About Scope

We’re the disability equality charity. We won't stop until we achieve a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. At home. At school. At work. In our communities.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need it most. We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

About the role

Parents Connect is a new and exciting service in Leeds which aims to provide a useful, natural and flexible way for parents or carers of disabled children at or around the point of diagnosis to meet other parents in a similar situation, obtain useful information, develop friendships and support networks that endure as their child grows up.

Parents Connect aims to reduce the social isolation many parents of disabled children tell us they feel, improving their ability to manage and navigate periods of high stress and thereby improving the experiences of disabled children.

You will support the delivery of and deliver workshop/sessions to parents and carers of disabled children. You will also provide the Parents Connect service to parents or carers of disabled children ensuring a smooth customer journey and offer support to families whilst they are in contact with the service.

About you

We are looking for someone who is a parent or a carer of a disabled child or someone who has extensive experience working closely with families of disabled children.  We're also looking for:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to show empathy
• Ability to respond positively to change
• Confidence in dealing with conflicting priorities
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Ability to work flexibly over six days depending on identified local need
• Willingness to travel across Leeds to deliver sessions [car driver preferred]

You'll bring drive and enthusiasm to the role and demonstrate a passion for improving disabled people’s lives.

Depending on the local demand, Parents Connect may need to deliver sessions outside of standard working hours (Monday- Friday 9am-5pm) For example, throughout the week we could deliver:
• One daytime session (10am-12pm)
• One evening session (6pm-8pm)
• One Saturday session (10am-12pm)
Please note this is subject to availability of the parents we are working with. A degree of flexibility is required to ensure delivery and success of the programme.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter outlining your suitability to the role.

Closing date for applications:  18 December 2019.

£42,696 per annum full-time equivalent, pro rata

Part-time, 22.5 hours per week across 3 days

Six month fixed-term contract

Based at Counting House, London Bridge

What the job involves

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Support and Influencing team. As the Future Proofing Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering the Future Proofing Project, which will shape our support services offer to men and their families. With the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer set to rise in the next few years, our support services need to provide the right support and meet demand. You will be responsible for the delivery of this project and be contributing to setting the direction for our future service offer – you will really be making a difference to men’s lives.

What we want from you

You will be a brilliant agile project manager with a passion for helping others and changing lives through service improvement. You will be quick on your feet and able to juggle competing workstreams both internally and externally, as well as being able to communicate confidently and be comfortable presenting your ideas and creative solutions. You’ll also be great at building working relationships with colleagues, as well as work sensitively and tactfully with stakeholders. You will also possess a track record as a project manager in a service delivery setting and have experience in managing service redesign or development projects within a health setting.

Why work for us?

We have a simple ambition – to stop men dying from prostate cancer. Through shifting the science over the next 10 years to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support, we can make prostate cancer a disease the next generation of men need not fear. Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.

The support we’ll provide

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – competitive benefits package, contributory pension scheme, life insurance and a season ticket loan – but much more besides. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

Closing date: Midnight, 15 December 2019.

Interview date: 6 January 2020.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.

Department: Witness Service - National

Interview date: 14th January 2020

Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015.  The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales. Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.

The team

The role you’re applying for is in the Operations directorate and in the Witness Service team.

The Citizens Advice Witness Service provides a vital service offering free and independent support for witnesses in every criminal court across England and Wales.

The role
We are committed to our dedicated volunteers and are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in developing and recruiting volunteers.  

The Team Leader (Volunteer Development) is responsible for volunteer development and engagement within a specific geographical area.  This includes:

• Exploring opportunities to diversify the Witness Service volunteering base
• Developing volunteering opportunities within the Witness Service
• Undertaking effective recruitment activities within defined framework strategies
• Building effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external organisations on a local basis

The role will also support the Team Leaders (Court Services and Outreach) in ensuring resource meets the required service demand.

We are seeking candidates with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and with experience of building effective relationships and creating partnerships with key organisations and other stakeholders to build on the volunteer base. The role also requires knowledge of recruitment and training procedures and will require occasional travel.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.

The Fairtrade Foundation

Job title: Media Officer

Salary: £30,521 per annum

Location: London

Contract/Hours: 35 hours, Full time

Fairtrade Foundation are recruiting for a Media Officer to work within the Media & Communications Team on the development and delivery of media strategies and campaigns.  You will need to build and maintain relationships with print, broadcast and social media, to ensure impactful coverage of Fairtrade and its positive impact for producers. 

The role is a vital and highly visible one within the Foundation. You will join a small high performing team that creates, develops and promotes compelling stories about Fairtrade, as well as a key role in events such as the Fairtrade Fortnight. You will have excellent writing skills, along with experience of working in a busy press office dealing directly with journalists and managing the external media monitoring and press clippings services. You will often be first point of contact for journalist enquiries. You should also have experience of using web content management systems and specialist journalist contact databases. If you have experience of organising events for journalists with the aim of securing media coverage, that’s great, but it’s not essential.

It’s an exciting time to join the Fairtrade Foundation – we have just celebrated 25 years of the FAIRTRADE Mark in the UK. Fairtrade Foundation is a passionate and ambitious development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade. We are best known as the independent, not-for-profit body behind the FAIRTRADE Mark, a product label assuring consumers that their purchase helps disadvantaged farmers and workers in developing countries secure a better deal.

At Fairtrade we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children & vulnerable adults in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work within this environment are recruited to work for us. Therefore for this specific role a basic DBS check will be needed for this role as part of an offer of employment.

Fairtrade is a movement for change that works directly with businesses, consumers and campaigners to make trade deliver for farmers and workers.

Fairtrade is a global movement with a strong and active presence in the UK, represented by the Fairtrade Foundation.

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

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

Closing date: 6 January 2020 10 a.m.

Interviews will take place 20 January 2020

Contract: Permanent

To apply please fill out an application online (CVs will not be accepted) visit the jobs page at

 Job Description

Job Title: Media Officer

Reports to: Senior Media Manager.

Staff Reporting: None, but supervision of volunteers may be required.

Based at: 5.7 The Loom, 14 Gower’s Walk, London, E1 8PY

Salary: £30,521 a year

Level: Grade 7

Date updated: December 2019

Fairtrade is a movement for change that works directly with businesses, consumers and campaigners to make trade deliver for farmers and workers.

Fairtrade is a global movement with a strong and active presence in the UK, represented by the Fairtrade Foundation.

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

The Fairtrade Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation that focuses on four key areas of work in the UK:

• We partner with businesses to certify their supply chains according to Fairtrade’s independent, producer/worker focused standards, and to enable increased investment in producer and worker led development plans. This includes licensing the use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products.
• We grow demand for Fairtrade products by connecting producers and workers with retailers and branded businesses in the UK, and helping to strengthen supply chain relationships that are fairer and more equitable. 
• We work with commercial and donor partners to develop programmes and services that support producers and workers to achieve their development goals. 
• We campaign to raise awareness of the need for Fairtrade amongst the public and with policy makers, supporting the grassroots Fairtrade movement to call for fairer trade.

The hundreds of Fairtrade Towns, Faith Groups, Schools and Universities and committed supporters are vital in helping us realise our vision of fair trade.

In the UK, the Fairtrade Foundation employs around one hundred staff across Commercial, Public Engagement and Impact Directorates, and in Finance, IT & Data, Facilities & HR teams.

Background

Public Engagement

The Public Engagement Directorate inspires and enables public supporters of Fairtrade to take action, either individually or in their communities through a diverse range of channels and campaigns.  We aim to make public support for Fairtrade as strong and wide ranging as we can. The Media and Communications unit is key to achieving this goal and to ensure people are aware of the difference Fairtrade makes to the lives of farmers and workers around the globe.

What we are looking for?

It’s an exciting time to join Fairtrade – We’re in the fourth year of our 2016-2020 Strategy – Fairtrade Can, I Can – Changing Trade, Changing Lives which is an ambitious global response to a changing world. Our new strategy presents the opportunity for us all to work together in new ways, to drive even more impact, galvanise pubic support and action to tackle the urgent challenges farmers and workers face by continuing to drive an effective and inspiring organisation and system.

