Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Richmond AID) are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and highly motivated person to join our team.

Send your CV and a Cover Letter telling us how you meet the Experience needed on the Job Description.

Advice and Information Navigation Officer

Salary:  Pro rata of £22,065 to £27,800 incl OLW depending on experience.

Closing Date: 10am on Tuesday 27th October 2020

Contract: Part time, 21 hours per week

Contract length: This contact will be for one year initially and is subject to finding further funding. 

The role will involve working within our experienced advice and information team. The Advice Service provides people with long term health conditions, disabled people and carers with one-to-one confidential advice and support on a range of areas including health and social care, housing, benefits, debt, grants, transport and mobility, aids and adaptations, education and work related issues and more. You will also support people to access services, activities and opportunities in their community. This role involves working across Richmond and Hounslow boroughs.

You will need to have experience of advice work, be a team player and have the ability to work from your own initiative. Training can be provided and our priority will be to get the right skills and approach. You can receive some on the job training and one to one support from our team and we can provide comprehensive training courses for you to develop your skills.

Our clients are often in very difficult and challenging circumstances. This role requires someone who is resilient, empathetic, organised and has attention to detail. You will enjoy empowering people and making people aware of their rights and entitlements, particularly those for disabled people and carers. You will have a background in advice giving. The work can be stressful at times with pressure and deadlines, but it can also be very rewarding.

Richmond AID offer 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays (pro rata for part-time). Normal office hours are 9am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Fridays. You will be based at our offices in the Disability Action and Advice Centre, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, TW11 8HT but may need to work from other locations as needed.

Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Richmond AID) is an organisation of and for disabled people, working to improve access, choice, quality of life and independence for disabled people in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and surrounding areas.

Richmond AID are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Office Administrator to join our team. We need someone who is a real team player with an excellent attitude to supporting other members of the team.

You will manage the building, day to day IT and office and reception duties. You will be extremely IT proficient. You will also have a keen interest in marketing and communications and ideally have experience in this area. You will be a people person and enjoy working within a busy team.

Please note this is not a remote working/home working role. We are currently running a number of services operating out of the building. Your presence in the building will be vital to the smooth and efficient running of our services during the Covid period.

Send a CV and Cover Letter telling us how you meet the Job Description.

Office Administrator  

Salary: £22,000 to £28,000 incl OLW depending on experience

Hours: full time – 36 hours per week

Closing Date: 10am on Tuesday 27th October 2020

Richmond AID offer 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays. Normal office hours are 9am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Fridays.

You will be based at our offices in the Disability Action and Advice Centre, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, TW11 8HT but may need to work from other locations as needed.

An opportunity has arisen for a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer (maternity cover) to join the Development Programmes Unit (DPU).  As MEL Officer, you will support the implementation of the South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP), which will involve SAWRP reporting, monitoring, verification and evaluation. You will support partners to plan for, document, report and achieve programme monitoring, verification and evaluation standards, and you will identify, capture and share learning. As part of your role, you will also support MEL activities for other large and complex grants and contracts in the DPU as needed. Plan International UK are currently leading the adaptation of the SAWRP programme due to Covid-19 with a final evaluation scheduled for January/February 2021.

Experience you will need includes:

• Strong quantitative and qualitative data processing and analysis skills

• Demonstrated ability to design learning processes and standards for teams and large consortium

• Collating and analysing monitoring and evaluation data from multiple sources to prepare succinct reports tailored for the needs of diverse audiences

• Supporting the design and delivery of training

• Experience of using participatory monitoring and evaluation methodologies, ideally with children and young people

• Experience of living and working in developing countries for international or local civil society organisations would be advantageous.

A Basic DBS check will be required, as the role involves visiting Plan projects (when travel is allowed).

How to Apply

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For further detail of this role, please see the job profile. Please refer closely to the Person Specification section during your application, to demonstrate your suitability for the role.

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, so that our workforce can be a good reflection of the world we live in and the children and communities we work with.

The deadline for applications is 9:00 am on Monday 2 November 2020.

Due to the nature of our work we follow rigorous safeguarding policies and procedures in our recruitment process. As a result, this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from joining us as an employee; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

Research & Policy Officer

London and remote working

The Research and Policy Officer role is key to our upcoming strategy and will work to remove barriers to accessing employment and everyday goods and services for people who are deaf or have hearing loss. You will work to build our evidence base and translate evidence into persuasive arguments to influence at the highest levels.

Are you passionate about social policy and creating real change with and for people with disabilities? Are you excited by the prospect of putting people who are deaf or have hearing loss at the centre of your work? Can you adapt your communication style to any audience and build strong internal and external relationships? Would you be excited to work in a changing environment with a test-and-learn culture? Then this could be the role for you.

If that sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

In return, we’ll invest in you. Focusing on developing your talent with an emphasis on the skills that excite you. We’ll help you turn your ideas into reality and encourage you to try new things as we work to remove the barriers that people who are deaf or have hearing loss face.

Communication is a basic human need. Yet most of us know someone who struggles to communicate through hearing loss. It can cause substantial harm to friendships, family relationships, confidence, employability, mental health and life chances.

Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID) is the UK’s largest charity for the 11 million people in the UK who confront deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss every day. Established in 1911, we help people to take control of their lives and live the life they choose, removing the barriers standing in their way. We give people support and care, develop technology and treatments, and campaign for equality. 

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with research and writing skills and knowledge of the situation in Tibet to communicate what is happening in Tibet to the world.

Tibet Watch’s field research team in Dharamsala, India, is our most important connection to Tibet, and is key to our understanding of the situation there and the fact-based reporting that is so vital for our advocacy and campaigns. Your role will be a London-based link person to communicate with, evaluate, synthesise and steer information from that research team. You will ensure that evidence gathered by the field team is processed and turned into reports, news stories and human rights submissions in order to bring China’s repression and human rights abuses in Tibet to the attention of key stakeholders and the public. You will provide direction and coordination to the team as well as providing  editorial output.

The Senior Researcher will be part of a small, closely knit team which operates on a flexible basis.  We offer 25 days pro rata annual leave in addition to public holidays and time off over Christmas.  Additional benefits include a flexi-time policy, pension scheme and interest free season ticket loans.

We encourage Tibetans to apply for this position. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

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 lead our programmes to get 10,000 young people into health and care careers over the next 3 years?

You might be the right person for our National Senior Head of Operations role that focuses on leading the infrastructure developments to support the National Health and Social Care team.

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
• Loves being around people. Capable of leading people to achieve amazing things; not being scared to ask people to dig-deep or to make difficult decisions

You should know…

• We think big. We want to have impact across the whole country.
• We’re positive, proactive, solutions-focused people. We take a strengths-based approach to everything we do, believing anything is possible
• We’re super digital and data driven… or trying to be! 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 a nutshell, you’ll be responsible for…

• Ultimately, getting 10,000 young people into health & care careers over the next 3 years
• Developing excellent partnerships and overseeing the delivery of national and/or local contracts
• Managing large teams spread across England
• ….and lots of other things detailed in the Job Description!
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JRS UK is seeking to recruit a dynamic, experienced Accommodation Officer on a full-time basis to support our work to accompany, serve, and advocate for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

The role of the Accommodation Officer will be to oversee all placements in our Accommodation Project which includes our hosting scheme 'At Home' and a 10 bedroom house in Stockwell, South London.The Accommodation Officer will accompany friends that JRS houses or hosts and ensure that their support needs are met whilst they are accommodated with us.They will also work closely with the Destitution and Legal teams at JRS to link refugee friends we accommodate with specialist advice and casework with the aim of providing a long term route out of destitution. Prior experience supporting vulnerable people and a commitment to JRS values and mission is essential!

Place2Be is the leading children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert professional development to improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people, families, teachers and school staff. Place2Be provides mental health support and training for over 600 primary and secondary schools, reaching a total school population of over 350,000 pupils.

Our teams provide a range of services in our partner schools to build resilience early in life through counselling, creative work and play and support a child’s ability to engage in school life. Our work, focused on early intervention, is part of the 'comprehensive CAMHS system’.

MAT Cover - 12 Months FTC
Hours: 35hrs p/w
Days: Monday- Friday

We are looking for a talented, experienced recruiter, with experience of high volume volunteer recruitment to join our team. You will be responsible for the recruitment administration and clearance checks for Counsellors on Placement in a designated region/area. You will be the first point of contact for prospective applicants contacting Place2Be to join us on a one year clinical placement.

You will work closely with regional area managers to ensure we have sufficient numbers of Counsellors on Placement, ensuring we have a strong regional pipeline to meet requirements and place adequate numbers of trainee counsellors promptly within schools. You will bring enthusiasm, a can-do attitude, a good team spirit and a genuine interest to make a difference at Place2Be.

What will I be responsible for in my new role?

