Through our award-winning Spear programme, we partner with local churches to work unemployed young people and support them to get into work or education. 89% have at least one indicator of disadvantage, and over 75% of program completers are still in work a year later.

Together with The Lighthouse team at Emmaus Road Church, Guildford, we are now recruiting for a Lead Coach to join a new Spear team opening in Guildford or Woking.

This exciting role as a Lead Coach will involve delivering training in life and career skills, and overseeing and taking responsibility for the recruitment of students to the programme. The successful applicant will be provided with professional training in leadership, personal development and coaching.

We are looking for someone with great people skills, a highly developed emotional intelligence and an enthusiastic and proactive temperament. Previous experience in training or coaching is preferred, and a confidence in leading and motivating groups is essential. Ideally, applicants would have been in work for a minimum of 2 years.

If you have a heart for transforming urban communities and seeing the direction of young people’s lives radically changed, this opportunity may be for you.

The programme is run in partnership with our partner churches and the role will require that the successful applicant attends the partner church. For more information on where roles are available and the partner churches these are based at, please get in touch with our People & Culture team.

In 2016 we were listed as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in the ‘Great Place to Work’ Awards. In 2017 we won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply.

About us

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help homeless people transform their lives.

Crisis is currently recruiting for a Progression Coach in South Yorkshire, working on an outreach basis, to offer high quality information, advice and guidance to support Crisis Skylight Members out of homelessness.

About the role

As a Progression Coach, you will provide high quality coaching, information, advice, guidance and appropriate support to members by providing a safe, welcoming, supportive and non-judgmental environment for members to progress.

About you

As the ideal candidate you will be experienced in engaging and working with vulnerable and hard to reach people. You will need to advocate effectively and maintain appropriate professional boundaries. You will have demonstrable experience of working within a coaching model of service delivery. You will be creative, working around constraints and challenges in an innovative way, utilising your exceptional decision-making skills.

Benefits

As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
· 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team.

Closing date: Sunday, 23 August 2020 (11.59pm)
Interview date: Tuesday, 8 September 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Street League work with young people, progressing them into employment, education and training by engaging them through football, fitness, dance fitness and rugby. We specialise in helping our participants (16-24 years’ olds from disadvantaged areas) progress from our unique sport/fitness and education programmes into sustainable employment, education and training.

We are a growing organisation and currently operate across the UK in 14 regions, including Greater London, North West of England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and extensively across Scotland.

We are recruiting a Youth & Community Sports Coach in London. The Youth & Community Coach works in partnership with Progressions Coordinators in delivering and administering Street League’s core programmes in their specific local area. You will be required to deliver football sessions and to deliver a sports-related qualification on the Street League Academy. You will also be responsible for carrying out outreach for sessions and to recruit and sustain participants on the Academy to ensure delivery targets are met. 

Minimum requirements are FA Level 2 or above (or similar), experience in coaching preferably with young people aged 16-24 and an understanding of the Street League client group.

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure Check.

Street League is an equal opportunities employer.

Learning Coach 
Birmingham, West Midlands 

About Us

ACH (Ashley Community Housing) is a social enterprise that provides a range of integration and support services for refugees. During the past ten years, we’ve grown from a small-scale housing organisation to a leading provider of integration, employment and housing services for refugees and newly arrived communities in the UK.

Through our training subsidiary, Himilo Training, we are successfully expanding our services to deliver training, development and employment opportunities to the broader communities in which we operate. 

We’re currently looking for a Learning Coach to join us in Birmingham and support individuals who are taking part in our digital skills training. 

The Benefits

- Salary of £20,000 - £24,000 per annum 
- Mobile phone and laptop
- Free parking
- Paid company sick leave
- Company pension after probation period
- 20 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays

If you’re a qualified assessor with expertise in digital marketing, programming or cyber security, this is an amazing opportunity to make a real impact on learners who are eager to realise their full potential. 

For many, reaching their career goals can be a daunting task, particularly if they are part of a newly arrived community in the UK. In this important role, you will have the chance to provide the guidance, support and encouragement that our learners need to think big, gain valuable skills and achieve their ambitions. 

The Role

As a Learning Coach, you’ll provide support and mentoring to individuals taking our online digital skills training course. 

Working closely with the Employment Engagement Officer, you’ll encourage independent learning, promote long-term career independence and support course participants in their path to employment. 

Specifically, you will:

- Help to identify participants’ goals, challenges, strengths and development areas 
- Carry out weekly progress reviews with participants 
- Foster an empathetic, inspiring and aspirational learning environment 
- Help participants to gain skills that will help them to pursue their chosen career, such as improving their English language skills 
- Work with colleagues to promote our service and engage new participants 
- Ensure that all service quality standards are met 

About You 

To join us as a Learning Coach, you will need: 

- At least 12 months’ experience as an assessor 
- Experience in digital marketing, programming or cyber security 
- Demonstrable experience of supporting people with training and career progression 
- A high level of IT literacy 
- A TAQA or equivalent assessor qualification 
- A degree (or equivalent) 

Ideally, you will have experience of working with non-English speakers. Experience of using CRM systems such as Salesforce would also be an advantage, as would a full driving licence, access to your own vehicle and the willingness to travel. 

