Are you ambitious, keen to create wonderful experiences for supporters and develop new ideas?

During your twelve months as Community and Events Fundraising Manager (maternity cover) at John Taylor Hospice you will join a small, ambitious team generating funds to make every moment matter for people at the end of their life. We are looking for someone who shares our values of excellent supporter care, pride in our fundraising profession and a determination to succeed.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, this role will be responsible for our flagship Sunset Walk event, developing a portfolio of new, exciting events and supporting community fundraising initiatives. This will require a significant amount of proactive work to generate new business, and imagination and creativity to deliver high quality events. The role is responsible for securing and delivering new audiences for events, and providing an excellent level of supporter care to existing supporters. The post-holder will plan and manage their activity to deliver agreed income targets for community campaigns and events.

Are you an energetic and talented fundraiser with an interest in innovation, including digital innovation and looking for an exciting and challenging role?

We are Hestia, a vibrant charity that has been supporting and empowering vulnerable adults and children since 1970. This year will mark our 50th anniversary so it is an exciting time to join us!

We have a strong track record with trusts and foundations and statutory funders. Highlights include: Digital products for domestic abuse prevention such as the Bright Sky app; Sport England backing for a Family Fitness to get children in Hestia’s domestic abuse refuges to improve their physical and mental health; or Counselling programme for survivors of modern slavery and volunteer-led, long-term support through the Phoenix project. We are looking for an established fundraiser to build on this excellent foundation, and help us meet our ambitious goals growth in the amount of money we raise from these sources. The focus of our new five-year strategy is on service transformation. This is an exciting and challenging role for an energetic and talented fundraiser with an interest in innovation, including digital innovation. The role sits within the multi-disciplinary Fundraising, Communications and Campaigns Department.

Hestia offer a culture of learning and development, with access to an extensive range of learning and development opportunities as well as genuine career progression.

In everything we do, we seek to be: respectful, genuine, dedicated, collaborative and courageous and if these values resonate with you, please apply.

We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

Hestia is proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Strictly no agencies

Person specification:

• Track record of success in raising five and six figure grants from trusts, foundations and statutory funders.
• Ability to develop high quality proposals and monitoring reports tailored to funders’ requirements and criteria and well written.
• Strong relationship management skills for the stewardship of new and existing funders.
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of colleagues, service users, volunteers and external stakeholders using a variety of communication methods.
• Confident in working in a fast paced environment where the ability to find positive solutions to meet competing priorities is key.
• Numerate with experience of preparing budgets.
• Good attention to detail in all aspects of work e.g. maintaining accurate records, good grammar etc.
• Previous experience of using fundraising CRM systems, ideally Donorfy.
• Understanding of GDPR and other charity law as relates to fundraising.
• Empathy with and understanding of Hestia’s charitable causes and values.
• Skilled in use of MS Office packages, particularly MS Word and Excel.
• Willing and able to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.

If you want to do an ASYE and you fit the criteria Hestia will support you to join our existing programme.

In return we offer a competitive salary, a supportive working environment and a host of benefits including pension, employee discounts, 25 days holiday per annum (for full-time positions) plus the option to buy an additional 3 weeks, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan.

Location: London

Salary: £38,964 rising to £40,656 per annum

Hours: 39 (all Managers may need to undertake on call duties during out of hours, for which they will be remunerated in addition to their salary).

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday

Closing date: 7th June 2020

Interview date: Around 11th June 2020

About Hestia

Hestia supports adults and children in crisis across London and the surrounding regions. We campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect them. This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people. From giving someone a home, to helping them to get the right mental health support, we support people at the moment of crisis and enable them to build a life beyond crisis. We are supported by more than 460 volunteers who provide specialist skills such as art therapy yoga, IT, gardening, cooking as well as befriending and fundraising.

We are proud to be the home of UK SAYS NO MORE, bringing together a diverse coalition of individuals, charities, businesses and public-sector organisations to campaign for an end to the domestic abuse and sexual violence.

In everything we do, we seek to be: respectful, genuine, dedicated, collaborative and courageous.

Benefits

• Company Mobile Phone
• Company Pension
• Competitive Salary
• Employee Discounts
• Generous Holiday
• Great Working Environment
• Healthcare No
• In House Training
• Laptop
• Progression Opportunities
• Recognised Qualifications
• Travel/Season Ticket Loans

Are you the type of person who enjoys taking a leadership role and driving forward the progression of an organisation? Do you seek the freedom to oversee multiple departments and partner with both on and off-site colleagues? Are you looking to take the next step into a renowned and prestigious educational Group? If so, you may be the perfect School Business Manager for this exciting opportunity…

Robertson Bell are delighted to be partnering with a fantastic, London-based educational Group on the recruitment of a permanent School Business Manager. Collaboratively working with the Principal of the organisation and reporting to the Director of Operations, the School Business Manager will be in the driver's seat for one of the organisations and play a major role within the wider Group.

