Regenerate is looking to recruit a highly motivated intern to train as a youth worker, working with young people at Regenerate’s Get Active youth service and provide mentoring support as part of the Get Focused service.

This is an exciting role with a core purpose to support Regenerate’s youth work in Putney, Roehampton and surrounding areas. The intern will have the chance to increase their own capacity and skills in a positive environment, learning to develop, deliver and evaluate the work undertaken by them, and ultimately improve the outcomes for young people.

Regenerate is a youth charity established to work with young people who live on housing estates in Roehampton, Putney and surrounding areas. Its vision is to create opportunities for young people to thrive.

Regenerate inspires and supports young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.

As part of the Jack Petchey 2022 Internship Programme, the intern will be paid at the London Living Wage. The intern will be required to take full part in the Jack Petchey Internship development programme and the mentoring programme and in addition to training provided by Regenerate, is also entitled to apply for a Jack Petchey training bursary of £1000.

To apply, please visit the 'We're Hiring' page on our website, where you will find more details and the application form.

Supported Internship Administrator
Line Manager: Supported Internship Project Manager
Salary: £20,311.20 FTE
Hours: Part Time or Full Time (minimum 3 days a week, 21 hours)
Location: Based at Generate office, 73 Summerstown SW17 0BQ, London and may be required to travel to Internship site, can be flexible around remote working.

Introduction to Generate

Generate has been creating opportunities and offering support to people with a learning disability since 1972. We are committed to improving the lives of people with a learning disability by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in their communities, take their place as citizens and reduce their reliance on services.

In addition to our youth and community services targeted at people with a learning disability, we also provide Job Coaches to support internship programs through the Access to Work government grant. Internship are targeted at people between Special Educational Needs between the ages of 16-25. The aim is to give vital experience to the Intern in the workplace and transition them to paid employment.

Main Purpose of the Job

Responsible for supporting the project manager in a number of ways, such as internal and external communications, scheduling, bookkeeping and date entry.

You will be dealing with all paperwork regarding this project and ensuring it is all kept up to date.

Closing Date: Friday 17th December 2021

All applicants are required to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide 2 references.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Location: Coram’s Fields, Kings Cross/Bloomsbury

Salary: £36,000 – £38,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

For 85 years, Coram’s Fields has provided pioneering services for young people from birth through to early adulthood. Today these services continue to provide invaluable support to the local community. Our Youth Programme supports young people aged 9 to 19, providing a safe space and offering a wide range of engaging activities that support personal, social and mental well-being, and ensure that young people’s personal circumstances, are not barriers to them achieving their life ambitions.

Over the last five years, our reputation within the local voluntary and statutory sector has grown considerably, most notably through our work with high-risk young people, including those affected by violent crime, as well as our work with young women. Alongside this, we are seen by many as a beacon of good practice in terms of our youth work, finding creative solutions to some of the most complex societal issues facing young people today.

Our youth programme engages over 350 young people per year, just under 40% of whom are young women. Our engagement of young people spans multiple disciplines, each playing a key role in supporting a range of needs.

Our generations programme provides essential support to those transitioning to youth centre age, whilst our employability programme supports those at the other end of the age spectrum, developing and nurturing young people as they seek to enter the working world. Our work in the creative arts including a dedicated music production programme, provides the platform for young people to express themselves, whilst our community outreach on local estates enables us to reach young people, not yet ready to access mainstream youth provision.

In addition to this, we are the lead voluntary sector partner within a multi-disciplinary team supporting young men at risk of violent crime. We are proud through this work, to be pioneering the use of clinical intervention alongside conventional youth work to support the underlying issue of poor mental health among both perpetrators and victims, an approach that has contributed to the delivery of often life changing outcomes for many of our young people.

This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role and one that will provide an opportunity for a talented youth work professional to develop even further, the impact of our work locally. Fundamental to your success in the role will be an unrivalled commitment to the lives of children and young people, supported by an in depth understanding of the multiple challenges that they face. Even more crucial, will be your ability to turn this commitment and understanding into high impact services that produce tangible outcomes for those that we support.

