Purpose of the role

We are Business in the Community.  We inspire, engage and challenge our members and we mobilise that collective strength as a force for good in society.  We are recruiting an experienced Senior Manager to oversee delivery of our inclusion advisory projects and manage inclusion advisory team members. 

The purpose of the role is to ensure that Business in the Community consistently delivers first class advisory services that add value to our members, whilst growing the pipeline of inclusion advisory work.

 Key requirements of the role include (but are not limited to):

Supporting our advisory work across the inclusion agenda, including workshop facilitation, report writing, overseeing and being the senior lead on projects; being the main point of interaction for senior business contacts; business development and team oversight.  Experience of both project planning and delivery as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

You will support the Director of Advisory Services and wider Strategy and Membership Teams to scope, plan, deliver, present and resource our inclusion advisory projects, so experience of collaborative working to achieve results is essential.

This role will also include working with colleagues to develop new advisory products and to review proposals for providing advisory services that support our members based on member need. This will be linked to an income-generation target so experience of income generation is required.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of inclusion issues and the business and the societal case for inclusion.  We are looking for knowledge on inclusive cultures, and diversity including race and gender equality. 

The successful candidate will also understand strategy development and implementation, including developing recommendations for next steps, implementation and governance.

The full person specification and job description are attached on BITC careers page where this vacancy is displayed. To view the documents please click on  'apply' .

Closes for applications Thursday 4th February 2021 at Midnight

Sufra NW London is a Community Hub that provides a lifeline to people in crisis – including families living in extreme poverty and people who are vulnerable, homeless or socially isolated. We provide them with the food and support they need to survive, empower them to learn new skills and improve their wellbeing, and help them to find work and become financially stable.

Role Description

We are recruiting a temporary Communications Officer to cover a period of 9 months of maternity leave. This position will implement the charity’s communications strategy and support the Fundraising Manager. The post will work closely with senior staff to manage internal and external communications and marketing campaigns to raise the profile of the charity, engage new audiences and existing stakeholders, and generate income.

We are seeking a highly articulate and proactive individual with a flair for communications and 3 years’ experience in a similar communications role. The candidate will have excellent writing skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter. You will have demonstrable experience of managing a diverse workload and being able to prioritise tasks and work under pressure. Graphic design skills would be desirable but not essential.

This is an immensely rewarding role working in a dynamic charity built on an ethos of sharing, hospitality, and inclusivity. We are looking for an exceptionally committed individual who is willing to go the extra mile and has flexibility to work during evenings and weekends when necessary. Through your activities, you will be able to convey the charity’s passion and commitment to supporting vulnerable people and demonstrate the impact of our interventions in transforming the lives of beneficiaries.

Flexible working hours/days are available to fit around childcare or other needs, including some home working.

To apply for this role, please submit the following by email:

1. A CV and a short Covering Letter that is no more than 2 pages long.
2. A completed Equal Opportunities Form, which can be downloaded here.

Deadline for applications Monday 1 February 2021

Have you been inspired by Marcus Rashford's efforts during COVID and believe passionately about what he is striving to achieve? Are you an experienced Trusts fundraising manager looking to manage a team and have experience managing high value gifts? If the answer is yes to both, then this role could be perfect for you.

Job Title: Head of Trusts and Foundations
Organisation: Children's Service charity
Salary: £42,000 - £44,000
Location: London, flexible
Contract: Full time, permanent, 35 hours a week
Holiday: Up to 25 day plus bank holidays
Other benefits: EAP, enhanced pension contribution, flexible working
Closing Date: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Required: CV and cover letter

Charity People are working with an incredible children's service charity to find a Head of Trusts and Foundations to play a strategic fundraising role in the charity. This vital position will lead of managing the most high value partners and funders, whilst building and managing the strategy of the Trusts income.

There is currently a huge hunger crisis in the UK, as many as 1.8 million school age children at risk of hunger in the UK. The charity works to ensure that children are not prevented from accessing their education simply because they are too hungry to learn. In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, their work has renewed importance. Families who were previously struggling have been pushed to breaking point and poverty is set to reach an all-time high. Against this backdrop, the charity is launching an ambitious five-year fundraising campaign and we are looking for the organisations first Head of Trusts and Foundations to manage and lead the growing trust and foundations team.

