Hours: 21 hours per week (working pattern to be agreed)

Salary: £28,000 (pro-rata) 

Location: Greenford UB6 (open to some home working)

Closing date: Friday 19th February 2021 9am

First Interviews: Friday 26th February / Monday 1st March

Second interviews: Friday 5th March

Age UK Ealing is a small independent charity providing a wide range of services and support to older people in the London Borough of Ealing.

The Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Manager has a vital role to play in planning and delivering communications to raise the profile of our work in the borough and to help generate the income needed to deliver it. We want to ensure that older people know we are here to help them and that the wider public can support our work.

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Head of Fundraising, the post holder will design and deliver a marketing and communications strategy, including focusing on digital marketing, and will write, edit, co-ordinate and publish content across various channels, including our website, social media, print and online marketing materials.

This role will also include delivering the fundraising strategy, including building up donor relationships and corporate partnerships, applying to charitable trusts, supporting the growth of individual giving, and engaging with local groups fundraising on our behalf.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Declaration Form and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form.

This post is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing.

deafPLUS is seeking an Information, Advice and Advocacy Caseworker to provide advice in British Sign Language (BSL) to d/Deaf and hard of hearing people living in the London boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets., enabling them to understand their rights and responsibilities, access what they are entitled to, and help resolve their problems.

If you:

• have great organisational and interpersonal skills
• have experience of giving social welfare advice or similar (in either a paid or unpaid capacity)
• have great communication skills
• have an awareness and understanding of issues affecting d/Deaf and hard of hearing people
• have experience of networking and representing the d/Deaf community

Then you may be the person we are looking for!

• This is a part time position: 34 hours per week
• Salary - £23,088.00 - £26, 109 (pro rata), depending on experience

Closing date for applications: 27th January 2021 at 11.59pm 

Interview – Monday 1st February 2021

How to apply: Please download the attached application pack and apply via this site.

We welcome applications from suitably experienced individuals irrespective of racial origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, gender, religion or disability.

Intervention Worker                                                           

To deliver intensive work focussed pre-employment and appropriate post-employment holistic
pastoral support and mentoring support to disadvantaged inactive and unemployed women.

To work effectively within and in partnership with other agencies and services to deliver a joined up
service to support women into employment education or training.

To support a woman’s progression using a mix of holistic support, challenge and mentoring
techniques, keeping a focus on achieving sustainable employment and/or training/education at all
times.

To work closely with employer engagement/education and training structures and Employment
Development Workers elsewhere in the network of providers and in general, in order to manage
the transition into employment.

Refuge Project Worker with language specialism

To assist the refuge manager in the day-to-day running of the refuge, developing and delivering a front line service offering support, advice and guidance to women and their children living in the refuge.

To produce and regularly review Individual Support Plans (ISP) for each service user, in conjunction with the service user.

• To recognise women and children’s individual needs and refer to specialist agencies where necessary as part of their ISP.

• To identify the needs of women and children leaving BSWA refuge after being offered permanent accommodation.

• To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate.

• To ensure the primary needs of residents are met. This includes medical, financial, housing, legal and education rights.

• To organise activities and celebrations in the refuge for women and children which raise self-esteem, bring people together and broaden awareness

We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can speak community languages, particularly Punjabi, French, Polish, Somali and Farsi.  All positions, unless otherwise stated, are full-time, 37 hours per week.

These posts are subject to a 6% pension contribution.  Women only need apply. These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

BSWA operates within Safer Recruitment good practice guidelines. Please note all successful candidates will be subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service Check before commencing their employment.

Come and join the innovative team at Surrey Coalition of Disabled People!  We have a vacancy for a Technology Training Officer to join our team.  The purpose of this role is to train, support and enable disabled adults to use technology in their daily lives to aid independence, social connection and wellbeing. 

The role is made up of 3 parts: the delivery of one to one and group training for disabled adults, the production of training resources including webinars, vlogs and podcasts, and the delivery of monthly train the trainer sessions with our staff and team of volunteer Tech Angels. 

Digital exclusion is recognised as a health inequality in its own right, and disabled people are disproportionately affected by it.  Surrey Coalition of Disabled People has been awarded funding from the Community Foundation for Surrey (CFS) Coronavirus response fund. 

