Assistant Manager for court-based volunteer service - maternity cover (28 hours per week)

Are you motivated to help others? Do you enjoy problem-solving? Can you keep calm under pressure?

Support Through Court is an independent charity which provides much-needed practical and emotional support to people dealing with the court process without the benefit of legal representation. Most are frightened of, and unfamiliar with, the courts and may be facing serious issues that could affect their children and relationships, or their finances, or the roof over their head. 
 
This highly-regarded, energetic and friendly charity, is now seeking an Assistant Manager to help run our service in Central Family Court (CFC) and the remotely run services in Barnet County Court and West London Family Court.

Working with the Service Manager in CFC, you will lead on the administrative systems and tasks, and help with recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, facilitating day-to-day operations, contributing to ambitious fundraising targets and helping with absence cover at other sites.

You will be an excellent communicator, practical, well organised and hardworking, preferably with experience in the voluntary sector and some knowledge of legal procedures. You'll be ready to support other Support Through Court services on occasion, as well as taking responsibility for day-to-day operations where you're based.

Applicants should apply with a CV and a covering letter that address each point in the person specification and explains persuasively why we should offer you the post. It is important that your letter provides evidence of the criteria detailed in the person specification.

We are offering this post at 0.8FTE 28 hours/week for the period of maternity cover. The working pattern will be determined with the person appointed.

Closing date: 2nd September 2020 at 11:59pm. 

Interviews to be held on 8th or 9th September.

About us

This our Watch.

We are one crew, working together towards a shared goal, to save everyone. Since the 19th century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning. When you join the RNLI you will be a lifesaver.

Your New Role

As the Assistant Company Secretary, you will be a key member of Legal team and based at the Poole Support Centre in Dorset.

Key Tasks

• Deputise for the Company Secretary by attending meetings including Trustee, Council and Advisory Committee meetings.
• Drafting and/or reviewing minutes.
• Providing timely governance advice.
• Assist and advise the Chief Executive and the Executive Team on company secretarial related matters.
• Help develop and maintain the trustee board assessment framework, performance evaluation and development plans.
• Assist with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the delivery of charity and subsidiary company meetings and associated procedural requirements in line with good governance.
• Help manage the recruitment process of trustee candidates, RNLI council and Advisory Committee members
• Assist in the maintenance of governing documents recommending changes as necessary to reflect changing strategic, legal and best practice requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the members of the Legal team and wider RNLI family.
• Assist in the maintenance of the Company Secretary team risk register.
• Assist the Trustee and Council coordinator.
• Manage the Company Secretary designated inbox.
• Monitor legislative changes in the seven jurisdictions.
• Assist with online board portal functionality.

This role will require you to travel throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, including overnight stays.

About You

• Graduate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, or hold a Law degree with 2 years Company Secretarial experience or hold other recognised Company Secretary qualifications.
• Expert understanding of governance and company secretarial practice.
• Familiar with spreadsheets, databases and Outlook.
• Computer literate.
• Willing to work such additional hours as may be required from time to time.
• Confident and very comfortable working in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Equality and inclusion is at the heart of the RNLI. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace with equality of opportunity for everyone and would encourage you to bring your authentic self to the role.

If you think this is the role for you, please click the apply button to be taken to the RNLI recruitment page.

Closing date: 23 August 2020.

Interview date: w/c 14 September 2020.

Location: Based at the following Crisis Skylight Services (Newcastle, South Yorkshire, Merseyside, Birmingham, Coventry, Oxford, Brent, central London, or Croydon)

Recruitment during COVID-19 restrictions

During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be by video call.

Additionally, the successful applicant will be supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place.

