An exciting new opportunity has arisen within an established and highly performing service – Full Circle, in Essex. We are looking for 4 x Systems Change Partnership workers. This role has become available due to Phoenix Futures (in partnership with Essex County Council) gaining additional funding through the national Changing Futures pilot. Changing Futures is a £64 million, 3-year long programme, joint-funded between Government and The National Lottery Community Fund. Changing Futures aims to change systems and improve services for people who experience multiple disadvantage, including a combination of three or more of homelessness, substance misuse, poor mental health, domestic abuse and / or contact with the criminal justice system.  Most of these people will not be known to services or not been known in a positive or constructive way. The programme seeks to fill the gaps between services and improve the way local systems work together to support these complex individuals.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working within the Health & Social care field. The successful applicant will play a key role in building robust working relationships with key partner agencies, as well as using a persistent, consistent and flexible approach to our client group, in order to gain the best possible outcomes. You must have excellent communication skills and an ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to use you own initiative when required and to manage your time independently. We have services across Essex and the location is flexible.

This is a pilot scheme therefore at present the role is fixed term until 31st March 2023 but it is hoped that this pilot will be extended beyond this point once the project is shown to be a success.

If you join us you will:

• Access a range of learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development with opportunities for development within the organisation.
• Significantly improve the lives of individuals with complex and additional needs across Essex within the prison setting.

Are you passionate about supporting people out of homelessness? Kineara has a new vacancy for an experienced Housing Link Worker to join our small and dedicated team for our Covid Private Renters Project in Southwark.   

About the project   

In mid-2020 at the height of the Covid 19 lockdowns, we mobilised to deliver a project to respond to rising rent arrears and financial instability facing renters. In an innovative partnership with Southwark Council, Southwark Law Centre, and Impact for Urban Health, we’ve been supporting 30 private renters over the last 8 months who have been threatened with eviction by their landlords, or are living in temporary accommodation, to sustain their tenancies and/or find onward housing in the social or private sector that is suitable for their health, needs and aspirations.    

After a successful start, Kineara has received a further two years of funding to reach more renters and be part of Southwark’s ongoing Covid response for local residents. Now that the Government has lifted the ban on evictions, there are possibly hundreds of thousands of renters across the country facing homelessness. We’ve already delivered crucial crisis support to vulnerable renters and are looking for a passionate housing link worker to be part of the next phase of the project.    

You can find out more about the work here.    

About Kineara   

Kineara is a unique community interest company that supports people in poverty across London who face barriers to housing, employment and education. We provide holistic support for families, vulnerable adults, and school pupils, breaking down barriers and delivering intensive one-to-one interventions to those in need of extra help through challenging times. We use holistic, trauma-informed methods, partnership working and a flexible, non-judgemental approaches that puts the needs of those we work with first.    

About the role   

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic individual to take up a full-time role within our organisation as a Housing Link Worker in our small and dedicated team. The role will be based mostly in Southwark, and you will be working closely with the project’s Housing Support Practitioners in partnership with the Council’s housing teams, local solicitors, community services, social prescribers, and mental health support workers to coordinate tailored support for each client, liaising with landlords and accommodation providers and providing advice for onward housing. The objectives of these programmes are to avoid evictions, sustain tenancies, increase employment opportunities, improve wellbeing, and increase educational outcomes. Your role will be to support those who can no longer stay in their accommodation to find suitable accommodation in the private rented sector.   

The Housing First England project has been working to support and grow a national movement of Housing First services since 2016, improving the lives of some of society's most vulnerable people. Locally, Housing First is a defined approach to ending homelessness, which provides individuals with a permanent offer of independent, stable housing and open-ended wrap-around support.

Morgan Hunt are delighted to be working with a local charity who are looking for a Housing First Project Worker to join their team. This is a Fixed Term Contract to run until March 2022 (37 hours per week) and covers Bolton, Bury, Rochdale and Greater Manchester.

