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Based at our Head Office, Tyrwhitt House, Oaklawn Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0BX
Status: Permanent
Salary: Band 5, £29,553 per annum, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 16:30, hybrid with 2 days in office, 3 days at home.
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About Us:
Combat Stress is the UK's leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we've been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.
About the role:
As part of our investment strategy in our fundraising teams, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a new split role position for a Corporate and Commercial Fundraising Officer to join our fantastic fundraising team. We are looking for an experienced and highly proactive individual who has lots of experience in securing new business and solid account management.
Working in an upbeat and dynamic fundraising department, you will report to the Senior Head of Corporate Partnerships and work alongside the Senior Corporate Officer to continue to grow income and engagement with our wonderful corporate & commercial supporters and partners.
About you:
In this challenging role, you will identify and secure new business opportunities, as well as cultivate, steward and develop the donors in your portfolio, providing expert advice and support. You'll need excellent communication skills, enjoy networking and have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Other key skills include experience in securing new partners/clients within a fundraising and/or corporate environment, strong negotiation skills and confidence with Word, Excel and other programmes.
It is a particularly exciting time to join the charity as we launch our largest and widest reaching national campaign, For Many the Battle Continues
This role is subject to a DBS check.
As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
What we offer:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.
Benefits:
* 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays. After 5 years continuous service, this will increase to 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and after 10 years continuous service, this will increase to 33 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
* Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
* Discount shopping vouchers
* Cycle to work scheme
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
* Flexible working
* Access to Blue Light Card scheme
* Death in Service Scheme
Plus many more.
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Closing date: 7 June 2024
Interview date: TBC
Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants
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Are you passionate about making a significant impact within a regulatory body? Join our client as a Regulatory Officer and play a crucial role in shaping the standards and practices of the industry. Seize this chance to contribute to a forward-thinking organisation that values excellence and innovation!
Our client, a leading regulatory authority is seeking a dedicated Regulatory Officer to join their team on a 6 month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will engage in risk and evidence-based authorisation of individuals, chambers, and approved education and training organisations. Your efforts will help target regulation where it is most needed. Additionally, you will support various regulatory operations and provide essential administrative support to ensure the department's efficiency.
Cause: Regulatory Body (Membership)
Role: Regulatory Officer
Salary/rate: £37,800 per annum
Working arrangements: Hybrid working (4 Days in Office required per month)
Location: London, Holborn
Employment Type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Ref: 81210SOH
CLOSING DATE: Thursday 5pm - Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
The department adopts a flexible approach to working and all staff are cross-skilled and capable of making authorisation decisions and carrying out supervisory activities as priorities demand. The emphasis of this post is on the authorisation work of the Department but there is a possibility, subject to capacity and the work demands of the Department, that the post holder will undertake work across the Department as required.
Main Responsibilities:
Authorisation Work
- Prioritise and assess authorisation applications within regulatory and target timescales.
- Apply the risk framework and relevant authorisation guidelines to produce robust and consistent decisions.
- Handle telephone and email queries related to authorisation activities in line with performance targets.
- Identify information requirements to facilitate robust reporting.
Administrative Support
- Provide administrative support across the Regulatory Operations Department, including:
- Database and electronic document management to ensure records are accurate and up to date.
- Organising and administering meetings, including taking minutes.
- Managing contracts, expenses, and other arrangements for External Examiners and quality assurance monitoring panels for accreditation and monitoring visits to new and existing training providers.
- Collecting and maintaining accurate candidate and provider data, contributing to key statistics and other reports as required.
- Coordination
- Handle queries and respond appropriately in line with relevant policies.
- Undertake any other reasonable tasks as requested by the Head of Authorisations Operations, the Head of Contact & Assessment Team, the Head of Operational Support, or the Director of Regulatory.
To be considered for the role you will have the following, skills, knowledge, and experience:
You should have solid experience in applying decision-making frameworks and analysing information to make decisions against defined criteria. Demonstrable experience in effectively prioritising work in high-pressure environments with minimal supervision, along with a strong awareness of risk, is essential.
Proficiency with databases, a good understanding of regulation and supervision, and confident use of standard technology such as Outlook, Word, and Excel are required. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to understand, apply, and explain rules and regulations, and a flexible, adaptable approach to changing circumstances are crucial.
