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Helping Devon and Cornwall become a better place to live. Together.
"I love working with a variety of volunteers, who are all passionate about community health and well-being, crime prevention and supporting our vulnerable residents” – Association Lead
“Neighbourhood Watch enabled me to connect with my neighbours and we are now great friends” – Coordinator.
Are you looking for a role with huge variety where no day is the same? Are you able to inspire a team of brilliant volunteers? Do you have project lead experience and are looking for the next step in your career?
If you answered yes to these then we have the perfect opportunity for you.
Your role
The Community Project Manager is a critical role working closely with partners and volunteers to strengthen the Watch movements in designated areas across Devon and Cornwall. The role will play a key role in identifying, maintaining, and improving the current membership of Watch schemes and recruiting, supporting and developing the implementation of our Community Safety Charter,
Our development role is full of variety, and every day is different! From generating and processing new schemes to training our wonderful volunteer team you’ll find every day challenging but extremely rewarding. You will have relevant experience in volunteer management but a great attitude and willingness to learn is just as important.
About you
As Community Project Manager you’ll be passionate about supporting communities to be better-connected and have a love of getting the best out of volunteers. You’ll be looking for a development role as the next step in your career and be comfortable working closely with the team and partners. You’ll be a dedicated team player with a strong work ethic, a great attention to detail, solid IT skills and a creative eye for attracting a wider scope of membership. We ask you demonstrate an appreciation of Neighbourhood Watch’s values and ambition of achieving 5-year strategy.
About working in our team
Our small team supports the volunteers in our communities that are the face of our charity, run by a dedicated, creative, and passionate bunch of superstars. Focusing on creating sustainable safer environments for area in which they live and work, engaging with local communities and leading our volunteers to deliver a great experience.
Term - Fixed term till 31st March 2025 with likely extension
Hours - 22.5 hours per week
Location – 3 days a week based remotely or in the community.
Salary - £18,000 (0.6 FTE - pro rated from a salary of £30,000 per year)
Neighbourhood Watch benefits
We encourage everyone to bring their individuality to work and embrace our values of being neighbourly, community-focused, inclusive, proactive, trusted, and collaborative.
We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition and offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Up to 25 days annual leave pro rated
- Flexible working (where we can)
- Company pension
- Excellent support and career development
- Wellbeing incentives like the cycle to work scheme, and much more.
If you want to help us support Watch membership across our project areas in Devon and Cornwall and feel that you have the drive and ambition to join us on this journey, we'd love to hear from you. Apply Today! Application closing date midday: 7th July 2024
Who are we at Neighbourhood Watch?
Neighbourhood Watch is a grassroots charitable movement. It is England and Wales's largest crime prevention voluntary movement and has upwards of 2.3 million household members. Schemes are run by volunteers across England and Wales supported by volunteer Associations and Neighbourhood Watch Network, the national umbrella organisation for the movement.
Interviews will be held on the 15th July 2024 online
Our mission is to support and enable individuals and communities to be connected, active and safe, which increases wellbeing and minimises crime.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a reliable, flexible and proactive Executive Assistant wanting to work with an amazing organisation?
We are proud to be partnering with a great national organisation that empowers young people. They support them by providing free training courses and programmes to boost their career prospects. They are looking for a temporary Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the Chief Executive, Board and wider leadership team on a full-time basis (35 hours a week) for 2.5 months.
Offering hybrid working (up to 2 days a week in London office).
This role involves working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders from different backgrounds.
Working closely with senior management team, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Chief Executive, Board and wider leadership team. You will support the CEO, including email and diary management, organising meetings and making national and international travel arrangements. You will support Board and Governance meetings, including assisting with the preparation of agendas, producing meeting papers and taking minutes of meetings. You will also handle a range of conflicting priorities and support projects. You will ensure the smooth running of the office by supporting the Office Manager and provide ad hoc support to other senior members when required.
This role requires extensive experience of providing operational and administrative support to senior directors and use of a wide range of skills, including but not limited to attention to detail, prioritisation, problem solving, multi-tasking, verbal and written communication and time management skills. The successful candidate will be a committed individual with exceptional interpersonal skills, who is highly organised, proactive and a proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite Programmes. They will also possess the ability to maintain confidentiality and exacting standards.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.
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!
Ivy Rock Partners is supporting a leading National Charity with the recruitment of an Interim Senior Finance Business Partner to deliver high quality financial management reporting for their care directorate for the next 3-6 months.
This role is best suited to experienced Finance Business Partners, with a keen eye for detail, ability to work within fast paced commercial environments.
Key responsibilities:
- Prepare timely, accurate and insightful management reporting for the directorate.
