to deliver all event fundraising elements including developing coherent narrative, fundraising marketing activity, supporter journeys and income/performance tracking and management.
· Lead and manage project teams of internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to ensure all aspects of fundraising events are delivered effectively and successfully to deliver income targets.
· Procure and manage the day-to-day relationship with external delivery partners to ensure safe and successful development and delivery of events; this could include events logistic delivery partners, integration of external media broadcast outlets or television production companies.
· Working with the FR Events co-ordinator, supporting all operational elements of events including event plans, logistics, risk assessments, live content requirements, content delivery, health & safety, risk management and crisis management plans.
· Actively manage the fundraising event budgets, ensuring spend is monitored, reported, and reforecast, with cost saving opportunities leveraged to maximise net income.
· Operate as a champion of fundraising events within the wider organisation proactively identifying, sourcing and helping to embed new ways of working, tools and approaches that drive and optimise income from fundraising events across an array of target audiences.
· Foster a culture of high performance and build organisational event fundraising expertise. Work across the organisation to ensure each challenge/event is audience focused and all opportunities to maximise income are explored through a test, learn and iterate approach where data, learning and insight is used to make informed decisions and actioned swiftly. Ensure knowledge is systematised and shared across the organisation for maximum impact.
· Working as a lead within the Fundraising Directorate, work with colleagues to ensure all activity is appropriately integrated within the wider fundraising plans and portfolio, targeted to agreed audiences appropriately and designed and delivered in a way that maximises engagement and lifetime value.
People Management
· Provide balanced, constructive feedback, undertake effective performance management to embed accountability and proactively support the professional development and growth of staff.
· Proactively undertake business planning, prioritise activities and set clear and realistic objectives for the team and individuals based on capacity, expertise, and aspirations.
· Maintain regular two-way communication and dialogue with staff, ensuring information is cascaded and escalated as needed.
Person specification
Essential criteria
· Experience in developing strategies, plans and managing and delivering events with a focus of income generation.
· Experience of delivering high profile events with multiple external partners
· Demonstratable experience of complex project and stakeholder management in high impact and proven ability to deliver on time and on budget.
· Evidence of working in high-pressure, high-risk environments with high personal resilience and the ability to effectively manage and mitigate risk, adapt and respond to fast-paced change.
· Excellent communicator with experience of leading and working effectively in cross-functional project teams and wide-ranging stakeholders to deliver shared goals and objectives.
· Experience of budget management including setting detailed, annual and campaign planning budgets and strategies, reforecasting, and ongoing tracking against these.
Desirable criteria
· Experience working across a full spectrum of events including sporting and non- sporting challenge events and special events, including with a focus on targeted audiences from mass audiences to high-net-worth audiences.
· Experience of working with broadcast media partners.
· Experience of using a range of digital channels to drive engagement and income to event related activities.
· Effective relationship builder with the ability to proactively challenge and persuade senior stakeholders and partners.
Perks and benefits:
· Flexible working hours
· Work from home option
· Wellness programs
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
· Paid emergency leave
· Sabbatical Opportunities
· Professional development
· Mentoring/coaching
· Paid volunteer days
· Payroll giving
· Team social events
· Extracurricular clubs
· Cycle to work scheme
· Free fruit
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Closing: 11:59pm, 30th May 2024 BST
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why work at Comic Relief
There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,
There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.
Equal opportunity
We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, race, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to: Be valued for being yourself Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.
The Organisation
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
We are now looking for an Active Sports Officer to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £26,864 - £28,574 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a brilliant opportunity for an enthusiastic graduate with a relevant sport related degree level qualification to kickstart their career with our committed organisation.
You’ll have the chance to help promote the role of sport and exercise in enhancing wellbeing whilst developing a host of skills within a professional environment that will equip you for your career ahead.
Plus, working amidst the lush greenery, stunning gardens and tranquil lakes of Regent's Park allows you to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and immerse yourself in a picturesque natural environment.
So, if you're passionate about sports, community engagement and making a positive impact in a historic and vibrant setting, apply today!
The Role
As an Active Sports Officer, you will assist in the day-to-day operation and management of The Hub, the largest, most popular outdoor sports facility in central London.
Delivering outstanding customer service, you will create opportunities for under-represented groups to engage in sport and physical activity, generating income from sports bookings, events and fitness licensing in Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill.
You will assist in ensuring that staff, contractors, coaches, volunteers and league organisers and programmes provide a safe, high-quality experience and respond to the needs of our users.
Additionally, you will:
- Oversee the use of the Hub and sports pitches and assist with pitch inspections
- Assist with the Fitness Licence application process
- Ensure the sports facilities and equipment comply with good practice standards
- Open and close the Hub when acting as Duty Officer
- Assist in keeping usage records and other monitoring statistics
- Help to prepare material for progress and annual reports
About You
To be considered as an Active Sports Officer, you will need:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A degree level qualification in a relevant area such as sport, PE, sports development, leisure management, etc.
Other organisations may call this role Sport Activity Officer, Sport & Leisure Officer, Leisure Centre Assistant, Operations Assistant, Sport Science Graduate, Sport Development Graduate, Leisure Management Graduate, Graduate Leisure Facilities Manager, or Recreation Assistant.
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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please visit our website to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as an Active Sports Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.