An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled advocacy professional to join our team in a new role as a Senior Advocacy Advisor.

We looking for a highly motivated individual with demonstrable experience both designing programmatic work with beneficiaries and delivering policy and influencing work. You will be supporting the development of new advocacy content in our programmes with women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Indonesia and Vietnam, so participants are empowered to identify and safely challenge systemic challenges to the success of womens’ businesses. You will also be leading on the operational delivery of our broader advocacy strategy focussing on developing our policy, influencing and research work.  

This is a part time, permanent role at 21 hours per week (60%) with a salary range of £21,924 – £26,187 pro rata (£36,540 – £43,645 per annum).

Applications close 9.00am BST, 30 July 2020. Interviews will be held remotely in the first half of August.

Please note, the Foundation’s team is working from home and you will be too until such a time that we can safely return to our Central London office (W1), from where you’ll be based after then. We offer flexible working arrangements. 

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in UK. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we will contact those we wish to invite you to interview only.

Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.

Inside Justice is a small charity, founded in 2010 and registered in 2018, which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.

We are seeking to appoint a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead Inside Justice through the next exciting phase of our strategic development, and to motivate, inspire and build the capacity of our organisation, staff and networks.

Our work is to review and assess applications from prisoners usually serving long sentences for crimes they say they did not commit, to identify whether new legal, scientific or investigative work could be done to show possible wrongful imprisonment. 

We have, in our trustees and Advisory Panel, ex high ranking police officers, DNA, blood, fibre, fingerprint and CCTV experts all at the peaks of their disciplines, who work on our cases pro bono.

When appropriate, we make submissions for cases to be heard at the Court of Appeal. When our casework identifies systemic failings, we undertake policy work to bring change for all entering the criminal justice system.

The CEO will work closely with the team and report to the Board of Trustees, with prime responsibility for driving the business in such a way that fulfils our goals, which are;

1. To investigate alleged miscarriages of justice, making submissions to the relevant public body if suitable grounds are identified by our Advisory Panel of experts

 2. To lobby for change when systemic failings are identified.

Title: CEO

Salary: circa £50,000 p/a (pro rata),

Hours: 4 - 5 days (negotiable),

Where: Remotely, mainly at home, with flexibility to attend meetings predominantly in London, when required,

Reports to: Board of Trustees,

Summary: An applicant must be a credible ambassador, a powerful communicator and an inclusive leader who has:

• experience of criminal law and/or policy/governance work;
• excellent strategic and business planning skills;
• ability to engage with donors, attract funding and strategic partnerships;
• skills to lead and develop our services to maximise their impact;

Responsibilities:

• Representing Inside Justice in a variety of forums with: trial legal representatives; applicants (prisoners); experts from a range of disciplines; victim’s and applicants’ families; trial witnesses;
• The ability to identify systemic failings identified by our casework and prepare submissions to criminal justice stakeholders (such as Government Select Committees);
• Deal effectively and persuasively with a wide range of people, both within and outside the charity, as part of a multi-skilled team and on an individual basis in order to ensure effective and successful conduct of cases;
• Establish credibility and earn respect by the depth of their knowledge and influence others on the basis of their specialist knowledge;
• Assist with identifying donors and potential sources of funding for the charity;
• Provide regular reports to the Board of Trustees when required;

Where possible interviews will be conducted face to face, however due to the current Covid-19 situation, your interview may also be conducted via Video/Telephone. This will be with the Trustees week commencing 10th August 2020 You should keep this week free or notify us if you are not available. We will make every effort to accommodate you in your preference for dates; however we cannot guarantee that they will be met.

Due to the nature of our work we will require DBS checks and applicants will be  required to sign confidentiality as well as data security agreements

BIHR’s Operations Officer is an exciting new post which will focus on coordinating and delivering the operational administrative and financial support BIHR needs to support change through human rights with people, communities, public officials and policy-makers.

This role is integrated into the practical work of the BIHR team and coordinates key finance and administration operations, supporting the charity’s governance.

A passion for human rights and a commitment to ensuring the best possible operational support for our work is essential for this role. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone with a strong operational administration and finance background. Ideally you should have experience of working in a small charity, or a clear demonstrable interest in moving into this area.

