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Check my CVSERVE is a registered charity In Northamptonshire providing a range of services for Older People and People with Disabilities. SERVE activities and services support independence to enable those people to live independently in their own homes.
Background
[email protected] is a befriending service that has been running for several years, we are now in a unique position to extend the provision at scale throughout Northamptonshire.
The Northamptonshire Healthcare Partnership (NHCP) consists of key health and care organisations in the county. Whilst the organisations all remain separate entities with their own responsibilities, they are committed to working together towards a positive future for community services.
The NHCP has embarked on a major new programme of transformation work, called ‘Integrated Care across Northamptonshire’ (iCAN). Its purpose is to deliver refreshed focus and way to improve the quality of care and achieve the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for older and frailer people across the county, supporting them to maintain independence and resilience for as long as possible.
The countywide befriending programme will contribute towards the Community Resilience Pillar of the iCAN transformation programme which aims to support older and frailer people to live independently, to prevent hospital admission and delay the need for more intensive social care.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for someone to lead and manage the countywide befriending service and oversee the operation of multiple befriending programmes in partnership with the NHCP and other statutory and voluntary organisations.
Older people can live in complex and challenging situations if they have no network of family, friends, or community to call on. Our current befriending service receives regular referrals from statutory and voluntary sector partners and since the COVID-19 pandemic this has increased. Service users are vulnerable and frail - the options available to them before the pandemic were limited as they very often did not leave their homes, now it is even harder for them.
[email protected] provides trained volunteer supporters to visit and befriend lonely, isolated, vulnerable older people in the community. Supporters receive training, are DBS checked and become our ears and eyes to prevent issues escalating thus preventing hospital admissions, further ill health and perhaps admission to residential care. Referrals are received, assessments carried out & volunteers & service users matched to ensure a successful outcome.
The programme aims to prevent deterioration of mental health, promote confidence and independence, and enable residents to be active where possible in their communities, and access existing available services and promote social inclusion.
Duties and Key Responsibilities
- Responsible to the management of Countywide Northamptonshire Befriending Programme, monitoring service delivery levels.
- To use appropriate systems to monitor and evidence the work of the service, and help to gather, update and organize relevant information in line with Serve and iCAN outcomes.
- Responsible for all safeguarding matters relating to the service, directly reporting to existing pathways and if necessary to the Chief Executive.
- Ensure that services are maintained to the highest standard and support further development.
- Liaise with stakeholders, including health and social care and the voluntary organizations.
- Prepare monthly written and statistical reports for the Chief Executive and liaise with iCAN groups as needed.
- Organise and Chair meetings in order to monitor service progress, development and share information.
- Prepare and deliver presentations as and when required.
- Evaluate the programme including preparation of case studies for the Chief Executive.
- Manage and support the befriending coordinators employed by Serve and work closely with partner organizations coordinators to maintain consistency of service.
- Be part of the management team, working closely with Senior Management.
- Engage with statutory services and other partners who promote service user enablement.
- Attend regular meetings with the Chief Executive.
- To work collaboratively with fundraising and media campaigns teams
- Organise, attend and take an active role in social events within the County.
- Organise attend annual volunteer events.
- Attend training events to keep up to date on developments on issues affecting older people.
- Attend occasional evening or weekend events or meetings (time in lieu will be given)
- To represent and incorporate the organisations mission and values in your role on a day-to-day basis.
- Carry out any other duties consistent with the responsibilities of this post as requested by the Chief Executive.
This role will be a mix of home, community and office based working. On occasion, there maybe some out of hours working, time off in lieu will be given.
Hours: Monday to Friday - 8.30pm to 16.30pm
Holidays - 28 days (including bank holidays), extra days off at Christmas
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Understand the needs of older people in the community.
- Understand the support needs of staff and volunteers.
- Knowledge and understanding of the impact on health and wellbeing of loneliness and isolation.
- At least two years’ experience working at senior management level in a similar role.
- Experience of working in partnership and developing strong relationships with statutory and/or voluntary organisations.
- Experience of people management and/or support
- Knowledge of relevant legislation
- Microsoft Experience and the ability to produce statistical and operational reports including powerpoint.
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent telephone, verbal and written communication
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
- Ability to set priorities and manage workload while remaining responsive to events.
- Ability to use critical thinking skills and to plan pro-actively.
- Ability to take an active role in any future developments of the service.
- An understanding of Equal Opportunities and how it applies to the work of the charity.
- Must have a full drivers’ license and access to a vehicle.
- Ability to travel throughout Northamptonshire as required.
- Must be willing to have an enhanced DBS check through the Disclosure and Barring Service
Desirable
- Experience of marketing or promoting a service.
- Personal experience of volunteering
Please send a cover letter detailing your experience in Project Management in a similar role, CV's received without a cover letter will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held in Rushden on the following dates.
Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th April 2021.
Deadline for applications is Friday 26th March 2021, 4.00pm.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Victim Support are looking for an Area Manager covering the regions of Essex and Bedfordshire.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
Working closely with local authorities, the Police and Crime Commissioner and other funders in the area, the purpose of this role is to ensure the provision of vital support services for victims of crime in accordance with service contracts.
As Area Manager you will develop and maintain effective relationships and formal partnerships across organisations and with key stakeholders, and promote and develop the services of VS.
You will be part of the senior regional management team and responsible for leading the designated area strategically and ensuring it complies with national service delivery standards and best practice guidelines. You will also represent the charity in an appropriate and professional manner to commissioners, stakeholders, external bodies and the media, whilst acting as a voice for victims to the wider community.
Key responsibilities of the role are to ensure the success of a high quality, efficient and responsive services to victims, the identification of growth and partnership opportunities and building relationships with relevant commissioning bodies and other stakeholders. A focus on team development, and the monitoring of performance and quality are key within the role.
You must have experience of operating at a similar senior management level including responsibility for service development, bidding and/or negotiating for contracts and budgetary and financial control. You will have delivered services in a complex, customer focused organisation and have instigated, managed and successfully implemented change programmes or projects. A proven knowledge of the legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements relevant to a national charity is essential and you must enjoy, and have experience of, planning and working strategically.
Please note that travel across Essex and Bedfordshire is an essential part of this role and you may be asked to work unsociable hours on occasion.
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
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Job Description – Youth Support Worker
Preferred Living are looking for support/key workers required for a service provision in Luton, who have the appropriate experience with working with young people aged 16-18.
To list some of the responsibilities which will be required of you, please see below:
- To recognise the potential development opportunities of each young person
- To be able to provide a comprehensive evolution programme for each young person to contribute to society in a positive manner.
- To be able to source and encourage individuals to develop their potential and achieve positive outcomes.
- To be able to promote a safe environment for all of our young people.
- Have the ability to manage difficult situations and challenging behaviours.
- Capable of conducting weekly 1:1 key work sessions with the young person.
- Be creative in the delivery of your support to the young people.
- Understand what constitutes as safeguarding and adhere to safeguarding practices implemented to safeguard young people from harm and abuse.
- Write detailed reports and liaise with professionals involved in the care of young persons.
- Keep accurate records and ensure these are maintained.
- Ideally you will hold a QCF/NVQ level 3 working in health and social care (children and young people), or are willing to work towards this. You will be expected to attend and complete any mandatory and specialist training in line with the organisations policy and procedures.
You MUST:
- Be able to work weekends and at least two night shifts per week. Shifts start at 09:00AM till 5:00PM for days. Nights start at 4:45PM till 09:15AM the following day.
- Be proficient in report writing.
- Ideally hold a clean driving license.
- Be flexible in your working pattern.
- Happy to work to a fixed rota.
- Preferred Living are looking for staff who have the appropriate experience with working with young people, who are compassionate, and have a can do attitude. We are an organisation who values the input of their staff members, and most importantly also shares your passion in developing and watching young people prosper and transition into adulthood.
We will offer the successful candidates:
- The potential of career progression.
- 20 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Pension contribution.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Professional training.
- Flexibility to work extra hours.
- The role is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references. Candidates who are already on the DBS update service are asked to note this on their application/CV.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have experience of successfully leading a team?
Are you passionate and creative?
Are you flexible, adaptable and willing to learn?
We're excited to be able to offer you an opportunity to join our team as the new Shop Manager in Tring.
We're looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to inspire and empower those around them. Our successful candidate will be someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and attitude, with the energy to instil this in others. They will be hardworking and can lead by example, being hands on themselves when necessary but ultimately with the ability to drive productivity through empowering the volunteer team. They will be able to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues, actively engaging with others and building strong working relationships. Whilst charity retail experience is not essential, we do require someone with a business mind with the ability to make confident commercial decisions using information available to them.
This is a great opportunity for someone who can work with a diverse group of volunteers to create a welcoming space in our shop to attract more volunteers, donors and supporters. We are looking for someone who is driven and motivated to raise as much money as possible to help children build a better future.
As a Shop Manager, we can offer you a challenging but enjoyable and hugely rewarding role. We will provide you with the right training, support and coaching you need in order to successfully motivate a team of volunteers to achieve goals and targets.
Save the Children shops are at the heart of the community, providing a welcoming and positive environment for people to come together to volunteer, donate and shop (see attached Ethos).
Our shop in the heart of the town is Tring's oldest charity shop. As a busy shop with large volunteer team we are looking for someone who has a passion for charity retail, in this fast paced shop. We are looking for someone who is a skilled people person who can bring their own energy and passion to the role to attract more people to support what we do. We refitted the shop 3 years ago to its current look, we are looking for someone who knows how to make it sparkle through brilliant merchandising, expert sorting and wonderful customer service.
We're looking for someone who can engage with that community and create the environment our Tring shop needs to thrive, generating much needed income for Save the Children.
Does this excite you? Have you got what we're looking for?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
Working in more than 120 countries, Save the Children does whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Together, we save children's lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: Wednesday 10th March 2021
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.
What we do
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Lymphoma Action are the UK's only charity dedicated to lymphoma, the fifth most common cancer. The charity provides information and support whilst driving improvements in the diagnosis, treatment and aftercare of lymphoma. They give advice and guidance, endorsed by medical experts, to help empower those affected to understand the complexities of lymphoma. From symptom awareness through to diagnosis, treatment and beyond, Lymphoma Action are there to help at every step, providing reassurance to those affected and supporting doctors and nurses to deliver the best possible treatment and care.
This is an exciting time to join Lymphoma Action as they move towards their 35th anniversary this year. The charity is now looking for a Director of Services and External Affairs to lead their award-winning directorate, with a key focus on leading their service delivery team and influencing external stakeholders. You will lead the strategic development of Lymphoma Action's support services and volunteering function, ensuring this meets the needs of all those affected. You will also be an ambassador and voice of the people affected by lymphoma, representing their needs and leading on external affairs and policy work. As an integral part of the Senior Management Team, you will drive strategic direction and provide thought leadership on service delivery, development, innovation and inclusion. In addition, you will support the charity by managing changes brought on by COVID-19 and build on the digital development which was accelerated by the pandemic.
The successful candidate will be an inspiring and empowering leader, working collaboratively with others to help Lymphoma Action to achieve their ambitious goals. You will have experience of operating at strategic level in a similar support service/service delivery environment. You will also have experience of building high level external partnerships and influencing. Knowledge of monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement will be important, along with budgeting and business planning experience. Whilst expertise and experience are important, Lymphoma Action are also open to recruiting for potential in this role, and understand that there may be development areas that the Charity can support you with.
Prospectus are delighted to be partnering with Lymphoma Action to recruit for this vacancy. Please apply with your CV only in the first instance, in Microsoft Word format. Following your initial application you may be contacted by Prospectus for an informal discussion, and may be asked to provide further information to assist with the recruitment process.
Please note, due to high volumes of interest in vacancies it may not be possible to answer all individual queries on positions prior to an application or registration. However, if you do have any specific questions not covered in the Candidate Pack please call Steven Fraser at Prospectus.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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Healthwatch Milton Keynes is here to help improve local health and social care services and make sure they work for the people of Milton Keynes.
Our mission is to be an independent organisation, providing an effective local voice for people in Milton Keynes, influencing and shaping health and social care services to meet their needs.
An exciting new opportunity has opened for a Communications Officer.
The key to our success is a population that is aware of Healthwatch Milton Keynes and the impact we can have on local services when people share their health and care experiences with us.
The Communications Officer will be responsible for developing and delivering innovative ways of reaching people affected by health and care services, helping to gather information on experience and empowering people to provide challenge to those that pay for and provide services.
The right person will deliver the social media strategy for our organisation, maximising the potential of social media, our website and our communications to Healthwatch MK members, enabling and empowering our community to speak out about local health and social care services.
We highly recommend interested applicants contact us for an informal chat about the role in the first instance to discuss home working arrangements and our plans to return to working from our main office.
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing why you feel you make an ideal candidate for the post against the pre-requisites of the job description and person specification.
Interviews for the post will be held in a virtual setting.
PLEASE NOTE applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore we reserve the right to close the ad early .
Healthwatch MK CIO is an equal opportunities employer. We value the importance of diversity and positively welcome applications from all members of the community, including those with disabilities. The successful candidate will be expected to declare all previous criminal offences and to provide an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Income Generation Manager
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Salary: £35,134 to £39,804 pro rata
Locations: Flexible
Start Date: Immediate Start
Connection Support is excited to announce a new post being created to implement our charity’s latest strategy to generate and diversify its income. We are looking for someone to bring enthusiasm, professionalism, personable and persuasive communication both in person and writing to the process of establishing a distinct, charity focussed fundraising strategy to generate supplementary income through grants, individual givers, events and other means, during this very exciting time for us.
From a fundraising/charity background, you have experience and a proven track record of fundraising from individual and company donors and grant making organisations and can facilitate people to plan and work together so that income generation targets are achieved.
You will be part of our senior management team working together to help us to reach more vulnerable people and make a greater difference to peoples lives.
Put simply, it’s about making a difference. A real difference.
The full Job Description and Person specification is available on our website.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Mental Health Worker
37 hours per week
£21,748 - £24,981 (NJC salary points 11-18) per annum
Fixed-term until March 2022
Base: Embedded alongside Oxfordshire County Council FSP colleagues, in allocated/chosen FSP buildings within Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Mind and Connection Support are recruiting for 2 full-time Mental Health Workers to work within the new Family Solution Plus team on a Fixed Term Contract ending in March 2022. The Oxfordshire Mind role will be based in the North of Oxfordshire and the Connection Support role will be based in Oxford City.
About the Role
The Family Solution Plus model has been implemented by Oxfordshire County Council who are making changes to the way we support children and families. As part of these changes new opportunities have arisen within the new Family Solution Plus offer to families.
Oxfordshire Mind is working in Partnership with Elmore Community Services and Connections Support to deliver these services to parents who have mental health needs, substance & alcohol misuse needs and those involved in domestic abuse.
The Mental Health Workers will be working within the community, including home visits, to engage parent/carers who require support with their mental health. The aim of the Mental Health Workers is to provide this time limited help as part of the Family Solution Plus offer to promote early engagement, aiming to de-escalate families from social care intervention.
The candidate
You will have previous experience of working within mental health within a child/family setting and have knowledge of safeguarding children and adults. You will have worked with parents/carers and children who are vulnerable, children that are the subject of children in need or children who first come into care.
You will be able to provide support and guidance to individuals to enable them to identify their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery, and the ability to support them in pursuing these.
You will have sound team working skills and the ability to work under pressure whilst using your inactive to achieve the best possible outcome for all involved throughout the process.
Closing Date: Sunday 14th March 2021 (midnight)
Interview Date: Week beginning 22nd March, date TBC
To apply:
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website where you can find further information about the role and apply online.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.
Oxfordshire Mind is fully committed to the principles and practices of equal opportunity and diversity.
We are a Mindful Employer.
No agencies please.
This exciting new role is an opportunity for a candidate with experience of working to support the personal development of vulnerable young people, and who possesses excellent prioritisation, organisation and communication skills.
NOAH Enterprise is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills and work experience opportunities in our charitable businesses. We are truly driven by our values of Care, Compassion and Commitment, which have their roots in Saint Vincent de Paul, whose life was the inspiration behind the founding of NOAH.
This is an exciting new role created as part of NOAH’s strategic priority to address homelessness at its source. We are seeking to appoint an experienced youth worker to supervise and run this project for young people between the age of 18-24. The project works with the most vulnerable, offering a unique pathway which includes on the job vocational training, off the job training and mentoring, confidence building activities and access to Kick Start and employment opportunities.
The ideal candidate will have:
- a successful track record of working with and motivating young people
- up to date knowledge and understanding Safeguarding and PREVENT
- experience of developing and delivering risk assessments that will securely protect young people
- the skills to build strong and productive relationships with funders and referral partners, meeting or exceeding their expectations
- their own transport to move between sites
- the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
The ideal candidate will share our values and ethos, enjoy working with young people and view improving the lives and opportunities of others as a key motivator.
Application is via CV and supporting statement which can be found on our website
Application Deadline: 15/03/2021
Vision
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Two Location Positions: Bedford, and Central Bedfordshire
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who shares our organisational values of care and compassion, is confident working with initiative and has strong organisation, prioritisation, and mentoring skills.
NOAH Enterprise is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills and work experience opportunities in our charitable businesses. We are driven by our values of Care, Compassion and Commitment, which were inspired by Saint Vincent de Paul, and led to the founding of NOAH and its humble service of those in need.
Due to the growth in demand for our services, we are seeking to recruit two Working Solutions Project Supervisors who will live out our core values in managing and organising our new Working Solutions project. The main duties will include:
- the daily running and delivery of a job club and support services
- volunteer recruitment and supervision
- booking and delivering 1:1 mentoring and support sessions
- liaising with colleagues and referral partners to optimise attendance and meet targets.
The ideal candidates will have the skills and ability to build strong and productive relationships with our funders and referral partners and meet or exceed their expectations in terms of outcomes for learners and the quality of delivery.
This role will also include traveling between sites, so having your own transport will be essential. Due to the nature of the role you will need to be able to work independently as well as part of a strong and supportive team, the ideal candidate will share our values and ethos, enjoy working with people and view improving the lives and opportunities of others as a key motivator.
To find out more about this exciting and rewarding opportunity, and to apply please visit our vacancies page:
Application Deadline: 15/03/2021
Vision
NOAH Enterprise is a charity which seeks, out of Christian conviction, to help the most disadvantaged in the local community. ... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Mind BLMK are pleased to announce we are recruiting for a Project Support Manager (maternity cover) to join our growing team.
Job title: Project Support Manager
Post no: 380
Start date: ASAP
Working base: Flitwick
Area covered: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Reports to: Operations Manager
Contract type: Fixed term for 12 months (maternity cover)
Salary: £27,000.00 F.T.E (actual salary £23,351.35 per annum)
Contracted hours: 32.0 hours per week
Working days: Mondays to Fridays
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references
About Mind BLMK
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
About the role
This is an exciting and varied role that requires excellent organisation skills, line management experience and the ability to adapt and problem solve in a fast-moving environment.
You will support existing operational projects as well as support the launch, implementation and incorporation of new projects across the organisation; working in a targeted and flexible way as directed by the Operations Manager; to provide Mind BLMK with the capacity to establish new services and adapt existing services in the most cost-effective and time-efficient way.
About you
As a values driven organisation, we would like to hear from candidates who have a passion for providing crucial mental health and wellbeing services at the community level. You will be managing teams across the BLMK region delivering a variety of services and will need excellent communication skills to effectively oversee and develop key services within Mind BLMK. Due to Covid-19 this role will require a flexible approach to work. This may include homeworking, office working and community-based working.
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 12 March 2021
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.
Mind BLMK is a Disability Confident Employer and has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008.
No agencies please.
2 positions;
1xBedford Location
1x Luton location
NOAH Enterprise is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills and work experience opportunities in our charitable businesses. We are truly driven by our values of Care, Compassion and Commitment, which have their roots in Saint Vincent de Paul, whose life was the inspiration behind the founding of NOAH.
Due to the growth in demand and the success of our services in meeting the needs of the people we serve, we are seeking to recruit a Project Supervisor who will live out our core values in managing and organising our training and employment programs across Central Bedfordshire and Bedford.
Working as part of a strong team across NOAH to support people in moving away from homelessness and into sustainable living through employment, you will develop and supervise the delivery of high quality training and employment programs that meet the needs and aspirations of the people we seek to serve.
Duties,
- Set up new courses.
- Carry out interviews and inductions for new participants.
- Timetabling rooms and staffing to achieve course outcomes and targets.
- Management of external contractors against quality benchmarks and achievement targets
- Day to day running and supervision of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire based projects.
- Working with businesses and partners to arrange visits, talks, mock interviews, work placements and other activities.
- Provide course management, and manage mentoring and support for Bedford, and Central Bedfordshire based programmes..
- Manage quality assurance to meet or exceed funders expectations.
- Write end of project reports in consultation with the Academy Training Manager
- Ensure the smooth day to day running of activities within the project by providing supervision and administrative assistance and support where necessary.
- Manage the internal and external referrals process for Bedford and Central Bedfordshire based projects
- Monitor attendance on all courses, follow up on non-attendance and take appropriate action to ensure maximum attendance and completion on all courses
- Set up and deliver mentoring session to monitor and support candidates progress on courses
- Book staff, volunteers and customers onto training and development activities as requested through approved processes.
- Responsibilities: Operational management of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire based training programmes
- Day to day supervision of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire based training programmes
- Monitoring courses and programmes against targets and putting actions into place where appropriate.
- Quality assurance of all programs.
- All record keeping, reporting, and general office management related Bedford and Central Bedfordshire based training programmes
Application is via CV and supporting statement, submitted via our website.
Vision
NOAH Enterprise is a charity which seeks, out of Christian conviction, to help the most disadvantaged in the local community. ... Read more
This exciting opportunity is suitable for an individual who shares our core values of care and compassion, and who can work with initiative in a fast-paced project management environment.
NOAH Enterprise is a charity that helps homeless and disadvantaged people to improve their lives by providing emotional and physical care, training in employable skills and work experience opportunities in our charitable businesses. We are driven by our values of Care, Compassion and Commitment, which were inspired by Saint Vincent de Paul, and led to the founding of NOAH and its humble service of those in need.
This pivotal role is based at the heart of our Training and Employment Academy in Luton. The successful candidate will work as part of our team delivering projects that change lives for the better. It is a permanent full-time role (Part-time considered) suited to an individual who shares our core values of care and compassion and who can work with initiative in a fast-paced project management environment.
The ideal candidate for this role will have strong IT, planning and prioritisation skills. They will be committed to providing excellent customer service which appropriately reflects our organisational values, and the value that we place upon each individual who accesses our services.
It is essential that applicants are committed to the core values of care, compassion, commitment and love of the people we work with. Successful candidates will seek to serve those that we support and will be able to demonstrate this at interview.
Applications are via CV and supporting statement form, which you can find on our website.
Application Deadline: 15/03/2021
Vision
NOAH Enterprise is a charity which seeks, out of Christian conviction, to help the most disadvantaged in the local community. ... Read more
We exist to help give faith-based organisations a voice and influence through the media. In national media, the church and Christian organisations are often presented in a narrow and negative way and we want to help reframe that narrative and share positive, inspiring stories of impact from faith-based organisations - be it businesses, charitiesor churches. From tackling issues such as climate change and supporting children in poverty, to raising awareness of the issues of mental health and persecuted Christians around the world, we believe these stories from organisations that want to change the world are worth being told - and we’re here to help them do exactly that.
Over the past few years we have experienced significant growth as an agency from working with global NGOs to ambitious start-ups nationally and internationally. Now more than ever, despite the pandemic, more organisations are wanting to tell their story. In light of this, we are now seeking to grow our friendly, diverse and vibrant team by recruiting a Senior Account Director to lead on an exciting portfolio of clients and help develop the team’s rapid growth.
This role requires a seasoned PR practitioner with solid agency experience, preferably working within the charity sector, as well as extensive experience of leading crisis preparedness projects and delivering crisis response programmes.
You will be an established Senior Account Director or an existing Account Director with at least four years experience operating at this level; accustomed to managing a number of direct reports, you will be adept at guiding and training Account Managers(AM) and Account Executives (AE) within the team.
This is an exciting time to join the agency, this newly recreated role is key to the agency’s future development.
We exist to help give faith-based organisations a voice and influence through the media. In national media, the church and Christian organisati... Read more
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SEO Specialist
£27,158 pa + good range of benefits. Salary is negotiable for exceptional and highly skilled candidates.
Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week
Based: Milton Keynes (currently working from home)
World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.
Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 70 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.
Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.
Job Purpose
Looking to develop in your career as a digital specialist AND make a difference?
World Vision is launching a new website to better deliver its organisational priorities. This will be fast, mobile-first and build on digital best practices. Website content curation is moving from a centralised web team supporting the organisation, to one where the wider organisation increasingly takes ownership of creating, updating and maintaining day-to-day content. The SEO Specialist’s role is to support this strategic change - by implementing technical SEO and supporting teams as they learn to use the CMS and build digital capability. A better online user experience that inspires our audiences means World Vision can reach more of the world’s most vulnerable children.
You will have experience of on-page and off-page SEO, including technical search engine optimisation tactics, crawl budgets, indexability issues, and be capable of identifying ranking issues, such as indexation, site speed, architecture, redirects, structured markup etc. You therefore need to be adept at working autonomously and taking initiative. You will closely collaborate with our SEO agency and website development team to implement on-page and technical SEO recommendations. This includes supporting the technical SEO roadmap and strategy, and ensuring recommendations from technical reports and site audits are implemented (e.g. link building recommendations, fixing internal broken links, external spam links etc.).
You’ll also be confident using web content management systems, with experience in creating or editing web pages that follow digital best practices, knowledge of HTML and CSS, and be comfortable using Google Analytics and Google Console.
By reviewing and editing web pages, you will support teams, ensuring they follow digital best practices. You will also provide training and coaching, building their capability to create webpages in the CMS and implement on-page SEO. This means you will have excellent interpersonal, relationship building and stakeholder management skills, with strong communication skills and an eye for detail. For non-CMS users, you will create and update pages on their behalf.
So, if you’re a digital specialist looking for an exciting new challenge that will deliver real transformation for a vital cause – this could be the role for you!
In addition to the salary indicated, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement, flexible working, including some home working long term and free parking.
Applicants do not need to have a Christian faith, but must be willing to work within a Christian framework and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
Please click the link provided to view the full job description.
Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.
Closing Date for applications: 8th March 2021
Interview Dates: W/C 15th March 2021
Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.
As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice can be viewed on our website.
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