This role will play a vital part in helping us to reach our ambitious targets by providing the team with detailed and accurate research to grow income from trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships and major donors.

You will be identifying, researching and creating reports on new prospects for the team in line with our existing long-term strategy.  As the Corporate and Trusts Researcher you will be diligent, creative and have the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast paced environment. You will also be able to build relationships across the teams in Compton Care to explore and build wider networks.

2022 sees Compton Care celebrate 40 years of caring for adults living with incurable conditions and their families. Throughout that time we have been and continue to be a highly regarded and important organisation in our community. We are very ambitious and we have some exciting plans for the future. Our Corporate and Trusts Researcher will play a pivotal role is helping us to achieve this!

 Role requirements:

• In line with existing strategies, work collaboratively with the Trusts and Corporate Fundraisers to identify businesses, trusts and foundations and major donors that we can approach to support Compton Care in order to create a continuous pipeline of new prospects.
• Produce accurate and high-quality prospect research that meets briefs - including research on prospect capacity, affinity, propensity, peer links, and ethical screening reports.
• Create research profiles in a variety of written formats (long and short) drawing on a range of external sources to provide fit-for-purpose insight that adds genuine value to solicitation and stewardship plans.
• Identify potential connections between existing and new donors through our database and by working together with fundraisers at all levels to provide bespoke network maps of these connections as briefed.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to understand the various suppliers, stakeholders and networks that exist and can be utilised for prospect research.
• Support fundraisers with the preparation of compelling proposals and presentations for prospective corporate partners or grant-making organisation.
• Ensure that all contacts and communications are recorded in a compliant manner on Compton’s CRM fundraising database, establishing excellent record keeping so that contact with Trusts, corporate supporters and their staff is appropriate.
• Create and manage processes for monitoring prospect research requests and prospect prioritisation
• Produce regular reports on the prospect pipeline and other areas of activity.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

We are looking for a confident and organised individual with experience of prospect researching using a range of sources and methods. The ideal candidate will be able to analyse and interpret a range of data to produce clear and accurate reports. We are looking for someone who has excellent communication and presentation skills, who will use these skills to build strong and long lasting internal and external relationships. It is essential that you are able to manage a complex and demanding workload through great planning and organisational skills. As no two days are ever the same in this rewarding role. Most importantly you will be a team player who shares the passion to make a significant difference to the future of Compton Care and the people we support.

Interested applicants should be able to evidence how they meet the criteria outlined in the job description and person specification.

This role is to support of the Advocacy Matters volunteer project and the running of the Advocacy Matters Steering Group.  Advocacy Matters has a thriving volunteer team comprising of Volunteer Advocates, Volunteer Office roles, Volunteer Events roles and Steering Group Members.  This position would involve directly supporting the volunteer team through training, mentoring, supervision and overseeing casework.

The role also involves the running of the Advocacy Matters Steering Group who provide a user involvement function to the strategic decision making of the organisation, training, self and peer advocacy and consultations.

User involvement is making sure the voices of people are heard and they can actively shape and improve the services they use and influence local and national policy. People who use services are experts on how they should be developed and delivered this is at the heart of Advocacy Matters ethos.

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Can you empower disabled people? Do you have a passion for upholding peoples rights?  Could you give a disabled or vulnerable adult a voice?

This role is concerned with the direct provision of professional advocacy expertise to strengthen voice, champion rights, and change lives of people who may be marginalised or vulnerable. Jobholders would be responsible for providing a direct service to gain positive outcomes for people along with wider impacts. Applicants would desirably have gained a recognised qualification for their technical discipline.

Advocacy Matters vision of the future is for a fully inclusive society where vulnerable and marginalised people’s rights are upheld, their needs and wishes acted on and where their lives are fulfilling and active.

An exciting position has become available within the RFEA Central Support Team (CST) based in Birmingham for a Project Nova Client Advisor to join a well established and integrated team. As a Nova Client Advisor you will be hard working, meticulous to detail and conscientious. Working on behalf of the RFEA and Walking With The Wounded Partnership, the principle role will be to provide central registration, tracking and a help desk function for Project Nova.