Other organisations may call this role Assessor, Digital Skills Assessor, Qualified Assessor, Digital Skills Teacher, Employment Skills Teacher, Digital Marketing Tutor, Cyber Security Tutor, Programming Tutor, or Employment and Careers Advisor.

Webrecruit, ACH (Ashley Community Housing) and Himilo Training are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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

We are looking for an Employment & Development Coach for our thriving small charity helping adults with enduring mental health difficulties. The coach encourages service users into employment, training, education, volunteering and new activities to boost confidence and self-esteem, using a goal-oriented approach.  

This role is 8 hours per week over 2 or 3 days (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday). The post is fixed for 5 years, with 3 years remaining. 

Salary £21,000 - £23,000 FTE depending on experience (Pro rata £4,800 - £5,250), with option to include pension.  

You will have previous experience in more than one of these areas: mental health; working with vulnerable people, coaching, working in the charity sector or mentoring.  Good local knowledge would be an advantage.  

We seek a highly motivated, well organised multi-tasker who is able to take ownership to deliver positive outcomes, work with a range of strategies, as part of a team, and with a caring, confident approach.  

Campaign Coach – My World My Home

Contract: Fixed Term Contract ending 31st July 2021           

Location: Cardiff (or home working from South Wales considered)

Are you a grassroots organiser and trainer with experience of working with young people and a demonstrable commitment to environmental justice? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled organiser with experience working with young people to join the staff team as our South Wales and Bristol Campaign Coach. You’ll use your knowledge of working on environmental campaigns, and your experience in effective grassroots community organising to deliver high quality structured training, coaching and support to young people to develop their environmental leadership through carrying out a campaign that they chose, design and deliver.

You will be joining the project in the final year of the five years of funding. This means you will be working with the rest of the team to reflect and learn from the project in its current form and create a legacy for My World My Home.

Closing date: Monday 24th August 2020 (23:59)

Interview date: Thursday 3rd September 2020

For further information, please visit our website.

Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning, and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in the environment movement, including BAME, disabled and LGBTQI+ people. We particularly welcome applications from those who have experience of further Education colleges in South Wales.

 Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

We are now recruiting for a Graduate Coach to join a new Spear team in Guildford or Woking on our Graduate Coach Training Programme starting in August/October 2020 - a paid, dynamic, one year opportunity to develop coaching and leadership skills, and at the same time have an impact on the local community.

Join our experienced and passionate team of Coaches who work together to equip and empower unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome disadvantage and move into sustainable work or further education.

You will receive intensive leadership and management training delivered by our professional Coaches and build coaching skills through working on the front line with vulnerable young people, and at the same time be part of the church team and developed in Christian leadership. 

The Spear programme is run in partnership with local churches, giving you the opportunity to be part of a thriving church team as well as receiving outstanding coaching support from Resurgo. You will be employed by the church, and a level of church commitment is therefore required.

This opportunity is well suited to someone with a vision for engaging in social impact, looking to develop your career in the charity sector, or looking for a career change. 

In 2017 Resurgo won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply.

Casual work contract • Zero hour contract

Hours – dependant on assignment (various)

Bromley Mencap is an award winning local charity providing a wide range of services, activities and support for disabled people of all ages, their carers and families in the London Borough of Bromley.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our supported employment service. We are looking to recruit job coaches to support and coach people with learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities who are in employment or training and help them to achieve sustainability within their chosen role.  

You will play a key role in facilitating each individual’s achievement through one to one work and ensuring relationships are built with employers. You will be required to negotiate and agree reasonable adjustments with employers on behalf of our clients.

The employment support is at various settings throughout Bromley, Bexley, South East and Central London.

Application packs with full job specifications are available on our website via the apply button.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This new role will provide support at the point of, and for time-limited period after, moving from hotels and emergency temporary accommodation provided for former rough sleepers during the recent Covid-19 crisis. The support offered will include practical tasks associated with setting up accommodation, information, advice and guidance, referrals to sources of specialist longer term support, and psychologically informed support to build motivation and confidence that will enhance the likelihood of a successful transition and sustainment of tenancy.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have/be:
 - Demonstrable track record of successfully using coaching, IAG or psychologically informed approaches with people who have experienced homelessness, social exclusion or similar disadvantage.
 - Knowledge of the issues affecting homeless people and knowledge of the relevant housing and homelessness legislation that influence prevention and ending homelessness, welfare benefits, and access and entitlements to specialist support services, health and social careAbility to develop person centred housing plans based on a thorough assessment of individual needs and strengths.
 - Ability to review and appraise the ongoing development of members and use this information to develop learning/ progression plans.
 - Excellent at networking and securing access to appropriate specialist support services for members, with the ability to advocate for our members wherever necessary

We are looking for this post to start as soon as possible.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
· 25 days' annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. Please address points 1-4 only from the Person Specification in your supporting statement. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2020 (23:59)

Interviews will take place on Friday 21st August 2020

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

We are actively recruiting for an Interim Transition Manager, with Organisational Development and culture change experience for a 6 month FTC. Working remotely, you will be helping this client achieve a complex re-organisation, helping to push through operational objectives. Project management skills are key, but most importantly you will have a deep understanding of coaching stakeholders through change positively.