School Streets Steward Lead (Ref: SUS3091)

£10.22 per hour (plus holiday allowance)

Project dates:  February 2021 – April 2021 (dependent on schools reopening after current coronavirus restrictions have been lifted)

Location: Oxford, Witney and Bicester

This very rewarding project will make streets outside schools a safer, cleaner environment, whilst also facilitating social distancing.  The streets outside schools will close during school drop off and pick up times, typically restricting traffic for 30-60 minutes so that the street becomes a walking, cycling and scooting zone.  

We are looking for Lead Stewards to help our in the following areas:

• 3 Schools in Oxford (Cowley area)
• 2 Schools in Bicester
• 1 School in Witney

We need a team of flexible and confident communicators who have experience of engaging with local community.  Our Lead Stewards will be the main point of contact for the school and the Sustrans Active Travel Officer.  You will head up a group of around three volunteer stewards to position signs and bollards and to inform drivers about the road closures.

You will need experience of working with schools, local authorities and communities and a genuine interest in and willingness to talk to people about their travel options.

Employment is subject to appropriate DBS clearance. The project will be dependent on current lockdown restrictions (school closures) being lifted. The hours will include weekdays between 8am and 10am and again between 2pm and 4pm depending on project requirements and availability.  Full training will be provided. 

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 1 February 2021.  Interviews will take place over MS Teams or Zoom during week beginning Monday 8 February 2021.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently this includes people who identify as having a disability and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups

Are you passionate about helping people to do great things? Do you get a kick out of someone else’s joy as they reach their fundraising target? Are you an excellent communicator online and on the phone? 

We are looking for a Supporter Experience Assistant to enhance our support for fundraisers. You’ll help our tiny fundraising team transition from being grateful and reactive to inspiring and motivating! This is a varied and interesting role which gives you the opportunity to see your impact first-hand as you’ll be interacting daily with people whose lives are affected by aplastic anaemia. 

Our small community means that our fundraisers tend to be aplastic anaemia patients and their families. We are passionate about creating opportunities for our community to support us in ways that create joy in their own lives. Our fundraising should help tackle the isolation and other difficulties that are faced by those living with a rare and serious condition.You will also provide logistical and project management support on internal projects that support patients – in your first few months you will support our team in delivering additional support to patients to help them weather the storm of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

As a Supporter Experience Assistant, you will... 

• Thank people when they donate 
• Attend events and chat to people about the charity (when Covid-appropriate!) 
• Answer the phone to supporters and call them to offer fundraising support 
• Work with our Community Engagement and Support Lead to make sure everyone receives the information and support they need on their aplastic anaemia journey 
• Signpost people to our own and other services for pastoral or practical support 
• Answer general emails, and/or ensure they are answered by the right person from our team 
• Provide basic website support for people making donations or using our fundraising pages and keep relevant areas of our website up to date 
• Provide supporters and donors with the information they need about the charity and encourage them to raise more money 
• Work with our Comms and Fundraising Manager to plan communications to go to our supporters and think of new and interesting ways to engage them 
• Organise and run community fundraising/supporter events and campaigns 
• Maintain contact records in the database and keep them up to date 
• Send occasional post 
• Provide project management / logistical support on projects that support our community 
• Report to our Fundraising and Comms Manager 

About us 

Aplastic Anaemia is a rare life-threatening auto-immune disease that stops the bone marrow from producing blood. The Aplastic Anaemia Trust is the only charity in the UK focused on aplastic anaemia. We fund research to improve treatment, provide expert information, and work tirelessly, at grassroots level, to support every aplastic anaemia patient and their loved ones.

We’re a small team based at home in various UK locations! We keep in touch frequently online and have a warm, supportive and positive culture.

About you 

• You are emotionally intelligent and have a natural communication style that is easily adapted to suit the situation. 
• You are inventive and creative – you love the idea of working for an organisation that’s just getting started with community fundraising, where you can develop and test your own suggestions and ideas. 
• You are brave and willing to throw yourself into new situations. You wouldn’t hesitate to pick up the phone to call a donor you don't know for a chat, or jump on a video call to ask your manager to talk you through something again to make sure you get it right. 
• You have the organisational skills and attention to detail to hold nuanced relationships with multiple supporters at any one time and manage projects with team members who are working remotely. 
• You will be someone who can keep contacts warm and engage people – making them fall in love with The Aplastic Anaemia Trust is part of your role! 
• You are highly digitally literate – you can find your way around a website CMS or a shared spreadsheet and are unintimidated by unfamiliar software.

Location

You can be based anywhere in the UK for this role, however if you are local to Margate in Kent you will have the opportunity to work in person with our CEO, when lockdown restrictions are eased and it is safe to do so.

Benefits

• You will be provided with a laptop to use during your contract. 
• Competitive holiday allocation and pension contributions. 
• We can discuss and set your regular working hours to suit you. 

Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours – Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays)

Salary: £25,000 pro rata (0.6 FTE)

Location: Greenford UB6 (open to some home working)

Closing date: Tuesday 16th February 2021 – 9.00am

Interviews: Tuesday 23rd February 2021

Age UK Ealing is a small independent charity providing a wide range of services and support to older people in the London Borough of Ealing.

The Neighbourly Connectors Coordinator has a vital role to play in helping older people in the London Borough of Ealing in tackling loneliness and isolation and seeks to support older people in building and maintaining independence. 

Reporting to the Head of Services and working closely with the Volunteer Coordinator, the Neighbourly Connectors Coordinator will ensure that the delivery of the project meets the required standard, the support needs of the service users, outputs, outcomes, and targets.

To apply please send a supporting statement (max 2 pages of A4) and a copy of your CV. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Declaration Form and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form.

This post is offered subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Age UK Ealing strives to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

Age UK Ealing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of older people and all vulnerable groups within the London Borough of Ealing.

With over 30million workers in the UK, speaking up or raising a concern in the workplace is crucially important to stop harm; to individuals, to organisations and to the wider public. Whistleblowing ultimately protects customers, staff, beneficiaries, and the organisation itself by identifying harm before it's too late.

Protect is the UK's whistleblowing charity and we are the leading experts in whistleblowing. We aim to stop harm by encouraging safe whistleblowing. We have advised around 45,000 people on our free, confidential advice line, trained thousands of managers, senior managers and board members and currently support hundreds of organisations to strengthen their internal whistleblowing or 'speak up' arrangements. We also campaign for better public policy and legal protection.

Trustees

Protect - Speak up, stop harm

Meetings are usually held in London, currently via video conference

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in increased demand for Protect's Advice service with 20 % more cases in 2020 than 2019. Each year we support around 3,000 whistleblowers to raise concerns, and to understand their legal rights.

With long serving Trustees reaching the end of their terms, Protect is now seeking up to three Trustees who bring a strategic insight in one or more of the following areas:

• Experience of being a whistleblower with an interest in using that experience to support others

• Charity fundraising experience

• Experience of championing /developing a whistleblowing function within an organisation

• Financial management experience

Protect is committed to achieving greater diversity in its board, and actively encourages Black people and People of Colour, disabled people and young people, who are currently under-represented at board level, to apply.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Deadline for applications: Friday 26th February

Interviews with Protect: w/c 22nd March / w/c 29th March

It’s an exciting time to join Fairtrade – we are at the start of our new 2021-2026 strategy. Commercial partnerships are at the heart of how Fairtrade achieves its mission, and we are looking for two senior leaders (both maternity covers) to help the Commercial directorate achieve its ambitious goals.

The two roles are offered on a full time basis, with potential for one or both to be offered on a 4d/ week working pattern for the right candidate(s):

Head of Commercial Partnerships: to co-lead the Commercial Partnerships team (including leading the team’s retail and FMCG sectors), and drive forward the team’s strategic commercial partnerships and new business agenda.

Head of Out of Home and Business Services: to co-lead the Commercial Partnerships team (including leading our work in the Out of Home sector) and lead the Business Services team, with a focus on improving customer experience.

These roles are both critical to the delivery of our strategy are responsible for driving sales and impact through maximising volume growth of Fairtrade products and developing new business. We are looking for candidates with significant experience of working with or for FMCG or retail companies, and with an excellent track record of building partnerships.

The successful candidates will be focused on delivering results, enjoy meeting with customers as well as creating an enabling environment in the team. They will be confident decision makers, with experience of leading people and building positive relationships cross department. It’s an exciting and challenging role with potential to achieve tangible impact for farmers and workers.

This is a great time to join us as we begin shaping our new 2021-2025 strategy, and look to deliver the next phase of Fairtrade sales and impact for farmers and workers, and to drive the movement for change with the UK public.

The international Fairtrade system (of which the Fairtrade Foundation is a member) works on behalf of farmers and workers to drive sustainable livelihoods, empower producers and workers, and make trade fair.

The Fairtrade Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

Closing date: 10am Tuesday 2 February 2021

Interviews: (Virtual format); 5 February 2021 or wc 8 February 2021

Contract – 12 month Maternity Cover ( 2 Positions – Head of Commercial Partnerships & Head of Out of Home and Business Services

Would you like to be part of an innovative, friendly & dynamic team committed to making a difference? Yellow Door services are seeking a flexible, highly motivated project manager who shares our values & passion for delivering the very best in Domestic & Sexual Abuse prevention & response.

Diversity & Inclusion Advocacy (DIA) Service Co-ordinator

The Diversity & Inclusion Advocacy service promotes awareness of the diverse needs of minority groups affected by or at risk of Domestic or Sexual Abuse and Harmful Practices, which includes Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage and Honour Based Abuse. Yellow Door are looking for a highly motivated individual to take lead responsibility for co-ordinating the effective running of Yellow Door’s DIA Service. You will be skilled at building relationships with partners and the local community to raise awareness of the DIA Service so we can further engage with yet to reach communities.

You will line manage and support the DIA team to manage their caseloads in line with Yellow Door DIA Quality Standards. You will take an innovative approach in the development of DIA Service and work creatively with our partner agencies to establish working protocols, improve the flexibility, standards and outcomes of the DIA provision. You will have management experience in the development and delivery of services. Please note as part of this role you will be required to case hold a small number of clients in line with service needs.

Band 6 - Scale Point 23 – 29 inclusive (£27,809 - £34,539)

30 – 35 hours per week (to be negotiated)

Permanent Contract

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 31st January 2021

Interviews will be held: Friday February 5th 2021 on Zoom

If you have not heard by Wednesday 3rd February 2021 please assume you are not successful.

Yellow Door works across Southampton & Hampshire and is based near central Southampton with free staff parking and opportunities for professional development. Working hours negotiable but some early evening hours may be required. We are an equal opportunities employer and operate a TOIL system to support flexible working. We apologise in advance that we are unable to reply if you are not successful to an interview.

The Role

DHI is an award winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and well-being of their community. We are looking for applicants who will share our passion for our values, and our commitment to our client groups and our local communities.

We are recruiting for a Drug and Alcohol Practitioner to join DHI in South Gloucestershire to support clients within the area who are experiencing problematic use of drugs and alcohol.

This exciting, and rewarding role is based within GP Practices and our community hubs across South Gloucestershire. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing 1:1 support and delivering groups to support our clients in achieving their goals.

You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic Primary Care Team that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.

If you’ve got experience or an interest of working in the substance misuse field and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you.

If you’d like to know more about the role, please contact Hannah Brittain, Primary Care Service Lead, for an informal discussion.

How To Apply

Please use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR before Midday Tuesday 2nd February 2021. More iformation available on the DHI website

The Vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

About the role:

You’ll lead the launch of our new pioneering support service for people with Parkinson's by helping shape our overall service proposition and spearhead a marketing plan to launch our innovative, personalised support service - Parkinson’s Connect.

You’ll interrogate our routes to market and target audiences and test different propositions. You’ll build a plan that will give us robust learnings on how we continue to market the service in the long term. 

What you'll do:

• Lead the organisation’s marketing approach and plan to launch our new support offer, Parkinson’s Connect, using data, insights, learnings and marketing expertise.

• Help shape our overall service proposition, using insights and testing as needed, alongside our Content team.

• Lead the insight lead delivery of a marketing campaign for Parkinson’s Connect. 

• Work seamlessly with marketing, services teams and agencies as needed, bringing in the right stakeholders and expertise to drive plans forward.

What you'll bring:

• Experience of developing effective, integrated marketing strategy and plans 

• Significant experience of development, delivery and evaluation of successful  marketing campaigns.

• Experience of briefing audience testing and using  insight, data and learnings to inform decisions.

• An understanding of healthcare systems, relevant stakeholder groups and health marketing

Interviews to be held: 8 February

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we're unlikely to be fully reopening our London office during 2021. Therefore, the role will involve a mixture of office and home working until we’ve re-opened our London office. We will continue to review the situation inline with government guidelines

What's it like to work for us?

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK.