Project Support Officer, Behaviour Change & Engagement

(Ref:  SUS2862)

£21,947 per annum

37.5 hours per week – based in Bristol

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of Sustrans’ vision of a society where the way we move creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone. You will working within the UK-wide Development team with a particular focus on Sustrans’ behaviour change work.

A big part of the role will be to support the delivery of the Sustrans’ UK-wide school campaigns including our annual high profile schools campaign. The post holder will gain insight into a broad range of charity-wide operations by assisting the Development Director and other senior staff in tasks such as arranging and delivering senior-level meetings and helping with their administrative tasks. This is a diverse role in which you will contribute across the school, workplace and community settings and across a wide range of projects and tasks. This includes writing content for our UK wide projects, managing challenge data and communicating to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. You will also manage areas of delivery such as our busy inboxes.

This role presents an unusual and exciting opportunity to build experience and knowledge charity-wide, whilst still working closely with others within the UK-Development team. With a background of managing a busy and diverse workload, you will have excellent attention to detail and have experience of successfully working with tight deadlines. You will have excellent IT skills and be willing to learn new software and systems.  You will also be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport. 

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 2 March 2020.Interviews will take place in Bristol on Monday 9 March 2020.

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

We believe that tackling poverty and protecting the environment are inseparable.

Since 1987, TREE AID has helped over 1.2 million people lift themselves out of poverty and planted more than 16 million trees. We have supported some of the world’s poorest communities that live in some of the harshest environmental conditions on earth. We help communities to plant and protect trees to grow their way out of poverty and protect their environment, for now and for future generations. We build upon the self-reliance of the communities we work with, increasing not only their chances of survival but also maintaining their dignity.

We now wish to appoint an exceptional and distinctive leader as our next Chief Executive Officer to deliver our strategy and drive its implementation to realise our ambitious goals and growth. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer will inspire and empower our people to achieve excellence in the delivery of our programmes and realise our mission to enable people living in the drylands of Africa to unlock the potential of trees to reduce poverty and protect the environment. The role represents a career defining opportunity to further TREE AID’s impact and potential.

The successful candidate will bring a considerable track record of leadership and management skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and empower staff, ideally gained in an international and cross-cultural working environment. S/he will bring demonstrable strategic skill in developing, evolving and implementing a vision with excellent stakeholder management skills. The ideal CEO will be an effective ambassador and a passionate advocate for TREE AID to build our profile, networks and reputation to facilitate the growth of our programmes and impact. The ability to communicate effectively in French is highly desirable, as is experience of working in or with Francophone countries. Most of all, our next CEO will demonstrate a personal commitment to TREE AID’s values and mission to tackle poverty and protect the environment in Sub Saharan Africa.

This role is located in Bristol with c.20% travel. The salary is competitive and commensurate with the seniority of the appointment.

If you have the experience and appetite to make our future a success, you can apply or download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for the role by clicking Apply now and quoting reference 4573. The deadline for applications is 9am GMT on Monday 23rd March 2020.

TREE AID is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse. The jobholder will be expected to sign TREE AID’s Safeguarding Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. This role requires a DBS check.

Protecting your personal data is of the upmost importance to Perrett Laver and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in.

Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, as defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for much of our data processing activity is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website.

Software Engineer 
Bristol
Up to £45,743 per annum DOE Plus Benefits (see below)

Are you an experienced Software Engineer seeking your next challenge? Want to take on a rewarding role offering great training opportunities and the chance to help fight the global climate emergency? If so, read on. 

Established in 1979 and based in central Bristol (BS1 3LH), the Centre for Sustainable Energy is an independent national charity (298740) that shares its knowledge and experience to transform the way people think and act on energy.

We design and develop software used by government and industry to shape the decisions needed to make sustainability second nature, cut carbon emissions to safe levels and replace fuel poverty with energy justice.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our small, but growing Software Team and get involved with all aspects of the development process. 

As a Software Engineer, you will: 

- Help to determine the feasibility of ideas and gather requirements for new software
- Work with colleagues and partners to design, plan, implement, test and document new software
- Support and enhance existing applications 
- Assist with automation, data management and analysis
- Contribute to proposals for new work, including providing cost estimates for development work

To join us as a Software Engineer, you will need: 

- Previous experience as a Software Engineer 
- Good working knowledge of various programming languages and database systems, such as Java, Clojure, R, SQLite, Spatialite, PostGIS or PostgreSQL 
- The desire to learn and the ability to adapt and take on new challenges 
- To be proactive and able to meet deadlines

Exposure to Python would be beneficial to your application.

Other organisations may call this role Software Developer, App Developer, Software Development Engineer, Software App Developer, Systems Engineer, Software Programmer, Application Programmer, Application Developer, or Programmer.

What are the benefits? 

- Company pension scheme (8% from employer, 6% from employee) 
- Childcare vouchers 
- Cycle to work scheme (after probation) 
- Create software that is making a positive, lasting impact
- Comprehensive induction including City & Guilds Energy Awareness training
- Increase your expertise while working on a broad range of projects
- Support the incredible work of an established charity

Webrecruit and CSE are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

To apply for the role of Software Engineer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week (core hours between 10am and 4pm)

We are looking for an individual with excellent networking and relationship-building skills to grow the Trust’s income to enable us to achieve our vision of restoring the abundance of wildlife throughout our area.

Head of Fundraising
Location: Bristol
Negotiable from £37,000 depending on skills and experience
This is a permanent role and open to applications on a part-time (job share) or full-time (37hrs/wk basis).

This is an exciting time to be joining the Trust as we are developing ambitious plans to invest in our future: upgrading and expanding our facilities for education, community engagement and visitors; developing new headquarters for the Trust; and looking at how we can develop our nature reserves and the facilities within them to bring even more benefits for wildlife, provide new places and experiences for people to be inspired by wildlife, and provide sustainable revenue for our work to create wildlife-rich places and wildlife-rich lives

Main responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Trust’s fundraising and income generation, developing prospect pipelines and growing income year on year from membership, major donors, legacies, corporate partnerships, grants and charitable trusts.
• Manage our engagement with our members, developing and implementing an ambitious membership growth strategy, incorporating supporter development, recruitment and retention.
• Manage marketing of the Trust’s fundraising, events, activities and services, working with our Communications Manager to effectively promote the Trust and ensure consistency of brand.
• Ensure all activity is compliant with Data Protection and Health and Safety legislation, with fundraising guidelines promoted by the Charity Commission, Institute of Fundraising and Fundraising Regulator, and with the Trust’s policies.
• Manage an integrated functional team across fundraising, membership and communications, contribute to the direction and development of the Trust and undertake other duties in line with the role as requested by the Chief Executive.

Avon Wildlife Trust is committed to enabling wildlife to survive and thrive across the region. More than 17,000 members, 3,500 volunteers and a dedicated staff team work together to make our local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone. We manage 30 local nature reserves and work with landowners to maintain and restore habitats for wildlife. Avon Wildlife Trust is an independent charity. We’d love you to join us.

Closing date: Friday 6 March 2020 (midday)
Successful candidates will be invited for a first interview on 12 March 2020.
Second interviews will take place on 20 March 2020.

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 to download the job description and application form.

Avon Wildlife Trust has a positive approach to equality and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

Charity No: 280422 

No agencies please.

Sustrans, the charity that's making it easier for people to walk and cycle, is seeking to fill the following key vacancy within our Research & Monitoring unit:

Senior Evaluation Officer

Research & Monitoring Unit

(SUS2772)

£27,255 per annum

37.5 hours per week – based in Cardiff

Sustrans Research & Monitoring Unit provides evidence on sustainable and active travel that is transparent and authoritative and which influences and shapes policy, practice and behaviour across the UK.  This role will play an important part in developing our understanding of active travel in Wales with responsibilities for evaluating major infrastructure programmes and leading aspects of our work focused on school travel and will include developing and managing a small team as well as overseeing aspects of our wider programme of monitoring, evaluation and appraisal work.

We are seeking creative, passionate and experienced individuals to join our team.  If you have a good understanding of best practice in monitoring and evaluation techniques, have demonstrable project management skills and are a great communicator with the ability to present technical information in a clear way this could be the opportunity for you.  You will be able to draw on a wide range of research methods and apply them to real world projects, have strong analytical skills, experience of working with partners and clients and know how to get the best out of others both through line management and task supervision.  You will also be committed to the promotion of active and sustainable travel.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 16 March 2020.  Interviews will take place in Cardiff during week commencing Monday 23 March 2020.

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

Mae Sustrans, yr elusen sy’n ei gwneud yn haws i bobl gerdded a beicio, am lenwi’r swydd allweddol hon yn ein huned Ymchwil a Monitro:

Uwch Swyddog Gwerthuso

Uned Ymchwil a Monitro

(SUS2772)

£27,255 y flwyddyn

37.5 awr yr wythnos – wedi’i lleoli yng Nghaerdydd

Mae Uned Ymchwil a Monitro Sustrans yn darparu tystiolaeth ar deithio cynaliadwy a llesol sydd yn dryloyw ac yn awdurdodol ac sy’n dylanwadu ar ac yn llywio polisi, arfer ac ymddygiad ledled y Deyrnas Unedig. Bydd y rôl hon yn chwarae rhan bwysig mewn datblygu ein dealltwriaeth o deithio llesol yng Nghymru gyda chyfrifoldeb dros werthuso rhaglenni isadeiledd mawr ac yn arwain ar agweddau o’n gwaith sy’n canolbwyntio ar deithio i’r ysgol. Bydd yn cynnwys datblygu a rheoli tîm bach yn ogystal â goruchwylio agweddau o’n rhaglen ehangach o waith monitro, gwerthuso ac arfarnu.

Rydym yn chwilio am unigolyn creadigol, angerddol a phrofiadol i ymuno â’n tîm. Os oes gennych ddealltwriaeth dda o arfer gorau mewn technegau monitro a gwerthuso, ynghyd â sgiliau rheoli prosiect amlwg, a’ch bod yn gyfathrebwr effeithiol gyda’r gallu i gyflwyno gwybodaeth dechnegol mewn ffordd eglur, yna gallai hwn fod yn gyfle delfrydol i chi. Byddwch yn gallu defnyddio ystod eang o ddulliau ymchwil a’u cymhwyso i brosiectau go iawn, bydd gennych sgiliau dadansoddi cadarn, profiad o weithio gyda phartneriaid a chleientiaid a byddwch yn gwybod sut i gael y gorau gan eraill trwy reolaeth llinell a goruchwylio tasgau. Rydych hefyd yn ymroddedig i hyrwyddo teithio llesol a chynaliadwy.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer derbyn ceisiadau wedi’u cwblhau yw 9yb ddydd Dydd Llun 16 Mawrth 2020. Cynhelir cyfweliadau yng Nghaerdydd wythnos yn dechrau Dydd Llun 23 Mawrth 2020.

Mae Sustrans wedi ymrwymo i leihau anghydraddoldeb, gwerthfawrogi amrywiaeth a

galluogi cynhwysiant. Croesawn geisiadau gan bobl sydd â’r sgiliau perthnasol o bob rhan o’r gymuned.

Are you a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with management experience?

Or are you an experienced manager who has a long-standing interest in psychoanalytic ideas and developments, particularly within therapeutic service delivery, either statutory or voluntary sector?

If the answer to either of these is yes and you are looking for a new challenge then you may be the person we are looking for.

At The Bridge Foundation we are seeking a Chief Executive Officer to lead our work into its next phase of development. This is an exciting opportunity to work with our highly skilled Senior Management Team and qualified clinicians with the aim of improving the mental health of children, families and adults.

You will work closely with the Board of Trustees and the Senior Management Team to continue the development of our two services – the Bridge Psychotherapy Service and Bridge in Schools. In addition, you will take the operational lead on strategic planning, finance, commissioning and the creation of an inclusive working culture that is welcoming, supportive and developmental.

Above all, you will be enthusiastic about joining an organisation with a local and regional reputation and a growing national profile. 

This is a part time position of 0.6 FTE. Benefits include salary of £43,000 - £48,000 (pro rata), generous holiday allowance, flexible working arrangements and contributory pension.

Closing date: Applications must be received by 5pm on Monday 2 March 2020.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in Cotham in Bristol during the week beginning 16 March 2020

If you have any enquiries about the post or  you would like an informal discussion before applying, please contact Frances Fox, Director.

Could you help some amazing people to communicate, express themselves and connect with the world?