The key responsibilities of this position include:

• General oversight regarding all administrative functions via the appropriate line management of pertinent colleagues
• Commanding the economic policies of the organisation, including taking liability for both monthly and quarterly budget monitoring in addition to the annual report
• Governing and conserving the organisation's security, attendance and registration systems as well as managing the organisations admissions procedure alongside senior staff members
• Ensuring that the services, policies or procedures implemented within the organisation accomplish maximum performance efficiency
• Creating and then reporting on organisational targets with senior staff members
• Leading on the inauguration of staff, setting exemplary standards and using personalised assessments to ensure these standards are maintained
• Taking charge of the reconciliation of Group bank accounts, identifying any problems in cash flow and reporting this to the Director of Operations on a weekly basis
• Establishing concurrence with the organisation's regulations for the management of estates, facilities and financial services, advising on necessary alterations to senior personnel
• Captaining all fiscal engagements by certifying transactions and authorising your reporting team to handle the payment of these
• Overseeing the validation/sanctioning of all fiscal engagements before handing these over to the Group finance team for payment, in consonance with the Group's policies
• Protecting Group equity by enforcing policies and procedures designed to combat fraud

This is an excellent opportunity for an educational professional seeking a role with widespread influence to enhance an already well-established organisation to the next level. Successful candidates will benefit from an industry-leading holiday and pension package as well as flexible working and the perfect opportunities for progression into executive posts.

In order to be considered for this role you must:

• Have a demonstrable and proven track record of managing senior staff
• Previously have worked within the education sector
• Be able to utilise a full range of knowledge across multiple faculties including finance, IT and procurement as well as administrative functions as required
• Possess the ability to convincingly and coherently showcase information to stakeholders in both spoken and written capacity,

If this role sounds like it will be of interest to you, please do not hesitate to get in touch using the details below.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Strategist to join our delightful and ethical team. The role will lead on the development and implementation of robust website strategies for our fantastic charity clients.

You’ll be involved in all major projects, working with new clients to devise clear, measurable and actionable website strategies. You will also work with existing clients to help them devise goals and determine metrics to measure performance and improve their sites.

We want you to help develop the role, but we’re looking for someone with experience in at least three of these key areas: 

• Website strategy development
• Campaign strategy development
• Content and SEO strategy development
• Conversion rate optimisation
• Performance tracking and reporting
• User research
• Client education/upskilling on digital best practices 

What you’ll do as part of our team:

• Help clients identify where their website sits within their broader digital, fundraising and communications plans and the ways it can best support these
• Work with clients to identify clear goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) for their websites as well as campaigns they may run, and establish clear reporting frameworks 
• Carry out regular strategic reviews analysing how client’s websites are performing 
• Work with clients to identify opportunities and areas for improvement on their websites. This could include new functionality as well as design and user experience improvements
• Support the Fat Beehive team with user experience activities and adherence to digital best practice 

Skills and experience you’ll need to have:

• Experience in a digital strategy or digital campaigning/ fundraising role with demonstrated experience developing and implementing digital strategies
• Experience of working in, or good knowledge of, the charity or not-for-profit sector 
• Good working knowledge of Google Analytics and using insights from data to inform strategies and projects
• Ability to think creatively and see where areas of opportunity lie
• Experience developing tracking plans – experience with Google Tag Manager will be especially useful 
• Great writing and communication skills – you’ll need to be able to explain things in clear and simple ways to clients who may not have much digital experience
•  Excellent time management skills – you’ll be able to manage several projects at the same time in a fast-paced environment 
• Effective requirement gathering skills and an ability to pull these together into coherent project plans

Skills and experience that are desirable, but not essential:

We know that we can’t expect you to have all these skills, but it would be great if you were also able to offer any of the following knowledge or experience: 

• Experience with, or knowledge of, user research 
• Experience developing clear, focused campaign strategies 
• Experience developing strong website content strategies, including a solid understanding of SEO best-practice
• Experience with conversion rate optimisation (if you have experience specifically related to online fundraising even better!), including experience running A/B and/or splits
• Experience of working in a digital agency
• An understanding of digital workflows such as agile, waterfall or Kanban
• Knowledge of digital tools such as Hotjar, survey software (Survey Monkey, Jot Forms, Typeform etc), Optimal Workshop, Google Optimize/Optimizely, Moz, SEMrush etc.
• Experience of audience segmentation, research and insight metrics
• Knowledge and experience of implementing Google AdWords
• Experience presenting to groups and facilitating workshops 
• Experience working with Google Drive as well as  Jira, Trello or other project management software

What we offer

£40K salary 

Other benefits include:

• Profit Share (shared equally) and quarterly performance bonus
• 27 days annual leave, 2 volunteer days per year and an extra day of leave for each year worked (up to 5 extra days).
• Matched pension contribution up to 7.5%
• Dental Plan, Income Protection and Death in Service benefit
• Health and Wellbeing Budget
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Dedicated training budget
• Flexible and fair working culture
• Bi-weekly chair massage (from a qualified masseuse)
• Free Friday drinks – and team lunch every month.

