We’re Anthony Nolan and we save the lives of people with blood cancer who need a stem cell transplant.

We’re unique. Thanks to the incredible donors on our register, our pioneering research and our passionate fundraisers, we give the chance of life to three people a day.

But we won’t stop there. We want to be there for everyone who needs a transplant; from finding a match, through every step of a patient’s transplant journey. And together we can reach the remarkable day when we can save the lives of everyone with blood cancer.

And now we want you to join our lifesaving team. We are looking for a Dedicated Cord Blood Collector to help us save more lives by increasing the amount of cord blood units that we collect from new mothers.

Title: Dedicated Cord Blood Collector

Salary:           £17,249 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours:  35.25 hours per week

Location: University Hospitals of Leicester, Maternity Services

Working as part of the Anthony Nolan Cord Blood Collection team in Leicester, our Cord Blood Collection Programme is situated at Leicester Royal University Hospitals of Leicester, Maternity Services.

You will be responsible for gaining appropriate consent from women and carrying out umbilical cord blood collections. Blood from the umbilical cord is normally disposed of after birth but can be used in lifesaving stem cell transplants for patients with blood cancers, such as leukaemia. This provides a vital alternative for patients who cannot find a match on the adult bone marrow donor register run by the charity.

The successful applicant will have a full induction into both Anthony Nolan and the Trust. The ability to work flexible hours, including night shifts is essential as we operate a 24/7 collection programme (enhancement paid for night duty).

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required at the point of job offer.

If successful, you will be employed by Anthony Nolan.

What's in it for you?

Financial

• Pension (employer 5% when you contribute 3% or more),
• Travel Insurance
• Interest free Travel Loan
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary)

Wellbeing & Health

• 27 days annual leave in addition to normal public holidays
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Hotline
• Medical Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gymflex

Family Friendly

• Paid dependants leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Flexible start/finish times (role dependent)

And more! (full list of benefits available on website)

Together, we can save lives. Join our team and give someone a chance of life.

Anthony Nolan is an equal opportunities & living wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

You may have interest in the following: Cord Blood Collector, Maternity Care, Phlebotomy, Third Sector, Voluntary Sector, Not for Profit, NFP etc

Are you passionate about film and want to work in the industry, but are struggling to find your way in?

FEDS is our ground-breaking scheme designed to give newcomers to the film industry the ultimate head-start.

Offering ten month long paid traineeships in the film exhibition sector, as well as mentoring and industry expert advice, you’ll leave with a CV that will make you top of the list.

Who are we looking for? 

We are recruiting ambitious trainees from across the UK with these attributes:

• A passion for film
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of using Microsoft Office packages and email
• The ability to work as part of a team
• A desire to learn

How does it work? 

FEDS trainees will undertake an office-based placement in an independent film exhibition company. FEDS 2020 placements are available at the Barbican (London), Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (Berwick-upon-Tweed), HOME (Manchester), Independent Cinema Office (London), Phoenix Cinema (Leicester) and Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle-upon-Tyne).

Trainees will:

• Work full time (defined as 35 hours per week) in host companies, and will regularly attend training sessions with the other trainees, which will further enhance their employability skills and knowledge of the film industry.
• Be paid a monthly training allowance equivalent to the UK/London Living Wage (depending on placement).
• Be entitled to 16.5 days annual leave, subject to agreement with their host organisation.

Placements will commence in March 2020 and run until December (10 months).

Trainees must:

• Be new entrants to the film industry i.e. not have more than twelve months’ industry work experience, be it continuous or discontinuous/paid or unpaid.
• Be UK residents and eligible to work in the UK.

We want to make the film industry more inclusive. People of colour and people who consider themselves to have a disability are underrepresented in cinema and film festival jobs. That’s why we welcome applications from these groups.

Pathways NCOP Evaluation Officer

Vacancy ID: 1722
Location: Leicester
Department: External Relations
Vacancy terms: Part-time (0.6 FTE) and Fixed-term until October 2021
Salary details: Grade 6 - £28,331 to £32,817 per annum
Hours per week: 21

About the role

The role is based in the Pathways Team, part of the University of Leicester Future Students Office. The University leads on this collaborative project involving three partner universities and one Further Education College all based within Leicestershire. The team is responsible for ensuring that all partners are working towards shared objectives, and reporting to the Office for Students (OfS) on the project’s progress.

