Duties and Responsibilities
Development & Support work:
- To provide emotional and practical support to women accessing support through drop in and casework
- To participate in a rota of drop in cover, covering evening hours
- To support volunteers and students in delivering the drop in service
- To facilitate access for women to statutory, community and other BSWA services
- To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project
- To develop policies and practice guidelines appropriate to the project in accordance with BSWA policies and procedures
- To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within the staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
- To identify and make links with existing projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
- To keep abreast of issues regarding violence against women on a national and local level
- To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
- To identify and attend training and conferences relevant to the post, in agreement with your line manager
- To work alongside colleagues to organise in-house training and information sessions on a range of issues for service users
- To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services
Administration:
- To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
- To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users
- To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
- To produce monthly reports for your line manager
Communication:
- To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:
- Maintaining BSWA communication records
- Following safety procedures
- Attending team meetings
- Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
- To attend in-house training
- To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
- To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
- Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
- To be involved in the Annual Review process
General:
- To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service
- To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation
- To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
- To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times
- To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
- To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout
- To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager
- To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Recruitment during COVID-19 restrictions
During the COVID-19 restrictions, our interviews will be by video call.
Additionally, the successful applicant will be fully supported to work from home for the initial period where restrictions on non-essential travel are in place.
This is a great opportunity to join a new team from the very beginning. You’ll be able to shape and influence a strategic stream of work for the UK’s leading homelessness charity.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
We’re building a new Venture Studio. The Venture Studio will provide an entry point to engage the start-up community, Crisis staff, Crisis’ members and supporters in ending homelessness through entrepreneurship. We will support start-ups to do more to end homelessness directly with our direct expertise and through our network of partners.
We already run a network of businesses including shops, cafes and furniture restoration. We are now looking to support start-ups in other sectors to help end homelessness.
About the role
This is an exciting new position in our ambitious and expanding Enterprise & Innovation department. We’re committed to finding more innovative solutions to ending homelessness.
You will be responsible for developing and managing all relevant partnerships for the Venture Studio. This includes forming mutually beneficial partnerships with corporates, universities, individuals and other organisations supporting start-ups. You’ll also be responsible to identify new opportunities for partners to support and engage with the Venture Studio activities.
This role can be based at any of our 11 offices.
About you
To be successful in this role you will be driven by our values (inspiration, integrity, dignity, fearlessness through independence, adaptability, resolve to end homelessness). You will have experience working within an entrepreneurial setting. You can build and maintain partnerships at senior level across diverse sectors and organisations. You are experienced in building and delivering comprehensive partnership plans. You can build strong networks with relevant organisations and individuals.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
- Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How To Apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Sunday 11 October 2020
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people.
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We are looking for a substance misuse worker to case manage a caseload young people within a Secure Training Centre for 12-17year olds. You will be required to work directly with Trainees on short and long-term sentences. You will work on a one to one and in small groups to deliver effective care-planned support using appropriate models, interventions and approaches tailored to meet the individual needs of the client group.
Previous experience of working within rehabilitation, treatment and re-offending prevention services would be beneficial although not essential.
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The University
Our University has a proud history of philanthropy stretching back to its foundation in 1900. With a clear vision to change the lives of the people of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain raised the funds required to build the University from citizens and corporations based locally and around the globe. Since then philanthropy has continued to play an important role in shaping the University. Having closed the Circles of Influence Campaign in 2015, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London, we have chosen to launch another, Birmingham in Action. This is the fifth largest fundraising campaign in the modern history of UK Higher Education.
The University has global reach, including several partnerships with other leading universities around the world, and is grounded in its local community, having opened the first fully comprehensive University secondary school in the country in 2015. It is also an innovative institution, being the first University to incorporate a Medical School, the first to create a students’ union, and the first to offer a women’s hall of residence. We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 11 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.
Our student body is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK.
The Office
The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) exists to support this academic and student community by engaging, inspiring, and celebrating alumni, individuals, and charitable funders who give their money, time, and networks to support the University’s strategic priorities. The Office, which comprises nearly 60 staff across four teams, is focused on fundraising and volunteering from alumni and individuals who are passionate about our five current campaign themes: everyone getting an education; treating and preventing cancer; families fleeing war, violence and famine; young people’s mental health; and protecting our planet.
The campaign has been planned, the framework created; it is unique and hugely ambitious, and will see Birmingham become one of the leading fundraising and volunteering universities in the world.
The Role
We are now looking for an Associate Director of Fundraising to maximise our enormous income generation potential; coach, nurture and challenge the well-established fundraising team; and deliver a bold and innovative strategy to support this exciting campaign, raising significant gifts yourself as you do.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Emmaus UK is looking for a Database Assistant to join our team in Birmingham. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions this will initially be on a largely home-working basis.
You will support the Fundraising and Communications Team and the Business Development Team by effectively processing donations, maintaining communication with donors, running reports and supporting community staff
This is an important role as you will be the first point of contact for donors and community staff members contacting Emmaus UK, so we’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills.
The Database Assistant will be responsible for working across two databases, Donorflex and CharityLog recording fundraising income and correspondence, ensuring donor and user records are maintained and logging issues.
Emmaus is a fantastic organisation, helping formerly homeless people to re-gain lost self-esteem by providing them with a stable home and meaningful work in one of our social enterprises. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head, it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.
Please submit your application by the closing date of 9.00am on Monday 12th October 2020.
Interviews will be held on 26th and 27th October 2020 via Microsoft Teams.
Please Note: In order to apply candidates must complete the attached application form. CV'S and cover letters will not be accepted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Principle purposes of the job:
To deliver support services including:
- provision of child focused play/educational activities to support development
- parental guidance to support child development
- ZOOM sessions to promote inclusion and reduce isolation and loneliness
- to work alongside the scheme Manager in the planning and delivery of group support via online platforms.
Main responsibilities:
- To work within Home-Start’s standards and methods of practice including Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children, Confidentiality and all mandatory policies.
- Work in close co-operation with the scheme staff as directed by the scheme Manager.
- Work in partnership with other family support agencies, as appropriate
- Assess the needs of individuals
- Review family’s needs on a regular basis and at the end of support.
- To maintain contact with individual referrers during a family’s support
- To provide a safe, stimulating environment for children and their parents
- To make observations, record and report on sessions
- To encourage the active participation of parents/carers in their child’s play and other activities as appropriate
- To provide opportunities for external agencies to offer advice/information to families
- To promote the use of suitable toys, books and activities and encourage the use of local resources e.g. Toy Library, Library and Children & Family Centres
- To complete a Risk Assessment where necessary
- To respond, record and report appropriately all Safeguarding Children/Child Protection issues
- To promote the work of Home-Start
- To be willing to undertake training as appropriate, including safeguarding/child protection.
- To attend regular supervision sessions
- To regularly attend and contribute to staff Meetings
- Design and deliver bespoke and library sessions to families in order to meet their specific needs.
Homebased in the West of England/Wales
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full time Learning & Development Trainer to join SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing lifelong support to our Forces and their families since 1885. Last year our teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 85,000 people in need, from Second World War veterans to young men and women who have served in more recent conflicts, and their families. SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.
About the role
We are looking for a passionate and multi skilled Learning and Development Trainer to work as part of our team delivering training to our employees and volunteer network. Your role will involve working with the rest of the training team to design, develop and deliver our complete range of courses that will inspire our employees and volunteers to want to learn. You will consult and collaborate with internal departments to understand our work, identify appropriate content, design training interventions, deliver courses across the West of England and Wales and evaluate the impact of the learning.
About the team
We are a small hard-working team, dispersed across the UK. Although we have our own areas of responsibility, we collaborate on projects and support each other. You'll join us at an exciting time as we adapt our courses from classroom-based to blended learning.
