We are looking for a post holder to provide one-to-one immigration advice and casework (up to OISC level 2)  to Hackney based migrants. The advisor would also provide support around housing and homelessness, benefits, and family and community care law.  The advisor will take referrals from Hackney Migrant Centre, the local authority and others in the Borough.

Led by the Project Coordinator, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of immigration advice and casework to migrants referred by the Local Authority and Hackney Migrant Centre and other organisations. You will need to explore sensitively the options available to migrants to regularise their immigration status and access services and support. Evidence arising from your work will be used to advocate for migrants’ rights.

Due to Covid-19 all our services are currently delivered remotely with a view to a staged return adjusted to evolving circumstances and clients’ needs.

The ideal candidates will have an in-depth knowledge of the issues faced by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants at risk (including EU migrants). They will have a good understanding of the challenges faced by these groups, including destitution and inability to access services due to ‘no recourse to public funds’ status. They will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a range of stakeholders.

Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We have more than 35 years of experience working with migrant communities, and in 2019 we supported around 2,000 people through expert legal advice, housing and peer support. Our holistic approach supports people away from a point of crisis and destitution towards safety, economic independence, social engagement and greater emotional wellbeing.

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.

To apply, please complete the application form on our website. Please note - we do not accept CVs.

Are you an inspiring communicator interested in amplifying our voice as the leading social enterprise on London’s iconic South Bank?  If you’re passionate about using your skills and experience to shape our messaging, we want to hear from you.

Why? Well, we’ve an exciting opportunity for a skilled Communications and Media Manager to join our organisation on a permanent basis. We’re seeking a creative, confident enthusiastic and proactive professional with experience in a similar role.

Coin Street is a social enterprise working in Waterloo and North Southwark, London SE1 and neighbouring boroughs. From a derelict site in 1984, we’ve created a thriving, diverse, vibrant and welcoming ‘mixed use’ neighbourhood – a place for people to live, work and play.

The Communications and Media Manager will provide a dynamic communications and media relations service across Coin Street. The role will collaborate with the Marketing Manager on creative, innovative and engaging communications, external relations and marketing activities to promote and strengthen the Coin Street brands.

You will have strong experience of media and stakeholder relations, experience in a fast-paced communications/ PR/ marketing team, and confident in managing social media platforms and monitoring tools.

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, multi-skilled and energetic Communications or Media Manager to join our small but hardworking communications team and become part of an innovative, high profile, social enterprise based in the centre of London.

Creating an inspirational neighbourhood

We provide the opportunities and spaces for people to lead their own change.

Our activities are wide and far reaching. From giving families and children the best start in life through our childcare and family support, to creating and maintaining high quality live, work and play spaces on land which we own.

We promote enterprise, creativity and lifelong learning whether that’s through providing employment, volunteering opportunities, nurturing enterprise or delivering programmes and activities.  We provide housing that supports our community; we champion co-operative housing and influence local and national housing policy.

From sports and dance to healthy eating and gardening, we offer a range of facilities and activities accessible to everyone to support health and wellbeing in our community.

In return we can offer you:

• 27 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• 9% contributory pension scheme (5% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution)
• Health and wellbeing package including free gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme
• Commitment to training and development

In order to apply, download the Supporting Questions form and send it along with your CV. The equal opportunities monitoring form is voluntary.

We call this role a "Prince's Trust Executive" within The Trust. 

When looking for your next career move, do you want to work on an ambitious programme that supports young people to succeed and engage in education?

You’ll have a passion for helping young people succeed helping them reach their full potential.Working in a fun, supportive, yet target driven environment.

Sound like you? Here’s more.

Your role will be to support teachers to deliver The Prince’s Trust education programmes in schools and education centres. This is everything from ensuring the programme is delivered in line with quality standards to training new staff to deliver the programme. The role is also focused on creating enrichment sessions for young people and organising partners and volunteers to deliver engaging and inspiring activities. Recruiting new schools and education centres to programme will also be key focus for the role.