- Support delivery of our key financial metrics in terms of surplus, operating margin and cash.
- Improve understanding of financial performance to underpin timely and effective decision making
- Lead financial planning processes and provide the necessary analysis, guidance and challenge to ensure ownership of robust and credible plans
- Ensure consistency of Finance BP service delivery across all regional operational areas
- Management of restricted reserves, ensuring they are spent as intended.
- Ensuring there is tight control on directorate overheads.
About you:
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA or Equivalent)
- 2+ years experience working within a Finance Business Partner environment
- Charity experience (experience working within Care is desirable)
- Immediately available
What’s in it for you?
- Day rate of £400-450pd depending on experience
- Flexible working habits (ideally 1 day a week in London office, but open to remote working)
Region : Berkshire City/Town Slough
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern Maternity Cover to September 2025 - Full Time – 37.5 hours
Job description
This is an exciting role for someone who has experience working at community grassroots or who is passionate about people and working with communities. We give flooded people tools to advocate and speak for themselves and we want someone who is passionate about community empowerment. Are you articulate and confident and able to facilitate in partnership discussions? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Key skills required are:
· verbal & written communication at all levels (grassroots & professional bodies)
· personal strengths i.e., warm, approachable, patient & genuinely compassionate
· listening skills
· confidence and enthusiasm
· self-motivation and proactive
· being a team player
About The National Flood Forum
The National Flood Forum is a charitable organisation that puts flooded people at the heart of their policies and the work they strive to achieve. We are the only organisation dedicated to issues around flooding. We give support to people at risk before, during and after flood catastrophes and work to achieve a voice for those at the grassroots of flood risk. Exceptional time is given to engagement to create lasting relationships for those that need to reduce their flood risk. Support to those at flood risk is an everyday work expectation and we also provide bespoke services as tools to extend this support.
· Engagement – Flood Action Groups (a bespoke NFF initiative now identified internationally) – Networks – bringing people together, communities & professional bodies.
· Flood recovery – Going into the heart of a flooded communities to support & guide people through a plethora of issues that they face.
· Flood exhibitions – of resilience and resistance advice and information
· Insurance – advice & information
· A Helpline – a guiding, supporting, listening service
TO APPLY
To apply please send
• Your CV (maximum 2 sides)
• Supporting statement (maximum 1 side) demonstrating how you meet the requirements and why working for the National Flood Forum appeals to you.
• Please also complete the Equal Opportunities form via this link https://forms.gle/DNzZ1T23V85pDXdh7
Please tell us how you heard about this position on your application.
or post: National Flood Forum, PO Box 7643, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 9BL
Closing date for applications is June 21st at 5 p.m.
Interviews will be conducted online.
Expected start date end July 2024.
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!
Our Client
One of the UK's largest and most loved charities. This charity is a house hold name having operated for 140 years.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Central Finance, the Financial Accounting and Control Manager will have responsibility for the primary ledgers, financial controls, production and reconciliation of the balance sheet, cash flow, VAT/Tax compliance, statutory accounts production and other external reporting.
This role will manage 5 people; two financial accountants and 3 finance officers.
The Successful Candidate
- Qualified accountant with strong academic background
- Prior experience in a similar role within a large and complex organisation, or as a head of finance for a smaller organisation
- Experience in the delivery of consolidated statutory accounts
- Experience in leading an organisations tax/VAT strategy
- A proven people manager who can develop and nurture others
- Comfortable working constructively with an array of executive level stakeholders
What's on offer?
Day rate of £350-380 per day for a 6 month contract. Hybrid working set up with 2 days in the office in London.
Summary:
This interim Management Accountant role will report into the Head of Finance Business Partnering for Income Generation and Communications.
The Client:
A leading UK children's charity who help to rebuild children's lives and help support families.
The Role:
Budgeting: assisting the Finance Managers and budget holders in the preparation of Directorate income and expenditure budgets, ensuring phased budget templates are completed in line with set deadlines.
Monitoring, Analysis and Forecasting: reviewing transaction reports to ensure period end financial information, monitoring financial results against forecasts and budgets to investigate performance variances.
Recording and Reporting of Financials: monthly accruals, prepayments and deferrals for income and expenditure, along with coding adjustments to maintain accuracy reporting
The Successful Candidate:
Part qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
Multi-site experience
Excellent time management and organisation skills
What's on offer?
£250/day umbrella rate
Hybrid working
About You.
Are you a passionate advocate, ensuring those you work with can access the right support and entitlements?
Do you understand the rights of those recently arrived in the UK through both asylum and resettlement routes regarding benefits, healthcare, schooling, and housing?
Are you committed to empowerment, recognising the importance it plays in the lives of refugees as they rebuild their lives?