You’ll be an inspirational leader, bringing a creative flair to your work with young people, harnessing the skills of those around you to deliver a truly exceptional offer.

To apply, visit our website through the link at the top of the listing.

The final deadline for the role is 9am on Monday 6th December 2021 however, applicants should note that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and shortlisted applicants may be invited to interview before the application deadline.

Coram’s Fields is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity, are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly, their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.

Growing Diverse Talent

Alumni Programme Manager x 2 (both South, within reach of London)

If you want to support young people in schools, particularly those who are disadvantaged, then this could be the job for you. Future First is the UK charity that connects state school pupils with former students to show them a future that can be theirs. Hearing from past pupils builds resilience, confidence and gives students the motivation to study. Our new technology also gives them a network to help them.

We have two Alumni Programme Manager vacancies, both working with schools and partners in the South. Alumni Programme Managers are our front line workers supporting schools, volunteers and young people. You'll be joining an amazing and friendly team, with the opportunity to have your ideas heard and grow your skills, taking on projects, specialisms and responsibilities.  You will help your schools and colleges to build and use their former student networks to support today’s pupils, with workshops and talks, as governors and fundraisers, mentors and much more. You will also reach out to new schools and businesses to raise the profile of our work, build more partnerships and grow our pool of school members.

You will be situated in or within reach of London, allowing you to easily reach schools in the South. We are currently mainly home working, with regular face to face team working and the option to use office space as you wish. We are reviewing the charity’s requirements and it is likely that we will take a base in London and Manchester, although home-based working will remain for those who enjoy it.

We would particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to social justice and supporting a diverse workforce.

To join us, you will need: a desire to address social mobility issues; the ability to influence and win others to your way of thinking; experience of working with schools and young people, ideally through facilitating engaging activity; excellent communication skills; superb organisational skills; and an interest in working across the breadth of a small charity, including sales and business development.

In return, we offer you a supportive working environment with plenty of learning and development opportunities. You’ll work with dedicated, determined colleagues and witness the tangible difference our work makes to young people’s lives. We live by our values of social justice, collaboration, innovation and role models. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you!

Internship Project Manager – Development Focus
Reports to: Youth Service Manager
Salary: £28,880 per annum
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible travel required across London. Our current internship sites are across Newham, Hackney and Leytonstone – flexible travel required across London at our current sites, potential new sites, and our head office in Wandsworth. Some flexibility to work remotely.

Introduction to Generate:

Generate has been creating opportunities and offering support to people with disabilities since 1972. We are committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in the community, be active citizens and reduce reliance on services.

Main purpose of job:

Alongside the other Internship Project Manager, you will have oversight of the day to day management of our internship sites across Newham, Hackney and Waltham Forest. This includes recruiting and supervising job coaches across all sites, ensuring funding applications are processed in a timely manner and managing the partner relationships.

This role will focus on the future development and growth of our internships – attending network meetings, seeking growth opportunities to gather more interest and business for future partnerships and internship sites, project search in particular.

Closing Date: Friday 17th December 2021

All applicants are required to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide 2 references.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Youth Delivery Officer

We are looking for a skilled, committed, and passionate individual with experience within the youth work sector (this could be in a voluntary capacity). Whilst developing our focus around youth engagement and early intervention techniques, we recognise the importance of having individuals who really want to make a difference in the lives of young people. The successful applicant will understand our values, ethos and principles as an organisation and will demonstrate a strong desire to contribute to and deliver meaningful and effective youth work. 

Main Purpose of this Role

This is an exciting role at Reaching Higher and demonstrates our uncompromising commitment to playing our part to positive impact the lives of young people and their families. This role has been designed to lead on the delivery of our work and play a central role in creating meaningful experiences for young people via school and community based youth projects.

Jack Petchey Internship

The Youth Delivery Officer (Internship) role is a twelve-month paid Internship to begin during Jan 2022, supported by the Jack Petchey Foundation. You must be ready take up the post by 31 Jan 2022.

