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Working with two highly experienced Programme Coordinators, you will help to grow our existing Youth Development Team activities, currently present in Hampton, and continue the development of our newly launched Aspire project.
This is a maternity cover role for a minimum period of 6 months starting in June. You will be based in Peterborough but also spend time at our centre in Cambridge.
You will manage our Lead Youth Development Worker and Aspire Development Worker, in Peterborough, encouraging them to establish positive relationships with young people, from which we development activities, and provide advice and support.
Joining a growing Peterborough team, you’ll support the expansion of weekly groups, one-to-one work, family support, school-based alternative education, trips and residential experiences. Increasing partnership working with local community groups and agencies will be key to this.
Romsey Mill's Youth Development Team (YDT) works with disadvantaged, at-risk and vulnerable young people (aged 10 - 21 years) across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. YDT are passionate about supporting young people to overcome challenges, live fulfilling lives and inspire change in the world. We currently engage around 1200 young people each year. Aspire is the name of Romsey Mill’s project that supports autistic children and young people. We currently deliver 14 specialist youth clubs across Cambridge, Cambourne, Linton and Hampton supporting over 180 autistic young people. We’re excited about further extending the work across Peterborough. You will work out of the office Romsey Mill rents at CSK Church in Hampton for 3-4 days per week. We utilise space there and in other community facilities for the delivery of activities. You will also spend 1-2 days working from Romsey Mill Centre, Cambridge.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
First Days Children's Charity is seeking a determined and innovative Director of Fundraising to lead our fundraising efforts and secure the vital income needed to support our ambitious growth plans.
You are the person we are looking for if you:
About You:
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You see yourself as a fundraising heavyweight with a proven track record of exceeding ambitious targets, particularly in securing large grants, major donors and corporate partnerships.
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You thrive on smashing targets and delivering unexpected and exciting results.
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You are a natural leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys continuous learning, and embraces a culture of trusted and honest feedback.
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You are an influencer with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, comfortable engaging with high-net-worth individuals and corporate leaders.
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You are a strategic thinker with a can-do attitude, not afraid to ask questions and explore innovative approaches to fundraising.
Main Responsibilities:
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Develop a comprehensive fundraising strategy aligned with our growth targets, ensuring diversification of income streams.
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Build and deliver a robust fundraising pipeline, encompassing major donors, corporate partnerships, grant applications and other income streams.
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Lead, motivate and inspire a high-performing fundraising team, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.
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Deputise for the CEO in their absence, providing strategic and operational support.
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Represent the Charity at all levels, building strong relationships with key stakeholders.
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Contribute strategically to the Charity's overall success, providing insights and recommendations to support the mission.
You are:
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Assertive, self-reliant and confident, with a drive to succeed and a love for learning.
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Energetic, enthusiastic, and a fast-paced individual who thrives in a dynamic environment.
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Open to feedback, willing to ask questions, and continuously seek new knowledge and approaches.
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A passionate advocate for change, with a desire to shape the future of fundraising for the organisation.
We Offer:
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A competitive salary of £55,000 per annum.
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A full-time role, based in our Wokingham office.
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Generous annual leave entitlement.
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A company pension scheme.
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An electric car scheme.
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Flexible working from the start, for all employees
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The opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of disadvantaged children.
To Apply:
If you are a fundraising leader with the vision, drive and expertise to take First Days Children's Charity to the next level, we want to hear from you.
Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.
Closing Date: 21st April 2024
Shortlisting will take place on 22nd April 2024
First interviews (telephone) will take place on Tuesday 23/ Wednesday 24th April
Second Interviews will take place on Thursday 3rd May 2024
Final interview with our trustees and opportunity to meet the team will take place w/c 13th May 2024, if successful an appointment will be made that week.
First Days Children's Charity is an equal opportunities employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
GENERALIST ADVICE WORKER/ADVICE SESSION SUPERVISOR OR TRAINEE POSITION
Funded By: Southwark Council
This post is advertised as an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advice Session Supervisor (ASS) to consolidate their skills and experience or as a development opportunity for an advisor to train to become an ASS within six months of starting in post. If applying as a trainee the starting salary will be on NJC Scale 6 – £33,194 for the first six months whilst undertaking the training.