Additionally, you should have equivalent work experience from a regulatory body, membership organisation, or another institution where you have handled authorisation work.
Desirable experience for this role includes:
Having a law degree or a Graduate Diploma in Law, and familiarity with undertaking risk-based audits and applying standard project management principles. Experience in supporting committees, from agenda preparation to minute-taking, and managing projects is highly valued. Additionally, knowledge of the legal profession and an understanding of higher education in the UK are advantageous.
How to Apply:
To apply for the Regulatory Officer role, please reply and upload your CV quoting reference 81210SOH and we can provide more information to you.
We eagerly await your response.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Location - Home-based with some travel to office based in Birmingham and across the UK.
Are you passionate about improving the lives of those experiencing homelessness and social exclusion? Join homelessness charity Emmaus UK as our new Director of Partnerships and Federation Development.
About Emmaus
Emmaus is a secular organisation supporting homeless and socially excluded people by providing a home for as it is needed, meaningful work in a social enterprise and a sense of belonging and community. There are currently 30 Emmaus communities in the UK stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales, collectively supporting more than 850 people. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.
About the Role
As a critical member of the strategic leadership team (SLT) for Emmaus UK, the Director of Partnerships and Federation Development will take lead responsibility for ensuring the provision of high-quality support, advice, capacity building and grant-making for federation members in the UK.
The postholder will play a key role in the development of national strategic partnerships and will collaborate with federation members to ensure that federation strategic priorities are delivered and that our colleagues across the federation are able to do their very best work supporting people to overcome homelessness and poverty.
The role will also ensure effective programme and project management of directorate projects and work to embed cross-directorate working and co-operation.
If you are interested in the role, please submit a completed Application Form and the Equality & Diversity Form using the Application Pack for guidance.
Emmaus UK is a secular organisation, committed to equality and inclusion and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 17th June 2024. Please email application to us. (email address is in the application pack)
Those shortlisted will be invited to an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams, on Tuesday 2nd July and Wednesday 3rd July 2024.
If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email us.
An Emmaus UK organogram is available on request.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Producer, Young People & Schools (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £11,997
Location: Oxford, 0X1 1BP
Hours: 2.5 days, part time
Contract: Maternity Cover (August 2024 - August 2025)
Creative Learning and Participation is at the heart of Modern Art Oxford’s programme. We offer educational experiences for visitors of all ages, using art and creativity to reach thousands of people from Oxfordshire and beyond every year.
The Producer, Young People & Schools is a 2.5 day part-time fixed term role (August 2024 - August 2025) responsible for the planning, delivery, development and evaluation of Modern Art Oxford’s programme offer for young people and school groups. The position forms part of the Communities, Practice & Participation team (CPP) and is managed by the Head of Communities, Practice and Participation (CPP) at Modern Art Oxford (MAO).
Person Specification
We are looking for an arts professional (artist, curator, educator) with strong interest in creative socially-engaged practice and with a minimum of three years’ experience devising and delivering early year’s projects, working with young people from all backgrounds. This role requires a highly proactive team worker who demonstrates the importance of effective, consistent communication in a dynamic organisation delivering a range of engagement activities. It is imperative that the position holder is astute in observing safeguarding practices for all workshop participants in accordance with Safeguarding and Health & Safety policy, which includes risk assessments ahead of workshops.
A more comprehensive list of the role responsibilities and more information about Modern Art Oxford can be found on our website.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus eight public bank holidays.
- Employees are entitled to up to a 25% discount in Modern Art Oxford Shop and Café.
- Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli.
- Cycle and Home & Tech schemes available via BHN extras.
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan.
Application deadline 17/06/2024
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to where you can complete your application for this position.
Notes
Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change.
Modern Art Oxford welcomes more than 100,000 visitors each year with 10,000 attendances in creative learning and participation activities. The organisation’s digital content reaches 450,000 through Modern Art Oxford’s digital channels annually. Through a wide range of high-quality content creation and programming, Modern Art Oxford aims to make contemporary art accessible and engaging to the widest audience and to promote creativity in all of its visual forms. Over the last 50 years Modern Art Oxford has brought some of the world’s most important artists to the city, and the UK, and has developed an international reputation for pioneering emerging and under-represented artists.
Modern Art Oxford is a registered charity and relies on core funding from Arts Council England and Oxford City Council, and the generous support of individuals, trusts and foundations, sponsors, and friends.
Modern Art Oxford is committed to creating equality of opportunity for all and we value diversity in our team. As part of our Anti-racism Action Plan, we welcome applications from people from the global majority who are under-represented in our sector.
No agencies please.
Are you ready to lead an impactful organisation committed to improving lives in the community? Do you possess a passion for social care and a track record of driving positive change? Would you describe yourself as a dynamic Chief Executive Officer capable of providing visionary leadership and strategic direction? Please read on if so!
Robertson Bell are excited to commence the search for a permanent CEO to join this compassionate and collaborative organisation. Reporting into the board, you will be responsible for five direct reports on the Senior Management Team and will hold accountability for 90 members of staff.
Key Responsibilities for the role will include:
- Implement the organisation's strategic vision and business plans in collaboration with the Board of Trustees.
- Act as the public face of the organisation, fostering relationships with community leaders and external stakeholders.
- Lead and manage the Senior Management Team, ensuring effective staff recruitment, management, and development.
- Foster a culture of professionalism, inclusion, and commitment to our mission among staff.
- Oversee all operational aspects, including administration, finance, fundraising, marketing, communications, and IT.
- Develop and implement financial plans in consultation with the Board of Trustees.
- Ensure financial stability and long-term viability through budget setting, income generation strategies, and fundraising oversight.
- Ensure high standards of governance, attending Board meetings and providing necessary information and advice.
- Maintain a risk register and oversee compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
The successful CEO will join this organisation at the beginning of their new strategy and will be required to ensure the successful launch of new services and initiatives. The position will be based at their head office in Sevenoaks and requires regular office attendance. The package includes 30 days of annual leave, increasing to 35 after five years’ worth of service and other generous employee benefits!
Essential criteria:
- Degree-level education required; professional qualification (e.g., MBA, CIPD, CCAB) preferred.
- Proven track record in leading organisational change at a senior level, preferably in the charity or social care sector.
- Strong financial management experience with a sound understanding of budgeting and income generation strategies.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to drive positive change aligned with organizational objectives.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a Trustee Board and lead a team effectively through periods of change.
Applications for this role will be under constant review so please don’t delay in applying to learn more!
The Senior Finance Officer will sit at the heart of our Operations Team, reporting to the Head of Operations and the Co-CEOs and playing a crucial function in ensuring the efficient day-to-day management of the organisation’s financial functions.
This will include all day-to-day management of our financial systems and banking, including our accountancy software (Quickbooks) and our internal financial spreadsheets. This involves recording and tracking the income expected from funders, processing invoices and payments, preparing payroll and producing monthly reconciliations and termly budgets. You will also work with our teams to ensure compliance with our financial policies, process expenses and work with our external accountants each year to provide the information needed for our accounts.
You will also research, advise and steer on both necessary changes to our processes, policies and procedures and standalone project work which may involve tasks such as reviewing our pensions processes or any savings and investments. You will understand and enjoy the challenge that working at a charity with multiple complex funding streams brings.
You will have experience of similar work, ideally in the charity sector and will be familiar with the use of both accountancy software and managing cashflows and budgets using Excel. You will have excellent communication and people skills as well as a proactive approach to problem solving and be methodical with a very keen attention to detail.
Benefits of working at High Trees
- 35 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays and 3 Christmas days) rising by 1 day each year after 2 years’ service (capped at an additional 8 days)
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave after 2 years’ service
- Save money off a new bike with the Cycle to Work scheme
- Up to 7% contribution to the staff pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Support Line
- Clear pay structure with yearly increments (based on performance)
- Annual Staff away day
- Premium eye-care vouchers through Specsavers and season ticket loans
Connecting with people and communities to strengthen skills and build stronger voices.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness. Based in Farnham and Guildford, we serve a population of 550,000 across West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire.
We are about to embark on a very exciting time as we build a new hospice. This Community Fundraising Manager role will play an important part in leading a team to deliver the best supporter care to our community as they fundraise for us not only in support of the upcoming Capital Appeal but also to continue to provide the current and ongoing care to our patients.
Community Fundraising Manager FTC (Maternity Cover)
37 hours per week (Part time/flexible hours considered)
Salary: £32,760 - £34,672 per annum WTE based on 37 hours (dependant on experience)
Hybrid working – with a minimum of 2 days a week based in Farnham.
We are looking for a Community Fundraising Manager to come and lead our team of Community Fundraisers in a very exciting year. We are just embarking on building a New Hospice, launching a capital appeal whilst also delivering a very busy community fundraising calendar. There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us and play a key role in this transformational year!
Are you looking for a fun, varied role, where no two days are the same? Do you love working with the local community, inspiring them into action and leading a team to deliver excellent supporter care? You will need to be enthusiastic, professional, an excellent presenter and a strong leader that can both manage a team, think strategically, and deliver results.
If you would like to find out more before applying, then please do get in touch, I would love to hear from you. Ruth Masters – Head of Fundraising (Community, Corporate & Events)
A full driving licence and car is required for this position.
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience managing a small team to deliver results.
- Have experience in community fundraising management, managing budgets and targets.
- Have the ability to manage conflicting priorities and be adaptable to changing demands on your time.
- Be a natural people person with strong communication skills to engage with a variety of audiences and ages on the phone, face to face and in written comms.
- Be proactive and seek out opportunities to raise awareness and funds.
- Have excellent presentation skills.
- Have experience working with supporters/customers/volunteers to deliver exceptional service and support, with a solution-focused approach.
- Be confident in managing your own time with the ability to work independently with a proactive approach.
- Enjoy building effective relationships with colleagues as part of a lively team.
- Have a flexible approach to working hours as the role involves some evening and weekend working and be prepared to travel across the PT catchment area to maximise fundraiser support.
In return we offer:
- 6 weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
- Group Personal Pension Plan (matched contributions to 7.5%)
- Excellent education and training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan Scheme
- Staff Benefit Voucher Scheme
- Blue Light Card membership
Further information can be obtained from Ruth Masters, Head of Fundraising.
If you are unable to apply online, application packs are available from HR.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Monday 10th June 2024
Interviews to be held week commencing 17th June 2024
This post is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Phyllis Tuckwell is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a new and unique role to support the CEO and the Trust's Board and Strategic Leadership (SLT) team to manage the charity and enable our impact for nature.
Suffolk WildlIfe Trust is the county's nature charity - protecting and restoring Suffolk's wildlife. As Organisation Support Manager you will work directly with the CEO, SLT and Trustees to support the administration and governance of the charity and liaise closely with our Operational Leadership Team (OLT) and other colleagues across the Trust.
You will bring exemplary administrative skills and a positive, proactive attitude to the role to ensure efficiency, compliance, best practice, and supportive internal communication to support our work for nature. As this is a new role, you will have a unique opportunity to work with the CEO to shape it and maximise your positive impact for the charity.
There are 3 key areas of focus to support the Trust's mission to bring nature back:
1: Governance & Board Administration
2: Executive support to the Chief Executive
2: Health & Safety systems management
Our culture matters to us and enables us to achieve more for wildlife. Suffolk Wildlife Trust is a gutsy organisation that seeks to learn from experience and embraces new ideas. We are driven by our shared passion for nature and support each other to be the best we can. We constantly strive to communicate and collaborate brilliantly, representing the Trust in a friendly, professional and well-informed manner. This is a cross-team role, providing support to colleagues through the systems and processes you manage, and your can-do attitude and approach.
We have an excellent benefits package including a 9% pension contribution, 33 days holiday (increasing to 38 over 5 years) and an employee asistance programme for you and your household.
Find out more on our website and apply for this rare opportunity today.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As part of the People Team, you will support the Head of People with developing a range of culture, learning and development initiatives. You will also take pride in ensuring our employees have an organised and productive office environment that is welcoming and tidy and you will respond to various human resource, recruitment and office related queries, with a supportive, engaging and proactive persona.
Proactive, problem solving approach - You will be the first port of call for employees with office, human resource and recruitment queries. You will be able to go above and beyond to respond to questions, provide support and find solutions to challenges.
Strong communication skills – You will be able to provide effective communication to all members of staff. Your approach will be supportive, positive and friendly.
Office Management – You will have experience in creating a warm office environment that provides our office based employees with everything they need. You will have experience of designing and implementing office related procedures.
Organisational culture, learning and development – You will enjoy designing and developing various employee engagement initiatives that encourage learning and development and an excellent organisational culture.
Maintaining systems – You will have experience in creating and maintaining various administrative systems.
Please visit the Nene Park Trust website for further information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Development Events Manager to join the National Theatre Development Team.
The purpose of the role
The Development Events Manager’s role is to organise a portfolio of events and support of larger annual fundraising events. They are responsible for creating and delivering a variety of events that align with supporter benefits, in order to engage potential supporters and further develop relationships with existing supporters. The role works collaboratively with the fundraising and membership teams in the department, to best meet the needs of supporters and maximise income.
The successful candidate will have experience of managing events and strong project management skills. They will have excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative as well as in a team. They will be used to working in a fast-paced environment and to managing multiple events simultaneously.
The successful candidate will have the following:
- Experience of effective events management and successful project management
- Ability to work to one’s own initiative
- Excellent organisational skills
- Exceptional communication skills when working with a range of different groups of people
- Experience of effective collaboration
If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!
Working with us will give you...
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Complimentary staff tickets for shows and NT Talks and Events, subject to availability and policy.
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Discounts in the NT’s bars, cafes, restaurants, and bookshop, as well as in local businesses (from Wagamama to local childcare providers & gyms on and around the South Bank)
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Access to interest-free season ticket loan and Cyclescheme partnership
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Pension schemes with Legal & General and NEST
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Sabbatical option, subject to agreement and policy
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Generous sick pay
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Family-friendly employer with supporting policies
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Hybrid and flexible working, subject to agreement and policy
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Training and Development Programme via e-learning platform, and specialist in-person training relating to role.
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On-site Occupational Health and welfare support
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Free-to-access Employee Assistance Programme, enabling counselling and mental wellbeing support, financial and legal advice, and advice on caring responsibilities.
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On-site staff canteen and bar
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Staff networks including Amplified: The Ethnically Diverse Network; Disability Staff Network; LGBTQ+ Network; Parents and Parents & Carers Network
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The NT is also a member of Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)
Please note
The closing date for the receipt of a completed application is Tuesday 4th June 2024 at 12 noon.
We support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.
People Department 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
caba’s purpose
as an occupational charity, caba helps the ICAEW community thrive by equipping individuals with the practical, emotional, or digital tools to manage whatever’s in front of them, from everyday situations to exceptional life-changing circumstances.
our vision is that everyone in the ICAEW community can fully participate in life.
your role at caba
to support the delivery of service by providing person centred expert advice, guidance and advocacy case management support, ensuring that people access appropriate support and caba provides impactful solutions to a variety of presenting issues for people in need to help them achieve long term sustainability and empower them to have greater control over their lives.
your key responsibilities:
advice and advocacy
· provide advice, advocacy, support and guidance to service users based around the specific needs presented and/or holistically identified for service users’ in the UK and overseas who are in hardship, living with long-term physical and mental health issues, have caring responsibilities and/or are potentially vulnerable and in distressing or crisis situations.
· take ownership of a full case workload, prioritising service users’ needs while engaging sensitively, research and propose an appropriate tailored course of action, confirming in writing so as to manage the service user expectations, and agree commitments, facilitating a positive service user journey.
· provide specialist advice and casework to service users with income maximisation, budgeting and challenging welfare benefit decisions, through detailed written submissions at mandatory reconsideration and appeal stages, including representation at first tier tribunal hearings and any other relevant hearings where appropriate.
· maintain safe working practices and ensure that home visits, safeguarding, GDPR and confidentiality procedures and policies are adhered to at all times.
· share insights with support service team and contribute to ongoing service development to ensure that the support meets the evolving needs of the service user.
grant making
· carrying out comprehensive reviews of applications for financial assistance on behalf of service users, writing accurate and impartial ‘reports’, preparing financial statements, making recommendations for donations and presenting to caba’s Support Fund members panel for approval or decline of financial assistance/donations/grants.
casework management
· work collaboratively with the support services team by providing advice with day to day cases relating to welfare benefits, as well as taking part in technical case reviews with peers in meeting caba’s quality assurance standards.