As part of this role, you will be part of the Jack Petchey Internship Development Programme with 25 other interns from different youth organisations in London and Essex. This development programme will involve you attending at a launch conference, a six-month update workshop, six professional development workshops through the year and a celebration event at the end of the programme. You will receive an extra training bursary of £1,000 for approved training. You will also be matched with a mentor from another organisation to support you in your professional development. The Jack Petchey Internship Programme training and events will take place in person (subject to covid restrictions) in London and you will be expected to take full part in this programme alongside your role at Reaching Higher.

About Reaching Higher 

Reaching Higher is a youth organisation which works with over 500 young people aged 11-21 each year across Croydon and surrounding boroughs. Developed in partnership with local churches, we are a youth-led charity with a Christian ethos.We place particular emphasis on providing mentoring support to young people and facilitating their development as leaders. We have established strong links with key local, London and UK-wide organisations and our approach leads us into regular working contact with partner schools, community groups and churches. 

Job Title: Fundraising Intern

Reporting to:Managing Consultant 

Place of Work:Mountbatten Hospice, Southampton

Contract:6 months

Hours of Work:35 hrs per week

Salary:£1,500 per month

Role Summary – fast-track your career with the UK’s leading fundraising consultancy

Compton Fundraising is the UK’s leading fundraising consultancy.

We have an established paid internship scheme and are currently seeking an intern to join our team, working at Mountbatten Hospice, Southampton.

This is an entry level position for graduates looking for a way to fast-track a career in fundraising or Third Sector management. This six-month placement will provide the successful candidate with a good knowledge base across all income streams and tangible experience to pursue a career in the Third Sector.

As a Compton intern your role and responsibilities include:
 

•Act as the first point of contact for, and respond to, all fundraising enquiries and provide efficient and effective supporter care

•Assist with the maintenance and updates of the database ensuring all individual records are accurate (training will be provided if you do not have previous fundraising database experience)

•Assist in the preparation of newsletters and other mailings to supporters

•Assist in the development of fundraising proposals and supporting materials

•Regularly update web pages and social media channels

•Organise and attend information and cultivation events and fundraising meetings

•Write and issue agendas and meeting notes

•Maintain fundraising files

•Conduct other duties as assigned by the Managing Consultant and/or other Compton line manager.

Some travel within the area may be required from time to time.

Person Specification

Well presented, confident, articulate with the ability to write clearly and concisely, you will possess an open, creative, enquiring mind and have an enthusiasm for fundraising and commitment to the Company objective of delivering transformational performance for our clients.

You will be trained and supervised on a daily basis by experienced Compton consultants and there will be ongoing career opportunities with our firm for those who successfully complete their internships.

To apply, please send your covering letter and CV. 

*We particularly encourage applications from someone who is Black, or a Person of Colour.

This internship is a positive action initiative under the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for a Fundraising Intern to join the Fundraising & Marketing Team for 12 months. You will have the opportunity to learn about a range of funding streams and hopefully kickstart your career in fundraising and marketing.

The Fundraising Intern will report to the Trusts & Grants Manager and Fundraising Manager (Digital) and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation as well as supporters and other external stakeholders. This position is located in the UK. You will be joining a dedicated team of people who care deeply about the difference we are able to make, working with women’s movements across the world. You will find more information about Womankind on our website.

*We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions and beliefs.

However, as part of Womankind’s commitment to addressing the under-representation of Black and People of Colour in our organisation and in fundraising and marketing roles in the wider charity sector, we particularly encourage applications from Black and People of Colour candidates.

As a feminist organisation, working to dismantle systems of oppression that discriminate against women, girls and gender diverse people is at the heart of the organisation’s mission. As part of our anti-racism pledge co-created by Womankind staff and trustees in 2020-21 we made commitments across all areas of our work including pledging to increase access to careers in the sector for black and women of colour through paid internships especially in less diverse functional areas such as fundraising. A recent report of diversity in the UK fundraising sector found only 9% of fundraisers were Black, or a Person of Colour.

This internship opportunity is only open to applicants who are based in and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. We are not able to consider applicants who require visa sponsorship.