About Crisis
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. Through our pioneering research into the causes and consequences of homelessness and the solutions to it, we know what it will take to end it, together, in our lifetimes.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to provide expert advice on homelessness legislation and relevant housing legislation to contribute to Crisis’ mission of ending homelessness. These new roles will provide advice and assistance on an internal consultancy basis to Crisis Skylight staff to enable them to advocate for their clients. For complex cases, more direct involvement will be required including direct work (usually by phone/ digital means) with members and advocacy (through written, phone or digital means) to relevant agencies. The role will also involve training and developing staff and volunteer’s knowledge of the application of relevant homelessness and housing legislation in England.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have extensive experience working in the homelessness / housing sector together with excellent knowledge of homelessness and housing law and how, through consultancy and advocacy, you can prevent and end homelessness.  You will enjoy working across Client Services providing good quality advice and support as well as developing and delivering training to Skylight staff.

Your knowledge and expertise will contribute to the development of policy, practice and campaigns work by providing examples of where housing policy and/or practice contributes to the perpetuating or creating homelessness.

Person Specification

Essential

1. Demonstrable track record of successfully preventing and relieving people’s homelessness through advocacy and the application of relevant homelessness and housing law, including complex cases such as people with different immigration status.

2. Expert knowledge of relevant homelessness and housing legislation, including Housing Act 1996 Parts VI and VII, Homelessness Act 2002 Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, Protection for Eviction Act 1977, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

3. Knowledge of the issues affecting homeless people and the impact and interaction of welfare and immigration policies on homelessness

4. Familiarity with local authority housing options services and their processes

5. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to listen, analyse, advise, and put across complex information accessibly through different media (one to one consultancy in person or by phone/ digitally, written materials, training materials)

6. Excellent at networking with strong advocacy skills to improve access to entitlements for our members wherever necessary

7. Organised and able to deal with conflicting priorities

8. Strong team player who is driven to work within a team, whilst also able to work on own initiative

9. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages and experience of data entry using a case management system

10. Knowledge of and ability to comply with Health and Safety (including adherence to lone working and social distancing protocols) and safeguarding procedures

11. Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values

    Desirable

    12  Experience of supporting / defending people in possession cases

We encourage applications from all sections of the community and particularly from people who have lived experience of homelessness.

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
· 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2020 (11.59pm)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessnes

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We are working on behalf of the MSC to recruit for their Head of Licensing. The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organisation, recognising and rewarding efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the future. This role will lead the delivery of the over-arching aims and objectives of the MSC's licensing programme.

The successful applicant will be responsible for oversight of all label licensing operations, including direct management of senior team members. You will ensure licensing contractual arrangements are in place and followed. Taking the lead on trademark registration issues and licensing policy development, which will involve engagement across the MSC.

About you and your experience:

• Knowledge and experience in legal, licencing or supply chain management
• Good knowledge of sustainable development
• Experience of working at a senior level in a multi stakeholder organisation
• Experience of leading, managing and collaborating with employees and stakeholders remotely
• Experience of communicating complex issues clearly to a wide variety of audiences across diverse channels
• Empathy and interest in the MSC's mission and objectives

Please contact Chloe Hill, Senior Business Manager at TPP Recruitment for confidential conversation about this role. 

Location: Flexible - Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool

Department: Expert Advice Team

Contract Duration: March 2021

Citizens Advice provides free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their problems. Each year our local offices across the country help 2.6 million people with their problems - either through face-to-face or telephone advice, or online. Our amazing data allows us to spot emerging issues quickly, making us uniquely placed to raise awareness of these issues and advocate for solutions.

The Expert Advice Team at Citizens Advice provides subject matter support and expertise to thousands of advisers across England and Wales, and helps to ensure the accuracy of our online content. 

We support the local network of Citizens Advice services and our national online content team in major advice areas such as debt, benefits, housing, employment, immigration, family and consumer law. We do this through one to one consultancy with local advisers, one to many advice and training products and legal assurance of content. We also provide expert support to other functions such as public policy and news.

We are looking for a Family Expert to work with us from now until 31 March 2021.This expert will provide legal and advice expertise in family law to Citizens Advice internal teams and to the Citizens Advice network of local offices.  To support the delivery of family advice across the Citizens Advice network.

The location is flexible with travel to our offices in London, Leeds or Birmingham likely. Hours are flexible from 21.75 to 36.25 hours per week and we are happy to discuss potential part-time and flexible working arrangements with prospective applicants. 

This role is based in a team of high-performing subject matter experts and qualified lawyers. The postholder must have an interest in law and experience of legal research, but a law degree is not a requirement and you don’t need to be a qualified solicitor or barrister. 

Our offices are currently closed due to coronavirus, with employees working from home. We are open to discussion about flexible working, and are willing to consider both full or part time working.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Location: Flexible - Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool

Department: Expert Advice Team

Contract Duration: March 2021

Citizens Advice provides free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their problems. Each year our local offices across the country help 2.6 million people with their problems - either through face-to-face or telephone advice, or online. Our amazing data allows us to spot emerging issues quickly, making us uniquely placed to raise awareness of these issues and advocate for solutions.

The Expert Advice Team at Citizens Advice provides subject matter support and expertise to thousands of advisers across England and Wales, and helps to ensure the accuracy of our online content. 

We support the local network of Citizens Advice services and our national online content team in major advice areas such as debt, benefits, housing, employment, immigration, family and consumer law. We do this through one to one consultancy with local advisers, one to many advice and training products and legal assurance of content. We also provide expert support to other functions such as public policy and news.

We are looking for a Housing Expert to work with us from now until 31 March 2021.This expert will provide legal and advice expertise in housing law to Citizens Advice internal teams and to the Citizens Advice network of local offices.  To support the delivery of housing advice across the Citizens Advice network.

The location is flexible with travel to our offices in London, Leeds or Birmingham likely. Hours are flexible from 21.75 to 36.25 hours per week and we are happy to discuss potential part-time and flexible working arrangements with prospective applicants. 

This role is based in a team of high-performing subject matter experts and qualified lawyers. The postholder must have an interest in law and experience of legal research, but a law degree is not a requirement and you don’t need to be a qualified solicitor or barrister. 

Our offices are currently closed due to coronavirus, with employees working from home. We are open to discussion about flexible working, and are willing to consider both full or part time working.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

IOM UK is currently supporting EU nationals and their families in the UK to help them secure and maintain their residency rights after Brexit. IOM is working with Local Authorities across Scotland to support individuals who may struggle with accessing the application processes and information themselves, to provide them with quality immigration advice and practical support to access the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

IOM is looking to recruit a caseworker, registered with OISC (The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) at Level 1, 2 or 3 Immigration (Please note: this must be OISC Level 1 or above Immigration qualification, not Level 1-EUSS only.)

This role is based in Glasgow, with the possibility to work from Edinburgh, and with travel across Scotland as necessary. The caseworker will be responsible for outreach and support to Local Authorities and other stakeholders in Scotland, and will provide one-to-one immigration advice and direct assistance to EU citizens to make their applications. 

For more details about the role, please click on the below link and visiti our vacancies page: https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/vacancies

ABOUT GLAN
GLAN works with affected communities to pursue innovative legal actions across borders to challenge states and other powerful actors involved in human rights violations and systemic injustice. Our actions address the most pressing instances of human rights concern and they fall within the following themes: War and occupation; accountability and supply chains; environmental and economic justice; and migration and border violence.

Our diverse strategies include litigation in foreign and international courts. We seek more than success in a courtroom: our work includes legal actions before administrative bodies and the dissemination of legal analyses. Since being established in 2016 we have developed legal strategies addressing human rights impacts in over 17 countries and territories including Yemen, Palestine, North Korea, Bahrain, Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Sahara, Colombia, Libya, Uzbekistan and Yemen. We work with individuals and communities resisting injustice, empowering and amplifying their voices, in order to challenge powerful actors involved in human rights violations. We believe that strategic legal action is most effective when it supports existing justice strategies, which is why we work collaboratively with an international network of civil society and grassroots organizations.

The core of GLAN’s work is pursued by a team of lawyers who seek to break new ground on accountability for human rights abuses. GLAN connects legal practice, academia and investigative journalism as part of our unique cross-border approach to address this question and we are driven by a commitment to the innovative use of law, information, and technology. Our approach is networked and nimble, allowing us to advance cases across multiple issues and jurisdictions despite our compact team. 

