Head of Strategic Communications & Engagement
Fixed Term (12 Months - Covering Family Leave)
£60,000 - £63,000

In this critical communications role, you’ll work closely with leadership to help employees feel informed, listened to and valued, creating an army of passionate ambassadors that can effectively champion everything Macmillan does for people affected by cancer in the UK.

Working closely with colleagues in HR, and Strategy Delivery, you’ll lead the embedding of a new employee engagement strategy, ensuring the right messages reach the right people at the right time and in the right way.

A strategic thinker and strong storyteller, you'll apply intelligence, insight and influence to lead a team in the development and delivery of compelling internal campaigns and events to support the delivery of Macmillan’s corporate strategy and change programmes.

Your stakeholders work across and outside the organisation and you will possess fantastic relationship building and influencing skills, enabling you to understand and connect with colleagues from front line operations to business support functions, people living with cancer and the health and social care professionals that support them.

You will have a demonstrable track record of leading a large and innovative engagement and internal communications function which has delivered clear value to the organisation and an inspirational leader with the strong relationship building skills needed to influence people at all levels of the organisation.

If you fit the bill, then you’ll probably see your reward in all you can achieve within the role. But we also offer a range of benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous annual leave and interest-free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society. 

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.

An opportunity has arisen within the Finance Team for a qualified Finance Business Partner interested in managing the development of business processes and reports across the different funds of the Trussell Trust, creating and implementing process improvements and reconciling information between the CRM and finance systems.

If you are looking for a role in this area and you are passionate about the work of The Trussell Trust, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information and to apply for this role please click on the button below and then follow the instructions given.

Please note, incomplete or speculative applications will not be considered.

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well.

The role

The Community Fundraising Executive role will be expected to deliver excellent, personalised supporter care and event stewardship to our Community supporters. This will include managing our community email inbox and dealing with telephone queries in a professional manner. In addition, the Community Executive will be expected to send out engaging thank you letters to our community supporters. The role will also assist the Community Operations Manager in managing the stock for our community fundraising materials.

About you

You will have a background in providing excellent customer/supporter care.

You will also have considerable experience using a customer or supporter database system. We require a person with strong attention to detail, that is well organised, and who has excellent Microsoft Office skills.

If you have a keen eye for detail and enjoy a fast-moving working environment, then this new job role may suit you.

To succeed in this role, you will need to enjoy working as part of team, sharing information and helping to ensure that the team meets their set standards and targets.

Closing date: 7 October

Interview date: TBC

Suffolk & London

Fixed term contract until 31st March 2020

21 hours per work (negotiable)

Do you have the personality and confidence it takes to stand up in front of groups of young people and talk about gang life and serious crime? Are you ready for a working life that’s varied and rewarding and provides an opportunity for both personal and professional growth? Then join us as a Gangs Groupwork Facilitator and Mentor and you could soon be putting your experience of positively engaging with young people at risk of exploitation or involved in criminality to excellent use.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity

Drawing on your own personal experience, you will provide a support service to young people aged 9-18 who are at risk of involvement in serious youth violence or gang related activity. This will include delivering SOS+ sessions to small and large groups of young people, parents and professionals, whilst also providing mentoring support to these young people and working closely and supporting the SOS+ Manager to develop sessions and disseminate information to professionals.

In addition you will help to develop and promote the service and work with the SOS+ Manager to ensure all data from sessions delivered is collated and reflected properly in the statistics.

What we are looking for:

• Lived experience of the Criminal Justice System (or currently serving a sentence within a prison in the area and eligible for ROTL), and being involved in a gang or knife crime.
• Experience of delivering/facilitating sessions to groups – especially socially excluded young people – and providing them with support, advice and advocacy.
• Experience of providing 1-2-1 mentoring support to vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation.
• Knowledge of gangs, county lines drug-smuggling, knife crime and patterns of offending in certain areas, the ability to recognise signs of child sexual exploitation and an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding practices and policies.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to utilise monitoring systems to record all aspects of a project, including actions, outcomes and referrals.

In return you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance, staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice & counseling service, season ticket loan and much more besides.

Closing date: 29th September 2019

Interview date: 16th & 18th October 2019.

Hammersmith & Fulham Save Our NHS (H&FSON) is a campaigning organisation set up by residents in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, initially to campaign against the downgrading/closure of Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals. Since Charing Cross Hospital has now been saved, H&FSON now campaigns against cuts and privatisation in local community, primary and secondary NHS services and works with other campaign groups in NW London and nationally to protect the NHS as a publicly funded and publicly provided health service free at the point of delivery.

A fantastic opportunity has risen to work in KCLSU as a Volunteering & Fundraising Coordinator. The post-holder will play a key role in researching the needs of student leaders, as well as supporting students who wish to engage in Volunteering or Fundraising activity, helping to ensure student leaders enjoy the best possible university experience by coordinating the development of Volunteering and Fundraising, providing support to involved students and elected officers in the delivery of this key area of student life across the vibrant KCLSU community.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of involvement with a students’ union or similar membership organisation desirable (either as an employee, student representative or trustee)
• Experience of being a volunteer or managing volunteers and/or of charity fundraising
• Knowledge of efficient  Volunteer processes, including, DBS checks & safe guarding, risk assessments, permit applications, brokerage coordination, data protection and fundraising logs
• Knowledge of Volunteering and fundraising role in providing a great student experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, enabling effective networking with a wide range of individuals and agencies

KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers multiple opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits such as weekly yoga and spin classes, free fruit and soft drinks, travel and computer loans and much more.

Application Process

If this is you, please download and complete an application form and an equal opportunities monitoring form from our website and follow the application instructions.

Applications close: Monday 14th October 2019

Interview dates: Wednesday 23rd October 2019

Please do not send CVs as these will not be considered.

Please DO NOT submit your applications in PDF formats.

At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavour to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate. Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU

• Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one

• Not be a trustee of King’s College London Students’ Union

Assistant Data Manager
Reference number: A1910919
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
Salary starting at: £17,276 to £18,716 per annum - Applicants should expect under normal circumstances to receive an offer at the bottom of the advertised range
Hours: Full time
Contract: 6 months

The Conservation Data Management Unit (CDMU) are a highly skilled and innovative team, who oversee all aspects of mapping and data management at RSPB. This includes managing and supporting Merlin (our in-house conservation database, mapping and reporting system) as well as various commercial GIS software packages, tools and apps. We work with staff and volunteers from across the whole organisation to disseminate best practice in data collection, management and archiving and provide training and support in GIS and data management. We also provide various consultancy services to the RSPB and its partners, creating maps, undertaking spatial analyses and keeping up to date with new technologies around mobile data collection and remote sensing tools, to ensure the RSPB is able to make optimal use of these for conservation.

We are looking for a full-time Assistant Data Manager to join the Data Management Services section of CDMU for 6 months, based at our Headquarters in Bedfordshire. The Data Management Services team provide a wide range of services to many different parts of the RSPB - our day-to-day tasks range from working with reserves staff to ensure that monitoring data they're collecting in the field are correctly entered into our database, advising project staff on the best ways to collect and manage priority species data, running remote training courses on how to use our in-house species database and GIS system (Merlin), developing and delivering interactive webinars on species data management, liaising with other conservation organisations to facilitate data flows and working with RSPB ecologists to improve our in-house species recording processes.

You will have excellent computing skills with experience of using Excel to manipulate data, a keen eye for detail and an understanding of GIS and data management. You will need to be a good communicator, who is confident liaising with colleagues and supporting our GIS users on the phone, over email and in person.

This will be a good opportunity to learn how to use new software and tools related to data and information management, so an aptitude and enthusiasm for learning new skills will be essential and an interest in ecology or natural history is highly desirable.

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly and dynamic team, where you'll have the chance to develop your data management skills and help to ensure that RSPB have the very best data management and dissemination practices in place, to enable well-informed decision-making for conservation.

Closing date: 14 October 2019
Interview date: 30 October 2019

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website, where you can download the role profile and application details.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.

When you make your application please ensure that you include reference number A1910919 on any correspondence.

No agencies please.  

Project Manager - Wandsworth Newpin Service (Parent Mental Health and Early Years’ Service)
18.5 hours per week
£37,569 - £41,509 per annum pro rata (inclusive of Inner London Weighting) 
Temporary until 30th June 2020 minimum

Make a difference to family mental health and children’s development and emotional wellbeing. 

Extensive research shows that the impact of parental mental health on children is dependent of various factors including severity, circumstances and the support or protective factors that surround the child. Anxiety, depression and other mental health difficulties can affect attachment and the parent-child relationship, and the impact of disrupted attachment on children’s intellectual, psychological, social and emotional development is well documented.

Family Action’s Newpin model provides a range of interventions and support for children under 5 and their parents who are experiencing mental health problems, ensuring both get the support they need to thrive and achieve their potential. Our model harnesses the parent-child relationship, providing a structured, supportive environment to increase parents’ capacity to develop understanding of their child’s communication, emotions, behaviour and needs and to reflect on the impact of their own mental health on their child/ren’s wellbeing.

Family Action are forward-looking and ambitious, with a commitment to continuous improvement.  We are a people-focused, can-do organisation that strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills, then we look forward to hearing from you. 

As Project Manager, you will lead the day-to-day management, delivery and development of the service including: managing a small team of staff, providing quality reflective supervision of the direct work with parents and children, develop and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders including families using the service, local partners and commissioners, manage the budget and contract requirements and work with the Operational Manager on the development and evaluation of the service.

You will have excellent direct practice skills where you have provided interventions to families with complex needs (ideally which maximise the development of the parent-child relationship) and promote positive outcomes for children. You will have experience of day-to-day service management including a confident approach to managing, supervising and developing a team of staff (or volunteers) who work with families with complex needs.

If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude, we can offer you: 
- A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- A full induction and ongoing quality training 
- The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
- Flexible working hours
- Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision

Closing date: 7th October 2019
Interview dates: 14th October 2019

Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, which we consider acceptable.  

Other organisations may call this role Project Delivery Manager, Programme Manager, Programme Delivery Manager, Family Intervention Officer, Senior Support Worker, Senior Social Worker, or Family Social Worker. 

