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This is a fantastic opportunity to lead our capacity building and networking with racialised communities across London and the South East.
JOB TITLE:
Development Officer
SALARY:
£33,500 pro rata (i.e. £20,100 gross p.a.)
HOURS:
21 hours (3 days per week)
LOCATION:
Hybrid working:
- 1 day equivalent working from Kanlungan's office in Bethnal Green, London E1
- 2 day equivalent working from home.
BENEFITS:
Employers pension contribution of 3% of salary
HOLIDAYS:
25 days plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
CONTRACT:
6 month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extension
About The Phoenix Way London and South East (TPWLSE)
We are a black, brown and racially minoritised (BRM) community-led initiative working across London and South East England, with communities, groups and organisations to raise and distribute funds, transform the funding environment and build knowledge, skills and expertise in our communities. We work with BRM groups and communities to:
- overcome and reduce the inequalities and the racial injustice that frequently limit our abilities to support, strengthen and build our communities
- own and control our own funding and resources.
The Phoenix Way London and South East (TPWLSE) is hosted by Kanlungan Filipino Consortium with support from the Ubele Initiative.
Job Summary
You will take a leading role in developing and strengthening the regional and sub-regional networks of BRM groups, organisations and individuals in London and South East – these networks will both benefit from and shape the work of TPWLSE. You will also focus on building and developing the capacity (knowledge, skills and expertise) of BRM-led organisations in the region to operate effectively and successfully. This work will be carried out via networking meetings, regional and sub-regional briefings, training, fact-finding/learning sessions, group support and individual one-to-one support sessions with BRM groups and organisations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Set up and run network development events to promote TPWLSE, to generate support for and involvement in TPWLSE’s work, to develop contacts and relationships with BRM organisations, groups and communities and to enable our learning about what support and resourcing BRM organisations and communities want and need from TPWLSE and others.
- Promote national and regional Phoenix Way funding opportunities and encourage applications. Promote funding opportunities from other funders.
- Deliver a combination of in-person, online and written briefings on funding and support available to groups and organisations in the region/sub-region.
- Set up and run training and learning events for BRM groups, organisations and communities to develop the skills, knowledge and expertise they need to operate effectively and successfully.
- Signpost organisations to capacity-building support and assist them in accessing that. Work with providers of capacity-building support to enable BRM groups and organisations to access that support.
- Develop connections with a broad range of regional, sub-regional and local stakeholders in order to steer their support, funding and resources towards and into BRM groups organisations and communities.
- Help to promote TPWLSE grant-making panels; help to recruit and support national and regional grants panel members.
- Gather and share feedback about TPWLSE’s plans activities in order to inform future plans and development. Contribute towards the evaluation of TPWLSE’s work, to include data collection/analysis and reporting to our partners and funders.
- Contribute to the circulation of regular TPWLSE news updates to network members and BRM groups and organisations in the region.
Person Specification
Experience
- Significant experience of anti-racist community development work, directly with black and racially minoritised communities.
- Significant experience of developing networks and directly outreaching with communities and groups.
- Significant experience of directly providing and/or developing and supporting projects providing infrastructure and capacity building support.
- Experience of facilitating meetings and workshops.
Knowledge
- Excellent understanding of the development and support needs of small and medium-sized community collectives, networks, groups and organisations, particularly in the black/brown voluntary and community sector.
- Excellent or very good knowledge of development and support topics for voluntary and community organisations, including fundraising; financial management; strategic, business and operational planning; people management; governance and trusteeship/directorship; legal structures of voluntary and community organisations.
Skills and competencies
- Able to work on own initiative, as well as part of a team.
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement projects as well as meet targets and deadlines and work under pressure.
- Ability to gather, assess and evaluate information as part of evaluation and impact assessment processes.
- Strong IT skills, including the use of most Microsoft 365 applications including Outlook, Word and Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams. Familiarity with and ability to use other common IT products.
- Competent and confident in the use of Salesforce and other CRMs or complex databases.
- Excellent spoken and written English plus good numeracy skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with different stakeholders in one-to-one, group and large event settings.