It’s important to us that we practice what we preach. We’ve all chosen to work in the charity web design sector because we want to help bring about positive social change – and we know that starts with us as individuals. We’re always challenging ourselves to work in a way that puts awareness of power, diversity and inclusivity at its heart. 

About Fat Beehive

Fat Beehive is dedicated to providing a friendly, relaxed, safe, fulfilling and fair work environment. We want to create a workspace where people want to come to work and that engages them to give their best. Attracting, recruiting, developing and inspiring the very best people – people who are happy and engaged in their work do a better job – which ultimately makes it easier for us to delight our clients.

Closing date: Friday 27th March

Interviews: Monday 30th March

We especially encourage applications from women, BAME, and disabled candidates. We are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer.

We already work with selected recruiters, so ask that other recruiters don’t contact us.

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Based at Choices Offices (390 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN) or at home during lockdown

Salary: £28,000 pro rata plus pension contributions in line with the Government’s statutory requirement

Hours of work: This is a part-time role of 2.5 day/week (20 hours). You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and flexibility will be expected.

This contract is for one year with the possibility of extension

Safeguarding: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About the role:

This is a varied and interesting role in which you’ll play an important part in supporting Choices and its growth. The Fundraising and Operations Manager will manage and develop our community fundraising (individual giving and events) and support the Executive Director with running our grant application fundraising.The role also involves developing new areas of fundraising (e.g. corporate; major gifts; mid-level giving), as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and operations.This is predominantly a fundraising role which includes the management of our office and programmatic operations, given the overlap of impact reporting and data management responsibilities.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and self-starting, bringing relevant experience to the role. This job would suit an experienced fundraiser returning to work after a career break, or someone earlier in their career who is ready to take on more responsibility and play a key role in Choices’ future development. As a part time role, it would suit someone looking to work in fundraising and operations whilst also pursuing other interests or meeting caring commitments.

One of the benefits of working in a small charity as a key member of a friendly team is that you can make your role your own and develop it further according to your interests and skills. The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate they are an entrepreneurial self-starter who would relish this opportunity.

About Choices:

Choices is charity that operates from a Christian ethos of compassion, care and respect, delivering services in the community and in prisons including:

-       Non-directive, non-judgmental support for those facing unplanned pregnancy

-       Counselling support for those coming to terms with a decision to terminate a pregnancy or facing anxiety during pregnancy

-       Befriending services for pregnant women and new mothers facing low income, isolation and anxiety

-       Counselling for women in prison supporting them through issues of child separation 

There is an occupational requirement attached to this role requiring you to be a practicing Christian.

Job Description: The Fundraising and Operations Manager will be responsible for two main areas of work and time will be split between the two as the work dictates:

1) managing and developing our fundraising work, with a focus on individual giving, campaigns and events, but also exploring the development of new income streams (e.g. mid-level giving; major donors)

2) managing office operations, and supporting programmatic monitoring and evaluation

Specific tasks include (but are not limited to):

1.  FUNDRAISING

• Stewarding existing supporters through existing means (e.g. sending out newsletters via MailChimp) and developing a more creative and sustainable stewardship programme

• Communicating with individual givers via email and phone

• Identification of mid-level and major donor prospects among individual givers, and proactive prospect research and cultivation

• Supporting external grant-writers to apply for grants, and report-writing

• Managing, recording and submitting monthly appeals to trusts and foundations

• Organising both fundraising and stewardship events

• Running online campaigns and appeals, including creating assets, writing copy, merging emails, using social media platforms.

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of grants and securely storing all fundraising data (e.g. donor data, Gift Aid forms) in accordance with GDPR)

• Managing all fundraising data, including managing and developing the use of a CRM database (currently Salesforce) that is also used to store client data.

2.  OPERATIONS

• Running our office processes and procedures (eg Health & Safety and insurance, managing office services, utilities, petty cash, data storage, updating policies, general office upkeep including stationary, office supplies etc)

• Operational support for different project areas (eg collating statistics, updating the database, creating evaluation reports, managing volunteer applications, etc)

• Taking responsibility along with other staff for answering phone calls, booking appointments for clients

• Developing the CRM for recording client data and impact reporting in addition to donor data

• Attend Choices Management Team meetings (on Thursdays) and occasionally attend Board meetings as required (weekday evenings)

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices Islington.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential:

•  Mature Christian faith. In order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.

