Regional Manager – Northern Ireland
Part Time: 22.5 Hours
£28,000 pro rata
Home Based
This position covers The Western and Southern Health and Social Care Trusts
Are you somebody who would love to help people in Northern Ireland with the UK’s most common cause of sight loss?
Every day, around 300 people are diagnosed with macular disease. It’s the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK. Macular disease is cruel and isolating. It steals your sight, your independence, and your ability to do the things you love.
The Macular Society is working to deliver our ultimate ambition – to Beat Macular Disease for the next generation. We are determined to end the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research and the best advice and support.
We run a busy Advice and Information line, Counselling Service, fund research, campaign for improvements and provide volunteer-delivered services. We have over 400 local peer support groups across the UK and more launch each year. An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Services team working with our support groups and volunteers. This position will recruit, train, develop and support local Macular Society groups and volunteers across The Western and Southern Health and Social Care Trust areas. Your important role will be to help us strengthen our network in these Trust areas.
You will have access to a car for regular travel.
Please be aware that this position will require a standard CRB check.
This role will require frequent travel throughout Northern Ireland (and occasionally across the UK).
There will be occasional overnight stays, out of hours and weekend work, however we have a flexible approach to how you manage your time to achieve great results.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
Please apply online with your CV and a covering letter.
Closing date: 6 December 2019
Interviews: 8 and 9 January 2020
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This role in The Prince's Trust is known as Contract Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week
Location: Belfast
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Prince’s Trust’s Contract Management team as a Contract Executive within our Northern Ireland team.
This role is responsible for ensuring we maximise our contracted income in compliance with our funding agreements by compiling and submitting claims and report to the Funders in a timely manner. 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 visit our website.
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.
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 and fundraising staff teams aware of progress on contracts and ensure that all relevant and eligible expenditure is included in claims.
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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Leonard Cheshire is recruiting for a Regional Digital Inclusion Coordinator in Northern Ireland to support the delivery of our digital inclusion programme. The role will oversee all digital inclusion work in a defined region to ensure that more disabled people are able to experience the benefits of getting online and being digitally included.
The role will oversee all digital inclusion work in a defined region to ensure that more disabled people are able to experience the benefits of getting online and being digitally included.
The programme gives disabled people access to computers to develop their skills and interests and supports a number of accessible IT suites and provides disabled people access to IT equipment in their homes.
The role will work closely with partners, volunteers and other stakeholders within a region providing them with advice, guidance and support to enable them to be more confident in supporting disabled people to use IT and get online. This also includes working directly with disabled people delivering one-on-one and group sessions and providing tailored support to enable them to reach their full potential.
About Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire supports individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. We are the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services for people with disabilities. This is an exciting time to join us as we launch our new brand and grow our reach across communities.
Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.
What we offer
- Fair and competitive pay rates
- A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover
- Substantial annual leave, with the option to buy or sell leave
- Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates
- A Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
A satisfactory disclosures check is required for this post.
Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable candidate has been appointed.
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We’re excited to be able to offer you a new opportunity to join our team in as a Community Shop Manager at two of our Belfast shops.
Do you like being empowered? And empowering others? Do you have experience of successfully leading a team?
Are you passionate and creative? Are you flexible, adaptable and willing to learn?
We’re looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead and inspire those around them. Our successful candidate will be someone who is energetic and positive in their approach and attitude, with the ability to instil this in others. They will be hard working and can lead by example, being hands on themselves when necessary but ultimately with the ability to drive productivity through empowering the volunteer team.
This is a great opportunity for someone who can work with a diverse group of volunteers to create a welcoming atmosphere in each shop to attract more volunteers, donors and supporters. As well as being someone who is driven and motivated by raising money for Save the Children, the right candidate will be able to motivate their teams to achieve goals and targets for the shop in a positive way. They will need to be able to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues, actively engaging with others and building strong working relationships. Whilst charity retail experience is not essential, we do require someone with a business mind with the ability to make confident commercial decisions using information available to them.
As a dual-site Shop Manager, we can offer you a challenging but enjoyable and hugely rewarding role with Save the Children. We will provide you with the right training, support and coaching you need in order to successfully manage and lead a team of volunteers in running our Belmont Road & Holywood shops.
Save the Children shops are at the heart of the community, providing a welcoming and positive environment for people to come together to volunteer, donate and shop.
Our shop in Holywood is in the heart of the high street in this busy and vibrant area. Surrounded by an eclectic mix of boutique shops, charity retailers, coffee houses and award-winning eateries. You’ll be aiming to catch the eye of the influx of day-trippers to the town as well as engaging with the local community to build a volunteer team and secure quality donations. Less than 4 miles away in East Belfast lies our Belmont Road shop. With a bustling city village feel this is a great location and you will be catering to a diverse mix of local residents, encouraging them to shop, donate and support our cause.
Does this excite you? Have you got what we’re looking for?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Working in more than 120 countries, Save the Children does whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: 25th November 2019
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This role in The Prince’s Trust is known as Prince’s Trust Executive
Contract Type: Fixed term for 18 months
Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week
Location: You will be based in our Belfast hub but will have flexibility to travel across the region
The Prince’s Trust specialises in helping young people develop the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn, and has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team. This fixed term position is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace and is as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.
Objectives:
You will work directly with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Belfast, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
- Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
- Delivery of Prince’s Trust programmes.
- Planning, organising and budgeting.
Requirements:
To support our delivery requirements across Belfast, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with some of the following:
- To be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience.
- To be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation.
- Experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums including adventurous activities.
- Natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.
Perks of working at The Trust:
- 25 days annual leave entitlement rising by 1 day per year to 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
- Interest free season ticket loans
- A contribution of 5% of your salary by The Trust to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Flexible, family-friendly policies (maternity, adoption, paternity, shared parental leave)
- Opportunities to volunteer for and/or attend events e.g. music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year
- You will be supporting young people to develop skills for life – confidence, communication, teamwork.
- You will be supporting young people to gain qualifications
- You will be supporting young people to set and achieve their goals
- You will be supporting young people to move into positive destinations – employment, education, diversionary activities or further development opportunities
- Work in a challenging, fast-paced but fun and supportive environment
- Working with a diverse team of people.
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.
About The Prince’s Trust youth charity
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.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.
Youth charity The Prince’s Trust helps disadvantaged young people to get their lives on track. It supports 11 to 30 year-olds who are une... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.