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About the role
The West London Service Delivery Executive will play a key part in the Service Delivery team across London, supporting with the smooth running of our service, and create a welcoming atmosphere for all clients, volunteers and visitors. Our team is friendly and professional, and we work closely together to make sure every client has an outstanding experience when they visit us.
The Service Delivery Executive will often be the first point of contact a client will have with Smart Works, providing administrative, phone and booking support for clients across London and beyond. Therefore, we are looking for a friendly, organised and hard-working individual. The role requires strong administrative skills, excellent communication skills and a drive to ensure all women who visit us have the best possible experience.
Smart Works is also proud to have a virtual service, meaning that any women can access a Smart Works appointment, wherever they are in the UK. This role will provide admin support for the virtual service, including confirming clients, sending zoom links and ensuring volunteers have accurate information ahead of each appointment. With a focus in West London this year on being our hub of excellence for the virtual service, this is an exciting time to join us and have a real impact on the quality and future of this area of our work.
If you’re passionate about supporting women, then this is an ideal opportunity for you.
The role would be based at our Smart Works centre in West London, with occasional visits to our other London centres. There may be occasional evening and weekend work as the successful candidate will be part of the wider centre team, supporting with networking and key events support.
Smart Works London is part of Smart Works Charity, with Smart Works centres across the UK. There will therefore be some travel and liaison with local centres across the UK and HQ in London, to support induction and training, as well as the day-to-day role.
Duties and responsibilities
Reporting to the West London Service Delivery Manager, the successful candidate will support on a range of activities, including:
- Be the first port of call for our Smart Works clients, ensuring all enquiries are handled in a timely manner.
- Ensure the Smart Works phone is always answered, with responsibility for client bookings through our database.
- Welcome all visitors to Smart Works, making them comfortable and immediately putting them at ease.
- Support with managing the daily client schedule, ensuring appointments run smoothly and to time.
- Data inputting and filing, ensuring our database and records are up-to-date and accurate.
- Complete follow-up calls to ensure the job status of every client is known.
- Provide admin support for the virtual service, including confirming clients, sending zoom links and ensuring volunteers have accurate information ahead of each appointment.
- Support Service Delivery Managers with administrative tasks, including daily confirmation emails and calls, and the smooth running of the West London centre.
- Smart Works is a community that shares a passion to empower women to thrive in work, determined to meet our aim of helping as many women as we can back into work. The successful candidate will therefore build strong working relationships across this community, with their own immediate staff team as well as other local centres across the UK and HQ in London.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Friendly and like talking with people
- A good team player with a strong work ethic, who is also able to make decisions and problem solve independently.
- Curious and enjoys learning and trying new things
- A creative problem solver who gets things done
- Hard working and organised with good attention to detail
- A confident IT user, with excellent understanding of Microsoft packages including Word and Excel and familiarity of online meeting platforms such as Zoom
Desirable Criteria
• Experience working in a customer service, receptionist or admin role might be helpful, but is not required
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, disabled candidates, and candidates with lived experience of female unemployment as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at Smart Works.
Smart Works promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching the Charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates. These decisions are made irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
General duties of a Smart Works staff member
- Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all team members and take an active part in staff meetings and discussions.
- Adhere to our policies and procedures and be an ambassador for our charity.
- Play your part in ensuring that each woman who comes through our door is treated with respect and empathy.
Benefits, terms, and conditions
- Full time role, based in Smart Works West London (with occasional visits to other London centres)
- Monday-Friday with typical working hours 9 am -5 pm in line with centre opening hours. Due to the nature of the role, this cannot be done working from home.
- Salary of £27,352 per annum (London Living Wage)
- 25 days annual leave, plus discretionary leave over Christmas and New Year
- Company pension.
- Positive, supportive working environment with opportunities for practical training and progression.
- VIP access at Smart Works sales, events and pop-up shops.
- All successful applicants must provide two satisfactory references and complete a Basic DBS check.
How to apply
Please submit a CV and answer the following questions via our recruitment portal here by Monday 1st July at 5pm:
- Why do you want to work for Smart Works Reading? (Max 250 words).
- What experience and skills do you have that makes you well suited to the role? (Max 400 words).
- In your own words, what do you think makes Smart Works an essential service? (Max 250 words).
Closing date for applications 5pm Monday 1st July.
First round interviews will be held virtually on Monday 8th July, via Microsoft Teams.
Second Round interviews will be Wednesday 17th July, in person at our West London Office.
Reasonable travel costs will be reimbursed for interviews.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations for the application and recruitment processes, please contact us about submitting a manual application.
At Smart Works we will apply suitable measures to keep your information secure in accordance with our Privacy Policy (a current version of which is available on our website).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As the senior finance lead, you will play an active role working with the CEO and senior managers preparing budgets, managing the monthly accounts and monitoring the financial position to support strategic decision making. You will develop and improve existing financial systems to ensure that regular accurate management information is available.
In addition, you will be responsible for all HR Operations, including sending out contracts, and ensuring that the policies and procedures remain up to date.
The role is varied and is an integral part of the wider senior manager team. In addition to professional skills and experience, enthusiasm and curiosity are key to the role.
The role is entirely remote and there is flexibility in the number of hours (full time or 0.8) and in the working pattern.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Projects and Contracts Manager
Reference: 2391
Location: NCB promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working, staff can work remotely or from our Devon or Sheffield Research in Practice offices if they wish.
Status: Permanent term. 35 hours per week.
Salary: £39,623 with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus Bank holidays and 3 days of Christmas closure.
Research in Practice is a member of the National Children's Bureau family. For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.
Research in Practice works with and for professionals in the social care, health, criminal justice and higher education sectors offering resources, learning opportunities and specialist expertise.
The Project and Contracts Manager is responsible for contracting for Research in Practice, ensuring all incoming and outgoing contracting is robust, well-managed and legally compliant. Excellent programme management skills are needed to oversee project support to a portfolio of projects. With a focus on efficiency, consistency and quality of project management, this role is critical in ensuring value for money is maintained across the portfolio. Risk monitoring and escalation skills and producing timely management information are essential elements of the role.
This role sits at the heart of Research in Practice, supporting teams and working to ensure processes and procedures are well designed and consistently applied whilst remaining able to adapt to changing priorities and the requirement to identify the need for change and drive that change as the organisation develops. The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator and have line management experience.
Applications close at 08:00am on Monday 15 July 2024.
Please quote the job title and reference number in your application. CVs will not be accepted.
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Monday 22 July 2024.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and male candidates, as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at NCB. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
No agencies please.
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MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB:
To help and support Owners profile their much loved companion pets with The Trust.
To identify individuals outside our charitable remit and refer them to other organisations that can offer assistance and always seek advice in the case of doubt.
To raise a computerised record or case to log the call.
To help support the department with any administration process including inputting information on to our database.
This post will require a good overall understanding of the needs of older people and their pets.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
i. To listen to the needs of each Owner and accurately record information for each Owner and their pet by completion of a computerised case.
ii. To raise and administer pet profiles and add to the database in professional and efficient manner.
iii. To call and reassure supporters during the process of pet profiling.
iv. To assist with reporting on pet profiles.
v. To ensure you record all of your communications onto the database in an accurate and timely fashion by way of comments on each Owner case at the end of each conversation and appropriately refer to Management about urgent cases.
vi. To help maintain up-to-date records and mailing lists for Owners, Owners’ contacts and volunteers throughout the course of your work.
vii. To have a good working knowledge of other roles and tasks within the team and provide ad hoc support as required including inputting information.
Case types include; Dog Walking, home checks, Short term fostering, long term fostering, pet care, talks and pet profiling
v. To liaise with all other members of The Trust to help maintain a quality service.
vi. To contribute and liaise with the team by helping to update volunteer and owner cases in the course of your communications.
vii. To help maintain filing and filing systems related to your work.
viii. To liaise with all other staff of The Trust in a flexible manner.
ix. To liaise with all Owners and members of the general public in a polite and helpful way.
x. To be familiar with and adhere to procedures and protocols, disciplinary and applicable rules and ensure compliance with legislations (Health and Safety, Data Protection, especially the privacy of members, Owners and volunteers alike).
xi. At all times to ensure and maintain a compassionate, professional and efficient public image for The Trust.
Together with such additional general duties as the Employer shall reasonably require, having regard to the needs of the Employer’s business as a Charitable Trust.
“Peace of mind and practical help for older people – love, care and safety for pets”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. It affects 145,000 people in the UK and currently there is no cure.