· support the service users with completing caba’s outcome and feedback survey to capture information to measure impact and improve services
· liaise with internal and external stakeholders to promote and share understanding of caba in house services, economic and social issues affecting our UK and overseas service users
· maintain up-to-date information and input accurate data into the CRM database regarding each service user case and case records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation.
to be successful, you’ll have:
- extensive knowledge of welfare benefits, health and social care, economic/social issues of those living inside and outside the UK
- case management and processes (advice and advocacy led support)
- person centred working – working with the person at the centre of the support
- safeguarding (adults and children), confidentiality and data protection procedures
- proven knowledge of the charity sector, agencies, contractors and local authorities
- good working knowledge of social security legislation that may impact or affect service users
- working to agreed objectives and within caba’s policies, procedures and processes
- able to plan and manage own workload and meet deadlines
- ability to identify areas for improvement (team services, processes)
- ability to collate information and use it to produce accurate, detailed and objective reports
- excellent administration skills and database and CRM system experience at a reporting and process level
- excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability write clearly and keep accurate records with great attention to detail
- excellent IT skills including the ability to use Word, Excel, Outlook, Dynamics and Microsoft Teams
- extensive experience in an advice and advocacy role providing specialist advice and casework to service users
- substantive experience of providing welfare benefits advice, including up to date knowledge of statutory frameworks (mandatory reconsideration and appeal stages) and the ability to identify implications of change in legislation to welfare benefits
- experience of dealing with a diverse group of people with complex support needs, living with a disability or long-term health condition acting with integrity and fairness while providing practical, long-term solutions
- experience of quality assurance processes.
why caba?
You’ll enjoy up to 10% pension contributions, private medical insurance, income protection insurance and a generous holiday allowance of 25 days per annum, plus bank holidays.
We work in a flexible hybrid model - one that creates the opportunity to work in your own way from home, but also provides a great opportunity to collaborate with our colleagues at our office. We have varied working patterns so we’re open to talking about any flexible working arrangements that could work for you.
Interested?
Take a look at the job description for further details. Applying is simple - send your CV and cover letter, along with our short application form, which shows us that you can make a success of the role. If you have links to any of your work, we’d love to see it - simply put them at the bottom of your application form.
If you want to become part of a welcoming, inclusive organisation that values your ideas and input, we want to hear from you.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Ola Opoosun, Head of Support Services for an informal discussion.
**Your appointment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Deadline for applications: 6th June 2024
Interview date: 13th June 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
Kinship is in our third year of delivering the first national peer support service for kinship carers in England. We are looking for a new Associate Director of Peer Support and Community to build and develop our model and to take the team to the next phase of growth and impact.
Your first priority will be to oversee delivery of the Department for Education national Peer Support Service contract in England. You will lead the development of our hub and spoke model, with an enhanced offer of national resources and support together with a continued focus on on-the-ground support for kinship carers to set up and sustain a network of peer support groups. You will ensure all members of the team have clarity and are empowered to meet new targets and ways of working.
The role will also lead on the strategic development of peer support approaches in Wales (for which we are seeking funding), ensuring innovation and good practice is shared across the nations.
Kinship peer support groups are powerful levers for change in local, regional and national ecosystems. Your team will ensure that every kinship carer in England and Wales has access to a peer support group, or support to set up and create their own. The team will be purposeful about offering developmental support to all kinship peer support groups, including independent groups, ensuring they remain or become sustainable. And that they have resources, training and peer networks to support this.
Reflecting our strategic focus on developing our Kinship Community of more than 10,000 kinship carers across England and Wales, you will lead a new community strategy, co-ordinating the development of opportunities for community connection and community power. This will include taking leadership for developing the Kinship model of community engagement and integrating across all our ‘in person’ and digital services and activities.
You will ensure a collaborative approach with services, alignment with national and local campaigning activity, and work closely with marketing and communications colleagues to support kinship carer reach and engagement with our community offer.
We’re taking an integrated approach to our services, so you’ll collaborate well across teams to ensure that support groups and their leaders have easy access to high quality advice, information and training. The team will need to work closely with colleagues delivering our new training and support contract, funded by the Department for Education.
Key responsibilities include:
- Innovation of the Peer Support Service.
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Develop and rollout peer support and community strategy and operational plan.
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Implement monitoring and evaluation and impact tools for timely and accurate reporting of activity and engagement.
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Work with the Development team to develop proposals for the community and peer support which are ready for fundraising and business development.
Essential requirements include:
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Substantial experience in scaling a national service or programme with high quality outputs. This includes overseeing delivery, strategic planning, budgeting, managing delivery, meeting KPIs, stakeholder engagement and reporting to funders.
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Experience of governance and managing risk on high profile service delivery.
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Experience of effective budget management.
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Significant experience of leading the development and delivery of peer support services.
Key dates:
- Deadline - 9am on Monday 10 June 2024
- 1st interview - Friday 14 June 2024 (online) - TBC
- 2nd interview - Tuesday 18 June 2024 (in-person) - TBC
How to apply:
We will ask you for your CV and to respond to the following five questions via the Applied platform. Please note that all answers will be viewed anonymously by reviewers and CVs will not be viewed until after this sift has happened. This is the first opportunity to demonstrate your experience and to stand out in the recruitment process. Reviewers will not see all your answers together until the end and will be marking on the strength of the response to each question. You will have max 250 words per answer.
Questions for application (along with CV):
1. Outline why you want to work at Kinship in this role, and how your values align to the Kinship ones? Please include a bit about your experience in this section.
2. Please give one example of when you have had to develop from scratch OR innovate a national service. Please include what the service budget was, what you did and what the outcome was.
3. This service is a high-profile contract, funded by the Department for Education. Targets and SLAs need to be met while providing impact for kinship carers. Please give a previous example of how you’ve delivered and met targets with high quality outputs.
4. You’ll be leading a team who has been through a restructure, with new staff starting and a new model to develop and embed. You will need to work at pace, while providing strong leadership and clarity to the team. How would you approach the first three months, what will you prioritise and what will you need?
5. Given the strategic ambition of Kinship, the context in which we work and this role as Associate Director of Peer Support and Community, where do you see the opportunities and risks for the service in the next 1-2 years? How would you prepare or mitigate them?
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) working a minimum of one day a week in the London office and part homeworking, or flexible location home working
Salary: £35,350 per annum if London-based or £32,925 per annum if home-based
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date: Thursday 13 June 2024 at 10.00am
This is a full time fixed-term role for 18 months.
Please note that interviews will be scheduled as and when applications are received so please apply promptly as the vacancy will close once we have appointed a successful candidate.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a Senior Digital Officer to join our ambitious and growing type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, as part of the digital and marketing team.
You will build our reach by ensuring our website is search engine optimised and will champion optimisation with all content providers across the organisation. You will build landing pages and microsites for fundraising campaigns across various platforms, complete user experience research to develop compelling user journeys and will evaluate the performance of our digital channels. Occasionally, you will also support JDRF’s paid media campaigns.
An experienced digital professional, you may have worked for a charity before in a similar role. You will be motivated by the latest digital trends and will be familiar with a variety of digital channels. You will be ever-curious, always seeking to improve your skills and adopt new approaches.
Experience required
You’ll have previous experience of:
- Using website content management systems and other platforms
- Working with digital agency suppliers including support developers
- Providing support to multiple teams across an organisation
- Optimising content for search and accessibility
- Using data to improve user experience
- Setting up and monitoring paid media campaigns
About JDRF
JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.
You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.
Employee benefits
As an employer we offer:
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
- Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full-time staff with leave increasing after three and five years’ service
- Health cash plan that allows you to claim for some treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy treatment
- Season ticket and cycle loan
- Pension scheme
- Family-friendly policies – maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave at enhanced rates
- Personalised training to suit your career aspirations and professional development
JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
ABOUT MIGRATEFUL
Migrateful runs cookery classes led by refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who are on the journey to integration and gaining access to employment. Our cookery classes provide ideal conditions not just for learning English and building confidence, but also for promoting contact and cultural exchange with the wider community.
Since its establishment in 2017, Migrateful has made a profound impact on the lives of 92 cookery class teachers. Together, they have conducted over 3500 classes, sharing the rich tapestry of their cultures and cuisines with over 40,000 participants.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will support the Head of Chef Development in the organisation, recruitment, and facilitation of our Cookery Teacher Training Programme. You will also be responsible for developing, writing, and amending class documents for our cookery class experiences, including recipes, class plans, and allergen matrices.
Over time you will forge the skills to monitor classes and provide nuanced, effective feedback to Cookery Class Teachers to maintain and improve the quality of their teaching.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a warm, empathetic, and engaging individual with exceptional organisational and communication skills for the role of Chef Training Coordinator at Migrateful. The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for people and inclusion, along with strong attention to detail and the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
They should be proactive, flexible, and creative in their approach to problem-solving. Experience with recipe development, food safety certification, and working with refugees, migrants, or non-native English speakers is highly desirable, and professional or personal cookery experience would be a plus. The ability to work effectively with a diverse range of people, including marginalised groups, and manage volunteer coordination or teams is crucial.
We encourage applications from individuals with lived experiences as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers.
Essential:
- Proven strong organisational skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience working with a diverse range of people including marginalised groups
- Ability to create a variety of documents for different audiences (flyers, invitations, recipes)
- Experience with planning internal events (eg, workshops, socials)
- Attention to detail and ability to communicate clearly (both verbal and written)
- Ability to take initiative, be flexible and think creatively
- Interest in food and global cuisines
- Supports Migrateful’s mission
- Willingness to carry out an enhanced DBS check
Desirable:
- Level 2 or 3 Food Safety certification
- Recipe development and writing experience
- Experience working with refugees and migrants
- Experience working with non-native English speakers
- Volunteer coordination or management
- Experience working in the hospitality sector
- Lived experience
RESPONSIBILITIES
Chef Training
- Supporting the Head of Chef Development in the planning, organisation, recruitment and facilitation of the Migrateful Cookery Teacher Training Programme in London
- Supporting the Head of Chef Development inducting and managing Chef Training mentors
Chef Feedback
- Working with Chef Development and Operations Team to manage and distribute class feedback, update any changes to class documents and feedback to chefs
- Offering general support where needed to the Operations and Chef Development Team
- Supporting with the development of the Cookery Class Teacher journey
- Establish good working relationships with Cookery Class Teachers and facilitators
- Scheduling and running Migrateful community events (socials and monthly chef drop-ins
Class Documents
- Leading on the development, writing and amendment of class documents (recipes, class plans, chef profiles, allergen matrices)
- Ensure all recipes have accurate allergen information and menus have allergens matrix
- Finalising class documents and uploading documents to Salesforce
- Liaising with Operations Team and ensuring corrections to documents are implemented including updating Salesforce
Other
As we are a small team, from time to time you may be required, within reason, to undertake duties that are not listed in the job description.
Perks
- Delicious food for lunch two days per week during training (May - September; November - March)
- Cookery Class Teacher drop ins and socials (8 per year) and on adhoc recipe testing days
- Develop close working relationships with chefs from all over the world
- Learn to cook amazing, authentic dishes first hand from the chefs
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Wednesday 19 June.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Tuesday 25 June.
START DATE: July 2024
Record a short video (5 minutes max) discussing your experience and suitability for the role. Send via WhatsApp to 073 41 96 12 90.
Upload an updated CV (1-2 pages).
Upload a cover letter (max 1 page).
If you’re motivated by delivering services to a high standard and able to work within defined procedures, then this could be the perfect job for you.
Thirtyone:eight, the UK’s leading Independent Christian Safeguarding charity is looking for an organised Finance Officer with experience of managing and prioritising a diverse workload. This role will need good communication skills as you will be liaising with wide range of people, including our members, either by phone or email.
We are looking for someone who is IT savvy, ideally with a minimum of 2 years accounts/finance office experience.
In return you’ll get to work in a dynamic and rewarding environment and have the opportunity to contribute towards the safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults.
Please note this job can be based at Head Office (Swanley, Kent), Home-based, or Hybrid.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.