About you
We are looking for an experienced trainer, ideally with a background working in the voluntary sector or similar, who is highly credible, engaging and with lots of enthusiasm to really bring our culture and values to life.
To carry out this role successfully you will have a track record of delivering standard training content and developing bespoke content as necessary.
You will be a committed team player with a highly collaborative style, and be able to demonstrate resilience and resourcefulness, along with being self-motivated and able to prioritise in a fast paced and changing organisation.
You will have knowledge and experience of the full training cycle. Experience of virtual training delivery is highly desirable.
SSAFA is an employer that values the diversity of its workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.
For further information
To apply, visit SSAFA’s website.
If you have any queries or would like to speak to someone about this role, please contact Dan Turpin for an informal discussion.
Closing date: Midnight on 14 October 2020. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if the target number of applications is reached.
Interviews: Week commencing 26 October 2020
SSAFA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service.
If you wish to apply for any of our vacancies you will be asked to answer some screening questions before completing an application form and uploading your CV. Personal data to progress your application for employment is covered under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Article 6 Section 1b and Article 9 2b and c. Your details will not be used for any other purpose or shared with a third party without your permission. Data on unsuccessful candidates will be retained for one year from the vacancy being filled. If you take up employment with us, your information will be held for the duration of your employment plus six full calendar years. Further details are contained in SSAFA’s Privacy Statement available on our website.
About us
Changing Our Lives is a rights based organisation that works in coproduction with disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties, finding solutions that enable them to lead ordinary lives that many of us take for granted.
Person specification
We are looking for an experienced individual, who is passionate about the rights of disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties. You will not be afraid to challenge but equally you will be able to develop strong relationships which can be drawn on to bring about change for individuals as well as strategic change.
What you will do
You will be working in a fast paced environment across a range of coproduced projects so you will need to be comfortable with change as often people start with one idea and it naturally develops and evolves. You will be comfortable working in the community, with local people enabling them to lead projects and equally as comfortable talking to senior figures, negotiating change. You will be working across the West Midlands, with occassional work in other areas of England.
This is a part time post of 20 hours. However, for the right candidate we would consider less hours to suit their personal circumstances.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Changing Our Lives is a rights based organisation that works in coproduction with disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties, finding solutions that enable them to lead ordinary lives that many of us take for granted. We are looking for a passionate individual commited to people's rights. You will be practical and very organised, a 'people person' able to communicate with a range of people including young people, adults and professsionals. You will be working in a fast paced environment across a range of projects, so you will need to be comfortable with change as people often start with one idea and it naturally evolves and changes. You will be working across the West Midlands, with occassional work in other areas of England. This is a position in which we will support an individual with less experience who is enthusiastic, a hard worker and willing to learn. The position is 20 hours per week, although we would consider less hours for the right candidate. The minimum requirement is 3 years working with disabled people, people with mental health difficulties or other people who have been disadvantaged.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role is focussed on Inner City Birmingham or Ladywood and Perry Barr districts.
About Us
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest community funder in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery to communities across the UK. Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£508.5 million) of National Lottery funding to over 11,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes. 86% of our new grants were for less than £10k.
At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities. We have changed how we work across the Fund to help us serve people and communities more effectively, working flexibly and on their terms; working closer to communities.
About the Role
As a funding officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities from a defined geographical area, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
Being responsible for supporting local people and communities you will have a strong understanding of our vision, our commitment to equity and inclusion and our funding products. You’ll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.
Being responsible for the pipeline of projects you will need to understand and respond to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations.
Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.
You’ll also need to work within the Fund’s policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, and in a way that is in line with our vision and principles.
You will represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations with other colleagues so that we can maximise our impact.
You’ll be part of a team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of several other Funding Officers.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered
Interview Date: Phone interviews for long listed candidates will take place on the 20 & 22 October 2020. Full interviews will take place on the 3 November 2020 (interviews conducted remotely)
Essential Criteria
We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.