- Good report writing skills. Ability to present and set out clear commentary, findings, conclusions and recommendations.
Other requirements
- Passion and commitment to anti-racist, social justice work with black and minoritised communities, organisations and groups.
- Ability to drive/access public transport to travel across the region.
- Have valid permits to work in the UK.
- Willingness to do a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, if offered this role.
Please upload your CV and a covering letter.
In your covering letter, please outline your suitability for the role by addressing the requirements in the Person Specification.
Applications close at midnight on April 8th. Interviews will be held in the week beginning April 15th, 2024.
Thank you for your interest in working for Birthrights. If you are interested in centering anti-oppression in your fundraising work, in embodying an abundance mindset and working in ways that resist fundraising cultures that too often results in burn out, please read on and download our recruitment pack for more information about Birthrights and the role.
About Birthrights:
Birthrights was founded in 2013 with the understanding that at the heart of the poor experiences and outcomes of maternity care for so many people in the UK, is a consistent failure to listen to the voices of women and birthing people and a complete disregard for their fundamental human rights. We champion the rights of women and birthing people through information and advice, training, campaigns, research and legal action. You can read our new ten year strategic framework here Strategy - Birthrights
About the role:
This is a hugely exciting role that will be part of Birthrights Senior Leadership team and play a key part in helping Birthrights’ meet its ambitions and achieve its potential. Birthrights
To date, fundraising efforts have been led by the CEO. We are seeking an experienced fundraising and business development professional responsible for co-ordinating Birthrights fundraising ambitions – including developing and delivering a new fundraising strategy that is aligned with our new organisational strategic framework. We want to strengthen our longer-term financial stability and ensure our fundraising aligns with our commitments to anti-oppressive practices.
About You:
You will be resourceful and organised, with the ability to build great relationships and have excellent co-ordination and administration skills. Your experience may be in one area of income generation or in many, but you will be able to see how you can draw on your experiences to shape and deliver a broader fundraising strategy.
We still want to hear from you even if you don’t meet all our criteria. Please tell us about experiences that have not been included here, but that you feel might be relevant to this role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker who will play a central role in the development of a community-led network of trusted voices that will enable local people to access activities, services, and information in support of their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Initially, Live Well Little Hulton will use innovative and creative methods to engage with the community to establish baseline information and insights to inform the development of the network. This will include recruiting and supporting a small team of community researchers to undertake a community-wide audit.
The role of Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker is a great opportunity for an individual that has a passion for building on community strengths and assets to help establish a model that can be adapted for communities across Salford, Greater Manchester and beyond.
This post will be matrix managed by Salford CVS and CommUNITY Little Hulton. It will be based in the community and will require some evening as well as weekend working. This is a fixed-term role for two years where you will work 18.75 hours per week.
The Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker will be confident in working both as part of a team and collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders, including residents, community groups, charities, local GP practices, Council Officers, and local businesses.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
The benefits of working at Salford CVS
- 28 days’ holiday – rising to 30 days (after five years), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants leave and compassionate leave – to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme – with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on Monday 15th April 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
We reserve the right to review applications before the closing date should we get sufficient applications.
Please note late applications will not be accepted.
Rose Voucher Project Officer, Southwark Rose Vouchers for Fruit and Veg Project
The Rose Vouchers for Fruit & Veg Project in Southwark has been successfully supporting families with young children to ensure fruit and vegetables are a part of their everyday diet since 2018. As we enter the seventh year of the project, we are now looking for a new member of staff to join the 1st Place Rose Voucher Project team and support our work in delivering the project, while measuring its wider impact on families. This is a great opportunity for someone with experience of working in a community setting and an understanding of impact and evaluation to take on a key role in the project, involving ongoing interaction with families and professionals.
Job Summary
As Rose Voucher Project Officer, you will be working alongside the Southwark Rose Voucher Project Lead to forward the development of the Rose Voucher Project in Southwark. Your key areas of responsibility will be registering new families onto the Rose Voucher Project, overseeing the two Rose Voucher distribution sessions which take place at both our centres, supported by our dedicated Rose Voucher volunteers, and coordinating and supporting the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Project. You will also provide support to our network of other Rose Voucher distribution centres in Southwark to ensure they are working in a coordinated way and according to agreed processes.