Project Nova is a support programme for Veterans identified in Police Custody; it is focussed on early intervention, support and diversion at point of arrest in order to prevent re-offending and a potential prison sentence. Project Nova is jointly delivered by RFEA and WWTW and working in partnership with NHS Liaison and Diversion Teams and Police Custody suites.

The ideal applicants for this position will be self-starters with a strong customer focus, excellent telephone manner and be capable of working within a large team and on their own initiative. Excellent communication skills, IT literacy, keyboard skills and interpersonal skills are essential.

Principal Responsibilities

Engagement

• Receive referrals of Nova Veterans (veterans in contact with the Police, in Nova areas, either because they have been arrested or because they are working with the Police as they are at risk of arrest).
• Undertake search for Nova veterans where contact details are missing following referral including use of social media.
• Establish first contact with referred Veterans.
• Support the Nova Team Leaders and Case Managers to engage with veterans.
• Register Nova Veterans on the CRM system.

Support Network Referrals

• Manage referrals for Nova Veterans to organisations in the Support Network, including diary management and reminder calls.

Tracking ans Follow-up

• Contact Nova Veterans who are in the support network following referral.
• Report any issues or problems that the tracking reveals.
• Follow up Nova Veterans at 3 months and 6 months after case closure.
• Provide accurate and responsive telephone, text, social media and email 'helpdesk’ support to Nova Clients and other stakeholders.
• Record all interactions with Clients and other Nova stakeholders.

Ideally applicants should be NVQ 3/4 qualified in Information Advice and Guidance, however, appropriate training will be given.

The successful candidate will be required to work 35 hours per week. Normal working hours will be on a shift pattern between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm Monday to Fridays inclusive. In addition there will be regular Saturday shifts between 8.00 am to 1:30 pm.

The role is offered initially on a one year fixed term contract, but with options to extend and possibly become permanent. A competitive salary package of £19,000 to £20,100 depending on qualifications and experience. Job satisfaction is guaranteed.

To apply, please submit your covering letter and CV. The closing date is 16th December 2021 with interviews scheduled in late December ready to start in the New Year.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Ministry of Defence security clearance which requires applicants to have been resident in the UK for over 5 years, an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Non-Police Vetting (NPPV 3).

Imagine a world where no child’s life chances are limited by their social or family circumstance. At Frontline, that’s the future they are working towards. 

Over 700,000 children in England rely on the support of social workers each year. These children need and deserve the support of life-changing social work professionals. Great social work can empower them to achieve their full potential and help break the cycle of trauma and disadvantage. 

That’s why, through its work as a charity, Frontline develops excellent social work practice and leadership.

Join the Frontline programme

If you’re looking for a career that matters, Frontline’s social work training programme offers a unique opportunity to work directly with children and families, helping them make positive changes in their lives.

On the two-year Frontline programme, you will qualify as a social worker and complete a fully-funded master’s degree. You’ll develop skills in leadership, conflict resolution, analysis and relationship building, which will help you drive social change inside the social work profession and beyond.

Here's some reasons you should apply:

• Qualify as a social worker and complete a fully-funded master's degree.
• Earn as you learn with a salary of up to £34,000 by year two.
• Get high-quality supervision and training from experienced social workers, academics, and coaches.
• Work in partnership with a wide range of organisations and professionals in health, education, the criminal justice system and beyond to bring about positive change.
• Become part of the Frontline Fellowship, a growing community of over 2,000 social workers and receive ongoing support and training throughout your career.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for graduates and career changers who can bring different perspectives and experiences to the Frontline programme and who are committed to using their skills to tackle some of the key challenges that children and families face and truly make a difference.

If that sounds like you, apply to the Frontline programme today. 

Applications to the Frontline programme will close nationally at 11.59pm on 16 December. We recommend applying as soon as possible before this point as some popular locations have already reached capacity and closed, and we will continue to close other locations on a rolling basis before 16 December.