If yes, then our Support Worker job vacancies in Glastonbury may be perfect for you!

About the role

If you are looking for a role with full flexibility or a 2nd income then come and join our team as a Support Worker on a relief (bank) basis. Our 'relief' arrangements are very flexible and can fit around your life. We are looking for people with a wide range of availability and have shifts available in the days, nights, evenings and weekends.

As a Support Worker you will support and enable people to live the life they choose: to make choices, to express themselves and live as independently as possible. Your patient support and encouragement will assist individuals to run their own lives as much as possible – helping with personal care, supporting someone to rustle up some breakfast, do the weekly shop or visit a local café.

Sense also supports people to take part in some of our amazing arts and wellbeing activities – from dance to music making, swimming to rock climbing.

*For genuine occupational reasons we are looking to appoint a female only (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

About you

Experience is not necessarily required for this role as we are able to support you and provide you with an excellent induction. However, it is really important that you are able to demonstrate the right values and behaviours to enable you to make a difference to people’s lives.

Our selection process aims to make sure that the role is right for you and you are right for us.  It involves completing an online application form, taking part in a value based interview/assessment process and visiting one of our services.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working as a Support Worker at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. 

No agencies please.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates in relation to the Personal Specification; therefore it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format please contact the Sense Recruitment department .

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

Would you like to work for an award winning charity that helps people turn their lives around?

DHI challenges social exclusion by working with people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community.

We are currently looking for a passionate, creative and dedicated individual to help us co-ordinate DHI’s organisation-wide volunteer programme and develop and manage our peer-run Family and Carer’s service.

If you have knowledge of the issues relevant to those caring for a person with a drug or alcohol problem, experience of working with peers or volunteers and an appreciation of the benefits and challenges an unpaid workforce brings, we would love to hear from you!

For more information and to apply for the role, please visit our website.

Fundraising Manager
Brain Tumour Support 
35 hours per week 
Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 per annum depending on experience
Thornbury, Near Bristol

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and driven Fundraising Manager to join our team at Brain Tumour Support. You will be joining the team at an exciting time as we seek to increase awareness of the charity and grow our supporter base, both locally and nationally. 

You will assume overall responsibility for the delivery of the fundraising strategy to achieve ambitious income targets. Motivating and line managing a small, but growing fundraising team, you will ensure activity levels are on track to achieve both income and awareness targets for the charity.

You will also hold responsibility for our high-level donors and high-profile supporters, offering excellent stewardship to maximise income and awareness potential.

Ideal candidates will come from a charity fundraising background, with the drive to inspire a team, grow income, build relationships and initiate opportunities for the development of the fundraising function. This role will suit a positive individual with a proven track record of meeting demanding income targets within various income streams, one of which should be major gifts. Experience of team management or leadership skills are desirable, but we are happy to consider applications from those with extensive fundraising knowledge and experience looking for career progression.

This in an exciting and varied role, reporting directly to the Deputy CEO. The role has a requirement to work some evenings and weekends to meet supporter needs and will require some travel. A full UK driving licence is essential.

We value our staff and offer a welcoming working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team. Our mission is that no-one feels alone when facing the effects of a brain tumour diagnosis and this is an exciting time to join the team as we look to the future.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable number of responses be received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

To apply for the role of Fundraising Manager, please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Other organisations may call this role Charity Fundraising Manager, Major Gifts Fundraising Manager, Major Gifts Manager, or Senior Fundraising Officer.

Contract: Initial 12 month fixed term contract with possibility for extension.
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Home or Office based (Bristol) with regular and flexible travel (up to 10 days a month) required throughout the UK

About us

Food for Life (FFL) is an exciting and fast-growing programme that bring schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities, together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food.

Our programme is about making good food the easy choice for everyone, reconnecting people with where their food comes from, teaching them how it’s grown and cooked, and championing the importance of well-sourced and sustainable ingredients.

Our ‘whole setting approach’ means we look beyond the food on plates to help build knowledge and skills to embed and maintain a positive food culture. Food for Life engages children and parents, staff, patients and visitors, caterers, carers and the wider community to create a powerful voice for long-term change.

Food for Life is a Soil Association programme – find out more about who we are on our Food for Life website.

