Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, by connecting people and places, creating liveable neighbourhoods, transforming the school run and delivering a happier, healthier commute.  Take the next step on your Sustrans journey by joining our team in the South of England:

Network Development Manager

South Central

(Ref: SUS2749)

£27,255 per annum

37.5 hours per week – based in Reading or Bristol (can be negotiated)

This is an exciting role which will be pro-active in developing cycle routes and networks, including the National Cycle Network, by project managing schemes from land acquisition and fund assembly through to construction.  This will include network and feasibility studies, cycle route design and responsibility for influencing and generating funding for future work.

With proven experience in transport planning or a related subject and experience in project management, including implementation and monitoring budgets, you will have previously worked in partnership with other groups / organisations and with local stakeholders and the public sector.  Your written and verbal communications skills will be excellent as will be your negotiation and advocacy skills.  You will have the ability to research and produce reports, to build and maintain effective working relationships and be IT literate.  You will also have an understanding of the sustainable transport agenda in the UK and be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.  

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 30 September 2019.  Interviews will take place in Bristol or Reading on Tuesday 8 October 2019.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Fixed Term 12 months - Any Trust Office. Full time- 35 hours a week

The Senior Data Analyst will work within the Innovation team and be responsible for ensuring data is used and made available to inform the innovation team, innovation product manager, digital products team with data insights from our digital platforms. These data insights will ultimately drive how early-stage innovations are performing to drive decisions. This role will be key in helping us find our next big innovations.

We're after someone has:

• A strong desire to understand and resolve difficult technical issues
• An experience working with business intelligence tools
• A strong understanding of data and data modelling
• The ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively working closely with innovation team and software development team

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

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We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female Finance Manager to join our team based in Bristol. You will join us on full time, permanent basis working 37.5 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £30,507 - £32,029 and benefits.

Missing Link provides practical advice and support to individuals to allow them to maintain a rich and meaningful life. The aim is to deliver recovery and wellbeing opportunities for people with mental health and other support needs to achieve their hopes and ambitions.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

• Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
• 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
• Excellent development and training opportunities
• Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
• Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Wellness Awards

About the role:

As our Female Finance Manager, you will manage and develop the organisation’s accounting systems and procedures to ensure efficient and effective operation of all financial matters. The post-holder will manage a small finance team. The role will require someone who has leadership skills, and can work both independently and accountably with minimal supervision.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female Finance Manager:

• Full management of all day to day financial operations and procedures ensuring compliance with all relevant and new legislation.
• To support the Senior Management Team and Management Committee in business planning and organisational development to deliver a sustainable financial future for the organisation
• To provide quarterly and adhoc financial information to the Director of Resources, CEO and the finance committee
• To update and review budgets and prepare budgets for new business
• Prepare financial statements and Quarterly Management Accounts (and cash flow forecast) and assess actual performance against budget forecast
• Produce annual and long-term organisational forecasts to support strategic plans and work programmes
• To liaise with independent Auditors to produce annual accounts in line with statutory requirements

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we are looking for in our ideal Female Finance Manager

• Relevant accounting qualification Level 4 AAT or part qualified 
• Experience of taking accounts to trial balance
• Experience of managing and monitoring income and expenditure across a range of income and funding streams and preparing cost-centred expenditure reports

• IT literate in the use of current relevant finance applications e.g. Sage Accounts, Sage payroll
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to develop and motivate others
• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and regulation and good practice in accounting in voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting procedures and knowledge of current conventional uses of computerisation in accounting and financial control
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload and work to deadlines
• Able to demonstrate ability to work alone and as part of a team, working with customers and managing own time effectively and making best use of personal development and training

Please apply now to join us as our Female Finance Manager and contribute to the valuable work Missing Link and its wider services, delivering hope and support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

How to apply:

Please download the application pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am 26th September 2019. Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held on
4th October 2019.

Citizens Advice Bath and North East Somerset is a charity providing advice services to the residents of the BANES area from 4 locations across the Unitary Authority – two locations in Bath, one in Keynsham and one in Midsomer Norton. Our skilled team of over 100 volunteers, supported by our team of 15 staff across the four offices deliver telephone and face to face advice to over 8000 BANES residents a year, assisting with housing, debt, family, employment, benefits and consumer issues. The service is currently celebrating an 80 year anniversary. We also work closely in partnership with a number of other charitable organisations across the region, including Macmillan and Bath Mind and also work in partnership with BANES council.

We are seeking an individual in a brand new role to assist in shaping, planning and delivering a new Marketing and Communications strategy for the charity, combined with a new Fundraising and Business Development strategic plan. This is to assist in delivering a brand new strategic direction for the charity and to take the organisation into a completely new direction in order to sustain the charity and to eventually assist in growing the organisation into the future. This is a critical role in helping to deliver the future of the charity.

We are seeking a driven, passionate, expert marketeer and business development / fundraising expert in order to assist in the delivery of the new strategy. Working directly alongside the CEO and a Marketing Assistant you will help secure the charities immediate future with effective marketing and communications activities – sending out the right messages at the right time to the right people – to then maximise the potential partnerships and income from these channels to sustain and grow the charity for the next 80 years.

If this sounds like you – please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification and visit our website via the Apply button to apply.

Retail and Operations Manager – Charity 
Bristol 

The Organisation 

Our client is recruiting on behalf of an innovative charity that saves furniture, electrical appliances, paint and clothing destined for landfill, gives them some much needed TLC and provides them affordably to those in need.

They are also a leading member of a national network of over 300 UK community organisations re-using furniture and appliances for the alleviation of poverty and providing employability opportunities.

Now, they’re looking for a Retail and Operations Manager to join them in Bristol and oversee retail and warehouse operations in the region. 

The Benefits 

- Salary of £32,000 - £35,000 per annum  
- Support the success of a well-established charity 
- Take on a senior management role within the organisation 

If you are a retail professional with logistics or warehouse experience, this is a brilliant opportunity to give back to the Bristol community by supporting the success of a charitable organisation.  

Boasting modern, light, eclectic stores, the organisation is not your typical second-hand charity shop. They are focused on upcycling and targeting online retail as well as physical stores. There are plenty of innovative programmes to get involved with and drive sales and you’ll have key input into the direction of the retail activities.   

So, if you are looking to develop your commercial skills and career and take on an important role where no two days are the same, our client wants to hear from you. 

The Role 

As the Retail and Operations Manager, you will oversee the organisation’s retail and warehouse operations, ensuring that commercial and financial targets are met.  

Ensuring that the charity complies with all regulatory requirements, you will:  

- Recruit, develop and motivate your team  
- Develop and implement a sales and marketing strategy  
- Manage the branding and visual merchandising in shops, on the website and social media 
- Liaise with HMP Leyhill to organise work experience placements
- Support commercial and contract negotiations 
- Take accountability for daily audit processes and stock takes 

About You 

To be considered as the Retail and Operations Manager, you will need:  

- Retail and logistics and/or warehouse experience gained in a commercial environment 
- Strong people management, leadership and supervisory skills  
- Great customer service skills  
- A track record of successfully working to targets  
- To be IT literate, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook skills  
- A full driving licence  

Experience of the charity/non-profit sector and working in partnership with trustees would be beneficial, as would experience of overseeing Environmental Agency licensing and registration. Knowledge of the prison/parole system or working with ex-offenders would also be an advantage, as would knowledge of the Bristol area.  

A Driver CPC or forklift licence would be equally favourable.  

Other organisations may call this role Retail Operations Manager, Retail & Warehouse Manager, Senior Retail Manager, Site Operations Manager, Retail Site Operations Manager or Retail Manager.  

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So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Retail and Operations Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours a week

Location: Bristol

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Prince’s Trust’s Contract Management team as a Contract Executive within our South team.

Key to our success is our engagement with a wide variety of public sector and private funding sources.  This needs effective contract management to allow us to maximise our draw-down, keep local delivery informed of Funder’s requirement and ensure that all relevant and eligible expenditure is included in claims.  This role is pivotal to this success.

This role is responsible for ensuring we maximise our contracted income in compliance with our funding agreements by compiling and submitting claims and reports to the Funders in a timely manner, and working effectively across The Prince’s Trusts Operations, Finance and Fundraising teams in a proactive manner. 

The successful candidate will require excellent planning and organisational skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities and work to strict deadlines.  Excellent attention to detail is required along with good Excel skills. Some previous finance experience is also required. 

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of The Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Overview of job:

We are seeking a Head of Operations and Service Development to work alongside our Senior Leadership team to lead the effective delivery of our trauma informed services to survivors of rape and abuse across Avon and Somerset.

You will provide strategic leadership and senior management for the operation of services provided by SARSAS primarily counselling, support work, learning disability work, group work, Helpline and online supports.  You will manage and support the volunteering function of the organisation and its development across all services alongside the Volunteer Manager

We are looking for someone who will be passionate about providing strategic oversight of SARSAS services to ensure that survivors can access responsive, effective, holistic and accessible services to meet their needs. This will include the development of responsive new services, considering creative and innovative approaches to reducing waiting times for survivors and engaging with underserved communities. 

SARSAS is going through an exciting time of growth and restructure, which means we're hiring and we're looking for passionate people that share our feminist ethos.

Closing Date: Monday 7th October 2019 5.00pm.

Interviews will be held in Bristol on 16th October 2019. Please ensure you are available in person for an interview on this date.

*The post is subject to an enhanced DBS (CRB) check and open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).

SARSAS values diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community; especially from minority groups/groups with a protected characteristic such as BME, who are currently under-represented at SARSAS. SARSAS are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Our current premises are wheelchair accessible.

We are seeking a Head of Fundraising to join our Senior Leadership Team who will be passionate about implementing the SARSAS fundraising strategy. You will be integral to identifying and securing new funding opportunities to ensure that SARSAS can continue to deliver support to meet the needs of those that have been raped and abused across Avon and Somerset.

You will be an experienced and ambitious fundraising professional, who is target driven and has an ability to recognise new opportunities and develop existing relationships to deliver against our goals. You will be an exceptional writer, with proven experience of winning significant grants and nurturing funding relationships with a range of donors, and specifically Trusts and Foundations. You will have experience of leading and motivating a team of fundraisers and volunteer fundraisers to achieve results.

You’ll be excited by the opportunity to join SARSAS and be part of the senior leadership team leading an organisational culture that reflects a collaborative and supportive environment.
 

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th September 5.00pm.

Interviews will be held in Bristol on 8th October 2019. Please ensure you are available in person for an interview on this date.

We believe in the power of your personal lived-experience of the criminal justice system.

We believe with the right opportunity, encouragement and support everybody can change.

Do you want to use your experience to enable others to change the system from within?

IF YOU DO, THEN THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU!

 DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• Been in prison or on probation?
• A People person and a good listener?
• Good IT/literacy/numeracy skills?
• Turned your life around and want to help others?
• Have something to give and can say what it is?
• Manage your own life well, and can prove it?
• Highly motivated and passionate about change?

If the answer to ALL of these is yes, then we want you…!

WHAT’S ON OFFER?

• A mixture of full and part-time positions
• 12 month fixed-term contract (liely to be extended)
• Up to £25,000 depending on experience (pro-rata for part-time)
• 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

* The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period and Enhanced DBS check

CURRENT VACANCIES

WORKING ACROSS BRISTOL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET & WILTSHIRE

WORKING ACROSS DORSET, DEVON & CORNWALL

WORKING ACROSS ESSEX

WORKING ACROSS KENT, SURREY & SUSSEX

WORKING IN PRISONS ACROSS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE 

HOW TO APPLY

Visit our website to find details of how to apply for any of these positions.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – collaborative, democratic, resilient optimistic, ordering chaos and authentic. You’ll get an experience like no other with the chance to fast forward your career.

We offer career enhancing opportunity, support and encouragement to develop new skills.

Successful candidates will be results and outcome-orientated with knowledge of the criminal justice sector. As well as managing the development and delivery of the service, we are looking for motivated people willing to travel and go above and beyond to get the job done.

Our Engagement Teams are responsible for engaging with a diverse range of service users with different experiences in order to improve services and promote active citizenship.  As balanced Teams they have a range of complementary skills in order to achieve these aims, including service user engagement, service provider engagement, project management and administration.

Individual Team Members will demonstrate some, but not necessarily all of these skills and as a result will be responsible for different areas of delivery as assigned by the Engagement Team Leader as set out below.

Engagement

• Service user engagement and recruitment - Including through presentations, surveys, focus groups and workshops
• Staff engagement - including through presentations, staff and individual meetings
• Stakeholder engagement - including other statutory and voluntary sector partner agencies

Retaining relationships

• Providing training to an accredited standard
• Facilitating groups, including meetings, focus groups, workshops and large events
• Recruiting and managing service users and volunteers - including providing clear activities, support and signposting to further opportunities

Co-ordination

• Coordinating tasks and activities within the project plan and producing regular reports
• Keeping accurate and up to date records - including participants details, engagement levels, diversity/equality monitoring data
• Assessing risk, working within safeguarding best practice and reporting incidents

In addition to the above duties, the post holder will be required to perform other duties, which are assigned from time to time. However, such other duties will be reasonable in relation to the individual’s skills, abilities and grade.We believe in the power of your personal lived-experience of the criminal justice system.

Lead a thriving housing & support charity, working in solidarity with asylum seekers in Bristol who have become destitute. Some flexibility around hours (from 26 to 37.5 hours)

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BHN is a well established organisation with an excellent reputation for providing accommodation and support - making a huge difference in the lives of people seeking asylum in Bristol.

The successful candidate will be a confident manager, have strong interpersonal skills and experience of cross-cultural communication. They will be committed to BHN’s values and vision, and motivated to work in solidarity with destitute asylum seekers. They will need the skills, experience and motivation to manage our small but dynamic staff team, oversee our busy services and raise the profile of BHN.

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We’re looking for a ‘people-person’ who is driven by their values and will invest in building strong relationships with our members (people seeking asylum), volunteers, staff and trustees, as well as working with partners and funders.

If you are the right person for this role, there is some flexibility around hours (from 26 to 37.5 hours) and responsibilities.

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To Apply: Please download the application pack from our website and return the application form to us by email. Include a letter of introduction (1 side of A4) to introduce yourself and explain why you want to be considered for this role.

Please email your application to us before the deadline of 30th September 9am. Interviews will be held on Monday October 7th.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity. You will be responsible for working with local volunteer groups and other local networks partners to increase the reach and impact of the MS Society's services and support for people with and affected by MS, ensuring that local groups and other local networks deliver in line with quality standards and follow MS Society policies and procedures.

Position: Local Networks Officer (South)
Reference: DL11
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Home-based in Hampshire, Wiltshire or Dorset
Salary: £32,717 - £37,206 plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Grade E, Level 2
Department: Services & Support, Local Networks

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

As a Local Network Officer you will have excellent interpersonal skills, a commitment to achieving goals and an understanding of impact and performance measurement and its importance in service development.

You will be able to demonstrate experience of working with teams of volunteers involved in managing and delivering services; experience of increasing the reach, effectiveness or impact of a service and an understanding of change cycles and experience of working through change.

The post will cover the following areas:

Hampshire and Dorset although there will be some travel across the whole of the South area and occasional travel to London.

You will be joining the Society at an exciting stage of its development and this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and friendly team.

We offer 27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), a 35 hour working week, travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

As these roles cover large geographical areas a full driving license and everyday access to a car are essential.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 23rd September 2019
Interview date: Wednesday 2nd October 2019

How to apply

In order to apply for this role, please submit an updated CV and supporting statement indicating how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification in the attached job description.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We would be grateful if you could complete our equality and diversity monitoring form on our website and submit it with your application.

No agencies please.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a professional fundraising team in a dynamic and growing international development charity.

At a time of heightened interest in reforestation as a solution to poverty and environmental degradation, this is a great opportunity to be a part of this thriving fundraising programme. TREE AID works with communities in West Africa and Ethiopia to re-green degraded land, increase food security and grow reliable incomes through tree enterprises.

We’re looking for a marketing professional or fundraiser who is passionate about raising money for an international development cause. Your role will be to develop successful donor recruitment and community fundraising campaigns to grow TREE AID’s individual donors and unrestricted income.

The role is offered on a temporary basis to cover maternity leave, 12-month contract with the possibility of extension or permanent employment.

Key objectives are to:

• To raise unrestricted income from new individual supporters.
• Day-to-day implementation and management of donor recruitment and community fundraising activities.
• Produce data and analysis to support fundraising planning and budgeting.

Responsible for managing donor recruitment and community fundraising programme, including;

• Planning and managing all donor recruitment activities (online, print, inserts, telephone, email) to bring in new supporters
• Developing a successful welcome/donor communications programme for new supporters to inspire them to continue their support for TREE AID
• Managing community fundraising and events programme

Who we are looking for:

We’re looking for someone with fundraising or marketing experience either gained at a charity, or alternatively through an agency or commercial organisation.

The ideal candidate will be confident managing and evaluating multiple fundraising campaigns across a range of marketing channels, while juggling deadlines and priorities. You will have excellent communication skills, and have experience producing strong and engaging fundraising/marketing communications and materials. You will have an analytical mind, be good with data and numbers, and have a sound working knowledge of the charity sector. Experience of digital marketing/fundraising is desirable.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter, addressing the job description and person specification.

Closing date for applications: 9am on 7th October
Interviews: 14th and 15th October (tbc)
Expected start date: 18th November (tbc)

DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community.

We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and local communities.
We are recruiting for an Engagement Worker to join DHI in Patchway, South Gloucestershire. This exciting, varied and rewarding role will involve the provision of support and harm reduction interventions to clients experiencing problematic use of a range of substances and also to clients involved with the criminal justice system.

You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic team that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.
If you’ve got experience of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you.

HOW TO APPLY
Please use attached Job Description and Person Specification to help you complete an Application & Skills form and send to HR by midday Friday 27th September 2019

Do you want to lead a successful finance function in a well-known not for profit organisation? Are you looking to lead a small and vibrant finance team? Would managing and leading on regular finance, IT and operations projects interest you? Read on…

We are recruiting for a well known not for profit organisation to bring in their next Financial Controller.

The key responsibilities for this role will be:

• Manage the day to day running of a small finance team as well as supporting and line managing 3 staff members
• Produce well-structured management reporting and forecasting as well as manage the budget setting process
• Lead on financial year end including the annual audit and liaising with auditors
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to communicate financial information across the organisation
• Develop and improve the existing finance function including all policies and procedures as the organisation grows

The successful candidate will be:

• A fully qualified CCAB accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or at least at finalist stage
• A strong communicator who can business partner with stakeholders at a senior level
• Experienced in financial and management reporting for a small-medium size organisation
• Ideally experienced in working in a not for profit organisation/SORP accounting

Applications will be reviewed on a daily basis so please don't delay in applying!