Deadline for applications: Friday 10 December 2021

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 10 January 2022

We have two Regional Case Manager roles available; one role is to be based in Northeast / Yorkshire and Humberside / Northwest, and the other is to be based in Midlands / Eastern / South and Central. Roles will be home-based with some travel required.

Passionate about supporting and helping people? Are you experienced in managing services working with people in crisis? Are you ready to lead a team of local caseworkers supporting road victims? Can you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement? Are you ready to maintain oversight and take responsibility of road victim cases referred into your region and to ensure their compliance with safeguarding and risk management protocols? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively. We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service (NRVS) for bereaved and injured families.

NRVS is the specialist, accredited, UK-wide national service for road victims, delivering day-one onwards case-managed care for anybody who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or supporting a road crash victim.

Who you are

Working as part of our National Road Victim Service we are seeking two experienced Regional Case Managers with a background in managing high-risk support services operating on a national basis. You will have extensive experience of managing staff teams including remote working and of services that provide a case management approach to care through trauma informed practice. The successful candidates will be required to go through an enhanced DBS vetting process due to the sensitive nature of the service delivered.

Key tasks

• Provide day to day line management and supervision to a small team of regional caseworkers offering guidance, support, and quality assurance.
• To maintain oversight of the cases referred into the region and to ensure their compliance with safeguarding and risk management protocols.
• Ensure support is provided through our model of trauma informed care.
• To consult with the triage team to ensure the timely allocation of cases from our central service team into the regional teams.
• To oversee the allocation of cases across the regional staff team.
• To consult with local partners and services referring into the service to establish pathways of care.
• Deliver weekly case review meetings with regional caseworkers, ensuring needs and risks of clients are met and outcomes recorded including quality assurance of safeguarding. Ensure all data is accurately recorded within the case management system.
• Contribute to NRVS’ wider processes of audit, evaluation, and impact monitoring.
• Ensure the lone working policies are adhered to daily to ensure the safety and security of the team whilst lone working and travelling to and from home visits.
• To support caseworkers with complex and high-risk cases by attending safeguarding and risk management meetings, both internally and externally to ensure compliance with best practice.
• To monitor and ensure that all support is delivered in a confidential and professional manner, adhering to safeguarding legislation and the latest data protection regulations.
• Ensure that all support meets service standard operating policies and procedures, inclusive of safeguarding and risk management, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Provide assessments and decisions around complex intervention planning, including escalation of cases requiring clinical guidance to clinical director.
• Ensure that callers’ identified needs are met satisfactorily, within professional boundaries, to outcome goals, with those outcomes recorded.
• To contribute to an on-call duty manager system on a weekly basis to provide out of hours advice and support to caseworkers across the service.
• To deputise for Head of Service during periods of leave, sickness, absence.
• To actively contribute to the development of relationships with key stakeholders, organisations, and professionals in the region. This may include the provision of training and presentations to ensure that they are aware of the service.
• To contribute to the ongoing professional development of caseworkers through reflective practice, caseload audit and management and the development and delivery of formal CPD sessions.
• To be responsible (in collaboration with HR lead) for managing sickness and absence and return to work interviews.

You bring

Essential qualities

• Experience of managing services working with people in crisis with acute vulnerabilities and risks.
• Experience of managing and co-ordinating teams, including remotely.
• Experience of staff management and HR policies and procedures.
• Evidence of stakeholder and funder partnerships.
• Experience of report writing for funding bodies.
• Experience of a case management review process, safeguarding and active monitoring, and escalation of cases with health and safety needs.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working in a trauma informed way, providing trauma informed care to adults and families.
• Knowledge of best practice in working with traumatic bereavement and managing services in this area.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and GDPR procedures.
• Experience of using a case management support framework.
• Management of crisis intervention and working in collaboration with other professionals to support those with complex needs (i.e. crisis and home treatment teams, community mental health services, ISVA and IDVA roles).
• Experience and knowledge of working with and supporting people through the criminal justice and coronial process.
• Experience of audit, monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Experience of establishing and sustaining partnerships with key partners, stakeholders, and other professionals.
• Experience of research and advocacy activities.
• I.T. and data management skills.
• Ability to work creatively, adaptively and with flexibility across a range of circumstances.
• Commitment to and a passion for providing a high level of quality care to those experiencing traumatic bereavement and catastrophic injury.  