We are looking for an experienced Trusts Fundraising manager with a strong background in securing and managing five and six figure gifts and stewarding those relationships. We need a strong leader to manage, motivate and develop the growing trust and foundations team, putting professional and personal development plans in place so that individuals can strengthen their skills to enable the delivery of their objectives. This confident person will lead the team to proactively manage all trust and foundations relationships, ensuring effective resource allocation. Build strong relationships with existing donors through peer-to-peer engagement, timely reporting and tailored engagement plans.

There is plenty to discuss about this role. It is a fantastic opportunity to join a busy charity who are growing fast and are more relevant now than ever before.

If you wish to find out more and apply, please contact Stuart Milliner at Charity People.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Media and Communications Officer, Scotland
Home based, but with travel throughout Scotland

About the role

Are you a versatile communicator who can craft engaging copy across a range of platforms and motivate diverse audiences to take action? Can you operate strategically while taking responsibility for delivering to tight deadlines? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic and supportive Parkinson’s UK Scotland team.

You’ll be enthusiastic about driving greater understanding of Parkinson’s and support for Parkinson’s UK’s activities. You’ll play a central role in our team as we deliver our ambitious plans to improve care and support for people affected by Parkinson’s across Scotland and deliver groundbreaking research. You’ll be working collaboratively with our committed volunteers, supporters and staff in Scotland and across the UK.

What you'll do

● Develop our communications strategy, implement it, and use a range of data tools to continuously evaluate our impact
● Inspire our staff, volunteers and supporters in Scotland and across the UK to maximise our reach and enable us to connect with external and internal audiences
● Identify, develop and produce newsworthy stories and engaging content across a range of external and internal channels

What you'll bring

The successful candidates will bring:

● Proven experience in a communications role including traditional, digital and social media as well as high profile campaigns
● Excellent communication skills, using the most effective style for different audiences and platforms while championing our brand and tone of voice
● A commitment to putting the experiences and needs of people affected by Parkinson’s at the forefront of our communications

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK Scotland and we would love you to join us!

Closing date: Sunday 07 February
Interviews will be held w/c 15 February.

Candidates must live within Scotland. Although the role is home based, travel in Scotland is expected as part of delivering the role. Please note: The successful candidate will also be required to provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb.

CHILDREN’S PASTOR

Job Summary

To lead, help reimagine and develop the All Saints’ Children’s Ministry, supporting the vision of the church in enabling the local community to meet the Kingdom at All Saints’ and in the other churches of the MMU.

Reports to:

Director of Youth, Children’s and Families Ministries

Works closely with the volunteer leaders and the Youth Pastor

Duties include, but are not limited to:

1. To work with the Director of Youth, Children’s and Families Ministry to map out a vision and develop a strategy to help children both within our church family and from the wider community encounter Jesus, become His followers and play their part in building the Kingdom of God
2. To provide leadership as together we reimagine children’s ministry going forward, in particular developing opportunities to support discipleship in the home
3. To provide leadership and co-ordination for All Saints’ Children’s Ministry, both Sunday and midweek, for age 0-11
4. To develop effective age-appropriate evangelism and discipleship for children 0-11 years old, shaping the programmes and activities that help us deliver it
5. To recruit and develop members of the volunteer leadership team.This involves team leadership, training, support and encouragement
6. To liaise and work alongside the 11+ youthwork, uniformed organisations and especially parents, as well as with local schools and other Christian children’s work in the area
7. To support and encourage the children’s work in our MMU churches
8. To advocate for the needs of children within the church family, in particular taking a lead in the “All Age Service Team”
9. Responsible for supervising the Discipleship Year Interns undertaking their placement in the Children’s Ministry
10. To contribute to staff meetings and PCC meetings, providing termly reports of the work and its impact

Skills & Experience

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a genuine sense of calling and commitment to Children’s Ministry ideally through experience in a current or recent ministry position. Key skills include the following:

Communication and leadership skills

• Can communicate effectively with children, engaging them at their level

• Can inspire confidence in adults. In particular, the ability to
  • develop and maintain good relationships with families, encouraging discipleship at home
  • the necessary leadership skills to recruit, encourage, train and work with volunteers, as well as the ability to manage interns and placement students
  • Develop and maintain good relationships and networks with local schools, pre-school and uniformed organisations

Good organisational skills

• Ability to manage time effectively and willing to work flexibly
• Punctuality and reliability
• Able to work under pressure and manage priorities
• Able to create and maintain records and rotas in a timely manner
• Able to devise and implement creative lesson plans / teaching programmes