This role will work very closely with the Senior Management Team: our Director and Policy and Programmes Manager (PPM). It is integrated into the delivery work our wider team, including Human Rights Officers (HROs).

MAIN TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

All staff members are required to deliver their wok in accordance with BIHR’s core mission, always acting in the best interest of the charity. A genuine commitment to supporting change through human rights across the UK is required at all times.

Deliver effective financial administration and management, ensuring robust policies and processes are in place to support the Director and Board

• Managing and administering the systems the regular processing of payments in and out (invoices, bills, expenses, etc.) in accordance with our schedule and the appropriate approvals, using Quick Books
• Management of bank accounts including regular reconciliations, investigations and administration
• Day to day management of relationship with BIHR’s retained independent accountants including monthly payroll, quarterly management accounts and cashflow adjustments
• Producing monthly financial monitoring and reforecasting, supported by the Director
• Producing quarterly financial and narrative reports, with the Director, for the Board of Trustees, and others purposes, as needed
• Providing high-quality, accurate and timely financial and operational information for funder reports
• Leading on the preparation of financial information for the annual report (Charity Commission and Companies House), working closely with the Director, retained accountant and appointed Independent Examiner
• Support the Director with the development of the annual organisational budget
• Use initiative to identify and make improvements to financial management and operational administration, as needed

Deliver high-quality internal and external communications, enabling BIHR to run smoothly and engage effectively with stakeholders

• First point of contact for general enquiries, managing email, telephone and mail contacts
• Key operational contact for BIHR’s services, including liaising with individuals booking our sessions or ordering resources, new potential partnership opportunities, and ongoing contacts for programmatic work
• Key point of contact for the administration of BIHR’s online communities of practice (using WordPress site) working closely with the lead HRO
• Ensuring the smooth running of BIHR’s websites, with proactive troubleshooting and, where relevant, liaising with our web support agencies and/or QMUL IT to pre-empt or resolve technical issues
• Relationship management with regular suppliers
• Relationship management with regular givers, corporate sponsors and donors, and, where appropriate liaising with Trusts and Foundations
• Support BIHR’s Strategic Framework brand rollout, ensuring it is used and applied consistently across the organisation
• Responsibility for internal information management and GDPR compliance, supporting the Director and wider team to maintain appropriate systems
• Responsibility for administrative coordination of BIHR’s QMUL course, including proactive liaison with the Law School around scheduling of classes, assessments and student appointments and feedback.
• When needed, supporting other staff with BIHR’s social media communications.

Provide administrative support and co-ordination to ensure effective and efficient delivery of BIHR’s information, learning and development sessions, programmes and policy work

• Leading on the logistical and financial arrangements of BIHR’s human rights support sessions, following content and relationship development by the PPM. This includes:
  • Responding to all initial requests and record keeping, liaising with the PPM on their involvement
  • Managing all logistical liaison, including online set up or venues, as appropriate and ensuring the BIHR facilitator’s requirements are met (including travel, IT, refreshments, invites, registrations, etc.)
  • Ensuring the distribution of any materials and any follow up materials
  • Responsibility for monitoring and evaluation work using SurveyMonkey (and other systems, where relevant), including ensuring evaluation forms are set up, distributed, completed and analysed following sessions
  • Processing of all financial elements, including setting up BIHR as a supplier, processing invoices and ensuring payments
• As above, delivering the administrative and financial aspects of programmes/ projects/ policy work delivered by HROs or PPM
• Coordinating the finalisation of information resources, including proofing, identifying and managing relationships with design and print suppliers, and leading the distribution of resources.
• Leading on monthly and quarterly analysis of the evaluation data, to support both programmatic and BIHR’s overall performance monitoring
• Scoping, sourcing and ordering of any equipment and services needed for BIHR to deliver its programmes / projects / policy work

Support robust and effective organisational environment and governance processes, working with the Director  

• Ensuring BIHR’s working environment(s) meet health and safety requirements, and are tidy, organised and inviting. In particular, whilst the organisation is working remotely, to ensure staff have access to necessary equipment and online systems.
• Organising and minuting monthly/other team meetings and keeping track of actions with PPM
• Supporting the Director to keep the organisation’s standard policies and procedures up to date in accordance with law and under regular review
• Leading administrative aspects of recruitment processes and inductions
• Servicing of quarterly (and other) Board meetings, including annual scheduling, reminders, and distribution of paperwork, and where required minute-taking.
• Working with the Director to ensure compliance in the organisation’s activities with all legal requirements in company, charity, employment, and other fields.