The post holder will be required to work across all of our offices and outreaches in Southwark according to operational needs.
The role includes:
·Providing advice to the public and undertaking casework on social welfare law issues
·Supervising advice and gateway assessment sessions
·Supporting and supervising staff and volunteers
To be successful you will need:
·Recent experience of giving advice to the public. This should include having undertaken advice casework.
·Experience of undertaking the role of Advice Session Supervisor or to demonstrate the ability to undertake this role with training provided within 6 months of starting
·To understand, empathise with and be committed to the Service’s aims, principles and equal opportunities policies
Closing Date: 9.00 am Monday 15th April 2024
Interviews: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Salary: £41,143.91
- Location: Flexible, Shelter provides flexibility to allow home-based, Shelter Office-based, or a combination of the two, although ad hoc travel to London and other locations
- Contract type: Permanent
- Hours: 37.5 per week
- Leave: 30 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- Closing date: 11th April at 23.30pm
- Interview Date: Interviews will be held on a rolling basis via MS teams so flexibility can be offered to applicants who are shortlisted
Are you passionate about leveraging technology to drive positive change? Do you have a knack for aligning technology with business objectives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as an HRIS Manager at Shelter.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination, and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the Team
This role sits within the Business Enablement team within Shelter’s Technology & Data (T&D) Department, which is made up of 30+ people based across the country with bases in London, Sheffield, and Edinburgh.
The T&D Department is accountable for developing and leading Shelter’s technology and data strategic priorities, providing a secure infrastructure, management of data and insight to underpin strategic outcomes, delivery of technology change projects, data governance and the provision of support for a range of software, systems, and platform tools.
About You
As the HRIS Manager, you'll be responsible for managing and developing our HRIS system, ensuring it aligns with Shelter's strategic priorities.
You'll collaborate with various teams to ensure our HRIS supports critical business functions effectively.
You will have experience providing and managing a HRIS support function.
You’ll bring significant experience in managing HRIS systems, excellent communication skills, and a passion for driving change.
You will have experience in aligning technology roadmaps with business strategy (PeopleXD experience advantageous).
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
How to apply
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement with responses to points 1, 2, 3 and 11 in the ‘About you’ section of the job description, of no more than 350 words per point
Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviours below throughout your responses.
- We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset.
- We work together to achieve our shared purpose
Please note CVs without supporting statements will not be considered.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing, and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Service Manager to join our learning disabilities service in Tower Hamlets.
£36,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.
As Registered Service Manager (RSM) you will be responsible for ensuring your service is well led, maintains high quality standards, is financially robust and that your staff team are well developed and motivated.
This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.
What you'll do:
Leadership Accountabilities:
Ensure the PBS framework is imbedded in service delivery with ongoing staff competency assessment and training
Successfully lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing and ongoing maintenance of a positive performance culture within your service.
Responsible for ensuring your service is well led, that customers are safeguarded against harm or abuse, and that your team delivers person centred support according to each customer's individual requirements.
Work to continuously improve staff competence, ensure ownership of all staff issues and speedy and effective conflict resolution - this includes but is not limited to staff supervision, coaching, team meetings, reflective practice and training.
Responsible for reporting all staff changes to HR and Payroll departments, as appropriate e.g. starters, leavers, additional hours etc.
Drive business planning activities within your contract, ensuring relevant and challenging objectives are set and ongoing performance tracking, implementing improvement action plans as necessary.
Using sound financial and accounting principles, manage contract budgets to deliver on corporate and local contract financial targets.
Develop key business relationships with all relevant customers/families and external parties to ensure service delivery excellence.
Have sound knowledge of the customers living in the service and be able to promote their wellbeing and quality of life.
Responsible for housing and property compliance in area of responsibility.
Plan, organise and prioritise operations within your service to ensure maximum efficiencies/utilisation of all resources.