Role Purpose

The role is ideal for someone with an interest in fundraising and women’s rights. We are a small team, but we cover a wide range of funding streams. These include Individual Giving, Community & Events, Corporate Partnerships, Major Donors, Trusts & Foundations and Statutory & Institutional. This role will provide vital support across our funding streams, helping the team to expand our contacts, refine our fundraising ‘asks’ and ensure our messages reach the correct audiences. We hope the role will offer a solid introduction to fundraising for women’s rights and an insight into a range of funding streams which will support your career in fundraising & marketing.

Duties:

The Fundraising Intern will support Fundraising & Marketing colleagues with a range of tasks, including research, writing and development of fundraising materials. There will also be occasional support needed with administrative tasks. Duties will include:

Individual Giving

• Managing and responding to enquiries to the Supporter Care inbox with excellent stewardship and supporter communication.
• Writing one-page project summaries (live and upcoming projects)
• Promoting Community & Events fundraising (esp. International Women’s Day, 8th March 2022)
• Providing admin support (eg. scanning Gift Aid declarations, updating mail preferences)

Digital fundraising

• Work closely with the Fundraising Manager (Digital) to support digital fundraising campaigns. Activities could include updating website and email communications, responding to enquiries from supporters and external stakeholders, analysing data and tracking results.
• Support the delivery of Womankind’s email strategy which includes planning, writing, and designing compelling supporter emails that keep Womankind supporters and donors inspired and informed.
• Assisting in the planning and production of impactful online content such as videos, graphics, blogs etc. that support digital fundraising and communications. Working with the communications team to ensure every output is on-brand.
• With the Individual Giving & Communications teams, developing fundraising-related social media posts to boost online income.
• Support with developing content for fundraising pages of the Womankind website, creating and/or editing and updating content and working with Fundraising & Communications teams to develop new website functions to optimise performance.

• Track and analyse donor data, campaign results and digital analytics from various sources such as Mailchimp, Google Analytics and Raisers Edge to inform performance reports/KPIs and future digital decision-making.

Trusts, Foundations, Statutory & Institutional Donors

• Researching trusts and creating donor profiles
• Supporting the annual Small Trust Mailing and reporting to givers
• Supporting the schedule of 6 month and annual reporting to trusts

Philanthropy

• Supporting the Gala event (10th March 2022)
• Supporting upcoming webinars for external stakeholders
• Researching prospects for corporate and major donor income streams
• Helping to thank our supporters
• Helping to gather information for reporting back to our supporters on particular projects

Cross-organisational initiatives

• Participate in cross-organisational initiatives and groups – such as cross-organisational project groups – as agreed with your line manager and required.

The role may also undertake other responsibilities not outlined above which are commensurate with a role of this nature and which will be discussed and agreed with the line manager.

The role must be committed to the mission, vision, values and aims of Womankind Worldwide as it seeks to support and speak out about women’s human rights and development internationally.

All posts are expected to contribute towards developing a supportive working environment at Womankind and to demonstrate commitment to Womankind’s values and ways of working.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential:

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong IT skills & digital literacy (Word, Excel, Social Media channels.. etc)
• Numeracy skills
• Fluent in English, including written English
• Strong eye for detail
• Ability to prioritise, schedule and meet deadlines
• Interest in women’s rights and/or international development
• Creative & proactive attitude

Desirable:

• Personal experience of fundraising for a charity
• Event management
• Experience of analysing and presenting data
• Experience of working with a database
• Good research skills
• Customer service/supporter care experience
• An interest in or knowledge of Womankind’s focus countries including: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Terms and conditions

Hours

35 hours

Salary

£23,635 per annum

Contract

12 months

Probationary period

3 months

Holidays

28 days per annum plus statutory holidays (3 of these days are to be taken over the Christmas and new year period when the office is closed).

Pension

Womankind has a contributory pension scheme in place

Other benefits

We offer a wide range of flexible working options, enhanced maternity leave, group pension scheme and free eye tests

This position is located in the UK.

How to apply

Womankind Worldwide welcomes all applicants and values diversity. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

To apply for this position please follow the button below.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we regret we will not be able to respond personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline for applications: 6th December 2021 12:00 noon

1st round interviews: 13th December 2021 TBC

TreeHouse School  has an excellent opportunity for an aspiring Assistant Head that is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of autistic children and young people. You will promote a culture that will enable our learners to feel safe, thrive, learn and have every opportunity to excel.