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Essential 

Personal qualities

• Passionate commitment to BIHR’s mission and values and to working in the charity sector
• Strong team player with ability to get stuck in within a small organisation
• Efficient, reliable, flexible and collaborative working style
• Self-motivating with ability to work effectively from home as part of a virtual team and in an office environment

Role-related knowledge and experience

• At least 1 years’ experience of a similar successful role within a charity, or clear demonstrable commitment to this.
• At least 1 years’ experience of successfully working within a small organisation (under 15 employees) and a clear understanding of the operational responsibilities of working in such an environment.
• At least 2 years of direct work experience of coordinating administrative systems, including using initiative to review / change processes to improve operational outcomes, working primarily with online/cloud-based systems and some hardcopy systems.
• At least 2 years of direct experience of coordinating financial systems, including budgets and cashflow, and financial administration using accountancy software (Quickbooks or the ability to quickly become confident to use this package
• A good working knowledge of relevant compliance issues, particularly charity regulation, financial good practice, data management
• Experience of compiling information and data to produce monitoring and impact reports for internal and external audiences
• Excellent working knowledge of IT and a proactive approach to anticipating and resolving team IT issues, in particular:
• Daily use of the Microsoft Office suite, particularly high-level Excel skills
• Managing websites (WordPress and bespoke platform)
• Proactive approach to learning new software, apps and platforms
• Knowledge of other IT solutions to support effective operations in a small charity
• Experience of supporting human resources processes including recruitment administration and supporting the review and development of new policies etc.
• Experience of servicing a Board of Trustees or similar, including scheduling meetings, papers preparations, venue arrangements, minute-taking and follow up actions, making appropriate filings with regulators
• Experience of operational delivery for programmes work including organising training sessions and events (online and face-to-face) and resource development and distribution.
• Working knowledge of basic health and safety requirements and applying these within a small team
• Excellent numeracy skills, educated to a least a C grade in GCSE Maths (or equivalent).

Time management

• Ability to work to tight and multiple deadlines and prioritise workload, ensuring the highest standards of work
• A demonstrable commitment to accuracy and attention to detail in the completion of work
• The ability to work effectively from home and in the office

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal English language skills, with literacy skills at or equivalent to GCSE C grade English Language
• Experience of, or demonstrable commitment and transferable skills, to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders, particularly
• People who are distressed and seeking advice, which BIHR does not provide, and people with a range of care and support needs accessing our services
• Community and public sector partners
• Suppliers of goods and services
• The ability to BIHR to external audiences, including on the telephone, at online meetings and in person

Desirable

• Recognised book-keeping or financial administration training or qualifications
• Direct experience of working in the social justice field and/or working to support people facing vulnerable situations
• Experience of supporting an organisational team to work remotely
• Understanding of use of social media to engage with different audiences

Job Purpose  

The post provides effective support to ensure services are delivered to agreed targets and milestones with a focus on integrated wellbeing face-to-face and telephone friendship support to enable increased social connections and reduced isolation for older people. 

The post-holder will work within a small regional team of staff supporting face to face friendship and other wellbeing services.

Main Duties                                                                    

• Provide support actions aligned to a range of friendship services including face to face and telephone befriending and other services as required
• Co-ordinate service activity from volunteers and staff to ensure effective service delivery
• Assess the needs of older people needing friendship services to measure service requirements
• Work effectively with high volume numbers of volunteers and older people
• Support the process for the recruitment, support and retention of volunteers
• Ensure all service delivery meets agreed Quality and Organisational standards including responding appropriately to safeguarding issues as required
• Support robust monitoring and evaluation, including impact measures
• Enter, update and maintain data to a high level of accuracy and with good attention to detail on a CRM database
• Produce reports on progress and data as required
• Work with Wellbeing colleagues and staff across Independent Age to ensure older people are involved in service development and evaluation
• Respond to enquiries as required in a timely and courteous manner and manage multiple email inboxes
• Represent IA externally
• Support the delivery of innovation, pilot and partnership activity to further the strategic aims of IA
• Attend team meetings as required at Head Office and other locations as required

Other Duties  

• Support the work of colleagues across the organisation including supporting strategic goals and other cross directorate objectives. 