Initial fixed term (12 months)

We’re looking for a talented facilitator and learning designer to help develop our 1400+ people.

We want to deliver learning at scale differently, making the most new approaches, digital technologies and the existing talent and skills we have within the organisation. 

As Learning Lead, you’ll apply your facilitation skills, creative thinking and appetite for trying new approaches within a large substance use and mental health charity. We are especially looking for someone with skills and experience in delivering remotely, and using digital tools to meet learning aims. 

You’ll work with a range of staff - from front line delivery staff in services to senior managers. You’ll develop and design learning content, materials and resources to help improve outcomes, using a range of approaches. 

You’ll work in a small team of skilled professionals based across the UK. This role may involve travel across the UK, but we are increasingly facilitating training sessions online.

What we’re looking for

• You’ll have the ability to design and deliver learning for a range of audiences, and in a variety of formats such as workshops, events, online, mentoring schemes and peer learning. 
• You’ll have the ability to take complex ideas and processes and make them simple to understand.
• You’ll have a structured approach to developing learning, and start with an understanding of people’s needs. 
• You’ll take a coaching approach to working with people.  You’ll have a collaborative approach to solving problems, and be used to facilitating and working with multiple stakeholders to design solutions. 
• You’ll be digitally savvy and have an interest in developing technologies. 
• You’ll have a passion for learning and in thinking about how to develop people at scale.

Salary

£32,039

Benefits of working with us

• 28 days holiday plus a bank holiday allowance (pro rata for part time staff)
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Death in service benefit scheme
• Flexible working patterns to help with work life balance
• Training and development opportunities
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Further information

Interviews will be held via Google Meet on 3rd September.

Information about us and our recruitment processes

We are an equal opportunities employer and have committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work. Although we welcome applications from all sections of the community we are only able to employ those who have the legal right to work in the UK.

We particularly welcome applications from black and ethnic minority candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce.

We want to safeguard and protect the children, young people and adults we work with. Our rigorous selection process applies to all applicants to support this aim.  If you are applying for a role which involves regulated activity you will need to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred Lists) check (if in England) or become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme (if in Scotland). We will also seek references as part of the selection process for this role, including from your current or most

About Citizens Advice

Last year, Citizens Advice helped 2.6 million people face-to-face, by phone, email and webchat, and we received 25 million visits to our digital advice content. We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives. We look for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Service Designer to join our service design team working on services that deliver support to people and communities across the country. You’ll work in multi-disciplinary teams, leading the service design process, ensuring our approach is appropriate and user-centered and our services inclusive and impactful. As a senior service designer, you'll contribute to the growth of our service design practice and play a key role in the support and development of other designers. 

You’ll be:

• working to understand what our users need and the strategic direction of our services 
• generating service concepts and propositions that build strong cases for commissioning
• planning and facilitating co-design workshops that engage a range of people in the design process 
• actively prototyping and testing design ideas​​​​​​ supporting colleagues take a design-led approach 
• Developing and coaching designers, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the service design team 

You’ll need extensive and practical experience applying the service design process in a complex and iterative environment.

We’re interested in people who can see the bigger picture able to work strategically, and lead the design of projects with confidence and empathy. 

Diversity + Incusion

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates. 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 profiles.

Interviews:

Online Interviews are planned to take place on 27th + 28th August. 

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Did you know that more than 7% of the working age population of England can barely read at all?

Read Easy UK is a rapidly growing national charity that provides one-to-one volunteer reading coaches for adults who struggle with reading. This service is provided through an expanding network of locally-run volunteer Read Easy groups in various parts of the country, which are set up and supported by Read Easy UK. The charity operates from a small head office in north Gloucestershire. More information about the work of Read Easy can be found on our website.

The role

Read Easy UK is at an exciting stage of development and this new post has been created to strengthen the charity’s infrastructure as it expands. The role will be varied and challenging as you will have responsibility for all administrative and financial matters, including policy, risk management, budgeting and bookkeeping, human resources and document development.

The role of Head of Administration and Finance will form part of Read Easy UK’s small, but dynamic Management Team. You will report to the Chief Executive and work alongside the Head of Operations and Head of Fundraising & PR, helping to ensure that the charity runs efficiently and sustainably and is able to meet the goals of its ambitious new Ten Year Strategic Plan. Our culture is friendly, focused, mature and hard-working.  

For more information, please download the role profile.

Salary: £32,000 to £34,000 per annum, depending on experience, pro rata for 3-4 days per week. (This is the full time equivalent salary; the part-time salary will be calculated pro rata.)

Benefits: 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) pro rata. Pension scheme available.

Please click on the Apply Now button and email your CV with a covering letter, laying out in detail how your skills and experience meet the above criteria. Please note that applicants who do not provide this detailed covering letter will not be considered.