Desirable

• A professional qualification or evidence of training in psychological trauma.
• Experience of working with those affected by road traffic collisions.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programmes.
• Completion of safeguarding and/or risk management training.
• Project management qualification or equivalent experience in practice.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team, with a visionary, dynamic and expert chief executive committed to growing the charity’s impact, and a knowledgeable and engaged Board of Trustees.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

Deadline for applications: Friday 10 December 2021

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 10 January 2022

We have roles available in 9 regions across the UK (see below). Roles will be home-based with some travel required within each region. 

Northeast 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Yorkshire and Humberside 36.25 (5 Days) 1 role
Northwest 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Wales 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
East Midlands 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
West Midlands 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
Eastern 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
South and Central 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role
West and Southwest 21.75 (3 Days) 1 role

Are you passionate about helping people? Do you have experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations? Do you have an understanding of the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury and a willingness to learn more in this area? Can you demonstrate experience of delivering support in a people centred service? Are you empathetic and an excellent communicator? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re recruiting for a number of Local Caseworker roles to sit within our growing National Road Victim Service (NRVS) team. We are looking for experienced support professionals to establish local face-to-face delivery in locations across the UK. Local Caseworkers will provide case manage provision of immediate and early intervention care to victims of road death and serious and life changing injury.

The role will be subject to the latest covid-19 guidance. You will provide support to service users over the phone, through virtual meetings and written communications and face-to-face as required. The successful candidate will be required to go through an enhanced DBS vetting process due to the sensitive nature of the service delivered.

Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity tackling the daily, horrific carnage of deaths, injuries, and air pollution on roads. Traffic is the biggest killer of young people worldwide, poisoning our lungs and contributing hugely to the climate emergency. Brake’s vision is that people get around in safe and healthy ways. Our values require us to be evidence-based, aim high, and work collaboratively. We have a 25-year reputation for shouting out for positive change, advising government, encouraging action in communities, and delivering the UK’s National Road Victim Service (NRVS) for bereaved and injured families.

NRVS is the specialist, accredited, UK-wide national service for road victims, delivering day-one onwards case-managed care for anybody who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or supporting a road crash victim.

Who you are

You will have a background in providing support to a vulnerable client group through both face to face and virtual settings. You will have knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement and experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations. You understand the importance and application of risk management and safeguarding procedures and are familiar with the Criminal Justice system and Coroners Court. You will live within one of the regions listed above and will have access to your own transport to travel across the region as required.

Key tasks

Reporting into a regional manager, you will be supporting service users who have suffered traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury by a road crash. You will be required to do so in a highly sensitive and empathetic manner, providing emotional support alongside complex practical information and advocacy requiring high level diplomacy skills. You will use a clinically and trauma informed casework methodology approach to support provision, using risk and needs assessments, with support plans working in partnership with both statutory and non-statutory support services.

Key tasks will include:

• Enable service users to cope with immediate practical challenges that may otherwise feel “too much to bear,” through a multi-agency approach to risk and needs planning.
• Support service users with their immediate wellbeing needs and address any safeguarding issues.
• Be informed and help service users discuss, in a safe environment, the emotional and physical symptoms that they are suffering; or are common to suffer and that they may suffer later.
• Develop a user-centred support plan, to help the service user cope with their emotional and physical symptoms.
• Develop and agree, with consent, a safe exit strategy via a continued pathway of further support that the service user accesses, if appropriate.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other local specialist support services in the region both statutory and non-statutory.
• Participate additionally in team training, supervisory and development sessions, contributing to the professional development of yourself and the service through heuristic learnings.