The role - Housing First Worker

• Completing initial assessments of referrals to the service to check eligibility
• Delivering intensive, wrap-around support to people with multiple and complex issues within their own independent tenancies in the community
• Supporting individuals with complex needs facing multiple exclusion through a person centred, strength based, support service regularly reviewing, monitoring and updating support plans
• Creating long-term sustainable tenancies by increasing independence and maximising connectivity with the local community
• Liaising with landlords to assist the person living in accommodation of their choice; including practical help with furniture; benefits advice and accompanied visits

The candidate

• At least 2 years, full-time (or part time equivalent) proven experience of empowering people with multiple, complex support needs (e.g. mental health, homeless, substance abuse and offending behaviour)
• The confidence and experience to assess and manage risk
• Knowledge and understanding of the services and provision generally available for vulnerable and homeless people in crisis
• Experience of liaising with other agencies to facilitate access to support including Adult Social Care, Criminal Justice services, Health services, employment and training agencies
• Excellent personal communication skills when working with vulnerable people in order to build rapport and encourage informed choice
• Experience of using a case management system to ensure accurate up to date records against individual support plans

Due to the nature of this role, an Enhanced DBS is required for the role of Housing First Worker and a car driver with access to a car for work is essential.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Job title: Floating Support Worker
Salary: £24,992 per annum
Contract length: 6 months with possible extension
 

The principal responsibility of the Floating Support Worker is to support and assist our Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and vulnerable adults to develop life skills and access external support where necessary. You will also work alongside our Refugee Wellbeing Coordinator by supporting people experiencing mental health pressures, to access services and develop coping skills.

Interviews will be carried out by Zoom, this may be followed up face to face interview.

Causeway Irish Housing Association operates a 4 day working week (32 hours) and we are a London Living Wage Employer.

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable adults?

About the role

Housing First is an innovating approach to supporting the most, excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual’s homelessness.

The Camden Housing First service aims to support hard to reach clients with complex needs; by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives. In the role of Housing First Worker:

• You will be responsible for the day to day delivery of the service managing a small caseload of clients. 
• You will deliver ongoing and intensive support to help your clients set up their home, with the overall goal of supporting them to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations. 
• Work with a person centred approach to support clients in their own homes as well as in the community.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery.

About you

This role will suit motivated, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives, as well as:

• Experience of working with vulnerable people; motivating and empowering complex and diverse client groups to sustain housing, health and/or work outcomes.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people, including clients, internal colleagues and partner agencies.
• The ability to work independently and be comfortable as a lone worker, with a good knowledge of relevant protocols and safety precautions. 
• The ability to manage your own caseload with a proactive and innovative approach to your work and to work flexibly in order to provide ‘tailored support’ to meet clients individual needs and aspirations.

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
• Great Pay and Other Benefits

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 20 July 2021

Interview and assessments on: 4 August 2021

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

Basis is looking to appoint a Navigation and Group Support Worker (Domestic Violence and Housing) who is passionate about advocating for and ensuring the needs of women who are or have been experiencing domestic violence are met (such needs may or may not relate directly to the domestic violence they have experienced and is likely to be affecting housing). You will be offering 1 to 1 support, helping women to navigate the wider system including statutory and third sector services in Leeds (where needed the criminal justice system). This is a key role for us at Basis as many women we support have experienced domestic violence or are still experiencing this and require support in this area. This role is part of a wider team that works with adult women who identify as sex workers and women who are sexually exploited and abused

Further information

We are looking for someone who understands how trauma affects people and is able to offer a trauma – informed response, is respectful in engagement with clients, colleagues, and with partner agencies and understands the vital importance of trusting relationships. At Basis we work hard to recognise each person as individual, without judgement and tailor support based on their needs. We are looking for someone who works pragmatically and creatively to ensure women can access the services they need and want (and as they change throughout their engagement with us), who seeks out partnership opportunities to offer further support, who pro-actively and effectively advocates for the individual, challenges stigma and never gives up on someone.

We welcome applications from women with relevant lived experience, recognising the value in this as well as any transferable skills that may not be mentioned in the person specification. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and other women who experience racism and Trans (identifying as women) and non-binary as they are currently under-represented within our staff team. All appointments will be are made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description and person specification. Find out more about the team here (link to team page)

Working at Basis means being part of a fun, dynamic and vibrant workforce; we also offer a benefits package including flexible working, contributory pension (4%), significant opportunities to access training, childcare vouchers, funded external supervision and an Employee Assistance package.

