We currently have an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual with a commitment to animal welfare to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract as a Regional Cat Welfare Advisor covering defined geographical regions across East Anglia, North London and Home Counties. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £26,542.93 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of more than 520 per day.

Cats and their welfare are at the heart of everything we do. Our volunteer-run branches are central to Cats Protection’s success and have evolved with the charity, accomplishing amazing work to improve the lives of cats for over 90 years. Our branches and centres care for thousands of cats each year until they are able to find a loving new home. In 2019, 41,000 cats were rehomed and 2,500 more reunited with their owners. This success would not be possible without our dedicated team of volunteers and employees.

Responsibilities of our Regional Cat Welfare Advisor:

As a Regional Cat Welfare Advisor you will support our volunteer fosterers by undertaking welfare assessments, maintaining accurate records and helping branches understand and adhere to our cat welfare policies. In addition, the role will contribute to local action plans; build successful and supportive working relationships with volunteers; provide assistance with the selection, induction, training and on-going support of volunteer Welfare Team Leaders and Fosterers and work with other Cats Protection teams, including field vets; Veterinary and Learning and Development, to assist in delivering initiatives that promote good cat welfare and share best practice.

What we’re looking for in our Regional Cat Welfare Advisor:

• Proven experience of working in the animal welfare sector
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of working in an environment where compliance against an agreed set of standards is necessary
• An aptitude for working with processes and system
• The ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with key stakeholders
• A full UK driving licence

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £26,542.93 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more
   

Join us as our Regional Cat Welfare Advisor and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!
 

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Closing date: 03 May 2021

Virtual interview date: 18 and 19 May 2021

The Ernest Cook Trust is an educational charity and one of the UK’s foremost providers and funders of outdoor learning. Our vision is for an environmentally engaged society with stronger connections to nature.

Our important work makes a difference to children, young people, their families and communities throughout the UK, especially those that are disadvantaged. We help to nurture a lifelong journey of learning, appreciation and respect for the countryside. We do this through grant support, direct delivery, research and advocacy.
We have a growing team of people focusing on the delivery of strategic learning projects and are looking for the right person to take up The OWL Collaboration Project Manager role and work as part of that team. 

The OWL Collaboration is a £2m+ programme led by The Ernest Cook. Its purpose is to provide Outdoor Weeks of Learning (OWLs) for disadvantaged young people at farm and environmental-based outdoor centres throughout the UK.

As Project Manager, your role will be to lead and manage a collaboration of:

· Schools (primary, secondary and special)

· Outdoor Learning Centres (environmental/farm-based)

· Funders

You will be key to the success of the collaboration, ensuring that all parties are committed to achieving meaningful and enjoyable learning experiences for the young people.  

You will lead on the collaborators’ impact evaluation and knowledge transfer, which forms a crucial part of the programme, and will be responsible for reporting outcomes.

Are you ready for something more and looking to make a difference to a worthwhile charity that makes a difference to many people’s lives?  Look no further!  Yellow Submarine, an award-winning Oxfordshire charity that enables people with learning disabilities and autism to live life to the full, is on the look-out for a new Chair of Trustees.  We welcome applications from individuals who share our values, meet the criteria in the role description, and are committed to helping Yellow Submarine thrive.

Yellow Submarine is in its 12th year.  It started as a niche charity offering holidays for children and adults and now also offers a range of activities, training and work opportunities through the cafés, and an especially designed skills development programme.  We’re unashamedly ambitious to make things better.  With a financial turnover of £800,000 (Y/E June 2020), we currently support over 500 members and their families through 20 members of full-time staff and 100+ members of sessional staff and volunteers.

If you are committed, passionate and strategic, we would love to hear from you.  If you also have experience in either fundraising or business development and/or have links to the local business community, do get in touch.

It matters to us to ensure everyone, from whatever background, and regardless of sex, gender, race, age (as long as you are over 16), sexuality, belief or disability has an equal opportunity to be considered for the role.  If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you.