You bring

Essential Qualities

• Knowledge, experience and understanding of working with people who have experienced sudden loss and traumatic bereavement.
• Experience of using a case management approach to supporting people in traumatic situations.
• An understanding of the importance of working within standardised protocols and procedures.
• Experience of risk management and safeguarding procedures in a one-to-one support setting.
• An understanding of the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury and a willingness to learn more in this area.
• Demonstratable experience of delivering support in a people centred service.
• An understanding of the Criminal Justice system and Coroners Court.
• Experience and knowledge of working with and supporting people through the criminal justice and coronial process.
• Experience of consulting with other professionals within an advocacy setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, alongside effective communication skills, both verbally and in written form.
• The ability to deal sensitively and accurately with complex and emotionally charged situations.
• The ability to demonstrate empathy and control of own emotions and well-being, whilst supporting people/families who are suffering the effects of traumatic bereavement or serious and life changing injury.
• Proficiency in all standard office IT systems including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexibility to work within the needs of the service requirements.
• A team player; you are outcomes focussed and work with others to get there.

Desirable

• A professional qualification or evidence of training in psychological trauma.
• Experience of working with those affected by road traffic collisions.
• Completion of safeguarding and/or risk management training.

About the team and how we work

• You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team, with a visionary, dynamic and expert chief executive committed to growing the charity’s impact, and a knowledgeable and engaged Board of Trustees.
• Our team works remotely and encourages use of sustainable transport.
• We are open to secondments and candidates wanting to work flexibly or part time.
• Brake actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We employ based on skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Employees are subject to driver licence checks. If you drive, please note we do not accept applications from serious traffic offenders due to the nature of our work.

Refuge Manager 

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work may be required)

Salary:  £34,728

Job Purpose: 

• To work as part of the Management Team with specific responsibility for managing refuge accommodation, ensuring a high quality service for women and children who have experienced domestic violence. To support and supervise a staff team, in the development and delivery of services for women and children in refuge. 

Responsible To: The Operations Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management:

• To identify service needs and inform the Operations Manager as appropriate

• To comply with the Housing Association management agreements

• To ensure that services comply with the funders’ criteria and with agreed quality standards, including Supporting People Quality Assessment Framework

• To develop and maintain appropriate fire safety and health and safety systems that comply with current legislation

• To act as the designated lead on safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults for the refuge

• To ensure that the building and furnishings are kept to a high standard to develop and maintain appropriate maintenance systems

• To ensure that any issues are reported to the Operations Manager and where appropriate to the Housing Association

• To monitor and evaluate the service, via various methods including feedback from service users and by producing statistical information

• To prepare quarterly reports for the Chief Executive Officer

• To be responsible for ensuring that returns are forwarded to the Supporting People team, the RSL and other funders as appropriate. 

• To ensure that monitoring systems are maintained and used by staff

• To ensure that Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid (BSWA) administrative and financial systems are maintained across the service

• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users

• To ensure that appropriate inventories exist to account for the equipment and resources

Development:

• To develop the services to meet the needs of the service users

• To develop a work plan for the services

• To work with the Chief Executive Officer and Management Board to develop, agree and implement a fundraising strategy

• To develop and ensure the implementation of appropriate policies and procedures with the management team

• To develop links with outside agencies and attend relevant fora and meetings in order to enhance the work of BSWA

• To work with the management team in the development of BSWA

• To participate in the development of Strategic and Annual plans for the organisation

• To participate in the development of Strategic and Annual plans for the organisation

• Staff Management:

• To offer line management, support, case reviews and annual reviews and plans for the staff team

• To assist in the recruitment and selection of staff

• To devise and run induction programmes, in consultation with the Operations Manager

• To ensure that staff are aware of and follow policies and procedures

• To ensure that staff receive appropriate training within budgetary constraints

• To facilitate team meetings and ensure that they are recorded

• To ensure that an adequate shift system is developed and adhered to

• To ensure that staff provide adequate support and supervision for volunteers and that they are integrated into the team

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

• Maintaining BSWA communication records 

• Following safety procedures

• Attending team and organisational meetings

• To attend in-house training

• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager

• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies

• To contribute towards your project’s quarterly Management Board report.

• Financial Management:

• To work with the operations manager to develop a project budget

• To ensure that appropriate finance systems are maintained and that staff are aware of and follow finance systems

• To ensure that the services run within budgetary constraints

• To keep the Chief Executive Officer informed of the financial needs of the refuges

• To ensure that all charges are collected and recorded and report to the operations manager any problems related to this

• Support Work:

• To ensure that an Individual Support Plan is produced for each service user, in conjunction with the service user, and reviewed on a regular basis

• To ensure that individual needs of women and children are identified and to ensure that these needs are met by using both in-house resources and external agencies

• To ensure that appropriate methods of communication with service users are developed and implemented

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service 

• To ensure that safeguarding issues in relation to service users are identified and dealt with in line with relevant policies.

• To ensure that information for service users is developed and  kept up-to-date

• To develop and maintain appropriate referral systems and to work to ensure that void loss is minimised

• To ensure that services to women and children meet statutory requirements

• To ensure that the move on policy is implemented effectively

• Training:

• To identify and attend training relevant to the post in agreement with your line manager

• To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users 

• To raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and of the BSWA services

• General:

• To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation

• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation

• To maintain an awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence on a national and local level with a particular reference to those of relevance to child work

• To work within organisational and multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures and to act as a designated lead for safeguarding for the project

• To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times

• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA 

• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice

• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise incidentally, develop, or be assigned commensurate with the post

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010).

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment. 

Birmingham Community and Families Project Assistant
Reference: NOV20212066
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £18,100.00 - £20,080.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata), Life Assurance
Duration: 9 months fixed term
Hours: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week – Hours are flexible for the successful candidate

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

RSPB England has an exciting opportunity for a Community and Families Project Assistant to work on the development and delivery of a centrally administered initiative that seeks to engage more families, from a greater diversity of communities, with nature. Part of the Naturally Connected Communities Birmingham project - a Green Recovery Challenge funded initiative - the Birmingham Community and Families Project Assistant will work closely with the Community and Families Project Officer to explore and evaluate approaches to effectively empower, upskill, and build confidence in community groups to deliver inclusive and accessible family nature-based activities in local greenspace in a way that is impactful and inspiring. The project aims to deliver sustainable opportunities for diverse families to enjoy and help nature and so meet the RSPB’s commitment to save nature through people. 

What’s the role about

The role is part of a team led by the Birmingham Community Project Manager delivering a set of people-focused initiatives in the Birmingham area. The objective of this project is the creation of a toolkit incorporating a training package and family activity resources that community groups need to effectively engage families from diverse communities with nature in local greenspaces.

You will be part of a team, including volunteers, assisting in the delivery of consultation events and supporting community group led activities, and you will collect information to enable the evaluation of the impact of this community led approach. On a day-to-day basis your role will be to work alongside community groups through the process of co-designing, delivering and then evaluating the toolkit. You will be instrumental in gathering feedback and highlighting areas for improvement within the toolkit as well as being confident in offering direct assistance to groups when necessary.

What we need from you

The successful candidate will have experience of delivering inclusive and safe community activities, with a focus on families and children. Your ability to connect with diverse communities and your passion to inspire children and families will enable you to offer guidance to the groups involved. You will have an interest in nature and motivating others to connect with and help the natural world. You will be able to work independently and as part of a team, you will have excellent communication skills and will be able to build strong working relationships. With a methodical approach to collecting information, you will be able to accurately report feedback to the project team.

Essential skills, knowledge, and experience

• Experience of delivering activities to families or children.
• Good people engagement skills that will enable you to clearly, confidently, and sensitively communicate with diverse audiences and enthuse them about nature.
• Organised approach with experience of gathering, recording, and reporting information and feedback. 
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly including occasional weekends and bank holidays.
• Proficiency in MS Office systems

Desirable skills, knowledge, and experience

• Experience of safely delivering outdoor nature-based activities.
• An awareness of the barriers that may exist that prevent families from diverse urban communities from engaging with nature.
• Experience of creating activity resources.
• Experience of working with volunteers or community groups. 