THE ROLE 

Salary: £35,000 - 40,000 PA.

Start date: October 15th 2020.​

GLAN is recruiting a practising solicitor for a minimum nine months maternity cover, with the possibility of permanent employment thereafter if funding is available. The role is split between public interest litigation and other cutting-edge work at the crossover of law and technology. We are seeking a highly motivated, efficient and practical individual to fulfil this role. The successful candidate will report to GLAN’s Director, will work remotely and may be required to attend regular in-person meetings in London, subject to public health restrictions and guidance.

The litigation side of the role involves the running of active judicial review cases, the preparation of evidence and the drafting of documents and correspondence for upcoming litigation. Such cases often involve coordination between large numbers of individuals and organisations, requiring significant organisational skills, perseverance and flexibility in response to varying viewpoints and disciplines. As part of your role you will also have consultant status with a leading public law firm based in London in order to facilitate your case work.​

There will also be a specific focus on the area of digital evidence and the crossover between legal accountability and technology. The role focuses on open source information and the development of best practices for the use of digital information as evidence of international crimes. This area requires a good knowledge of the principles of evidence.

Both aspects of the role require a high degree of creativity, self-motivation, and often a steep learning curve.  The role will also involve contributions to the development and refining of GLAN’s operational procedures. In normal circumstances, the role involves some international travel. As an equal opportunities employer, we particularly welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit of skill and experience relative to the role. In addition to case work the role requires contributing to the administration of GLAN as an organisation along with other members of our executive team.

CONTRACT TYPE​

This full-time contract will last for at least 9 months working 4-5 days per week. The possibility of transitioning to a longer term contract will be dependent on funding.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES​

· Identify, conduct and manage ongoing and planned litigation, which includes drafting case proposals, strategy documents, instructions to counsel, and handling correspondence with opponents.

· Maintain and progress the digital evidence project, which involves keeping up to date with developments in digital information as evidence, promoting our work on using technical platforms for legal accountability, identifying opportunities for the successful use of digital evidence in human rights litigation. 

· Work alongside affected communities bringing to the fore their voice, priorities and objectives. 

· Ensure that case work is integrated with GLAN’s communication strategies.

· Develop GLAN’s data protection and security policies. 

· Work with GLAN’s Director on securing funding in support of the organisation and specific cases.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE ​

Essential 

· Practising solicitor in England and Wales (must have or be able to obtain practising certificate by October 2020).

· 3+ years PQE in litigation or equivalent experience.

· Experience in running complex judicial review litigation.

· Excellent written and oral communication skills, including drafting skills.

· A good understanding of the role of technology in supporting litigation.

Desirable

· Experience in other areas of practice, such as public law, civil or criminal litigation including proceeds of crime.

· Experience in transnational and/or human rights litigation.

· Track record in human rights practice and advocacy.

· Active interest in technology, encryption and digital security. 

· Knowledge of Arabic or Mandarin.

· Experience in GDPR compliance.

· Active interest in open-source investigations.​

ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS​

· Proactive, creative and energetic, with a passion for our work.

· Commitment to working collaboratively with affected communities. 

· Excellent organisational skills.

· Ability to set and meet deadlines. 

· Highly sensitive to digital security considerations, in particular where affected. communities are concerned.

· The ability to quickly become familiar with new information and legal regimes. ​

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a CV and concise cover letter setting out your suitability for the role via this platform. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than COB on August 31st.

Finished your LLB, GDL, LPC or BTPC and eager to develop your legal skills addressing social justice issues, and ready to join our dynamic legal team then maybe this is a job for you. We are specialist drugs charity grounded in protecting the rights our clients who experience substance (alcohol & drugs) dependancy gain accees to health, housing and economic rights. These areas significantly improves a person’s life chances and integration back into their community. Whilst legal services are available to the public via other sources, our client group will often be unable to access such services because of fear of stigma or discrimination. 

We're looking for someone with preferably 1 years’ experience of providing social welfare legal advice either as a caseworker or paralegal, or at least one year’s recent experience of providing Generalist Advice to the public, this should include having undertaken casework in welfare rights, housing and debt.

Grants Officer (Individuals)

Responsible to: Legal Director

Salary range: £23,000 - £28,000

Key relationships: CEO, Legal team, external lawyers, partners and beneficiaries

Location:  Media Defence, the Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR

Hours: 37.5 hours (flexible), occasional evening and weekend work

Media Defence is a charity that helps journalists defend their rights. We support independent media, journalists and bloggers who are under legal threat through grant making, and by making sure that lawyers are available to defend them. We engage in strategic litigation to improve the regulatory environment for media freedom, make grants to organisations in various countries to run media defence programmes, and build the capacity of the lawyers and organisations we work with on issues of media law. Media Defence was set up in 2008 and has established itself as a leader in the field.

Role Summary

As Grants Officer, you will manage and administer Media Defence’s financial grants and non-financial support to individuals applying for support, identify new potential grantees and contribute to strengthening the capacity and sustainability of existing grantees. You will be the lead contact between Media Defence and our current grantees, and you will play a key role in implementing and refining our grant making strategy, developing and fostering strong and sustainable relationships with individuals working to advance press freedom standards around the world. More information about the programme can be found at Media Defence's website

You will be flexible and creative, have exceptional communication skills and a good understanding of the realities faced by lawyers and journalists operating in various regions of the world, including under repressive regimes.

Main Responsibilities

Grants Management

• Managing Media Defence’s emergency defence grant application process, including assessment of applications and project proposals, proposal development, preparation of final recommendation for Board/CEO approval.
• Manage grant award process, including contracting, setting of KPIs and reporting requirements
• Monitoring of awarded grants, including tracking developments in litigation, assessment of partner/grantee reports and grant compliance; financial oversight of grants and grant budgets; provision of additional support as may be required by grantees
• Ensure smooth running of Media Defence’s grant making; administration of Media Defence’s grants database (GIFTS)
• Act as lead contact in relationships with lawyers and journalists throughout the process
• Providing support to legal team where required

• Undertake and support grant assessment /evaluations and; country mapping visits as may be required
• Support the work of the Development cluster by providing material for news stories and accurate information for knowledge management
• Assist team members in ensuring data related to Media Defence grants is provided in a timely manner for use in grant/case reporting, communications material, funding applications and reports, and for other uses
• Support the Finance and Operations Director with periodic review and update of grantee terms and conditions
• Monitor the situation with respect to press freedom around the world, outreach to individuals where appropriate
• Act as one of the primary conduits between MLDI and networks of NGOs in the sector
• Represent Media Defence at external events and meetings
• Identify and carry out any other duties which fall within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post as requested

Person Specification

Essential

• Good general education to degree level
• Strong proven project management skills and experience of delivering successful projects
• Ability to analyse and synthesise complex information quickly and effectively
• Competent IT user including Microsoft Office Packages, internet and email
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a small ream, supporting other colleagues, and with a strong commitment to learning and improvement
• Excellent written and spoken English, good editorial skills and the ability to communicate with diverse communities
• Experience of working with, and relating to, a diverse range of people and a pleasant, diplomatic manner and disposition in interacting with colleagues at all levels, as well as with Media Defence partners
• Proven experience of grant making administration and the process of grant making
• Proven track record of an organised and methodical approach to work, combining numerical accuracy with attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience with databases

Desirable

• Good working knowledge (spoken and written) of French would be a significant advantage
• Experience of working hands-on in a legal environment and the management of legal documentation would be an advantage
• Experience of, and an interest in, working for a ‘not for profit’ and in a human rights environment would be an advantage

How to apply

To apply please send a cover letter and CV with the subject line: ‘Grants Officer application’.

Deadline: 16 August 2020

Equality and diversity are fundamental to our mission. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds and who reflect the diverse communities in which we operate.