Are you comfortable travelling across the region to support families as they integrate in their local community?
Are you an excellent planner, able to work to tight deadlines, whilst being comfortable with change and flexibility?
Are you committed to standing alongside refugees, providing welcome and support as they rebuild their lives as well as listening and learning from those who remain resilient in the face of great difficulty?
The successful candidate will have a positive attitude and play an important part in delivering the best possible support to those we work with. You will be committed to, and actively demonstrate, our values, ethos and practice in order to achieve our vision – to see thriving positive communities where every refugee can contribute and make the most of opportunities.
We are looking for a new team member who can provide support to refugee families across Lincolnshire. Due to the nature of the work, you would need to hold a full UK driving licence, have access to a car, and be willing to travel to visit families, as well as attend team meetings in Derby.
Purpose of the role:
Assisting in the resettlement of vulnerable refugees and Afghan evacuees through the provision of advice, guidance, and support.
Context of the role.
Upbeat Communities delivers several services to welcome refugees and support them to rebuild their lives. We are looking to recruit an Integration Worker who will offer support working on the refugee resettlement scheme.
Refugee resettlement takes place across Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. Over the past 7 years, Upbeat Communities has welcomed and played a key part in the resettlement of Syrian refugees in partnership with local authorities in both counties. This role has included supporting families to apply for universal credit and set up bank accounts, registering with GPs and local schools in addition to integrating into their local community. Since the summer of 2021, we have taken on responsibility for the resettlement of Afghan families in both regions.
This role requires working within a fast-paced and dynamic environment to manage a caseload of participants' families, with a lot of travel across the county of Lincolnshire. Areas covered could including Sleaford, Bourne, Spalding, Skegness, Boston.
About us.
Upbeat Communities exists to help refugees settle and rebuild their lives in the UK. One of the best resources a refugee can have to help them settle in their new home is a good social network. With this aim, we want to help connect refugees into community. Our name reflects our vision to see thriving communities where refugees can make a positive contribution.
Our organisational values, lived out by our staff and volunteers, are:
We work to WELCOME. We create COMMUNITY. We are inspired to act with INTEGRITY. We exist to EMPOWER. We are committed to CREATIVITY. We run on RELATIONSHIPS. We are proud to be PROFESSIONAL. We have COMPASSION at our core.
Upbeat Communities' Christian ethos was the driving force behind the charity’s formation and is the basis for the values. Many of our team are Christians but we are eager to build a team that is representative of the diverse nationalities, faiths, and life experiences of the communities we work with.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Support the arrival and welcome of refugees and evacuees being resettled through initial reception and orientation.
- Promote the integration and independence of all those arriving through the Resettlement schemes.
- Provide advice and support to individuals on benefits, housing, health, education, employment, and any other appropriate services required as part of the resettlement process; through home visits, outreach sessions, and attending appointments.
- Accompany individuals and families to appointments as required e.g. opticians, dentists.
- Encourage and support families to engage in community activities, and work towards integration and independence.
- Develop and maintain a supportive and empowering relationships founded on mutual respect, trust and the strengths of individuals.
- Communicate information to participants clearly and promptly, through the use of interpreters where required.
- Liaise with local authorities, housing providers, GPs, schools, and other relevant statutory services to ensure smooth referral, registration, and updates.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with external stakeholders to facilitate access to mainstream services for those in the scheme, to promote integration and independence.
- Engage with local voluntary and community sector organisations and networks to promote a culture of welcome and support for all participants.
- Deliver awareness sessions about the resettlement scheme and the needs of those being resettled, to a range of stakeholders and interested parties.
- Contribute to the review and development of the resettlement scheme.
- Carry out monitoring and evaluation processes as appropriate.
- Make an active contribution to the overall work of Upbeat Communities through team meetings, staff training, awareness and fundraising events, and any other appropriate activities.
Person Specification:
We are looking for exceptional candidates who can demonstrate the following experience and skills. Please make sure you evidence each of these areas when you apply.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- At least 1 years’ experience of working directly with refugees (or vulnerable clients) in a support setting, providing advice, information, and guidance on a range of issues including benefits, housing, health services, education, and employment.
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs and experiences of asylum seekers refugees newly arrived in the UK.
- Experience of working with people from different cultures and backgrounds and an understanding of cultural diversity, equal opportunities.
- Knowledge and understanding of the roles that empowerment and independence play in the integration of refugees.
- Good spoken and written English, with the ability to communicate to participants and external agencies.
Desirable
- Ability to speak a second language relevant to the refugee communities we work with (e.g. Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Pashtu, Sorani, Spanish, Tigrinya).
- Experience of delivering training or awareness sessions to a range of different audiences.