We’re recruiting for an Individual Giving Officer to join our team. We proudly raise money to help improve life for people with Parkinson’s and the people in their lives. From funding promising research projects, personalised support for everyone with Parkinson’s and campaigns to fight for better support for people with Parkinson’s and the people who love and care for them.
About the role
This role is offered on a fixed-term contract running to March 2025.
You’ll be working on direct marketing campaigns that engage and inspire people to donate. And you’ll make it as easy as possible for supporters to choose the way they want to give. You’ll be part of a team that champions and supports each other, and is innovative in a changing fundraising and external environment to achieve our annual income target of over £5million.
Focusing on high volume donations under £1000. We use analysis and insight to deliver a variety of direct marketing activities that recruit new donors and ensure everyone can see the impact of their kind contribution.
What you’ll do
- Assist with and, when required, project manage direct marketing campaigns, both online and offline, to maximise income through one-off and regular gifts.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with external agencies and suppliers.
- Support the Senior Individual Giving Officers to achieve strategic objectives, monitor income and expenditure budgets and use database analysis to inform and improve the direct marketing programme.
- Ensure that the direct marketing programme is integrated into Engagement Directorate activities and supports the overall Parkinson’s UK strategic plan.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience of successfully managing campaigns to deliver results against agreed targets and objectives.
- Excellent copywriting, creative and proofreading skills.
- Experience using digital tools, platforms and techniques
- Ability to review and evaluate data and campaign results and pull out key trends to inform future work.
- Ability to work well under own initiative, cope well under pressure, meet deadlines and has good attention to detail.
Interview to be held on: Wed 10 and Thur 11 July
Please apply through our career portal on our website, with your CV and a detailed supporting statement to show how you match what we’re looking for, as outlined in the ‘’What you’ll bring’’ section of the job description.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
We’re a people-powered movement on the verge of major breakthroughs in Parkinson’s. Together, we will find a cure.
Finance and Admin Manager
We are looking for a Finance and Admin Manager to provide first-class finance and business administrative functions for the charity to enable it to successfully deliver its mission to protect the beauty of Cambridge and its environment.
This is a fantastic hybrid, part-time opportunity to join a small, friendly and committed management team where you can make a difference and your work will have an impact, so apply today!
Position: Finance and Admin Manager
Location: Cambridge/hybrid
Hours: Part-time, 21-26 hours per week
Salary: Circa £40,000 per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 33 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata, includes allowance for Bank Holidays. Pension contribution of up to 5% of gross pay. Flexible delivery of hours. Remote working options. Free on-site parking
Closing Date: 8 July 2024
The Role
This is an exciting time to join a growing and ambitious local charity. Cambridge is changing rapidly and the organisation is working hard to tackle issues such as the loss of nature, climate change and access to green space.
You will be a key member of the management team, reporting to the Chief Executive and Trustees and contributing to the strategic and operational management of all areas of the organisation.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Management of the charity’s finances and business administration functions.
- Commissioning and managing a range of service providers and agents.
- Providing advice to the Board, Management Team and committees.
- Being the Company Secretary and providing a secretariat to the Board of Trustees and Finance Committee.
You will be joining a team of 14 staff (6 full and 8 part-time) supported by over 100 volunteers and assisted by contracted field teachers, advisors and service providers.
We are looking for someone who can work between 21-26 hours per week, offered on a flexible basis to fit around other commitments that you may have in your life.
About You
To be successful in the role you will be supportive of the causes and will use your financial and business administration skills to ensure the charity can make a difference.
You will bring with you the following key skills and experience:
- Preparing end-of-year group accounts with auditors.
- Cash handling, banking, paying invoices, etc. and managing systems for this.
- Experience of using financial systems to produce monthly management accounts.
- Experience of appointing and managing service providers.
- Office management, recruiting and managing staff and providing support services.
- Excellent IT skills (spreadsheets, Microsoft Office suite, database management).
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Experience of providing secretariat functions.
- Positive outlook and ability to work across teams.
This role also includes responsibility for the charity’s IT and HR functions (although the specialist aspects of this work are outsourced). We are looking for a candidate who has some knowledge/experience in these areas but where that is not the case, there will be options for training and development.
You will be asked to submit your CV and a Cover Letter as part of the application process.
About the Organisation
The charity care for the green setting of Cambridge and its most valuable landscapes and are working to enhance and connect them for nature and people. They inspire people of all ages to get outdoors and help them to enjoy, learn about and get involved with their local environment, heritage and culture.
The organisation helps to protect, celebrate and improve the important built heritage of the Cambridge area.
People are key and the charity aspire to create an inclusive workspace that is free from discrimination, where differences are valued, everyone can be themselves and succeed.
You may also have experience as a Finance, Finance and Admin, Admin, Administration, Finance Manager, Finance and Admin Manager, Admin Manager, Administration Manager, Financial Controller, Senior Finance Officer, Finance and Operations Manager. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Home based - with an expectation of regular travel within an England region and to the UK office in London
We’re looking for an experienced campaigner with a passion for empowering people to make change in their communities, to lead our work campaigning for better health, care, transport and benefits in an English region.
About the role
You’ll manage part of our amazing local campaigns team. Your work will help the charity improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s and those who care for them.
Supporting and working alongside volunteers you’ll collaborate with colleagues in public affairs, policy, press, local teams and service improvement to make the voice of people with Parkinson’s heard with key decision makers.
What you'll do
- Line manage Local Campaign Officers and support them to develop impactful local campaigns which involve a diverse range of people with lived experience.
- Be a first point of contact for supporters and campaigners in the local area, who want to improve services in their local area.
- Provide expert advice and support to colleagues and campaigners on how best to challenge and influence local decision makers.
- React to issues in your local area that our local community raises, working with them to campaign to change things for the better.
- Build alliances and campaigns with other charities to further our shared goals.
What you'll bring
- Experience of campaigning and an understanding of the basic tools and techniques used in campaigning.
- Experience of managing and motivating geographically dispersed staff or volunteers.
- Experience of working with volunteers and people with lived experience including how best to support them to achieve their campaigning goals.
- Experience in organising events and delivering training to staff and volunteers.
- Ability to network and build relationships with volunteers, MPs and health bodies.
The ideal candidate would be based in the North East, South West or Midlands.
Sounds like you? We would love to hear from you.
You can download the full job description below. If you are interested in having an informal conversation to find out more about the role, please contact Grace Ogden, Campaigns Engagement Lead.
Interviews will take place on the afternoon of 10 July or the morning of 11 July. Shortlisted individuals will be contacted directly.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
We’re a people-powered movement on the verge of major breakthroughs in Parkinson’s. Together, we will find a cure.
Job type: Full Time, permanent
Salary: £24,962 Per Annum (Base salary £23,962 + £1,000 Unsociable Hours Allowance)
Hours: Working hours are 8 hours per day, shift patterns and flexibility will be discussed during the interview. (The provision of the contract is between 08:00 and 22:00
Location: Yeovil and Bridgewater
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Candidates are required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for the purposes of undertaking the requirements of this role.
Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.
Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.
The Team provides flexible and holistic support to Residents who have a wide range of support needs. We aim to support our Residents to find and keep a stable home at the end of their CAS-2 placement. You will manage a caseload of Residents and properties in your allocated area.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
.Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
. Producing a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation.
. Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
. Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations
. Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
. Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment are required.
. Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.
Key Responsibilities
. Plan and deliver effective, person-centred Support and Safety Plans
. Provide weekly support sessions (up to 2 hours per week) working with our Residents to achieve the goals identified on individual Support and Move On Plans.
. Maintain up to date individual Resident records.
. Support Housing Benefit applications for each Resident.
. Complete referrals to specialist support agencies in the community as required.
. Liaise with Partner Agencies such as The Probation and Prison Services, Courts, and Police where necessary.
. Ensure that properties are always adequately equipped, maintained, furnished, and clean.
. Empower and motivate Residents to identify and achieve desired outcomes.
. Develop Move-on plans with Residents at the earliest opportunity, identifying realistic options for their future home.
What We Expect From You
. Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
. Understanding of safeguarding.
. Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
. Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
. Familiarity with computer-based packages
What you can expect from us
. A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
. The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
. A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
. Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.
. For further information about Nacro’s employment offer, please click .
This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential. You will be able to claim mileage expenses from base location (to be ascertained) at 45p for every mile travelled.
An Enhanced DBS and Prison Clearance is required for this role. These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process.
For further information about the role, pleased click
We are ready and waiting to receive your online application.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please contact [email protected]
Liverpool Talent Scout
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Standing Tall is an innovative not-for-profit reducing homelessness. 80% of the people we help are still off the streets and in the same job 12 months later. Last November, Standing Tall won Social Enterprise UK’s ‘One to Watch’ award. We’re looking for an exceptional person to lead and deliver what we do in Liverpool.
We’re looking for a versatile person who makes things happen and has exceptional emotional intelligence. If you’re looking to make good change happen and join a small start-up with a big social mission, you’re in the right place.
Our Mission
Standing Tall is a not-for-profit that matches people experiencing homelessness with stable jobs and safe homes. We know our model works because 80% of the people we help are still off the streets and in the same job one year later! Last November we won Social Enterprise UK’s ‘One to Watch’ award.
This year, we’re growing our operations into Bristol, Liverpool, and Leeds to add to our existing operations in Birmingham, Manchester, and London.
About the role...
What you’ll be expected to do:
- Assess and support people for 12 months who have been through homelessness, placing them in stable jobs and safe homes
- Build partnerships with businesses willing to work with Standing Tall to employ people who have been through homelessness
- Recruit, train, and support Standing Tall’s Amici Hosts to provide safe homes for people who have been through homelessness
- Having responsibility for Standing Tall’s operations and activities in Liverpool.
A bit about you...
What we're looking for:
- A person who has strong motivation with fire in their belly for social justice and has a genuine passion to help people reach their potential.
- A person with exceptional emotional intelligence to assess an individual’s motivations.
- A person with a commitment to quality will naturally focus attention on delivering the highest standard of service possible.
- A person with exceptional resilience and adaptability, has a strong sense of identity and will change their approach to ensure outcomes are still achieved.
- A person who can lead bringing all he/she/they have/has to offer to work with others so the best outcome can be achieved.
- A person with financial competence to monitor budgets and understand the financial implications of how services are delivered.
- A person who can think commercially to identify and secure opportunities and build financial surpluses.
Application deadline: 5pm on Thursday 11th July.
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an assessment centre day in Liverpool taking place on Tuesday 23rd July from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Please keep this date free as we will not be able to offer any other date.
We may choose to arrange a video as part of the shortlisting process too.
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.
Standing Tall is committed to diversity, welcoming applications from anyone who can demonstrate the key competencies we need. We celebrate diversity and we want to attract people who have had different life experiences.
No agencies please.
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Working for a small , resident led , community organisation your role will be to develop and deliver a range of projects and activities for local residents . You will have experience of similar work in a community setting and be responsible for managing an existing portfolio of projects and staff . You will work to develop partnerships with a range of local organisations , both statutory and voluntary , with a view to deleloping new projects and representing resident's interests . You will also undertake some fundraising and deputise for the Chief Executive as required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Head of Corporate Partnerships to join our Fundraising team.
You'll build on recent successful award-winning partnerships with Marsh McLennan, TalkTalk and our highly successful Employ Autism programme, leading the team to secure and deliver new corporate partnerships. You'll oversee the delivery of corporate partnerships, producing and executing a strategy for growth, whilst ensuring our delivery plans are achievable.
You'll oversee new business activity, playing a leading role in high value solicitations to secure new corporate partnerships that deliver both strategic and cash value. You'll manage the corporate partnerships team to achieve the overall strategy, monitoring performance against clear objectives.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Proven experience of securing high-value, strategic corporate partnerships that deliver commercial value to companies.
- Proven experience of developing and implementing annual strategies and plans.
- An understanding of trends and developments across the commercial sector and experience of applying these to successful corporate partnerships.
- Experience of management of staff.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts our people at the core of its success.
Working within the Commerce and Visitor Experience team and reporting to the Buying, Merchandising and E-Commerce Manager, the Senior Buyer will lead on the product development and sourcing of gifts and books for core, seasonal and exhibition product ranges, including bespoke products inspired by the collections, themes and exhibitions of Royal Museums Greenwich. They will ensure new product ranges meet spend, margin and income targets as well as reviewing the sales performance of all product ranges and their effectiveness. Collaboration with colleagues within the team and across the Museum is essential to defining the direction for exhibition and core ranges.
The successful candidate will have considerable experience of gift buying and range management, line management experience, proven product development skills, a flair for creativity and innovation, and a sound understanding of retail KPIs.
