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About the team:
Kinship is in the third year of delivering the first national peer support service for kinship carers in England. We have created 145 peer support groups and supported and trained kinship carers to create and lead their groups in a way which meets their needs.
With a new contract from the Department for Education, we’re now entering a new phase of our service with a focus on:
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creating 90 new sustainable peer support groups in areas of most need over 21 months;
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sustaining and developing the current 145 existing groups; and
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providing support and help to build a sustainable and welcoming community for all peer support groups across England.
This role will coordinate the ‘hub’ resources and content with a focus on supporting sustainability and building resilience of peer support groups and their leaders. Specifically, this role will manage an ‘online hub’ for support group leaders and provide an excellent ‘customer experience’ for all support group leaders. You will support the hub innovation.
Together with the Peer Support Hub Lead you’ll take a human centred approach to working with group leaders to develop a central hub of accessible and useful resources and activities (for in person and online). You’ll build good relationships with support group leaders, building in their insight to develop resources and activities that will support them in their role.
You’ll help kinship carers to sustain their groups, working with colleagues across Kinship to promote consistent access to services and activities (training, programmes, information, advice and campaigns), ensuring a joined-up user experience.
About the role:
The role of the Peer Hub Coordinator will provide operational delivery of the Peer Support Hub. With excellent marketing, communication and digital skills this role will work with the Peer Support Hub Lead to develop an ‘in person’ and online peer support community.
In this context, your role supports the centralised ‘hub’ of the service, delivering an exciting programme of training, speakers, toolkits and resources to help peer support group leaders develop, build and sustain their group well. This will be building on and innovating the current Support Group Network.
Your role will support group leaders to feel connected and supported, learn from each other and build a powerful and resilient peer community.
The type of person we're looking for:
Super organised, you are someone who uses their initiative, anticipates challenges and proactively provides seamless solutions.
You’ll be comfortable with using digital technology and tools to build communities and develop resources. You’ll be curious about digital community tools, and you’ll want to work closely with our digital and content team to develop an amazing online experience.
You’ll also be a people person – understanding how building ‘in person’ relationships is key to unlocking community power for kinship carers.
You’ll be the right-hand person to the Peer Support Hub Lead making sure we deliver a really brilliant experience.
Key responsibilities include:
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Operational delivery, innovation and management of a dedicated online and in-person peer support ‘hub’.
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Building direct and positive relationships with support group leaders.
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Roll out mechanisms and tools to support groups to remain sustainable including but not limited to; informal buddy matches, online hub for support group leaders, monthly e-news, monthly speakers, themed specialist training (like setting up a safe Facebook group / promoting your group) and celebration events.
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Facilitation of regional network meetings.
Essential requirements include:
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Experience of developing jargon-free content for different audiences and channels.
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Experience of providing project support, delivering plans on time and evaluating outcomes.
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Experience of stakeholder communications and building relationships with stakeholders (e.g. beneficiaries and partners).
Key Dates:
- Deadline - 12pm on Tuesday 11 June 2024
- Interviews - Wednesday 19 June 2024
How to apply:
We will ask you for your CV and to respond to the following four questions via the Applied platform. Please note that all answers will be viewed anonymously by reviewers and CVs will not be viewed until after this sift has happened. This is the first opportunity to demonstrate your experience and to stand out in the recruitment process. Reviewers will not see all your answers together until the end and will be marking on the strength of the response to each question. You will have max 250 words per answer.
Questions for application (along with CV):
- Why you want to work at Kinship in this role, and how do your values align to the Kinship ones? Please include a bit about your experience in this section related to the job description.
- In this role, you’ll be part of the operational delivery, innovation and management of a dedicated online and in-person peer support ‘hub’. Give one example from your past experience, of where you’ve been part of delivering a similar service. What was your role and what did you achieve?
- You’ll be responsible for managing a content plan for the ‘hub’. How would you approach this and what tools might you use?
- We’re looking for someone who is really organised, shows good initiative and can ensure user experience and co-production are embedded in the design and development of the hub. Can you share one relevant example from your past experience which demonstrates your project management and participation approach?
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Communications and Engagement Officer
Salary:£27,527 to 30,831 pa + 6% pension (pro rata)
Employment type: Two Year Fixed Term (possible extension), 36 hours per week
Location: Haringey
Closing date: Monday 10/06/2024, 12 noon
Interviews: W/C 24th June – Exact date to be confirmed
Do you have excellent communications, community engagement and research experience? Do you have experience of creating content for and maintaining a website, social media channels and engagement skills to reach diverse audiences?