- Experience of working with families and children.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- The ability to clearly communicate complex information to individuals who may be in a distressed or anxious state.
- Confidence and skills to negotiate on behalf of participants with service providers from both the statutory and voluntary sectors.
- An empathetic and compassionate outlook, whilst being able to maintain professional boundaries with those you work with.
- Ability to work effectively with interpreters.
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders and partner organisations.
- Ability to plan and manage your own workload.
- Commitment to some evening and weekend work.
- Willingness to travel across Lincolnshire and to Derby city (main base)
- A team player with a helpful serving attitude and a positive disposition.
- Good administration skills and competence in using email and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
- Commitment to demonstrate and participate in Upbeat Communities’ ethos and values.
- The right to work in the UK.
- Full UK Driving licence and access to your own transport.
What we offer as an Employer
- Annual team retreat to recharge, re-envision and build relationships across the team.
- 25 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays for full time staff (pro rata for part time staff).
- Flexible working to promote a good work / life balance.
- Opportunities for continued training and development.
- Regular support and supervision.
- Competitive pension scheme (5% employer contribution matched by 5% employee contribution)
Empowering individuals and families to thrive as they rebuild their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Grant Assessment Manager
£37,000 - £40,000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience) plus generous benefits
Fixed Term Contract until 31 May 2025.
Location: home-based, with occasional travel to Football Foundation office and funded sites.
We are the Football Foundation - the Premier League, the FA and government’s charity that delivers outstanding grassroots facilities, more and better places to play, transforming lives and communities where it is needed most.
To help us with this important mission, we currently have a vacancy for up to two temporary Grant Assessment Managers to join us for a fixed term until 31 May 2025. This is an exciting role for those with grant management and grant assessment experience to use their skills to support grassroots community sports.
About the Football Foundation
Over the last 22 years, the Foundation has awarded more than 23,000 grants to deliver outstanding grassroots facilities across England worth more than £877 million. This year, the Foundation will be investing more money than ever into facilities across England and is committed to improving the experience of playing football for everyone.
The Foundation’s goal is to unlock the power of pitches ensuring everyone has a great place to play regardless of gender, race, disability or place.
The role
Our Grant Assessment Managers form part of a centralised Grant Assessment function – a flexible and adaptable team which provides critique and assessment of applications submitted to the Football Foundation and Premier League Stadium Fund for capital and revenue grants, working within short timescales. In addition to the core function, Grant Assessment Managers are required to undertake Post Award Support to ensure the objectives of our grants are being met. This involves both face-to-face and remote meetings with grant recipients, where an assessment of delivery of outcomes, KPI measures and compliance with grant terms and conditions is made.
What are we looking for?
You don’t have to be a football fan to join the Foundation, but you must have a detailed understanding of grant application and grant giving processes and governance, coupled with an ability to effectively apply this knowledge to provide high levels of customer service. You’ll have experience of critiquing and assessing grant applications, as well as an understanding of the operations, requirements and challenges faced by community organisations, statutory bodies and not-for-profits.
You must have strong communication and interpersonal skills with experience of communicating with and supporting a diverse range of colleagues and applicants remotely, as well as experience of producing detailed reports for decision-makers.
Grant Assessment Managers must be highly organised, with the ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities, adapting their approach for each programme to ensure governance and compliance requirements are met.
For full details of the role and requirements, please download our recruitment pack below.
What can we offer you?
The salary for this role is £37,000-£40,000 per annum, dependent on relevant skills and experience.
You will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus additional time off to volunteer. We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), collective bonus scheme, free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets
We are committed to helping our team members maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help achieve that.
Equality and Diversity Commitment
The Football Foundation is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We encourage and welcome applications from all, regardless of background and are particularly interested to hear from individuals belonging to under-represented groups including diverse ethnic communities, individuals with a disability and those from the LGBTQI+ community.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us at jobs @ footballfoundation. org .uk
How do I apply?
To apply, please follow the steps outlined below:
· Please send the following to jobs @ footballfoundation. org. uk
o CV
o Cover letter - please highlight briefly and clearly how your skills, abilities and experience equip you for the role, together with your reasons for applying.
The closing date for applications is: midday, 26 June 2022. Online interviews are currently scheduled for 2 July 2024.
All applications received will be short listed against the role requirements and person specification. Those most closely matching our requirements will be invited to take part in an online interview.
Due to the volume of applications received for most roles, the Foundation only contacts candidates if they are shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.
Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply.
Key terms and conditions
Salary: £31,605
Contract type: 12 months with the possibility of extension
Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays. Staff additionally get a day off on their birthday and our office is closed between Christmas and New Year.