You will have:
- Communication skills: Strong listening, written and verbal communication with an emphasis on written communication for assessment purposes.
- Relational skills: Ability to nurture, develop and promote effective relationships and communication with colleagues, community organisations and other external agencies with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion
- Analytical skills: Ability to assess a high volume of applications, make good judgements, challenge when appropriate and manage risk.
- An ability to manage your own workload with minimal supervision
Ideally you will live within the geographical area you are covering or have excellent knowledge of that area. You will work from several locations across the area, including your home and our offices with the expectation that you will be flexible in order to get the best outcomes for our customers.
Desirable Criteria
Desirable criteria include:
- Lived experience or working knowledge of Birmingham’s inner city areas and its third sector.
- Demonstrate sound IT skills and the ability to learn detailed processes
For You
We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.
We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:
- Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
- Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Season ticket and cycle to work loans
- Paid volunteering leave
How to Apply
Visit our website on The National Lottery Community Fund for further details about the vacancy and our application process.
Equal Opportunities
Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive. We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.
Starfish have secured funding from the National Lottery for an exciting new project starting later this month.
Title: Support & Peer Volunteer Facilitator
Responsible to: Connect 4 Co-ordinator
Salary: £22,000 (pro rata)
Contract: Initially 6-month contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Based: in the Stafford area, travel required, car user preferred.
This post is initially for a six-month period projected at 37.5 hours per week, but applications from those wishing to work shorter or longer hours, job share, or combine posts will be considered.
About the project
CONNECT FOUR is an exciting new digital project uniting Wolverhampton, Stafford, Cannock and Stoke all about Mental Health & Wellbeing.
Building on existing support and assistance Starfish will be creating an open and inclusive space to share ideas, learning and experience, build peer to peer support and develop self-supporting groups as well as sharing important resources and information.
The project will:
- Boost and enrich our current digital offer, increasing and extending opportunities and enabling individuals from across the midlands to access a range of interesting and exciting digital spaces to support and improve mental health.
- Offer direct Mental Health & Wellbeing support to those experiencing difficulty as a result of the current COVID-19 situation (directly or indirectly), working in partnership with others to ensure joined up support and opportunities.
- Work to address the challenges of digital inclusion via the triangulate issues of equipment, data, and ability.
- Promote and nurture Peer Support work and the development of Mutual Aid groups as an asset based and grass roots solution to many of the problems we are experiencing.
- Support other organisations in dealing with the many demands on their teams.
About the role
This team member will work within the Connect 4 Team - helping to grow a skilled, active and energised group of peer volunteers.
Responsibilities will include:
- Promoting, recruiting and supporting individuals to find support through Connect 4 before extending that support to others, working to create a vibrant and engaged group of Peers active across the digital space, accessing existing opportunities and developing new ones.
- Working closely with colleagues to ensure inclusion, build mutual aid and connect to external organisations to ensure continuity and effectively shared resources.
- Reviewing the current peer volunteer groupings and establishing a detailed pool of individuals and their interests and availability, working with them to deploy according to project flow. Co-designing and co-delivering an inclusive digital recruitment, training and induction process to integrate and grow the peer volunteer base and build local capacity.
This person will also provide appropriate follow up support and offer assistance to other team members and peer/volunteers over the term of the project and will work with other partners and community groups to build awareness and referral pathways.
The closing date for applications is 5th October, with interviews taking place between 6th-8th October.
To apply, please complete the attached Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form.
No agencies please.
Starfish have secured funding from the National Lottery for an exciting new project starting later this month.
Title: Group & Technical Facilitator
Responsible to: Connect 4 Co-ordinator
Salary: £22,000 (pro rata)
Contract: Initially 6-month contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Based: in the Stafford area, travel required, car user preferred.