We have just celebrated 25 years of the FAIRTRADE Mark in the UK. Fairtrade Foundation is a passionate and ambitious development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade. We are best known as the independent, not-for-profit body behind the FAIRTRADE Mark, a product label assuring consumers that their purchase helps disadvantaged farmers and workers in developing countries secure a better deal.

The role is a vital and highly visible one within the Foundation. You will join a small high performing team that delivers and promotes compelling stories about Fairtrade, as well as a key role in events such as the Fairtrade Fortnight. You will have excellent writing skills, along with experience of working in a busy press office dealing directly with journalists and managing the external media monitoring and press clippings services. You will often be first point of contact for journalist enquiries and would therefore best suit a naturally confident and who is comfortable communicating at all levels and has the ability to easily build efficient and effective working relationships. You should also have experience of using web content management systems and specialist journalist contact databases. If you are a talented and ambitious Media or Press Officer, with experience mentioned you will be a great fit. If you also have experience of organising events for journalists with the aim of securing media coverage, that’s great, but it’s not essential.

The Role Profile

The post holder will work with the Media & Communications Team on the development and delivery of media and communications strategies and campaigns, and in building and maintaining relationships with print, broadcast and social media, to ensure impactful coverage of Fairtrade and its positive impact for producers. The role engages the public through effective dissemination of Fairtrade news, PR campaigns, impact stories and content, building relationships with journalists, bloggers and media outlets and managing overall media monitoring and office systems.

Key Tasks

1. Acts as a first point of contact for general press enquiries, as well as meeting and greeting journalists at various events internally and externally.Is responsible for handling requests from journalists for facts and figures, photographs and images, footage, product samples, logging and overseeing sample and footage stocks.
2. Sets up media interviews, providing relevant briefings, information and logistical support for spokespeople to ensure they are well prepared.
3. Works with Media & Communications Team to set up media training for Fairtrade Foundation spokespeople.Develops digital press relations, working with the digital team to create innovative content and news stories to place on Foundation website and elsewhere.
4. Drafts responses to media queries and questions on and offline, working with senior media managers to develop key messages and quotes.
5. Drafts press releases and sells in stories to relevant media lists, and disseminates relevant content into our social networks, drawing these to the attention of relevant journalists, bloggers and agreed audiences.Works up ideas for new media campaigns and innovative ways to target the press, and manage delivery of agreed elements of any campaigns, especially ensuring delivery of media coverage in regional, educational, faith-based and community press outlets.
6. Develops and manages the organisation of media events, e.g. press launches, webinars and online chats, press conferences, press or blogger outreach days, PR stunts.
7. Ensures the smooth running of the Foundation’s media office, including up-to-date lists of journalist and blogger contacts and mailing lists, media calendar of activity across all channels (both traditional and digital), running files, on-call rota systems, daily news review processes etc.Works closely with digital colleagues on the Foundation’s digital and social media systems, including Facebook, Twitter feeds, Instagram and other social media accounts, developing engaging content, stimulating and managing conversations and responses. Ensures effective content management of virtual press office on the Foundation’s website including news and partners news pages, online press packs.
8. Contribute into media, digital and marketing communications planning & editorial calendars to ensure clear management of stories and content across relevant channels.
9. Manages schedules and content for the Foundation’s news blog, working with the managers in the team to commission and edit pieces from colleagues and external guest bloggers, conduct interviews, write fresh content.  Ensures the blog responds to news stories with relevant commentary, and drives wider dissemination from our blog into Fairtrade’s stakeholder e-news, mainstream online news, social media and commentary channels.Manages the monitoring, dissemination and evaluation of media coverage
   • disseminates daily / weekly news summaries
   • ensures all press clippings are logged and filed
   • manages the relationship with external press clippings service
   • ensures audio and visual recordings of broadcast coverage
   • ensures up to date media coverage is displayed in relevant places
10. Supports the team in the preparation of overseas press visits, including logistical travel arrangements, preparation of briefings and press packs, liaison with other parties on the trip etc.
11. Recruits and manages volunteers or interns to support the delivery of media activities and events, and in the day to day running of the media office