This is a new role and an opportunity to build a process and evaluation plan and implement it and oversee it's success. You will be supporting and adding focus to our ultimate goal of encouraging more young people to continue in level 4 qualifications and beyond; you will be making a difference in the Leicestershire community.

You will be our Evaluation Officer for the project and their work will be of crucial importance to the team in our mission to support more young people from identified areas of disadvantage and low progression to reach their full potential through higher education. You will have responsibility for monitoring progress and measuring the impact of activities delivered by the Pathways project.

You will play a part in presenting/publishing any findings at conferences to a national audience including to the Office for Students, as well as work with reputable higher education providers on an innovative collaborative project.

About you

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and come with experience of the UK Higher Education system and a strong understanding of current policies and practices in relation to university and student funding, the Widening Participation agenda and the role of Marketing in Higher Education.

You will have experience of drafting strategies, policies and reports including the analysis of complex data, with an ability to interrogate data using Excel and bespoke data reporting tools.

The role would someone who enjoys a complex and varied workload and can work under pressure and to tight deadlines. You will have strong presentation skills, including the ability to present complex data and policy issues to senior management and external stakeholders.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Additional information

Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed and should be directed to Beky Avery, NCOP Pathways Project Manager.

We anticipate that interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing 13 January 2020.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 because the appointee will have substantial access to young people and/or vulnerable adults. Therefore, an appointment to this post will be subject to checking through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant for this post will, therefore, be required to give consent for the University to check and obtain appropriate clearance with the DBS for the existence and content of any criminal record in the form of an Enhanced disclosure (Child and Adult Workforce).

Leicester is a leading University committed to international excellence, world-changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. We are strongly committed to inclusivity, promoting equality and celebrating diversity among our staff. Located in the heart of the UK, you will have the opportunity to progress your career in a supportive and varied environment that values hard work and recognises individual achievement.

In return for your hard work, we offer a working environment that is committed to inclusivity, through promoting equality and valuing diversity. We offer a competitive salary package with excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance. Located close to Leicester city centre, our award winning campus benefits from a wide range of cafes, a fully equipped sports centre and nursery facilities. Further information regarding our extensive range of staff benefits is available on our website.

Advert closes midnight on: 06 Jan 2020

We are looking for an experienced, driven and proficient Website Officer to join our ambitious Digital Team, which is part of a wider, creative and high performing Communications Team.

At Practical Action we believe that to deliver our mission and vision we need to connect and engage more people meaningfully in our cause. We have invested in refreshing our brand as well as building a new website, to attract and engage new audiences and deepen our relationships with existing ones. The Website Officer role will be critical in ensuring the website delivers on these objectives and provides a superior digital experience for our audiences.

Reporting to the Digital Manager you will be responsible for managing our group website, as well as supporting website editors and managers of our sub-sites, providing a consistent website experience and ensuring the stability of our website infrastructure.

In addition the Website Officer will work with our specialist agency partners to manage any new development or optimisation work required.

Journey optimisation will be a key focus. Using data insight and a test and learn approach to continuously improve our user journeys and SEO. This includes providing a more intuitive and user-friendly donation experience and realizing our future ambitions of a full e-commerce experience.

Content creation and development is key to supporting our new brand and telling our story of change in a compelling and engaging way. Working closely with all website editors, including those in our international offices, you’ll provide support, training and guidance in best practice.

About you

You will have a solid understanding of custom websites using 3rd party integrations and user journey design. With at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role, you will have a track record of delivering results through data-driven UX optimisation.

You must be comfortable with HTML, CSS and website infrastructure, and have a good technical knowledge of website content management systems. Working well within a team is a must as you will be collaborating with colleagues across the communications team and beyond to deliver on campaign digital activities.

You will be highly organised, a confident problem solver and comfortable with providing expert advice to a range of stakeholders. Some experience of international development or the charity sector is desirable but not essential.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our brand new open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station but we also offer free parking.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.

• Flexible working hours are encouraged and enabled – depending on the role, remote working is possible.

• 26 days holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays.

• A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes 5%.

• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave.

• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).

• Bike to Work scheme.

