Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Fixed Term Contract ending 31st March 2021

Hampshire (with regular travel)

Ref Code: SSF-202

Are you a confident and resilient individual with professional integrity with the ability to hit the ground running and deliver key messages to large groups of people? 

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Senior Facilitator & Mentor to join our SOS+ team and oversee the delivery of a brand new service that will address these important social issues across the county of Hampshire.

About St Giles Trust 

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

Our award-winning SOS+ Service works with young people in a variety of settings by delivering sessions and workshops in schools, Pupil Referral Units, Community Centres and to Youth Offender Teams. The mission of SOS+ is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in gangs and youth violence by equipping them with tools, knowledge and support delivered by experts with lived experience. 

About this vital role

One of your main challenges will be to deliver structured sessions on knife crime, gangs, county lines drug smuggling and other criminal justice issues to young people, parents and professionals. However, we’ll also rely on you to provide 1:1 mentoring support for young people at-risk of exploitation and criminality aged 8-18 who have been identified needing additional support. In addition, as first point of contact, you’ll liaise with relevant funders, attend partnership meetings and ensuring the successful delivery of positive outcomes. 

Maintaining the high standards of the project by supporting regional staff and volunteers will be important too, as will providing coaching, advice and guidance and compiling reports when required. And, when it comes to developing new sessions, training and session materials in partnership with the Service’s Team Leaders, working closely with the Willow Team (Working with Exploited Children) or travelling across the county to get the job done, again, we’ll count on you. 

What we are looking for:

• To have lived, personal experience of the Criminal Justice System, and/or being involved in a gang or knife crime

• A confident public speaker/mentor with experience of partnership working who can coordinate a project without a team around them 

• Someone who is comfortable working alongside a variety of professionals in a Children’s Services team

• A relevant qualification, or willingness to work towards one, plus knowledge of safeguarding practices and policies

• Strong IT skills and the ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of work

• A full current driving licence and willingness to travel across Hampshire as required

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, access to clinical supervision, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 14th June. Interviews: 25th / 26th June (please note if the lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures are still in place, shortlisted candidates will be interview via video).

St Martins is a specialist provider of supported accommodation for people who have Mental Health needs complicated by other areas of need, such as from learning disability, drug and alcohol addictions and forensic histories.

Support workers provide important practical and emotional help to service users and provide support to senior colleagues in delivering structured services that are created through our support planning processes.

You will be passionate about working with vulnerable adults, and you will work alongside our Project Workers to provide the best possible day to day service to our service users. This will include accompanying clients to appointments, encouraging them to budget, plan and prepare their own meals and help them progress on their path to recovery.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Closing Date: 21/06/2020

Please send a CV and covering letter (to include a supporting statement) via the button below.

Please also note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

SUPPORT WORKER X3, EDWIN HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK03 £16,778 - £17,811 FTE

Edwin House is a new 63 bedded specialist registered care and reablement facility due to open early in 2018 which will meet the needs of people with a range of complex support needs and health conditions resultant from historic or current problematic substance misuse.

Framework is looking to appoint suitably skilled and experienced staff for the role of Support Worker at Edwin House to provide high standards of care and support and work proactively with service users to enable them to gain some control over their substance use, improve their quality of life and build recovery capital.

This is exciting opportunity to be involved in the development and delivery of a truly innovative and unique service which will form a new pathway available within in the substance misuse treatment system locally and regionally.

For more information please contact: Melanie Dickinson

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered Charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Frameworks is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

CVs will not be accepted

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Frimley Health Charity are looking for a bright, organised and dedicated individual who has worked for charities previously and within a fundraiser capacity. You will be responsible for raising the profile and for fundraising for the charity at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals and you will be expected to work closely with the Head of Fundraising, voluntary services team and key stakeholders across the hospitals.

The post of Wexham Park Hospital & Heatherwood Hospital & Events Fundraiser is an important link between the charity, the hospital and the local community. You will be expected to lead in generating and maximising donor engagement with the hospital, increasing the contributions of individuals and businesses, exploring new fundraising opportunities from various sources and developing the event portfolio.

Key responsibilities will include strategic development, project and event management, business relationships, account management and budgetary control. You'll need to be able to network, since success in the role depends heavily on being able to forge positive relationships with supporters. You will require a good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire the patients, businesses and the local community to choose the charity as their preferred choice and raising awareness of the charity's work, aims and goals.

Frimley Health Charity is driven to improve patients’ lives and this role will play a huge part in helping us to achieve this goal. The charity is investing for growth so there could not be better time to join this ambitious team.

About You

For this role you will need:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience and a proven track record in a fundraising role at any level
• Ability to work independently, as well as with others
• Excellent oral and written English language skills
• Enjoy working collaboratively
• A positive can-do attitude
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet often competing deadlines
• Emotional intelligence and resilience
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and relationship-building skills as well as the ability to influence and motivate supporters
• Ability to work with attention to details and with accuracy
• Ability to work on multiple projects/assignments as needed
• Sensitivity to donors and their needs, with the ability to easily relate to others

The closing date for this role is the 14th June 2020. Interviews are scheduled to be held in late June 2020.

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

Salary: £51,000 - £54,000

Contract: Permanent

Location: Bristol/London/Home (with regular travel across UK)

The Role

You will lead the Whole Family Practice team, working nationally and with a strong strategic focus to establish a framework for disseminating best practice, embedding quality and enabling statutory and voluntary sectors to work better together, improving the experience and outcomes for children, adults and families. You will combine comprehensive and innovative practice experience with an entrepreneurial and strategic mind-set, focused on walking alongside partners to devise pragmatic solutions to complex problems.

Context

Our Whole Picture strategy sets out our ambitious vision to end domestic abuse, looking from the perspective of the whole family. The Whole Family Practice Team is at the heart of transforming the multi-agency response to domestic abuse and how children, adults and families are safeguarded; increasing safety sooner for all those at risk.

As a key outward-facing representative of SafeLives and head of an evolving team, your leadership skills will ensure the provision of high-quality support, in strategic and operational environments, locally and nationally, building high trust relationships and securing a strong network across the UK. You will lead the team to work at their best together and act as a critical friend to local areas and services, supporting, advising and guiding them through a combination of free and paid for interactions.

You need exceptional leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; bringing a strength in building relationships with national partners and local areas. You must be dedicated and determined in the development of a coordinated and dynamic response to domestic abuse and related safeguarding complexities.

You will be confident about delivering new and dynamic ways of working in fast changing, challenging and untested environments. You will live our values and lead a team who are part of building a culture where agencies working together to safeguard and end domestic abuse offer a compassionate, consistent and high-quality response to victims, survivors, and their families.

Benefits include a generous package including: 25 days’ holiday a year and public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.

Closing date: Sunday 14th June 2020 at midnight.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Do you have experience or would like to develop your experience in working with vulnerable young people at risk of homelessness? Do you have availability to cover shifts across a range of days, evenings or nights? Then this could an ideal role for you.

Our 32 bed supported accommodation offers 16 – 25 year olds a safe place to stay whilst developing the skills that will enable them to go on and build an independent life.  Many of our residents have complex needs and the Centre offers a range of on-site services as well as working closely with a range of other agencies to provide specialist support that will enables residents to address the obstacles that they are facing and empower them to achieve more.

This is a varied role and an excellent way of gaining experience in the homelessness sector, specifically working with Young People. You will provide first contact, safeguarding and support to the residents in our Supported Accommodation. You will be responsible for controlling access to the building, dealing with emergencies, carrying out Health and Safety checks and communicating any concerns or events to the rest of the team. You will collaborate and support the team in their work with residents who may be facing complex issues such as; mental and/or physical ill health, challenging behaviour, substance use and offending.

Background
Cardinal Basil Hume founded the Centre in 1986; we offer a diverse range of services for homeless young people, families in need and the local community on one site.  The Centre enables people to gain the skills and support they need to overcome poverty and homelessness.  We have 32 bed supported accommodation and also 5 move on flats all on one site. We are recruiting for Casual Hostel Support Workers who are able to cover for permanent staff absences such as annual leave or sickness. You will be able to work a variety of shifts across a wide range of days, being available to cover shifts as and when required.
 

Person Specification:

Experience

• Some experience of dealing directly with the public and/or clients or costumers in a busy service environment.
• An understanding of, and empathy with, the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable housed people, particularly Young People.
• Experience in using your initiative and making appropriate decisions when faced with emergencies or unexpected situations.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• A non-judgemental approach to working with people experiencing homelessness.
• Ability to show insight, openness, maturity and stability in the face of pressure
• Able to follow procedures accurately and keep simple records to demonstrate completion of tasks.
• Understanding of the need for confidentiality and discretion at work.
• Experience of Safeguarding.
• Basic IT skills; ability to log on to systems to input simple information and type emails.

The following are required of all roles within the Hostel:

• Genuine interest in and commitment to Cardinal Hume Centre’s work and client group.
• An understanding of and commitment to diversity & equality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Contract type:  Rolling Casual Contract
Hours:  Variable. You will be offered work if it becomes available and will be given reasonable notice of available work. You are not obliged to accept any shifts offered to you.
Salary:  £10.78 per hr plus accrued holiday pay (equates to £12.08 p/h)
Application deadline:  Recruitment on on-going basis
Other benefits:  The Centre provides an auto-enrolment pension scheme for staff who are eligible and will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%.

The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to respect the ethos of the Centre and to be in sympathy with its aims and objectives. 