• To observe and comply with all Independent Age Policies, including the key policies and procedures on Confidentiality, Data Protection, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Information Technology Policies and Procedures. 

• To undertake specific safety responsibilities relevant to individual roles. 

• Some requirement to travel which may involve overnight stays. Some evening and weekend working may be required. 

• To work in line with IA organisational values.

• Other responsibilities appropriate to an appointment at this level.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

· A-levels or equivalent work experience

· Experience of professional telephone communication in a friendship service or call centre

· Experience of coordinating service activities to ensure projects and work programmes are delivered on time preferably in a charitable service environment

· Strong customer service experience, ability to resolve problems & deal with queries in a proactive manner

· Knowledge of a range of services such as befriending that combat isolation and loneliness

· Experience of working with volunteers and remote staff

· Experience of delivering training to volunteers and staff

· Experience of data entry to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

· Experience in the use of Microsoft Office packages and CRM databases

· Experience of working independently & proactively to meet strict deadlines on a number of concurrent tasks

· Use of a vehicle for business purposes and a clean current driving licence

Desirable 

• Good knowledge of operational issues in friendship service delivery

• Experience of building relationships and influencing

• Experience of building local partnerships

• Experience of working with people with complex support needs such as dementia, sensory impairment and depression 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

• Proven management skills including the ability to work flexibly and autonomously, managing individual tasks/projects to meet organisational objectives and deadlines 

• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision 

• Ability to prioritise and balance a large number of concurrent tasks and organise work effectively to meet strict deadlines 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to report on progress both verbally and in writing 

• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team 

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively, both in person and via telephone/email with staff and external contacts at a range of levels and disciplines, as well service users and members of the public. 

• Ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships in order to meet objectives 

• Excellent time management skills 

• High attention to detail 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and this role will require an enhanced DBS certificate and a valid driver’s license.

Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.  

Independent Age is committed to equality of opportunity and of eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to adhere to the principles set out in its Equal Opportunities Policy and all other relevant guidance/practice frameworks.  

Lead our work helping education organisations to evaluate their impact, learn from it, and prioritise what is working best to improve outcomes for children and young people

The organisation

ImpactEd is an award-winning social enterprise that exists to help evaluate, understand and improve impact in education.

In our education system, we invest huge amounts of time, money and energy in different programmes and interventions to improve outcomes for pupils. Yet far too often, we don’t know what is working – and what isn’t. We exist to address this evaluation deficit, helping schools and those working with them to better understand what is working to make a difference to the lives of young people. We do this through a combination of hands-on partnership, training and consultancy, and our digital platform which makes monitoring and evaluation quicker, easier and more effective.

Since being founded in 2017, we have grown rapidly. In 2018, we won the Teach First Innovation Award; in 2019, our work was profiled by the Department for Education and we were finalists in the Education Resources Awards. As of 2020, we reach over 60,000 young people and have launched a new partnership with Big Change to support our vision to achieve system-wide change. We are a small, dedicated and growing team committed to maximising social impact: a mix of former teachers, academic researchers and software developers, our work is overseen by a Board with significant experience of social entrepreneurship, third sector leadership and educational improvement.

The opportunity

We work with both schools and other education organisations such as charities and universities (our ‘impact partners’). This role is a newly created leadership position to drive our work supporting impact partners such as CoachBright, Jamie's Farm and SOAS to assess and improve their effectiveness. The Head of Impact Partnerships will define, deliver and refine the strategy for these collaborations: managing partnerships first-hand, leading sales and business development, and ultimately ensuring that this work contributes to directly improving the life chances of young people. 

The role involves a mix of hands-on partnership management and leadership responsibilities. For example, you might work on projects such as supporting Oak National Academy to develop their evaluation strategy while delivering over 13 million online lessons during lockdown, or helping Yes Futures to assess the impact of their new approach to supporting young people’s personal development and wellbeing. At the same time, you will have overall strategic responsibility for this area of work, and contribute to organisational direction as part of our leadership team. You will lead business development and, as our partnerships continue to grow, we would be looking for you to build and train a team.