About us

Practical Action is a change making organisation that works in unconventional ways. We put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We do things differently, so answers that start small can grow big - bringing people together in bold collaborations, using innovation and knowledge to build futures free from poverty and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd January 2020

Interview dates: Thursday 9th January / Friday 10th January 2020

Please apply through our Practical Action website

ABOUT US

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

OUR AIMS

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. Our aims are to:

 Make agriculture work better for smallholder farmers, many of them women, so they can adapt to climate change and achieve a good standard of living

 Help more people harness the transformational effects of clean affordable energy and reduce avoidable deaths caused by smoke from indoor stoves and fires.

 Make cities in poorer countries cleaner, healthier places to live and work.

 Build disaster resilience into the lives of people threatened by hazards – reducing the risk of hazards and minimising their impact on lives and livelihoods.

HOW WE WORK

We work on holistic solutions that change systems and have a framework to help us achieve our aims:

 Analyse the root causes of a poverty and vulnerability

 Define the change at scale we need to make

 Develop activities along three complementary paths: Demonstrate, Learn and Inspire.

- Demonstrate that our solutions are sustainable in the real world

- Learn by capturing evidence and adapting our approach

You will work directly with key suppliers and creative agencies, liaising to co-ordinate the successful execution of campaign activities

JOB FUNCTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

 Contribute to the 3 year strategic plan for donor development to maintain and develop engagement of existing supporters, through direct marketing activities, committed giving and stewardship, contributing to organisational planning process

 Support the implementation and delivery of a strong appeal programme and stewardship for both cash and committed giving

 Support the delivery of all activities to brief, time and budget. Ensuring value for money and compliance with Practical Action’s fundraising policies, data protection legislation and other codes of practice

 Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of campaign management processes and procedures through efficient execution, ensuring ongoing evaluation and learning

 Deliver briefing and scheduling information to the Communications Team to ensure timely delivery of appropriate content and copy for campaigns, participating in collective planning

 Responsible for undertaking project research to support the delivery of activities

 Undertake occasional overseas trips to collect content if required

 Manage the electronic and physical storage of campaign materials

 Track and monitor campaign results through daily reports and produce results analysis for all channels ensuring value for money

 Contribute to the monitoring of the supporter development (income and expenditure) budgets.

 Ensure the Supporter Services Unit are well briefed, have samples and are provide with thank you letters in advance of activities going live

 Coordinate the delivery of activity and internal campaign briefs, print management and procurement, database selection briefs and schedule management, ensuring that all stakeholders are well briefed

 Coordinate the day to day relationships with suppliers and agencies, including responsibility for collating, synthesizing and sharing feedback on materials and activities

 Support the delivery of monitoring and evaluation of stewardship activities and supporter journeys to retain and motivate supporters

 Present and feedback on our work, our activities and results to a range of audiences internally and externally

 Keep abreast of individual giving development activities amongst competitors and the wider charity sector maintaining an awareness of commercial and sector trends and legislation that relate to Practical Action and its ability to grow its fundraising

 Ensure Practical Action follows and champions best practice relating to fundraising standards and our approach to supporter care. Share and promote best practice, priorities and outcomes

 Maintain compliance with organisational policies and attend mandatory training

 Undertake any tasks reasonably requested by the Organisation

PERSON PROFILE

To be successful in the role, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Knowledge and Qualifications

 A level or equivalent qualification

 Knowledge of scheduling and project management

 Knowledge and experience of direct marketing techniques and practice for fundraising

 Working knowledge of GDPR and data protection and fundraising regulations and compliance

 Knowledge and understanding of industry wide good practice and developments in fundraising; awareness of trends and opportunities in the sector

 Proficient use of business IT systems, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the use of CRM databases preferably the Raisers Edge.

Skills and Experience

 Excellent organizational and time management skills, with proven experience in the ability to plan, prioritise, handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a busy environment

 Direct marketer at least 2 years’ experience working in a supporter development environment

 Good understanding of print production processes, media buying including briefing of suppliers

 Solid skills evaluating copy, succinctly synthesizing and collating feedback from multiple stakeholders

 Strong written and verbal communication skills; copy writing and proof reading, strong attention to detail and the ability to present internally and externally

 Experience of working with and building strong relationships with creative agencies, professional fundraising organisations, consultants and suppliers

 Good understanding and knowledge of donor audiences and segmentation

 Good analytical and research skills

 Team member who can easily work as part of a cross functioning team to deliver shared goals

 Presenting to a range of audiences internally and externally

 Experience and interest in international development and an ability to convey this to our supporters in a passionate way is desirable.

Please apply direct through our website.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Friday 20th December 2019

Interviews to be held on Friday 10th January 2020

Job Title: Operations Executive

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Birmingham, Stoke, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Norwich or Luton

As an Operations Executive, you will work directly with young people, volunteers, and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage young people to live, learn and earn!

We are looking for individuals who engage in challenges with optimism and resilience. People who are adaptive, flexible, and ready to embrace change and innovation.
Ideally have experience in one of the below areas:

• Youth Work
• Health & Care Sector
• Employability / Self Employment Sector
• Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
   

You will be a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.  Working as part of a team within a defined geographical area, you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.  You will be passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people.  You will thrive in both teamwork and autonomous settings.

Delivery teams help young people by:

• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged
• Supporting young people into successful employment outcomes
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services

To learn more about the role please visit our website

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Shop Assistant

16 Hours Per week - Note: This is a Fixed Term Contract for 6 months from start date with a view to re-evaluate

£17,316 - Pro Rata

We offer many enhanced benefits including; 28 days holiday a year - plus Bank Holidays and stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%. Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

Location: Compton Acres

We are looking for a dedicated Shop Assistant in our Compton Acres Shop, to ensure that the shop stay's open full trading hours in the absence of the Shop Manager or the Assistant Shop Manager. You will also be driving productivity and leading on key shop tasks, like shop displays, processing donations and working the Till.

We are looking for someone who has ideally worked in the Retail environment before and can bring new ideas to the table and able to work in a fast paced environment.

You will be working closely with your Shop Manager and Assistant Shop Manager to continue the shop's current success, and build links in the local community. You will need to be confident at working with people from different backgrounds creating a welcoming and positive experience for all of our staff, volunteers and supporters.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Management team to be the best it can be, then this is the place for you!

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.

Vacancy closes midnight: 1st January 2020

Interviews will be held on: 6th January 2020

Community Fundraising Manager

You will join the team as Community Fundraising Manager and lead the Community Fundraising Executives on our client's next period of growth. They have launched two new helicopters which now operate UK wide alongside regional services. All services are funded by incredible supporters and your role will be to grow this area of the Charity by leading fundraisers and designing our client's Challenge Events strategy over the coming years.

The role holder will be based at Blue Skies House, Rugby, Warwickshire (or home based in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire or surrounding) with travel within the UK as required to fulfil the role.

Community Fundraising Manager Requirements:

This is the ideal role for an Experienced Community Fundraising manager who has the experience to inspire, motivate and lead a team of talented Fundraisers. Our client can give you the opportunity to have autonomy with the team to guide them to exceed their targets. As well as they day to day management they will also being looking for you to create a challenge events strategy that will raise both awareness and funds for the Charity.

Our client is on a journey to be the organisation of choice and opportunity for the most talented and driven people from diverse backgrounds.

About Our Client:

Our client provides two very important functions, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and a children’s helicopter which provides paediatric transfers across the UK. Their objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with their work centred on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies.

They are at the forefront of innovative clinical care and they challenge boundaries. None of this can be achieved without a hugely dedicated team of colleagues, volunteers and the general public.

Location: Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 3RQ

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £32,000 to £35,000 per annum plus car / allowance

You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Senior Fundraising Officer, Senior Fundraising Executive, Fundraising, Community Fundraising, Business Development Manager, etc

Ref: 90672

Services Manager

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Services Manager
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £25,300 to £30,459 depending on skills and experience

Closing Date: 12 December 2019
Interview date: 20 December 2019

About the Role:

The team working within Leicester and Rutland includes the Dementia Support Service, Singing for the Brain and cafés. Leicester also has a well-established Side by Side service. The Dementia support service provides support to carers and people with dementia across Leicester City, Leicestershire and Leicester Hospitals.

The role of the Services Manager includes supporting employees and volunteers by promoting a culture of individual responsibility, effective teamwork, integrity and inclusion. You will be leading, motivating and developing a team and delivering services within a quality assurance framework.