If you have any questions about whether you might qualify for the post, we strongly recommend you reach out, we would be happy to answer any questions you might have: please email the office or call 0113- 243 0036 and ask to speak to Joan Coulton

To apply complete the Application-Form and Equal-Opportunities-Monitoring-Form ; plese do not send CVs

You will be based in Leeds (in-office work will be COVID-19 dependent) and may need to work unsocial hours. There is some free parking but parking near the office will also be reimbursed.

Basis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. This post will be subject to enhanced DBS check.

Because of the nature of the work this post is open to women only.  Sex discrimination act 1975 exemption S7 (2) (e) applies.

Only applicants who have the right to work in the UK or have a valid visa or work permit for a minimum of 6 months at the time of application will be considered for this role.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an exciting time to be joining Crisis’ Client Services as we work towards our Vision to 'End Homelessness' for more of the members we work with'. We are a values driven organisation with members at the heart of what we do.

About You 
Do you want to contribute to making a difference to the lives of those affected by homelessness? Crisis is recruiting for a Learning Coordinator to develop and deliver an engaging and varied programme for members in London. This is a great opportunity that will give the post holder the chance to deliver activities as well as planning and overseeing the delivery of high-quality programmes that will support members to leave homelessness for good. We are looking for somebody with experience of coordinating and delivering a high-quality education offer. Someone who can demonstrate their ability to coordinate a team to deliver an innovative and accessible learning programme that meets the needs of our members.

About the role 
The role will focus on coordinating and delivering a high-quality blended learning programme whilst working closely with the tutor team and the Learning Manager. Provide line management and support for the tutor team, liaise with external partners and awarding bodies where necessary. You will coordinate a flexible, person-centred learning programme for members who are experiencing homelessness. You will coordinate and support the delivery of innovative learning solutions to meet the needs of people affected by homelessness. An understanding of a trauma informed approach to learning and a willingness to support members to access learning at their own pace.

We want Crisis to be an inclusive employer which then reflects our members and the communities we work in. We want to offer opportunities to everyone regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.  
 

Working at Crisis
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy  
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%  
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days  

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. 

When you join us you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.  

We have 5 staff diversity networks which include Black, Asian and Ethnic people, LGBTQ+ people, those with Lived Experience of Homelessness, Women at Crisis and Disability Awareness.  

How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

Closing date: Sunday 1st August 2021 (at 23:59)

Accessibility
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness. 
We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Are you passionate about supporting people out of homelessness? Kineara has a new vacancy for an experienced Housing Support Practitioner to join our small and dedicated team for our Covid Private Renters Project in Southwark.  

About the project  

In mid-2020 at the height of the Covid 19 lockdowns, we mobilised to deliver a project to respond to rising rent arrears and financial instability facing renters. In an innovative partnership with Southwark Council, Southwark Law Centre, and Impact for Urban Health, we’ve been supporting 30 private renters over the last 8 months who have been threatened with eviction by their landlords, or are living in temporary accommodation, to sustain their tenancies and/or find onward housing in the social or private sector that is suitable for their health, needs and aspirations.   

After a successful start, Kineara has received a further two years of funding to reach more renters and be part of Southwark’s ongoing Covid response for local residents. Now that the Government has lifted the ban on evictions, there are possibly hundreds of thousands of renters across the country facing homelessness. We’ve already delivered crucial crisis support to vulnerable renters and are looking for a passionate housing support worker to be part of the next phase of the project.   

About Kineara  

Kineara is a unique community interest company that supports people in poverty across London who facing barriers to housing, employment and education. We break down barriers, provide holistic support for families, vulnerable adults, and school pupils, and deliver intensive one-to-one interventions to those in need of extra help through challenging times. We use holistic, trauma-informed methods, partnership working and a flexible, non-judgemental approach that puts the needs of those we work with first.   

About the role  

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic support worker to take up a full-time role within our organisation as a Housing Support Practitioner in our small and dedicated team. The role will be based mostly in Southwark, and you will be working in partnership with the Council’s housing officers, solicitors, community services, social prescribers, and mental health support workers to coordinate tailored support for each client to avoid eviction and sustain tenancies, mediating with landlords where necessary and providing advice for onward housing when needed with the support of the Housing Link Worker. The objectives of these programmes are to avoid evictions, sustain tenancies, increase employment opportunities, improve wellbeing, and increase educational outcomes. You will be working in partnership with other stakeholders such as schools and housing associations to improve family health, build relationships and engage families and individuals and their networks of support.   