You will be a motivated individual, with excellent written and communication skills, and proven experience of working in a community setting where service users are valued, listened to and respected. Previous experience working with and signposting families is essential to ensure that our Rose Voucher families are aware of the many services and activities available to support and increase their health and wellbeing. The Rose Vouchers Project is an integral part of the wider Family Hub team at 1st Place, so you will be working in a busy environment, with colleagues who are all as committed to providing a friendly service and positive experience for families as you are.
Closing Date: 23rd April 2024
Interviews: 29th April 2024
We value equality and diversity in our organisation, and are striving to build a workforce reflective of the communities we work in. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Diocese of Southwark is the third largest Diocese, by population, in the Church of England, covering most of south London and East Surrey, and is also one of the most ethnically diverse dioceses in the United Kingdom. Almost 40% of our churches are attended by a majority of UKME/GMH congregations and a large proportion of the pupils in our schools also come from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We recognise, celebrate, and embrace this diversity, committing to an integrated Diocesan approach to racial justice, as reflected in our Diocesan Vision, and prioritising and supporting healing and reconciliation in our communities.
In 2021 we launched the Diocese of Southwark's Anti Racism Charter (ARC): Strategies for enhancing ethnic diversity and inclusion which builds on earlier work in the Diocese and developed a subsequent 12-point plan to embed the ARC in real action.
We have worked hard to embed the ARC into our Diocesan vision and our management oversight structures and are now focusing even more intentionally on our recruitment, training and education challenges in our parishes and in the communities they serve.
This is an ideal opportunity if you are a practising Christian with a good knowledge of the Bible and an understanding of the theology of the place of racial justice in the church, and have experience of:
- Working within the realm of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
- Leading engagement/change programmes and organising events
- Working with a diverse range of stakeholders from different disciplines and with differing viewpoints
- Experience of working to deliver Racial Justice initiatives in varied contexts
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to make a real difference to the work and progress of the Diocese, and more widely the National Church, in advancing in the area of racial justice for all.
Harris Hill is working with an arts based charity to help source an interim Development Coordinator/ Officer from mid April to September.
The client is ideally looking for someone on a 2-3 day week. The role will run on a hybrid basis (fully remote option too).
The primary responsibility of this role is to manage the individual giving schemes to encourage retention and growth including the creation and delivery of a programme of stewardship and cultivation events supported by the wider team, where necessary.
Alongside this introducing a data-focused approach to prospect management and research to support development and provide administrative support for the Development Committee (when established), supporting and monitoring stakeholder engagement through ensuring accurate CRM records. You will also support the Trust and Grants team with various admin and research.
Duties:
Essential
Some Development experience (min 1 year), as an officer or coordinator
Event Management from guest lists to managing logistics on the day
Proficient with databases preferably: Raiser's Edge / RE NXT
Excellent written and verbal skills with good attention to detail
Desirable
Interest in art, theatre and/or performance
Good research skills
If you would like to see a more details JD, please apply for more information.
Audience Development Officer
Contract: Fixed Term contract, until 20th December 2024
Location: On site Belfast, UK
Hours: 5 days a week, full time
Salary: £25,000 (GBP) per annum, pro-rata
About Into Film
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Our vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Our mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Into Film operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working and offer staff a health plan.
Role Summary
The Audience Development Officer will work on the year-round activities designed to encourage and incentivise cinema-going to ensure young people become the paying audience of the future. This role will support multiple pieces of work, recruiting independent cinemas to participate in the Into Film Festival; supporting the summer screenings programme logistics; Into Film Festival programming, uploading, preparing for and supporting the public-facing elements of the festival; and leading the bookings team, and supporting the festival logistics.
Responsibilities Include:
- Liaising with independent cinemas, signing them up to participate in the festival, working on further exhibitor recruitment waves, looking for interesting venues and ensuring all of their details are up to date, e.g. screen technical information, capacities, accessibility, preferred slots & times, staff contact details and uploading this information to the relevant planning documents.