Working with your team, lead creative and ambitious customer involvement plans across the patch and ensure successful implementation of programme of activities relevant to what individual customers want.
Lead CQC inspections and Look Ahead quality visits, using Look Ahead's local indicators and your Power BI Dashboard to monitor quality/performance, set targets to ensure high rated services that reflect requirements of local funders and local and national standards.
For the full list please see our website.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
Have extensive leadership and CRM experience
Will be familiar with PBS Framework/Capable Environments
Have the ability to motivate staff to deliver excellent services
Be fundamentally calm and resilient, will not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Be practical and methodical
For the full list please see our website
What you'll bring:
Essential:
Knowledge of Safeguarding, MHA, DOLs, MCA and regulatory frameworks
Understanding and experience with CQC inspection framework and regulations
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Will complete Look Aheads minimum competency training
Experience of managing contracts and resources and delivering to budget and performance targets
Experience of delivering to housing management performance targets
Experience of effectively managing and developing staff to ensure delivery of services performance targets within contract
Experience of successfully managing external partnerships to ensure successful delivery of services
For the full list please see our website.
Desirable:
Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications
Holds relevant Health and Social Care management qualification - eg QCF Level 5
About us:
Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have have forty three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with
ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager for our centres in South London (Walworth, Kennington and Brixton) along with our centres in Southampton and Brighton on a 12 month fixed-term maternity cover contract. As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions.
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Contract
Full-time, fixed term until April 2025
Start date
As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the candidate.
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30
Opportunity to work from home one day a week
Salary
£40,200 per annum inclusive of £2,200 London contribution (with pay review increase for 2024/2025 academic year)
Location
At one of IntoUniversity’s centres in London. Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Annual leave
33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
- Summer working hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Corporate eyecare scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 6%
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a strong, visionary leader keen to advocate for the VCSE sector? Are you interested in bringing people and organisations together to collaborate on the future of community led services across Hampshire and to be the public face of the organisation?
Having led the organisation through a significant period of change, our CEO has chosen to move on to take up a new challenge and set up her own business. We are now seeking a Chief Executive to lead Action Hampshire through the next phase of its strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who has the desire, vision and ambition to continue to build a system that is fairer for our communities.
As a strengths-based organisation, we value the unique contributions each member of our team brings and our organisational culture emphasises coaching and leadership over management. We’re committed to inclusivity, equity and to the wellbeing and safety of our team. This role offers a high degree of flexibility in working hours and can be delivered remotely, apart from bimonthly coworking or away days in Hampshire. You’ll have the opportunity to set your own development goals and targets and receive support to achieve them. Joining a friendly and supportive team, you’ll be able to manage your own time and work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues and contractors. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your strengths to other parts of the organisation too.
Key tasks include:
(see job description for a full list of tasks)
- Lead, inspire and develop the team at Action Hampshire to deliver our purpose
- Work with the Board of Trustees to ensure delivery and regular review of Action Hampshire’s (‘the charity’) vision, mission and strategic plans
- Deliver the charity’s vision and mission through appropriate plans and in accordance with agreed policies and protocols.
- Support and advise the Board to meet its responsibilities to ensure that the charity is legally compliant, well run and meets its organisational duties and obligations
- Enhance the charity’s impact and profile locally, regionally and nationally.
For almost 75 years, we’ve supported communities across Hampshire. Today, our mission focuses on strengthening the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, supporting communities to raise their voices, and doing all we can to reduce disadvantage and celebrate diversity across Hampshire. Our responsive approach means we work across a wide range of issues relevant to our communities, from increasing the availability of rural affordable housing to ensuring cancer awareness messaging reaches seldom heard communities.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our talented, ambitious and friendly team. Our new 3-year strategy sets out clear goals and actions which we’ll achieve together. Our leadership team are embedding a culture of learning, experimentation and development. Our team is caring, collaborative and driven by our values of being bold, enterprising, informative, and empowering. We very much welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith or disability. We are a Living Wage employer and Disability Confident.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Wiltshire Creative is a multi-arts organisation seeking a Finance Director.