This post is initially for a six-month period projected at 37.5 hours per week, but applications from those wishing to work shorter or longer hours, job share, or combine posts will be considered.
About the project
CONNECT FOUR is an exciting new digital project uniting Wolverhampton, Stafford, Cannock and Stoke all about Mental Health & Wellbeing.
Building on existing support and assistance Starfish will be creating an open and inclusive space to share ideas, learning and experience, build peer to peer support and develop self-supporting groups as well as sharing important resources and information.
The project will:
- Boost and enrich our current digital offer, increasing and extending opportunities and enabling individuals from across the midlands to access a range of interesting and exciting digital spaces to support and improve mental health.
- Offer direct Mental Health & Wellbeing support to those experiencing difficulty as a result of the current COVID-19 situation (directly or indirectly), working in partnership with others to ensure joined up support and opportunities.
- Work to address the challenges of digital inclusion via the triangulate issues of equipment, data and ability.
- Promote and nurture Peer Support work and the development of Mutual Aid groups as an asset based and grass roots solution to many of the problems we are experiencing.
- Support other organisations in dealing with the many demands on their teams.
About the role
This team member will work within the Connect 4 Team, providing excellent IT / technical and digital skills to the entire project, helping to improve and grow access to the digital project as well as increase awareness and engagement in mutual aid groups. Actively promoting the value of the digital space and what it can offer as well as the practical support available to ensure full participation is possible.
They will also promote the potential value of shared groups based on mutual aid, demonstrating their effectiveness across a range of different areas and issues and encouraging individuals and existing alliances to consider them as a way forward.
Other duties include:
- Working closely with colleagues to ensure inclusion, build mutual aid and connect to external organisations to ensure continuity and effectively shared resources.
- Reviewing the current awareness and understanding around Mutual Aid before bringing together, developing and sharing relevant resources. Actively engaging people and organisations around the topic and, through a co-designed and co-produced plan, facilitate shared discussions across a range of real world & digital platforms.
- This person will also provide appropriate follow up support and offer assistance to other team members and peer/volunteers over the term of the project and will work with other partners and community groups to build awareness and referral pathways.
The closing date for applications is 5th October, with interviews taking place between 6th-8th October.
To apply, please complete the attached application and equal opportunies forms.
No agencies please.
This role supports the establishment of our new Brilliant Tutoring Programme, for which we are currently bidding for funding as part of the Government’s National Tutoring Programme. We will only make final offers for this role if our funding is confirmed, which we will know by the end of October. If, like us, you’re passionate about helping students to make up the learning lost as a result of school closures this year, we’d love to hear from you.
The Organisation
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly-selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its expertise with state schools. We recruit, train and place PhD researchers to work with state schools: either part-time as tutors through The Scholars Programme or full-time as classroom teachers through Researchers in Schools (RIS). In 2018/19, The Brilliant Club worked with over 700 state schools and 13,000 pupils across the UK.
The Opportunity
The Brilliant Club is planning to be a provider for the National Tutoring Programme to support the national catch up effort in England following school closures in response to COVID-19 and have submitted a bid to the Education Endowment Fund. If successful, The Brilliant Club is looking to recruit for a School Partnerships Officer role. This new role will work on school partnerships and business development across The Scholars Programme and our new Brilliant Tutoring Programme (BTP). The successful candidate will enable the national team to effectively utilise our CRM (Salesforce) for building school partnerships. They will work closely with the External Affairs department to plan external communications, social media campaigns and website content to support school partnerships. They will project manage the development and delivery of our school partnerships strategy. The role requires a driven and dynamic team player who has experience of success in school partnership management systems. To manage and deliver key responsibilities they will need to be confident using Excel, Salesforce (or other CRM systems). A successful candidate will be detail-orientated, well organised and enjoy solving complex problems. They should enjoy being creative (through written and visual communications) and working collaboratively with designers to produce high quality materials. The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
Starfish have secured funding from the National Lottery for an exciting new project starting later this month.