Education programmes at The Trust

The education programmes work with young people to help them succeed in education so they can reach their full potential.  Delivered across mainstream and alternative provision schools and centres, the education programmes provide young people with the space and attention they need to learn skills, develop confidence and raise aspirations whilst they work towards The Prince’s Trust Personal Development and Employability Qualification.

Who we’re looking for:

• We’re looking for someone with experience within an educational establishment and a strong understanding of education system.

• You are experienced and confident in delivering information and training sessions and can do so with a focus and energy that inspires.
   
• You will have a strong record of managing projects and working to targets. You will have excellent organization skills and are able to manage multiple priorities. 

• A passion for helping young people to succeed and reach their full potential and a strong understanding of alternative education models and personal and social development programmes.
   
• Capable of building highly- effective relationships with schools, education delivery partners and volunteers you will use these skills to the full to inspire, motivate and encourage.

• As a member of a team you will have the skills to share challenges and opportunities and work together to deliver a successful programme.

Do you want to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people?

For the last thirty years, Stonewall has been working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. As a charity we rely on the generosity of private individuals, communities and organisations. Without it, none of what we do would be possible.

As our Storytelling Lead, you’ll focus on collecting and telling a diverse range of stories from LGBT+ individuals to support our engagement, campaigns and fundraising goals. Reporting to the Creative Manager, you will be involved in all aspects of rolling out our refreshed brand, particularly in helping teams across the organisation to speak and write in a bold, unified tone of voice. As the Storytelling Lead, you will ensure we’re telling stories in effective, engaging ways, as well as copyediting major publications throughout the year.

The successful candidate will embody and model Stonewall’s values and behaviours. They will be able to demonstrate understanding of intersectionality, along with the challenges that face the people and communities that Stonewall supports. Above all, the candidate will want to work to change the world for all LGBT+ people.

ROLE: Storytelling Lead

OFFICE LOCATION: London office (currently remote working)

SALARY: £28,940
 

At Stonewall we want you to feel involved in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. In line with Stonewall’s commitments to race equity and trans inclusion, we are particularly seeking applications from People of Colour/BAME people and/or trans people. Stonewall has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

Deadline for Applications: 5pm on 19 March 2021

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please let us know.

Please note that to be successful in this role, you may be required to undergo and complete a satisfactory DBS check as a condition of your employment. For more information please see our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Are you looking to make a meaningful impact and help us in making the ordinary possible for children and young people with autism?

We are currently looking for a Learner and Family Support Welfare Officer on an initial 12 months contract who will provide legally-based advice, information and advocacy to the families and young people using our services in the areas of social care, health and special educational needs.

Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for children and young people with autism. We provide services, raise awareness and understanding as well as campaign for change. Through TreeHouse School, Ambitious College and The Rise School we provide specialist education and support to children and young people, aged 4 to 25, with autism.

The Learner and Family Support Welfare Officer will play a key role in supporting families who are dealing with challenging situations and they often need legally based advice, support and representation to access services to which they are entitled.  Our Learner and Family Support team was created to provide bespoke support for our families.  This small and welcoming team works to the highest standards and offers a varied and interesting case load. 

About you

• Knowledge and experience of social care law, policy and practice
• Knowledge of the special educational needs legal framework. Experience of providing advice, support and representation to families with disabled children and young people. 
• Interest in developing strong, supportive and positive relationships with our families of the children and young people who access our settings.

In return, we offer a commitment to CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and will also cover the cost of your practising certificate if you are a solicitor.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking organisation and make a real impact to young people and children with autism. 

Please note the role may close before the advertised deadline and we would recommend applying for the role early.

Please find our recruitment pack below. If you have any questions around the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact Stephen Vickers.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Charterhouse, a four-hundred-year-old start up, is an historic forward-looking care home for older people in Clerkenwell, London, with a museum, learning centre and thriving events business. We are seeking a dynamic full-time Finance Manager with demonstrable emotional intelligence for our small team.

You will be fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) and have over 2 years of post-qualification experience, ideally with some in the Charity sector. It is essential that you have experience of attending Management and Trustee meetings, and of producing monthly management accounts. You will also need to demonstrate experience in finance business partnering with budget holders. Knowledge of Sage Line 50, experience in producing Charity Statutory Accounts, understanding of the payroll process and a working knowledge of VAT and partial exemption would be a distinct advantage. You will be able to work with diplomacy, tact and discretion, including at Management level, and to demonstrate high emotional intelligence.

We can offer flexible work conditions and an option to work some days from home, however please note the beneficiaries of our Charity live onsite and staff will be expected to be onsite in London most of the working week once that is possible. Salary is £40,000-41,000 per annum. 

Please apply with your CV, via LinkedIn, in the first instance, thank you.

Fundraising Manager - Owned Events & Product

Location - Currently working from home, however, a working location will be agreed upon with the successful candidate - London based, regional office or home-based.

6-month fixed-term contract with a possibility of extending

Full time - 35hrs per week

£34,000 - £39,989 plus allowances (£3,664 pa London Waiting Allowance and £500 Home-based Working Allowance for homeworkers)

Charity People are excited to be recruiting for a Fundraising Manager to join a national children's charity in the Mass Participation Team, who is an expert in fundraising products, a true leader and skilled at growing and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholder.

The Fundraising Manager will play a key role in managing and developing the Owned events and products portfolio, as well as ensuring growth in participation levels whilst increasing net income from each activity to maximise and grow income streams. They will also manage the expenditure budget for specific activities and work across the organisation with other teams to achieve fundraising objectives. Working hard to motivate their direct reports, they will lead, manage and motivate their team to drive product ideas forward and deliver a successful event portfolio.

Working with team members across the charity to form and develop strong strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support the charities innovation work, you must be able to deliver clear, inspiring pitches and project updates to a range of audiences in a confident way. They are also looking for someone with bespoke event and product management experience and project planning experience (including virtual events) as well as examples of working in a customer-focused environment such as fundraising, sales or marketing. You also must have line manager experience as you will be managing four direct reports.

If you are a highly experienced target-driven leader, who has a wealth of experience working with creative and market audience specialist agencies and suppliers, you can demonstrate leadership, management and team-building skills to support your team and who can contribute to an organisation's fundraising or income generations strategy then get in touch for further information by reaching out with your up to date CV asap.

We are looking to speak to strong candidates ASAP. If the charity gets enough applicants through they will close the role earlier so, please email back to hear more about the role.

British Society for Rheumatology 

We are a UK wide membership organisation for all health professionals working in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology. BSR works to promote excellence in the care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and to support those delivering it, involving patients and carers at every step.

We work to ensure that our rheumatology professionals have access to the latest in education, research and clinical best practice to provide high quality care. Our members look after patients of all ages, from children to adults and across the whole patient pathway. 

Job Summary 

We are recruiting for a Head of Publishing in our journals team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced publishing professional to strategically develop the publishing portfolio. You will lead the expansion of our journals and digital products in partnership with our key stakeholders, as well as support the Society’s new external-facing strategy, improve communication and stakeholder management and collaborate with other teams to showcase the Society’s leadership voice.

The ideal candidate will be a leader and manager with excellent influencing and communication skills, confident with handling budgets, passionate about building positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, organised and methodical, and adaptable and open to innovation and change. Prior experience in publishing or digital or social media products is essential.

Location

Our office is based in Central London but we are currently working remotely and you will be given the support and equipment needed to make this possible.

In this role you will:

• Lead the journals team and support the activities of the Practice and Quality Directorate.
• Form a close working relationship with Oxford University Press and our Editorial Board and committees.
• Lead the development of an editorial strategy, with a strong focus on digital products and generating impact for our research articles and outputs.
• Establish appropriate structures and processes to drive forward key projects, evaluating success and impact against identified metrics.
• Use your commercial acumen and knowledge of the publishing industry to effectively handle budgets and identify new opportunities.
• Oversee the online submission system and ensure the highest ethical standards across the submission, peer review and acceptance processes.
• Create communications plans and take the lead on our podcast and social media strategy, whilst working closely with other teams and directorates.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation on new product and process creation and application.
• Perform wider research and reporting tasks and spearhead the development of digital media projects.
• Represent the journals and organisation at conferences and events.
• Engage with and contribute to the effective management of the Heads of Department group and the activities it oversees.
• Support and showcase the Heberden Library committee.
• Ensure the delivery of annual workplans on time and within budget, publishing outcomes from each committee to share with members and key stakeholders.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Chief Executive, Director of Practice and Quality or Senior Management Team.

We'd love to hear from you if you: 

• Have significant experience within commercial and/or not-for-profit academic publishing organisations.
• Have a collaborative work ethic and ability to engage positively with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Are an excellent all-round influencer and communicator, highly detailed oriented.
• Have hands-on experience of managing and improving online submission and peer review systems.
• Have demonstrable leadership and line management experience.

We want your experience of the following: 

• Effective leadership skills plus experience of managing and coaching staff successfully to reach their potential.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to work on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines.
• Strong commercial acumen, budget management, strategic planning, market awareness and customer focus.
• Demonstrable experience in handling multiple external stakeholders and communicating effectively.
• Ability to develop strong positive working relationships across different teams and groups.
• Experience in research, analysis and problem-solving as well as thinking of new ideas to improve processes or stakeholder experiences.

We can offer: 

• A great place to work, we are Investors In People accredited and committed to Equality, Inclusion and Diversity

• Performance related pay and incentive schemes that include colleague nominated awards 
• Group pension scheme 
• 25 days holiday 
• A heap of benefits, such as BUPA health insurance, cycle to work schemes, buy/sell leave etc.

• Regular staff social events
• Year round learning and development programmes 

Closing date to submit applications: Monday 29 March.

Interviews will be held virtually from 8 April (please indicate if this is suitable).

How to apply? Please download the full job description attached and visit our website. 

Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications that we receive, we are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010. 

We want a working environment free of all the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all BSR employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity. 

Are you a proactive, organised and collaborative individual who can build strong relationships quickly? Are you looking for a career-enhancing and highly rewarding new challenge?  If so, don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join Nesta’s Strategy Department as our Team Coordinator and work in a dynamic and creative team who help keep Nesta at the forefront of innovation for social good.

About Nesta
We are Nesta. The UK’s innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better. We confront challenges that affect millions of people, from chronic childhood inequality to ill-health and the climate crisis. 

We believe that innovation is more possible now than ever before. We see opportunities to mobilise citizens and influence behaviour. A wealth of private and public capital that can be used more creatively. Pools of data to mine. And so we draw on these rich resources by bringing together multidisciplinary teams: data scientists, designers and behavioural scientists, practitioners at the frontline, academics; and people with lived experience. 

Together, we design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems. We partner with frontline organisations, build new businesses and work to change whole systems. Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to put ideas to the test.

About this exciting opportunity
This role sits within the Strategy Department, which includes a Discovery Hub (which explores the potential of novel ideas and early stage technologies before graduating them into our programmes ), a Strategy Unit (helping Nesta understand its progress against the strategy and synthesise information for decision-making) and a Venture Studio (creating new companies and institutions that have the potential to ‘change the game’ in Nesta’s areas of focus). The department will contribute directly to the achievement of Nesta’s Missions and its work will help keep Nesta at the forefront of innovation for social good.

Whilst the role will see you primarily based within the Discovery Hub, you will be accountable for key administrative tasks across the Strategy Department as a whole. Key responsibilities include:

• Serving as a departmental first-point-of-contact for queries from Nesta’s wider corporate services teams (e.g. People, IT, Finance teams etc.)
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation for all Discovery Hub and Strategy Unit projects within Nesta’s systems (such as Salesforce)
• Leading on departmental invoices and payments; ensuring data cleanliness across relevant dashboards (systems such as Adaptive and PowerBI)
• Tracking the raw data required for cross-departmental governance, impact measurement and risk management (under the guidance of departmental leaders on what to track when/how/why)
• Coordinating procurement activity and contracting in tandem with project leads and Nesta’s legal team
• Ensuring the team’s systems are in  compliance with Nesta’s key policies
• Ensuring information about Nesta’s Strategy Unit, Discovery Hub and Venture Studio is up to date for external and internal communications purposes
• Processing expenses and booking travel where necessary
• Arranging logistics for meetings and (small scale) events, capturing actions for team meetings and capturing minutes for more formal committees.

What we are looking for
You’ll be a strong team-player who is motivated by working towards shared goals and helping us deliver on our new strategy. You’ll need experience of data entry, general admin, working with financial information and budgets alongside excellent attention to detail and strong time management skills. Adaptable, supportive and friendly, you’ll be able to build strong relationships quickly and work collaboratively as our department interfaces with every other Nesta function. As this is a new team, you will get the chance to develop systems and processes from scratch and, as the team grows, there will be plenty of scope for professional stretch. 

What we offer

Salary: £26k plus array of benefits, including health cash plans, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more

Location: This role is based in Blackfriars, Central London, but we offer flexibility for our people to work remotely

Term: Permanent

Hours: This is a full-time role but we offer a range of flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to take advantage of them. Many do.

Making an application
To apply for this role, please submit your application before 8:00am on the 19th of March 2021. Interviews will take place w/c the 22nd of March 2021.

At Nesta, we believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results.

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.

This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. 

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. 

Adoption Social Worker / Senior Social Worker

Full time permanent position based in Pimlico, London

Salary is in the range £32,680 - £39,209 pa for a Social Worker and

£37,200 - £44,734 pa for a Senior Social Worker inclusive of London allowance

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are genuinely passionate about delivering positive outcomes for children and their families.  We have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country.

With our outstanding rating with Ofsted, we work with a high degree of flexibility and innovation and work with a range of adopters from all backgrounds, including those from black and minority ethnic heritage and the LGBT+ community.

Our adoption teams focus solely on adoption and recruiting adoptive parents who can consider fostering to adopt and adopting a wide-range of children including those over four years old, sibling groups of two or more children, children with a black or minority ethnic background and children who may have physical or learning disabilities. With access to our award-winning therapeutic services, we are unique in that we are able to provide excellent lifetime support for our families’ adoption journeys.     

With your social work experience with children and families, you will be responsible for all aspects of work with our valued applicants from the early stages of recruitment, initial interview, preparation and training, through to successful placement and post placement support up to the making of the adoption order.

Interested? If you would like to join an organisation that offers a supportive working culture, further information and how to apply is available on our website. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Closing date:   noon, Wednesday 17th March 2021

Interview date: Monday 29th March 2021

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults therefore please note our recruitment procedure includes DBS checks and overseas checks (where applicable). Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

No agencies please

Prospectus is delighted to be working with the Octavia Foundation to appoint their new Fundraising Manager. The Octavia Foundation is part of Octavia, which was founded by Octavia Hill, the Victorian philanthropist and social reformer who was a pioneer of social housing, a founder of the National Trust and believed in nature, arts and music being accessible to everyone.

The Octavia Foundation believe there is significant potential for their income. The Fundraising Manager will lead income generation for the charity, diversifying current income sources and meeting agreed income targets. The Fundraising Manager will develop an income strategy including identifying and exploring new income streams, at the same time building on existing relationships and managing the existing portfolios of local corporate partners and individual supporters.

You will have experience of building a robust income generation strategy for an organisation and will enjoy leading on this work as well as doing the fundraising yourself. You will ideally have experience across revenue streams but will definitely need experience of working with corporates to secure income. Crucially, you'll recognise the entire work of Octavia Hill and thus the potential to do so much in the West London communities the Foundation serves.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and driven individual to take forward Coin Street’s housing strategy to ensure that it is high quality, resident-focused and effective in delivering Coin Street’s overall objectives. You will have a strong housing background and understanding of the regulatory and political landscape, able to give balanced, sound advice and guidance on strategic and operational issues.  You will have excellent customer service skills and be used to developing positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.  The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and developing budgets.  This is an opportunity to become part of an innovative, high profile, social enterprise based in the centre of London.

Coin Street has successfully developed 220 award-winning co-operative homes on social rents, housing over 1000 people and making a significant contribution to the housing landscape of Waterloo and North Southwark.  We champion co-operative housing without the ‘right to buy’. We will be creating more co-op homes for those who can afford ‘intermediate’ rents, to be allocated to people working in and for our community.  A nursing home is planned as part of the permanent development of Gabriel’s Wharf.

Income that we generate is invested in the neighbourhood. It is used to improve and maintain our assets including managing and maintaining Bernie Spain Gardens and the riverside walkway, providing a range of programmes and activities for local people.

Creating an inspirational neighbourhood
Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) is a social enterprise responsible for developing and managing a significant part of London’s South Bank. We have transformed a largely derelict area into a thriving place for people to live, work and visit. We provide the opportunities and spaces for people to lead their own change.

Our activities are wide and far reaching. From giving families and children the best start in life through our childcare and family support, to creating and maintaining high quality live, work and play spaces on land which we own.

We promote enterprise, creativity and lifelong learning whether that’s through providing employment, volunteering opportunities, nurturing enterprise or delivering programmes and activities.  We provide housing that supports our community; we champion co-operative housing and influence local and national housing policy.

From sports and dance to healthy eating and gardening, we offer a range of facilities and activities accessible to everyone to support health and wellbeing in our community.

In return we can offer you:

• 27 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• 9% contributory pension scheme (5% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution)
• Health and wellbeing package including free gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme
• Commitment to training and development

In order to apply, please download the Supporting Questions form and send this along with your CV. The equal opportunities monitoring form is voluntary. Please don't delay in sending your application as we may begin interviewing prior to the closing date and make an early appointment.

The Skills Builder Partnership is an award-winning social enterprise and Top 100 Employer. Our mission is to ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed – beyond just a set of qualifications.

We are leading the Skills Builder Partnership, which includes over 450 schools and colleges, 130 skills-building organisations and 100 top employers including hospitals, airports and leading international companies.

Our approach is scaling rapidly as we work towards system change, with backing from sector leading organisations including Business in the Community, the CBI and the Careers & Enterprise Company. More than 75% of secondary schools and colleges now have a touchpoint with the Skills Builder approach – and our reach is rapidly growing in other settings too.

To deliver against our mission, we are looking for self-starters with a collaborative, entrepreneurial approach; comfortable influencing stakeholders to make positive change, and with a passion for social impact. As an organisation we achieve an outsize impact through the team’s willingness to adapt fast, learn fast and get things done.

Ensuring that every young person has the opportunity to build their essential skills will take policy change, in addition to our award-winning programmes and partnerships with other skills building organisations. As well as strong partnerships with leading sectoral bodies, we are at an exciting juncture with early engagement with the Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions.

We are not a campaigning organisation, but we understand that the policy landscape affects the life chances and opportunities for young people and want to draw on the learning and evidence from our work to inform policy debate and decisions.

We are looking for an experienced policy professional, with excellent communication and influencing skills, and a positive outlook. Your role will be to help us identify opportunities for, and secure, policy changes through strategic and hands-on policy work. This is a new role in a small and agile team, where you will have the opportunity to shape our approach with the CEO.

If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

(1) Building relationships within government to effectively influence policy

• Building trusted relationships with policymakers
• Raising awareness of the Skills Builder approach
• Being proactive in offering support

(2) Engaging with parliamentarians

• Building relationships with parliamentarians from all parties
• Tracking debates and key issues
• Engaging with relevant All-Party Parliamentary Groups
• Developing consultation responses and briefings on any relevant legislation

(3) Building a policy network across the Partnership

• Developing productive working relationships with our partners (other skills building organisations)
• Coordinating responses between partner organisations where that can support our goals
• Presenting a stronger Partnership-wide perspective, where appropriate

(4) Presenting the Skills Builder perspective

• Tracking key public discussions and issues
• Managing the Communications Associate to respond to opportunities to raise awareness of the Skills Builder approach and to influence the debate 
• Liaising across the organisation to coordinate on achieving key goals
• Seizing opportunities to further the goals and mission of Skills Builder Partnership
• Influencing through speaking compellingly about our vision

Technical Skills and Experience

• Considerable experience of developing or influencing policy
• Experience of collaborating with other organisations
• Experience of managing others, supporting and motivating them to achieve their potential
• Desirable: Understanding of relevant policy areas e.g. education, skills, youth, and existing network of relevant policy contacts.

Benefits

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Start Date: May 2021

Working hours: 40 hours per week, although occasional early starts and evening work may be needed

Holidays: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays

Location: London office, with some flexible arrangements possible

How to apply

Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email, making clear the job you are applying for in the email subject.

This round of applications ends at 9am on 29th March 2021 with interviews taking place on weeks commencing 5th and 12nd April. 

Skills Builder Partnership is a Top 100 Employer. We champion equal opportunities, and actively encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Our recruitment process is designed to give you a sense of what this role as part of the Skills Builder team would be like. We follow best practice of blind-scoring applications and use the Skills Builder Universal Framework when assessing candidates’ essential skills.

About The Advocacy Project

We help marginalised and vulnerable people make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns

• understand their rights

• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.

About the role

The post-holder will lead a team of advocates working with adults and young people across NHS and private hospitals and the local community.

You will be required to provide line management support, be the point of contact for our stakeholders and ensure high quality delivery of our advocacy contracts.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of assigned advocacy services actively encouraging your team to contribute to service planning, quality improvement and development.

• Ensure the team provides instructed and non-instructed advocacy and signposting, working to the advocacy empowerment cycle and actively promoting self-advocacy throughout all work with service users where practicable.

• Ensure the team capture high quality advocacy notes, outcomes information and other evidence into the Case Management System in a timely manner.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new legislation and reports and current trends and issues in mental health, mental capacity, care act, and health and social care legislation, local and national policy relating to people with mental health issues and disseminate across your team.

• Ensure quality standards are achieved by implementing operational policies and procedures to maintain professional and consistent advocacy services.

• Ensure contracts are delivered within budget, to agreed key performance indicators, case work standards and monitoring requirements, eg producing reports including quarterly monitoring reports.

• Lead on raising awareness of the advocacy service to service users and potential referrers.

• Ensure referrals are allocated efficiently, appropriately and within the requirements of the contract.

• Provide support and supervision to your staff team including professional development, appraisals, team meetings and work review meetings, and organisational activities such as CPD lectures and staff briefings.

  General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training (and make sure your staff to attend).

• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.

• Work to our mission, vision, and values.

• Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.

• Contribute to monitoring reports.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of delivering advocacy.

• Achieved qualification in advocacy.

• Proven leadership ability and strong people management skills.

• Experience of managing contracts and delivering advocacy services.

• Understanding of statutory and non-statutory advocacy.

• Sound knowledge of current issues in health and social care policy, practice and legislation.

• Exceptional stakeholder management abilities with experience of building effective relationships with ranging commissioners, partners, service users and colleagues.

• Excellent communications (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Effective in working with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from trustees to service users and employees.

• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equalities and safeguarding policies.

• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.

• Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and the mental health service in line with our mission, vision and values.

Desirable

Achieved qualification in advocacy management

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.