Technical skills

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office software

Other

• Is excited about working with children and their families and has a genuine heart to see them coming to faith in Christ, growing in the faith, and being inspired into lifelong discipleships
• Able to demonstrate a gift for working with children
• Is a secure leader, with a desire to grow in this area and a willingness to learn
• Enjoys working as part of a team
• Is creative and imaginative and willing to try new approaches
• Has a good knowledge of child protection issues
• Has knowledge of health and safety issues
• Can make a positive contribution to the Minster staff team and the wider life of the church

Personal Characteristics

1. Loves Jesus and is committed to growing in their relationship with Him taking time to maintain and develop his or her own spiritual life
2. Commitment to the vision of All Saints’ Woodford Wells and the New Wine Vision and Values
3. Ability to adapt and respond to the needs of the Children’s Ministry, as it continues to grow and evolve
4. Self-motivation
5. A can-do attitude, with the energy to see initiatives through to their conclusion

Place of Employment

All Saints’ Church, Inmans Row, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0NH

Remuneration and Hours of Work

1. c£25,000 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience
2. 37.5 hours per week. Flexibility in the timing of working hours will be needed as some evening work is anticipated. NB Sundays will form part of the contracted hours.
3. The successful candidate will be entitled to join the PCC’s shareholder pension scheme
4. This post is subject to six-month probationary period

Holiday

1. The holiday year runs from January to December
2. The successful candidate will be entitled to 30 days paid holiday (in addition to the 8 public holidays) each year.

The Type of Person We Are Seeking

It is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for the person in this role to be a strong and committed Christian, dedicated to building God’s Kingdom through this role. They will be expected to have a strong personal faith and to be a regular and to be a committed member of All Saints’, active in Sunday worship and midweek activities. The tradition of the church is evangelical charismatic, although service styles vary from formal to contemporary, and we would only appoint someone who is in full agreement with the New Wine Vision and Values.

Deadline for applications: Sunday 19 February 2021

Victim Support is looking for a Victims Champion Antisocial Behaviour based in Wakefield.

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.

As our ASB Champion you will provide tailored one-to-one, specialist support to vulnerable and persistently targeted victims of antisocial behaviour.

To be successful in the role, you will be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with people from all areas of the community and be able to assist with the monitoring, evaluation, and administration of written statistical reports on the project for management and our external funders.

You must have extensive experience of planning and delivering caseloads, be able to provide co-ordinated, tailored support to meet the needs of high risk, vulnerable and repeat victims of ASB. You will be required to conduct an impact and need/risk assessment with those victims meeting the project criteria.

Good IT skills, knowledge of criminal justice issues, knowledge of ASB legislation to protect victims of ASB are also desired requirements.

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 marked in the person specification as (A) and Essential. 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 will be required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. 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 welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage. We also particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from LGBT+ Communities

Imagine not being able to move, sleep, or smile. Feeling anxious or depressed and struggling to think or remember. Your body not feeling like your own. This is what Parkinson's can feel like.

Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's - a neurological condition that turns lives upside down, leaving a future full of uncertainty.

Parkinson’s UK is a people-powered movement. Together we will find the cure, and improve life for everybody affected by Parkinson’s. Join in!

About the role

This is a truly exciting time to join Parkinson’s UK during the first phase of a new five-year strategy which sets out our ambitious plans to find a cure, raise awareness and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's . We’ll do this by innovating how we deliver services, embracing new technology and building a movement for change.

This is a pivotal role to develop the Parkinson’s Excellence Network in Wales working alongside Clinical Leads, academia and other Health and Social care professionals to improve knowledge of Parkinson’s and access to better services.

What you'll do

As a member of our multidisciplinary team in Wales you will work closely with colleagues and people affected by Parkinson’s to develop partnerships with health boards, social care and higher education bodies in Wales.

You will lead in the identification of key service improvement and workforce development opportunities and support the implementation of influencing strategies to drive improvements in access to high quality services for people affected by Parkinson’s across Wales.

What you'll bring

You will have significant experience of gathering intelligence, analysing data, and in the design and implementation of service improvement plans. You will also demonstrate a high level of skill in working co-productively with people affected by Parkinson’s and with volunteers, as well as having the ability to work flexibly across teams.