Review Arrangements

The details contained in the Job Description reflect the content of the job at the date the job description was prepared.  It should be remembered, however, that it is inevitable that over time the nature of individual jobs will change; existing duties may be lost and other duties may be gained without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed.  Consequently, the Fairtrade Foundation will expect to revise this job description from time to time and will consult with the post holder at the appropriate time.

Person Specification

Job Title: Media Officer

Education/ Training

A solid educational background, preferably to degree level, or comparable work experience (E)

Experience

Experience of working in a busy press office and dealing directly with journalists (E)

Experience of drafting and disseminating press releases in a relevant sector (eg charity/not-for-profit, international development or FMCG)  (E)

A successful track record in developing and using digital media channels and social media in order to amplify and disseminate press coverage (E)

Experience of managing administrative systems and acting as the first point of contact for a media team or similar organisation (E)

Previous experience of using specialist journalist contact databases and previous experience of dealing with external media monitoring  and press clippings services (E)

Previous experience of, and familiarity with using Web content management systems (CMS) (E)

Experience of media and social media monitoring and analysis, including use of Google analytics, and tools to measure audience reach, value, sentiment and engagement (E)

Experience of organisation of events with the aim of securing media coverage, and events for journalists (D)

Knowledge/ Technical Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills (E)
• Excellent attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy (E)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and successful team working and the ability to deal confidently with internal and external stakeholders (E)
• Excellent IT skills including MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and use of content management systems (CMS) for web publishing (E)
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise a busy workload (E)
• Willingness to take part in out of hours duty rota (E).

Competencies/

behaviours

• Passionate Commitment - having passion, dedication and proactively showing support for the work of the Foundation.  Contributing to a positive internal atmosphere and external perception of the Foundation.
• Embracing Change - flexibility and responsiveness to changing needs.  It is about innovating, doing something new or differently.  It also involves welcoming creative ideas and solutions.
• Working with Integrity - using a principled approach for every decision and action. Choosing to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
• Leadership - taking a leadership role regardless of your rank within the hierarchy.  It involves acting with the Foundation’s vision in mind, being decisive and working for the good of the entire organisation and its mission.
• Teamwork - working in a way which acknowledges the interdependence of people in your team and other teams.  It is also about effective cross-team project working.
• Positive relationships - fostering and maintaining constructive and professional relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.

Delivering results - achieving a high quantity of measurable results whilst maintaining, or even raising, quality of work.

• Managing resources responsibly - managing the Foundation’s resources well.  It involves negotiating best value for the Foundation and ensuring the longevity of the organisation.
• Information and Knowledge management - working in a way that values the gathering, management and sharing of information (facts and data) and knowledge (understanding gained through experience) of benefit to the Foundation.

Organisational Commitment

• Knowledge of and commitment to Fairtrade, our values and development issues (E)
• We want everyone to be ambassadors for the organisation and encourage staff & volunteers to speak at events which on occasion might be during evenings and weekends (E)
• Commitment to our values: Action, Integrity, Respect, Challenge and Optimism (E)
• At Fairtrade we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children & vulnerable adults in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work within this environment are recruited to work for us (E)

* E = Essential D = Desirable

We seek a positive, creative and determined individual to lead our Trusts & Foundations fundraising. You will be joining an ambitious, award-winning charity at an exciting time and play a vital part in delivering our mission to transform lives through cycling.