About you  

You will have experience of working with individuals with complex needs. You will be an enthusiastic person who is self-motivated, confident and thrives when working independently with a passion to support change. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, experience delivering holistic support, be a solution-minded thinker, have a good understanding of strength-based approaches and be able work sensitively and empathetically with people in vulnerable circumstances. You will also have experience working in a systemic and therapeutic way. It is also important to us that you have the competency to work with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. To work as part of a team and independently, the roles require you to think creatively and use the resources around you effectively.  

About the role 

Switchback is an award-winning small charity enabling young Londoners to build stable, rewarding lives after release from prison. This exciting new position is not your average policy role: it’s a chance to meaningfully involve the young men we support (Switchback Trainees) in policymaking and draw on Switchback’s rich evidence base to drive real change in the justice system. 

This is an exciting time of growth for Switchback as we are significantly expanding our influencing work. The Policy and Involvement Officer will be at the heart of that shift, responsible for a variety of policy, research, public affairs and Trainee involvement activity. This will include writing compelling content like briefings, reports and consultation responses targeted at different audiences. You'll carry out research including gathering evidence and ideas from Switchback’s Trainees and frontline staff, helping to develop our policy strategy and messaging. You’ll monitor and analyse new policy developments, while helping to engage stakeholders like government officials and MPs to influence change. And you will enhance the involvement of Switchback Trainees in our policy work, including managing an intern and coordinating Switchback’s Experts by Experience (EBE) Board of former Switchback Trainees.

This is a rare chance to join a leading small charity in a policy role deeply connected to real lives and, crucially, help to ensure that systemic change is driven by young people too often excluded from debate.

About you 

We are looking for someone with at least two years’ experience in a policy-related role and a clear motivation to amplify the role of lived experience in changing the system. Experience of user research/involvement or work with young people would be beneficial, but not essential: more important is a good understanding of effective policy activity, strong writing skills, a proactive attitude and the skills needed to successfully engage young men from a variety of backgrounds. 

At Switchback we aim to build a team representative of London’s diverse population, celebrating the differences that people bring with them as a vital resource to achieve our ambition and purpose. At such, at this time we’re especially keen to hear from men, people from Asian backgrounds, and/or people with lived experience of the criminal justice system.  

Above all, you’ll be passionate about Switchback’s purpose and values, and keen to get stuck into a wide range of policy and research activity in a small team with big ambitions to transform the system.

Application deadline: 10am on Monday 23rd August
Interviews:  First round: Fri 27th August; Second round: Thu 2nd September

Please download and read the full job description (PDF) and follow the application process set out in there. Applications which do not follow the application process will not be considered. We regret that as a small team we will be unable to provide feedback to candidates not shortlisted for interview.

Job Title : Community, Health, Prevention Operations Manager

Team : Senior Leadership Team

Responsible to : Director of Services

Responsible for : Community, Health, Prevention Team (Including The Beck services and aspects of the Our Way Leeds service)

Hours : 37 hours per week (open to job share)

Salary : MG5, Scp 38 £41,881 per annum
Benefits : Company Techscheme, Health Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Flexible Working

Leave : 29 days’ annual leave per annum + Bank Holidays

GIPSIL is committed to all aspects of safeguarding. We believe that all children and adults, who are at risk of harm, have the right to be protected from abuse. GIPSIL aims to ensure that all staff and voluntary workers who seek work at GIPSIL and who have access to children and adults are safe to do so.

As an organisation we are committed to the following principles in recruitment to ensure we can effectively achieve our aim of providing equal opportunities and safer recruitment; 

• We recruit for potential, not perfection
• We are a values based recruiter
• We value lived experience as a demonstration of capability for a role
• We only utilise truly “essential” criteria in recruitment
• We are committed to safer recruitment practice

When we refer to Values we are talking about our organisational Values, found here. 

GIPSIL is a community based organisation and are lead provider of housing and support services to vulnerable adults, young people and young people leaving care in Leeds; we also provide wellbeing support to children in a school setting.

We deliver outstanding and well-respected services to children, young people and families in multiple settings through our Community, Health, Prevention including counselling and wellbeing work under The Beck brand. We also lead the cross-city consortium for housing support, Our Way Leeds. This role sits within the Senior Leadership Team reporting directly to the Director of Services with a clear remit for overseeing all of our Community, Health and Prevention work.

This work is an exciting new developing focus for the organisation, recognising the excellent work we have done across the city in the last decade and seeking to build on it.

The ideal candidate will understand how Community, Health and Prevention work together to provide early help for the people we work with, meeting our ambition to support people as early as we possibly can.

As this is an area of development for us as an organisation the ideal candidate will also have a track record of identifying gaps in service delivery and working collaboratively and co-producing solutions, finding and securing appropriate funding to meet this need.

Central London, like many cities across the world, is an exciting and stimulating place. However, for some, it is a place to go when things have gone profoundly wrong and there is nowhere else. When people are on the edge, homeless, isolated and in despair there must be a place to turn. The Connection is there to be with people as they overcome that isolation, recover and move on to a meaningful, fulfilling life. The experiences of people on the edge matter. Their story must be told to those in a position of power and influence, so that homelessness, exclusion and isolation are not acceptable features of life in the UK.

The Connection at St. Martin’s empowers those who are on the edges of society to take control of their lives by:

• Providing practical support in an active environment designed to help people to recognise their own strengths, recover from crisis and move on;

• Collaborating with others who share our vision and mission not just in London, but other parts of the UK and the world;

• Sharing our learning with others, to deepen our own understanding and create a more socially just society for those on the margins.

About the role:

You will take forward our Recovery services, including the afternoon Intensive Casework Service, Housing & Resettlement Team, Migration Team, Recovery & Opportunities Service and St Martin’s House supported housing scheme (currently the focus of an exciting development project). The Recovery Lead will also take lead responsibility for Safeguarding.

About you:

This role requires someone with a strong track record in service delivery with people who have complex needs. They must have thorough knowledge and experience of treatment systems and recovery for people with mental health and drug and alcohol issues, as well as a good understanding of housing law and intensive casework and support. Alongside ensuring high quality service delivery, they must have experience of developing new approaches and working with fundraising specialists to secure resources. The Recovery Lead will be a well organised and focused manager who uses coaching techniques to develop their team. Finally, they must be a positive role model with the personal credibility to build confidence in the charity both internally and externally.

So, are you interested in this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? To apply, please submit an application highlighting that you meet the requirements of the role set out in the person specification attached. Only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Details of the full job description, which includes the detailed person specification and application form are attached.

Closing date: Sunday 22nd August 2021– 5pm

Interview date: W/C 30th August 2021

Based in the Coin Street neighbourhood centre, minutes from Waterloo and Blackfriars stations and at the heart of a thriving local community, we are proud to have been judged as an outstanding family and children’s centre by Ofsted and to have built a national and international reputation as a leading social enterprise. 

We have an exiting opportunity for an administrator who is looking for a meaningful and rewarding role. This is a diverse role working to provide administration support across our community directorate. You will be an organised team player with strong administrative skills and an ability to work with data and processes in a people-friendly way.  You will be able to demonstrate that you are customer focused, organised, enthusiastic, flexible and able to work on your own initiative. 

Our community directorate includes our day nursery which provides high quality, affordable childcare and education for children from 3 months to 5 years; our family and children’s centre which provides a wide range of support including stay and play, parenting courses, healthy eating sessions and intensive 1-2-1 support for families facing complex challenges; and community programmes for all ages spanning youth work, health and wellbeing, enterprise and employability, leadership and confidence building and the arts. We provide a wide range of provision across the school holidays for children from 5 to 19 years old, including sports camps, art projects, family trips, music production, cookery and fashion. 

In return we can offer you:

• 27 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays), pro rata
• 8% contributory pension scheme (5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution)
• Season ticket loan on completion of probation
• Health and wellbeing package including a confidential employee assistance programme and online therapy sessions
• Commitment to training and development

To Apply
To apply please submit an up to date CV and the supporting questions form. We are unable to consider CVs if they are not accompanied by the supporting questions form. The equal opportunities form is optional.

Closing date: 11 August. Interviews: 17 August

Morgan Hunt are currently working with a Housing provider to recruit a Floating Support Worker to cover their dispersed properties across Bury. This is a temporary, ongoing contract to start immediately.

Working hours will be 28 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am and 5pm. A car driver is essential and you must hold a current Enhanced DBS for this role.

