The curriculum lead will make a significant contribution to the development of the teaching, learning and assessment (grading and observation of practice and academic components) on Frontline’s programmes. The curriculum Lead will also be primarily involved with delivery of teaching materials in various settings, including at the summer institute, recall days and in unit teaching. You will play a key role in the development of Practice Tutors and Consultant Social Workers, running briefings on curriculum areas, developing teaching skills, undertaking observations of teaching, unit meetings, individual and group coaching sessions. 

This is a varied and exciting role in a rapidly growing, ambitious organisation. We need people who are enthusiastic about joining us to ensure our programmes remain innovative and excellent and that we become widely recognised as delivering world leading programmes. You will  be passionate about teaching and learning and have a deep interest in social work education.

Victim Support is looking to recruit to the role of Assistant Director - Service Design and Quality. The location of this role is flexible and home based, with national travel when required.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The Assistant Director - Service Design and Quality will lead the development and ongoing improvement of service methods and products, driving innovation in service delivery models and support techniques.

You will work to to ensure that VS' service models, approaches and interventions are evidence based, competitive and meet the needs and requirements of commissioners, funders and victims. You will have significant experience of designing products to support and develop service delivery.

You will lead the development and implementation of the VS Quality Management System and you will have understanding and experience of quality management application.

You will be expected to be to drive delivery, innovate and collaborate - able to lead and be a team player. You will foster innovation, collaborative, positive working relationships and drive high performance.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Victim Support are looking for a new Health & Safety Manager to lead the provision of professional health, safety, wellbeing & environmental advice & support across Victim Support. Location of role is flexible and home based, with some national travel as required.

We are looking for a highly motivated H&S practitioner for this exciting national role. We operate across England & Wales in a variety of locations. Our colleagues across Victim Support carry out a variety of roles all directed towards proving the best possible support for victims of crime.

The health & safety of our service users, staff and volunteers is extremely important to us. We are looking to encourage applications from those with a strong background in supporting the strategic management and development of of health & safety across a diverse organisation, ensuring we implement best practice and continously improve our health, safety, wellbeing and environmental practices.

You will be responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring and reviewing preventative and protective measures to ensure legal compliance across Victim Support, but also supporting a positive health, safety & wellbeing culture. You will have a strong background in implementing a range of initiatives across a complex organisation which provide the very best support and outcomes for colleagues working in challenging roles. Working as an integral part of a wider People Services Team, you will be joing a collaborative and passionate team all seeking the very best outcomes for our service users, staff, volunteers and service users.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

The Head of Partnerships and Placements will lead a team to sustain and secure partnerships with local authorities (LAs) and children’s trusts, to develop and support 600+ Fellows (alumni) annually. This is directly linked to achieving Frontline’s organisational objective of having 4,000 impactful Fellows by 2025, who will create social change for children without a safe or stable home.

This is a new team as historically partnerships have been secured from within regional delivery teams. We have been refining our approach and offer to partners over the past 12 months and are now looking for a Head of Partnerships and Placements to lead the new team. The new Head will manage the Partnership and Placement Managers (PPMs) as they take sole responsibility for securing partnerships, while the Delivery Team focus on participant experience and programme quality. The Head of Partnerships and Placements will work closely with the Heads of Delivery in order to secure high-quality placements and ensure targets are met. They will be responsible for providing a great experience for partners and overseeing the team to ensure partner expectations are met. Additionally they will play an active role within Frontline’s Leadership Group.

Applicants need to have at least 5 years’ experience of working in sales and account management.

Job title: Shop Manager
Salary: Up to £18,833.65 pa plus excellent benefits
Location: Bury
Job type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35 hours
Closing date:  24 August 2020
Interview date: 03 September 2020

Please be aware this position will include working 35 hours per week (5 days) on a rota basis to include weekends.

We are seeking an innovative Shop Manager who is looking to make their mark in a high profile store in Bury.

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.

Each of our shops has its own charm and personality due to our dedicated volunteers and colleagues. From vintage jewellery and jigsaws to harps and handbags, whether our customers are looking for that 'must have' item or simply a 'missing piece', our team of managers ensure customers are met with great customer service. We are helping the environment whilst improving the lives of cats, one t-shirt at a time.

As a Shop Manager you will combine commercial acumen with creativity, leading a team of employees and volunteers to deliver the highest standards of customer service and presentation in order to maximise income for cat welfare. This is an exciting opportunity to manage a successful store, market and promote the store within the community and build an exceptional team that are committed to raising funds to support cats and kittens in our care.

Our successful candidate will be highly self-motivated, positive and resilient and with previous retail and people management experience. A strong communicator with excellent organisational skills, you will have the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a variety of people and have good knowledge of the issues relating to recruiting and retaining volunteers. Experience of working to targets and KPIs within a retail environment is essential.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Supporting over 250 shops across the UK, our office in Warrington is responsible for the distribution of centralised stock including PPE, Christmas items and bought-in goods. We are also expanding our online presence and plan to develop this from our Warrington office.

We are looking to recruit a Warehouse Operative to help provide an efficient warehouse and distribution service for our Charity Shops across England and Wales.

About you

* Experience working in a multi role warehouse environment
* Proven experience working with manual handling equipment and knowledge of safe lifting processes
* Experience of using 3rd party carrier processing systems
* Good written & verbal communication
* IT Literate, knowledge of MS office applications

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Essential to the success of our retail stores is having a great support team behind them ensuring they get the additional help and support they need. We are recruiting an experienced Administrator to join our Retail Support team in Warrington.

This is a busy role, in a lovely friendly department where the successful applicant will be providing admin support to the Shop & Field Teams. You will also be part of the team providing customer service support to the general public, and to shops with queries relating to bag collections and donations.

About you

* You will be an experienced administrator with the ability to provide administrative support to a broad range of people and teams.
* You should have excellent customer service skills and a great telephone manner gained from a customer service environment.
* You will need great IT skills including MS office, with the ability to update and maintain databases and generate reports.

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Simply Health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Discount on Gym Membership and Go Sweat Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Our client is looking for an Operations Director to join their team based in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Location: Ashton-under-Lyne

Salary: £32,135.17 pro rata (£24,600.57 pa)

Hours: 28 hours per week (working across 4 days per week)

Closing Date: Monday 14th September 2020

Our client is a charity supporting older people across Tameside, with a multi-purpose Centre in Ashton-under-Lyne. The charity has been serving older communities for over 40 years. They are currently seeking to recruit an Operations Director.

This is a senior management position, operating at a strategic level directly with the CEO, overseeing the day to day administration & finance functions of the charity, ensuring robust financial reporting, systems and practice.

Operations Director - Key Responsibilities:

Financial Management

- To maintain the accounting records using a Sage Line 50 system or relevant system appropriate to the needs of the organisation

- To produce monthly financial exception reports to the Board

- To produce the year end management accounts in consultation with the external auditors.

- To develop the annual budget with the CEO and Finance Sub Committee, providing quarterly management accounts thereafter

- To devise financial policy, procedures, protocols and guidance to ensure the Charities financial functions are robust and consistent and meet the legal standards of best practice

Customer Services Management

- To provide coaching and supervisory support to a team of Customer Service Assistants

- Oversee day to day finance administration tasks including recording income and expenditure, ordering and petty cash

- Oversee admin tasks in support of recruitment and volunteering and other general correspondence

- Oversee maintenance of the charities Social Media marketing and Website maintenance

- Oversee front of House Reception and Dealing with Enquiries

- Oversee building maintenance including Health & Safety, Fire Safety and First Aid

- Oversee room hire and booking

- Oversee the design of displays and other information

- Oversee maintenance and replacement of IT equipment and hand-held equipment

- Any other tasks that fall within a Customer Services remit

General Management

- To establish customer service quality standards, aims, objective and measurable outcomes.

- To act as the Information Governance Lead

- To work with the CEO to develop new grants, commercial funding streams and maximise income from existing income generation initiatives

- To work with the CEO to develop its internal strategy, fulfil its goals and realise its ambitions 

- To deputise in the absence of the CEO

Operations Director - You:

Qualifications

- Management or Supervisory Qualification Level 5 or above

Experience

- Minimum of 3 years voluntary sector management accounts experience & 3 years senior management experience

- Preparation of Management Accounts, budget setting, Annual Accounts and ongoing reporting

- Experience of staff training, coaching, support and supervision

- Understanding of legal frameworks governing the work of the Charity

- Experience of working with Sage 50 Accounts Office Software or similar Software together with the design and application of excel spreadsheets

- Experience of using social media and the website as promotional tools for the work of the Charity

- An understanding of back office and front of house functions

- Overseeing Information Governance procedure and practice

- Developing internal strategy and charity growth development though grants and commercial income generation

Knowledge

- High Quality Customer Services

- Health and Safety Legislation

- Charity Commission Regulations

- Companies House Regulations

- Data Protection Legislation

Interviews will take place the week commencing 28th September 2020. To submit your CV for this exciting Operations Director opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now.

Overview
Justlife works with people who are close to the streets, living in unsupported temporary accommodation (UTA). Justlife exists because we know that every time we don’t act another person living in unsupported temporary accommodation suffers. They suffer with deteriorating mental and physical health, become victims of crime, lose control of their life, drop off the bottom rung of the housing ladder or die prematurely. Our vision
is clear and simple: to make people’s experience of housing vulnerability as short, safe and healthy as possible.
Justlife works in Manchester providing re-housing advice, benefits advice and one-to-one key work support to empower vulnerable adults housed in UTA to move towards more secure housing, independent living and improved health and wellbeing. We run a similar project in Brighton alongside a Hospital Discharge Project
which, in partnership with the specialist homeless GP service Arch Healthcare, provides support to homeless people discharged from hospital into UTA.
Justlife have recently completed research mapping out the number of UTAs across Greater Manchester. Tenants were found to have low levels of wellbeing, were isolated, faced accommodation issues (poor food, no heating
or hot water, limited access to kitchens, and feeling their accommodation was chaotic), experienced deteriorating mental or physical health and felt that they were limited in the support they could access.
Now that we know WHERE individuals are, in the coming year we intend to roll out a new ‘mobile’ model of operating - taking our work OUT to reach beneficiaries where they are, enabling more residents to find out about and access the support Justlife provides.

Job Summary – Specialist Support Worker

The role of Specialist Support Worker involves playing an active part in the Specialist Support Team by taking part in regular outreach visits to UTA’s across Greater Manchester and supporting a caseload of clients that are experiencing varying stages of housing vulnerability. The role requires the use of specialist knowledge and relationship skills to support clients with varying degrees of mental health, addiction and trauma related issues
to engage with health services and to access suitable housing solutions. The Specialist Support Worker is also expected to develop good working relationships with UTA Landlords and Managers recognising the important role that they play in ensuring that their tenant’s experience of UTA’s is as positive as possible. This will include advocacy in registering them for medical services and accompanying them to appointments;
assisting them in addressing all aspects of physical and mental health and addiction needs, as well as advocating for them to get access to suitable housing and social security benefits. The role is dependent on excellent communication and joint working with colleagues and a variety of partners and professionals.
The role requires a high degree of motivation in addition to creativity and flexibility to support complex and vulnerable people. With a passion to work collaboratively with others for the good of our clients, and with some experience of working in a related field in a voluntary or paid capacity.
A high degree of emotional intelligence is required to support clients, many of whom have complex emotional needs, with backgrounds of trauma, neglect, abuse, crime and low self-worth. In a role of this nature you will experience a range of emotions from joy to grief and as such it requires a high degree of resilience to cope with
the emotional demands of the role.
Making decisions in the moment to do the right thing to mitigate risk with clients can place high emotional demands on the job holder. At times the role can be reactive and unpredictable. The role requires a high degree of self-awareness to one’s own resilience levels and exercising appropriate levels of self-care. The role sits within
a highly supportive team with all staff in receipt of regular line management, external clinical supervision and professional training. With reflective practice actively encouraged in weekly team meetings.

Support Worker

Are you interested in a career where you will make a real difference in young people’s lives? Do you understand the challenges which young people face in daily life? Is a career as a Support Worker the next step in life for you?

Care in Mind are currently looking for a kind, caring and friendly person to join our professional team as a Support Worker. Experience is not essential and full training will be provided but understanding the issues young people face in their daily life will really help to make a difference.

You will be based within our Residential Home in Huddersfield working shifts over a 37.5 hour working week consisting of earlies, lates and sleep-ins.

Company Benefits

- Competitive pay (£9.54 p/h + £100 bonus after completing 6-month probation)
- 22 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (NVQ Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care)
- Enhanced company pension
- Life Assurance 2 x your annual salary
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Paid Induction (Running over 7 days)
- Free on-site parking
- Paid Enhanced DBS check
- Employee Assistance Programme / 24-hour Counselling Service
- Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
- The opportunity for internal promotions & progression
- Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
- Regular social events and recognition schemes (‘Employee of the year awards’, Summer & Christmas parties)

Your role as a Support Worker

- To carry out direct and indirect care of young people with complex mental health needs
- To work in a team, giving the highest standard of care possible to the young people.
- To closely follow individual care plans and support young people with education, shopping, and social and leisure activities.
- To carry out multiple interventions involving the delivery of care to young people
- To promote independence amongst the young people
- To provide support, advice and information to the young people, parents and other carers
- To carry out further duties as per our attached document (Writing reports, general office admin etc)

Requirements of a Support Worker

- Flexibility - Your role will involve working shifts including sleep ins/weekends/Bank Holidays
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- IT Literate (Able to write emails and use Microsoft Office)
- An understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- An understanding of safeguarding
- Professional working boundaries between staff and service users
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations

Desirable Criteria

- Full UK Driving Licence
- NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent in Care
- Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs

Due to the current climate regarding the Covid-19, all of our interviews are now taking place as a Video/Audio Interview over Microsoft Teams.

Training will be carried out at the beginning of each month over 7 days covering First Aid, Safeguarding and Therapeutic Risk Management and breakaway techniques. This is paid for along with travel expenses.

The closing date for this position is Thursday 10th September, so if you are interested in developing and supporting young people and young adults with complex difficulties then please ensure you apply before this date.

Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.

You may have experience of the following: Bank Support Worker, Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Care Assistant, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

Ref: 93878

£31,923 per annum 
Permanent 
Full time 37.5 hours per week
Flexible working from home and Shelter hub based working days

Closing date: Thursday 27th August 2020 at 11.30 pm

We're looking for a highly proactive individual with experience of working within a fundraising or marketing environment to join us as a Community Fundraising Area Manager and to take the lead in driving change and boosting performance.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Part of our hugely successful Income Generation division, Shelter's Community Fundraising team is a new and, currently, small team but with big plans to grow our numbers to have Regional Fundraisers in 12 cities across England and Scotland. Community Fundraising is a key part of Shelter's long-term fundraising strategy and investment is being made available to fund it. We have recently appointed a new Head of Community Fundraising and are now seeking to expand our team – it's a great time to join us.

At Shelter we are committed to tackling systematic inequalities and currently we are looking to increase the diversity within our Fundraising team. We would particularly welcome applications from anyone with a BAME background or who considers themselves to have a disability.

About the role
In this new role you'll be working with the Head of Community Fundraising to help develop the community fundraising strategy for Shelter and to lead its implementation across the Midlands and South England area. Supporting, coaching and developing the team, you'll be acting as an ambassador of collaboration, building authentic internal and external relationships so that a supporter-centric approach is delivered through all our activities. In doing so, you'll need to keep on top of targets and budgets and to drive decisions with detailed analysis and data.

About you 
In addition to your relevant background and your proactive approach to every aspect of your work, you'll need the ability to respond quickly to challenges or opportunities and to lead change through a mixture of lateral thinking, positivity and commitment to improve performance. You're particularly good at engaging people's interest, influencing their behaviour and building productive relationships with key customers and partners. You're also commercially sharp, with a good eye for business benefit and best practice.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own. 

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with 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 also encourage applications from people who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Full Time 37.5 hours per week

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£45,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable)

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented mentor and relationship manager to join our Teaching Programmes team as an ECF Support Lead. The ECF Support Lead is a new and exciting role for the organisation, working as part of the wider Early Career Teachers (ECT) programme team delivering the new Department for Education funded Early Roll Out of Early Career Framework (ECF) nationally.

Schools involved in the ECT Programme will nominate an in-school ECF Lead to oversee the programme in their setting. ECF Leads will be crucial to the successful delivery of the ECT programme in schools. Their role will include supporting mentors and ECTs on the programme, promoting and monitoring engagement with the programme in line with the principles of ECF, and being an in-school champion for the ECF and the ECT programme. 

The ECF Support Lead will be responsible for holding ECF Leads to account, promoting engagement with the programme across all stakeholders, supporting ECF Leads to ensure ECTs and mentors completion, and to champion the ECF and ECT programme across their portfolio of schools.  The ECF Support Lead’s key responsibility will be to foster, develop and manage the work of these ECF Leads over the course of the programme.

Based in either our London, Manchester or Birmingham office, you will be the direct point of contact at Ambition for the ECF Leads and the role will involve supporting and empowering them to ensure that the programme is being delivered with fidelity in their settings. You will  provide support and challenge ECF Leads on the progress of their NQTs and the quality of mentoring happening in their school. You will track progress of the ECTs within your portfolio of schools and design intervention where necessary to ensure all participants are experiencing exceptional support.

The ECF Support Lead will need to be an expert in teacher education, instructional coaching, the ECF, the ECT programme, Early Career Teachers and senior leaders in schools. This is an exciting new role in our organisation and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the role as our ways of working are established.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

Applications are being assessed as they are received; the advert will close once a successful candidate has been appointed.

Interviews will start to be held from 23rd August onward on a rolling basis

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

At Turning Point, it’s our job to help people find a new direction in life. Through our person-centred approach to support, we’re now one of the country’s leading social care providers, with a turnover of over £130m p/a.

We continue to grow, and we’ve big ambitions to stay on that upward curve. Join us as a Senior Bid Writer for our Public Health and Substance Misuse Services, and you’ll help us do just that through your contribution to our bids and tenders.

In this business-critical role, it will be your job to make sure everything we say and do is relevant, engaging and original – ensuring that our excellent track record of service delivery is noticed by Local Authority Commissioners.

The role will include written responses for tender submissions and you will play an active role in bid planning/preparation. You will be responsible for bid leadership and management and will support in the management of bids and put forward ideas for the continuous improvement of business development processes. You will also line manage 1 or more bid writers.

As an experienced Bid Writer with a great track record, you’ll be able to turn your hand to any tender or prospective bid that comes your way. Naturally, writing will be the bread and butter of your role, but you’ll also be involved in the whole tender/business development process, as well as line managing and coaching other team members.

We’re also looking for: excellent critical thinking skills; the ability to present complex ideas in a simple way; great interpersonal skills; forensic attention to detail; and an organised/methodical mind.

The successful candidate will have excellent business writing skills; effective project management skill and the ability to remain calm and deliver under pressure to tight deadlines. Good problem solving and critical thinking skills are essential as well as a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a business development role with extensive experience of bid writing. You will have a demonstrable track record of significant contributions to winning bids, either in own right or as part of a wider team.

You will be based in one of our regional offices in Manchester or London, with home working from any location with good transport links also considered for the right candidate.

Why Turning Point?

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive opportunities to learn and develop, with silver accreditation from Investors in People
• 33 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays
• Flexible benefit options including cycle to work schemes and season ticket loans
• Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
• Employee assistance programme and access to online health and wellbeing support
• Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
• Access to a wide range of discounts, including cinema tickets, grocery and high-street shopping and gym memberships

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applicants before the advertised closed date.

At Turning Point, it’s our job to help people find a new direction in life. Through our person-centred approach to support, we’re now one of the country’s leading social care providers, with a turnover of over £130m p/a.

We continue to grow, and we’ve big ambitions to stay on that upward curve. Join us as a Bid Writer for our Public Health and Substance Misuse Services, and you’ll help us do just that through your contribution to our bids and tenders. We are currently looking for 3 Bid Writers to join the team.

In this business-critical role, it will be your job to make sure everything we say and do is relevant, engaging and original – ensuring that our excellent track record of service delivery is noticed by Local Authority Commissioners. The role will include written responses for tender submissions and you will play an active role in bid planning/preparation. You will support in the management of bids and put forward ideas for the continuous improvement of business development processes.

As an experienced Bid Writer with a great track record, you’ll be able to turn your hand to any tender or prospective bid that comes your way. Naturally, writing will be the bread and butter of your role, but you’ll also be involved in the whole tender/business development process.

We’re also looking for: excellent critical thinking skills; the ability to present complex ideas in a simple way; great interpersonal skills; forensic attention to detail; and an organised/methodical mind.

The successful candidate will have excellent business writing skills; effective project management skill and the ability to remain calm and deliver under pressure to tight deadlines. Good problem solving and critical thinking skills are essential as well as a minimum of 1 years’ experience in a business development role that has involved bid/tender writing.

You will be based in one of our regional offices in Manchester or London, with home working from any location with good transport links also considered for the right candidate.

Why Turning Point?

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

Across the varied regions, sectors and settings we operate within, our organisation is held together by a shared vision – and our people are connected by the same values. These include belief in potential, confidence in communication, embracing positive change and always treating each other as individuals.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

Our people bring our vision to life. So, if you are enthusiastic, motivated and committed to support others to fulfilling their potential, here at Turning Point, we don't just offer you a job – we offer you a career.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

Of course, we know it's not about the money. But that doesn't mean we don't reward our people for their invaluable work with a benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive opportunities to learn and develop, with silver accreditation from Investors in People
• 33 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to purchase additional holidays
• Flexible benefit options including cycle to work schemes and season ticket loans
• Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
• Employee assistance programme and access to online health and wellbeing support
• Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance
• Access to a wide range of discounts, including cinema tickets, grocery and high-street shopping and gym memberships

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive sufficient applicants before the advertised closed date.