You will:

• manage all recruitment administration to ensure that all applicants receive a professional, high quality service and have a positive recruitment experience
• arrange and coordinate interviews, ensuring candidates and the panel have all information they require. Meet and greet candidates for interviews taking place
• collate and shortlist applications for designated regions within an agreed time scale
• providing regular support on the ATS project alongside the Head of Talent and Resourcing
• promote Place2Be’s placements by participating in engagement events, e.g. college visits, presentations to Place2Be students
• ensure all applicants are informed of the outcome of their interview within the agreed time scale
• work with Area Managers to ensure Counsellors on Placement are placed in schools promptly
• work with the Learning and Development team to ensure the number of training workshops meets the demand

The successful candidate will have:

• experince of high volume recruitment campaigns
• experience of using an ATS for recruitment - EPLOY an advantage
• experince of clinical recruitment and attracting clinical applicants
• experience of supporting on recruitment projects
• excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft Office to produce reports and analysis
• highly organised, can prioritise workload and manage conflicting deadlines
• experience of working in a fast paced results driven environment

Interview Date: Tuesday 03rd November 2020 ZOOM Video Interview

In return we offer you a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
• Robust Learning and Development Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance, 4x Annual Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE Network)
• Cycle purchase and season ticket loan schemes
• Extended Maternity/Paternity Pay

If you share our core values of perseverance, integrity, compassion and creativity and have the counselling skills and patience to support some of the UK’s most vulnerable young people and families, we would love you to join us. It’s sensitive and demanding work - but hugely rewarding and fulfilling - you will be helping to give young people a brighter future.

To APPLY please visit our website. Please also view/download the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website for further details.

Please note the Internal name for this role is Counsellor on Placement Coordinator.

Our client, a national charity, has a 1 year maternity cover available, for an experienced Grants/Contracts professional. They are looking to appoint a Performance Manager, whose role will be to achieve high performance levels and meet grant and contract expectations by managing, monitoring and capacity building subcontractors, enabling them to achieve contractual, financial and performance targets. This opportunity offers flexible working and 30 days annual leave.

Key responsibilities of this Performance Manager:

* leading monthly performance review meetings with subcontractors

* supporting financial monitoring and management, quality assurance and compliance activity, working with other teams

* contributing to wider aspects of programme management

* building and maintaining effective relationships with programme commissioners

The main thing the hiring manager is looking for is someone that is used to being hands on with sub contractor performance management around large long running complex government/institutionally funded programmes. The ability to manage and drive performance improvement in grant or contract activity through subcontractors/partners will be key to delivering on your remit. Demonstrable experience is expected when it comes to understanding working in performance, commissioned or contract management frameworks. Experience of business planning, budget preparation, budget management and managing multiple project priorities is also essential. You will be using quantitative and qualitative information to assess performance progress. Your stakeholder engagement skills are incredibly important as you will be working closely with other performance managers, various teams and external partners.

To apply for this Performance Manager role, please email your CV to our Office & Specialist Support Team quoting the reference number 739202DW. All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

21 hours per week (open to job sharing and flexible working), £30,000 pro rata, based in Kensington & Chelsea, but home working due to COVID19, initial 12-month contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Young K&C as a Communications and Marketing Officer.  We are looking for someone with experience of creating and using digital content to reach new audiences and engage with diverse communities.

Young K&C is a new charity established to support children and young people in Kensington & Chelsea.  Young K&C is an innovative cross-sector partnership, working with youth clubs, charities, schools, businesses and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.  

The successful candidate will develop and manage high quality digital marketing campaigns to help grow the awareness and digital footprint of Young K&C and the children and youth organisations that it works with.

You will help to create content to optimise marketing presence and performance via print publications, website, social media and other online channels.

This will support Young K&C to develop new business partners and to reach new audiences including young people in Kensington and Chelsea.

This role will suit someone with experience of developing professional marketing and communications.

Interested?  Upload your CV with contact details for 2 referees and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining how you fulfil the person specification, by 10am on Monday 16 November 2020.

Young K&C: Communications and Admin Officer, Job Description

YOU! What will you need to do?

The key areas that you will be working on are:

• Developing and implementing campaigns and digital strategy for Young K&C
• Supporting plans to grow opportunities for membership, partnerships and income generation, including liaising with schools and businesses
• Creating professionally designed content for our website, newsletter and other publications
• Communications: promoting Young K&C and our member organisations on social media and helping with developing content for our websites
• Working with a youth steering group, and supporting them to input into the development of Young K&C

As the organisation develops, then your role is likely to adapt.

Responsibilities

Communications and Digital: 

• Develop, manage and update content for website and social media
• Promote local charities and opportunities for young people via social media
• Create engaging content for social media, including short video/GIFs
• Create and design short publications for Young K&C, including regular email updates and newsletter
• Help develop promotional materials for Young K&C

Youth Steering Group:

• Working with Young K&C’s staff team to recruit local young people to take part in a steering group for Young K&C
• Organise meetings and support for the youth steering group
• Work closely with RBKC’s youth council

YOU! What kind of person are we looking for?

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills or characteristics in the application. It is essential that you give evidence or examples of your experience, knowledge and skills where possible.

Excellent Communication Skills – you will have excellent communication skills, including writing skills.  You will have good attention to detail and will be able to check and proof read for accuracy.

Experience within a digital, marketing or communications role including –

• Experience of managing and developing social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok) and developing engaging content, including short videos
• Experience of using design software such as Adobe suite and Canva for digital and print design
• Content management systems and ability to adapt to new online platforms
• Understanding of SEO and paid social

Interpersonal skills – you have good interpersonal skills and some experience of engaging with a diverse group of people, including local young people.

Mucking in – working in a small team with tight resources you will enjoy helping out with getting things done.

The cause – you will be passionate about our vision to support children and young people, committed to supporting diversity and inclusion.

Flexibility – you will be able to work effectively from home and/or from our small office in Kensington and Chelsea.

Befriending Development Officer

Full time - 37.5 hours per week, £24,000-£25,000 Fixed Term contract with potential for extension

Be part of  Age UK Sutton’s vital befriending services for older people, at a time when they are never more needed

Contract to 31 March 2021, with potential for extension.

Age UK Sutton is seeking to appoint a Befriending Development Officer to support the Volunteering Manager to develop Befriending across the charity.  This is a new role, made possible by a National Lottery Community Fund grant.  The objective of this fixed term project is both to support and coordinate our current befriending programmes, and to work with the Volunteering Manager to review, develop, and put in place a long term befriending plan for the charity. We are actively seeking long term funding for this role, so there is potential for this fixed term contract to be extended.

Reporting to the Volunteering Manager, you will coordinate the befriending service, supervising and supporting the volunteers, and evaluating and developing the service which provides enabling support to a wide range of clients, including beneficiaries of our commissioned Home From Hospital service and a grant funded project.

Please note that applications will be considered as they are received, so please apply early

Humanity & Inclusion UK is an award-winning international development charity that is looking for an organised and committed team player to support us to deliver excellent donor care to all its supporters. This post is a pivotal role in enabling HI UK to deliver excellent donor care to all its supporters and to enhance its fundraising from individual donors, regular donors and other supporters.

HI UK is committed to diversity and inclusion, and for this role, is particularly interested in candidates with disabilities and/or from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

TPP Recruitment are excited to be working with a children and young people's charity who work to improve the lives and outcomes of children in care and young care leavers by providing them a range of high-quality services and support.

The charity is looking to recruit an Advice and Support Officer to provide an exceptional advice and support service to young care leavers, focussing on accessing further and higher education.

This is a brand new role for the charity and will be appointed as a 1 year fixed term contract initially. While currently remote, the role will be based in central London but will have the possibility to work from home half of the time.

As the Advice and Support Officer for Further and Higher Education, you will provide care experienced young people and the professionals working with them, prompt, accurate advice and support across a range of platforms including over the phone, social media, email/text and live chat, supporting them at various stages around accessing further and higher education.

Working with a caseload of young people you will use your knowledge of widening participation and accessing further and higher education to support the young people in informing them about their rights and entitlements in relation to education and learning, writing UCAS applications, writing personal statements and supporting their emotional and social wellbeing.

To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate experience and skills in the following:
-experience directly working with young people in a similar role, e.g., advice and guidance, youth work, widening participation, college or university setting.
-a strong understanding of further and higher education progression routes for care experienced young people including up to date knowledge of UCAS applications, relevant legislation for children in care and young care leavers with a focus on further and higher education
-a thorough understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable young adults

The charity values and celebrates people's diversity and believes this strengthens their team. We strongly encourage applications from those with experience of care and those from BAME communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.

If you are committed to and passionate about improving the lives of children in care and young care leavers and have the relevant experience for this role, please show your interest by sending your CV to [email protected] quoting reference number J74026DT.

Closing date: Monday 2nd November 9am

Senior Policy Officer

London and remote working

The Senior Policy Officer role is key to our upcoming strategy and will lead on our health and social care policy influencing. With a sound understanding of the changing health and social care landscape, you will work to build our evidence base and translate evidence into persuasive arguments to influence at the highest levels.

Are you passionate about public policy and creating real change with and for people with disabilities? Are you excited by the prospect of putting people who are deaf or have hearing loss at the centre of your work? Can you adapt your communication style to any audience and build strong internal and external relationships? Would you be excited to work in a changing environment with a test-and-learn culture? Then this could be the role for you.

If that sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

In return, we’ll invest in you. Focusing on developing your talent with an emphasis on the skills that excite you. We’ll help you turn your ideas into reality and encourage you to try new things as we work to remove the barriers that people who are deaf or have hearing loss face.

Communication is a basic human need. Yet most of us know someone who struggles to communicate through hearing loss. It can cause substantial harm to friendships, family relationships, confidence, employability, mental health and life chances.

Action on Hearing Loss (formerly the RNID) is the UK’s largest charity for the 11 million people in the UK who confront deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss every day. Established in 1911, we help people to take control of their lives and live the life they choose, removing the barriers standing in their way. We give people support and care, develop technology and treatments, and campaign for equality. 

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.