- Working with colleagues on the summer screenings programme – prepping the event listings, looking at target data, liaising with participating exhibitors.
- Contributing to festival programming: ensuring the planning documents are up to date with exhibitors and slots, updated capacities, tech & contact details, and then supporting the programming of films and events.
- Maintaining good relationships with all film industry stakeholders (e.g. film exhibition, distribution & print movement).
- Contributing to regular cross-team meetings, working with various colleagues towards the successful completion of Summer Screenings and the Into Film Festival programmes along with supporting the preparation of the 2025 spring programme.
- Supporting the festival team in ensuring that the events booking website is updated and all programming, images, education resources and other documents are accurately uploaded.
- Line-managing the temporary Festival bookings team, problem-solving and responding to various enquiries, predominantly from educators .
- As bookings team lead, escalating issues as they arise and liaising with the Audience Development Coordinator and Festival Director in resolving all problems.
The Role will also involve:
- Keeping up to date and accurate records of Into Film’s audience development work and partnerships activity in our CRM (Salesforce), pulling reports, and ensuring all data relating to audience development work is stored in a GDPR compliant manner.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, teachers, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of the Into Film’s work
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film’s Equal Opportunities Policy
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film
Person Specification:
Essential:
- Knowledge/experience of film festivals and cinema programmes
- Experience of a box office/customer facing role in an administrative capacity
- Excellent administration skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a confidence to engage with stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent attention to detail and used to working to tight deadlines on a large project or event
- Computer literate and confident with database use
- The ability to work autonomously, in a highly organised manner, with good time management skills.
- The ability to work calmly under pressure, remaining professional at all times
- Knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection issues and a commitment to implementing a rigorous approach to this
Desirable:
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM software
- A passion and keen interest in film, festivals and/or education.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office
Closing: 9:00am, 11th Apr 2024 BST
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our application portal to complete your application for this position.
All employees regularly working with children are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
At Into Film, we use Applied for our recruitment. Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. Instead of using your CV, we'll be asking you to answer questions to test skills needed for the role. The responses are then anonymised and reviewed in a random order by members of our team. Find out more information here.
The Applied platform also asks some demographic questions before you start your application. We at Into Film never see the responses to these demographic questions with your application. We only see summary statistics to help us check if our candidate pool is balanced and if everyone has an equal chance to get hired irrespective of their background. If you prefer, you can easily opt out of answering these questions.
No agencies please.
We are looking for a talented Research and Development Officer to join our team.
Research in Practice is now 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 organisations across the children and adults social care, health and criminal justice sectors, supporting them to develop an evidence-informed approach to their work. Our focus is on using evidence from research, practice and lived experience, to provide resources that improve policy and services, in order to achieve positive outcomes for people of all ages.
Research and Development Officer
Advertising Reference: 2375
Location: Hybrid working from Devon or Sheffield. Home based within the UK for the right candidate.
Status: Fixed Term Contract - 1 Year
Salary: £33,194 (with a guaranteed annual increment for the first 3 years of service)
As our ideal candidate, you will have direct practice experience in social care, health or criminal justice settings and research experience and we are also open to applications from people with other relevant experience. You will be an organised, positive, and IT-literate professional. You will use your excellent presentation and writing skills and current sector knowledge to develop and deliver resources to support the sector, including publications and workshops.
You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, and used to collaborative working. You will have the communication skills to inspire, influence and engage others. Above all, you will share our passion for helping others to use evidence to improve the lives of people of all ages.
Applications close at 08:00am on Monday 15 April 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 April 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.
Title: Programme Development officer (Research in Practice - NWAG)
Reference: 2377
Location: Hybrid working from Devon or Sheffield (Home based within UK for the right candidate). NCB promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working, staff can work remotely for part of the week if they wish and, in the office, or face to face for at least 2 days per week.
Contract: Fixed term until March 2025.
Hours: Part time, 28 hours per week.
Salary: £26,555 with generous benefits package including 30 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus Bank holidays and 3 days of Christmas closure.
About Us
Research in Practice is part of the NCB family. For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.
Our membership groups draw partners together to drive change in key areas where we need to make childhood better.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team delivering on a multi-strand influential project (The National Workload Action Group – NWAG) commissioned by the Department of Education (DfE).
The role will work with the team of partners to scope and develop resources to support child and family social worker recruitment, retention, workforce development and wellbeing, and to provide recommendations to the DfE about reducing social worker workload.
The Project Development Officer will play a key role in engaging a large stakeholder network in design and quality assurance of project outputs. The work will help enhance safe and effective practice and promote the value and diversity of the social work role.
Closing date: 8am, Monday 8th April 2024
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Friday 19 April 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.
NCB is an equal opportunities employer and 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.
Please quote the job title and reference number in your application.
CVs will not be accepted.
No agencies please.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Volunteering Development Lead: London
Salary: £28,000 pro-rata
Hours: Part time, 17.5hrs per week (0.5 FTE)
Location: London / Hybrid
Contract: Five years, continuation subject to funding
Reporting to: CEO
Conditions: As part of our hybrid offer, we request that people are able to travel to our London office at least once a week, in addition to team days and other requirements.
Main objectives
OUTpatients is seeking an experienced Volunteering Development Lead for the Greater London area who can develop an engaged volunteer base to support the charity and its mission.
We are a small charity and this role is new in our organisation. This means that we encourage applicants who have prior experience working in small, developing teams and are able to balance taking initiative with close collaboration with other staff members.
We are looking for a person who can develop and recruit people into a volunteering database and work with these volunteers to support us at events, to deliver activities with the charity, plan fundraisers, and expand our presence within the LGBTIQ+ the community.
A successful applicant should be able to share creative ideas of how to reach underserved communities and have a good appreciation for intersectionality as a cross-cutting consideration throughout their work.
How work hours are allocated across the week can be flexible and is open for discussion with the CEO as part of the interview process.
Responsibilities
Leadership
• Work with the CEO on a strategy that engages and excites our beneficiaries and wider communities
• Be an expert on the projects you aim to deliver
• Lead on effective communication plans related to activities
• Supervise volunteers when they are involved in our activities
Project management
• Communicate with the team to align potential activities with current projects and priorities
• Maintain up to date and effective notes, workplans, and logs
• Develop and maintain database of volunteers and stakeholders
• Evaluate experience of volunteers and respond accordingly
• Involve key stakeholders in projects and outputs
• Provide regular reporting to CEO
Charity development
• Expand awareness of the charity through community engagement
• Identify key stakeholders who can promote our message to potential volunteers and the wider LGBTIQ+ community
• Find new and creative opportunities to embed OUTpatients in the fundraising landscape
• Reach diverse audiences and monitor the demographics of recruited volunteers and stakeholders
Person Specification
Essential
A successful candidate will be able to to demonstrate a commitment to the charity’s mission and possess the following qualities:
• Track record of working collaboratively in small teams across various short, medium, and long term projects
• Excellent organisation and project management skills
• Excellent administration skills and confidence with digital tools
• Strong writing and editing skills with an attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds
• Drive to address inequality and reach underserved communities through an intersectional approach to healthcare barriers
Desirable
In addition to the above skills, we welcome applicants with the following experience, interests, and expertise:
• Experience of working in the charity sector
• Keen interest in LGBTIQ+ rights and healthcare equity
• Demonstrable success in organising and facilitating volunteering, community activities, support groups or similar
• Knowledge of the UK cancer care sector and how it operates
• Training and experience in safeguarding and its principles
• Knowledge in how to be GDPR compliant
• First aid training
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Conservation Capacity Development Officer - Fixed-Term
Reference: MAR20241074
Location: St Helena
Salary: £30,940.00 - £33,215.00 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave (pro-rata)
This fixed-term full time role is being offered until 31 March 2025, and starting as soon as possible on the island of St Helena, based within RSPB’s Cloud Forest Office. We encourage internal applicants on a secondment basis for the role.