This is an exciting opportunity if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role as your next move. If you have the skills and experience we require, with a passion to improve the quality of life of people affected by Parkinson’s we want to hear from you.

Please note this is a home-based position working remotely via video links as the default. However, depending on COVID-19 restrictions, there will be a requirement to travel across Wales and other parts of the UK with occasional overnight stays. The successful candidate will also be required to provide their own broadband with a minimum speed of 2Mb.

Closing date: Wednesday 10 February

Interviews will be held on 01 March.

We aim for the post to become active from 01 April and expect the successful candidate to take up the post from this date.

Would you like to join a purposeful organisation, working to give citizens the tools they need to work effectively with their councils?

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our growing SocietyWorks team, to support our rollout of digital Local Authority services for highways, environment and the public realm across the UK.

We work directly with local authorities and city governments to transform their frontline street fault reporting services and deeply integrate with the many backend services that they may deploy, through our FixMyStreet Pro offering.

This role will require you to work with a varied range of partners including local authority staff from Customer Services, IT and Digital teams, inspectors and frontline contractors, as well as liaising with the friendly and purposeful SocietyWorks team.

The ideal candidate may have experience of working with UK local government or the public sector, preferably including the use of agile and waterfall development and leading technical teams within structured programme and project environments. You’ll have deployed digital services from discovery through to live, on time and within budget.

You will thrive on getting the best out of highly-skilled multidisciplinary teams, delivering high quality outcomes and making things happen; and you’ll be comfortable with both high-level planning and the small details that help keep things on track. And you’ll have a mix of skills that cover current agile/lean delivery practices, team dynamics, stakeholder management and delivery support.

No recruiters or agencies, please.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

The main responsibilities of the post are:

Project and delivery management

• Working with the Operations Director and development team to schedule the rollout of new SocietyWorks service installs
• Engaging with external and internal partners and stakeholders and communicating accurate project status updates regularly at the appropriate levels
• Tracking spending and re-forecasting regularly and accurately
• Working with clients to assess requirements for new projects and translating them into an achievable pool of tickets for developers to work from
• Organising and hosting weekly status update meetings with clients and the development team
• Creating necessary documentation for projects including scope of work, timing plans and technical specifications
• Monitoring project progress frequently and updating plans accordingly, whilst monitoring and tracking budget spend
• Contributing to and maintaining our risk register
• Agreeing the scope for, and scheduling, training requirements for new customers
• Organising and participating in training events with local authority users and staff — remotely at the moment but possibly on-site once allowed
• Taking on project and delivery management responsibilities on custom development work and consultancy projects as required

Team dynamics

• Ensuring that the team have the right working environment and the tools they need to deliver value for our clients
• Protecting the team from unnecessary distractions, allowing them to focus on delivery
• Helping set deadlines and milestones with the development team
• Effectively dealing with any internal blockers that arise within the team
• Liaising with the Marketing & PR Manager to feed into our company communications

Requirements

Project & delivery management

You should:

• Have a strong background in the delivery of technical projects
• Be able to communicate with people at various levels of seniority, confidently and honestly
• Be organised and have a good eye for detail
• Have experience in managing budgets
• Ideally have experience of working with local authorities and within the public sector or large organisations

Delivery practices

You should:

• Be an excellent communicator and team member
• Have the ability to motivate the team to deliver at pace and set a positive team environment
• Have experience of delivering agile, waterfall and lean projects in a range of environments and sectors, especially local government, from project inception to completion
• Be adept at spotting project risks and blockers and working to remove them
• Be a creative and effective planner, optimising speed to deployment, value and quality
• Be able to solve issues quickly and effectively, identifying themes and helping the team learn from experience

Interested in applying but not sure you have all the skills? Please apply anyway! We support learning on the job and rearranging tasks within the teams to suit the skillsets of the best applicant. Please let us know in your covering letter what your relevant experience is and where you might need to learn as you go.

Benefits

This is initially a 12 month contract with a salary in the range of £30,000 to £36,000 per year, plus pension (3% employer contribution, 5% employee).

We encourage flexible working and would consider applications for this as a part time position.

You must be based in the UK and you need to have the right to work in this country (sorry, but we can’t offer help with visas or relocation expenses).

Deadlines and dates

The application deadline is 10am on Monday 8th February 2021 and interviews will take place the following week. We will aim to notify applicants of whether or not they will be invited to interview by close of business on Wednesday 10th February 2021.

