With public awareness of mental health higher than ever before, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships Team at Mind. We’re growing and changing fast, but there’s still much to be done.

We’re looking for a Regional Corporate Partnerships Officer to join our successful and growing team. Mind has recently secured a high-profile seven-figure national partnership with a large-scale UK food retailer, for 2019-21. You will support the delivery of this partnership in your region, whilst also managing a small portfolio of your own partnerships. As a skilled relationship manager, you’ll provide first-rate account management and stewardship. You will develop creative fundraising and engagement plans to excite, inspire and maximise income and other opportunities for Mind. 

This role is homebased, covering the East Midlands and North London. If London based, there is potential to occasionally work from Mind’s offices in Stratford. This is an 18-month fixed-term contract.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: noon 4th November

Interviews: week commencing 11th or 18th November

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any UK Trust office

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about creating person centred services that enable young people to thrive. This key role in the team will lead the service design and innovation of the Prince’s Trust’s education offer for young people.

The Trust is in the process of introducing digital as the backbone for delivering and administering its services to young people. We’re keen to develop a blended model of both digital and non-digital services that are desirable for young people, teachers and staff and deliver high impact that transforms lives.

We’re looking for someone that:

• Has passion for delivering the goals of the Prince’s Trust; helping young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn.
• Is keen to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary projects teams, with colleagues across the organisation and young people.
• Embraces agile approaches, working iteratively to design and test services that maximise impact
• Is passionate about human-centred design and innovation methods; undertaking user research, data collection and facilitation of the development of new ideas.
• Recognises the value of co-design and understands how to ensure our services work for young people, teachers and our staff.
• Understands the need to look at the whole experience of young people, and design customer journeys and services that meet needs.
• Has a strong desire to learn and embrace new ideas, approaches and ways of working; and to share these with colleagues.

Experience in the education or youth sector would be an advantageous; this role will be primarily focussed on our developing our future education. However, we’re keen to hear from people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

This is an exciting time to join the Prince’s Trust, we are building a multi-disciplinary team that encompasses service design, content creation, user experience and project management.  We want to create an engine that drives forward our offer to young people, ensuring we meet our ambition to reach one million young people over the next ten years.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.  This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince’s Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Full-time, fixed-term contract until 21st February 2020

£22,000 per annum, pro rata

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres which provide an education programme addressing underachievement and social exclusion. We target children and young people most at risk of failing to meet their potential to go to university due to economic, social, cultural, or linguistic disadvantage. IntoUniversity provides practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18.
 
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff are transforming the fortunes of thousands of young people each year. We currently have thirty-one centres and extension projects across the country, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years. 
 
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to be a Temporary Education Worker in our Nottingham centres. You will have responsibility for planning and delivering the programme to children and young people aged 7-18, so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people, including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.   
 
The role will be fast-paced and challenging. Each day you will be contributing directly to the success of the charity and the transformation of the lives of some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to achieve their potential regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed then we would be delighted to hear from you. 

Fixed Term Contract ending 31st October 2020

Do you have an understanding of drugs and alcohol and health related issues, the Recovery Agenda and experience of working with adults or young people in an addictions or social care setting? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Then join us as a Practitioner.

Right now, one of our partners, Aquarius Action Projects, is looking for a Practitioner to join their Derby Family Safeguarding Service. Based in the East Midlands, Aquarius helps people overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling working closely with individuals, family and friends. But it’s only possible with the help of people like you.

Your challenge? – To provide advice, assessments, structured interventions and groups programmes to support clients through treatment who have both drug and alcohol problems.  You will hold a case load of clients where there are child safeguarding concerns which are linked with parental substance misuse.

You will be conducting assessments, risk assessments and working directly with other services such as primary care, social care and others. The main aim is to work closely with treatment keyworkers and deliver interventions targeted at reducing the risk of parental substance misuse on children. A lot of the work is delivered within the home environment so there will be an element of travelling round the city centre and lone working.  The successful candidate must have exceptional organisational skills and the ability to work with other agencies both face to face, email and via telephone.  There is also a requirement to write comprehensive reports for child protection conferences and attendance of numerous safeguarding meetings.  Ideally the successful candidate needs to have an understanding of safeguarding processes and safeguarding thresholds.

An energetic and confident self-starter, you will be required to hold a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care. As well as good knowledge of alcohol/drug and health related issues, you will be used to liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and comfortable engaging with clients in a variety of service delivery settings. You will have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality, excellent record keeping and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Closing Date: 5th November 2019

Interviews will be held on: 7th November 2019

To apply please submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.

In return, you can expect some great benefits, including 32 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers, plus exceptional professional development and training opportunities. So, get inspired and take the first steps towards a more fulfilling career.

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (with the possibility of an extension)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices

The Senior Data Analyst will work within the Innovation team and be responsible for ensuring data is used and made available to inform the innovation team, innovation product manager, digital products team with data insights from our digital platforms. These data insights will ultimately drive how early-stage innovations are performing to drive decisions. This role will be key in helping us find our next big innovations.

We're after someone has:

• A strong desire to understand and resolve difficult technical issues
• An experience working with business intelligence tools
• A strong understanding of data and data modelling
• The ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively working closely with innovation team and software development team

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

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We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

We are seeking a resourceful and innovative communications expert to transform our communications strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to create and implement a new communications strategy so we can reach all our stakeholders in the most effective way possible, with the ultimate aim of delivering increased awareness and growth.

You will be responsible to the CEO, and work closely with the other team leads, overseeing all social media, website and print output to make the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK the number one destination for information about PWS. 

You will be an expert communicator who loves to innovate and can enthuse others to join you on the journey. You will understand social media and digital platforms inside out and have a passion for using them. You will be an excellent copywriter and editor with an eye for design. You will have the ability to relate to and communicate with diverse stakeholders and auuudiences.

Ideally, you will have signifiacnt experience managing presss, communications and camp;aigns, but we will consider candidates with less experience who have the aptitude and enthusiasm to learn.

At Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts we give free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects.

Money Adviser
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £24,062 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Based at: Amber Valley

We have an opportunity for an experienced Money Adviser to join our existing team which provides an excellent face to face money advice service to clients.

The ideal candidate will have excellent money advice skills or a commitment to completing the Accredited Money Advice learning Plan as a priority, some knowledge of the current benefits system, and up to date knowledge and understanding of welfare reform. Good communications skills, both written and verbal are essential in the role, as is the ability to effectively communicate with our customers with a non-judgemental approach.

For application details please click on the Apply button. Please note we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 28 October 2019
Interviews: Monday 4 November 2019

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Dog Welfare Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Advanced Training Team as a Dog Welfare Officer working directly with our client's assistance dogs in training.

Dog Welfare Officer Responsibilities:

- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kennels.
- Ensuring the welfare needs of dogs are met at all times.
- Assisting with the re-homing process for dogs that are withdrawn from training.
- Establishing toilet routines for dogs.
- Exercising, grooming, feeding and bathing dogs, monitoring their health.

Dog Welfare Officer Requirements:

- An understanding of dog care and welfare issues.
- Able to work outside in all weathers.
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of people.
- Full UK driving licence in order to transport dogs to veterinary appointments.
- Ability to fulfill occasional overnight duties and weekend work as required.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract for maternity cover.

Our client is a Disability Confident Committed employer.

About our client:

If you are looking for an inspirational challenge, join their amazing assistance dog charity and contribute to their life changing work.

Our client's mission is to transform the lives of adults with physical disabilities through partnership with their specially trained assistance dogs. To help them create these amazing partnerships, they need amazing people.

Location: Osgathorpe, Leicestershire

Job type: Full Time, 12 month Fixed Term Contract Maternity Cover, 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: £18,321 per annum

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Annual Leave, wide range of discounts at high street shops

Closing date for applications: 10th November, 2019

All interviews will take place at their Midlands Training Centre, Osgathorpe, Leicestershire.

You may have experience of the following: Kennels, Dog Grooming, Dog Trainer, Agility Trainer, Behavioural Consultant, Behaviour Trainer, Dog Behaviourist, etc.

Ref: 89711

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, innovative and experienced leader to manage all aspects of our strategy and operation. FRAME is a small research charity committed to replacing the use of animals in scientific experiments.  We have undergone a significant restructuring over the past two years that has resulted in the development of this critical and exciting new role.  For the right person this will provide scope to develop their role in order to support the Board of Trustees in driving the charity forward.Our current operations include fundraising, education, publicity & marketing, delivery of an annual training school, publication of our own scientific journal, ATLA (through a third party) and allocation of scientific research grants.

We seek an all-rounder who can drive excellence in strategic planning, governance, fundraising, financial management and HR.  The successful applicant will come with proven senior administrative, leadership and management ability, demonstrated within the third sector.  The role will involve the responsibility for the overall operations of the charity ensuring compliance with all our legal requirements, therefore a good working knowledge and understanding of charity law and governance is essential.

You will be educated to degree level in a STEM subject and have excellent interpersonal and public engagement skills. You will be able to demonstrate experience of managing people, projects and budgets successfully. Good communication skills and experience of fundraising are essential. As an individual you will be highly self-motivated, able to work from a home office environment alone and in concert with others, and capable of working with people at all levels of seniority. A postgraduate qualification – in biological or biomedical science/public engagement of science or a related discipline – would be desirable.  Critical to this role is a drive and a passion to further the aims of our charity.

This is a part time position that can offer flexible working and would suit someone with extensive varied experience in senior level charity positions.

Please include a statement supporting your suitability for the role along with your full CV.

Closing date for applications is 31st October 2019.  Interviews for short-listed candidates will take place over two days on the 13th and 14th of November.

Homebased/Derby

2 Year Fixed Term Contract- Full Time - 37 hrs p.w

Shift Details: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (Flexibility to work out of core hours is necessary for the role)

Do you have a passion for community fundraising, an understanding of the vital role worshipers in faith communities play in supporting charities and a desire to bring your reviewing and implementing skills to deliver the best possible results?  With your natural style of planning and delivering your own workload and a passion for supporting people in later life, this is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role as Faith Relationships Fundraiser, where you will help to develop community fundraising at a large national charity.

You will provide valuable support, excellent customer service and fundraising guidance to MHA's faith audience in particular Methodist Churches in areas of the county with no Regional Fundraiser. You will build key relationship with our volunteer MHA Reps within the Methodist Church and where possible looking to expand the scheme more widely.

This role will also have responsibility for reviewing, managing and evolving the scheme as well as supporting the development of our principal community fundraising activity MHA Sunday. Internally you'll build strong relationships with Regional Fundraisers and our Chaplaincy team to support and enable them to raise funds for MHA's vital work through a faith audience.

This role is a 2 year fixed term contract to allow you to hand over relationships to Regional Fundraisers as they become appointed as part of our community fundraising strategy. This role can be either home based or Derby Head Office based working extensively across England, Wales and Scotland. Extensive travel across the countries will be needed and you must be willing to have regular overnight stays. A full driving licence and access to a car are a must.

Inspired by our Methodist Roots, MHA cares for older people, you should be passionate about reducing loneliness and isolation and determined to make a difference for the 17,000 individuals we support across the country.

MHA is an inclusive and diverse employer and welcomes candidates to apply from all backgrounds, faiths and abilities.

In return for your commitment MHA offer 28 days holiday (inc bank holidays) Pension, Life Assurance and a Discount and Voucher scheme.

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019

Permanent - Part Time - 22.5 hours per week

Shift Details: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (Flexible within this time and open to discussion)

Based at Epworth House, Derby. Commutable from Nottingham, Burton-Upon-Trent and Loughborough.

Are you an engaging writer, who enjoys pulling together a winning case for support; able to prioritise your own workload and a passion for supporting people in later life?

This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role as a Community Fundraising Officer, where you will be helping to develop community fundraising at a large national charity.

You will provide valuable support and fundraising guidance through writing supporter journeys, community fundraising packs and product content. Internally you will build strong relationships with colleagues at all levels, in particular in our fundraising, chaplaincy and marketing teams to ensure community fundraising asks are in line with MHA's vital work, values and brand.

As a charity that cares for older people, you should be passionate about reducing loneliness and isolation and determined to make a difference for the 17,000 individuals we support across the country.