The role - Floating Support Worker

• You will re responsible for providing intensive tenancy sustainment support to an allocated caseload of ex offenders
• You will work with service users to identify and overcome any obstacles or barriers that may prevent tenancy sustainment, through strength based, personalised support plans
• The successful candidate must have strong communication skills and the ability liaise with partner agencies to ensure a holistic support package for the service users
• You will be responsible for managing your own diary and using a case management to document all interactions and to complete risk assessments and support plans

The candidate

• Experience of working with individuals with complex support needs (i.e. mental health, homelessness, substance misuse, ex offenders)
• Experience of providing Floating Support / Outreach to individuals within their own home
• An understanding of the strength based approach and how this can be used to promote positive outcomes and tenancy sustainability
• Experience of signposting and working with various agencies / partners i.e. Local Authority Social Care, Probation Service

A current DBS, Driving License and access to a car is essential for this role

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

This is an exciting new role and the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day to day communications of the charity and work closely with the rest of the team to promote activities and raise the profile of the organisation.  They will play a crucial part in raising the awareness of the charity internally and externally and developing the brand of the newly merged charity. The charity merged just over a year ago and these is still much to be done to promote and expand the new entity and promoting the retained COSMIC brand.  This is a real time of growth and development and this role will help plan and implement the communications, merchandise and materials necessary to build our profile, communicate to donors and stakeholders and help tell the next chapter in the charities story.

You will have experience of working in a charity, developing a communications strategy covering all media and visual merchandise and have the ability to work alone or as part of a team. Most importantly you will come with lots of ideas and drive to help us develop and grow our bigger charity.  COSMIC does all its communications in house so it’s a real opportunity for the right candidate to lead and develop all activity and stamp their mark on our charity.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The position holder’s responsibilities will include:

Fundraising and Merchandising

• Work with the team to develop a communications plan to support our calendar of events – taking the lead on the implementation.
• To develop and create a new range of fundraising merchandise and marketing materials to promote the COSMIC brand.
• Produce and take responsibility for the production and distribution of the charities supporter newsletter, corporate newsletter and emails and any other relevant direct marketing.
• To develop COSMIC supporter booklets/leaflets and posters for different stakeholder groups and for internal communications to staff and families on our units.
• To support the Fundraising team to develop high quality materials for proposals, events, and activities and help us promote our events and activities.

Social media, website and external communications

• Responsible for the creation of high quality content for our social media platform, the scheduling in and the responding to comments.
• Working with the team Manage Mailchimp and mailmerge communications to supporters and schedule in a calendar of updates.
• To develop, edit and promote videos for use on our social media platforms.
• Liaise with our celebrity partners around any media campaigns we undertake.
• To be responsible for developing a bank of photographs, and the obtaining and recording of media consent forms.
• Support the fundraising teams with identifying and sourcing free advertising places, for events – such as community group emails, online websites etc.
• To lead on the project management of a new website (currently under way) liaising with an external agency and the cosmic team, to ensure that we have a website that fulfils our needs, and that we work in partnership with our supporter to do this.

Internal Communications

• To create and develop a donor board for our parent accommodation
• To liaise with our supporters, our network, the NHS, Imperial Trust to build and develop a bank of compelling patient, families stories and unit and staff stories.
• To be a visible member of the COSMIC team on the wards, building relationships to help develop case studies, improve communications and identify opportunities for communication.
• To keep updated the charity notice boards with up to date promotional material.
• To provide monthly reports on social media engagement, website activity and media profile to SMT.
• To input into the quarterly Trustee report.

Longer term

• To work with SMT to develop an online shop facility on our new website.
• To develop a direct marketing campaign to support the increase of donations
• Monitor our brand, and look at its development and promotion presenting recommendations to the SMT team and trustees.
• To develop a strategy to achieve COSMIC’s ambition of becoming seen as the charity for babies and children in intensive care.

General

• To help at events where hours will be out of office working hours. The charity operates a time in lieu policy.
• To undertake any other tasks and duties which may be required from time to time.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

COSMIC is a small team so working collaboratively and being a team player are essential skills. Our roles are a mixture of being very hands-on in order to get things done and working strategically to ensure that we meet our long-term objectives. The successful candidate will be an experienced and innovative communications executive with the ability to inspire and motivate fundraisers and develop new opportunities and initiatives.  Highly organized, with an eye for detail they will help us raise the profile of the charity.