The Bridge Renewal Trust and consortium partners are running two exciting programmes within Haringey working with young people and youth organisations to achieve systems change and reduce violence.
We are currently recruiting a creative and versatile Communications and Engagement Officer to help develop and deliver a high-impact communications strategy, raising awareness of the services and supporting our community engagement activities.
We are looking for someone who is: creative and innovative; skilled in content development and copywriting for a range of audiences and is able to organise a variety of community engagement events; has good knowledge and experience of engaging diverse communities through different communications channels including face to face and social media.
The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills; and will be proficient in the use of a range of software including MS Office, MS Teams, Zoom, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, Mailchimp and Eventbrite.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive organisation where we value and reward the performance of our staff.
To apply, please email your CV with contact details of two referees, a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification and completed equal opportunities monitoring form.
For a full job description, please visit the Bridge Renewal Trust website.
Company registration No: 06949568, Registered Charity No: 1131941
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Age UK's impactful Research Team are offering a fantastic 2 year fixed term Research Officer opportunity. In this role you will provide statistical and quantitative research support to colleagues across the charity, including policy and campaigns, media and fundraising.
The successful postholder will:
* source local, national and international statistics
* develop a database of statistics
* create data visualisations
* produce statistical notes
* support colleagues across Age UK to interpret and communicate statistics appropriately
This important work will cover the many aspects of ageing and later life which are of interest to Age UK, including income (pensions, benefits, poverty), health and care, and loneliness and social isolation.
This is an exciting hybrid opportunity, offering a blend of flexible working between home and a central London co-working hub.
Must haves:
* Ability to source data and statistics
* Ability to appropriately assess the quality of information sourced
* Ability to accurately interpret and present data and statistics
* Ability to support non-specialist users of data with interpretation, presentation and communication
* Skills in database management and manipulation
* Experience of or interest in learning to use data visualisation packages (e.g. Flourish, Power BI)
* Ability to set priorities and meet tight deadlines
* Knowledge of or interest in learning about issues affecting older people
Great to haves:
* Experience in use of packages for statistical analysis (e.g. Stata, R, Python)
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, 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
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
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 under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
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.
Do you have previous experience within fundraising or marketing? We have a fantastic opportunity for a Fundraising Engagement Officer to join our Community Fundraising Team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association!
You'll be at the heart of our fundraising efforts, recruiting passionate supporters and managing event logistics to maximise impact.
Assisting with the delivery of our Community Fundraising strategy, you will focus on marketing our portfolio of Community Fundraising products to ensure we meet recruitment, income and expenditure targets.
You will deliver our campaigns using various channels like digital, telephone, face-to-face and print to spread the word and track progress. Contributing to our social media and promotional plans will also be part of your remit.
Maintaining our community fundraising web pages and providing clear information through our email journeys to support individuals will be crucial. You'll also be required to attend some of our fundraising events, ensuring every supporter has a positive experience both leading up to and on the day.
If you're ready to be part of a dedicated team who are passionate about maximising income to support care and research for people living with and affected by MND, apply now and join us in our mission to make a difference!
Hybrid Working Expectations: 1 day per week office attendance
(Flexibility to attend the office more regularly on occasion may be required to meet business needs.)
What are we looking for?
Experience in either fundraising or sales/account management, with the ability and motivation to work to targets.
Experience in devising, implementing, and monitoring systems and procedures, coupled with excellent time management skills.
The ability to research, analyse, and collate data is essential, as is a track record of coordinating projects and creating promotional marketing plans.
For full role responsibilities please view the job description located within the Candidate Pack.
Our Benefits
- 28 days holiday, rising to 33 days after 5 years' service, plus Bank Holidays
- Access to UK Healthcare which includes reimbursement for dental appointments, eyecare, Health & Wellbeing screening and therapies
- Access to a 24/7 phone and video GP Service
- Life assurance
- Confidential counselling helplines
- Salary sacrifice schemes to include:
- Cycle to work
- Buy and sell annual leave
- BenefitHub which offers lifestyle discounts and offers on everyday shopping
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Opportunities for training and personal development
- Hybrid working
How to apply
Please submit a CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should be no longer than one side of A4 and demonstrate how you meet the following areas of the role.
- Experience in fundraising or sales/account management background.