We are looking for a broad skillset to support this ambitious brief. We are open to a range of backgrounds, but real advantages would be: experience and insight into research and evaluation, especially within the UK school system; partnership management expertise; familiarity with leading people and strategy; and an entrepreneurial streak including business development experience. You would be joining a dynamic social enterprise with opportunities for significant development and progression in line with organisational growth.   

We welcome both full-time and part-time candidates: we expect that a minimum commitment of around four days per week is likely, but are happy to discuss how we might fit your working pattern. We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates, whether by gender, ethnic group, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

To find out more about the role and the organisation, see the full job pack at tiny.cc/HIP. The application deadline is Monday 27th July at 9am. 

About MapAction - MapAction is a charity existing to provide mapping, geospatial and information management services to humanitarian emergencies. A leader in its field, MapAction uses an inspirational team of highly skilled volunteers backed up by a specialised staff team to provide support and training services worldwide. The overall aim is to save lives and minimise suffering by ensuring that humanitarian aid is delivered as effectively and efficiently as possible, getting to where it is needed most, fast.

MapAction has a strong reputation for excellent service delivery and a collaborative approach. It is a technical partner of several United Nations and regional disaster management agencies, with ongoing funding from several humanitarian donor governments, trusts & foundations. With a team of creative, compassionate and committed people and a strong team spirit, we remain small enough that you will quickly come to know and respect what everyone contributes, as they will you. We pull together to do what is needed.

What will you do? - You will be the lead for all MEAL activity in MapAction, coordinating with the team internally and with multiple partners externally. You will be essential to providing a nuanced understanding of MapAction’s contribution to achieving humanitarian outcomes and the development of bespoke packages to address these needs. You will be responsible for the implementation, development and delivery of MEAL across all areas of the organisation, engaging with the 4 Directors and Chief Executive on a routine basis. Your work will be committed to supporting MapAction’s new multi-year strategy by Monitoring the organisation's activity and outputs, and Evaluating their effectiveness and success against our Accountability targets for our donors and partners. Finally, the Learning aspect of the role will see you lead on developing training activity internally whilst influencing and informing the design of our training packages externally. 

You will be required to work with multiple partners and organisations, demonstrating effective communication skills and relationship management. You will be happy using your numeracy skills and comfortable creating and working with spreadsheets. You will enjoy working closely with colleagues in the Operations, Technical, Fundraising and Finance teams to ensure that donors receive the information they require on time, in helpful formats.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead on the development, implementation and management of MEAL across the whole organisation to support and improve MapAction’s capability to respond to humanitarian emergencies
• Work with multiple stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of MapAction’s activity and improve our delivery of humanitarian outcomes
• Understand and communicate user requirements of partners to inform the delivery of ever more effective products and services
• Deliver the organisation’s MEAL framework in line with the 2019 Strategy ensuring close collaboration with preparedness and capacity building activities
• Drive for greater coherence across the organisation to improve our accountability and reporting to donors 
• Work with the MapAction volunteer team to research and propose methods for improving MapAction’s performance and effectiveness 
• Actively participate and represent MapAction on internal and external MEAL and training working groups, projects, networks and events 
• Support the design and delivery of internal training events, both remotely and at training locations
• Ensure learning is collected and assessed from organisational and operational activities and incorporated into training for volunteers and in the design of training packages for partners
• Lead on the management and development of the team competencies framework to keep our skills and knowledge relevant and at the forefront of sectoral trends

• Identify new opportunities to further extend MapAction’s training offer in line with the 2019 Strategy

Key Competencies

• Substantial experience in designing and delivering MEAL for humanitarian or charitable organisations 
• Substantial training and/or education experience including experience of designing bespoke training for service users 
• Ability to facilitate and engage others to collate, analyse and report on targets 
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders, build and maintain relationships 
• Experience of managing multiple projects concurrently with inputs from multiple stakeholders 
• Comfortable with a fast moving environment and managing multiple demands on your time
• Commitment to working with volunteers 
• A driven and determined character who is self-motivated and able to work both independently and in a team
• An excellent communicator who can convey complex concepts effectively across all areas of the organisation and with external partners
• Good IT skills and experience of Microsoft Office and google applications 
• Strong commitment to MapAction’s mission and values
• Must have a full driving licence and own a vehicle 

Additional Information 

• Flexibility and willingness to work outside office hours including evening and weekends. Training events will be scheduled for a weekend, once a month and this post is expected to attend these events. Reasonable time off in lieu is available by agreement.
• Must have the right to live and work in the UK. MapAction is unable to consider candidates who do not already hold appropriate permissions.
• Required to work remotely initially and then to attend the MapAction offices by negotiation.
• Note: this is an operational role in a small, highly specialised charity and an appreciation of, and affinity with the humanitarian purpose of the charity is essential, as well as a willingness to take up additional tasks outside of the normal role when needed.

Use your experience to train, supervise and support volunteer mentors for people who are homeless or at risk of offending.  This is a flexible job suitable for someone with home care responsibilities or who already has other work and would like some additional work or additional experience.

Bridging the Gap Islington is a small charity recruiting, training and supporting volunteer mentors for people who are vulnerable or at risk of offending.  The service has been running for several years and has an established set of procedures and policies meeting national accreditation standards.

We need one person to help develop online training for new mentors.  We would also like to hear from people who can help with supervising mentors but who may not have training experience.

You will support volunteer mentors.

• phone mentors each week and meet them once a month. 
• offer advice and encouragement and ensure mentors follow our policies. 
• If there are problems, you may need to get more involved to ensure the welfare of client and mentor. 
• You will also have the opportunity to do other work training mentors and meeting clients.

 This is flexible work. You will be offered the opportunity to supervise selected mentoring partnerships which you can either accept or refuse depending on how much work you would like to do.  You will be part of a small team of supervisors doing similar work and will meet with other supervisors to share experience and develop best practice.

You should be aware that we are a small charity and the work is shared between several people.  We are unlikely to be able to offer you more than 10 hours work in a month.  This work is likely to suit someone who already has other work and would like some additional work or additional experience.

During the present coronavirus restrictions we are continuing to work through online meetings via Zoom.  We need one person to help us to provide training for new mentors similar to the previous training we offered.  When the restrictions are eased we look forward to having some more face-to-face meetings  but we will probably also continue to have some online meetings.

You need to have 2 years experience (full-time equivalent) of  working in a support role (or in a profession) providing support to people who are at risk of offending, homelessness or addiction problems.  Our work is based in Islington and surrounding boroughs so it will help if you live or work within easy travelling distance of Islington.

If you are applying to help with training, then you will need to have some experience of preparing and delivering online training.

Please reply online. We will send you more details about the work.  After you receive the job description you will need to send us your C.V. and a covering letter.  We will shortlist and interview after the closing  date.

Even if we are not able to offer you work immediately, we may offer you the opportunity of being included on a list for future vacancies.

Redbridge Carers Support Service is a leading carers organisation offering a range of innovative, holistic services to carers. We are currently seeking three sessional counselling and/or coaching practitioners who will join our team to support young adult carers remotely to improve their emotional and mental wellbeing and to support them in their personal and professional development, during and after the COVID-19 outbreak.

The successful candidate will hold a recognised counselling or coaching qualification and be registered with an appropriate professional body. They will have significant experience of providing sessions via telephone and/or online and will be able to set out and hold boundaries with clients remotely. The post holder will be experienced in working with young adults in a time-limited way. They will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with both staff and carers.

This is a sessional post, up to 4 hours per week. The role holder will be considered a self-employed practitioner contracted to the organisation to provide counselling or coaching services. Salary: £35 per hour

Please read the Job Description/Person Specification before completing the application form.

CVs will not be accepted. When prompted to upload a CV, please submit the completed application form (available below). 

Failure to address the requirements of the Person Specification may result in applications not being shortlisted.

Completed application forms should be submitted by 9:00 on Monday 20 July 2020.

Are you interested in supporting people who have, or are recovering from mental health problems; experiencing barriers affecting their ability to move towards or stay in paid employment? Do you have what it takes support and lead a team of individuals as part of an organisation that prides itself on its professionalism, values and the passion of its staff to make a real difference? 

Status Employment are looking for IAPT Employment Advisers to work 35 hours per week over 5 days. Joining our established team attached to the Lambeth Talking Therapy Service, you will be working with clients with common mental health needs and other barriers to employment.

IAPT Employment Advisors : £26000 - £28,000 – Contract role funded until March 2021 with potential to be extended

Roles are an ASAP start to work 35 hours a week over 5 days to join our established team working in the borough of Lambeth.

Working alongside Lambeth Talking Therapies   

The Lambeth Talking Therapies programme provides short term therapy for people with common mental health issues such as anxiety or depression. Status Employment has been the Partner of Choice since IAPT started in Lambeth in 2009. We work closely within this integrated health team, to provide a short term holistic and person centered service. As with Therapy the intervention is short term, typically 2-4 months but varies depending on the need of our client.

This is a great opportunity to be part of an organisation that prides itself on its professionalism, values and the passion to make a real difference and contribute to real change within mental health. We are a close-knit, ambitious team, committed to learning and developing and adding value to the clients we support.

 As an Employment Adviser you will provide advice, guidance and support for clients who are:

• Off sick and wishing to return to work
• Retaining employment
• Job seeking activities

You will work collaboratively with clients, therapists and employers to deliver best outcomes. Supporting the client to devise a strategy to help them move forward with employment needs, you will deliver job seeking, CV and Interview workshops, develop an effective knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and support job applications.

Please note the post holder will need to be willing to work in any part of the Borough of Lambeth and work from 11.00 to 19.00 on one day a week, as determined by Status Employment, to support clients who cannot attend during normal office hours.

Please send in your CV and Covering Letter (in line with the job description). 

Closing date is 9am 11th August 2020

Job: National Programme Officer

Reports to:  Programme Manager

Location: Flexible, can be based anywhere in the UK

Salary: Starting from £32,542- £ 33,518 pro rata (depending on skills and

experience) + 5% pension

Hours:  28 hours/week

Contract: Fixed term 6 months, with the possibility to extend

Do you have an interest in social entrepreneurship and social impact? Are you looking for a role coordinating high quality programmes?

The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is looking for a Programme Officer to support the management and development of programmes for social entrepreneurs.

You will lead on programme coordination and student recruitment and gain experience with programme development. You will work closely with internal colleagues and some external partners to ensure high quality delivery and an excellent experience for everyone involved.

This role will suit you if you are highly organised with strong multi-tasking abilities, have excellent communications skills and thrive in an autonomous work environment.

School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) is a charity that supports people using entrepreneurial approaches to tackle complex social problems. We run practical learning programmes and courses to support people from all backgrounds to realise their potential and bring about lasting social and environmental change.

Our commitment to inclusion

Diversity is a fact of life. Inclusion is a choice and a practice – for organisations and individuals. At the School for Social Entrepreneurs, our aim is to drive inclusion into every area and activity of what we do: from access to programmes, to grant investment, to board, staff and partnerships.

However you identify, we would like to hear from you. In our commitment to continue to diversify our teams, freelance staff and programmes, we are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as: being from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds; LGBTQ+; and those with disabilities.

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it. Our vision is a world in which all women and girls are economically equal and live their lives free of abuse and exploitation.

We are looking for  an experienced Head of Specialist Economic Abuse Team  to join our management team.

Our Specialist Economic Abuse Team  works with partners (in industry, statutory services and voluntary sector organisations) to increase understanding of economic abuse and to remove barriers to economic safety.

You will provide strategic oversight of this work, represent the charity externally and build high trust relationships with industry, statutory services and voluntary sector organisations.

You will combine practice experience with an innovative and strategic mind-set, working with partners to advocate for victim-survivors of economic abuse at multiple levels.

To apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter which demonstrates how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification.

Deadline for applications - Close of play, Monday 3 August

Interviews - Week commencing 10th August via Zoom, will also involve an online psychometric test.

Use your personal experience and knowledge of people in difficulties to reach out to people who need support and encouragement and tell them about our volunteer mentoring services

Bridging the Gap Islington is a small charity. We recruit, train and support volunteer mentors who work with people who are at risk of offending, homelessness  or have drug or alcohol problems.  Our volunteer mentors are supported by experienced supervisors.  You can find out more on our website.

You will be developing relationships with agencies who work with people at risk of offending, homelessness or addiction.  You will develop appropriate publicity materials (printed and online) for use in various settings. You will visit these services (by video or in person) to meet with staff and publicise our service through meetings with residents and service users. During coronavirus restrictions, all meetings will be by video.

You will meet with people who are interested in our service either in person or online.  You will explain our service to them and help them to fill in application forms.  You will also liaise with staff to gain additional information  so that we can offer people the most appropriate mentoring service.  You will also help with the administration of the service.

You will need to have experience of helping people who are at risk of offending, homelessness or addiction problems either as a volunteer or as a paid worker.  We are looking for someone who is able to talk and meet easily with people who are in difficulties, setting them at ease.  You will also need some knowledge of services for offenders, homeless people and people who are at risk.

Lived experience of criminal justice, homelessness or addiction may be an advantage if you can show that past problems have been overcome and you have some evidence of work or other regular activity.

You will be able to do much of this work at home but occasional visits to Islington or other places in North London will be needed, so you need to live or work within travelling distance of Islington

You will have a crucial role in the development of our service. Due to the limits of our budget, we can only offer 7 or 8 hours of work a week at the moment.  As we contact more service users, we will hope to expand our service and we will also hope to offer you more work and better conditions.

Please reply online.  We will send you more details about the work.  After you receive the job description you will need to send us your C.V. and a covering letter.  We will shortlist and interview after the closing date.

About Smart Works:

Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for success at their job interview. We empower each woman by giving her the clothes and the confidence she needs to succeed. After visiting Smart Works, 65% secure a job within a month, gaining financial independence and transforming their lives. The Smart Works service is delivered in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading and Leeds. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre. Smart Works has been voted Social Action Charity of the Year and is honoured to have The Duchess of Sussex as our Patron. 

About the role:

Smart Works is looking for a bright and dynamic financial professional to join our outstanding staff team. This is a full time, permanent role, based in London with the potential for flexible working arrangements. This is a newly-created role with overall responsibility for the day to day financial control and management of the charity.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant (or a partqualified finalist) able to lead by example and get things done through their own drive and determination. They will take ownership of the end to end finance process and be responsible for producing monthly management accounts. They will have strong communication skills and play a crucial part in liaising with our regional centres, building strong relationships with colleagues across the Smart Works community.

This is a hands-on role and the incumbent should thrive on working in the detail but also be able to articulate in a clear and concise manner to senior management. They will need to be excited about the varying challenges that will undoubtedly come with working for a growing and agile organisation, and have a passion for the work we do and the difference we can make to the lives of the women we support.

The role will report into a Director of Finance and the CEO. There will be progression opportunities to allow the successful candidate to join the senior management team and play a crucial leadership role in the future development of the organisation.

The post is a full-time role based at our HQ in London. However, we are flexible in current working arrangements for the right candidate. We welcome applications from outside the charity sector, although some charity accounting experience is preferred.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity’s needs with the skills and experience of candidates, 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.

We are keen to encourage a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge within Smart Works Charity, and we actively encourage application from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates and from men. 

For full details on the role and how to apply, please see our website: https://bit.ly/2Zs2Fak

We’re Mind, the leading mental health charity.  We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.  We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

As part of an organisation-wide digital transformation programme, Mind is implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for CRM across the charity. 300 staff are now live as part of “phase 1” and 100 more are coming onto the system during this first phase as part of the 3rd and final release. This is a time of great aspiration and considerable opportunity for Mind.

Reporting to the Head of Data and Supporter Relations, the Head of CRM will be accountable for the success of CRM across Mind and will be responsible for further developing the CRM capability and embedding the system as an integral part of the organisation.

You will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation (including the Wales Office) and will work with volunteers/temporary staff/consultants/agencies as required as well as being accountable for CRM supplier relationships.

With a proven record of accomplishment in leading CRM/Data technical teams, enhancing customer focused culture, you will ensure you team is motivated and solution focused. You’ll have demonstrable experience of develop and delivering a CRM strategy at scale and expertise in data management, and business intelligence systems. With a passion for teaching others, you’ll be a great leader and will maintain effective relationships.

Please refer to the full Job Description upon applying for the role

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

Closing date: Monday 20th July 2020

Mind reserve the right to close the role early due to receiving a high volume of quality applications, therefore we recommend you apply early!