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We're seeking skilled and dedicated people who are passionate about ending homelessness to join our Tenancy Sustainment Team as Caseworkers. Delivering strengths-based and person-centred support with clients who live in their own homes. Your mission is to help people to better manage their tenancy, increase their independence, and participate in an equal footing in their communities. We have current opportunities to support people within different parts of our service.
TST have both permanent and fixed term opportunities for new Caseworkers in different areas of our service delivery, including welcoming and resettling people into the service at the start of their support ; providing ongoing tenancy related support to people during their tenancy ; and supporting people to move on to longer term and, where appropriate, more independent accommodation.
About the role:
Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) North deliver support to over 1200 people who live in social and private rented housing units across North, West and East London. This service is for people:
- Aged 18 years old or above
- Who have lived experience of homelessness
- Who need support to manage and sustain their own housing / tenancy to avoid a return to homelessness
As a TST North Caseworker, you'll play a key role supporting people in the community. People we work with are offered 1-1 support from their named Caseworker, who initially identify and assess the needs of new clients, and who deliver support to people to:
- Move into, and sustain, their tenancies - providing support and advice on housing difficulties, e.g. rent arrears, disrepair or neighbour disputes, and urgent support for people facing eviction
- Promote their health and well-being - Facilitating access to, and advocacy at, health services and appointments
- Be financially resilient - Providing benefits advice, supporting people to maximise their income and to reduce debt and arrears
- Be more independent - We support people to move to permanent, and more independent, housing after 2 years or at the appropriate time
Working together with clients and partner services, you’ll agree initial support and safety plans with clients, identifying SHP and community services and resources that can help clients to meet their goals and aspirations, and connecting clients to these services. You'll also contribute as part of a team towards continual service development, improvement and innovation, to benefit TST clients.
Caseworker posts are for Mondays - Fridays, 9am to 5pm. Posts involve hybrid work with opportunities to work from home at times. The role includes hybrid working and is based at our office in Kings Cross. There are opportunities to work from home at times.
About you:
- Ability to effectively work with a range of service providers and agencies to establish or improve services for clients.
- Ability to be self-motivating and work under pressure, manage time effectively, prioritise tasks appropriately and produce work of a high standard.
- Ability to motivate people to move towards an appropriate level of independence and inclusion.
- Experience or understanding of supporting clients to maximise their income, manage bills, and avoid and reduce debts or arrears.
- Understanding of clients’ needs and aspirations, and ability to identify and assess clients’ needs using a strengths-based and person-centred approach.
- Ability to actively promote and practice Diversity and Inclusion as part of your work.
- Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering service objectives.
- An understanding of the causes of homelessness, and of support and housing pathways available for people to end their homelessness.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important Information:
Closing Date: We will be accepting applications on a rolling basis, the first group of applications will be reviewed on 9th December.
Interview Date: Monday 16th December via Microsoft Teams (interview dates will be added/updated after the first round of applications.)
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.
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This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of our housing management organisation that is rich in history with a thriving, vibrant, and diverse community. Delivering on behalf of our housing landlord, you will oversee the estate service ensuring the estate cleaning and grounds maintenance is carried out to a high standard that will enable our communities to thrive.
The postholder will be responsible for working together with the Estates team, contractors, SW9 operational managers, and the wider staff team. To lead an efficient and effective team within the customer services department to deliver a high-quality customer focused service in line SW9 objectives.
You will be leading a team and provide services to approximately 1,800 properties, ensuring that our services are fit for purpose and offers our residents excellent customer service.
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage Estate Service: Oversee and coordinate all estates activities, ensuring timely and cost-effective solutions.
· Team Leadership: Lead and support a team of staff and contractors, fostering a collaborative and efficient working environment.
· Budget Management: Control and monitor budgets, ensuring projects are completed within financial constraints.
· Customer Service: Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction by addressing tenant concerns and feedback promptly.
· Reporting: Prepare regular reports for senior management, highlighting performance metrics and areas for improvement.
About you:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Estate Services Manager to oversee the effective management of the in-house cleaning team and external contract management for various aspects of the estate and delegation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in estate management, excellent organisational skills, and a passion for delivering first-class service.
You will have good technical knowledge and management experience. This is a highly visible role, and the successful applicant will be able to demonstrate experience of delivering a first-class estate service.
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We are recruiting an Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive and PA to the Senior Leadership Team who will share our passion and commitment to members of the fire and rescue services community to live healthier and happier lives.
The post holder will work at a senior level to provide effective strategic executive support to the Chief Executive and proactive administrative assistance to all members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The post can be based at one of our charity workbases (Littlehampton, Penrith, Exeter, Basingstoke) or homebased with occasional travel
This post holder is the primary point of support to the Chief Executive and directors. This is therefore a fast-paced, multi-faceted role with a number of varied and competing daily priorities to manage. The post holder will be situated at the beating heart of the senior team, enabling its effectiveness and agility.
Our Senior Leadership Team and colleagues throughout the organisation are ambitious for the charity and increasingly work in a contemporary and dynamic way, modelling progressive and inclusive leadership and always supporting one another to take opportunities and to manage competing and changeable priorities so we can achieve our shared and individual objectives. We are looking for someone who will thrive in this working style.
We are looking for a very special, experienced and positive executive assistant who will work in an agile and dynamic way. He/she/they will have a positive, observant, courteous and friendly manner and be resourceful and tenacious.
Generally, you will:
- Provide strategic executive support to the Chief Executive
- Provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team
- Provide exceptional stakeholder correspondence and engagement internally and externally
To be successful in this role, you need relevant experience:
- Providing executive, secretarial and/or administrative support at a senior level in an organisation of similar breadth and scope and in a pacey, dynamic and rapidly changing environment
- Managing multiple diaries
- Managing events and/or projects
- Researching, synthesising and summarising complex information for the purpose of briefing an executive
- Drafting sensitive correspondence to high-profile and/or key stakeholders
- Administering board or committee meetings
This post is subject to a disclosure and barring check.
How to apply
To apply for the role, please submit your CV and an introductory letter via our online portal. Alternatively, please contact us for an application form.
Closing Date 9.00am on 9 December 2024
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.
Interiew Dates
First interviews will take place via MS teams on 11 December 2024 with second round interviews to take place in person, in London, on 16 December 2024.
We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.
We offer specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to live happier and healthier lives
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will play an essential role in addressing individuals’ health and wellbeing needs, working with GPs and other health and social care professionals to assess patients holistically. In partnership with the individual, you will co-produce bespoke wellbeing plans that focus on mental health outcomes and health and wellbeing. A skilled communicator and advocate for the service, you will promote WellFamily Plus across the locality by collaborating with stakeholders and local agencies to strengthen community resilience and capacity. You will raise awareness of the service and positively promote co-production. You will reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic and personalised approach to care, improving health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, children, young people, and families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Outline
The Benefit and Entitlements Advocate (BEA) is an important position within Stay Safe East. The successful candidate will work closely with our Independent Disability Domestic Violence Advocates and Independent Victims’ Advocates, supporting disabled people who have been impacted by domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime and other forms of crime. You will also work collaboratively with the full-time Benefits and Entitlements Advocate.
The Benefits and Entitlements Advocate will provide support with financial empowerment, income maximisation and help with managing debt. Many of our clients experience economic abuse and it takes empathy and understanding to unpick the impacts.
You will work collaboratively with clients to carry out financial empowerment assessments; creating and delivering on action plans to meet their needs relating to income, budgeting and debt.
How to apply
Please apply via Charity Job or Stay Safe East website and send an up to date CV and a personal statement that addresses the personal specification, along with the diversity questionnaire, which should be sent via separate email.
We provide advocacy and support services to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, harassment and other forms of abuse.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Finance Officer
Contract: Fixed term covering maternity leave commencing Monday 6 January 2025
Salary: £29,120+ generous benefits
Location: Victoria, London – hybrid (working one to three days in the office each week)
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 9 December
Interviews: w/c 16 December
NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £124bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.5 million people.
The finance officer is a key member of the finance team and will be responsible for providing comprehensive, efficient, and effective support to the team. Reporting to the senior finance officer, the post holder will support month end management accounting, general ledger management and financial operations. The role requires efficient and accurate data processing and analysis skills.
This role is covering for maternity leave, commencing in January 2025.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter setting out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to HR Team.
Visa sponsorship
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. NHS Providers is not able to offer visa sponsorship
NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At ISHA, we are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Benefits & Financial Inclusions Officer in the Income Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to be part of a thriving organisation, where you'll be at the heart of delivering outstanding service and making a real difference in the lives of our residents.
Job Title: Benefits & Financial Inclusions Officer
Hours: 28 hours a week
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR
Salary: £30,114 pro rata (£36,567 full time equivalent)
Contract: Permanent
This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.
Please note: We can only accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.
Within the role of Benefits & Financial Inclusion Officer you will be expected to:
- Achieve income maximisation including the completion of welfare benefits applications.
- Provide support and advice on money management signposting to specialist agencies when necessary.
- Complete income and expenditure forms to support tenants to set up affordable repayment plans for outstanding debts.
- Complete welfare benefits mandatory reconsiderations and appeals.
- Advice concerning Universal Credit.
- Casework support with ongoing queries.
- Work collaboratively with both internal and external departments and partner agencies.
We are looking for someone who has a passion for delivering excellent support to residents, always striving to go above and beyond for our residents and can demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and thrives in a team-oriented, collaborative setting.
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You will need to have a passion for our belief that everyone is entitled to a quality, affordable safe home. You will need to be highly committed and motivated to contribute to our mission to be viewed as a brilliant housing association by our residents, stakeholders and staff.
You will work closely with our housing teams to ensure our services are delivered to the highest standards and help our residents to sustain their tenancy.
This role will play a key role in enhancing our customer journey, offering creative solutions and driving continuous improvement.
If you're a proactive, detail-oriented individual with a commitment to providing outstanding service, we’d love to hear from you! Grow your skills, take on new challenges, and be part of a supportive team at ISHA.
About ISHA
We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people.
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.
We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?
Staff Benefits
We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years’ service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.
If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.
Deadline: 09:00am Monday 16 December 2024
Interview: Wednesday 08 January 2025 in person at 102 Blackstock Road
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to where you can complete your application for this position.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for adjustments
ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.
No agencies please.
Recovery Practitioner - Southwark
We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Practitioner to join a drug and alcohol charity on an initial temporary basis.
This is a rolling contract, where you would be required on-site from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has dealt with substance misuse issues and is hoping to advance in their career with an organisation that will help them further their personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities:
· Assisting clients when they first join the programme and identify the best course of action for their recovery
· Minimising the harm that drugs and alcohol do to clients and the larger community
· Acting as an advocate for partnership services
· Assisting service users with their social (re)integration so they can live meaningful lives by encouraging self-determination, resilience and recovery
· Facilitate group sessions to provide service users with structured information at different phases of their recovery
Experience Required:
· Possess a thorough awareness of substance misuse issues or have previous experience working in a related field
· Possess a solid working understanding of drug and alcohol services, interventions, and best practices
· Capacity to successfully manage change while putting the interests of service users first
· Recognise the significance of information governance procedures and adhere to all required safety measures
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary 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.
Recovery Practitioner
We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Practitioner to join a drug and alcohol charity on an initial temporary basis.
This is a rolling contract, where you would be required on-site from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has dealt with substance misuse issues and is hoping to advance in their career with an organisation that will help them further their personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities:
· Assisting clients when they first join the programme and identify the best course of action for their recovery
· Minimising the harm that drugs and alcohol do to clients and the larger community
· Acting as an advocate for partnership services
· Assisting service users with their social (re)integration so they can live meaningful lives by encouraging self-determination, resilience and recovery
· Facilitate group sessions to provide service users with structured information at different phases of their recovery
Experience Required:
· Possess a thorough awareness of substance misuse issues or have previous experience working in a related field
· Possess a solid working understanding of drug and alcohol services, interventions, and best practices
· Capacity to successfully manage change while putting the interests of service users first
· Recognise the significance of information governance procedures and adhere to all required safety measures
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary 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.
ellenor is a charity and a specialist palliative care provider for adults and children in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, and for children across the London Borough of Bexley. The Organisation has In-patient, Community, Wellbeing and therapeutic services at Northfleet.
We seek a dynamic, compassionate Operational Lead to enhance our Children’s Service. Candidates should be registered Children’s Nurses with expertise in Oncology, Complex Care, and Palliative Care, plus experience managing and developing services. Strong clinical and communication skills and a passion for exceptional care are essential.
About the role:
As the Operational Lead you will manage and co-ordinate the service, whilst also participating in direct patient care. You will work closely with other providers across Kent and as part of CHaL (Childrens Hospices across London) in developing and designing services that provide the highest standard of care and support.
Our Children’s team are part of something special, they provide specialist care & support to babies, children and young people with end of life care and oncology needs; supporting families in their own homes to ensure they enjoy special moments together . The children and young people we care for all have life limiting or life-threatening conditions and we are proud to offer a range of services to support the whole family. This includes play and music therapy and pre and post bereavement support. The role is very varied and requires a good understanding of the complex emotional and physical needs of the children and families as well as experience of managing a team.
Essential requirements:
• First Level Registered Children’s Nurse with current NMC registration
• Degree in palliative care or relevant clinical speciality.
• Teaching / mentorship qualification.
• Advanced Communication Skills certificate or willingness to undertake
• Administration of intravenous medications qualification, preferably with experience in the use of Central venouis Access Devices (CVADs.)
Why Join Us?
This is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to shape your career in this role you’ll have the opportunity to provide direct patient care whilst being in the position to shape and develop services within ellenor and with partners across Kent and Bexley.
Professional Growth: You’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment whilst working with a variety of key stakeholders.
Supportive Team: At ellenor, we support, encourage, and uplift each other. By contributing towards our mission and being part of our dynamic team together we will celebrate successes and help overcome challenges as well as learning and moving on quickly from our failures. We encourage you to try new initiatives, think BIG and be bold with your aspirations.
Make it your own: There is much flexibility to shape this role by implementing your ideas and strategies in support of our aims and objectives.
• This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance.
An employer contributory pension scheme is available, and NHS Pension Scheme members can transfer in their pension.
How to apply:
By application form either online or downloadable from our website or by submitting a CV and cover letter. CV’s without a cover letter will not be considered. For informal enquiries, please contact Linda Coffey, Director of Care
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance.
Closing Date: 2 January 2024
At ellenor, we are committed to acknowledging and celebrating our differences, fostering an inclusive environment for all. Join us in building an outstanding and diverse team dedicated to supporting our patients and their families during one of life's most challenging times.
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The role
SAFE! Support for Young People Affected by Crime is a dynamic Oxford based charity working across the Thames Valley. We are looking for experienced practitioners based in South Bucks and the surrounding areas to provide support on a freelance basis to young people and parents/caregivers across all our services. Subcontracted sessional practitioners are contracted on a freelance basis to provide one-to-one support to young people and their parents. There are also opportunities to co-facilitate group work. Sessions may be delivered remotely or face to face, dependent upon the needs of clients. Freelancers are home-based practitioners who travel to meet young people and /or parents face-to-face (within a 25-mile radius), provide remote support online, or a combination of both.
SAFE! Subcontracted Sessional Practitioners
Locations: Buckinghamshire, we are particularly keen to recruit freelancers based in Wycombe and South Bucks areas.
Payment: Practitioners submit invoices monthly and are paid at a rate of £25 per hour for admin and delivery and £10 per hour for travel time. They are liable for all tax and expenses.
About you
You’ll have extensive experience of working with young people in a supportive role with a proven track record of building appropriate relationships and providing outstanding support to children, young people, and parents. You’ll be confident in designing individual intervention plans based on needs. An enthusiastic self-starter with excellent communication skills, you’ll possess a positive, solution-focussed attitude. With experience of multi-agency working and a commitment to high standards of professionalism, your values will align with SAFE!’s vision, mission, and values. Your active commitment to both safeguarding and promoting equal opportunities and diversity will be evident in all you do. You will have a good understanding of confidentiality and safe working practices and be proficient in the maintenance of records in accordance with the Data Protection (GDPR) Act.
We are seeking people with a professional qualification in social work, teaching, youth work, probation, or equivalent, and extensive experience of working with children and young people.
Contracts will be subject to references and checks made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) satisfactory to SAFE!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Hybrid - Farringdon, London/Home-based
Closing Date: 15 December 2024
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and influential individual with strong brand and communications expertise to join us as our Senior Brand Manager.
In this high value role, you will help shape and deliver our brand and communications strategies, ensuring our other department's approaches and creative work capture the key principles, resonate with our audiences and support our mission to create lasting change for and with children.
Please note that this role offers the opportunity for hybrid working and will require the successful applicant to work from our London, Farringdon office a minimum of 2 days per month.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm.
When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the Role
As Senior Brand Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring Save the Children UK presents a cohesive and compelling brand image to our audiences.
You will help optimise our brand positioning, develop communication strategies, and deliver through-the-line campaigns that strengthen our brand identity and impact.
You will also provide strategic leadership, collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, and deliver creative tools, guidance and training to ensure alignment with our core messaging.
In this Role, You Will:
• Support the Head of Brand and Strategic Communications in optimising our brand positioning, strategy, and communications approach while driving alignment with the global brand.
• Provide strategic guidance to teams across the organisation to ensure creative projects and campaigns align with brand and communications strategies.
• Lead on major brand and communications projects, such as audits, brand architecture and identity reviews, strategic guidance development and brand experience mapping.
• Develop user-friendly brand tools and training materials, inspiring teams to consistently deliver aligned and impactful brand communications.
• Collaborate with internal teams to align activities with integrated campaign moments and organisational priorities.
• Leverage research and tracking insights to turn data into actionable strategies that strengthen our brand and communication outcomes.
• Lead and nurture communities of practice across the organisation to champion the brand and communication strategies effectively.
About You
To be successful, it is important that you have:
• Significant experience in brand and communications strategy development.
• Expertise in translating brand strategies into creative and communications outputs.
• Solid strategic thinking and planning skills, including the ability to set work plans and evaluate outcomes.
• Strong influencing and persuasion skills, with the ability to build credibility and relationships across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience developing and delivering presentations and training materials.
• Proactivity and a passion for creative ideas, with the ability to identify opportunities and drive them forward.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, and values.
What We Offer You
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to improve the lives of children every day.
Closing date: 15th December 2024
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (minimum 2 days per month). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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The Vacancy
Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is the UK’s Women, Peace and Security civil society network. GAPS was founded to progress the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and to hold the UK government accountable for its international commitments to women and girls affected by conflict. GAPS is hosted by Saferworld, an independent, not-for-profit international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives in countries and territories across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The Strengthening Global WPS Practice project, supported by the U.S. Department of State Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) aims to advance the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda on global, regional, and local scales. This project will strengthen WPS Centres of Excellence in key regions, build networks among Civil Society, including Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) and Women-Led Organisations (WLOs), and foster sustainable practices that elevate inclusiveness in peace and security.
GAPS is currently hosted by Saferworld, an international not-for-profit peacebuilding and conflict prevention organisation.
The Programme Manager will manage the implementation and day-to-day activities of the Strengthening Global WPS Practice project
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Project Management and Leadership: Manage the implementation and daily activities of the Strengthening Global WPS Practice project, overseeing operational, financial, compliance, and stakeholder engagement aspects.
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Expertise in Women, Peace, and Security (WPS): Bring strong knowledge, experience, and understanding of the WPS agenda, National Action Plans, and civil society partnerships, along with budget management and donor compliance skills.
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Representation and Strategic Development: Represent GAPS with authorities, donors, and stakeholders, contribute to cross-organisational learning, and ensure effective risk management while supporting organisation-wide strategic planning and programme synergy.
For more information about the roles and responsibilities, person specification and any other requirements, please refer to the attached document.
Saferworld reserves the right to close this vacancy early given sufficient quality applicants. We therefore encourage early applications to avoid missing out.
The Organisation
Saferworld is an international organisation dedicated to conflict prevention and peacebuilding programming, policy and practice. We collaborate with institutions and work directly with partners across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to tackle diverse factors that drive violent conflict, injustice and insecurity. We participate in major global policy debates on peace, justice and security to influence change.
For more information about Saferworld as an organisation, our commitment to diversity and inclusion, safeguarding, interview process or staff benefits, please refer to our website or jobs page.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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MLC are working with a renowned INGO based in London who are looking for their new Regional Finance Business Partner. A newly created position, the role joins a high performing team, with a clear focus on providing financial support and direction to the Indian region. You will be responsible for more than £6m of commercial income, helping to deliver growth to one of their fastest growing areas. Given the extensive contact with the local team, the postholder will need to speak fluent Hindi.
Main responsibilities include:
- Business partnering with the executive leadership team of the Indian programme, providing financial support and meaning to their numbers.
- Work with the wider UK finance team to deliver the monthly results pack, detailing the commercial performance of the global for-profit element.
- Act as a liaison between the country team and the UK-based legal and compliance teams on issues that are broader than just finance.
- Provide financial analysis for the regional team, adding context and insight to the financial performance vs business plans.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified accountant with strong experience as a business partner, being able to communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders.
- Ideally be a fluent Hindi speaker, as a minimum be able to communicate at a business conversational level.
- Have a commercial mindset, with previous experience in the private sector and the ability to work in a standalone role.
This is an exciting position that offers the opportunity to put your stamp on a brand-new role and work with international teams. For a discussion about your job search or for more information, please contact Jamie Elliott at MLC Partners.
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Are you passionate about fundraising compliance and looking for your next career move?
Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hiring for a Fundraising Compliance Manager to join our team. This is an additional role that has been created to join our growing fundraising compliance team.
As Fundraising Compliance Manager, you’ll not only ensure our face-to-face fundraising activities remain ethical, legal, and aligned with industry best practices, but all support the wider Charity on fundraising compliance. We are committed to ensuring we have the highest compliance standards for not only our external fundraisers, but internal teams too.
Key Responsibilities
As a Fundraising Compliance Manager, you will take on a varied role including:
- Managing fundraising compliance across telephone and face to face fundraising activities.
- Supporting on wider compliance measure across the Charity. Conducting regular audits and risk assessments of fundraising teams and agencies, providing guidance and training to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
- Developing and delivering of audit trails of third-party agency activity, including site bookings and fundraiser recruitment. with a focus on face-to-face fundraising activities.
- Tracking , monitoring and reporting on complaint trends and collaborating with the Senior Supporter Relations Care Manager.
- Producing regular reports to share with the Fundraising Leadership Team and Trustees outlining compliance actions and areas for improvement.
This role is focused on compliance, but you will also get involved in training activities.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant experience working within fundraising compliance.
- Substantial knowledge of the Fundraising Code of Practice.
- Understanding of gambling commission legislation in relation to charity lotteries.
- Experience writing compliance reports.
- Understanding of GDPR regulations.
- Exceptional relationship building skills.
- Strong communication skills.
Please refer to the full job description for more information.
How to apply
Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.
Closing Date: 2nd January 2025.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.
About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise and invest these vital funds at the hospital and within child health research nationally. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the 'Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.'
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.
We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.
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