- Experience of working to targets.
- Experience of devising, implementing and monitoring systems and procedures.
Where experience is asked for, please give one example showing what you did and what it achieved. Where we require evidence of ability, please explain either how you would approach that particular competence or give an example to support your suitability.
Alternative Applications
To provide an inclusive application process for all our opportunities, we are open to receiving alternative applications from candidates who may find it difficult to complete our online form. For example, if you would like to apply via video or audio format, please email your recorded application, ensuring you cover the supporting statement aspect.
About Us
Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.
We guarantee interviews for disabled applicants that meet the requirements of the role as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme. Reasonable adjustments can be made as required.
Important Information
Adverts may be closed before the deadline once sufficient applications are received. To avoid disappointment, please apply early.
We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Talent Set is thrilled to partner with an esteemed membership organisation in the search for their next Marketing and Communications Officer. This interim position offers a 3-month contract with an immediate start date.
You'll play a pivotal role in championing their brand and driving data-informed marketing and communication strategies to realise their vision.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide marketing and communications guidance and support to colleagues across various departments, offices, and branches.
• Develop and execute communications plans aligned with strategic priorities, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders.
• Generate engaging content across multiple platforms including websites, social media, email communications, and newsletters.
• Craft and implement marketing strategies for diverse projects and campaigns spanning events, education, research, and membership communications.
• Ensure seamless integration of marketing and communications efforts across the organisation.
• Oversee content production, both internally and externally, to ensure alignment with brand guidelines and messaging objectives.
• Evaluate campaign effectiveness and disseminate findings to inform future initiatives.
• Uphold brand standards and ensure content accuracy through meticulous proofreading.
Person Specification:
• Proven experience in marketing or communications roles.
• Proficiency in producing marketing materials in alignment with brand guidelines.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across complex organisational structures.
• Demonstrated brand stewardship and proactive engagement in organisational branding initiatives.
• Experience managing content production for various formats including collateral, publications, social media, and multimedia.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Strong initiative, eagerness to learn, and a sense of ownership.
• Proficiency in IT tools including Microsoft Office and some familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with keen attention to detail.
What's on offer:
This role is offering a competitive hourly rate of £20per hour. They offer a flexible working pattern, ideally attending their Central London office once a fortnight. The post holder must have the right to work in the UK.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process
Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a performing arts charity based in Birmingham as they look to appoint an Interim Director of Learning and Participation. This position is offered on a 6-month contract on a hybrid working contract, 2 days per week in the Birmingham Office.
This position will come into the organisation and oversee the continued delivery of their educational outreach programmes targeted at engaging schools and special educational needs. You will ensure these remain best-in-class and support the development of a new programme stream to support career opportunities. This will include initial planning and framing work as well as effective engagement with external partners to facilitate its development.
The successful candidate will have proven experience in a leadership role within a learning and participation function ideally with insights and understanding of the funded cultural sector. You will be an approachable and engaged leader with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels. Finally, proven experience of project and/or programme management is required.
As a specialist recruitment practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
In order to apply please, submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. Cover letters are not required for this recruitment.
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to make the community a better place?
Oasis is looking for a special, talented, and adaptable person to help us strengthen and sustain quality personalised support for young people.
Each Youth Mentoring Practitioner’s primary purpose is to develop and deliver quality and safe 1-2-1 and small group personalised support for young people.
We are looking for people who:
· Have recent and proven experience with inner city young people.
· Can co-develop and co-deliver inclusive and supportive programmes with young people.
· Are comfortable working on their own or in a team.
· Can enable us to improve our service and opportunities for young people.
Do you have the character, chemistry & competency we are looking for? Great – read on.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority, and underrepresented groups.
To find out where to email your CV including and Supporting Statement please click "Apply" on this page or go to the Oasis UK charity website.
Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.
Deadline for submitting your CV and Supporting Statement) is midday Thursday 13th June 2024.
Interviews are likely to take place 19th June 2024.
If you’ve not heard from Oasis by 14th June 2024 – on this occasion you were not shortlisted.
If you want an informal chat about these roles and Oasis Youth Services get in touch with Stu (Head of Youth Services at Oasis Waterloo).If you want to pop in for an informal chat before applying and meet Jordan (Youth Manager) or Stu, this is possible on the 30th and 31st May at Oasis Waterloo, 1 Kennington Road. Please let Stu know in advance.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- Flexible working where possible with family friendly policies
· A non-contributory pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
40 HOURS PER WEEK
24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £28,536 based on 40 hours per week (Including London Weighting)
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1026487
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Green Finance Officer (Wales)
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Location: Home-based, Office facilities available, some UK travel will be required
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-Term: 18 months
Closing date for applications: 2 June 2024
First Interview: 6 June 2024
Second Interview: 10 June 2024
About our client
This project is funded by the Nature Networks Programme. The Heritage Fund is delivering it on behalf of the Welsh Government.
Do you want to be part of a team leading the field in the development of private investment into nature’s recovery?
In the past 18 months, The Trusts have been developing new approaches to funding nature’s recovery from the private sector, utilising novel revenue approaches such as nutrient neutrality credits and the voluntary carbon market amongst others. They have developed finance mechanisms to sit alongside these revenue streams such as a philanthropic loan system. They now want to scale up this work to help The Trusts and others to scale nature’s recovery across Wales. They need to turn policy into strong principles that allows us to develop guidelines and templates to help the Trusts across Wales access green finance.
Our client need dedicated expertise and capacity to work with the Trusts to bring this work into a coherent strategy, develop models and plans that build revenues for nature’s recovery allowing much greater investment. This post is designed to provide that expertise and capacity to work alongside those Trust staff that are already committed to developing these programmes.
Our client is the central charity which supports the federation of 46 independent Trusts working for nature’s recovery across the UK, Alderney and the Isle of Man. The Trusts’ vision is of a thriving natural world, with abundant wildlife and healthy natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to take action for nature’s recovery.
Collectively, The Trusts have more than 900,000 members, employ 3,500 staff, look after over 2,300 nature reserves, operate 123 visitor and education centres and own 29 working farms. The role of the trust is to ensure a strong voice for wildlife at a UK level and to provide strategic leadership, support and development for The Trusts. They provide shared expertise in areas such as climate change, digital fundraising, nature-based solutions, policy and safeguarding. They facilitate UK-wide communities of practice to share learning and replicate successful approaches so that together they are more than the sum of their parts. They support the individual Trusts to be a strong force for nature in their local areas and to work together to achieve even greater impact as a collective.
The Trusts are on a mission to bring about a people-powered nature and climate recovery by empowering people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters to everyone, everywhere. They are ambitious in their desire not just to slow, but to reverse the declines in nature. Together they have developed a bold, new collective strategy which outlines their vision and the actions they will take to restore nature over the next eight years.
Central to their strategy are their three goals which set out what they are striving to achieve by 2030 in pursuit of their vision of a thriving natural world. Goal 1 is to put nature into recovery with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder land and seascapes where people and nature thrive. Goal 2 is to inspire people to take action for nature and climate, resulting in better decision-making for the environment at both local level and across the four UK nations. And Goal 3 is to enable nature to play a central and valued role in helping to address local and global problems, such as by helping tackle climate change and supporting wellbeing and education.
Achieving these ambitious objectives means that they must develop new ways of working which increase the scale and impact of their work. Therefore, they have embarked on a programme of strategic transformations that are essential to achieving their goals, and which will result in a stronger and more effective Trust movement for the long term. They are leading the transformation programme across The Trusts including in community organising, equality, diversity and inclusion, and funding nature’s recovery. The Trusts have existed for over 100 years thanks to a strong membership base and traditional fundraising activities.
Now, to achieve the level of funding needed to reverse nature’s decline, they need to diversify and increase their income by exploring new ways of funding such as innovative finance.
About You
You will be from a commercial background within private, public or charitable sector. You will have an entrepreneurial approach grounded by great commercial experience. They would expect an understanding of the green finance marketplace and that you are comfortable with legal and contract management. You will be a great communicator, with a personable style who can work with many different people across the wonderful variety of geography, business development, and activities of the Trusts.
You relish challenging the status quo and problem solving. This is a new and ambitious role which will evolve following your appointment so you should be excited by the flexibility and opportunities to take an innovative approach.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, they are not judgemental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
Our client take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please refer to the documents section to read the commitment statement
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
This role maybe subject to a DBS check.
Are you an Advice Team Leader wanting to work with a charity?
We are proud to be partnering with a great national organisation that supports people in the community. They provide free, independent, impartial, and confidential advice on debt issues. They are looking for an Advice Team Leader to ensure the smooth delivery of high quality services on a full-time basis on a 6-months fixed term contract with a possibility of becoming permanent.
Offering hybrid working (1 or 2 days a week in Central London office).
Working in close collaboration with the Advice Manager, you will have joint operational management responsibility for the activities required to deliver the advice service. These activities include, but are not limited to a helpline, email and casework support. You will be responsible for supervising a team who provides information and advice to clients, both face to face, via email and over the phone, ensuring sage advice across the branch. You will also be responsible for the management of the training, feedback and support needed to provide the advice service within quality parameters across staff and volunteers. You will liaise with external stakeholders, staff and volunteers.
This role requires a track record in the management of a helpline in the voluntary sector. The successful candidate will have proven ability to lead, motivate and effectively manage staff and volunteers to give high quality advice and information to the public. They will also possess the ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders. This is a strategic role, and proactive, motivated and dynamic individuals are highly encouraged to apply.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.
What would we like…?
We're looking for someone with a good understanding of customer service delivery and best practice to join our Admissions team as Admissions Officer.
You'll be responsible for delivering excellent customer service and support to applicants interested in completing one of our programmes. You'll help applicants to complete their application and onboarding which is achieved through: calls and emails to current applicants, responding to queries via phone and email, supporting on communication strategies and implementation, ensuring data integrity and running processes to drive forward the applicant pipeline.
Please note - This role is internally known as Admissions Associate. We have two vacancies in the team and are offering one role on a permanent basis and the other on a 6-month fixed contract basis. Candidates will be considered for both roles and will have the opportunity to express their preference at interview.
We would like you to:
- Deliver excellent customer service by replying to email queries and helpline calls in a clear, friendly and timely manner
- Finding solutions for applicant problems and sharing best practice.
- Support pipeline management and proactively work to convert the applicants through strong communication. This will entail administering and monitoring sales call and email campaigns and handling inbound and strategic outbound sales calls
- Monitor and analyse reports from our database/CRM: Salesforce to better understand applicant issues and pipeline trends.
Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to an Admissions Senior Associate. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
To succeed in this role you'll have the ability to clearly communicate and deliver processes. You'll evidence strong attention to detail. Our ideal candidate will be able to work collaboratively and independently with a high level of self-motivation.
We will provide full training to ensure you understand and can effectively communicate our programme content, key selling points and admissions criteria to applicants.
What’s in it for you….?
- Competitive annual salary
- Professional development for all staff
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ at the end of December/beginning of January
- Employer pension contribution of 11%
- Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
- Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
- Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
- Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service
- Shared parental leave package
- Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
- Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
- Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
- Interest free season ticket / bike loans
About you
We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:
You should apply for this role if:
- You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
- You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
- You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
- You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants
- You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
- You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
- You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact
You'll love working at Ambition if…
- You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
- You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
- You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
- You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
- Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.
How to apply…
Applications will be considered for all office locations.
All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 29 May 2024.
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.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.
For any questions or queries please visit our careers page where you'll find some FAQs.
As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.
Job summary:
Recently named Charity of the Year by Just Giving Awards 2022, we’re committed to moving further, faster to accelerate change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. We know that a cure can’t wait.
As part of our friendly Individual Giving and Philanthropy team you’ll be responsible for creating, developing and managing the acquisition, development and retention activities for our individual givers.
Using multi-channel campaigns including digital, direct mail and telephone fundraising, you’ll acquire new financial supporters to grow our existing donor base as well as fostering long term, valuable and rewarding relationships with our existing donors— putting our supporters at the heart of everything we do.
Using your extensive direct marketing experience - specifically in retention and acquisition, and your excellent analytical skills, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving our Individual Giving Strategy forward.
Put simply, you’ll deliver awesome campaigns across our individual giving acquisition, development and retention programmes.
Who we’re looking for:
Data and insights are your best friends and you’ll use both to inform our strategies and campaigns. But you’ll also be that rare breed—able to translate the numbers into a creative and compelling narrative, raising the profile of the cause and engaging people with our work.
This is a blended role where you’ll balance developing and delivering strategic plans, with being hands on by delivering retention and acquisition campaigns and activities.