So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Duties and Responsibilities

The main purpose of the job is to be responsible for the organisation, marketing and successful delivery of events for BERA throughout the year, including those of BERA’s Special Interest Groups, initiatives, partners and external stakeholders. You will also work with the Events Manager in the management of the Annual Conference of approximately 900 delegates held in September.

The postholder will work primarily with the Events Manager, and Membership and Engagement Manager, in tandem with other members of staff both within the immediate office and across BERA’s professional networks and suppliers.

This appointment is funded to the 30th September 2020 in the first instance.

Key Requirements

We are seeking a talented junior professional to cover a secondment. You will possess written and verbal communication, as well as time management and organisational skills. We are a small team that will require someone with a flexible approach to work, who can hit the ground running.

Fixed term contract for 12 months (maternity cover)
Closing date: 6 October 2019 at 11.30pm. Interviews: 21 October 2019.

We’re looking for a proactive individual with experience of developing, implementing, evaluating and managing volunteer mentoring programmes to join us as a Volunteer Coordinator and play a key role in an exciting initiative.

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

We’re busy working across the North of England to deliver the Transforming Rehabilitation Service. It consists of a resettlement element based in prisons and a community integration element based in offices across the Lancashire area. The aim is to support long-term reduction in risk of reoffending through replication of desistance model. Put simply, we’re empowering individuals to move towards independence through positive relationships.

About the role
We want you to play a key role in developing and managing a programme of community volunteers and custody based peer mentors for the service. This will involve recruiting, training, supporting and supervising volunteers and peer mentors. And, when it comes to coordinating volunteering opportunities and working with the Regional Involvement Coordinator to ensure quality service and best practice is delivered, again, we’ll count on you.

About you

You’ll need demonstrable experience of providing support services and knowledge of housing law, debt advice and the issues affecting offenders. A proven ability to prepare, plan and deliver training courses and support and supervise volunteers, mentors or staff is essential too. Used to working within a safeguarding framework, you’re proficient using a case management system and Microsoft Office applications too. What’s more, you have a collaborative, client-focused and results-driven approach, great influencing skills, respect for others ‘opinions and the ability to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas.

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

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

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website.  Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

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

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and compassionate professional to join the New Horizons project.

You will deliver high quality coaching to enable people to overcome financial issues, get on in life, and move towards the world of work.

You will bring your understanding of financial capability, digital inclusion and employability to the role and, of course, you’ll be committed to working in a person centred way.

New Horizons is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Prospectus is pleased to be partnering with Living Streets to appoint their new Business Development Coordinator on an initial six month contract period. Living Streets exist to create a nation where walking is the natural choice for every day, local journeys.

This role can be based in London, Newcastle, Cardiff or Edinburgh.

The Business Development Coordinator will deliver a range of commercial sales campaigns across all products and services. This particular customer base includes regional public sector funders, employers from the public and private sector and schools, and as such, the Coordinator will play a key role in implementing the sales strategy to a variety of audiences. You will work closely with the marketing, campaigns, and local impact teams to develop all engagement plans for core campaigns and will be comfortable approaching potential new partners.

The selected candidate will be a natural and confident sales person with experience of strong relationship management across a wide variety of products and services. You will have experience of successfully achieving targets in a sales role and will have a good understanding of business development processes and principles.

At Prospectus 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 and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to speaking with you soon.

Do you have the experience required to support a passionate CEO?

A dedicated and impactful health charity is looking are recruiting a Personal Assistant to support a newly appointed CEO. This is a permanent opportunity based in leafy Chiswick.

You will provide day to day support to the Chief Executive by proactively coordinating their diary, scheduling appointments in line with priorities and crucially acting as their first point of contact. Alongside broader administrative tasks, you will also be involved in various projects and ad-hoc tasks that will ensure the CEO is working as effectively as possible!

It is essential that the successful candidate recognises the urgency and importance of enquiries and fielding all correspondence, whilst consistently ensuring confidentiality and knowing the best approach to communicate information and in what capacity.

Having worked in a similar capacity, you will be confident in managing all administrative aspects of an executive support role. Proactive in your approach, you will strive to build a productive and mutually beneficial relationship which will enable the CEO to maximise their performance and delivery. You will be experienced in managing a diverse and broad workload while also maintaining a consistent output that demonstrates a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail. Importantly, we are seeking personable individuals who will relish the opportunity to develop productive internal and external relationships and who has a conscious and measured approach to communication, especially while representing the CEO via correspondence in their absence.

Do you think you have what it takes?

Please apply by submitting your CV via the apply button. A full job description will be provided by Prospectus to applicants who are successful at the initial selection process.

Heart n Soul is an award-winning creative arts company and charity based in South East London who believe in the talents and power of people with learning disabilities. We aim to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities by offering opportunities to take part in creative activities, learn new skills and develop their artistic talents.  We share our art, how we do things and the world we want to see with as many people as possible.

We are seeking a Project Assistant who will support the delivery of Heart n Soul's projects and events by carrying out coordination and administrative tasks.

Deadline for applications: Friday 11 October, 5pm

Interviews: week commencing 21 October