We are an Ofsted 'Outstanding', award winning school for children and young people aged 3-19 with a primary diagnosis of autism, some of whom have additional disabilities. We believe that every child and young person attending TreeHouse School deserves a fulfilling, happy and rewarding life. Our person-centred educational approach ensures we focus on the individual learners requirements at all times. 

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Head that: 

• Has experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead or a Deputy Safeguarding Lead.

• Comprehensive specialist knowledge of autism and safeguarding to be able to support families, staff colleagues and other stakeholders confidently and competently.

• Ability to create and role model the culture of Safeguarding and child protection across the whole school.

• Ensuring the best educational outcomes for children and young people attending our school through understanding how autism affects each learner differently and how we prepare them for adulthood.

What we offer: 

• We invest in our people through excellent CPD which includes a wide-range of in house and external training opportunities.

• We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to progress with their career, we offer bespoke coaching and mentoring tailored to you.

• Competitive annual salary with a yearly review.

• Annual staff recognition awards. 

• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000. 

• Season ticket loans. 

• A wide range of wellness programmes including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes and learning programmes. 

• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life. 

• Free access to physiotherapy. 

Key dates:

• Role Closes: Sunday 9th January 2022

• First stage interview (Stakeholder day, in person at TreeHouse School): Wednesday 12th January 2022

• Second stage interview (In person at TreeHouse School): Friday 14th January 2022

To find out more about this position please find attached the recruitment pack entailing the role details. For an informal discussion regarding this exciting senior leadership role, please find our contact details in the recruitment pack. 

Equal opportunities

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

About

Established for over 10 years, Drive Forward Foundation is an award-winning charity that enables care-experienced young people between the ages of 13-26 to achieve their full potential through education and training, sustainable employment and a career of their own choice.

The Strategic Partnerships Manager is part of the senior management team at Drive Forward Foundation overseeing the Corporate Engagement and Mentoring team. The aim of the Corporate Engagement and Mentoring team is to build a pipeline to sustained and fulfilling employment for care-experienced young people through ring fenced employment opportunities and a range of activities including career insight sessions, work experience, internship opportunities and access to a professional mentor. The Strategic Partnership Manager is responsible for developing a team strategy that is in line with the overall organisation’s strategy and to line manage the Head of Corporate Engagement and Head of Mentoring. They are also responsible for building and maintaining relationships with employers as well as developing new and innovative ways of working. 

Salary: £35-£39k p.a.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategy:

• Develop and implement a strategy for corporate partnerships and mentoring according to the needs and skills of care-experienced young people.
• Devise new and innovative ways to work with employers to create fulfilling employment opportunities for care-experienced young people.
• Attend monthly meetings with the Senior Management team to discuss planning, operations and charity vision.
• Understand the organization as a whole and ensure the corporate engagement and mentoring initiatives feed into wider activities within Drive Forward.
• Keep up to date with relevant employment and social responsibility trends that are relevant to Drive Forward’s work.
• Keep up to date of the wider context, policy changes and issues affecting care-experienced young people.

Partnerships Management

• Manage and grow partnerships with employers in a range of sectors and across different partnership streams.
• Work with the other members of the team to create ring-fenced employment opportunities for young people
• Oversee the Civil Service Internship Scheme and replicate the scheme across other public services including local authority partners and NHS.
• Gather feedback from events and opportunities to inform future practice.
• Run the Partner Steering Group with the Head of Corporate Engagement.
• Work with Head of Mentoring to identify mentoring needs and recruit mentors from partnership base.

Person Specification

• Experience of successfully sourcing ring-fenced employment opportunities.
• Experience of working with corporate partners and building strong partnerships.
• Ability to deliver engaging presentations to corporate clients about the benefits of engaging with DFF’s young people.
• An excellent communicator.
• An innovative and creative individual who strives for the best outcomes and opportunities for our beneficiaries.
• Passionate about social mobility and changing outcomes for care-experienced young people.
• Skilled at innovating service delivery and increasing networks.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to develop and implement new ideas and strategies.
• Credible and authentic leader.
• Track record of leading, motivating and developing a talented team.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and complexity with autonomy.
• Confident in the use of databases and MI systems to monitor and evaluate performance effectively.

It is a hugely exciting time to join Career Ready as we are launching our new 3 year strategy.  Our purpose is clear, our proposition is strong, the need is great and there has never been a better time to join us!

Regional Manager – Essex (Thurrock)

Remote Based/Working from home: Travel across Thurrock and surrounding areas

£32,000 to £35,000 doe plus 25 days holiday & pension

Monday – Friday 35 hours per week (part time / flexible hours considered)

Career Ready is a national charity that links schools and colleges with employers to prepare young people for the world of work through a programme of regular contact with working people and workplaces.

We are a partner of the government-funded Careers & Enterprise Company extending employer engagement across England and are cited in statutory careers guidance.

Across Essex and the East we work with 63 schools and colleges (400 across the UK) offering programmes based on our Skills for Career Success learning outcomes, delivered by employer volunteers. The core pillars of our programmes are a series of structured masterclasses, mentoring, workplace visits and work placements. Last year 98% of students aged 16-18 leaving our Career Ready 16-18 programme went on to positive destinations.

The main purpose of our Regional Manager team is to grow, develop and deliver all aspects of the day-to-day account management of:

• Schools and colleges running a Career Ready programme
• Employer supporters, corporate supporters, stakeholders and partners
• Mentors and internship supervisors

The Regional Manager for Essex will join the Essex and East team (currently 5 people). They will work with colleagues and employers across Essex to support the Career Ready Programmes in 10 schools and colleges in Thurrock. The Regional Manager will be responsible for ensuring a high quality of activity is delivered in schools/colleges by our volunteers, as well as implementing the strategy for the region by overseeing local employer, school and stakeholder relationships. There will be opportunities to collaborate and be creative, as well as being autonomous in how you run and develop the programme with your schools/colleges.  

Growing employer support will be key to the success of the region and the post holder will be required to generate new business partnerships across Essex.

Main duties and responsibilities

Regional management

• Develop a local strategy and growth plan for the region in line with the Career Ready National Strategy.
• Recruit and on-board schools to the Career Ready programmes
• Account manage on a regular basis schools and colleges running our programme. This will require support visits, and managing events for students and corporate supporters.
• Account manage relationships with regional and local corporate supporters and regional or local operations of national corporate supporters.
• Provide regular communication and reporting to the Lead Manager for Essex and the East.
• Work in close co-operation with head office staff to provide a co-ordinated approach to the wider region, which could include joint regional events and covering for each other.
• Promote the contribution of Career Ready and awareness of Career Ready to potential supporters and assist in engaging their commitment to give both practical and financial support.
• Develop and grow a Local Advisory Board
• Attend Local Advisory Boards meetings
• Help support mentor volunteers.
• Ensure that all regional management information is submitted to the national Salesforce database in a timely and accurate way.
• Oversee and ensure a high quality of activity is delivered in schools/colleges by volunteers.
• Support schools and colleges in delivery of work placements and paid internships.
• From time to time there may be a need to deliver sessions to skills and careers leads and to groups of young people within the school and college setting.
• Recruit new schools and colleges to the network from the region in accordance with priority target areas. Manage their induction, training, activities prior to launch and implementation of the Career Ready programme.
• Support the Lead Regional Manager with data collection and reporting requirements specific to trusts and foundations.

New Business

• Directly pursue a prioritised list of prospect corporate partners in line with our regional strategy, and research further potential regional income sources
• Use networking and commercial BD skills to cultivate potential regional donors

National and strategic management

• Contribute to the corporate work of Career Ready.
• With the Chief Executive, Director of Programmes and Lead Manager for Essex and the East monitor the state of Career Ready in the region and seek ways to promote its achievements and improve the service given by the central staff team.
• Attend meetings and training days with the national Regional Manager team (approximately 3 times a year).

Profile raising

• In conjunction with senior staff and the communications team, work to raise the profile of Career Ready in the Regional Manager’s area, and its key stakeholders in the regional and local media, business, and education communities.
• Undertake public speaking and media engagements as required to promote the work of Career Ready in the Regional Manager’s area.