Key accountabilities:
· Plan, manage and execute the delivery of individual giving acquisition campaigns, to acquire new financial supporters, ensuring all campaigns meet set budgets and timing. This will include project management, data selections, creative development and post campaign analysis
· Support the development of new acquisition strategies to develop the acquisition channel
· Work with the Community Experience Team to develop and manage an exceptional supporter experience programme that drives engagement through retention, conversion and engagement for our regular givers and one off donors, as well as to ensure new supporters are welcomed and thanked consistently to drive engagement
· Work with the Marketing Team to plan, manage and deliver campaigns to increase support from existing (warm) supporters including upgrade, cross sell and conversion activity
· Plan, manage and deliver campaigns such as Winter and Spring Appeals, The Big Give (matched funding appeals), prize-led fundraising (Lottery and Raffle), legacy and in-memory, digital acquisition, DRTV and direct mail
· Work with internal teams, such as Marketing, as well as external agencies to create and deliver high performing acquisition campaigns specifically to target cold supporters, through channels such as digital, face-to-face and direct mail
· Support the Individual Giving Manager to develop and deliver a strategy for acquisition and retention – to increase the number of supporters we bring into the Charity and increase engagement to maximise income potential
· Support the Philanthropy Manager to develop and deliver the mid and high value strategy to deliver a sustainable engagement and cultivation programme for these supporters
· Develop campaign briefs, budgets and campaign targets to manage campaigns end to end. This will include project management of internal and external teams across Individual Giving campaigns. You will work with the Community Experience Team to optimise campaigns using data insights
· Manage the income and expenditure for acquisition and retention campaigns and monitor all targets. You will keep teams informed of budgets and work with them to optimise cost savings
You’ll be a great fit if:
We encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all of the criteria.
Experience:
· At least 2 years experience of direct marketing
· Proven experience of managing and delivering successful acquisition and retention campaigns from end to end, including developing creative approaches, testing campaigns, putting in place a data strategy and managing internal and external teams
· Excellent working knowledge of direct marketing techniques, including regular giving, supporter journeys, and ask strategies using a multichannel approach
· Experience of writing, editing and proofing copy
· Evidence of using complex data, insights and analytics to inform campaign planning
· Experience of campaign and budget management
· Excellent knowledge and experience of data and data segmentation to deliver campaigns
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
· A sound knowledge of direct marketing using online and offline channels
· Exceptional knowledge of individual giving and donor acquisition, including legacy and prize-led fundraising
· Exceptional understanding of supporter development
· Collaborative and can build great working relationships
· Ability to build, manage and communicate project plans
· Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
· Must be able to use data and analytics to inform strategy and campaign planning
· Must be able confidently use CRM system for reporting and supporter management
· Ability to write and edit engaging copy
· A good understanding of the charity sector, emerging trends and audiences
*Please note that the responsibilities listed are not exhaustive and this job description may be subject to change as the role evolves over time.
What we’d like to give you:
You’ll be joining a collaborative, bold and innovative team of individuals who put our community first and are connected by a passion to make a real difference.
Location: While contracted to our office in Fleet, Hampshire, our team supports a blend of office and home working provided you have adequate broadband and IT capability, with an average of 2-3 days in the office each week.
Working hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week, with some out of hours working.
Benchmarked salary: c. £37,000 (dependent on level)
Our amazing benefits:
· 25 days annual leave (pro-rated for those who are part-time). Increases yearly with length of service
· Celebrate your work anniversary in true Charity style
· Occupational Sick Pay
· Hybrid working
· Flexible working
· Charity pension
· 1 day life leave per year to celebrate a special moment of your choice
· Wellbeing support including professional counselling
· A personalised on-boarding programme
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Perkbox – our team discount portal
· Health care vouchers
*Some of these benefits are non-contractual and are subject to change
Diversity & Inclusion:
The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities.
We strive to create a workplace that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for all candidates and we encourage all individuals to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria.
Eligibility to work:
Whilst we'd love to have you on board, we want to be upfront as we’d hate to waste your time applying for a role where we can’t take you on. At the moment, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for any of our positions. We're currently seeking candidates who are already authorised to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship, who can remain on a permanent basis.
How to apply to our team:
Please apply by clicking the red ‘join our team’ button on our website, attaching your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.
We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive so if you’d find it beneficial to submit your application in a different format, please drop us a line at careers@ thebraintumourcharity. org.
Advert close date: 03 June 2024
First interview date and location: TBC over Zoom
Second interview date and location: TBC at our office in Fleet
The post holder will also:
· Contribute to achieving the objectives of The Brain Tumour Charity
· Live and breathe our values by being bold, collaborative and innovative, with a community-first approach to everything you do
· Undertake any additional and ad hoc tasks as required
· Participate in team meetings and other meetings as required
· Monitor and evaluate activities and provide written reports
· Represent The Charity at external events in a professional manner
· Work within an equal opportunities framework
· Adhere to all The Charity’s policies, procedures and working
· Ensure all records are held in compliance with GDPR, The Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice and The Brain Tumour Charity policies
We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
University of Manchester Students’ Union
Head of International Student Engagement
Salary: £34,650 - £38,850 (plus a cost of living award will be added from August)
Location: University of Manchester Students' Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR
Contract: Fixed-Term, ending on 31st August 2026
Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week (open to part time working requests of 0.8 FTE)
Are you looking for a role that breaks down barriers for International Students?
If so, we are looking for you! We’re looking for a Head of International Student Engagement to supercharge our international student engagement work. Are you someone who can systematically identifying and dismantling barriers to involvement with all the university has to offer?
About the Students’ Union
The Students’ Union is a registered charity and is independent from the University (although we work closely together). We are a student-led organisation and exist to help students make the most of their time at Manchester and get the best for their future. We’re the home of societies, volunteering, student media, advice, campaigns, student democracy and events.
About the role
We are the biggest SU in the country, supporting over 40,000 students throughout their time at university. We help to make student life the best it can be by supporting students to campaign for change, creating opportunities to meet new people, providing employment opportunities, providing advice and support and being a safe place on campus. We are a values-centred organisation and you’ll be immersed in an environment that empowers staff to make great things happen and we're always on the lookout for innovative, passionate, and proactive people to join us.
This is a senior, Head of level role in our organisation, and we’re looking for someone who has excellent project management, partnership building and senior stakeholder engagement skills to lead on a new area of work. You will be responsible for developing an insight led, student needs centred and operationally achievable international student engagement strategy. You need to ensure that an effective understanding and appreciation of inclusion practice is weaved throughout this work.
This role is for you if you are passionate about international students in higher education. If you’re someone who likes taking a methodical approach but is also willing to experiment while the strategy is signed off, essentially taking an action learning approach to this, you will enjoy the level of flexibility and freedom in this role.
Key Dates:
Closing Date: 23:59 on Monday 10th June 2024
Interviews: Friday 21st June 2024
How to Apply
Please click 'Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can download the Job Description and Person Specification and find details of how to apply.
For an informal conversation about the role and application process, please contact Anh Ly at Atkinson HR Consulting.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our supportive and fun team at a time when exciting people plans are starting to take shape for the MS Society.
You’ll be an experienced HR Advisor, with the ability to hit the ground running, providing an efficient, friendly and high quality HR advisory service to customers across the organisation and providing first line advice, guidance and support with casework.
HR Advisor (fixed term contract for one year)
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week)
Location: Office-based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £35,652 - £40,545 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E2
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
Please note this is a fixed term contract for one year.
Our organisation is transforming the way in which it works and the HR team will be at the heart of these changes, supporting managers and teams on a variety of projects.
You’ll have worked in a similar role at this level. You’ll have substantial experience of advising on grievances, disciplinary matters and sickness absence. In addition, you will undertake general HR administration, payroll input each month and provide cover for colleagues within the HR Operations team as and when required.
We recognise the significant and excellent contributions, experience and skills our employees bring to the MS Society.
Working with external pay and reward consultants, we’re taking active steps this year to review our employees’ pay and benefits package. Ensuring we’re aligned with the most accurate and up-to-date benchmarks for the UK charity sector.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 am on Monday 10 June
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
More about our recruitment and selection process
- The HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel. This is done as part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- The first round of our recruitment and selection process includes an interview with competency-based questions.
- Our recruitment and selection process might also include extra tasks. For example, a written or Microsoft Excel test or making a presentation.
- We’ll let you know what the selection process will include when we invite you to interview. You can ask for any more reasonable adjustments for the interview as part of the invitation.
- You might also be invited for a second interview. We’ll let you know about this during the selection process.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- in the event of miscarriage or still birth
- to support fertility treatments
- antenatal appointments for both parents
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- Health cash plans to help offset the cost of health care for you and your family
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal working hours
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of:
- Gender
- Race
- Disability
- Sexual orientation
- Religion or belief
- Pregnancy
- Gender reassignment
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
No agencies please.
Location: Avonmore Library and Askew Library
Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham (CAHF) is a busy, dynamic award-winning service. We deliver a variety of projects via face to face and digital media. Since 2012 we have delivered a volunteer led community library service at Avonmore library.