Interviews will be conducted via video conference.

Application instructions

Your application should consist of a CV and covering letter.

We’ll rely on your covering letter to show us why your skills make you a good fit for this role when we are shortlisting candidates, so take your time getting it right.

We are particularly interested in improving the diversity of our team and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled and experienced people and particularly from candidates from Black and minority backgrounds, as our team is under-representative in this area.

We review all applications anonymously. So please use your initials rather than your name on your CV and cover letter, and leave identifying details such as email addresses out of these attached documents.

We’ll want to see examples of work that best represent you, so if you have examples of successfully delivered projects that you have contributed to, let us know where to find them. No need to anonymise these, as we’ll review after shortlisting.

Victim Support is recruiting for an experienced Vulnerable Victims Advocate (VVA) to work 22.5 hours per week with our dynamic team supporting survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime and other vulnerable victims in the City of London borough.

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.

The main purpose of the role is to effectively deliver an innovative and pro-active Vulnerable Victims Advocate service for victims and their children, including those at highest risk, across the borough of the City of London.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have a good knowledge and experience on how to provide a high-quality, front-line service to victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime and other vulnerable victims. You will have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse, hate crime and sexual violence, including the impact on victims and their children, and the legal and practical remedies available to these clients.

You would also need to hold a relevant degree, a vocational qualification or have equivalent experience.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract

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 marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

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 will 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.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Independent Advocate

Home Based: Nottingham

Job reference: 02

Contract Type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours, 5 days per week working Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £24,000 - £25,623.00 per annum (dependent on experience) + Benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Independent Advocate to join our Nottingham team on a permanent basis.  The post will be home based working across the Nottinghamshire area.  The role will also include some duty days in the office on a rota’d basis

You will be supporting a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs, so you will have experience of this type of work, along with a good working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations.

Ideally, you will have strong experience working with vulnerable adults who are affected by significant health and social care issues who find it difficult to speak up for themselves; and experience providing persuasive verbal and written representations.

You will be a confident positive team player, able to work in partnership with clients and professionals, gaining an understanding of their issues by listening, exploring options and taking action as directed by them. Our ideal candidate will have worked in advocacy, information and advice or similar role before, ideally in a health, social care or voluntary setting and will have experience of working with vulnerable adults.

You will need to have a flexible attitude and must be comfortable handling highly sensitive information whilst able to work well independently and confidently on behalf of others. Strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Because of the nature and location of the role, applicants must live within the area; have a full driver’s licence and access to their own transport. Travel expenses will only be paid once in the Nottinghamshire area.

Completed application forms will only be considered for this role please go to our website to apply.

Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 9th February 2021

Interviews: Tuesday 16th February 2021

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Employability Consultant
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term for 2 year initial contract
Location: Portsmouth (currently home-based due to Covid restrictions)

This is an excellent opportunity to join The Poppy Factory at an exciting period of expansion in its activities supporting veterans as we look to work collaboratively with the NHS. 

The Poppy Factory Employability Service has supported over a thousand veterans back into work who have some form of mental or physical health challenge in relation to employment.  We are ambitious about supporting many more wounded; injured or sick veterans into meaningful and sustainable work as we look to expand our service.

Are you:

• Able to form effective & collaborative relationships quickly with a range of partners?
• Recovery oriented and hopeful about every person’s ability to succeed in employment, and open minded about helping people move into competitive jobs regardless of physical or mental health issues?
• A creative problem-solver who asks questions to learn more about a situation and is thoughtful and tenacious in working with others to find a range of possible solutions?

The successful candidate for this role will have a sound track record of working with people with mental and physical health conditions or disabilities and supporting them to gain and sustain work, as well as excellent employer engagement skills.

The role also requires strong networking and relationship management skills with the ability to work collaboratively with referral partners as we look to expand our service in the region.

Prior IPS experience would be a strong advantage, although training and support will be available

The Poppy Factory aims to be an exemplar employer. We provide competitive terms and conditions of employment including:

• A generous Company Pension scheme
• Company-paid life assurance
• Funding available for permanent employees to study for the Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance & Development

For the full job description and more information about the role, please download the application pack.

How to apply:

To apply for this position please send your CV and a covering letter clearly outlining how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification.

The post is anticipated to close at midnight on 7 February 2021.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Keiron Coombs.

No agencies please

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Poppy Factory is committed to equality, valuing diversity and promoting inclusion.  Our commitment is to take positive measures to recruit people from underrepresented groups, and we actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process to accommodate disabled candidates.

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Durham Cathedral

Contract:  Permanent

Hours:  37.5 hours per week

Salary:   £28,750 per annum

Durham Cathedral is looking to appoint a new Maintenance Supervisor to supervise in-house craftsmen (the ‘Works Yard’), sub-contractors and specialist suppliers in the day to day repair and maintenance of the Cathedral and Cloister, the buildings of the Cathedral Precinct including the Chorister School, and the built structures within the woodlands & riverbanks surrounding the Cathedral including Prebends Bridge.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional individual with experience in supervising repair and maintenance work, or a skilled tradesperson ready to take on the responsibility of supervision. You will need to demonstrate an understanding of financial management, understand resource planning as well as a solid understanding of H&S legislation. We are looking for a candidate to assist the Contracts Manager (Clerk of Works) in transforming the Works Yard into a cost effective, knowledgeable, conservation-driven team.

The position will take lead on small projects throughout the Cathedral and Precinct and support the strategic works programme undertaken by the Contracts Manager (Clerk of Works) working closely with the Stonemason Supervisor.

If you have experience in supervising building trades, take pride in your work and have empathy for the values of Durham Cathedral, please visit our website to download an application pack.

Closing date for receipt of completed application form:  23:45pm on 7th February 2021

Shortlisting date: 11th February 2021

Interview date: 16th February 2021

Preferred start date: As soon as possible.                                                 

German speaking PPC Executive wanted for highly successful fast growing health tech company

PPC Executive - Up to £40,000 - London

THE COMPANY
Our client is one of the largest online healthcare service in Europe providing online doctor service and offering fast, convenient and reliable access to medical advice, testing and treatment. Since 2011 they have provided over 4.5 million paid consultations to patients across the UK, Germany, France and Ireland.

THE ROLE
In the job of PPC Executive you will

- develop and manage the PPC campaigns for their German market
- test, optimise and report on the PPC campaigns
- work closely with the rest of the marketing team and digital managers of the other regions

This role offers flexible working. It can either be based in the UK or in Germany with 2 days/ month in either the London or the Hamburg office.

YOU
As the successful candidate for the role of PPC Executive you have

- a successful track record of developing and delivering PPC campaigns
- excellent German language skills (German native/ bilingual) and fluent in spoken in written English
- excellent experience testing, optimising and reporting of PPC campaigns
- circa 3+ years of experience of PPC

Experience of Paid Social and SEO would be an advantage but not a must have.

If you can tick the boxes above we'd like to hear from you NOW.

PPC Executive - Up to £40,000 - London

If this role isn't what you are looking for, don't worry. At Stopgap we cover a wider range of freelance and permanent positions, with specialist industry sector teams. As you can imagine, due to the current situation and Covid-19 we are dealing with less live jobs than usual, but it is still worth checking our website for all our latest jobs and signing up for alerts so you are the first to know about a new opportunity.

Marketing, Digital and Creative Recruitment - The Stopgap Way.

Prospect Researcher

Understanding Recruitment is excited to be supporting a well-known national charity in their search for a permanent Prospect Researcher, based in London but with regular homeworking.

As the Prospect Researcher, you will support a collaborative team of six fantastic philanthropy fundraisers. Using your research and communication skills you will identify and engage new potential major donors of all income levels, as well as manage existing relationships with key donors.

Working closely with the Philanthropy Manager, you will get excellent support and mentoring within this crucial role. You will also get to build relationships with other key internal and external stakeholders, producing reports, funding proposals, cases for support and overall communication for the philanthropy programme.

This is the perfect role for an ambitious junior prospect researcher looking to take a step up and work with a leading charity!

To be successful as the Prospect Researcher, you will have:

• Proven experience of researching potential major donors
• Evidence of building strong relationships through engaging communication
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• Proactive approach and the ability to work within a team

Prospect Researcher // Prospect Research Officer // Philanthropy Assistant // Fundraising Assistant // Major Gifts Assistant // Major Gifts Fundraising

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 + regular homeworking + competitive benefits

Location: Homebased initially, then some weekly travel to London 

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent Prospect Researcher opportunity!