Quality Mark Coordinator

Grade 4 –£24,000 pa pro rata

Full time

Flexible – either London office based or home-based with travel as required

We are looking for a dynamic team player to support the work of our Services Team by coordinating the Financial Education Quality Mark, a highly valued accreditation process designed to give educators’ confidence in financial education teaching materials.

Are you customer focused with first rate organisational skills?  Can you manage day to day admin whilst supporting our team to meet the needs of our broad range of users and high profile clients?  Do you have experience of education or training, or would you like to develop a career in this space?

We are looking for someone who can:

Demonstrate a proactive, organised and practical approach to ensure services are delivered effectively and efficiently, providing high quality support and customer service across the organisation, both internally and externally.
Employ high level communication and relationship management skills

Full details can be found in the attached Job Description.

To apply send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) by no later than midnight on Monday 3rd of May 2021.

Please note that applications for this position may close prior to the deadline if there is sufficient interest, so you are advised to apply early.

Interviews will take place via videocall on Tuesday 11th of May and Wednesday  the 12th of May 2021

• Create, document and prioritise application requirements by working together with team subject matter experts and end-users to development new functionality.
• Work with management, strategic planning and end-users to automate business processes.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce automation (such as workflow rules, process builders and flow) is integral for the role.
• Manage multiple Salesforce project streams, identifying projects which require assistance from the implementation partner, and manage projects from pipeline to production.
• Own the development and configuration function by becoming a technology ambassador for the solution, demonstrating its ‘use of’ cases, and ensuring the Trust gets the best return on its investment by using the platform to its fullest extent.
• Create and maintain documentation on processes and accessibility for users, policies, application configuration and help related materials as database applications are developed.

Closing date for applications: Mid-day on 20th May 2021

Interview date: 28th May 2021

Hestia’s Domestic Abuse Prevention work has seen a surge in demand during the last year as the pandemic has heightened the need for those experiencing domestic abuse.We work with partners and corporates to create a joined up approach to ensure victims of domestic abuse can access specialist support.

During lockdown, we open 5,300 Safe Spaces pharmacies across the UK to provide those experiencing domestic abuse a place to go and seek specialist support discreetly. Hestia’s Bright Sky app has seen a 50% increase in downloads while the team has continued to provide businesses resources to support staff experiencing domestic abuse.

Key skills

• Expertise in marketing
  • Strong knowledge and experience of developing and delivering creative marketing campaigns across a wide variety of channels
  • Confident in marketing strategy and measurement approaches
• Powerful storyteller
  • Demonstrate empathy, active listening and effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Commitment to putting lived experience of domestic abuse at the heart of communications and are respectful of the people whose stories you tell.
• Strong collaborator
  • Ability to establish, develop and steward effective, trusting and creative relationships with corporate partners, charities, statutory bodies and other stakeholders
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships with colleagues across Hestia
• Inclusive and diverse
  • Demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work
  • Strong team working skills and experience of building solution-focused working environments.
• Resource focused
  • Demonstrable ability to plan, prioritise and manage workload and work under pressure.
  • Strong project management experience, with the ability to meet targets, manage budgets and deliver regular outcomes reports

• Positive and creative
  • Ability to safely and appropriately innovate, create and develop new solutions to old problem
• Risk management
• Demonstrable ability to keep and maintain accurate and confidential records to a high standard.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding adults and children at risk

Prospectus is excited to be partnering exclusively with The Climate Group to recruit a Strategy and Development Manager (Zero Emission Transport). The Climate Group drives climate action. Fast. Their goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all. They focus on systems with the highest emissions and where their networks have the greatest opportunity to drive change. They do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable, turning their commitments into action.

This is a part-time (3 days per week/ 21 hours), fixed term position for six months, starting in June with the option to extend. The salary for this position is £36,000 - £44,000 FTE per annum, based on experience (part-time equivalent of £21,600 - £26,400). The role will be home based as the new working from home policy is still under development.

The post holder will work in the Fundraising team and work closely with the Climate Group Transport Team to leverage both the Climate Group's own zero-emission vehicle programme work, as well as the multi-stakeholder momentum being generated by RouteZero prior to COP26. This role will seek to build compelling propositions that speak to the needs of the entire EV ecosystem and can attract funding at significant (high-six, seven and possibly eight figure) levels from Governments, large Foundations and multi-national corporates.

They are looking for an fundraising professional with a track record of success in trust, foundations, institutional and/or corporate fundraising. The post holder will need experience of developing high quality written materials, ranging from inspiring concept notes to complex funding proposals and project budgets. The post holder will need the confidence and ability to manage relationships with funding contacts, to design and deliver innovative and successful donor cultivation, engagement and stewardship activities.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.fun

ABOUT US 

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity.  We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. The Trust aims to engage and inspire people about woods and trees to help us meet our vision of creating, restoring and protecting woodland.

THE ROLE 

Working as part of a UK wide team the Land & Property Carbon Surveyor will primarily focus on identifying, progressing and managing carbon opportunities across the UK. They will be working closely with land managers to develop those opportunities, identifying and following up potential carbon leads in conjunction with our woodland outreach team, and providing a carbon advisory role for other members of the Land & Property team. 

THE CANDIDATE 

You will be a qualified Chartered Surveyor preferably with a rural practice background with a strong knowledge of UK land use policies and how carbon and tree planting can fit into those policies.

Using your initiative you will identify and explore opportunities to deliver the trusts aims whilst maximising a budget in a cost effective manner. You will be efficient and able to perform to a high standard in a constantly changing external environment, managing risks, identifying and capitalising on opportunities in line with the Trust’s cause.

A full driving licence and ability to undertake travel across a wide area, sometimes to remote locations. Overnight stays will be required which may be at least once per month. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT 

There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Whatever you do here you will be supporting our work to protect and enhance woods and trees. In return we recognise and value our people. You'll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance and good holiday entitlement. 

Please Note: We currently have 24-37 hours per week available. Therefore, please ensure you state, on your application form, how many hours you would be willing to work.

Westbank is a registered charity established in 1986 and became company limited by guarantee in 2007. The organisation was originally set up to provide practical and emotional support to people in the villages along the west bank of the River Exe. The organisation now works with communities and individuals across Devon.

Devon Carers is one of the largest and most successful carer’s services in the UK, providing information and support to 20,000 carers of all ages, and is the focus for the delivery of a number of services for carers of all ages across Devon. These include:

• Awareness-raising and identification of carers of all ages;
• A countywide helpline, providing easy access to information and support;
• A team of support staff facilitating drop-in sessions, carers support groups, school-based activities and time-limited one-to-one support.

Our Hospital Services Team provide up to six weeks wellbeing support to Carers when either they, or the person they care for, has been discharged from hospital.

Overall Job Purpose

• Supporting family, friends and unpaid carers (‘carers’) when either themselves or the person they care for has been discharged from hospital;
• Work to avoid admissions by supporting carers;
• Undertaking carers assessments (Health & Wellbeing checks) for carers;
• Action planning following assessments;
• Support planning following assessments, including those undertaken by others;
• Delivery of additional/intensive support for carers associated with action/support plans throughout the 6-week Hospital Services scheme;
• Help to promote and support carer awareness raising within the RD&E.

To apply

Please download an application form from the Westbank Community Health and Care website.

We will be shortlisting on the following criteria so please use the supporting statement to evidence how you meet these.

Shortlisting Criteria:

• Experience of providing one-to-one advice or support in a similar/relevant role;
• NVQ III or equivalent qualification in Health and Social Care or another relevant field, or willingness to work towards such a qualification;
• Experience of being a carer or working with carers;
• Excellent administration, organisational and record-keeping skills, and ability to write in a clear, concise and professional manner;
• Car driver/owner (or otherwise able to satisfy, with appropriate adjustments, requirements for travel associated with the role);
• Good Keyboard and It Skills including use of MS Office Package.