In April 2024 we embarked on running a second community focused library at Askew Road. To support CAHF community library delivery at both libraries, we introduced the role of Community Library Coordinator.
Purpose of the role:
Whilst the role encompasses traditional library duties, our community library service is a hub of the local community, which provides a wide range of activities to library users of all ages across the week.
The Community Library Coordinator role oversees and develops library events with a wide range of community partners. They will promote and support library volunteer delivery.
Working with external and internal local partners such as Citizens Advice to enhance community library service offerings to the local community.
About you:
You will have strong interpersonal skills and enthusiasm for working in the library sector. You will have the ability to promote the library service and provide excellent customer service to a wide range of diverse library users. You will have strong customer service and communication skills. Library work experience, although desirable, is not essential.
The role requires:
● good level of community awareness with experience of working with diverse community.
● excellent customer care skills.
● interest in literacy and reading.
● ability to induct and support library volunteers’ delivery.
● ability to confidently provide digital support to library users.
● ability to oversee the library events calendar and work with new and existing partners to develop additional community focused activities.
● ability to adapt and respond to complex, ever-changing environment, taking opportunities to improve the way things are done.
No one day is the same and having a positive and flexible attitude is important to this role. The role includes Saturday delivery and occasional evening delivery.
Closing Date: 08.00am Tuesday 4th June 2024
Interview and Test: Saturday 8th June 2024 (fixed date)
Project Manager - England Project Management Team
Reference: MAR20240314
Location: Flexible, Southern England – ideally near Pulborough, West Sussex
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Duration: 6 months
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Do you have the passion, skills, flexibility and project management experience to help develop and deliver a range of projects in the south-east of England?
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Project Manager. The successful postholder will sit within the England Project Management team and will work closely with the Project Development Manager (South), to support the development and delivery of vital infrastructure projects at RSPB Pulborough Brooks.
In a Project Manager role like this, you might find yourself chairing a project team meeting one day, visiting the site the next, contacting contractors or suppliers on another day or writing a consultant’s brief the next. You’ll be part of our mission to inspire and empower people to help create a world that is richer in nature, where birds and other wildlife are thriving for the benefit of everyone, so we want somebody with enthusiasm and passion to help us tackle the joint climate and nature crises.
Key activities will include:
- Developing and managing one or more projects at any one time
- Contractor procurement, appointment and management
- Actively participating in England Project Management team meetings
- Providing advice and support to colleagues on project management, helping to build overall project management capability across England
- Being an advocate for Cora, the RSPB’s new on-line project management system.
What we need from you:
- Be well organised, flexible and adaptable to take on a diverse workload, with excellent communication skills to develop collaborative working relationships across RSPB teams and external stakeholders, to motivate and inspire others to get things done.
- Have excellent project management skills, to develop and manage projects yourself whilst supporting colleagues to build project management capability across the organisation be able to manage and prioritise competing demands.
- Be competent at managing project processes to ensure things go smoothly, risks are managed and to be solutions-focused to help sort problems if they arise.
Essentials:
- Proven project/programme management skills to plan and manage programmes and projects, manage risks, costs, time and project teams.
- Ability to influence others, communicate effectively, build collaborative relationships and represent the organisation.
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to solve issues quickly, efficiently and creatively.
- An ability to advise others on project management methodologies and approach.
- Great interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with people and to motivate and lead others.
- Ability to solve issues quickly, efficiently and creatively.
- Logical, methodical, analytical and with a good eye for detail.
- Impressive time management and organisational skills.
- Experience of successfully managing budgets.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Competent IT user (full Microsoft office suite of tools)
- A tangible passion for the planet.
Desirable:
- Project Management Qualification or appropriate training.
- Experience of working with external stakeholders such as agencies and contractors.
- Demonstrable experience of developing and working in partnerships to achieve shared outcomes.
Further Information
- This is a full-time (37.5 hrs/week) 6-month role, with the possibility of an extension.
- Given the work is mostly focused at RSPB Pulborough Brooks, we’d like the post holder to be able to work from the reserve 1-2 days/week.
- There will be an expectation to periodically meet for face-to-face meetings.
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 9th June 2024
We will be holding interviews for this position on Monday 17th June 2024 via Teams.
We reserve the right to close this advert at any time.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This role is not eligible for UK Sponsorship.
No agencies please.