The Fundraising Officer will bring in grants to grow two key areas of our work:

1)  Our Inclusive Cycling Projects:

• Silver Cyclists enables older people to keep active and healthy as they age
• Bike Generation uses cycling and bikes to help young people in disadvantaged inner-city communities get active and broaden their horizons.
• Bike Minded helps people affected by mental health issues improve their wellbeing
• Two’s Company helps blind & visually-impaired people cycle on the back of tandems:

“Before I got involved, I had fallen into the trap many blind people get into: I had let my disability become a barrier to me enjoying life. It has been empowering to meet other people, visually impaired and sighted, in a social environment. Two’s Company has been the gateway for me to enter a better life after sight loss” - Steve, tandem ‘back rider’

2)  Our Bike Recycling initiatives: 

We divert broken bicycles from landfill and teach prisoners the skills to fix them. Prisoners get out of their cells and qualify as City & Guilds accredited cycle mechanics, fixed bikes are sold to local people at affordable prices to tackle transport poverty. This work won:

• Best Bike Recycling Project Energy Innovator Awards 2019
• Prison Reform Trust Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Re-integration 2017
• National Lottery Awards, Finalist 2016

Watch a 3-minute video: https://youtu.be/NVF8cRCKnMk

Life Cycle UK has tripled in size in the past 8-years and will help 9,000 people in 2019-20. We have a diverse income mix: ~35% is from grants & donations ~35% from contracts and ~30% from fees/sales. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to take our Trusts & Foundations fundraising to the next level, based at our head office in Bristol.

TO APPLY: download a job pack from our website 

DEADLINE: 9am, Monday 6th January 2020

INTERVIEW DATE: You must be available for interview on Thursday 9th January 2020, in Bristol 

Income Accountant

£36,000-£40,000pa

London

The Income Accountant ensures that Comic Relief’s income is accurately recorded and tracked and that the investment portfolio is accounted for correctly.  

Key responsibilities:

· Ensure all income due to Comic Relief is accurately recorded in the finance system including donations, royalties, licensing fees, contributions to operating costs, grant income, Gift Aid and interest on investments.

· Ensure all income balance sheet accounts including bank accounts and current asset investment accounts are reconciled.

· Track all income receivable to ensure requests for settlement are made on a timely basis and chase unpaid income with appropriate teams.

· Maintain day to day oversight of Comic Relief’s investment portfolio, ensuring accounting entries have been correctly recorded and the portfolio remains in line with the Investment Policy.

· Support the Gift Aid claim process.

· Oversee the social investment loans ensuring interest and capital charges are invoiced in accordance with the contract terms.

· Liaise with Campaign teams and wider business to manage payment methods for receipt of income and advise on VAT treatment for income where necessary.

· Support year-end audit process.

· Line manage and support the Income Finance Assistant and Officer.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

· Part qualified accountant.

· Experience of using finance systems (Great Plains is desirable).

· Knowledge of Charities SORP.

· Experience of line management or supervising junior staff.

· Analytical thinker with the ability to see the bigger picture and make appropriate and effective decisions.

· Confident communicator that understands and relishes cross-functional / collaborative working.

· Strong manager with excellent planning, flexibility and resilience to navigate the unexpected.

· A fun, positive and engaged professional that demonstrates high proactivity.

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 18th Dec 2019 GMT (Europe/London)

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people

Peer Support Worker
NJC Scale Points 7-11, starting at £19,554 pa/pro-rata
16 hours per week
South Yorkshire

This role is fixed term for 12 months, with a possible extension to funding

You will complement the work of the newly launched South Yorkshire Liaison and Diversion service, providing practical and emotional support to service users who have come into contact with the criminal justice system, with support needs around mental health, learning disability and/or substance use. You will work with a caseload of service users, in the community and at court, recording all interactions with service users in line with Liaison and Diversion procedure and liaising with L&D staff around their support. 

You will need to have lived experience of offending and one of the vulnerabilities listed above, as well as accessing support services. You will have experience of giving and/or receiving peer support and will be able to demonstrate how you manage your recovery and what you are currently doing with your time to being able to step up into full time employment. The successful candidates will need to have strong communication skills and the ability to positively engage with a wide range of service users, colleagues, and other professionals.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of a new service working in partnership with the NHS. Peer Support workers will receive a robust package of support and supervision to enable them to manage their workload and promote their wellbeing.

CLOSING DATE: 29 December 2019

Interviews will be held on 9 January 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website to download the application form/information pack and other relevant documents.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. 

Touchstone is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.

No agencies please.

The Role

We are currently looking to appoint a Recruitment Advisor to lead recruitment for our pioneering and nationally-ranking school-centred initial teacher training programme (SCITT).  The person appointed to this new role will be responsible for the end-to end recruitment of trainees, ensuring that our recruitment is professional, engaging, efficient and cost-effective and we are recruiting individuals of the highest-possible calibre to join our various training programmes.

As a SCITT, we are currently in the process of expansion, with a particular focus on our ‘Future Teach Scholarship’ route (our training pathway for candidates demonstrating high levels of academic success and strong teaching potential). The Recruitment Advisor will play an integral role in this expansion and in our continued success. Working in partnership with key stakeholders, they will develop innovative and creative recruitment and brand-building strategies, promoting our programmes through various channels and acting as a brand ambassador at careers fairs and events. They will also continually work towards enhancing and improving our applications, selection and on-boarding processes.

The Organisation

The Pimlico-London SCITT is a member of Future Academies, a multi-academy trust (MAT) and family of nine schools in London and Hertfordshire. As a MAT working predominantly with schools located in disadvantaged areas, our motto, libertas per cultum (freedom through education), is always at the heart of what we do. We believe that all young people, regardless of their background or circumstances, are able to achieve, given the right support. Therefore, we are committed to providing each and every young person under our care with a broad, balanced and rigorous education, within a disciplined but caring environment.

The Pimlico-London SCITT was founded in 2013, with the aim of recruiting and training the next generation of outstanding teachers. We offer an academically rigorous and school-led ITT programme, balancing classroom know-how and experience with academic excellence and PGCE study. We are very proud of our excellent outcomes for our trainee teachers: to date, we have been judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, and have been ranked the third best SCITT in the country (the first in London) by the Good Teacher Training Guide 2017.

Our Ideal Candidate

We are seeking a creative, passionate and highly organised recruitment professional to join us in this exciting position. To be successful in this role you will require:

• Experience of developing and implementing recruitment strategies and managing end-to-end campaigns.
• Experience of graduate recruitment, ideally within the fields of recruitment for SCITT, PGCE or other teacher training routes.
• A flexible and ‘can do’ approach to work.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to work across a diverse partnership of schools.
• A commitment to extensive CPD opportunities.
• A free lunch when working from our central office in Pimlico.
• Access to a range of benefits through our employee benefit scheme, Perkbox.
• The exciting potential to have a positive impact upon the lives of children and young people across our MAT.

For further information about Future Academies and its schools please check our website.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please download the support staff application form from our website and return the completed form by 11am on Monday 6th January 2020.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Future Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

At Depaul UK we currently have an exciting opportunity for two motivated and enthusiastic Outreach Workers to come and join our Whitley Bay team. You will join us on a full-time basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £20,859 per annum + pension & other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that: prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within.

In return as our Outreach Worker, you'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Outreach Worker role:

You will support our work with Outreach support for young people at risk based in North Tyneside. You will have a vital role to play in helping us achieve our mission of offering homeless and disadvantaged people the opportunity to fulfil their potential and move towards an independent and positive future.

What makes this role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

- Access to a total rewards package including a health plan and generous pension contributions

What will ideally support your success in the Outreach Worker role?

- Experience of working with the client group and an understanding of their needs, poor mental health and substance use

- A knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments and Support Planning

- An understanding and commitment to working in an assets based way

- High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries

Closing date – We will be reviewing and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis, so advise you submit your application as soon as possible. We will close the vacancy should we receive sufficient applications.

 Final deadline date: Sunday 15th December at 23:59

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Outreach Worker then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Title: NightLight Team Leader (Crisis Cafés)
Salary Grade: £25,000 per annum incl. Outer London Weighting (OLW)
Responsible to: Services Manager (Nightlight)
No. of Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Main Base/s: Watford (expectation of working throughout Hertfordshire)

The key purpose of this post is to be responsible for the provision of the NightLight Mental Health Crisis Service, alongside the management and support of staff.