About the opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and lead our Business Development Team for Food For Life. This role comes at an exciting time in the development of our new and ambitious ten year strategy at The Soil Association and we are looking for someone to develop and secure our portfolio of income generation to ensure a sustainable future for the Food for Life Programme and meets its ambitions for impact on Climate, Nature and Health.

Your role

As our Head of Business Development, you will work throughout the UK across a range of programmes and products to generate a portfolio of earned income for the Food for Life programme, including the management of public sector commissions and Food for Life Served Here accredited schemes, as well as working with the fundraising team to support other income streams such as Trusts and Foundations, philanthropy and grant funding

This is a busy, fast paced role, which requires an innovative mindset, to help shape and position our approach to income generation, including leading on innovative and responsive products and services that fit funders’ needs and generate future income streams.

You will enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities and managing a small, dynamic and high-performing team to deliver a sustainable business model for the FFL programme.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you are an innovative business development leader, commercially-minded and committed to making a difference in the world. We are looking for a passionate senior leader, with the following skills and experience to make a real impact:

• Proven track record of securing relationships and income from public, private and charity sectors, with track record of delivering 7 figure sum income portfolio
• Substantial programme development experience across multiple range of settings and sectors
• Substantial experience of delivering and reporting in a multi-agency partnership, preferably in education, community development or public health.
• Experienced relationship builder across multiple stakeholder types
• Experience managing and motivating a team
• Proven experience of managing 6 figure cost budgets and achieving commercial outcomes
• Bid/tender writing with demonstrable success rate
• Experience of successfully positioning programmes as a means to help stakeholders/other organisations achieve their targets
• Sound knowledge of programme delivery mechanisms and the results of the evaluation

Our Benefits

Working with us you will have a range of financial and lifestyle benefits, including 27 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service (pro rata for part-time). For more information on our benefits please visit our website.

Important dates

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 9th March 2020

Interviews are expected to take place: During week commencing 16th March

To Apply

Please note that a full driving license is required for this role due to the significant travel involved. Your CV or cover letter will need to clearly state that you have a full driving license.

Please read the full job description for the role.

Please submit your CV with a covering letter, outlining your relevant skills and experience for the role. Please make sure that the file names of the documents you attach contain your name (first name and surname). Failure to submit a covering letter may mean your application is removed from the shortlisting process.. Please also complete our equalities monitoring form and submit this along with your CV and cover letter.

Thank you for your interest in Food for Life and our job opportunities.

Are you caring and creative?

If yes, then our Support Worker job vacancies in Glastonbury may be perfect for you!

Sense has a great opportunity for passionate & dedicated individuals to join our team as a Support Worker in Glastonbury. This is a permanent role working 15 - 30 hours per week, just let us know what you are looking for.

A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle is preferred but is not essential.

For genuine occupational reasons we are looking to appoint a female candidate only (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

As a Support Worker you will support and enable people to live the life they choose: to make choices, to express themselves and live as independently as possible. You will support an individual and encourage them to run their own lives as much as possible – helping with personal care, supporting someone to rustle up some breakfast, do the weekly shop or visit a local café.

Here at Glastonbury we are a very cheerful house with lots of activities happening - we even grow our own fruit & vegetables. We enjoy taking part in arts and wellbeing activities, dance, music making, trampolining, cooking, visiting shops, going to the beach, swimming, horse riding & going on holiday.

If you are interested in applying, please note that we will be interviewing throughout the duration of this vacancy. An early application is advised as the vacancy may close prior to the advertised date. 

About you 

Experience is not necessarily required for this role as we are able to support you and provide you with an excellent induction. However, it is really important that you are able to demonstrate the right values and behaviours to enable you to make a difference to people’s lives. You need to be enthusiastic, energetic and willing to learn & try new things.

Flexibility is needed as working times do vary and will include evenings, weekends and sleep-ins; we will however provide you with a rota in advance so you can plan your life accordingly.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working as a Support Worker at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Our selection process aims to make sure that the role is right for you and you are right for us.  It involves completing an online application form, taking part in a value based interview/assessment process and visiting one of our services.

No agencies please.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application; CVs will not be considered. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates in relation to the Sense I Statements and the Personal Specification; therefore it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (linked below) before applying.

If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio please contact the  Sense Recruitment department 

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work. 

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

‘You made me a feel like a human being again...’

John, former homeless 51 year old male, Home Turf Lettings (HTL) Tenant

Do you want to help other people like John find a home and turn their lives around? Could you inspire, motivate and coach a team to deliver an excellent service to private landlords renting their property through our innovative service? If so we have the role for you.

Part of Developing Health & Independence, Home Turf Lettings is a social lettings agency working across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset to provide long term affordable homes for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. We have helped hundreds of tenants find quality, affordable accommodation in the private rented sector.

At an exciting time of growth we are looking for a new Home Turf Lettings Service Manager to lead our team to take advantage of some hugely exciting opportunities and to increase Home Turf Lettings’ social impact. The role will require you to be an inspiring leader able to forge relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, drive operational performance and ensure the highest possible levels of customer service.

To be successful in this role you’ll be inspired by and committed to HTL’s mission to reduce homelessness. Experience of housing management/private sector lettings would be a bonus but is not a prerequisite provided that the candidate is willing to work towards a recognised qualification as part of their development. This is a high profile and fast-paced role which will offer the candidate an opportunity to lead a truly innovative team which makes a real difference.

To apply for this role please visit our website, where you will also be able to access further details via the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Are you an experienced Welfare Benefits Adviser looking for a new and satisfying role?

At St Pauls Advice Centre we fight poverty and injustice in the community by providing professional advice and equipping people with knowledge and skills so that they and access their rights and fulfil their obligations.

We are looking for someone experienced, purposeful and with great people skills to join our well-established, ambitious community advice centre as a Welfare Benefits Adviser. You will engage with clients in a variety of ways to deliver information, advice and guidance on welfare benefits issues to appeal level.

This is an exciting time to join our small team as we embark on a number of projects to increase our reach and impact in the community. Your role as Welfare Benefits Adviser will also include the development and delivery of our Advocato volunteer programme where you will offer guidance and support to a small group of volunteers helping vulnerable clients’ complete forms and attend assessments.

You will have proven experience within a similar advisor role, and outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with all manner of people. You will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of law and practice relevant to Welfare Benefit entitlements and show empathy and understanding of the issues faced by our clients who represent a range of diverse backgrounds and communities. You will also able to show us that you have excellent problem solving, organisational and team working skills.  

We describe St Pauls Advice Centre as friendly, local and here to help – if that sounds like you too, we look forward to receiving your application.

We are proud of our accreditation as a Living Wage employer and we offer flexible working and a generous benefits package:  

• Salary: £27,905
• Working hours: 35 hours per week (28 hours per week is optional alternative subject to negotiation)
• Permanent contract
• Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Extra 3 days annual leave between Christmas & New Year
• Pension Scheme: 5% employer’s contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunities for home working

Closing Date: 9th March 2020

Interview Date: 18th March 2020

Full job description, person specification and details of how to apply are available on the SPAC website.

No CV’s or agencies please.

PHASE Worldwide, established in 2005, is a UK registered charity, based in Bristol that operates in Nepal.

At PHASE Worldwide, we believe that everyone, everywhere, even those in the world’s most remote places should have access to primary healthcare, education, and livelihoods opportunities.

We think that poor health, low levels of education, and few livelihood opportunities create a cycle that prevents people from a life outside of poverty. This is why, with our partner, we empower isolated communities in Nepal through integrated and sustainable programmes across the three areas of health, education, and livelihoods.

The Trusts and Grants Officer will contribute to sustaining and increasing income from trusts, foundations, and institutions, by securing vital funds for our work in Nepal.

You will be critical in leading and maintaining PHASE’s Trusts and Foundations database and independently managing applications and reporting requirements. Working with our partner, you will develop high quality proposals, budgets, and provide excellence in donor stewardship and account management for existing donors whilst developing relationships with new donors. A significant part of your role will be engaging prospective funding partners to cultivate strong and sustainable donor relationships to secure grants.

The successful candidate will have worked for a charity, in either a voluntary or paid role and will have a great understanding of trust and foundations fundraising, preferably from within the international development sector, and a proven track record of securing grants. To be successful, the individual will have strong interpersonal communication skills, excellent written English, and an awareness of how to form and maintain professional relationships.