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Join Dementia Friendly Keighley (DFK) as Chief Executive.
As a dynamic Chief Executive you’ll support us through an exciting new stage in our development and will feel confident in strategically shaping, managing and delivering the business plan of the organisation.
About The Role
Leading on project delivery, monitoring and outreach projects, you will also ensure the DFK information centre is supported to continue running successfully. You will be comfortable turning your hand to all aspects of running a small organisation, and leading it to excel. This will include:
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Outreach work to raise awareness of dementia across the diverse Keighley community
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Ensuring delivery against the requirements of our current funders, collating and providing the evidence for this
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Actively seeking and securing further funding streams
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Growing the services we offer
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Overseeing our centre and a small team of staff and volunteers
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Becoming a Dementia Champion
This is an interesting and varied role which will suit someone who enjoys being involved in the day to day, whilst also contributing to the strategic aims and success of the organisation.
As we are entering a new phase, the trustees are seeking this new role to support them to focus on governance rather than management. You will have the opportunity therefore to shape this role within the parameters set by our Mission, Vision and the funders we have.
The organisation has a high public presence in the community and is much respected so you will be expected to be comfortable as an ambassador and demonstrate a passion and commitment to what we do and stand for.
About You
You will have a passion for working with people living with dementia and feel enthused by the positive, empowering ethos at DFK.
You will have a personal/professional understanding of dementia and how it impacts on all aspects of life for people living with dementia, those caring for them, and their family and friends.
You will have a track record as a successful senior leader in a charitable organisation of a comparable size or equivalent managerial or director experience.
You will be confident in public speaking and have excellent communication skills, being able to convey a message with impact to engender trust, and be comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders, staff, volunteers and funders.
You will have experience working with external funders, understanding the importance of delivering a project as agreed, as well as being comfortable with completing the monitoring and reporting aspects.
You will live in, or have close connections to, the local area where we work.
You will be an effective team leader, understanding how to bring the best out in people, and adapting your leadership style to engender excellent working relationships.
If you'd like an informal chat about the role, please contact Helen Bradley, Chair of Trustees by contacting the DFK centre.
Interviews will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd July and Friday 5th July.
For more information about our work, please visit our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Community Hub Team Leader
Oasis Hub Oldham
32 hours per week (0.8FTE)
12-month Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £23,455 per annum (£29,319 for 1.0FTE)
Want to make your community a better place?
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to grow in confidence and experience?
Oasis Community Hub Oldham team are now in a position to employ an experienced team leader to work alongside our Strategic Community Development Lead and the children’s, youth and community hub team in Oldham. This positive, adaptable and talented leader will help us strengthen, sustain and grow our wide range of programmes.
The role will encompass community and youth support activities, delivering quality, diverse and integrated services, as well as leading a small and passionate team. The role will be focussed on the Oldham East community (surrounding Oasis Academies Clarksfield and Leesbrook), working together as part of Oasis Hub Oldham.
Key responsibilities will be:
· To build positive and supportive working partnerships with the local community, supporting them to access Hub services and activities to develop their skills, knowledge and aspirations.
· To work with the Strategic Community Development Lead to create a plan to deliver joined up services that address the needs of the local neighbourhood, including community projects, holiday provision, and volunteer, family and youth support.
· Provide leadership and line management to community and youth project workers, building a positive and well-functioning team that models the Oasis ethos and values.
· Lead on all aspects of the day-to-day administration and supervision of a team of volunteers and their activities, developing and inspiring them to develop best possible practice to meet the needs of the local Hub deploying volunteers’ strengths and acting as an authentic role model.
The successful post holder must have:
· Self-motivation, resilience, with excellent organisational and inter-personal skills.
· Successful experience of working with parents / carers (voluntary or paid work)
· Proven experience of community development
· Experience working with challenging behaviours and attitudes
· Knowledge of safeguarding practices and health and safety
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team, working in a community and education setting. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
· A pension scheme, offering 7% employer contribution.
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays).
· Policies which promote well-being and are family friendly.
THIS CAN BE A SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EXISTING OASIS TRUST EMPLOYEES
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement . Your Supporting Statement should be no more than two A4 pages, must indicate if you are interested in the Oldham East or Hollinwood role and must address the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about relevant skills, experience and qualification you have, that relate to the job description and person specification.
Please visit the Oasis Charitable Trust website for further details.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am on Wednesday 19th June 2024.
Interviews will take place in Oldham on w/c 1st July 2024.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Communications Officer
Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London - Currently flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in person and online working
Salary: £32,020 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience. This is subject to deductions for tax and national insurance.
Hours: 4 days, equivalent to 30 hours per week. This may be flexible.
Contract: 18 Months, renewable subject to funding
Reports to: FLEX Head of Policy
About FLEX:
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. FLEX is a small organisation that packs a big punch in terms of policy change and influencing.