Key Responsibilities

• To set up, develop and lead Crisis Cafés within the NightLight Mental Health Crisis Service.
• To play an integral role in instilling HMN’s values through the NightLight Mental Health Crisis Service.
• To play a key part in the development and delivery of quality crisis support services.
• To provide consistent and clear line management and leadership to a diverse team.
• To work with the Services Manager and Head of Operations to generate new crisis support services in line with identified need.
• Ensure the delivery of quality services and be able to identify gaps in provision to inform future developments.

Service Objectives 
The objectives of Hertfordshire Mind Network’s NightLight Mental Health Crisis Service are:

• To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health crisis in Hertfordshire.
• To increase early access to help for people experiencing mental health crisis in Hertfordshire, by providing a clear and effective pathway to services provided by Herts Mind Network and other third sector and statutory providers.
• To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
• To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
• To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis.
• To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 23rd December 2019 by 5pm.
We will close the advert prior to this date if we receive sufficient applications.
Interview to take place week commencing 6th January 2020.

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 the Herts Mind Network website where you can complete your application for this position.

An approved Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

Hertfordshire Mind Network is an Equal Opportunity and Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

Finance Business Analyst

Location: London or Chesterfield
Hours: full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £37,500 (London)  - £33,750 (Chesterfield) pa + Benefits
Contract type: fixed term, 12 months
Closing date: by midnight 3 January 2020

Download the job description and person specification available from our website.

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and skilled business analyst to take a role in capturing our business data requirements and solving complex business problems with particular focus on financial processes. You will contribute to a range of matrix management projects and will enable large-scale business improvement, which will ultimately be turned into impactive technological data solutions by the wider team.

About the role

This role is being established during a period of accelerated change and is a challenging but exciting opportunity to be involved in high impact business transformation in the charity.  This is an opportunity to join our Finance and Corporate Services Directorate; it is however a cross-directorate enabling role. You will work to ensure outcomes are aligned with our vision and business strategy by contributing to the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture.  Acting as a critical friend to a range of specialist business realms you will constructively challenge to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose. You will facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs.

Key requirements

Your skills and experience will include:

· Strong skills in analysis, visualisation, articulation and solving complex business problems and concepts. 

· Knowledge and ability to identify and pinpoint business opportunities along with skills to look for new ways of tackling business processes or to establish new services from scratch.

· Prioritisation setting skills and orderly management of improvements and efficiencies.

· Skilled in developing and maintaining relationships with and between stakeholders.

· Experience in recognising the potential for automation of processes, determining costs and benefits of new approaches and managing change or assisting implementation where needed.

· Knowledge of agile methodology and how to apply the agile mindset to all aspects of their work. Experience of working in a fast paced, evolving environment. 

· Experience of working within prescribed governance arrangements and utilising strong reporting skills.

· Strong organisational skills including the ability to balance and independently manage workload that includes multiple concurrent priorities.

· Strong commitment to high standards of service delivery and customer care.

How to apply

To apply you MUST submit:

1. a concise, up-to-date CV

2. along with a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification available from our website.

3. Please include where you’ve seen this role advertised

Email your completed application by 3 January 2020 following instructions on our website.

Interviews

First interviews expected: week commencing 9 January 2020 at our Chesterfield offices

About us

Arthritis causes pain, fatigue and isolation for 17.8 million people in the UK every single day. It can impact on the ability to work, our relationships and take away our independence. We don’t accept this.

We are Versus Arthritis. We are volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers and friends, all doing everything we can to push back against arthritis. We’re reaching out to everybody with the information and support they need, funding vital research and changing the way society sees arthritis. Together we’ll keep running, researching, influencing, volunteering, advising, chatting, baking, listening.  We won’t stop until no-one has to tolerate living with the pain, fatigue and isolation of arthritis. 

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us defy arthritis.

Read more about what we do, working for us and what we offer.

Promoting Equality in the workplace

Versus Arthritis is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156

Trust Fundraising Officer

Romford, East London/Essex

About LUPUS UK

LUPUS UK is the only registered national charity supporting people affected by the autoimmune disease lupus and assisting those approaching a diagnosis. Many people know little about lupus but we are providing information, campaigning for greater awareness and understanding, investing in ground-breaking research and funding Specialist Lupus Nurses in hospitals across the UK. We’ll keep fighting until we live in a world where people with lupus can live full and active lives.

About the role

You’ll join LUPUS UK during an exciting time as the charity grows and begins to implement its new 5-year strategy.

You will take the lead in researching and identifying new fundraising opportunities from trusts, foundations and companies, producing high quality, bespoke proposals as well as cultivating fundraising relationships over the long-term.

You will also be able to explore and propose new fundraising opportunities and ideas with the potential to implement them within our small, flexible team.

What we are looking for

• Someone with previous experience of trusts and foundations fundraising and proposal writing, ideally within a medical charity.
• Working knowledge of the principles of trust fundraising, including identification, research, solicitation and stewardship of funders.
• A proven track record of delivering income against agreed targets and timescales.
• Excellent communication and networking skills, able to influence and persuade a wide range of stakeholders and facilitate strong relationships with people inside and outside the charity.
• Someone who is highly organised with a track record of successfully working to deadlines and prioritising tasks.
• Ability to be self-motivated, with a pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Able to display patience, resilience and optimism in the face of periodic pressure.

The closing date for applications is 3rd January 2020. Interviews will take place in our Romford office until 10th January 2020.

We are looking forward to hearing from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a short covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you are right for the role.

Hertfordshire County Council in partnership with 20 organisations from the voluntary and community sector across Hertfordshire have been successful in securing funding from the Big Lottery Building Better Opportunities Fund (BBO).  BBO is the result of the Big Lottery matching funds from the European Social Fund for projects across England that tackle poverty and promote social inclusion.

In Hertfordshire our partnership is delivering three projects across the county that help to address barriers into employment. All projects started in October 2016 and will now run until June 2021  The BBO Project welcomes applications from all members of the community.

STRIVE in Herts

The Support and Transition Routes into Volunteering and Employment (STRIVE) in Herts project provides tailored support taking account of interests and needs to individuals to help them move into sustainable employment, volunteering or education.

Change, Grow, Live (CGL) is currently looking for 2 full time Specialist Mentors. The Specialist Mentor role is wide-ranging and duties vary according to the needs and aspirations of the participant.  The key aim is to support service users to overcome complex barriers, improve employability and enter a sustained education, training or work destination.

The role requires specialist knowledge and experience of working with challenging people and people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD). We will expect post holders to manage their own caseload and plan, deliver and measure interventions to support the participants they work with.

An enhanced DBS check is required.

CGL points 23 to 28 (£22371.82 - £25999.35)

HOUSING SUPPORT WORKER (DOOR STEPS)

Full time and part time positions available

3,4,5 days per week 

Fixed Point SCP11 £21,166 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Fixed Term Contract until 31/12/2020

FLEXIBLE LOCATION, HULME, BURY, COLLYHURST

Essential Car User Allowance if car driver

Caritas are recruiting for a project working to address homelessness in the Greater Manchester area.

This role will be working in community settings and dispersed housing with people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or who are struggling to maintain their current tenancy.  The role also involves general advice and support work at our community centre.

If you have a background in housing work, support work, homeless services or working with adults who are vulnerable, we would like to hear from you.

An ideal candidate will be warm, empathic and resilient, with some understanding of mental health, addiction, poverty and social isolation.

Caritas offers a flexible working environment with space for individual creativity and the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people in our local communities.

Due to the sensitive nature of the posts, offers will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The post holders must be willing to work flexibly.

Caritas offers flexi time and ongoing professional development.

Closing date: Wednesday, 18 December 2019 at 9:00am

Interview: Friday, 3 January 2020

To apply, please visit our website