The Finance Director has overall responsibility for the strategic leadership of the Finance team and function. They are responsible for ensuring the resources of Wiltshire Creative are deployed effectively and efficiently to maximise Wiltshire Creative’s financial performance. They work with the board of trustees (including the Finance subcommittee), Artistic Director and senior management team, providing accurate and timely information and interpretation to assist decision-making across the organisation.
Key responsibilites:
- To provide financial leadership in support of Wiltshire Creative’s mission and wider strategic initiatives
- To attend board, finance sub-committee and SMT meetings to advise and report on all financial matters
- To ensure accurate and robust planning, management and reporting of Wiltshire Creative’s finances
- To ensure the effective development and implementation of finance policies and procedures
- To monitor financial targets
- To develop, operate and monitor financial controls
- To be responsible for overall cash management – monitoring cashflows and cash positions
- To oversee the internal and annual external audit processes and to be the lead contact for the company’s auditors
- To analyse financial information and prepare financial scenarios as and when required Governance and Legal Compliance
- To ensure that Wiltshire Creative meets best practice and latest regulatory and legal compliance related to both company and charity law
- To lead and manage the finance team and supervise operation of payroll
- To always act in the best interests of Wiltshire Creative
- To take positive action to promote Equal Opportunities in all aspects of the work of Wiltshire Creative
- To agree to abide by Wiltshire Creative’s policies, as set out in the Staff Handbook
- To maintain confidentiality in all areas relating to Wiltshire Creative
- To be flexible and to undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the Executive
Recruitment timetable:
Application deadline: Monday 15th April at 9am
Interviews: Thursday 25th April
Second interviews: Thursday 2nd May
We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have have forty three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with
ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager for our centres in South West England, currently Bristol, Weston-super-Mare and Oxford on a 12 month fixed-term maternity cover contract. As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Contract
Full-time, fixed term until April 2025
Start date
As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the candidate.
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30
Opportunity to work from home one day a week
Salary
£38,000 per annum (with pay review increase for 2024/2025 academic year)
Location
At one of IntoUniversity’s four current centres in the South West England cluster (Bristol East, Bristol South, Weston-super-Mare or Oxford) Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Annual leave
33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
- Summer working hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Corporate eyecare scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 6%
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!
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our staff team as an Operations Officer. The ClementJames Centre is an award-winning charity that provides programmes that address underachievement and social exclusion. We support nearly 3,000 children, young people and adults each year to release their potential.
The Operations Officer will play a pivotal role in providing support to the operations team. Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, this role entails maintaining precise financial records, reconciling transactions and reception duties. Additionally, the Operations Officer will provide administrative support to the HR function of the organisation.
This exciting role will not only give you a real insight into the charity sector, but also provides you with the skills and hands-on experience required to excel as a charity professional. We offer development and support, and you will have the opportunity to work with driven and compassionate colleagues within a vibrant community.
If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to release their potential and live fulfilled lives and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.
Contract - Full-time, permanent. We are open to discussions about flexible working arrangements and part-time options.
Annual Leave - 33 days (including bank and public holidays) plus an additional 2 to 5 days at Christmas and a length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Benefits - Staff pension, ongoing training and development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme, Travelcard loan and Cycle to Work scheme
To Apply
To apply for the role of Operations Officer, please read the job pack and fill out the application form on our website. We will be doing rolling recruitment for this role. We strongly encourage early applications as we will do interviews as and when suitable applications come through, and will close recruitment once we hire a successful candidate. The form consists of information about you, your educational and professional experience and a 400 word supporting statement. If you have any issues completing the form, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Please see our website to read the job pack and to complete and submit the application form.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidates to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager. We currently have vacancies for a Regional Operations Manager in our West Yorkshire cluster and our Nottingham & Peterborough cluster. Please note: These are two separate vacancies, for more details please visit our website.
We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have have forty three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with
ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that new centres are set up and launched and all centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions.
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.
The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Location
West Yorkshire Cluster
Location: At one of IntoUniversity’s four current centres in West Yorkshire (Bradford, Leeds East, Leeds Extension and Leeds South). Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Nottingham and Peterborough Cluster
At one of IntoUniversity’s three current centres in Nottingham (Nottingham Central, Nottingham East, Nottingham West) Regular travel to centres in the region required.
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30
Opportunity to work from home one day a week
Annual leave
- 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
- Summer working hours
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Corporate eyecare scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 6%
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy to join our team in Birmingham, with hybrid working (two days a week in our Birmingham office and three days working from home). In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £40,560 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience.
NGA is an independent, not-for-profit national membership organisation for state school governors, trustees and governance professionals in England. Our work aims to improve the educational standards and wellbeing of young people by increasing the effectiveness of governing boards and promoting high standards. As expert leaders in school and academy governance, we provide information, advice, guidance, professional development and e-learning.
About the role:
The role of Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy would suit candidates who are visionary leaders, passionate about transforming education and governance across England. NGA are looking for a candidate who will be able to innovate and enhance our current outreach and influence at national level, maintaining NGA’s reputation as the go-to authoritative voice on school and trust governance. As the role is new to the organisation, the ideal candidate will have considerable experience of developing an external affairs programme and leading on parliamentary work, harnessing the voice of NGA members to develop the advocacy strategies. Excellent project management and communications skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines are essential.
Benefits of working for NGA:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days (FTE) increasing to 27 with continuous service, 8 days bank holiday and 3 days Christmas closure, with the ability to buy and sell annual leave
- Employer contribution pension scheme at 7%
- Hybrid working (between our Birmingham office and home working) and other flexible working arrangements on request
- Wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme
- A healthy training and development budget (CPD) with a wide range of learning and development opportunities
- A commitment to environmental sustainability includes a cycle to work scheme and encouragement to use public transport, including railcards
Key responsibilities of our Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy:
- Development and delivery of programme of advocacy and influence
- Craft and implement effective strategies to influence national education and governance related policy and practice, working closely with NGA’s chief executive and Deputy chief executive
- Maintain effective oversight of NGA’s PR activity
- Ensuring NGA positions, research findings and recommendations are well defined and effectively articulated through impactful messaging
- Ensure invitations to address external events are taken by and used to their best extent to further governance practice and our policy positions
- Oversight and development of NGA’s campaigns
- Lead of the development and, with the Senior Policy Officer, the delivery of NGA’s specific campaigns to influence policy and practice for example NGA’s Visible Governance, Funding the Future 2024 and Everyone on Board campaigns
- Managing NGA’s parliamentary work
- Establish a strategy for NGA’s parliamentary focus, driving NGA’s political engagement and related activities
- Monitor parliamentary business on a weekly basis to identify issues arising and opportunities to engage parliamentarians in discussion and debate about education policy and school governance
- Oversight of NGA Member voice and events
- Working with NGA’s Event Coordinator and SLT to ensure plans are in place, implemented effectively to budget and events evaluated to ensure member voice is both heard and acted upon
- Oversight of NGA’s webinar and podcast programme, ensuring these engage members and the wider sector on NGA’s policy and practice priorities and messaging
- Contributing to NGA’s policy, information and research work
What we’re looking for in our ideal Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy:
- Experience in public affairs, developing and implementing impactful external affairs strategies
- Experience of influencing public policy and/or parliamentary business
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, or similar ability gained through work experience relevant to the role
- Excellent understanding of local and national government, political and legislative processes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including a proven ability to write confidently and concisely for a variety of audiences
- Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders including members, partners and officials
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and metrics
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, social media and media monitoring tools
Closing date: Wednesday 24 April at 9am
Interview Date: Wednesday 8 May
We will aim to offer alternative dates if shortlisted candidates are unavailable on this date.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
If you feel that you are the right candidate for the role as our Head of Public Affairs and Advocacy or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click ‘apply’ now.We’d love to hear from you.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Salary: £43,306
Location: Manchester - Agile
Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date:11th April 2024
Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.
Our client are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. They are more than just a landlord. They invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.
They have an exciting position available for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer to join them!
They’re looking for someone who can implement an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. You’ll ensure there is a consistent, best practise approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and promote and encourage equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of service delivery, policies and procedures.
What they’re looking for:
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Demonstrable background in an EDI role
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Excellent organisation and planning skills with a strong level of accuracy and attention to detail.
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Possess a high standard of data and information literacy with the ability to research, analyse and present complex information effectively to a range of audiences.
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Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
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A competent user of IT who has good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
Why take up the challenge with our client? They really are a great place to work. They’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, they’re rightly proud of their work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.
If this sounds like you then apply today, they’d love to hear from you!
Our client own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. They have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for their customers and communities. Their role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one their key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things they do to help their customers live happy and fulfilled lives. They put people at the heart of everything they do. They’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure they’re supporting their customers and communities. They focus on improving their communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring their customers have safe homes to live in.
They are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of their roles. They also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and they can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.
Our client strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that they do. They positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
In accordance with the aims of their Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, our client is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that they aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. They will also interview at least one female candidate for all their roles within their trades and facilities teams where they experience an under representation.
Weekly Hours: Monday-Friday, 7.30am-3.30pm
Southall
Are you committed to excellent customer service? Do you take pride in ensuring first class estate cleanliness and maintenance? Do you have the knack of communicating effectively with customers and colleagues? Then Peabody has the perfect opportunity for you.
About Peabody
It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners. Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish. Join us as a Caretaker and play your part in helping us make a positive difference to our residents’ lives.
What you’ll be doing
A Peabody Caretaker is a varied and vital role. From periodic cleaning tasks to carrying out appropriate safety and security checks you’ll keep our serviced estates, blocks and community facilities clean, tidy and graffiti and litter free. Working with colleagues in tackling behaviour that causes nuisance or annoyance to those living or working in our community, you’ll do monthly estate walkabouts to identify any hot spots and look to find solutions. Our Caretakers identify equipment defects, vandalism, graffiti and necessary communal repairs, reporting these to the appropriate colleague or contractor. It’s a responsive and proactive role.
Put simply, if you’ve ever wanted a caretaking job where you make a positive difference to people’s lives, this is it.
What we’re looking for
Are you physically able to carry out moderately strenuous work and able to organise your own workload efficiently with minimal supervision? Are you personable, proactive, professional and able to demonstrate full commitment to exceptional customer care and service in everything you do? If you have basic knowledge of health and safety regulations in relation to estates services and can adopt a one team approach to build excellent working relationships which ensure the delivery of a first-class service, we want to hear from you.
Some relevant experience is essential, as is a basic DBS and the flexibility to deal with out of hours emergencies when required. You should have good literacy and basic numeracy skills. A valid UK driving licence is also essential.
Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody:
- Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)
- Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year
- Family friendly policies
- Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal
- 4 x Life Assurance
- Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1
So, if you want to help make a positive difference to the lives of our residents, here’s your chance. We are waiting to hear from you.
Prospectus is delighted to work with a well-established health and social care organisation to recruit a Senior People Partner responsible for the provision of high-quality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management across the organisation.
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the post holder will facilitate, spearhead, and implement strategic initiatives that promote, foster, and solidify a dynamic yet harmonious workplace where our client’s teams can thrive. The Senior People Partner is responsible for ensuring the contribution of HR expertise to business decision making and developing innovative people solutions to support business plans and strategy. You will act as a change agent, promoting a culture of innovation, inclusivity, continuous learning, and development encompassing all organisational levels. You will also coordinate with the People team during the recruitment process, aiming for excellence and diversity in our client’s healthcare-focused workforce.
We are looking for a pragmatic, commercially focused, all-rounded HR professional with a detailed understanding of change management principles and the ability to demonstrate a successful track record of major organisational change. You will be CIPD qualified or have equivalent experience and sound understanding of relevant employment legislation and the impact of future legislative changes.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information both verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective way to staff and managers at all levels.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
In order to apply, please submit your up-to-date CV. 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.