About the role:
In this role you will be a key part of FLEX’s policy team and responsible for leading on the implementation of FLEX’s Communications Strategy, ensuring that FLEX’s communications help progress our strategic aims. You will develop comms outputs and work with internal and external contacts to produce content and conduct strategic comms work. This role involves tracking analytics, maintaining relevant records, and working with the press and other media partners to reach our audiences.
Key responsibilities:
Communications
- Lead on the implementation of FLEX Comms Strategy, tracking, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of the Charity’s communications channels.
- Liaise with team members and external colleagues, as relevant, to conduct strategic communications planning and work.
- Maintain a comms workplan for key outputs and coordinate FLEX’s communications, including research publications, policy briefings, blogs, etc.
- Manage FLEX’s website and digital media accounts, and work with the wider team to ensure a regular social media presence for FLEX.
- Draft and edit communications outputs for the FLEX team, including blogs, video scripts, and other content.
- Maintain the FLEX website, including its structure and ensuring content is up to date and relevant.
- Devise, draft and circulate external comms outputs (e.g. the FLEX’s newsletter) and explore new ways to communicate our messages to our audiences (e.g. regular mail-shots, google groups, etc.).
- Represent FLEX and act as first point of contact for press enquiries, provide background information to journalists on relevant areas, and signpost to relevant staff as per FLEX’s press protocol.
- Produce visual content using relevant software (e.g. Canva, Piktochart, etc.).
- Develop contact management systems and/or databases (e.g. dissemination lists, media contact lists, etc.).
- Undertake media monitoring of salient issues for the team and use this monitoring to identify opportunities and new contacts.
Project management
- Design, plan, and deliver comms activities against targets;
- Manage relevant project budgets;
- Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan for comms objectives and produce progress and learning reports for internal and external purposes.
Other
- Scope, draft and support fundraising bids and reports to donors relevant to this role.
- Represent FLEX and networks at external meetings, as required;
- Undertake any other duties within the context of the role as may be determined by your line manager.
For more information on this vacancy as well as the application process, please visit the FLEX careers page on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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We want a world where no one dies from hunger. Life-threatening hunger is predictable, preventable and treatable. Join Action Against Hunger and together we will stop it in its tracks.
Action Against Hunger is an optimistic, inspiring place to work. We want passionate and dedicated people to help build a better world. We’re a creative team made up of people with a wide range of talents, styles and expertise. But we are united in our relentless dedication to end world hunger. No challenge is too big. With you we can do it. Join us.
The Head of Programme Funding will manage and provide strong leadership to a dynamic team of six who support the Action Against Hunger Network to position for, access and deliver programmes with UK institutional funding, in line with the International Strategic Plan 3 (2021-5). Key donors include FCDO, DEC, Start Fund, Power of Nutrition and ELRHA.
The post holder will strengthen and expand the programme funding portfolio through the implementation of our 5-year Programme Funding Strategy and UK Government Engagement Strategy, ensuring our global Network secure and manage UK Aid and other UK funding, engaging with the UK Government and wider sector. Working closely with key stakeholders across Action Against Hunger UK, the post holder will bring a strategic and tactical approach to engagement and positioning which combines our UK and Global priorities to those of our important funding stakeholders – not least the UK Government at National, regional and local levels. The post holder will also seek to diversify our programme funding portfolio through expanding commercial contracts, climate change programming and the identification and support of funding opportunities for Nutrition, MEAL, Advocacy and UK Programme teams.
The post holder will engage positively and effectively with the Action Against Hunger Network, representing the UK at the International Donor Relations Unit (IDRU) within the Network. They will act as a key focal point for both programmatic insight from the Network as well as insight from the donor community and being able to capitalise on this important role. Within Action Against Hunger UK, they will work supportively and complementarily with our Nutrition and MEAL expertise providers as well as our Advocacy team and Fundraising department. For more detailed information on the role, please download the attached pdf Job description.
Closing Date: 27 June 2024 at 23:59. Interview Date: 5 July 2024.
Please read the following carefully before making your application: then all you need to do is send your CV and write a supporting statement explaining why you want the job and how your skills and experience make you the right person for the role and where you saw this vacancy.
- As a UK based position, candidates must have the right to work in the UK
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community and we encourage as broad a range of candidates as possible. If you need any additional support to help you through this process, please let us know (contact details in the job pack)
- Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, within two weeks of the closing date Unfortunately, we cannot provide individual feedback
- If you experience any technical difficulties in submitting your application, please contact the charityjob helpdesk.
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!
We are SANE - a leading, independent mental health charity that aims to raise awareness and remove stigma, fight to improve services, provide emotional support and host cutting edge research.
We have been working tirelessly to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by mental health illness for over 35 years and provide emotional support by phone, email and text, 365 days a year.
Will you join us?
SANE is now looking to recruit a Call Back and Data Officer to join our Services Team.
SANE would love to hear from anyone with experience and enthusiasm for administration and working with data. The Call Back and Data Officer is key to all of the services that we deliver to people affected by mental illness, including daily planning of calls to people facing crisis and distress, and working with data to produce research, reports and case studies.
We are looking for an individual with at least 2 years’ experience of being an administrator, data officer or in an associated role. Experience within a mental health related working environment, relevant volunteering, or strong interest in mental health is also desirable. We are hoping you can bring your interest and your experience of high-quality administrative support to empower our team as we strive to expand and improve our emotional support work.
At SANE we strive to create an environment that promotes inclusion, values diversity and provides every staff member with a sense of belonging. So, if you are looking to build a rewarding career, with opportunities for growth and development, within an established, non-for-profit organisation, come and join our friendly team.
Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 19th June 2024
To apply: Please complete your application before the closing date, addressing all areas of the Person specification (downloadable below) and tell us why you want to work for SANE. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Please note: This role may close early if a suitable candidate is found, please do not delay in submitting your application as interviews are taking place on an ongoing basis.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Resource Futures
Our vision is to create a sustainable world. We work collaboratively with governments, businesses and the third sector to help speed up the transition to a circular economy and manage resources and waste in a more sustainable way.
We are non-profit-distributing and have a close-knit team of 50+ trusted employees who collaborate across various areas of the business. Our multi-disciplined and connected approach sets us apart from the competition and enables us to build robust solutions that have a meaningful impact in the world.
We are passionate not only about what we do but how we do it, and we’re proud to be a part of the global B Corp movement to use business as a force for good. Employee-owned and independent, we’re all about helping each team member grow, and together striving towards our goal of a creating a sustainable world. We are motivated by the impact of our work and how it feeds into wider issues of climate justice and circular economy. Our work is far-ranging from supporting businesses to advising governments and delivering the evidence to support global change. Read more about our company and how we go beyond for our people, to help them grow and thrive.
The opportunity
CAG networks empower community groups to act towards a more sustainable future, focussing primarily on the areas of reuse, repair, waste reduction, sharing, surplus food, composting and wider biodiversity and sustainability. In 2023/4 CAG Devon expanded its geographic focus, becoming county-wide, and widening its topical focus. You will be coordinating the delivery of the new Community Action Groups (CAG) project in East Devon (see our parent project website, CAG Devon).
A CAG network provides community groups with the tools and support they need to thrive, such as support with governance, guidance, small grants, training and insurance, as well as opportunities for networking and sharing skills with other groups.
As CAG project coordinator for the East Devon area, you will be nurturing and supporting place-based community groups, so location is essential. The successful candidate must live in central or East Devon or be within a reasonable commuting distance of East Devon. Mileage will be paid for travel within the East Devon area.
You will liaise with the contract manager and the local authority representative and have experience and enthusiasm for sustainability, community development and grass roots activities. You’ll be joining a close-knit team, working with the CAG Devon Project Manager and Project Officer, and occasionally with our wider Resource Futures team.
What you will be doing
- Promoting the CAG Project across East Devon:
- Establishing contact with communities and key people, through networking, attending and speaking at local events, writing posts, blogs and articles, and speaking to groups.
- Contributing to the CAG Devon website and social media presence.
- Identifying the needs of local groups (with them), including the resources and plans needed to implement their community-based initiatives.
- Providing individual support to assist groups plan and implement their activities:
- Guiding communities in the development of practical waste reduction and wider biodiversity and sustainability projects.
- Providing advice on fundraising and project management for these projects.
- Providing support to community groups and volunteers through identifying and organising appropriate training events, skill sharing sessions and individual support.
- Supporting groups to engage with and make use of Resource CIT, CAG Devon’s current online monitoring and evaluation tool.
- Ensuring that the work meets the agreed objectives and targets of East Devon District Council and the objectives of the wider CAG Devon contract (with Devon County Council).
- Monitoring project progress and reporting quarterly on progress as well as compiling an end of year summary report, highlighting successes and making recommendations.
- Representing and promoting the project to external bodies as appropriate, acting as a representative for the wider CAG Devon project.
- Any other tasks as deemed appropriate to this post.
The essentials
- Knowledge and experience of community development approaches and community consultation methods.
- Experience of working in the community/voluntary sector, ideally on waste reduction and/or wider sustainability/environmental issues.
- Commitment to sustainable resource use and sustainable development.
- Experience of promoting activities via social media.
- Competent IT user, particularly Microsoft packages, MailChimp and WordPress.
- Experience of project management, including budget management.
- Experience of collating, monitoring and evaluating data and report writing.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication, networking, and people skills.
- An enthusiastic and constructive approach.
- Current full driving licence with own transport or ability to travel easily within East Devon district council area / boundary.
Great to haves
- Knowledge of waste reduction methods and wider sustainability issues.
- Knowledge of Devon and its communities, with a focus on East Devon.
- Experience of working in a small and fast-paced team.
- Experience of supporting groups with fundraising and reporting requirements.
- Experience of working with local authorities.
- Knowledge/experience of fundraising.
Benefits
- Embedded flexi working culture.
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, each year (pro rata for part-time hours) – flexibility to work or use bank holidays for annual leave.
- One volunteer day each year (pro rata for part-time hours).
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Scottish Widows Ethical Series 1 pension plan – the company will match up to 7% of your contribution.