This is a full time, fixed term (maternity cover) role for the duration of 12 months in Band 5 - middle management and professional specialists. Core hours of work will be 36 per week, 9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. Due to the nature of the role, occasional flexibility may be required.
In return we offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, pension, 22 days annual leave, training and development, an environment with flexible working options, plus many more.
Salary: £35,885 per annum
We encourage you to read the full attached job description/person specification before applying for this role.
Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. We guarantee an interview for any candidate who identifies as Disabled and/or as a member of a Global Majority* and who meets the essential criteria requirements. Please state in your application if you would like to be considered under this scheme.
We actively work with the Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.
*Global Majority refers to people who identify as Black, Asian, Mixed and/or who have been racialised as a member of an ethnic minority.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Hybrid - Cheltenham (St Pauls and Moors Estates primarily)
Ref ESC-241
We are seeking a highly organised Children and Young Person’s Specialist Exploitation Caseworker to work in the St Pauls and Moors Estates in Cheltenham.
The postholders will combine their lived experience of overcoming similar barriers to the client group and their professional experience to provide crucial guidance, support, and mentorship to children and young people who are being, or at high risk of being exploited.
Through 1:1 mentoring, you will ensure children and young people are equipped to think critically, assess risk, and make better life choices. You will also support them to overcome personal challenges and achieve personal goals. The resulting mindset shift and confidence makes them more resilient to the risks of becoming involved with substance misuse and/or supply; gangs; exploitation and violence
We positively encourage applications if you have had personal adverse experiences that make you and ‘expert by experience’. This could include experience of the criminal justice system, having served a prison sentence, experience of gang involvement, county lines and criminal exploitation. You will need to demonstrate how your lived experience supports your ability to carry out the role to the benefit of the clients we work with.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Delivery specialist Exploitation 1 to 1 casework and mentoring to identified at risk young people up to the age of 25 years and their families.
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with children and young people to provide emotional support, guidance, and mentorship.
- Address individual needs and challenges, utilising personal experiences, local knowledge, professional skills and St Giles casework and mentoring materials to offer support and intervention.
- Assist children and young people in setting and achieving personal life goals.
- Woking alongside statutory organisations such as YST and Collaborate with professionals to support and develop strategies to minimise the risk to young people.
- Support client’s attendance to youth court as and when required.
- Maintain a trauma informed approach, that recognises and responds to trauma and amplifies the voices and experiences of children and young people.
- Develop positive, pro-social attitudes, behaviour and social skills with children and young people.
- Safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and young people.
- Provide guidance on resolving interpersonal issues.
- Maintain open and effective communication with mentees, professionals, parents/carers and partners.
- Maintain accurate records (including case notes and engagement data) of interactions, progress, and outcomes in line with St Giles delivery protocols.
- Use data to assess the effectiveness of interventions and make adjustments as needed.
- Support in the collation of evaluative data (in line with project protocols).
- Promote inclusivity and equity in your role.
- Attend relevant training and workshops to enhance mentoring skills and professional knowledge.
Person Specification:
In your application, please demonstrate how you meet the person specification criteria marked with (A)
- Relevant direct or indirect experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing the client group (i.e. involved in gangs, county lines and/or knife crime). (A)
- Experience of working positively with socially excluded children, young people or adults and able to engage successfully despite ‘challenging’ behaviour. (A)
- Knowledge of the challenges and issues facing vulnerable young people. (A)
- Understanding and demonstration of professional standards and accountability.
- Empathetic and understanding attitude toward young peoples' needs. (A)
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and active listening skills.
- Experience of working collaboratively with multi-agency partners. (A)
- Commitment to promoting inclusivity and equity.
- Excellent record keeping and experience of using case management databases. (A)
- Outstanding organisational skills.
- Total commitment to excellent safeguarding practice and understanding of professional boundaries. (A)
- · Emotionally resilient.
- · Commitment to upholding St Giles core values.
Please note you must have a full UK driving license.
To Apply:
St Giles is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all. We prohibit discrimination throughout all stages of the recruitment and compliance with this policy should be aligned with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients. For this role, successful candidates must undergo an Enhanced DBS check with Adult/child barred list, on the basis that the post involves contact with vulnerable Children and Adults, in accordance with Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).
Closing date: 11p.m. Thursday 4th July 2024
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