Pension: Employee contributions to pension are matched 1:1 by Results up to a maximum of 5% of gross salary.
Benefits: Cycle scheme, interest free travel card loan and Employee Access Programme
Line Manager: Head of Parliamentary Advocacy
Location: Results UK works hybridly with most staff coming into the office 2 days a week but other working patterns are possible. Our office is in Millbank Tower, London, SW1P 4QP.
Starting date: This role is available immediately.
About Results UK
Results’ mission is to work with others to create the public and political will to end poverty, by enabling people to exercise their personal and political power for change.
Internationally, we work with Results organisations around the world, and in health we also work with partners in India, Kenya, Zambia and elsewhere through the international ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership. Results UK believes the building blocks of the end of poverty can be most simply articulated as “health, education, economic opportunities, and citizen voice”. These are the things that all people, wherever they live, need and have a right to.
Within these areas, we prioritise a small number of specific issues where we can have the most influence to achieve much needed development progress. Across all our issues, our aims are to mobilise resources, change policy, and create the public and political will that will bring about change.
Role description
Results has a long and successful history of engaging with UK parliamentarians around international development issues and providing them with the briefings and questions they need to raise these issues in parliament. As the Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Education, you will lead our parliamentary work on education issues in line with our new strategy and commitment to equity. You will have a good understanding of how the UK Parliament works and how to engage parliamentarians in our issues.
You will lead relationships with UK parliamentarians around global education, including providing the Secretariat for the APPG Global Education.
Key responsibilities
Parliamentary advocacy
● Working with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and others in the organisation to develop and implement a high impact and politically astute advocacy strategy for global education.
● Alongside the specific global education strategy, contribute to the development of Results’ overarching parliamentary advocacy strategy, working closely with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and other members of the team.
● Lead on the parliamentary work on global education for Results UK, by building and strengthening relationships with MPs and Peers that result in their championing the end of poverty, specifically the importance of global education, and building support for the key elements of strong national education systems.
● Provide the secretariat function to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Education. The APPG secretariat/coordinator function includes guiding the Group’s work programme and activities, arranging meetings and events, corresponding with the APPG Officers and Members, briefing MPs and Peers to ask questions or speak in parliamentary debates and representing the Group externally, for example with the FCDO, Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait and others.
● Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of Parliamentary Delegations to other countries and advocacy tours to the UK, working with the relevant Policy Advocacy Officer and others in the Parliamentary Team.
● Work closely with the Grassroots Advocacy Team to ensure parliamentary and grassroots campaigning activity is coordinated and the greatest impact is achieved between the relationships our grassroots campaigners build with their local MPs, and the work led from the office to support MPs in Parliament.
● Ensure our parliamentary advocacy and relationships always remain non-partisan and cross-party, in line with our charitable aims and objectives.
Partners and coalitions
● Liaise with other global Results organisations, to coordinate our parliamentary advocacy at a global level.
● Work closely with civil society and other partner organisations and allies in the UK to coordinate parliamentary advocacy in the UK.
● Represent Results UK in global coalitions and consortia, such as Send My Friend to School (SMF), the FLN (Functional Literacy and Numeracy) Hub and others as agreed with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy.
● Identify and develop new partnerships in line with our new strategy and our focus on equity.
Communications and media
● Where capacity allows, identify media opportunities and support media activity (including traditional and social media) related to global education.
● Contribute content to Results UK’s website, blog and social media to help achieve our organisational objectives and strengthen our brand presence.
● Publicise the APPG's activities, primarily through its website and twitter account.
● Represent Results at external meetings and events in relation to global education advocacy.
Organisational Development
● Carry out effective monitoring, evaluation and learning of your work, recording activity and outcomes that enables Results UK to measure its success, in addition to measuring the impact of your activities towards these outcomes.
● Be a key part of Results UK’s organisational development by participating in strategic discussions, evaluations, sharing your experience and ideas, and working flexibly to support other staff as required.
● Actively develop and support funding ideas to help appropriately expand Results UK’s portfolio in close collaboration with the Head of Parliamentary Advocacy and the Operations team.
● Build new and strengthen existing relationships with donors, external partners, and our advocacy targets.
● Together with the Senior Policy and Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Education, be responsible for regular reporting to grant funders.
● Be flexible and undertake other tasks as required.
Person specification
This role is ideal for someone with public affairs or political advocacy experience, preferably in the UK, who understands the way that political decisions impact global poverty and wants to influence these decisions. A strong understanding of and passion for global education. Equally important is a proven ability to quickly gain an understanding of a complex new area and translate it into succinct, clear, achievable recommendations.