- Life assurance cover.
- Healthcare portal offering 24/7 GP access, mental health support, wellbeing advice, financial and legal guidance.
- Established mental health and wellbeing group with trained mental health first aiders and responders, maintaining a focus on support for our team.
- Cycle to work scheme and on-site showers at the Bristol office.
- On-site charging points for electric vehicles at the Bristol office.
- Subsidised professional membership such as CIWM or IEMA.
- An opportunity to become a company member, contributing to decision making and the future of our business.
- Access to our Consultative Group platform – a representative group of employees that provides an anonymous vehicle for employee voice, raising issues and engaging senior management.
- Regular line manager 1:1s and performance reviews, with opportunities to discuss and build targets that inspire and push you professionally.
- Annual training budget to ensure continued progression and development, as well as regular internal ‘Lunch and Learn’ and other sessions to share skills and knowledge across all roles.
- Two annual team activity days, each followed by evening socials.
- Green Bristol location, surrounded by nature, and only 10 minutes’ walk to the harbourside.
- Central Glasgow location near train stations, with roof terrace.
- An opportunity to join a friendly, fun, professional, challenging, and supportive place to work, and a team that is collectively focused on making a positive impact.
Our vision is to create a sustainable world. We support organisations, people and communities to thrive using material resources sustainably.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Purpose
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change and helping nature recover by overseeing and leading on income generation and financial sustainability. You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of fifteen (which will nearly double over 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of 600 acres of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
We are looking for a positive people-person with commercial development experience, financial acumen and the ambition to help take Avon Needs Trees (ANT) to our next level of impact, as we prepare for exponential growth over the next year. Your work will ensure the short- and long-term sustainability of ANT, enabling us to keep delivering impact for decades to come. You will secure ANT financially and drive forward innovative new commercial opportunities, helping to deliver on our goals to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and complementary habitats. Immediate commercial opportunities include natural capital sales, ethical investing, business model development for Landscape Recovery in the Lower Chew and development of ANT’s ecotourism trading arm.
As a fast-growing, high impact charity all of our roles have direct operational responsibilities in addition to managing teams and thinking strategically and with vision.
Main responsibilities
● Lead on ANT’s overall commercial development strategy to ensure long term financial viability and sustainability of the charity
● Pioneer the development and implementation of a new Commercial Trading Arm for ANT to support and accelerate ANT’s charitable impact
● Champion and drive forward new sources of income for ANT including natural capital development, ethical investments and ecotourism development
● Direct the development of business models and natural capital finance models and plans to support Landscape Recovery across thousands of acres of land in the Lower Chew
● Identify, seize and support new income, funding and fundraising opportunities, and help guide ANT through a period of business and transformation and growth
● Line-manage and oversee the work of our finance and natural capital staff, and ultimately trading body staff, to ensure our people are well-supported and our work is impactful
● Direct operational responsibilities to advance our work at pace
● Work with the Chief Executive and other Heads on organisational strategy, finance and organisational sustainability
● Work with the Chief Executive to ensure trustees have appropriate information and understanding of our finances and commercial strategy
● Oversee the production of high quality internal reports, annual accounts, and reports for funders
● Lead on the development and implementation of ANT’s finance and commercial strategy
including:
○ Forecasting models
○ Ensuring all accounting activities comply with regulations and our governed by
robust and appropriate policies
○ Cost saving opportunities
● Ensure compliance with laws and regulations in agreed areas of responsibility
● Identify and implement opportunities for ANT to continually improve, using your
influencing skills to create opportunities
● As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities
● Other duties and opportunities as required
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
About the role
As digital content officer, you’ll design, edit and optimise our web content to help our users feel empowered throughout their breast cancer experience.
From personal stories and blogs to landing pages and webforms, you’ll support teams across the charity and lead the content creation for some of our key projects and campaigns.
You’ll know content design, search engine optimisation (SEO), user experience (UX) and accessibility best practices like the back of your hand and be able to advise teams on the correct approach for their pages. And with support from our digital analytics manager, you’ll be able to advise teams on how to improve their content to drive conversions.
Not only will you be able to take the lead, but you’ll also be a team player. You’ll be able to take direction from the digital content manager on bigger projects and collaborate with other members of your team.
You’ll join the team at an exciting time as we’re amid our digital transformation project. You’ll play a key role in moving our content from the old to the new website. You’ll also help set the standard of content on the new website by training teams on new processes on the new CMS and coaching them on web best practices.
This role is a 12 month fixed-term contract.
About you
A successful candidate will have a strong background in digital and experience in creating web content that packs a punch. You’ll have a can-do attitude, a methodical approach to your work and enjoy creating content.
You’ll have a comprehensive understanding of content design, accessibility, SEO and UX principles. And know how to take this knowledge and use it to create engaging content that supports our user's and charity’s needs.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role can be based in our Cardiff, Glasgow, London or Sheffield office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact us in the first instance.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Friday 21 June 2024
Interview date Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June 2024
LWS Ecologist - Species Survival Fund: 'Bogs and Bitterns'
Salary: £28,544 - £31,025
Contract type: Fixed term until end of December 2025
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar, with opportunities for hybrid working
“Bogs and Bitterns": Somerset Wetland Restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund.