This role is based in Birmingham, with the option for the successful candidate to be either dual located working between home and the RSPB’s central Birmingham office as the business need requires or fully based in the Birmingham office if preferred. Regular travel within the Birmingham area will also be required.

Closing date: 23:59, 02 January 2022

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position the week commencing January 10th on Microsoft Teams.

To Apply and for More Information:

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

As part of this application process, you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to making our organisation diverse and inclusive, and as such are keen to encourage applications from people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, as well as those with disabilities.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.

Marketing Officer - Touring Productions

£23,000 + benefits

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

About Us 

As a proud, independent charity we are on a mission to enrich the cultural life of the region and our vision is clear; we are creating a world-class cultural scene for our region with Birmingham Hippodrome firmly centre stage.

The strength of Birmingham Hippodrome comes from our people; real people with their own thoughts, beliefs, cultures and identities that bring their unique perspective and experiences to our team. We are committed to placing inclusion at the heart of all we do, making it central to our decision making. We are breaking down barriers and building relationships for us to become a more equitable place for audiences, artists, participants, and our own teams. We do not, and will not, tolerate discrimination of any kind.

We are looking for people to join us on this journey at a pivotal time in our evolution; recognising our people and network of talented freelancers and volunteers are core to the growth and success of the organisation.

The future of Birmingham Hippodrome is you.

About The Role

This is an outstanding opportunity to use your marketing experience to work on the day to day running of our exciting touring show campaigns. You will support on the fulfilment of all aspects of show promotions from on sale to post show reporting. This will involve organising production pages on our website, advertising shows through our online platforms, executing email campaigns and much more. You will create and commission printed and electronic promotional materials too. You will also liaise with external partners on design, mailings and web and press advertising. Important will be the ability to extract accurate and targeted data as well as measure return on investment on activity through reporting and analytics

You will have worked in a fast-paced marketing environment and have experience of delivering effective campaigns and projects, ideally relating to theatre or arts environments. You will be comfortable building promotional emails and updating websites using CMS. Good at originating printed and digital communications, you will possess excellent communication, administration and project management skills too.

If you want to be part of an organisation that will invest in you and give you the opportunity to develop, you can enjoy a new stage for your skills by visiting the recruitment page on our website and applying online via the link.

Recognising under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and global majority people, and those with disabilities, we particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds, identities and experiences.

Brand Marketing Officer

Birmingham B5 4TB

£23,000pa + Benefits.

About Us 

As a proud, independent charity we are on a mission to enrich the cultural life of the region and our vision is clear; we are creating a world-class cultural scene for our region with Birmingham Hippodrome firmly centre stage.

The strength of Birmingham Hippodrome comes from our people; real people with their own thoughts, beliefs, cultures and identities that bring their unique perspective and experiences to our team. We are committed to placing inclusion at the heart of all we do, making it central to our decision making. We are breaking down barriers and building relationships for us to become a more equitable place for audiences, artists, participants, and our own teams. We do not, and will not, tolerate discrimination of any kind.

We are looking for people to join us on this journey at a pivotal time in our evolution; recognising our people and network of talented freelancers and volunteers are core to the growth and success of the organisation.

The future of Birmingham Hippodrome is you.

About The Role

This is great opportunity to gain valuable experience working closely on the day to day running of brand campaigns. This will involve working on a diverse range of projects including promoting our membership schemes, fundraising initiatives, hospitality and events, as well as the venue’s season launch campaigns and website development. You will update our website, oversee marketing activity for selected brand and Hippodrome produced campaigns and manage internal brand signage and leaflet displays and much more. You will create and commission printed and electronic promotional materials too. You will also liaise with external partners on design, mailings and web and press advertising. Important will be the ability to extract accurate and targeted data as well as measure return on investment on activity through reporting and analytics

You will have worked in a fast-paced marketing environment and have experience of delivering effective campaigns and projects, ideally relating to theatre or arts environments. You will be comfortable building promotional emails, updating websites using CMS and managing social media paid for ads. Good at originating printed and digital communications, you will possess excellent communication, administration and project management skills too.