Would you like to help restore St Helena’s extraordinary cloud forest? Are you a great team builder? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to play a critical supporting role with our lead partner (St Helena Government) to deliver an incredibly exciting collaborative, partnership-based project to scale up cloud forest restoration efforts on the island of St Helena, a UK Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic.
The cloud forest is safeguarded in the ‘Peaks National Park’, but only 16 hectares of old growth cloud forest fragments remain on the highest peaks and steepest slopes. The remaining cloud forest is arguably the single most important site anywhere on British soil for species: at least 250 unique species are found entirely or nearly entirely in these fragments. This represents 1/6th of all unique British wildlife. Restoring the forest is critical for climate change as most of the island’s water comes from catchments in the central Peaks area of the island, and the majority (60%) of this is derived from mist capture, which is most effectively achieved by the native cloud forest.
Through a highly collaborative process, a project-partnership has been formed with funding secured from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to deliver the island's collective vision for the future; aiming to restore St Helena's iconic cloud forest for wildlife, water security and for people.
The Conservation Capacity Development Officer (St Helena) is a key team facilitation role. You will:
- Be responsible for supporting St Helena Government’s Nature Conservation Division (NCD) with the cloud forest restoration in one of the National Conservation Areas.
- Help catalyse the implementation of the management plan for the Peaks National Park working with St Helena’s highly skilled and inspirational habitat restoration teams alongside key roles within Government and the Partnership.
- Work with the relevant teams to help set direction to achieve the project’s goals.
- Work with relevant teams to coordinate pathogen response activities on St Helena and produce a conservation action plan to manage conservation work to take account of impacts and risk of plant pathogens threatening key cloud forest species.
- Be an excellent collaborator who is motivated by bringing teams together and fostering talented people.
The Conservation Capacity Development Officer (St Helena) will play a key mentoring role to others, notably NCD’s Terrestrial Conservation Officer and the Cloud Forest Restoration Ecologist role, to ensure long-term capacity is built in respect to habitat and project management. You will support the collaborative development of work plans key skilled teams and provide opportunities for staff development as the next phase of the project takes off.
We are looking for an experienced conservation practitioner and team facilitator, with the following skills and experience to bring to this exciting role:
- Extensive experience in conservation work and a proven understanding of habitat management.
- Relevant qualification and/or equivalent work experience in a conservation related subject
- Good understanding of conservation challenges on islands
- Relationship and partnership building to enable work with a wide range of stakeholders nationally and internationally.
- Demonstrable leadership ability and people management experience
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills to solve problems and avoid and overcome conflict.
- Cultural sensitivity to ensure mutually respectful working relations with a wide range of stakeholders, nationally and internationally.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of project management.
- Risk management.
- Proven time management and organisational skills.
- An ability to persuade and influence a wide range of people.
- Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
- The ability to produce verbal and written communications in a passionate and credible manner.
- Driving licence
This post is funded through the St Helena Cloud Forest Project and is a critical management role that will build local capacity to deliver this hugely ambitious project. You will also support the habitat management needs of other valuable terrestrial National Conservation Areas.
Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 31st Mar 2024
The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position as soon as possible, so please don't delay in applying.
Interested?
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
No agencies please.
Are you experienced in working with volunteer organisations and groups?
Do you possess excellent planning and organisational skills?
Are you able to manage and deliver a varied workload and projects whilst ensuring effective prioritisation and balancing the needs of a range of stakeholders?
Work setting: Remote (based within East of England)
Salary: Up to £30,793 per annum
Hours: 1-year FTC, full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: East of England
TPP are recruiting a Local Growth Officer on behalf of our client, a dynamic and inclusive organisation committed to empowering young people through outdoor activities and creating diverse and inclusive groups.
Benefits:
- 28 days of annual leave plus up to three extra days off between Christmas and New Year & bank holidays.
- Up to 4 days' Personal Leave per year.
- Up to 5 days' Volunteer Leave per year.
- Health scheme.
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%.
- Life assurance (up to 4x the salary).
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
The Role:
As a Local Growth Officer, you will play a vital role in helping Counties and Districts achieve their growth ambitions. You will be collaborating with local volunteers and the Growth & Communities team to foster the engagement of young people from lower-income communities and those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic families. This position offers a unique opportunity to lead a team through a period of change, foster a culture of high performance, and drive data-driven fundraising initiatives.
Main responsibilities:
- Utilise local knowledge to contribute to the development of inclusive Growth Plans.
- Identify opportunities for growth within local communities, working closely with lead volunteers.
- Provide regular progress reports and support volunteers in creating sustainable growth plans.
- Assist in the retention and recruitment of adult volunteers for new sections.
- Collaborate with colleagues to showcase best practices in opening groups in underrepresented communities.
- Represent the organisation within Counties and Districts, contributing to the national growth debate.
- Plan, promote and implement growth initiatives and projects.
Essential requirements:
- Experience with volunteer organisations and community engagement.
- Understanding of diverse communities and their needs.
- Proficiency in digital platforms for workshops and events.
- Experience working with young people aged 10+.<
- Confident public speaker and skilled at presenting ideas and information to internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-starter with spotless organisational and time management skills.
- Full UK driver's licence.
- Able to work some evenings and weekends.
If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!
TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Creative United is one of the UK's leading social enterprises working across the arts and creative industries. Based at Somerset House in Central London, we deliver a wide range of publicly funded programmes focused on increasing access and inclusion in the arts. Our experienced team is committed to supporting artists, musicians and creative entrepreneurs of all kinds with the skills and confidence to develop and grow their social and economic impact, helping to maximise their contribution to the strength and diversity of the UK's creative economy.
We are looking to recruit a talented and self-motivated Senior Business Development Manager to join us in early June 2024 on a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract.
Reporting to the Director of Strategic Development, this role is essential to driving forward the implementation of Creative United’s business development plans across multiple programme and project strands. Key responsibilities include the planning and delivery of business development activities that build on our existing service offer, responding to the needs of the creative communities that we serve, whether on a local, regional or national basis.
This is a hybrid-working role that involves spending a minimum of 2 days per week at our offices in London. You will have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building relationships through a combination of face to face, telephone and written communications. You will be comfortable working with minimal supervision to plan and coordinate activities that involve the buy-in of other staff and partner organisations. You will be able to inspire and motivate other people to work with you to achieve our shared goals and priorities through effective planning, implementation and evaluation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen in our experienced and exciting team in North East Essex. Help us make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged or vulnerable young people, within our local community.
If you are passionate about supporting young people, in particular Young Carers, and have experience working in an education, youth, social care or community setting then please get in touch.
Action for Family Carers is a thriving charity which for over 30 years has been providing support for adult carers and Young Carers – people with unpaid, caring responsibilities for others. We are a Carers Trust Network Partner and hold Trusted Charity status. We provide information, befriending, counselling, wellbeing activities, Young Carer clubs, Activity Groups and Day Care across Essex, working within schools, with GP practices and in a variety of community settings.
Young Carers Support and Development Worker (Tendring)
Starting salary £21,386 per annum
(This is a full-time role until August 2025 or longer if funding permits)
Hybrid working with office base in Colchester
Running of our Harwich club on first and second Thursday of the month at the Vibe Youth Centre.
Young Carers Support and Development Worker - Working with Young Carers in schools and colleges and other education and community settings, providing one to one and group work sessions to help Young Carers achieve positive outcomes as well as running our existing respite club in Harwich.
You will need to be:
Passionate about helping disadvantaged local children and young people.
Skilled and confident in working directly with children and young people.
Able to work independently, flexibly and to work well with others to achieve positive outcomes.
Have a full driving license and access to your own vehicle.
We offer:
Full induction and relevant training
Contributory pension scheme
Mindful Employer Plus 24/7 Confidential Staff Helpline
An opportunity to make a positive difference for carers and families in Essex
A chance to be part of a supportive and friendly team.
If you are passionate about supporting Young Carers in Tendring please get in touch
Closing date for applications 5pm, 29th March 2024
To find out more about the roles please feel free to call our Young Carers Service manager Chris Vince
Action for Family Carers is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all sections of the community. Registered Charity No: 1127164.
Please submit a covering letter addressing the person specification.
Graduate officer, Evidence Team
Job Description
Salary: £25,000, 35 hours per week
Contract length:12 months fixed term contract
Location: Working in catchments across London, occasionally more widely in UK. Office/Home based.
Responsible to: Evidence Project Manager
ABOUT THAMES21
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Thames21 is key to our success and as such we employ staff from a diverse range of backgrounds, this we feel is key in ensuring that everybody has an equal opportunity and is not treated differently or discriminated against because of their characteristics.
We value the voices of our individual employees, and we strive to work in a collaborative, innovative balanced way. The postholder must actively support this.
Purpose of the job
The Graduate Officer in the Evidence team will play a pivotal role in carrying out surveys and the collection and analysis of water samples across various locations in London.
This new and exciting role, involves across multiple projects and is an entry level position where you will collaborate with citizen scientists, conducting thorough fieldwork to gather data and samples, using and developing your analytical and reporting skills to contribute to the generation of impact and valuable insights for environmental assessments.
As the Graduate Officer, you will mainly play a supporting role, but you will also have the opportunity to work on and support various Evidence Programme projects, allowing you to further develop your environmental surveying, data analysis, report writing and community engagement skills.
Example projects that you could be working on include;
· monitoring the effectiveness of wetlands and other nature-based water treatment interventions,
· baseline environmental surveys and monitoring for a landscape scale restoration project
· working alongside citizen scientists in various catchments across London to collect information about waterways pollution sources and possible solutions.
These projects work closely with water companies, statutory bodies, corporate companies, and community groups, therefore enabling you to get exposure of working with other key stakeholders within a project.
You will also support the Project Manager in utilising the outputs of models and GIS to create story maps to share their work widely and increase data impact.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to environmental research and assessments within London. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team working at the forefront of evidence-based initiatives aimed at safeguarding and improving water quality in the Thames River catchment.
Main duties and responsibilities
You will work independently but will also at times work together with the Evidence team and with expert (e.g. NGO, authorities, academics) and non-expert (e.g. community groups and volunteers) stakeholders to deliver impactful evidence for water quality and quantity issues for a variety of projects.
Tasks may include:
· Water sample and survey collection: Conduct fieldwork to gather water samples, deploy and maintain sensors and conduct ecological surveys (such as riverfly and geomorphological surveys) from various sites across London
· Support data collection by citizen scientists: Provide guidance on sample collection methods to ensure accuracy and consistency in data acquisition
· Data analysis and visualisation: Combine fieldwork results with data collected through citizen science, the outputs of models and other data sources to understand catchments, evidence pollution issues and develop solutions. You will also provide data summaries in the form of graphs and maps
· Report writing: Produce presentation and visualisation of data and results online and in verbal and written reports aimed at a range of expert and non-expert audiences to ensure pathways to impact of the evidence and wide accessibility of data in the public domain
- Equipment maintenance: Perform routine calibration and maintenance checks of probes, loggers, and sampling kits (e.g. Aquatroll sondes, Hanna Checkers) to ensure accurate and reliable data collection.
- Team collaboration and lone Working:
- Work outside in a riverside environment in a variety of weathers – this will mean working on your own, as well as with team members, volunteers and professionals.
- Work with Thames21 colleagues to develop and implement Thames21’s vision and support overarching project objectives.
In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the post holder is required to perform any other reasonable duties which may be requested from time to time.
This job description cannot cover every issue or task that may arise within the post at various times and the post-holder will be expected to carry out other reasonable duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with other Thames21 activities with those in this document.
You will have the opportunity to:
· Develop skills in field work, data analysis and high impact reporting
· Help improve the evidence base around water quality, quantity and existing ecological value to enable effective decision making and restoration, develop solutions, support implementation and quantify the benefits.
· Help improve knowledge of water quality in river catchments in London and highlight opportunities to mitigate pollution.
· Support the development of pioneering solutions to urban and rural water pollution
· Be part of a successful and dynamic environmental charity.
· Explore London’s waterways and make a real difference to their health.
For more information and how to apply, please see the attached job descrition.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.