As Project Ecologist you will be at the forefront of delivering, working with landowners and communities to undertake the survey and monitoring work across Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) in Somerset.
This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency. “Bogs and Bitterns: Somerset Wetland restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded across the country. Within our project area we aim to deliver 50 hectares of wetland habitat, restoring and expanding to improve and create quality ‘stepping stone’ sites of high quality biodiversity and to enable species abundance across the wider county.
As Project Ecologist you will be at the forefront of delivering, working with landowners and communities to undertake the survey and monitoring work across these sites. Year one of the project will be focused on targeted ecological surveys and engagement with year two focused on completing surveys and delivering small-scale capital works. The outcome of the project is to better understand the condition of our Local Wildlife sites and to have delivered targeted individual small-scale actions.
Responsibility 1: Develop and Oversee Relationships
Share knowledge and expertise by:
- Taking responsibility for a range of ecological and habitat consultancy and advisory projects.
- Being responsible for corresponding with landowners and communities to access survey sites.
- Carrying out preliminary appraisals.
- Undertaking LWS habitat survey work and producing high quality technical reports within the project area whilst liaising with the SERC LWS Ecologist on this delivery.
- Undertaking and coordinating with volunteers and the wilder project team including Reserves and Nature Recovery Team species survey monitoring and evaluating work across the project area.
- Undertaking a wide range of complex, technical and professional tasks in differing situations, with a degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. It is important to be able to work both alone and as a member of the team.
- Adopting environmentally friendly working practices, setting, and maintaining high personal standards of efficiency and customer care and fostering a ‘can do’ culture based on ownership, initiative, teamwork, and exchange of information. All staff are ambassadors for the organisation both internally and externally and are expected to always act in a professional manner. They are required to abide by organisational rules, policies and procedures as laid down in the staff handbook.
Responsibility 2: Data Collection and Records
Be responsible by:
- Supporting the ongoing LWS Programme in Somerset, following LWS protocols.
- Capturing and recording LWS habitat/species and condition data and aid in the inputting of this data, supporting updating of LWS records and feeding into the SERC database.
Responsibility 3: Project Fund Management
Support and be accountable by:
- Identifying, coordinating and delivering small scale capital funding and actions across LWS and PCNR network, whilst managing project budgets.
- Working with the communications team where applicable to promote and highlight the project achievements.
General
- The job holder is required to follow and comply with all policies and procedures of Somerset Wildlife Trust which includes our health and safety and safeguarding procedures, ensuring the personal safety of all staff, volunteers, young people and vulnerable adults involved in the project.
- To carry out other duties relevant to your post as reasonably required by your line manager.
- To reflect the Somerset Wildlife Trust Values in all areas of work.
- To work collaboratively with other Wildlife Trusts to share learning and achieve greater impact collectively.
- Somerset Wildlife Trust is committed to creating a more digital culture across the organisation. We aim to become more collaborative, agile and efficient through the use of digital technology. A basic level of digital skills is expected of all staff with the opportunity to improve these skills with career progression.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to people with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Additional benefits of working for the Somerset Wildlife Trust include:
- 7% employer pension contribution
- Life insurance
- An annual professional institution subscription
- Flexible and agile working
- Wellbeing support – EAP, wellbeing champions
- Diversity networks through RSWT/TWT
- Paid volunteer days
- Continuous Professional Development opportunities
- Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays)
- Active staff social events
The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature, communities and the climate.
Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
Project Coordinator - Species Survival Fund: 'Bogs and Bitterns'
Salary: £29,784 - £31,320
Contract type: Fixed term until end of February 2026
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Callow Rock, Shipham Gorge, Cheddar, with opportunities for hybrid working
“Bogs and Bitterns": Somerset Wetland Restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund.
As Species Survival Project Fund Coordinator, you will provide project management and co-ordination of the Species Survival Fund project and work on the development of specific species and habitat works at the Brides Mound and St Brigid’s Chapel site in Glastonbury.
We are looking for an individual with both hands on experience of delivering nature conservation work and project management expertise.
This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency. “Bogs and Bitterns: Somerset Wetland restoration is one of twenty schemes being funded across the country. Within our project area we aim to deliver 50 hectares of wetland habitat restoring and expanding to improve and create quality ‘stepping stone’ sites of high quality biodiversity and to enable species abundance across the wider county. We are looking for an individual with both hands on experience of delivering nature conservation work and project management expertise.
As Species Survival Project Fund Coordinator, you will have two main areas of work. The main part of the role is to provide project management and co-ordination of the Species Survival Fund project, ensuring we are on track, including meeting budget requirements, collating information and reporting as required, and providing line manager support to the project Ecologist. The second part of the role is to also to work on the development of specific species and habitat works at the Brides Mound and St Brigid’s Chapel site in Glastonbury; here SWT is working in close co-operation with the Friends of Brides Mound and Southwest Heritage Trust and is funded by the Glastonbury Town Deal Fund.
Responsibility 1: Manage the Project
- Share knowledge and expertise by:
- Providing project management and coordination and building relationship with key stakeholders.
- Ensuring concise information gathering and reporting for the Species Survival Fund project.
- Providing and sharing expertise on species survival, whilst coordinating evidence and monitoring of the project.
- Undertaking a wide range of complex, technical and professional tasks in differing situations, with a degree of personal responsibility and autonomy. It is important to be able to work both alone and as a member of the team.
- Adopting environmentally friendly working practices, setting, and maintaining high personal standards of efficiency and customer care and fostering a ‘can do’ culture based on ownership, initiative, teamwork, and exchange of information. All staff are ambassadors for the organisation both internally and externally and are expected to always act in a professional manner. They are required to abide by organisational rules, policies and procedures as laid down in the staff handbook.
Responsibility 2: Line Management
Provide leadership and support by:
- Providing direct line management to the Species Survival Fund Project Ecologist to ensure best practice and to drive the project forward.
- Managing the workload, performance, and personal development of the Species Survival Fund Project Ecologist.
- Having budgetary responsibility for the project and expenditure.
- Keeping abreast of national and international species recovery programmes and relate these to Somerset.
Responsibility 3: Work with Partners and Volunteers
Provide leadership and training opportunities as an influencer for the Trust by:
- Contributing to discussions, workstreams and providing support to the developing St Brigid’s Chapel and Brides Mound Project.
- Leading on working with other partners to design and implement habitat works across this landholding.
- Enabling the development of volunteering and training opportunities with the Friends of Brides Mound so they are resilient as a community to continue managing this land as part of the nature recovery network at the end of current funded works.
- Working in close collaboration with the communications and fundraising teams to promote the project including the production of articles, blogs and social media posts.
General
- The job holder is required to follow and comply with all policies and procedures of Somerset Wildlife Trust which includes our health and safety and safeguarding procedures, ensuring the personal safety of all staff, volunteers, young people and vulnerable adults involved in the project.
- To carry out other duties relevant to your post as reasonably required by your line manager.
- To reflect the Somerset Wildlife Trust Values all areas of work.
- To work collaboratively with other Wildlife Trusts to share learning and achieve greater impact collectively.
- Somerset Wildlife Trust is committed to creating a more digital culture across the organisation. We aim to become more collaborative, agile and efficient through the use of digital technology. A basic level of digital skills is expected of all staff with the opportunity to improve these skills with career progression.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to people with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Additional benefits of working for the Somerset Wildlife Trust include:
- 7% employer pension contribution
- Life insurance
- An annual professional institution subscription
- Flexible and agile working
- Wellbeing support – EAP, wellbeing champions
- Diversity networks through RSWT/TWT
- Paid volunteer days
- Continuous Professional Development opportunities
- Minimum 33 days of holiday (25 annual leave + bank holidays)
- Active staff social events
The opportunity to make a real and positive difference to nature, communities and the climate.
Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
Job title: Business Accountability Officer
Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London - Flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in person and home/office working.
Salary: £32,020 per annum, pro rata, subject to deductions for tax and national insurance contributions as required by law.
Hours: Part time, 4 days, equivalent to 30 hours per week. This may be flexible.
Contract: 12 Months, fixed term (with possibilities of extension subject to funding)
Reporting to: FLEX Business Engagement and Accountability Lead
About FLEX:
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is an organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation by addressing the systems and structures that make workers vulnerable to abuse. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy.
About the role:
FLEX is looking for someone with a passion for improving working conditions in service sectors, such as cleaning. In this role, you will support the development of more sustainable corporate responses through the development of a worker-informed human rights due diligence programme for businesses that contract cleaning services. Drawing on a 2-year pilot where we developed a worker-informed human rights due diligence framework, this work involves a strong worker-engagement element.
Above all this role requires someone with real passion and commitment for FLEX’s work to end labour exploitation and an excitement for ensuring workers are at the centre and actively involved in shaping solutions that work for them. You will be working in a dynamic team developing this programme, so this role will require flexibility and ability to adapt.
Key responsibilities:
Project Delivery
- Planning, delivering and evaluating worker engagement activities, in line with FLEX’s strategy, safeguarding protocols and approach, ensuring the workers views inform all project outputs, including reports.
- Supporting the development, maintenance, and implementation of robust safeguarding protocols for worker engagement.
- Drafting relevant project outputs, including resources for workers, company reports and other outputs for external communication.
- Collecting data and documentation and supporting assessments and critical reviews of business policies, practices, engaging with participating companies (desk-based, interviews and surveys), as relevant.
- Developing actionable recommendations to support companies to improve their policies and practices.
- Organising regular partnership meetings, preparing and sending out meeting packs, scheduling meetings, facilitating members’ effective participation, and taking minutes.
- Maintaining FLEX’s worker-informed tools, including human rights assessment toolkit in line with international standards and UK law that incorporates issues identified by workers at risk of exploitation.
- Keeping abreast of worker-driven corporate responsibility initiatives focusing on cleaning to inform the pilot design.
- Developing a roadmap with clear referral pathways for businesses identifying labour abuses and potential victims of labour exploitation.
- Delivering activities within budget and liaising with consultants and/or independent contractors;
- Developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans, producing progress and learning reports for internal and external purposes.
- Extracting learnings from experience to inform FLEX’s methodologies for meaningful worker engagement.
Policy and advocacy
- Represent FLEX and networks at external meetings, as required.
- Keeping abreast of the wider relevant policy and legislative context and identifying relevant advocacy intervention opportunities.
- Supporting internal comms and coordination across teams.
Other
- Help maintain a regular social media presence for FLEX;
- Scope, draft and support fundraising bids relevant to this role;
- Undertake any other relevant duties as required.
For more information on this vacancy as well as the application process, please visit the FLEX careers page on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
To work with the people of SW London to ensure that our membership reflects the wider community that we are part of. To work with the community of members, staff, and volunteers at Sound Minds to ensure that our members lead the organisation and that Sound Minds is a safe place of creativity.
The successful candidate will be proactive with a can do attitude and combine these different elements to make a real difference and help grow the organisation.
Due to the nature of the work with our members the role needs to be carried out in person and is not suitable for remote working.
We particularly encourage people with lived experience of mental ill health to apply.
Salary: £25,618 per annum pro rata (salary will be 0.6 x £25,618) & 3% contribution to pension
Hours: 21 hours per week, including the core days of Tuesday and Thursday
This fixed term contract ends on 31st March 2027 and is renewable depending on funding.
Key responsibilities:
• Network across the borough of Wandsworth and South West London by visiting organisations and speaking to people with lived experience of mental distress and / or using mental health services and mental health professionals.
• To have a particular focus on reaching people we are keen to see continuing to use Sound Minds including young people, people from BAME communities, and LGBTQ+ people.
• To form ongoing working relationships with people who refer members to Sound Minds such as care coordinators, social prescribers, community mental health teams, local psychiatric hospitals, and housing support workers.
• To lead the referral team at Sound Minds to ensure the referral pipeline operates smoothly and fits the needs of prospective members.
• To lead on the pastoral care of our individual members. Working with people to help resolve any ongoing problems around areas such as housing, finance, benefits, access to mental health services, having sufficient food to eat and referring and signposting them on to other services.
• Referring members on to other services and ensuring that the offers of Sound Minds are joined up.
• Leading group sessions to help individuals with their wellbeing and recovery journeys.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like to be part of a very special charity that for its size makes a huge impact on the community it serves? And be the person who ensures it connects with the people it supports and the people who support it?
We are Embrace (formerly Bedford & District Cerebral Palsy Society), and we enable people with complex disabilities and their families to live life their way by unlocking possibilities and embracing life.
We are looking for a Social Media and Communications professional to help develop our new brand personality and expand our communications offerings, while our existing resource is on maternity leave.
Timing is perfect as we are launching our new brand, website and tone of voice right now. Our professional consultant has provided detailed guidance and templates. All the tools are in place, we are looking for the right person to take this unique opportunity to develop a new presence for a long established, well loved, local charity.
The most important traits for the position are a genuine passion for the aims and values of our charity, a desire to work flexibly as part of a small, highly committed team, and the ability to make positive things happen. You must be able to communicate with very different audiences who are known to us as well as develop new ways to connect with new advocates or families who will benefit from our support.
You might join us with significant communications experience, or you may have been an active volunteer with other charities, schools or hospitals. You may be a recent graduate or someone returning to the workplace, or deep into your communications career.
We are flexible about hours and hybrid working, but you will need to be prepared to come into the Bedford office on a regular basis.
Do you want to make our 70th year and beyond aspirational, impactful and sustainable? Then come and join us at this critical time and continue our journey as we continue to extend our legacy.
Our mission is to provide unwavering support to families living with disabilities, sharing our knowledge & understanding to empower each individual.
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We are excited to recruit a Community Organiser for our Abbey Parent Power project. This role offers a meaningful, paid professional development opportunity. The Brilliant Club will work in partnership with Cambridge Ahead, Abbey People, Cambridge City Council, Anglia Ruskin University and University of Cambridge to engage with parents in Abbey ward, Cambridge. The parental engagement model used will be based on the successful Parent Power South London and Oldham Parent Power projects.
• Cambridge Ahead (CA) is a business, research and academic membership organisation dedicated to the successful and sustainable growth of Cambridge and its region in the long-term. We exist to be a catalyst for the success of Cambridge and quality of life across the city region. Our 50 members include major higher education institutions and some of the area’s largest employers, representing a workforce of over 40,000 in the Cambridge city region. We work alongside our members on a range of issues related to making the Cambridge city region economy more inclusive through our Skills Group, with the aim of widening access to the educational and employment opportunities available in the area. This includes working with employers who conduct educational outreach, provide learning materials to schools and offer work placements to local young people.
• Abbey People aims to develop community cohesion and support the most at-risk in this deprived area through targeted community projects, provision of general support such as a community fridge, supporting access to education and employment and developing a culture of volunteering in the community. Abbey People exists to make Abbey a better place to live. It does this through partnership work, running and facilitating activities and events, networking the key stakeholders in the community and responding to identified needs within the local community.
• Cambridge City Council is a district council in the county of Cambridgeshire, based in the city of Cambridge.
• Anglia Ruskin is a vibrant workplace, and our University is gaining prominence both nationally and internationally. We have ambitious plans for the future, and we are determined that our students and staff will realise their full potential. Our main campuses in the cities of Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough have been transformed with major capital investment. With an annual turnover of over £200m, we are a major force for higher education and one of the largest universities in the East of England.
• The University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres, and a self-governed community of scholars. Its reputation for outstanding academic achievement is known worldwide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by the staff of the University and the Colleges.
Parent Power supports parents and carers to develop skills in community organising and expertise in supporting their child to access educational pathways, including university degrees, degree apprenticeships and further education options. The project empowers parents to make change to support their children’s future and ensure their they have a fair chance in education and their future careers.
Person specification
Time and Resource Management:
Essential
• Able to plan sessions in an organised and efficient manner and adhere to agreed deadlines.
• Excellent timekeeper, ensuring prompt arrival to meetings and 1-1s; well organised within 1-1s and sessions.
• Capable of adapting quickly to new systems/ processes.
Desirable
• Confident in using digital systems for delivery of online sessions in parent meetings.
• Experience of creating resources.
External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management:
Essential
• Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Professional approach to problem solving with a range of stakeholders involved in the project.
• Awareness of role as a visitor within a school and parent/carer community; understanding of the other commitments held by professionals within a school and by parent/carers.
• Understanding of The Brilliant Club and Abbey People’s mission and the Widening Participation agenda nationally.
Desirable
• Prior experience of community-focused work or hold a qualification at Level 4 or above (as listed here).
• Understanding of and ability to relate to the barriers faced in the Abbey community and some of the ways these might be overcome.
• Understanding of the current climate in the UK school system and some of the challenges young people and parent/carers might be facing.
Communication:
Essential
• Awareness of how to engage parents.
• Able to communicate in a timely and professional way with all project stakeholders.
• Able to take a relational approach to communication with parent/carers, especially in 1-1s.
• Able to explain research accessibly to non-expert audiences.
Reflectiveness
Essential
• Able to identify strengths and areas of development, open to feedback.
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!
Introduction to the role
We are seeking a highly organised, professional and proactive Executive Assistant to support the Co-Directors and senior management team on a part-time basis.
This is a key role in the team and is vital in ensuring the smooth operation of the organisation and our activities.
This is an in-office role; working from our beautiful building in Liverpool Street.
Salary and working hours: Part-time 2.5 - 3 days per week, £30,000 pro rata.
Location: On site, St Ethelburga's Centre, City of London
Please note: Unfortunately we cannot sponsor visas for this role
Responsibilities:
1. Administrative Support:
• Manage calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate travel arrangements for the Co-Directors.
• Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations, and other documents.
2. Meeting Coordination:
• Organise and coordinate internal and external meetings, including preparing agendas, taking minutes, and following up on action items.
• Arrange logistics for board meetings, staff meetings, and other key events
3. HR and Governance Support:
• Support HR functions including recruitment, onboarding, and maintaining employee records.
• Assist with employee communications, benefits administration, and other HR-related tasks.
• Assist in the development, review, and implementation of policies and procedures.
4. Research and Reporting:
• Conduct research on various topics relevant to the Centre's mission and activities.
• Prepare reports, summaries, and briefing materials for the Co-Directors and senior management team.
5. Funding Applications:
Assist in the research, preparation and submission of funding applications and grant proposals.
• Support fundraising campaigns and events, including coordinating logistics, preparing materials, and liaising with donors and sponsors.
6. Project Management:
Assist in the planning and execution of special projects and initiatives as directed by the Co-Directors.
• Track progress on various projects, ensuring deadlines are met and milestones achieved.
Is This You?
• Proven experience as an executive assistant or in a similar administrative role.
• Exceptional organisational and time-management skills. Able to work fast and to deadlines.
• Cheerful and optimistic, with a positive attitude and problem solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a diverse team.
• Interest in the mission of St Ethelburga's Centre.
About Us:
"Bridging divides, loving Earth"
St Ethelburga's work sits at the intersection of climate and peace. We believe there can be no peace on Earth unless we also realise peace with Earth.
St Ethelburga's is a 'maker of peacemakers.' We offer events, training, leadership programmes and multimedia content which equip and inspire people to become peacemakers in their own contexts. Our project areas include community reconciliation, refugee inclusion, radical resilience, viewpoint diversity, and spiritual ecology.
To Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications and interest in the role to Tarot Couzyn by 6pm on Friday, 5th July. Please include "Executive Assistant Application' in the subject line.
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.