This post will provide excellent opportunities for leading parliamentary advocacy to deliver real change in funding and policy outcomes on global education and other issues; for building and deploying a strong understanding of key international development issues; and experience of working directly with UK parliamentarians and other actors across the international development sector.
Essential criteria
- At least one year of experience in a substantial parliamentary or public affairs role with demonstrable success in managing relationships with parliamentarians from different parties.
- Understanding of the UK Parliament (including the roles of MPs and Peers; the range of activity parliamentarians can undertake in parliament to influence Government policy; the role of APPGs; Select Committees).
- A good understanding of international development issues and in particular, the need for approaches based in equity and partnership.
- An ability to learn quickly about new development issues and clearly convey this information to others.
- An ability to write clearly and succinctly, for a range of audiences, from lengthy formal submissions to short articles or blogs.
- Experience in representing organisations, networking, and working in coalitions.
- Experience of event organisation.
- Excellent English writing skills with an ability to write clearly and succinctly for a range of audiences.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to build rapport with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
- Good understanding of carrying out effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), for advocacy work.
Desirable
- Experience working in international development.
- Experience of working with campaigners and advocates.
- Experience of working with the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
- Experience of managing activity budgets.
- Experience of planning and hosting online and in person advocacy events.
- Experience of media work.
Personal attributes
- A self-starter, who is highly organised with strong attention to detail and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy.
- A commitment to anti-oppression and challenging your own thinking and biases.
- An ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities, and to stick to deadlines.
- A team player who enjoys supporting other team members towards common objectives.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Willingness and ability to travel within and outside the UK, as required.
- An interest in working collaboratively with global partners and learning from their experiences as well as sharing your own.
Why work for Results?
Like you, we're passionate about ending poverty. We’re a small, collaborative organisation that has a big impact. We just do advocacy - we don’t run programmes. The experience you gain with us sets you up for a career in international development. Here are a few of the benefits of joining us, in addition to the salary, pension and annual leave outlines at the top of this document.
Work-life balance
- We offer flexible working so you can manage work around your own needs.
- Hybrid working means you don’t have to be trapped in a long commute every day and don’t have to be London based.
- Staff members have their birthdays off as a bonus day of leave and we close the office between Christmas and new year so you don’t need to take leave.
- We subscribe to the Bupa employee advice line – free confidential access to financial and legal advisors as well as telephone and online counselling sessions.
- In addition we run training on mental health at work and have named mental health first aiders who can be contacted in confidence if you would like help finding support.
- All staff have the opportunity to join working groups outside of their work areas according to their interests. Our staff wellbeing team explores how we can improve our staff wellbeing - most recently publishing a comprehensive guide - and reviews what we have done to date.
Anti-oppression
- We offer half a day’s anti-oppression learning leave each year
- As well as making reasonable adjustments, we support our staff in making applications to the Access to Work scheme to get additional equipment where needed.
- We offer disability leave for disabled colleagues to manage specific needs they may have without having to give up their holidays.
- We have a staff working group on anti-oppression which helps to develop our work on anti-oppression and identify gaps in our current work.
Partnerships
- Results UK hosts three other organisations working on specific aspects of global health and education, so you benefit from other perspectives and get an in-depth understanding of other work going on in the sector.
- We are part of the ACTION global health partnership which brings together CSOs from around the world to share learning and coordinate advocacy.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Results UK, we believe in equality, diversity and inclusion, and that it should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful.
As an organisation, we are aware of the underrepresentation of certain groups and communities in our sector. These include - but are certainly not limited to - people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
We want to change this and are committed to playing our part as an organisation. As a committed equal opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people of a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.
How to apply
To apply for this job please submit a CV demonstrating your previous experience and answer the questions outlined below via our online application system. If you would like an informal discussion about the role or have any questions, please contact the hiring manager, Lucy Drescher.
Deadline for applications is midnight on Monday 1st July.
Interviews will be held during the week starting 8th July.
Shortlisting questions
You will be asked to answer the following questions as part of the application process:
- What motivates you about this role and working on global education?
- Working collaboratively is an essential part of this role. What do you think are the most important things for building and maintaining successful relationships with external colleagues?
- You are planning an event for the APPG Global Education. Describe the process you would go through to decide on the topic of the event and then set up the event with the members of the group.
All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. If you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Full-time (35 hours per week)
- Fixed-term role for 1 year
- £40,000 per annum plus 6% pension contribution
- 28 days annual leave pro rata (on top of usual bank holidays)
- Arts Emergency operates a 35-hour week, we will consider compressed or annualised hours
- This role can be home or office-based (Offices in London or Manchester as well as access to Spaces offices around the UK).
Arts Emergency, a mentoring organisation and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors, is looking for a passionate, experienced person to join the growing charity as Head of People and Culture to help us ensure that it's at the forefront of best practice and building their people-centred values into everything they do as they expand.
Working as a key member of the Operations team, the Head of People and Culture will provide leadership on building culture and progression routes within Arts Emergency and ensuring clarity for both staff and volunteers. Your role will be to put strategy in place to ensure that our small team can thrive both on an individual level and on a collaborative level, so that we can deliver on our ambitions for young people.
Job Requirements
Knowledge & Experience
- Experience working at a similar level in a small organisation or in a senior position within a larger organisation/team
- Experience of supporting line managers or experience and knowledge of line management practice
- Experience of developing people and culture strategies through to implementation and evaluation
- Up-to-date knowledge and interest in HR law and best practice
Skills & Abilities
- Strong IT skills including online databases e.g. Salesforce / HR systems
- Good administrative and organisational skills
- Good numeracy and budgeting skills
Personal qualities
- Flexible and proactive
- Self-starting
- Highly collaborative
- Values-driven
- Empathetic and sensitive
Relationships
- Able to work with a wide range of staff, volunteers, suppliers, trustees and other stakeholders
- Experience of motivating colleagues to deliver positive results
To apply:
- visit the Arts Emergency website
- download and read the Job Pack thoroughly
- follow the instructions on how to apply stated in this document
- Deadline to apply: 8 July 2024, 10am
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our client, a leading London university is currently looking to recruit a temporary full time CAS / Visa Compliance Officer to provide effective administrative support to the team. Working closely with the Immigration Advisory Service to facilitate confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS), you will join a busy team ensuring that the University complies fully with regulations. This post is looking to start in the first week of July and will run for approximately 2 months in the first instance. The post is hybrid, requiring onsite working 1 day per week, which may increase to 2 days in August/September and dependent on business needs, based in Southeast London.
This varied position will respond to queries by telephone and email, as well as being confident with face-to-face interaction. The CAS / Visa Compliance Officer will also have the opportunity to contribute to process improvement efforts to enhance the service for applicants. The role may also involve supporting the team to carry out student enrolment checks and processing, such as Right to Study visa checks. In undertaking this role, the post holder will liaise with prospective and current students and their representatives, members of staff, the Student Union as well as external agencies such as UKVI and the Home Office.
To be considered for this role, you will have worked in a similar post previously, ideally from within a higher education setting, with prior knowledge of the student visa immigration route. You will be organised, with excellent attention to detail. You will have experience of using higher education databases such as SITS or similar and UKVI’s Sponsor Management System, along with excellent customer service skills. Previous experience in visa compliance and/or CAS issuing would be ideal for this post.
This post is looking to start on or around the 1st July, so you will need to be available to meet these timeframes for consideration.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
Role Purpose
- To deliver excellent drug and alcohol services to those who use our services and their significant others, including family members friends and carers, to facilitate positive outcomes.
- To manage a case load and coordinate and deliver assessment and evidence-based interventions (brief and structured), recovery planning and aftercare planning.
- To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all policies and Safeguarding principles.
Key duties and activities of the role
- Provide high quality, person centred, low threshold services, responding to the individual and diverse needs and preferences of those and their significant others.
- Deliver evidence-based psychosocial one-to-one and group interventions as part of an effectively integrated care package and to take an assertive approach to people disengagement.
- Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education including the needle & syringe programme delivery, brief and extended recovery interventions, blood borne virus intervention, overdose prevention including naloxone programmes.
- Enable people to access education and employment services and health, wellbeing and recovery support activities and to signpost to other available services.
- Support volunteers, peer mentors and service user representatives to take an active part in services.
- Identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with local, national and organisational Safeguarding policies.
- Actively contribute to multi-disciplinary review meetings internally and externally.
- Maintain accurate and timely records using the designated case management system in compliance with Information Governance policies and procedures.
- Work flexibly, including across multiple sites and peripatetically when required.
Person specification for the role
- Passion for and understanding of working with substance misuse services or with other socially excluded or vulnerable groups.
- Proven ability to meet deadlines, record information accurately and in a timely way and to work calmly under pressure.
- Great team working, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues and the whole team to deliver Service objectives, as well as in working directly with people and their significant others.
- Experience of or demonstrable ability to deliver a quality level of service to people with complex needs. This includes the ability to work with people on a one-to one basis or to facilitate group sessions, to be able to complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments and to complete case recording to a high standard and in a timely way.
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs and digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems like Nebula, System One or Theseus.
- Understanding of and ability to apply excellent Safeguarding and risk management practices and a demonstrable understanding of the Health and Social Care regulatory requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), National Institute for Clinical Excellence standards for Health and Social Care and the GDPR confidentiality and privacy regulations.
- Demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for our service users.
- NVQ/QCF/RCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Or the ability and commitment to complete this within 1 year of employment.
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
Recovery Coordinator - East London
A Recovery Coordinator is needed to provide psychosocial treatments to clients at a service in East London.
In order to guarantee that service users receive the appropriate intervention at the appropriate time and in the manner that best suits their needs, the ideal applicant will possess the knowledge and expertise to evaluate and interact with clients.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has dealt with substance misuse issues and is hoping to advance in their career with an organisation that will help them further their personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting clients when they enter the programme and proceed with their therapy or recuperation.
- Offering screening, evaluation, planning for recovery, and subsequent referral
- Minimising the harm that drugs and alcohol do to clients and the larger community
- Encouraging carer, client, and community participation
- Acting as an advocate for partnership service access
- Assisting service users with their social (re)integration so they can live meaningful lives by encouraging self-determination, resilience, recovery, and peer support.
- Conduct research, create, and prepare materials and topic matter for groups or pods.
- Provide service users in group settings with structured information at different phases of their recovery
- Following groups or pods, analyse progress and identify service user concerns by participating in debriefings and evaluations with co-facilitators.
- Design seminars that are specifically tailored to the needs of the service users, covering topics like relationships, anger management, and sleep issues.
Experience Required:
- Possess a thorough awareness of substance abuse issues or have previous experience working in a related field.
- Possess strong written and verbal communication abilities as well as strong IT abilities.
- Possess a solid working understanding of mental health services, interventions, and best practices.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills, be a helpful team player, and be able to collaborate with a variety of individuals, organisations, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Capacity to successfully manage change while putting the interests of service consumers first
- Recognise the significance of information governance procedures and pledge to adhere to and implement all required safety measures
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
You’ll be joining a team dedicated to raising vital year-round income and making Crisis supporters feel valued and inspired. This role will be supporting the growing Legacy Programme, as we seek to inspire more supporters with this unique way of giving.
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract – parental leave cover
Location: Based in London office - (you will be required to work from the London office once a week or twice a fortnight in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working policy)
About the role
Legacy Fundraising is a key priority for Crisis and as Fundraising Coordinator, you’ll be supporting a programme which has grown significantly in recent years. As we expand to new channels and audiences, you’ll be using creativity and innovation to develop campaigns and communications to inspire people with this way of giving. You’ll also talk directly to supporters who’ve remembered Crisis in their Will and providing sector-leading supporter experiences to keep them engaged with our impact.
About you
We’re looking for an organised project-manager and ideally someone with experience of delivering communications to a mass audience. You’ll be an excellent communicator, online and in print, and be comfortable having tactful conversations with our supporters.
This role is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop the knowledge and skills needed for a career in the charity fundraising sector. To be successful in this role you will:
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enjoy thinking creatively and using storytelling to bring complex issues to life
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be confident in your communication skills, whether writing persuasively for a specific audience or talking 1:1 with a supporter of Crisis
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be comfortable using digital technology and working with data to improve outcomes
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take an organised and proactive approach to managing your workload and balancing different priorities
Previous experience in charity fundraising is not a necessary requirement; more than anything, we’re looking for a candidate who is motivated to learn new skills, happy being an active member of a diverse and dynamic team and is passionate about ending homelessness.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
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Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
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Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
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25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
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Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
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And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 30 June 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 July 2024 via Microsoft Teams
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Missional Discipleship Enabler – Diocese of Durham
The Diocese of Durham is seeking a creative, proactive and relational team player with a passion for discipleship and prayer to take on a key new role in the Diocesan team.
As Missional Discipleship Enabler, you will be part of the Growing Churches Team and work collaboratively to implement the Missional Discipleship strategy, with a special focus on growing prayer and intercession throughout the Diocese.
The successful candidate will develop discipleship resources that support individuals to grow in their faith and equip leaders to become local enablers of discipleship, and also inspire, grow and connect networks of volunteer Discipleship champions and intercessors from across the Diocese.
The successful candidate must:
Ø Have a deep commitment to a personal Christian faith with a motivation to see that grow in others, and a prayerful and hopeful response to challenge.
Ø Be an excellent organiser with great initiative.
Ø Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to nurture skills and gifts in others, and excellent creative and persuasive written and oral communication skills.
Ø Be experienced in developing resources and managing projects.
Ø Have good Biblical knowledge and a passion for discipleship and prayer.
Ø Be able to travel widely throughout the Diocese of Durham.
Interested candidates are welcome to request an informal conversation with the Growing Churches Strategic Lead, Ali Bianchi.
Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday 4th July
Date for interviews: Friday 12th July