Events

• Assist schools and colleges on our programmes to plan, manage and run events to promote Career Ready and be prepared to present at such events.
• Attend national Career Ready events such as our annual A Capital Experience launch in December.
• Arrange and manage regional events including inductions and ice-breakers.

General

Promote a commitment to high standards of service, and to equality of opportunity through leadership, policy development and good practice. You will be able to build local partnerships with Schools, Colleges and employers with a view to growth with the Career Ready strategic plan. An entrepreneurial spirit allied with a can do attitude will go a long way.

Person Specification

• Target driven, but able to balance financial and non-financial objectives.
• Entrepreneurial with the ability to follow through and achieve results.
• Forward planner with excellent time management skills.
• Able to deliver targets and objectives, often alone, but also to rise above the detail and take a strategic perspective.
• Able to communicate effectively in a wide variety of situations, including formal speaking engagements to large audiences.
• Able to reach, network with and communicate to a wide range of stakeholders and potential stakeholders including senior business people, principals of schools and colleges and students.
• Able to operate corporately as part of the Career Ready team.
• Consultative and supportive management style.
• Skilled negotiator, internally and externally.
• Ability to use databases, Word, excel, PowerPoint and other ‘Office’ packages.

A flexible approach to working hours is essential as ‘out of hours’ meetings are common within the requirements of this role.

A full UK driving licence and your own car is essential to fulfil requirements of this role.

Experience

(i) Preferably three years in an education role.  Experience could have been gained in schools, FE colleges or not-for-profit organisations, but the successful applicant must be able to gain credibility with senior managers in a variety of educational institutions; or

(ii) Three years experience in a not-for-profit organisation involved with young people; or

(iii) Three years experience in a community development or Corporate Social Responsibility role in a company; and

Evidence of commercial awareness and proven experience of account management.

Salary & Benefits

• £32,000-35,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Plus 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution
• Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The Charity is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there are an additional 2 days of leave available in August.
• Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans.
• Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Work Anniversary Gift Voucher

Appointment will be subject to a 3-month probation period during which time the contract may be terminated with one week’s notice.

An enhanced criminal record (DBS) check will be required for the role.

The role is home based (remote working)

Application

If you are interested in the role then please submit a CV and a covering letter stating why you believe you are suitable for the role, giving details of your current salary.

If you would like to discuss this role further before applying, you are welcome to request a call back.

The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Sunday 5th December and interviews will take place virtually after this date

Registered Charity Number 1092891

Main Purpose of job- Vocational Mentor  SEND

•  To work with young people 18-25 who have special educational needs and/or learning disabilities. You will be supporting a cohort of young people within LB Hackney to transition from education into a supported work placement with the prospect of paid employment as an outcome.
• As a Vocational Mentor you will be responsible for helping our young people progress in all aspects of employability, including acquisition of work-related skills, independent travel, in-work job coaching and pastoral support.
• You will be working flexibly across the service, carrying out a range of activities both on site and in the community to ensure each young person’s needs are met, along with the project KPIs.

Main tasks:

• Provide on-going support to a cohort of young people aged 18-25 who have special educational needs and/or learning disabilities who wish to progress into employment.
• 1-2-1 support of young people in the workplace (Job Coaching) to enable them to thrive on their internship placement.  Also working closely with host employers to ensure our young people are successfully integrated into their work place.
• Assist Ellingham Tutor in in-house employability training sessions – classroom support.  You will be assisting in preparing participants for the world of work in both group and 1-2-1 sessions.
• Travel training support to enable interns to travel independently (on local public transport routes if necessary) to and from their work placement.
• Liaison with employers.  Assisting the team with finding and setting up suitable work placements for each participant, based on their aspirations and support needs.  Placements will be within Hackney or neighbouring boroughs.
• Record keeping – including production of attendance records, assessments, progress reports, and employer feedback.  Each participant’s progress will be carefully monitored and you will contribute to their annual reviews.
• Achievement of project KPIs.   You will be expected to help the team hit our key performance targets and provide regular feedback to the Project Coordinator and Senior Management Team on our progress towards the project targets.
• Liaison where necessary with participants’ parent/carers to update on progress and address any issues which may prevent young people engaging with Ellingham’s Supported Internship services.
• Ensure the health, safety and welfare of all project participants and staff is always given priority.
• Work with other team members to ensure smooth running of the programme.
• Work in line with Ellingham’s principles, company policies and procedures, with specific regard to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.

Qualifications/Experience

• Teaching qualification (especially with SEND field) would be advantageous
• GCSE grade C (or equivalent) or above in English and Maths.
• First Aid qualification.
• Excellent knowledge of Hackney and surrounding area, especially with regard to potential local employment opportunities and transport links
• Experience in supporting young adults with SEND and associated disabilities to enhance their skills, particularly within a vocational context.
• Experience of delivering personalised support for adults with learning and associated disabilities.
• Experience of job coaching young people with SEND within the workplace, using recognised TSI principles
• Ability to provide positive behaviour support
• Ability to work on own initiative and respond to individual client needs.
• Good administrative and IT skills.

Ellingham is a Disability Confident employer

Deadline 31st August at 5pm

My client is a small, high profile charity with offices across the UK. They help young people from low income backgrounds enter universities and professions through programmes of mentoring, internships, university application support and skills development.

The Operations Support role will be well-suited to someone who is focused on the best ways they can support the aims of the charity as well as those of our participants and partners. The Operations Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Foundation's operations work to ensure that the charity can operate successfully and deliver its mission. The Operations Team provides services including finance, HR, risk and safety, governance and GDPR.

Full training will be given to develop you in to the role. You must be immediately available.

Person Specification:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Strong administration skills

- Experience of using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel functions

- Excellent attention to detail when undertaking tasks

- Understanding of the requirements and sensitivities of confidential information, such as Personal Data and financial records.

- Ability to work as part of a small team

- Finance administration experience desirable

- Hard-working and efficient

- Self-starter, who takes a problem-solving approach to their work, and is confident in escalating issues or concerns as needed with ability to prioritise and manage varied tasks

Main Responsibilities

The Operations Support Officer will be responsible for:

- Using Microsoft Office to undertake a variety of tasks; including mail merges, tracking & maintaining expenditure records, drafting letters & documents

- Supporting the running of HR and recruitment administration by contacting candidates and scheduling interviews, as well as ensuring applicant and current and past staff information is recorded, stored and removed appropriately

- Supporting the running of day-to-day finance activity; queueing payments, creating invoices and responding to staff queries

- Data entry and collation to maintain records on database and keep up to date

- Supporting the management of UK-wide offices; including obtaining quotes and ordering supplies & services, sorting post, providing assistance to staff with Operations issues and escalating if necessary

- Taking minutes in meetings and typing up an electronic record as required

This is a 6 month contract and a fantastic opportunity for a candidate who would like to develop their all round operational skills in a socially driven, impactful environment.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, then please apply by sending a Word copy of your CV.

Location: Greater London, though staff are working remotely for the time being

If you like variety, being busy, juggling priorities and doing great work that makes a difference to young people’s lives - look no further: this could be just the job for you!

Future First is looking for a Project Manager to join its fantastic team, and support its work in schools. We are the only UK education charity that works to connect today’s students with past pupils as relatable role models to inspire them. By giving state school pupils access to people like them, in careers they are interested in, we broaden their horizons and give them confidence in a future that can be theirs. We are rapidly growing, including trialling new initiatives to make an even greater difference. 

Future First is a dynamic and exciting place to work, with a great team of staff who are welcoming, collaborative and supportive. We are committed to your learning and development, and will support you to grow your ambition and career with us.

You will need excellent organisational skills, project management experience, and great team-working skills. You’ll be networking internally and externally with our partners, supporting them in the delivery of their targets, as well as reporting on performance. A good communicator with great interpersonal skills, you will thrive on the buzz of managing competing demands.

We welcome applications from all candidates, especially those with lived experience of the communities we aim to serve: those who face disadvantage as a result of their start in life. We won’t let this limit their future - or yours. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse workforce.

We live by our values of social justice, collaboration, innovation and role models. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you!