Location: Homeworking, with occasional visits to Exeter

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31/03/2022

Closing date for applications: 09:00 Thursday 6th May 2021

Virtual Interviews will be held: TBC

An Enhanced DBS Check is required for this role

We currently have two full time Homelessness Support Worker vacancies within our service in St Albans working 2pm to 10pm shifts. The service provides overnight accommodation for up to 12 individuals and a day-time drop in service for people in housing need.

``Hello there, my name is Geoff. I became homeless about a year ago after losing my job, family and home, everything spiralled out of control. It was difficult for me; I had always been independent, making my own money, providing for my family... I never ever thought that this could happen to me. I didn`t know where to turn to get help. I heard about Open Door, went to the drop- in and that was the first step to getting my life back on track. I stayed in the night shelter and received 1 to 1 support and advice from the support staff I now feel confident about moving forward with my life."

About you

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Positively engaged with and sustained appropriate relationships with individuals who are often unwilling to engage with services
• Delivered practical housing related support through structured link work
• Worked on own initiative and as a part of a team
• Acted calmly and responded professionally in stressful and difficult situations

The Benefits

About Us

How to Apply

Closing date:Monday 10th May 2021

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a national stillborn and neonatal death charity as they look to appoint a brand new role into their organisation, Head of Digital and Engagement. Over the last year, they have seen a huge increase in engagement and participation with their digital events and are excited to bring in a senior member of staff to their Income and Engagement directorate to act as a digital change agent. The post will be tasked to lead on a digital maturity review and embed a new culture and exciting ways of working as well as communicating with, and supporting, service users.

You will be responsible for all digital marketing functions within the organisation, driving digital brand growth, supporter development, growing income through digital channels and developing their digital bereavement support services. You will be committed to delivering a high quality digital experience for everyone who accesses the charity for support, their partners and their supporters across all channels, including social media, websites, e-comms, digital fundraising platforms and mobile.

This role will also lead on integrated campaigns that inform, inspire, commemorate and mobilise, and will be at the forefront of creating innovative digital campaigns that respond to bereaved family's needs, saving babies' lives and expand their reach and support.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have held a similar position with significant experience of developing digital engagement strategies, digital transformation and embedding cultural change into a large, complex organisation. You will have strong leadership, communication and influencing ability to engage and support a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation. You will have strong understanding of audiences and customer journeys and will be confident in understanding a broad range of engagement techniques to ensure all channels are serviced in the best possible manner. Finally, you will be up to date with key developments and best practice to ensure they continue to engage and deliver services to the highest possible standards.

This is an incredible role to make a huge impact on saving babies' lives and supporting bereaved families across the UK. If you feel that you have the right skills for this type of role, please do get in contact.

The role will close on Sunday 9th May with 2 rounds of interviews. The first being held the week commencing 17th May and the second being held the week commencing 24th May.

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke. We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service based in Leicester.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Home Based in Leicester with regular travel across the service area

Hours: 19 hours per week

Salary: Circa £12,540 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2022

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 16 May 2021

Interview Date: 20 May 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes.

A key part of the role will be to recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers, to support service users and the delivery of the service.

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Complete needs assessments with stroke survivors and support them to develop a stroke recovery plan.
• Provide regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals. 
• Support clients to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.

About You

The Stroke Association Support Coordinator will have experience/background in:

• A caring profession ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Excellent IT skills to enable you to capture your work on a database and provide support through virtual means as required.

You will be organised and able to work independently, to manage your priorities to deliver a quality service. 

This role is home based, but extensive travel is required across the local area and occasionally further afield.

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Case, Stroke Recovery, Charity, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult.

Programme Manager

As we continue our exciting growth plans in 2021 to deliver on our ambitious goals and strategy, we are seeking multiple programme managers across our workstreams.

Fair4All Finance is here to increase the financial resilience and wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances. We deliberately talk about vulnerable circumstances and not vulnerable people. That’s because it’s circumstances that create vulnerability, not people.

Position: Programme Manager

Location: Either based in London or remote (currently the team are home working, following the current restriction regular weekly travel to the London office is expected)

Salary: £44,000 - £55,000, subject to experience and programme management specialism.

Hours: Full time, permanent role – 37.5 hours/week - All applicants must have an existing Right to Work in the UK.

Closing Date: Wednesday 12th May

About the role:

We’re looking for a number of adaptable, talented individuals with a depth of experience on specific topics and an appetite to work in a small and driven team which uses a multi-disciplinary  approach to running programmes across various work streams, covering a range of disciplines including:

• Strategy
• Growth and Development Programmes
• Proposition development and management
• Debt fund management
• Organisational project delivery

The emphasis in recruiting programme managers is to bring capability into the team to deliver quality of thinking and content development across a broad remit. The successful candidates will pair this with exceptional programme execution ability including the fundamentals of:

• Planning work including breaking down tasks and dependencies
• Writing business cases
• Overseeing implementation
• Iterative development / agile approaches
• Stakeholder management
• Working with partners
• Knowledge transfer and capability development of the organisations we support

About you:

To be successful in the role of Programme Manager you will be an adaptable, talented individual with a depth of experience on specific topics and an appetite to work in a small and driven team which uses a multi-disciplinary approach to running programmes. You will be keen to contribute to the evolution of structures and processes and have the ability to collaborate purposefully with others on shared goals. You’ll be self-directed and able to anticipate future needs or activities, sometimes acting ahead or reacting to circumstances without waiting for direction.

All Programme Managers will be expected to have:  

• Passion for our mission to increase the financial resilience of people in vulnerable circumstances
• Programme Management experience on complex multi-faceted programmes including agile approaches
• Aptitude for convening and collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams
• Commercial acumen
• Understanding of the different operational programme delivery models and where these are most appropriate
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Stakeholder management experience in complex stakeholder environment
• Knowledge of the importance of data security and safeguarding
• Technical accreditations or qualifications in MSP, PMP, Agile or equivalent will be looked on favourably but are not essential
• Experience of working with the social or impact investment, or community finance sectors

Fair4All Finance is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the people and communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop and all team members can contribute to their fullest potential.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Project Management, Programme Manager – Growth and Development Programmes, Strategy Manager, Fund Manager, Debt Fund Manager, Propositions Development and Delivery Lead, PMO Lead, Transformation Manager, Change Programme Manager, Digital Transformation Manager, etc.

NAPAC exists to support adult survivors of abuse in childhood. The harm caused by abuse does not end in childhood.  Many adult survivors experienced a range of mental and physical health impacts, including complex post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and depression. Being supported by a trauma-informed service can be pivotal.

NAPAC believes all survivors have the right to access support for their recovery to lead happier and more fulfilled adult lives – this role is a chance for you to help us reach more people.

We are seeking a creative and resilient Digital Communications Officer to join our friendly team in London. The Digital Communications Officer is a new contract role to support NAPAC’s internal and external communication and engagement activities. They will bring new skills to the team, lead the day-to-day management of NAPAC’s social media, and be a key contributor to developing materials for use online and in print. Overall, they will have a commitment to supporting survivors, to clear and ethical communications, and be looking for a uniquely challenging and rewarding role.

Salary: £25,200 pa pro rata, with hourly rate arrangements possible

Hours:  21 per week (0.6 FT), worked flexibly but to include Monday mornings and Friday afternoons

Contract: three months (rolling, dependent on funding)

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 5 May April 2021  

Interview Dates: Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 May 2021, in London (in person or video)

Application is by CV and covering letter.