The Youth Engagement Officer is an exciting and important role to engage young people. We are creating 3 new roles to lead Young Listener projects with Healthwatch Gloucestershire (full time), Healthwatch Somerset (full time) and Healthwatch Dorset (part time - 15 hours per week). The Young Listeners project aims to ensure the voices of children and young people in the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.
- Healthwatch Gloucestershire Youth Engagement Officer, full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Salary £21,119
- 12 month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity
Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges that they face? Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard? If so, you could be part of an exciting new project.
At Healthwatch Gloucestershire, we’re committed to ensuring our health and care service is shaped by the people who use it. We’re the county’s independent health and care champion and we exist to make sure people are at the heart of care.
We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Gloucestershire. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Youth Engagement Officer to lead an exciting new Young Listeners project.
You will lead the project and recruit, train and support a team of 10 young listeners who will in turn engage with other children and young people from across Gloucestershire offering a peer to peer engagement approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.
- Healthwatch Somerset Youth Engagement Officer, full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Salary £21,119
- 12 month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity
Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges that they face? Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard? If so, you could be part of an exciting new project.
At Healthwatch Somerset, we’re committed to ensuring our health and care service is shaped by the people who use it. We’re the county’s independent health and care champion and we exist to make sure people are at the heart of care.
We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Somerset. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Youth Engagement Officer to lead an exciting new Young Listeners project.
You will lead the project and recruit, train and support a team of 10 young listeners who will in turn engage with other children and young people from across Somerset offering a peer to peer engagement approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.
- Healthwatch Dorset Youth Engagement Officer, part time (15 hours per week worked flexibly)
- Salary £21,119 pro rata
- 12 month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity
Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges that they face? Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard? If so, you could be part of an exciting new project.
At Healthwatch Dorset, we’re committed to ensuring our health and care service is shaped by the people who use it. We’re the county’s independent health and care champion and we exist to make sure people are at the heart of care.
We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Dorset. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Youth Engagement Officer to lead an exciting new Young Listeners project.
You will lead the project and recruit, train and support a team of 10 young listeners who will in turn engage with other children and young people from across Dorset offering a peer to peer engagement approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.
Please click on the 'How to apply' button to access the full application deatils for all 3 roles.
Closing date: 8th March 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Outreach Worker
Homelessness Charity
Bournemouth
£10 per hour
We have an excellent opportunity for an Outreach Worker to join one of the UK's leading homelessness charities. The role will be focused on working with Bournemouth street homeless population, engaging with them and referring into to services including day centres and other community based services which offer assessment and support.
Responsibilities of the Outreach Worker include:
Keyworking a caseload of clients- Providing advice on services available to homeless clients
- Liaising with a range of specialist agencies on clients behalf and providing follow up appointments for homeless clients in a day centre setting
- Preventing homeless clients engaging in street activity e.g. street drinking
- Driving to and taking homeless clients to services providing support
Candidates for the position of Outreach Worker will need:
- Experience of conducting homelessness assessments
- Knowledge of services to refer to within the local area
- Previous experience of outreach work with homeless clients
- An enhanced DBS check issued within the last 12 months or registered to the online update service
If you are interested in this position, please apply ASAP!
Morgan Hunt is a multi award winning Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role
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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)
Homebased within South Devon
About us
Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since 1824, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.
We’re looking for a Face-to-Face Manager to join our Individual Giving team. This is a fantastic opportunity within the RNLI to play a vital role in developing and growing the RNLI in-house face-to-face fundraising team. This role will be required to manage a team of face-to-face fundraisers who will sign up regular supporters within a defined geographical area and raise vital long-term funding for the charity. This will include opportunities to work alongside other specialist teams including our volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards, playing an integral part in reaching both local and team income targets and contributing towards the wider objectives of the RNLI.
Some of the benefits
- Salary £30,978
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan
- A vehicle will be made available to you to perform your role
- Flexible working
Your Role
As a Face-to-Face Manager, you will be tasked with focus on the following areas;
- Recruit, train and performance manage a team of motivated Face-to-Face Fundraisers
- Manage and develop a portfolio of fundraising locations along the south coast ranging from Plymouth, Devon to West Bay, Dorset as well as the Somerset coast from Minehead to Portishead. This area has a particular emphasis on managing hubs in Dawlish and Kingsbridge
- Measure performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) i.e targets and budget
- Create and execute detailed delivery plans, mitigating for risks and opportunities
- Maintain and develop internal and external stakeholders’ relationships
About You
Working at the frontline of our fundraising activities you’ll have excellent communication skills, people management capabilities, proven track record of working to targets and a passion to manage a team who engage with the beach-going public and event visitors to get their commitment for regular support for the cause.
You’ll be an effective team player with a pragmatic and solution focussed approach to problem solving and a calm approach to a busy workload. You’ll be positive, confident, determined, resilient, with very strong communication skills and naturally outgoing.
You’ll be a self-starter who can lead an energetic and innovative team to success. Able to adhere to codes of conduct, policies and be Fundraising Regulator compliant in all that you do and deliver. You’ll be flexible and prepared to work out of office hours with considerable travel throughout the year, peaking through the summer months. Substantial annual leave during the summer would not be practical for this role.
To be considered for the role, you will need:
- Proven experience and success in face-to-face fundraising. This will either have been gained working for a charity or a fundraising agency
- Evidence of managing and motivating a team of paid staff or volunteers to achieve goals/targets
- Excellent communication skills and teamworking ethos
- Self-motivation and ability to create and prioritise own workload
- A full, valid driving license
Closing date: 1 March 2020.
Interview dates: 10 or 11 March 2020.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
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.
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We are looking for a full time Debt Adviser to join our debt team in Swindon. Citizens Advice Swindon is a busy office working out of three locations in our expanding town.
You will need recent experience of providing debt advice and casework. Preferably you will have worked as a DRO intermediary, however training can be provided. We will also be willing to fund training to gain the IMA Certificate in Money Advice Practice for the right candidate.
This post is funded by the Money and Pensions Service.
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.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
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‘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.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fixed term contract until 31st October 2020
Sessional Hours
£12.15 per hour (plus allowances)
Location - Check Point Torquay
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.
We are currently looking for a flexible, experienced and child-centred professional to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to work with individual young people to reduce the likelihood of going missing, ensuring their voice is heard when decisions are being made about their care; the ability to make trusted relationships with young people is essential.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Experience of working with young people, including crisis interventions
-Experience of using evidence based interventions to achieve good outcomes
-A professional qualification/degree in a relevant discipline eg social work, youth work, health, therapeutic interventions or equivalent relevant experience
-Knowledge of current issues facing young people and their families
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is 1st March 2020.
Interviews will be held on 20th March 2020.
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