If you want to be part of an organisation that will invest in you and give you the opportunity to develop, you can enjoy a new stage for your skills by visiting the recruitment page on our website and applying online via the link.

Recognising under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and global majority people, and those with disabilities, we particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds, identities and experiences.

About the Role

40 Hours per week

£37,944 - £48,616 Subject to banding*

We are currently looking for a National Equipment Manager to join our friendly, fast-paced Logistics team at St John Ambulance. Reporting to and working closely with our Head of Logistics, the National Equipment Manager will be responsible for ensuring outstanding operational delivery by ensuring that our people have access to appropriate and well-maintained equipment at all times. This is an excellent opportunity to join a developing team on a permanent, full-time basis, offering the flexibility of being based at any of our offices across England, as well as the opportunity for remote working.

In this exciting and varied role, you will ensure that all equipment and devices are procured, serviced, maintained, and repaired and disposed of in line with the needs of the organisation and manufacturers specifications. You will be responsible for leading on a variety of key tasks including leading on the relationships with suppliers, development of technical specifications for all SJA equipment and standardisation of medical equipment procurement.

You will also be responsible for maintaining a national asset register of all equipment and devices and advising senior managers on processes and building business cases for the procurement of new equipment.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

*Please note that this role is currently under review by our job banding team and the salary will be dependent on the final decision on the banding of the role in line with our current pay structure.

About You

You will have experience of managing a medical equipment servicing and inspection team and an excellent knowledge of medical equipment. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail as well as the ability to delegate and prioritise effectively. You will also have experience in standardisation and service improvement and ideally have experience in the purchase and supply of medical equipment.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive;

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work s
• Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
• Discounts - Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discounts including discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date: 20 December 2021

Application Review Date: 15 December 2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

Kids Club Kampala is a UK charity with a Christian ethos that works to transform the lives of children in the slums of Kampala in Uganda. We help vulnerable kids in Uganda to survive and to thrive by providing for both their immediate needs and strengthening their futures through educating, feeding, protecting, and skilling. We work in partnership with our team in Uganda who passionately lead and implement our projects which are a life line to some of the most vulnerable children in the world. We are an ambitious and growing organization, and this is an exciting time for a committed and passionate individual to join our friendly and supportive team.

The role of the Fundraising Manager is to raise funds for and raise awareness of the work of Kids Club Kampala through developing and implementing the fundraising strategy of the charity. They will focus on building upon existing networks and creating new links and relationships with potential donors. They will work closely with the CEO and lead the Fundraising Team to meet or exceed ambitious fundraising targets, with a focus on fundraising planning, business development, and marketing and communications. This post forms part of our long-term strategy to improve sustainability and increase impact.

We strive to be an inclusive organisation. Non graduates are welcome, and we particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates. This is a full time role, but we are open to this role being undertaken part time and we have a commitment to flexible working. 

Public Sector Partnerships Manager Central West

A charity based in Birmingham are looking for a Public Sector Partnerships Manager. The successful candidate will develop and manage partnerships which will generate the essential income we need to transform young people's lives.

Key responsibilities

* Develop partnerships with Public Sector organisations in the Central West region that secure income for our work with young people
* Successfully account manage potential and existing partners, including by coordinating and supporting internal colleagues to be accountable for contractual KPIs.
* Liaise closely with partnership colleagues and other internal colleagues to ensure we develop a strong offer for employers, key delivery partners and regional/local government.
* Support the generation of new partnerships and funding opportunities, being responsive to changes in the Public Sector funding landscape.

Person specification

* Experience in a relevant fundraising, charity or sales and marketing environment
* Experience of influencing stakeholders, funders, and colleagues
* Experience of generating income through effective public sector partnerships (e.g., Local or Devolved Government, FE Colleges, Local Authority Departments, etc)
* Strong account manager, able to increase support from key relationships to achieve defined income targets
* Experience of monitoring and managing income targets, re-forecasting, and budgeting.

Closing Date: 7th December 2021