Title: Hub Co-ordinator
Responsible to: Area Lead
Salary: £28,500 (pro rata)
Contract: Initially 6-month contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Based: in the Stafford area, travel required, car user preferred.
This post is initially for a six-month period projected at 37.5 hours per week, but applications from those wishing to work shorter or longer hours, job share, or combine posts will be considered.
About the project
CONNECT FOUR is an exciting new digital project uniting Wolverhampton, Stafford, Cannock and Stoke all about Mental Health & Wellbeing.
Building on existing support and assistance Starfish will be creating an open and inclusive space to share ideas, learning and experience, build peer to peer support and develop self-supporting groups as well as sharing important resources and information.
The project will:
- Boost and enrich our current digital offer, increasing and extending opportunities and enabling individuals from across the midlands to access a range of interesting and exciting digital spaces to support and improve mental health.
- Offer direct Mental Health & Wellbeing support to those experiencing difficulty as a result of the current COVID-19 situation (directly or indirectly), working in partnership with others to ensure joined up support and opportunities.
- Work to address the challenges of digital inclusion via the triangulate issues of equipment, data and ability.
- Promote and nurture Peer Support work and the development of Mutual Aid groups as an asset based and grass roots solution to many of the problems we are experiencing.
- Support other organisations in dealing with the many demands on their teams.
About the role
This team member will work within the Midlands Connect 4 Team, coproducing and actioning a comprehensive communications and promotional plan.
Responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing the creation and/or development of an overarching and localised web site with supporting social media activity capable of facilitating the sharing of ideas and information, providing real time and downloadable learning and development opportunities and providing space for individuals and groups to set their own developmental agendas and support each other.
- Helping to establish a rich flow of people into the project, ensuring smooth transitions and continuity throughout Nurturing & encouraging cross contract and organisational interaction and engagement.
- Enabling effective evaluation of experience alongside the development of ongoing improvements.
- Working with other organisations also co-ordinating training and support to them and their teams.
This person will also provide appropriate follow up support and offer assistance to other team members and peer/volunteers over the term of the project, and will work with other partners and community groups to build awareness and effective joint working mechanisms.
The closing date for applications is 5th October, with interviews taking place between 6th-8th October.
Please apply using the attached application form.
No agencies please.
This role supports the establishment of our new Brilliant Tutoring Programme, for which we are currently bidding for funding as part of the Government’s National Tutoring Programme. We will only make final offers for this role if our funding is confirmed, which we will know by the end of October. If, like us, you’re passionate about helping students to make up the learning lost as a result of school closures this year, we’d love to hear from you.
The Organisation
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly-selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its expertise with state schools. We recruit, train and place PhD researchers to work with state schools: either part-time as tutors through The Scholars Programme or full-time as classroom teachers through Researchers in Schools (RIS). In 2018/19, The Brilliant Club worked with over 700 state schools and 13,000 pupils across the UK.
The Opportunity
The Brilliant Club is planning to be a provider for the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) to support the national catch up effort in England following school closures in response to COVID-19 and have submitted a bit to the Education Endowment Fund. If successful, The Brilliant Club is looking to recruit a Head of School Partnerships to drive partnerships with schools and networks across the UK. This is a new role with national oversight to ensure we work to support as many pupils as we can through The Scholars Programme and our Brilliant Tutoring Programme (BTP). This external facing role will involve networking and building relationships with senior leaders across the education sector. The successful candidate will have an excellent track record of building relationships with schools to reach strategic targets. Whilst much of this role is external facing, the role will also advise on work, led by the School Partnerships Officer, to ensure our customer relationship management system (Salesforce) is set up to serve a wider range of partnership types. As a leader within the team, there may be opportunities to share best practice, offering training and support where capacity allows. As this is a new role, the successful candidate will help shape our processes around national partnership building and approach them in innovative and creative ways to provide impact for our pupils. The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity