Salary: £28,000 to £30,000 pro-rata

22.5 hours per week (3 days)

London Region

A new and exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about supporting St Christopher’s commitment to ensuring fairness and equality runs through every aspect of our Charity.

We have a great opportunity for you to join our team as our new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisor.   You will be part of a dedicated, professional and highly committed People Operations team.

You will be a key player in supporting St Christopher’s to develop, implement and track progress against the Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategic activities.  Ensuring compliance with our legal and organisational obligations in a transparent manner and supporting our Senior Management team to drive St Christopher’s ambition as a place where people can be free to be themselves no matter their identity or background.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.  We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do.  We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal opportunity employer and keen to develop an inclusive workforce were people feel they belong.  We hope to attract application from under- represented groups including people from different cultures, nationalities, socio economic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religion, faith, sex, orientation, child care responsibilities and with gender diverse identities.

Key Aspects of the Role

• To redesign our EDI strategy into a user-friendly document appropriate for a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Champion an inclusive and diverse workforce throughout St Christopher’s work processes, promoting a fair and equitable culture.
• Raise awareness of equality issues and support promoting necessary change including quality assurances with all our external suppliers, contractors and partners.
• Work closely with our Communications Manager to ensure the EDI language is culturally appropriate and aligned to St Christopher’s core values and to deliver the annual EDI event and activities calendar.
• Build effective and co-operative relationships with our staff network groups, providing administrative support, note taking and following up on agreed actions.
• Monitor, measure and reporting on the EDI impact through regular pulse check questionnaires, bi-annual employee survey.
• Identify any disadvantage to underrepresented groups and work with the People Operations Manager and People Advisor on any new policies to ensure that EDI is kept to the fore at all times.

Applicants should have

• High standard of both written and verbal communication
• Excellent attention to detail, analysis and review
• Ability to work on own initiative but to know when to seek advice and guidance
• Excellent time management and the ability to effectively prioritise tasks to meet required deadlines
• The ability to work flexibly and cooperatively within a team
• More than a year’s recent experience of Human Resources work
• Good working knowledge of equality legislation and the regulatory framework for employment in the UK
• Experience of using HR systems and creating reports
• Awareness of data protection and an understanding of how to manage confidential information
• Good IT skills including Outlook/Word/Excel/Powerpoint
• Education to a minimum of GCSE A level (or equivalent)

What you should expect from us

• Salary £28,000 to £30,000 pro-rata.
• Competitive pay and reward structure offering salary progression based on performance.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.

Recruitment Process

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website.

For more information or assistance during the application process, please visit our website.

Closing date: Sunday 28th September 2021

Interview date: Monday 4th October or Tuesday 5th October

St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes.

Confident, creative and enthusiastic with an interest in both science and animals, to take our digital communications to the next level.

This role will work closely with the Fundraising Manager, Education & Outreach Manager, and our Marketing consultants V Formation to create and deliver engaging communications across a wide range of digital channels to inform, influence and involve both existing and potential audiences with the work of FRAME.

This role will deliver content across our social media channels, website, and e-communications to raise the profile of FRAME, support fundraising activities and communicate our work.

This is a new role within FRAME and so we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds and experience levels. This includes those completely new to the job market, someone interested in an apprenticeship position or someone with some experience in digital marketing or fundraising. We are happy to discuss responsibilities and tailor them to the right candidate for the role. We are also open to appointing someone as an Apprentice, developing your skills through education and on the job experience

The post of Social Networking Caseworker is based in our excellent team working at Fairfield House, home to The Hub,  in central Croydon, near East Croydon staton.The Hub is a highy regarded, co-produced space for people with mental health issues who are referred by a range of social care and heath professionals including GPs. It provides a safe , friendly place for members, reduces loneliness and isolation and gives people help and support with a range of practical issues from form-filling  and basic advice on benefits and housing issues.

The primary purpose of the role is to promote recovery and social inclusion in service users by facilitating their participation in mainstream activities. The aim is to achieve the following outcomes: assisting in maintaining and improving recovery; build self-confidence; improve physical well-being; improve social networks beyond mental health services; improve personal skills including educational attainment and reduce dependence on mental health services where appropriate. We run a number of groups and social activities for members  take part in. 

Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer and prides itself on providing a supportive and flexible working environment. We are looking for candidates who ideally have some experience in mental health or have a degree in an associated subject such as Psychology . Candidates must be passionate about mental health, resilient, committed and a team player. If you are interested to join our growing team, we look forward to hearing from you.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.  

This role is new to Independent Age and you will work with the Head of Scotland to identify communities in Scotland where Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) projects will have the greatest impact on the quality of lives of older people. The postholder will lead a team to manage volunteers to work alongside older people who are lonely and/or isolated, or living in poverty, to create personalised plans that support people to become more connected within their community, enhancing their lives. 

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience of developing community projects focused on social isolation, preferably with experience of working with older people. You will be confident developing and managing a team of staff and volunteers to deliver these projects in the community, drawing on proven project management skills and working with flexibility and autonomy.  

With strong communication skills and the ability to develop excellent relationships with stakeholders, you will also be comfortable using online collaborative tools and be able to prepare engaging case study reports and data. 

The postholder will be required to regularly travel throughout Scotland to meet older people, volunteers, local organisations and members of your team.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. In line with the current guidance in relation to the activity to be undertaken in this role, an enhanced PVG Certificate will be also be required.

We are passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion.  We celebrate diversity and champion the differences and nuances which make each and every one of us unique, creating an inclusive environment where we can all be ourselves.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. 

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 September

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we work on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.

The Service Manager will support a local team delivering a range of Asset Based Community Development community projects within Nottingham. The postholder will lead the team to manage local volunteers and to work alongside older people who are lonely and/or isolated, or living in poverty, working together to create personalised plans that support people become more connected within their community, enhancing their lives. 

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience of delivering community projects focused on social isolation, along with projects working with older people. You will be confident developing and managing a team and volunteers to deliver these projects in the community, drawing on proven project management skills and working with flexibility and autonomy.

With strong communication skills and the ability to develop excellent relationships with stakeholders, you will also be comfortable using online collaborative tools and be able to prepare engaging case study reports and data. 

The postholder will be required to travel around Nottingham to meet older people, volunteers, local organisations and members of your team.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. In line with the current guidance in relation to the activity to be undertaken in this role, an Enhanced DBS Certificate with barring will be also be required.

We are passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion.  We celebrate diversity and champion the differences and nuances which make each and every one of us unique, creating an inclusive environment where we can all be ourselves.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. 

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 September

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose. To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we embark on our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.

There has never been a more important time to campaign for the rights of people in later life who are experiencing inequalities and discrimination to ensure that everyone can live a happy, connected, and purposeful later life. 

As people age, they are often let down by the systems in place to support them. Whether they struggle to manage health and care needs or to access financial help, many older people and their families miss out on support when they need it most. 

Our campaigns are grounded in the experience of people who have been on the receiving end of these broken systems, and our team mobilises public support to ensure solutions are found and implemented across the country so that no-one feels ignored, isolated and marginalised.

We are seeking a national Campaigner who is highly motivated and strategic, with strong communication skills, with experience of supporting participation in campaign activity.  Although experience within the charity sector would be an advantage, we would welcome your application if you have experience in campaigns, good project management skills and a real passion for making positive change and improving life for people as they grow older.

Working in the Policy and Influencing team the Campaigner will have a strong understanding of how national campaigns can influence decision makers, to create positive change. 

With the ability to write content for a range of platforms and audiences, you will be able to translate complex ideas into simple messages, creating engaging activities that people will want to take part in. 

You will also be able to work independently, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines whilst building strong working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.

We are passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion.  We celebrate diversity and champion the differences and nuances which make each and every one of us unique, creating an inclusive environment where we can all be ourselves.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme. Colleagues based at our London Office are offered blended working so colleagues have the opportunity to work from home on days when they are not required to be in the office.

To apply, please visit our website to submit a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, along with your CV.

Working at SH:24

First off, thank you for considering a role with us!

SH:24 is a pioneering online sexual and reproductive health service, delivered in partnership with the NHS. We make it easy for people to self-manage their sexual and reproductive health online by providing free STI test kits, contraception & treatment, information and advice - 24 hours a day. We’ve won a host of awards and industry recognition for what we do, and we’re happy to say that our reach and services offered are expanding every day.

We are not-for-profit and passionate about delivering discreet, convenient and clinically safe sexual health services. Our vision is to make it easier and faster for people to access sexual and reproductive health services, no matter where they live; we’ve been doing it since 2013. We’re also proud of our community and the people who work for us; those who have helped us shape a company that puts our users at the heart of everything we do by designing services that are easy to use, easy to access and easy to understand by all that need them.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Design Lead to work in our Service Development team to oversee and champion design across our international family of brands; SH:24, Fettle, and Jojo. The role will incorporate product design, UX, and branding, as well as promotion and safeguarding of great design across all touchpoints (tangible and intangible).

You will be working within our experienced Service Development team, and closely with the Marketing team. This role will help lead the development of a more substantive design function at SH:24, whilst sharing and embedding learning across the business.

SH:24 has already had a dramatic impact within the UK and internationally, with online sexual health services now delivered as standard across the UK, and SH:24 delivering over half a million STI tests every year.

We are looking for someone who shares our vision for a world where everyone has access to sexual and reproductive health services, and with the drive, energy, and tenacity to turn our plans into reality.

What We Need From You

At the heart of it we’re looking for someone to oversee and lead design intent across our brands, products, systems, and communications, upholding quality and helping us to deliver our continued commitment to being a design-led organisation.

You’ll own, protect, and creatively evolve our brand guidelines and design system to ensure all assets are on-brand and meet the need for their intended users and purpose – ensuring outputs are beautiful to look at, and to use.

You’ll manage a split of 60% creative design and 40% design management, setting the standard for how products, services, and communications are designed and developed to meet a well understood set of user needs and expectations.

The role will also include the following activities:

• Ensure that design insights are shared and implemented well, and that there is a demonstrable balance of evidence and insight
• Formally representing us publicly at workshops, events, and conferences
• Helping to identity, recruit, and nurture standout design talent (we envision growing our design team to at least two over the course of the next 12 months)
• Prioritise and manage the workload of a growing design team
• Review work regularly through 1:1s and group sessions (making time to focus on the development of team members)
• Collaboratively review and optimise existing internal design processes / systems and introduce new agile processes, inclusive of user testing
• Work across the business to gather, validate and execute requirements - from printed collateral to new service development
• Work closely with the Product Owners and Developers to continuously improve the efficiency of working processes, from new major discoveries to minor optimisations
• Be responsive to new developments within sexual and reproductive health, commissioning, digital markets and technology, looking to ensure design enables our processes and activities to remain innovative, accessible and relevant
• Communicating thinking and working processes in order to upskill colleagues and get them involved

We’re looking for someone with the following experience:

• A relevant design degree
• Demonstrable history as a senior designer delivering high-quality, user-centred design projects from end-to-end
• Experience leading, growing and nurturing agile creative projects and design teams
• Highly skilled user of design software such as the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma/Sketch, and digital prototyping and user testing tools
• Experience designing within or for the health sector
• Experience and confidence in leading creative workshops, defining user research and testing plans, and delivering conference sessions
• Experience collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team of designers, researchers, front and back-end developers
• Experience or good awareness of respected content design and management principles and best practices (for example, GDS Design Principles)

We’re looking for someone with the following skills:

• A substantive understanding of service design and user research (including ethnographic studies), synthesise and analyse findings.
• Managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work openly and collaboratively
• Confident communicator
• Compassionate, inspiring, and thoughtful leader
• Good listener, honest critic, and imaginative problem solver
• Self-organised and disciplined, suited to working in a fast-paced scale-up
• Ability to keep calm and think rationally under pressure
• Ability to react quickly and efficiently to change
• Drive and determination to always get the job done to the highest standard

You will also need to have an awareness of what is means to work within healthcare, to be responsible for delivering content that protects and supports users, particularly those who may be more vulnerable.

Finally, and most importantly, you will love to learn, share knowledge and help others. The team at SH:24 is great because we provide the support to each other for everyone to perform well.

What You’ll Get From us

We are always interested in upskilling our employees, and are flexible in ways to do it: be it courses, books, onsite or remote learning with a colleague - whatever suits the situation best. If there is a particular skill or product you would like to work on and improve, we’ll always try to accommodate you.

We’re also keen to allow the team to work in the way they want - you can choose the OS of your machine, your chair, standing desk, dual monitors etc. If there is anything you need don’t be afraid to ask.

As well as remuneration in the region of £60-70k based on experience, SH:24 provides a number of other benefits, including 25 days of annual holiday (in addition to the days between Christmas and New Year), truly flexible working, excellent pension contributions and life insurance.

Our Values

Our common values underpin everything we do as employees at SH:24. They show 'how' and 'why' we enjoy working together. We feel these values represent our staff and will help you understand what it means to be a part of SH:24!

Respect: Understanding, respecting, and supporting one another is fundamental to us.

Acceptance: We enjoy each other’s company, we’re open minded and accepting of people’s differences.

Empathy: We are proud to positively impact people’s lives. We love to hear from our users and always want to do better.

Reflection & Initiative: We think critically and thoughtfully and are committed to trying out our ideas.

Conscience & Creativity: We have a strong social conscience. We explore big issues and we’re driven to respond creatively.

Drive & Enthusiasm: A commitment to grow, succeed and celebrate together.

Equality and Diversity

As an employer, SH:24 is committed to inclusivity.

We want to increase representation of currently under-represented groups to make SH:24 more diverse.

Our aim is to build an inclusive team, where everyone is able to be themselves at work and feel supported, empowered, valued, respected, fairly treated and able to achieve their full potential.

As an inclusive employer we will not tolerate discrimination.

Interview Process

The interview process comprises of three stages:

1. 30 minute ‘get to know you’ telephone interview with a senior member of the SH:24 team.
2. 90 minute face to face interview, with a small panel, where we will ask you to present a prepared exercise.
3. 30 minute follow-up interview with a senior member of the team.

The interview panel from SH:24 will be composed of colleagues from the current Service Development team and representation from other teams from the wider organisation.

How to Apply

If you are interested in joining our wonderful Service Development team, please apply with your CV and cover letter to.

Now is an exciting time to join Activity Alliance, following the launch of our 2021-2024 organisational strategy - Achieving Fairness. In collaboration with key stakeholders and our members, the goal is to close the fairness gap between disabled and non-disabled people’s activity levels in the next generation.

Strategic Partnership Advisors support key partners, including Active Partnerships, National Governing Bodies of Sport, local authorities including combined authorities, and leisure providers to become more effective in their role of enabling more disabled people to be active.

You will have good knowledge of the sport and activity sector and how it operates and be able to advocate improvements which enable more disabled people to get active. You will also have a knowledge of the non-sport sectors including disabled people’s organisations and how to establish relationships to build effective cross-sector partnership working.

We are looking for an individual with experience of working strategically at placed based/locality level. Someone who can positively influence local investments to tackle the inequalities disabled people face in sport and activity through inclusive practice.

The successful candidate will be based in the North region (North East, North West, and Yorkshire) and will have the option for remote/home working.

If applicable, this position is subject to Disclosure Barring Service.

We offer several benefits including 26 days of annual leave, including Birthday leave, plus bank holidays, generous pension contributions, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme and an activity and wellness scheme.

For more information about this role please view the Activity Alliance Strategic Partnership Advisor job description.

JRS UK is seeking to recruit a full-time Senior Press and Media Officer to lead and develop JRS UK’s press coverage to help to achieve our vision of a world where people forced to flee their homes are welcomed with love; and to help lead our work at a critical time when the Nationality and Borders Bill is seeking to overhaul the UK asylum system.

The ideal candidate with have an active interest and engagement in current affairs, with a demonstrable ability to analyse and advise on which stories we should engage in to further our mission. You’ll have track record of generating positive news coverage across a variety of media streams, and a passion for amplifying the voices of the vulnerable.

You will be a key member of a small communications and fundraising team, seeking to broaden our media coverage across national and regional media, broadsheet, online and broadcast; as well as more specialist Christian and consumer media. We place a high value on encouraging refugee participation in, and the shaping of, our messaging, and you will play a key part in ensuring this.

The external communications of JRS UK seek to be clear and balanced, and congruent with our values as an organisation, protecting and highlighting the dignity of refugees at all times.

You will be passionate about raising awareness of the needs of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, with an eye for what works in print, broadcast and social media. Happy to be ‘on the go’, you thrive on a fast paced communications style and getting agreed messages across to new and existing audiences.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with experience of seeking safety in the UK.

Volunteer Centre Hackney is recruiting for a Community Connector to support people with mental health issues to link to their communities, developing a personalised programme of health and wellbeing activities. 

You will support people with mental health issues to access appropriate mental health services and to link into community activities in their local area that meet their wider needs, such as finance, housing or employment; as well as to those that will provide them with meaningful engaging activities that suit their skills and interests. 

You will also support them to volunteer in a local charity, to develop their own activities or social action projects, if they are interested, such as leading their own walking group or coffee morning and help them to meet local people. 

As a community connector, you will become a local expert, gathering and sharing information about local opportunities, activities, and support, bringing people together and supporting them to remain confident and independent in their everyday lives. You will be led by individuals themselves, to develop a personalised programme of support, building on their own personal strengths and assets

The programme is funded by East London NHS Foundation Trust, managed by Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, and you will be part of a multi-disciplinary neighbourhood team, working closely with mental health services and key health and social care services, as well as local community and voluntary sector partners. 

Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity which works to ensure that older people and people living with dementia can thrive in later life. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support people need to live happy, healthy lives. We support around 700 older people and people with dementia each year, and with the support of over 400 volunteers, help them stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness and social isolation, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering. 

We seek to recruit a part-time Finance Manager who will have day to day responsibility for the charity’s finances. You will provide timely financial information to the Chief Executive and the Board of Trustees, whilst ensuring all financial and compliance requirements are met. You will be responsible for overseeing payments, pensions and payroll as well as the day to day management of our online banking and accounting systems. The postholder will support the Chief Executive with fundraising through identification of funding sources as well as supporting the maintenance of the charity’s diverse funding base. You will provide the financial information required for Trusts and Foundations proposals and reporting as well as ensuring that deadlines are met for funder reports. The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring and recording the income generated from individual patron and corporate donations.

We are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to respecting diversity and promoting equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing date for applications: 5pm on 29 September 2021

Interview date: 8 October 2021

For full details and application form please download the forms below or visit the careers page of our website.

Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity which works to ensure that older people and people living with dementia can thrive in later life. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support people need to live happy, healthy lives. We support around 700 older people and people with dementia each year, and with the support of over 400 volunteers, help them stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness and social isolation, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering.

We are looking for a Volunteering Manager to join our team for a 12 month period of maternity cover. The Volunteering Manager has lead responsibility for overseeing the work of the Volunteering and Events Team. The team includes the Volunteering and HR Coordinator and the Fundraising, Communications and Marketing Coordinator. The Volunteering Manager is part of the Senior Management Team supporting the design and delivery of Link Age Southwark’s strategic objectives. The role will have lead responsibility for our volunteering strategy ensuring that our volunteering offer remains attractive and that we are able to recruit from all sections of the diverse community in which we operate. You will be responsible for the collation and analysis of our annual volunteer survey and will provide management information that will allow us to monitor our volunteer population and inform our recruitment strategy.

In overseeing the work of the Fundraising, Communications and Marketing Coordinator you will support the development and delivery of our communications and marketing strategy as well as our target for community fundraising events. Working with the Chief Executive and the fundraising team you will take the lead in ensuring the delivery of our events calendar.

We are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to respecting diversity and promoting equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing date for applications: 9am on 4 October 2021

Interview date: 11 October 2021

Ideally the candidate will start in post on 1 November to receive a 3 week handover from the current postholder.

For full details and application form please download the documents below or visit the careers page of our website.

Locality Managers lead a team of 3-6 Dementia Advisers and support their own caseload of clients, splitting their time equally between these responsibilities.

Dementia Advisers (DAs) support people with a diagnosis of dementia, their carers and families.  DAs take a holistic approach to support, encouraging person centred care and providing timely and accurate information and advice.  DAs signpost and refer to the right support at the right time across a wide range of services.  By enabling clients to access support that they and their family need we are able to help them live as well as possible for as long as possible in their own homes and remain active in the community.

This role is primarily home-based, managing the team and taking referrals within a geographical area and from GP Practices.  The role requires considerable autonomy and candidates need to be largely self-managing, happy to work alone and able to use their initiative.

As well as managing their team Locality Managers work closely with the Head of Service on service development to make the service more effective through strong collaboration with service partners and the development of new initiatives

When managing their caseload candidates will need to be comfortable working with clients and carers face-to-face, via video conferencing, telephone contact and also visiting clients in their own homes.  Every DA manages their own caseload, working within the service framework and under the guidance of a Locality Manager.

Location:

 This vacancy is for South Oxfordshire and ideally the candidate will live in, or have good local knowledge of the area.

About you:

Ideally we are looking for someone with experience and lots of skills. However, for the right person we can offer a training and development programme, with mentoring support from an experienced Locality Manager, a structured induction, and a pathway to both a qualification in Dementia Support and Management.

We are looking for someone who can demontrate experience of:

• Effective time management
• Delegation
• Creating networks and building relationships
• Keeping accurate records

We need someone who is comfortable working with older people and with experience of supporting people in a caring or cared for role, preferably people living with dementia.

We are looking for someone with the ability to listen and understand a peson’s needs, good problem-solving skills, and a positive attitude to learning. 

You will need to be highly organised, able to communicate with a wide variety of people and able to show empathy and provide support to those facing challenging circumstances.

Overview

We are proud of our role as the fundraising charity for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Our work together ensures the provision of exceptional healthcare, by supporting a world-class environment for patients and staff at our hospitals and community sites. This year, we are launching three new charity brands, Guy’s & St Thomas Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity and Guy’s Cancer Charity. Part of our broader rebrand includes a new digital ecosystem to support each charities’ fundraising efforts. This key role sits within the wider digital team at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, reporting to the Digital Director. 

The Social Media Manager (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charities) will be vital in helping to manage and maintain our new digital ecosystem, which includes websites, social channels, digital marketing, analytics and user experience across the three brands, working closely with agency partners and fundraising, communications and funding colleagues. You will take ownership of all our social channels across each of the three brands, as the go-to social media expert managing a programme of content to engage our supporters. We are looking for someone who cares deeply about creating and maintaining exceptional social media experiences to help us generate fundraising income and tell the story of how we make things better for patients, families and staff across our hospitals.

Responsibilities 

• Lead our social media strategy to deliver against ambitious brand and fundraising goals
• Oversee the creation of social-first content across all channels and for a diverse range of audiences
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships across the charity
• Be our social media expert, with consultative approach to planning focusing on performance
• Manage the day-to-day operational requirements of social media channels including workflow for the production of content and campaigns
• Develop our understanding of our audiences and how they interact with us through our digital channels, working with marketing and data colleagues to implement journeys based on audience segmentation
• Help us establish our social media presence and approach as we launch and embed our three new charity brands
• Extend our reach and build genuine and meaningful connections with our social media audiences through understanding and meeting their needs
• Work closely with colleagues in digital, marketing and fundraising to develop our strategic approach to content and social media
• Own strategic planning and measurement for paid social media, including management of in-house campaigns and liaising with agencies
• Responsible for planning, executing and evaluating social campaigns from beginning to end
• Identify new opportunities to amplify our brand presence using social media
• Plan strategically, prioritising and aligning projects and day-to-day activity with wider business planning processes and priorities
• Understand and prioritise competing demands and communicate these to stakeholders
• Measure success of content through analytical tools and reporting
• Create and manage social media policies for the charity 
• Act as campaign lead or ‘business partner’ for fundraising teams and/or projects
• Support and train colleagues as part of a general digital education and upskilling programme
• Must be prepared to travel and work out-of-hours, if required
• Deputise for Digital Director as required.

Person Specification

• Ownership of social media channels, ideally in an organisation with multiple brands and preferably within a non-profit context
• Managing relationships with digital agencies and internal stakeholders
• Familiarity with the full spectrum of digital marketing. 
• A deep understanding of social media channels and non profit social media strategies
• A deep understanding of how social media channels connect to organisational mission and purpose
• An awareness of Agile (ideally SCRUM) ways of working
• A strong understanding of content strategy theory and practice.
• Demonstrate empathy for our supporters and their needs and advocate for them
• Passionate about the opportunity social media gives charities and able to bring an enthusiastic and pragmatic approach
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent ability to understand and frame problems in order to determine effective and practical solutions
• Ability to build great relationships with stakeholders to help them achieve their objectives
• Ability to balance strategic thinking and planning with operational doing
• Engaged with the latest developments and trends within the charity digital sector and happy to share learning and insight with colleagues
• Committed to continuous improvement and living our values.

We are looking for someone passionate and motivated to join the Management Team in our Surbiton Home as a Hospitality Services Manager. The ideal candidate will be someone who strives for excellence and the provision of a quality service.

You’ll be responsible for overseeing food & beverage service, housekeeping, front of house (Reception) and engineering, to ensure everyone who lives in and visits our Home has the best possible experience.

Purpose of role:

• To pro-actively lead and manage the Hospitality Services in the home (all non-clinical services).
• Accountable for the environment, engineering, laundry, housekeeping, administration, catering (including the dining experience) and local IT (in liaison with the relevant professional teams.

Key responsibilities: 

• Lead and effectively manage all non-clinical services.
• Responsible for all non-clinical compliance and quality activities ensuring that the charity remains compliant with legislation.
• Act as a visible, pro-active, collaborative member of the Senior Leadership Team to develop and deliver an outstanding care experience with particular responsibility for supporting the creation of a culture of cost consciousness.
• Deliver an outstanding service to support the home pursue / maintain an ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission.
• Accountable for the monitoring and reporting of all Key Performance Indicators addressing negative changes promptly and escalating as necessary.
• Pro-actively identify and take responsibility for the resolution of issues before they impact on the quality of care and service.
• Manage the coaches / minibuses including control of the fuel costs (via fuel cards)
• Manage the teams associated with Hospitality Services including but not limited to: Setting objectives, Holding regular supervision sessions (every 4-6 weeks), Undertaking appraisal twice a year, Producing all necessary documentation, Proactively managing staff performance to address performance concerns.
• Role modelling the behaviours expected of a senior leader.
• Engaging with all necessary training including Dementia training.
• Any other duties that may be reasonably required in line with your role as requested

Although we are a charity we offer a generous package: 

• Salary of £42,342 per annum
• 37.5 hours per week
• Occasional evening and weekend working by agreement
• Equivalent of 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• Part-time and job share applicants will be considered
• Employer Pension Contribution of 7.5% with matching Employee contribution of 5%
• Life insurance of 3 x salary (until age 70)
• 2 months full occupational sick pay, 1 month half pay before statutory sick pay
• Access to appropriate professional bodies and payment of membership fees after 6 months of employment
• Learning and Development – fully funded opportunities to support you in your role