MHA is an inclusive and diverse employer and welcomes candidates to apply from all backgrounds, faiths and abilities.

In return for your commitment MHA offer 28 days holiday (inc bank holidays) Pension, Life Assurance and staff discount scheme.

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019

Permanent - Full time - 37 hours per week

Based at Epworth House, Derby - Commutable from Nottingham, Burton-Upon-Trent and Loughborough.

Are you a reliable, organised and experienced administrator with excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and a passion for supporting people in later life and those that want to help them?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Fundraising team at MHA in a vital role building and maintaining relationships with supporters from across the country. 

Your role will be pivotal in helping MHA raise funds for its vital work. Using your excellent customer services skills, as well as your administrative and database knowledge, you will ensure all supporter relations are managed efficiently and effectively and every fundraising opportunity is explored and developed with the wider fundraising team.

As a charity that cares for older people, you should be passionate about reducing loneliness and isolation and determined to make a difference for the 17,000 individuals we support across the country.

Based in our head office in Derby you will be an integral part of the team, working with colleagues across fundraising and the wider directorate.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone wanting to move in to the Third Sector and develop their career in fundraising.

In return for your commitment MHA offer 28 days holiday (inc bank holidays) Pension, Life Assurance and a staff discount and voucher scheme.

Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2019

RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATOR, EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS, NOTTINGHAM, FRWK03 £16,296 - £17,811, 37 HPW

Are you an experienced administrator or receptionist who would enjoy supporting services that make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged people? Would you like to work for an organisation that values your input and offers great job satisfaction?

Framework is a charity delivering housing, health, employment, support and care services to people with a diverse range of needs. We empower people to achieve financial stability, social inclusion and independence. As Receptionist/Administrator for Framework’s Employment and Skills Service you will be the first point of contact for all visitors to The Training Centre in Bulwell, Nottingham, which provides a diverse range of learning opportunities to Framework’s service users. You will also be responsible for administrative and external communications support for the Training Centre and Volunteering teams.

This job might be for you if:

• You have a welcoming personality and a great way with people. You are friendly, non-judgemental and enjoy engaging with people from all walks of life
• You are accurate and have great attention to detail. You are familiar working with a range of computer packages and are equally happy doing data entry, writing minutes or collating reports
• You are familiar with social media and how it works and would feel happy gathering and publishing information on Facebook and other platforms
• You have a confident phone manner and are happy both answering incoming queries or calling volunteers or learners for follow ups on the service they have received
• You enjoy managing your own workload and thrive in a constantly evolving environment. You are proactive and keen to take on new challenges.

This is a flexible role and we welcome applicants who would consider part time/job share working arrangements.

If this sounds like the role for you then please see the person spec and job description and complete our online application form. If successful you would need to be available for an assessment and interview on Tuesday 5th November 2019.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

Lottery and Supporter Engagement Coordinator (Fundraising Campaigns) - Part time 32.5 hours per week

Are you looking for a career where no two days are the same, where you’ll be working with a friendly, supportive and caring team? If so, we’ve got the perfect role for you! Each day you’ll be helping us go the extra mile to be here for the children, young people and families who rely on us. This is a great opportunity to work for Rainbows, the only hospice in the East Midlands for life-limited children and young people.

The successful applicant will lead on the recruitment and retention of players for the Rainbows Lottery, working in partnership with both external agencies and internal teams to ensure that agreed targets and objectives are met whilst complying with the 2005 Gambling Act, Gambling Commission and the Fundraising Code. 

Working with the Head of Individual Giving, deliver a key part of the Individual Giving strategy, through the planning and execution of annual fundraising campaigns, collaborating with different teams (e.g. fundraising, retail and marketing) to achieve a year round programme of exciting and engaging communications with our supporters.

Lead on the development and implementation of new ideas and agreed strategies to ensure that Lottery and Regular Giving grows year on year and that attrition rates remain under the agreed level.

Provide first class supporter care to all supporters who contact by phone, email, face to face through excellent relationship management and communication skills, be able to prioritise a sometimes demanding and shifting workload, and work well under pressure.

Please supply a covering letter/supporting statement with your application.   The closing date for applications is Friday 18th October 2019.

All position are subject to an enhanced DBS check