• Supportive of the work of Choices

• Experience of working as a fundraiser (ideally within individual giving and community fundraising)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to proactively build and develop positive relationships internally and externally 

• Excellent organisation skills

• Strong project management/administration skills, preferably in the charity sector

• IT and social media literate (experience of mailing systems e.g. MailChimp is desirable)

• Experience of working with CRMs/databases 

• Self-motivated and confident working alone

• Solutions-focused

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player

• Capacity to be flexible and innovative in the changing circumstances of a small, but growing charity

Desirable:

• Entrepreneurial thinking

• Knowledge of safeguarding

• Knowledge and experience of using Salesforce (CRM)

How to apply:

Application is by CV and covering letter with reference to the job description and person specification. Please set out clearly what skills, experience and qualities you will bring to the role and how your Christian faith informs your understanding of Choices’ work and vision.

Please include the name and contact details of two referees: one to be your most recent employer and the other a senior leader at your church who knows you well. References will not be sought prior to the interview.

The closing date for applications is 10.00am on June 30th, but we may close before this if we find the right candidate. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

Summary

SumOfUs is looking for an experienced digital fundraiser and campaigner to help grow our income and help us win campaigns against corporate power. If you love raising money online to fight for change, if you are excited about global economic justice, and if you are hungry to experiment with new technology to change the world, then this is the role for you. 

This role will report to the Fundraising and Campaigns Director and sits at the intersection of campaigning and fundraising. It is responsible for leveraging compelling campaigns to raise donations from members. SumOfUs is member funded, meaning we do not accept money from corporations or governments, and rely mostly on individual contributions to fund our work of holding companies accountable for their actions.

This position is full time and remote, and can be undertaken by anyone between GMT +2 hours (Western Europe / East Africa) and GMT -4 hours (East Coast Americas).

A bit about us

SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new and sustainable path for our global economy. We are a movement of more than 15 million people, brought together by a global team of 35 campaigners, fundraisers and operations staff. Our purpose is to challenge corporate power everywhere. We hold the biggest corporations in the world (and their political allies) to account by mobilising millions of people to take collective action.

We are aiming to fundamentally reshape the global economy to put people and planet over profit, but we know we can not do it alone. We build partnerships with on-the-ground activists and organisers, and we follow their lead. We innovate, experiment and embrace professional and organizational growth. We invest in people and we invest in how we work, because our vision calls on us to build the most effective, global, diverse, and talented team possible.

We highly value a diverse team and an equitable work environment where every member of our team is set up to thrive. We have taken steps to nurture this environment including an Anti-Oppression Leadership Team that leads work to transform injustice within the organization. We expect all team members to take responsibility for co-creating an equitable work community where everyone is able to do impactful, world-changing work. We offer benefits including additional sick days for parents and caregivers, flexible working hours, and professional development stipends. We review our policies and practices for equity frequently. We recruit and encourage people identifying with marginalized communities to apply.

What you will do as part of our team

• Write compelling emails that inspire our members to donate or take action. You will come up with strategic campaign tactics and compelling narratives about corporate power;
• Coordinate with campaigners on the most strategic tactics to win campaigns and build our movement;
• Work directly with fundraising team leader and deputy leader to achieve strategic objectives by leading projects including, but not limited to optimisation and team development;
• Make sure we are updating our best-practices to reflect global (and regional) trends in digital fundraising; and
• Support our team and work with contractors, including project management.

Skills and experiences you will need to bring:

We have no formal education requirements – if you can meet the responsibilities of the role and are willing to grow, that is all that matters.

All roles at SumOfUs require you to be:

• Dedicated to building a fairer and more sustainable global economy;
• An excellent communicator in written and spoken English, this is our primary working language;
• Committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace culture; and
• Able to work remotely.

And, this role in particular will require you to:

• Have experience with online fundraising, and able to run fundraising campaigns from start to finish;
• Be able to identify and develop inspiring and impactful campaigns
• Have excellent writing skills with a solid understanding of campaigning;
• Have an excellent understanding of donor behaviour and how to inspire people to donate, with good instincts for what can be viral and capture attention; 
• Be keen to learn and develop new skills, and find innovative solutions to challenges; and
• Have experience supervising and mentoring staff.

Big pluses

We know that no one can possibly have all these skills and experiences - you will likely be able to bring 2 or 3 of the following to our team:

• Be familiar with the Avaaz/MoveOn/38 Degrees/Campact model of digital fundraising;
• Experience managing a large email list (100,000+ subscribers);
• Understand basic data analysis, ideally in a fundraising environment;
• Experience designing and running experiments and A/B tests;
• Proficiency in major world languages other than English – especially French, German or Spanish;
• From or experience working closely with communities affected by corporate power -- from indigenous communities to low-wage workers;
• Experience with market campaigns or corporate accountability issues.

How to apply

We don’t find cover letters particularly helpful in seeing the way you might fit with this job. Instead, use the form on our website to upload your resume and respond to the three questions.

Applications close 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on June 7, 2020. Applications are only accepted through our website.

Further details

Compensation is competitive and will be determined based on a combination of experience, seniority, and where you live. (For some context: this position in New York City would pay between $66,000 and $74,000 per year and in London would pay between approximately £44,900 and £50,000 per year depending on experience and seniority; the compensation level will be adjusted in other regions based on cost of living.)

SumOfUs is a fully remote and distributed team, as such we offer stipends to offset cell phone and internet costs. We offer stipends to set-up home offices or to rent space in a coworking environment. We offer five weeks paid vacation (plus additional sick leave and all major public holidays off and 6 months paid parental leave), contributions to retirement, and the ability to work from home and work with a degree of flexibility outside our core hours of operation. We cover private health insurance premiums for employees and dependents who live in countries without public insurance. We are happy to answer any questions you have about our parental leave policies and other, similar benefits in interviews.

SumOfUs is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of SumOfUs to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants for employment and employees and not to discriminate because of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, personal appearance, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, or political affiliation. Equal employment opportunities will be provided in employment, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST TITLE: Short Breaks Activities Manager

REPORTING TO: National Family Services Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO :       Director of Clinical Services

HOURS:                               18.75 hours per week (part-time)

TERM OF POST: Permanent

PROBATIONARY PERIOD:  3 months

LEAVE ENTITLEMENT:     21 days annual leave per annum exclusive of Bank Holidays, pro rata

Caudwell Children is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

PURPOSE OF THE POST

The Charity is looking to recruit two part time dedicated Short Breaks Activities Managers to manage an existing team of Short Break Activities Co-ordinators, Activity Support Workers and Volunteers.  The successful candidates will be responsible for the planning and co-ordinating of each programme and ensuring that they are delivered successfully in terms of outcomes and budget.  The aim is to help disabled children and young people identify their goals and build their skills and experience to allow them to reach their full potential, helping them to build friendships, form lasting social networks and obtain ASDAN qualifications.

Short Breaks enable disabled children and young people to access the kind of activities that are open to non-disabled children, so that they can lead ordinary lives.  A Short Break will allow a child to have a change of scene, try different experiences, have fun and make friends in a safe and caring environment, while achieving a recognised ASDAN certificate.  This will contribute to a child’s personal and social development and reduce social isolation and contribute a sense of achievement and wellbeing.  Short breaks help a child spend time outside the family home and with other people and aim to improve the quality of life of children and their families.

The main purpose of this role is to plan and implement fun, inspiring and challenging leisure activities that build life skills and promote independence, whilst also providing carers with vital short break respite.  Activities are supported by funding and grants from local area commissioners and delivered with the assistance of contracted part-time co-ordinators and a team of volunteers.  The areas covered, shared between the two posts, are South Staffordshire, Stafford, Leek, Tamworth, Lichfield, Burton, Cannock and Newcastle. You will be expected to work flexibly with some weekend working required and this will vary according to the needs of the service, and may be for example 2 hours to provide supervision to coordinators or training to volunteers, or as much as 4 hours to meet a gap in staff availability.

You will work as part of the Family Services team and be able to provide advice and guidance to parents of children with Special Educational Needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project management and co-ordination of Caudwell Children’s Short Breaks Programme

• Planning meaningful ASDAN courses, with achievable objectives.
• Develop session/activity plans to ensure that each area within each programme follows a consistent theme and format.
• Ensure that each programme and activity is planned in advance and delivered to quality standards in a timely manner.
• Ensure that children remain engaged and safe throughout the programmes in accordance with Caudwell Children’s policies and procedures.
• Ensure that children are signposted to other local activities where appropriate.
• Ensure that children have exit plans for longer term supporting activity on leaving programmes and activities.
• Complete assessments for the children prior to them taking part in the activities.
• Monitor, evaluate and provide reports for the department and organisation.
• Comply with all external funding requirements as appropriate.

• Staff and Volunteers
  • Manage, support and ensure supervision of staff and volunteers in the delivery of each programme.
  • To work in close conjunction with the volunteer team to ensure the engagement and retention of short breaks volunteers.
  • Assist in the recruitment and training of staff and volunteers
  • Ensure volunteer numbers meet the support needs of children on all activities and programmes.