About You:

The skills, experience and knowledge needed for the role includes experience of managing and developing services and delivering them within a quality assurance framework and culture of person-centred care. You will have experience of leading a team, including volunteers, supporting personal development and providing line management in accordance with organisational policies and procedures. The Services Manager will be required to manage budgets including monitoring and controlling expenditure and providing reports as well as contract management.

You may have experience of the following: Services Manager, Service Coordinator, Service Manager, Volunteer Management, Community Development, Social Care, Dementia, Healthcare, Voluntary Sector, Team Leader, Supervisor, Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Charity, NFP, Third Sector, etc.

Do you enjoy working in a solution focussed and creative way? Do you want to work within an Adult Social Care environment where teams of professionals are breaking new ground? Are you committed to supporting some of the most vulnerable members of the community?Our clients adult social care teams support each other by sharing experiences, being positive and working together as a group and they are looking for an Assistant Care Manager to join them!

Position: Assistant Care Manager - Prevention & Safeguarding Team or Long Term & Review Team

Location: Oakham

Salary: £21,589 - £26,317 pro rata

Hours: Full-time or Part-time (18.5 or 30 hours)

Duration: Permanent 

Benefits: Amazing benefits available such as a minimum of 24 days annual leave (pro-rata), with a further 5 days added after 5 years’ continuous service, plus 8 days paid bank holidays, a defined benefits pension scheme, payment of fees for membership to one professional body where this is a requirement of your role, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, special and family leave provisions, Childcare vouchers, occupational health service, lunchtime yoga, circuits and cycle rides, as well as discounted swimming sessions and flexible working policies to enable you to balance work and home commitments

Closing Date: 18 December 2019

The Role

This Councils award winning Adult Social Care teams are leading the way in health and social care integration, ensuring the services they deliver meet the needs of their service users in a fully personalised and joined up way. With continually evolving services, this is a great opportunity to join a nationally recognised and committed team, supporting service users and their carers every step of the way. They offer fantastic opportunities to make a real difference to the lives of residents in the local community – Rutland really is one of the best places to live, learn, work, play and visit. This is your chance to become part of an amazing team, delivering great services throughout the county.

About You

For the Assistant Care Manager role, we are looking for people with:

• Experience of working with adults who have care and support needs.
• Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities or with autism.
• Experience of person centred support plans and reviewing outcomes.
• Experience of undertaking social care assessments. 

To apply you will be directed to the Councils website, where you can select to apply for 18.5 or 30 hours on the Long Term & Review Team or 18.5 hours on the Prevention & Safeguarding Team.

What you get in return

Work that makes a difference to people’s lives within this beautiful county, in addition to structured salary reviews, local government pension scheme, discounted access to ‘Active Rutland’ keep fit activities and flexi-time, to name just a few!

The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).The cost of your DBS will be covered by us.

Our client is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Manager, Care Home Manager, Assistant Care Home Manager, Senior Carer, Senior Support Worker, Support Worker.

Title: Head of Partnerships (Health and Social Care)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Nottingham or Leicester (covering all of Central England)

Countless talented young people across the country are unemployed, under-employed or looking for a better career.  Meanwhile, the NHS (one of the largest employers in Europe) is currently in a staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies across hundreds of roles.  See some potential to do some brilliant work? Us too!  Could you help lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into NHS careers over the next 4 years?

You'll be to be someone who:

• Wants to see things change: You'll need to believe in your heart that all young people have limitless potential
• Is comfortable being uncomfortable: We're a place where innovation is rife so change and uncertainty is inevitable
• Has the ability to use business development: utilising sales and marketing techniques and networking opportunities so to as to build partner provider relationships

You should know:

• We think big: We want to have impact across the whole region / country. That means we spend a fair bit of time on trains or on Skype
• We're positive, proactive, solutions-focused people: We take a strengths-based approach to everything we do, believing anything is possible
• We're digital and data driven: If you hate tech or numbers, you might not love us. We work at pace, continually looking at our performance and seeing how we can improve.

In this role you will be developing a deep understanding of partner provider relationships in the health and social care sector, whilst getting to know their work culture and environment.  This role will involve regular travel throughout the Central region of England.

To learn more about the role please visit our website.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.