• Budgeting
  • Ensure the service is delivered to the agreed budget and strategy.
  • Support and help to develop grant applications when requested by the grants team.

• Other
  • To provide advice and guidance to short break coordinators and volunteers
  • Effectively liaise with service users, families, team colleagues
  • Ensure compliance with ISO, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Purchasing etc. policies and procedures
  • Ensure that risk assessments on all proposed activities and venues have taken place.
  • Ensure children’s records and portfolios are complete and have sufficient evidence to meet ASDAN standards

The above list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake other tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

SHORT BREAKS ACTIVITIES MANAGER

Qualifications –Assessed by Application Form

Essential

• GCSE’s (or equivalent) in English and Maths

Desirable

• Diploma in Health and Social Care and safeguarding training

Experience – Assessed by Application Form and Interview

Essential

• Minimum 2 years’ experience of working with children.
• Experience of supervising or managing others. Experience working with children with a disability.

Desirable

• Experience working in the third/voluntary sector.
• Experience working in an educational setting with different levels of learners.
• Experience working with volunteers. Experience of managing funded projects

Knowledge – Assessed by Application Form and Interview

Essential

• Children and Families with Disabilities

Desirable

• ASDAN
• Health and Safety
• Safeguarding
• ISO 9001

Skills and Abilities – Assessed by Interview

Essential

• Ability to engage, motivate and communicate with children and young people including those with special needs
• Ability to work on own initiative and part of a team
• Good IT skills (Microsoft Office)
• Good organisational, planning and problem solving skills.
• Ability to present clear and informative written and verbal reports.

Personal Attributes- Assessed at Interview

Essential

• Warm and Caring person. Dedicated, passionate, enthusiastic and resilient.

Other Special Requirements –Assessed by Interview

Essential

• Flexible approach to work, including weekends.
• Willingness to travel.
• Access to a car and car insurance for work use.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECKS

The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process.  All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).  Dependent on the role, one of the following DBS checks will be carried out:

• Standard disclosure
• Enhanced disclosure
• Enhanced disclosure with children’s and/or adults’ barred list check(s):

This role is not exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and is therefore eligible for an Enhanced (with children’s and/or adults’ barred list check) DBS check.

Amazing new opportuniting for someone with a background in finance and operations, and a commitment to tackling homelessness. 

About Jimmy’s Cambridge

Jimmy’s is one of Cambridge’s leading providers of support and accommodation to people experiencing homelessness. We help people get off the streets and into their own home, backed up with all the support we can offer from our talented and committed team of staff, volunteers and partners.

The Role

We aim to use as much of our funding and resources to support people who are experiencing homelessness. To enable us to do this, we need efficiently run finances and resources to support the team and general running of the organisation.

This new role brings together key functions of finance, human resources, facilities, IT, and other related resources, to ensure they are run as efficiently and effectively as possible. Many of our resources are delivered through contracts, which need constant review to ensure we are getting the best service and best value for money. 

About You

The person will come with experience and a working knowledge of charity finance and accounting. We need someone who understands some of the legal and governance requirements relevant to a charitable organisation. We need great communication skills, someone who can build relationships with people. Being well organised will be central to how this person works, and the person will have the right people and project management experience and skills. We are a small charity, and a willingness to be ‘hands on’ as required is needed.

Overarching this, the person will want to work with an organisation that is making a real difference to people's lives. 

How to Apply

To apply, please send us your CV and a supporting statement setting out how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification, both no more than 2 sides each, and an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. Closing date for applications is 14th June 2020. We will be holding first stage interviews virtually, with a second stage subject to the latest guidance at the time. Email details are in the Job Description. 

As part of the National Development team, the Key Supporter Relationship Manager will work to inspire new relationships with donors and lead existing key supporters into greater involvement and giving to TLG. You’ll bring vital leadership to develop opportunities we’ve never explored before. You will play a lead role in bringing the necessary income to support our significant growth as we look to reach as many struggling children as possible across the UK.

This is a really exciting role to pioneer and you will be tasked with building a relationship pipeline, with the freedom to develop new ways to engage and steward potential donors. By networking, attending events, hosting guests at fundraising dinners, calling supporters, building relationships and asking donors to support specific projects, you will inspire new support, build on existing relationships and increase income that is vital for our future expansion.

We are looking for someone who is highly driven, tenacious and able to inspire confidence in others. You will have experience of relationship management and the skills required in persuading, negotiating and communicating with people from a wide range of backgrounds. You may already have a proven track record of success in a fundraising environment and be ready for a new challenge that offers more scope and potential. Alternatively, you may not have worked in fundraising or even the charity sector before but have some transferable skills that can make a real difference. Either way, it’s an exciting time to join the organisation and help shape the future of TLG.

We are looking for individuals who have a strong and vibrant Christian faith. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS.

Part time hours are negotiable.

The deadline for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 1st April 2020. Video interviews will be scheduled for successful candidates on Tuesday 7th April, with final interviews taking place on Monday 20th April 2020.

Recruiting under Covid 19 restrictions

We know we are at a critical point across the economy here in the UK and elsewhere; this is certainly true within Higher Education. We are in touch with our colleagues and our network across the sector and are acutely aware of the challenges both financially and with regard to learning that they are experiencing. It is unprecedented for us all.

This is a difficult time for many and we have taken a carefully considered, deliberate decision to continue to drive our growth and development. We are able to offer a number of people – both for academic and non-academic roles - great opportunities to work with us over the coming months and years.

Our flexible roles for academic content developers could be ideal for those seeking to supplement their income at this time, those seeking short term contracts, or perhaps graduating engineering students.

Who are we?

TEDI-London is an innovative new higher education institution in London wholly focused on engineering, co-founded by Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney.

Our vision is to transform engineering education to transform lives – both for students and for the users of the products they design and make. Our mission is to attract and empower individuals and partners from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to develop the skills and confidence to create practical real-world solutions that advance how we live as a global community.

Variety and ambiguity is the way of life at TEDI-London

In a start-up, each day really is different. We work collaboratively at TEDI-London on big decisions, but also need individuals that take initiative and have the skills and experience to manage their own work areas. We are a start-up with huge ambition, but you should not expect to join an organisation with all the answers, and everything mapped out. That is what we need you for, to be part of our journey.

You will not have a huge team and infrastructure in place. One day you might be writing a strategy or paper for the board – another you might be proofreading a letter. You will relish the chance to be in a new organisation with a world of possibilities where you can genuinely see the value that you add on a daily basis. The team you work with will be from different functions and levels – all united in one goal -to make TEDI-London a success.

Curriculum Lead

Reporting to our Deputy Dean, you will lead the development and implementation of our bespoke Virtual Learning Environment – our ‘Learning Tree’. It is an exciting time to join us and to play a significant part in continuing to shape and deliver our curriculum.

At TEDI-London, the majority of the learning outcomes will be delivered through real-world projects. Our ‘Learning Tree’ is pivotal to our unique pedagogy and gives students access to the content of our curriculum ‘just in time’. You will lead the ongoing development of our ‘Learning Tree’ and its content – comprising around 500 learning ‘nodes’, each of which is a 3-hour learning session.

You will be a passionate academic educator with a desire make a difference to the future of engineering education, you will eagerly rise to this challenge – having fun along the way.

You will have significant HEI leadership in developing innovative curriculum and pedagogical approaches in delivering student centred programmes, along with excellent influencing, coordination and communication skills. It is essential that the idea candidate holds demonstrable awareness of academic regulations, quality assurance and its practical application.

We would be delighted if you review the Job Description, Values, Terms and Conditions and Proposition Document. We have provided a video of the recruiting manager discussing this current vacancy and a live Zoom Q & A session on Eventbrite in the Job Description attachment.

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems.  Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Specialist Community Forensic Service Manager

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent post

Salary: £33,297- £37,458

Location: Bristol

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to lead the newly created Specialised Community Forensic Team for Second Step in partnership with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP). The team has been developed to support people out of secure in-patient units back into the community. The service will cover Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

You’ll have knowledge of the support needs of people with mental health difficulties and experience of innovating and implementing new services. You’ll be a good communicator, able to develop and manage relationships with key partners and be keen to contribute to the development of the team and the delivery of this valuable service.

Second Step is a leading provider of mental health services.  We offer excellent training and support, and we acknowledge the commitment and dedication of our employees, which is the foundation of our success. We would like to hear from people who share the same belief and values.

Closing date: 25th March 2020

Interview date: 3rd April 2020

 Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.

Senior Key Worker

Progressive Mindz have a fantastic opportunity for Specialist Key Workers and Team Leaders. We are looking for experienced workers who are passionate and have a genuine interest in supporting children and young people.

This is an exciting time for Progressive Mindz; we are appointing full and part time workers for our new five-bed Wellbeing Service in Greenwich to provide specialist support for young people with a variety of complex needs.

Senior Key Worker Responsibilities:

• Commitment and the ability to coproducing services for young people with complex support needs.
• Deputise for the manager, take ownership of service delivery and line management of support staff.
• Provide specialist key work support for 2-3 young people within a multidisciplinary team and by adopting a multi-agency approach in partnership with Social Workers, CAMHS and specialist agencies.
• Support young people in their transition to adulthood.
• Proactively safeguard young people as outlined in the safeguarding policy and procedure.
• Proficient in the use of IT applications, with the ability to develop regular update reports, support plans and risk management plans.
• Work in the service, mainly alone, with the ability to work as a team.
• Deputise for the service manager in all operational aspects of service delivery.
• Support the manager in developing a high performing team to meet the responsive needs of young people.
• Effectively communicate, building and managing relationships with partner agencies including commissioners.

Senior Key Worker Requirements:

• Have an NVQ level 3 qualification / equivalent.
• Have the resilience to cope with challenging behaviour.
• Be a positive role model, be able to motivate young people and encourage their independence.
• Experience of working within a Children’s Home, Semi-independent Living services, Supported Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health Services or Advocacy Settings.
• Good understanding of issues facing young people with complex needs.
• Experience of providing key work support for those with complex needs such as CSE, substance abuse, mental Health, gang affiliation etc.
• Experience of designing and delivering workshops to vulnerable people
• Be able to use Microsoft Applications such as word to prepare case management reports and outlook for emails.
• Enhanced Disclosure and barring Service Check, ideally on the update service.
• Ability to work as part of a rolling rota and undertake shifts; early, late and weekends.

About Progressive Mindz:

The mission of Progressive Mindz is to provide safe, stable accommodation with 24 hours of onsite support for vulnerable children and young people between the ages of 16 to 25.

Progressive Mindz specialises in providing therapeutic support to children and young people with complex needs within a homely environment, enabling them to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community

Location: Greenwich, London

Hours: Full Time & Part Time positions available, Permanent

Salary: £20,182 to £26,000 per annum pro rata

Benefits: 3% Pension contribution - 28 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata) - Access to Paid Training & Professional Development Programme - Ongoing support and development; annual appraisals and monthly supervisions - Career Progression

You may have experience of the following: Senior Key Worker, Support Worker, Care Worker, Youth Worker, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Community Support Worker, Disability, Disabilities,Key Worker, Care Staff, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, Advocacy, Service Team Leader, Case Worker, Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Worker, Senior Case Worker, etc.

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Feeding Bristol’s vision is to reduce food insecurity at a systemic level across our city. We work with a well-established social sector acting as an umbrella organisation to support the sector’s efficiency and effectiveness. Since its inception (only two years ago) our charity has delivered significantly beyond its means and plans to continue to do so. To lead us through our next phase of development, Feeding Bristol is looking for a new Director to replace the incumbent who is moving back home overseas.

Theory of Change – Our strategy:

In January 2020, we updated our Theory of Change to reflect the evolving food landscape and the learnings we had taken from our first 2 years of operation. The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of the role and the purpose of Feeding Bristol given the expected increased level of food insecurity due to a significantly weakening economy.

The Theory of Change can be found on our website.

Contract Details:

Hours: Full-time (part-time may be considered)

Salary: £36,000 gross annual salary + 32 days annual leave (including bank holidays)

Reports directly to the Chair/Board of Trustees

The Director Role:

As Director, you will work closely with the Chair and Board of Trustees to develop, implement and evaluate the strategic plans for the organisation. One of your key objectives will be to ensure that the work of Feeding Bristol is accessible, of the highest quality, and contributes effectively to the sector and to alleviating food insecurity across our city.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver an ambitious, aspirational and innovative strategy that has clearly measurable impacts and delivers systemic change
• Identify, develop and maintain positive external partnerships
• Influence and galvanise the efforts of multiple external stakeholders across councils, government, local funders, corporates, businesses, charities and community interest groups to lead strategic and collaborative change
• Attract funds and manage the financial budget of the charity
• Manage a number of diverse and wide-ranging work streams concurrently and effectively
• Be the driver for activity of the charity
• Inspire, lead and develop your team and a team of volunteers

Candidate Experience:

• Demonstrable track record of operating at a Director level with leadership experience
• Demonstrable experience in the food, food-related or charity / third sector
• Experience in driving positive and distinctive change in an organisation or sector
• Proven experience of financial management of a charity, social enterprise or business and working with/setting budgets
• Ability to maximise the use and impact of all available resources

Important Background Information:

COVID-19: We are currently leading the strategic city-wide crisis food solution for feeding the economically vulnerable throughout this COVID-19 pandemic. This work has reflected our ability and willingness to pivot the organisation’s focus to the critical needs of the time. As a strategic leader, who will be expected to focus on the long-term implications of decisions made, you will also need to be capable of ‘flicking the switch’ from programme management to crisis resolution if, and when, it occurs – such as we have done now, and during the summer school holidays of 2019.

The Project Worker will contribute to the provision of our ‘Changing Lives’ Resettlement service which supports people experiencing marginalisation or disadvantage as a result of homelessness, poverty, substance misuse, mental health problems or social isolation, to help them achieve settled and healthier lives.