A commitment to respecting and implementing the Centre’s Equal Opportunity Policy is also expected. 

The Centre requires its staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.

The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to undertake an appropriate level of DBS or police check.

How to apply

If you are interested in this role, please view the full job description below. You will need to submit your CV and a covering letter to demonstrate how you meet the Person Specification. Please also download, complete and send the Equal Opportunities Form and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act form below.

National Director

An experienced and dynamic manager is required to lead a growing and ambitious charity to consolidate and further develop its position as a key strategic national network. NACCOM was established in 2006 to support organisations that provide people seeking asylum, refugees, and other migrants with housing and other assistance to prevent their destitution. The network has grown to represent 112 member organisations housing over 3,000 people last year.
The National Director will be responsible for delivering and developing our strategy, building on the growth that the organisation has experienced. We are looking for someone; with a passion for social justice, with excellent organisational and communication skills with a wide variety of stakeholders, who can foster collaborative partnerships, and who can see the big picture as well as having an attention to detail. They will lead a small staff team, located in different parts of the UK, and be committed to supporting other organisations reach their full potential, representing a growing sector to influence policy makers and opinion formers for the benefit of destitute people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants.

This is an exciting role for an ambitious and tenacious individual who wants to shape the future development of the organisation and influence the sector to make a big difference to the lives of increasing numbers of vulnerable people and those that support them.

Job Description – National Director

Responsible to: Board of Trustees (primarily Chair and Treasurer)

Organisational Context: NACCOM is committed to bringing an end to destitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants with no recourse to public funds living in the UK. NACCOM exists to promote good practice in and support the establishment of accommodation projects that reduce destitution amongst people seeking asylum. In addition, they may also support migrants with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) and / or refugees facing barriers to accessing affordable housing.

It does this by:

• providing information, advice, and networking opportunities to share learning and good practices to provide pathways out of destitution
• working with others (including those with lived experience) to raise awareness of destitution and campaign for a just and humane asylum system
• gathering and disseminating data on the scale of destitution and positive outcomes achieved by members

Job purpose:

1. To lead the work of NACCOM, working with its Trustees, Staff, Members to implement its vision to end destitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants with no recourse to public funds in the UK;

2. To be responsible for the implementation of strategy, management and administration of the organisation, including its fundraising and finances;

3. To work with the Trustee Board to develop and review strategy, and fulfil its governance functions ensuring that it receives appropriate advice and information on all relevant matters;

4. To promote NACCOM and grow its membership and influence.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £40,760 - £43,662 p.a. (NJC – SCP points 38 – 41) + 6% pension

London allowance may be considered.

Contract: Permanent following a 6-month probation period

Location: Within the UK - home based or hosted within an office by agreement with regular travel to London and UK wide.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing NACCOM’s ‘Vision’ and ‘Strategic Plan’ working with trustees, staff, members, and partners.
• Lead and line manage staff, supporting them with regular supervision and appraisals to facilitate their work and development, including through appropriate training.
• Oversee the management of NACCOM’s finances together with the treasurer and finance administrator, including management accounts, audit preparation/financial reporting, to ensure that NACCOM remains financially healthy and complies with its legal obligations and good practice.
• Develop and lead the delivery of NACCOM’s fundraising strategy, including building relationships with grant making trusts, donors and supporters, reporting on the use of funds given.
• Work with staff, members and partners to identify and promote good practice in the delivery of accommodation for destitute people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants.
• Oversee and support the implementation of NACCOM’s advocacy and campaign strategy. This will include representing NACCOM locally and nationally; in the media, by meeting politicians, policy makers and other influencers.
• Work with members, key stakeholders and staff to improve the system of monitoring and collecting data from the network to record key outcomes/outputs of members work and the effects of destitution.
• Provide the Board of Trustees, and other stakeholders with timely, clear and comprehensive reports so they can monitor and evaluate NACCOM’s performance and governance.
• Promote NACCOM’s work to its members and externally building collaborative partnerships and engaging widely with cross sector networks.
• Promote a culture of inclusion and diversity within NACCOM and its member organisations.
• Oversee the organisation of the Annual Conference / AGM and other events as appropriate and the production of the annual impact report / report of accounts.
• Undertake other relevant duties as agreed with the Chair and the Board of Trustees

Person specification

The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate that he or she is/has;

• An understanding of the issues faced by people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in the UK with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), particularly destitution.
• Experience of supporting and/or housing vulnerable people, identifying, and developing best practice, particularly from within the voluntary sector.
• Experience of strategic planning and implementation working with a diverse Board of Trustees.
• Proven success in raising funds from a variety of sources, including from trusts and foundations, as well as delivering and reporting on agreed outcomes and the evaluation of services.
• Management experience, including the management of staff, budgets, projects and volunteers.
• Proven track record of advocating for the rights of marginalised groups and experience of or an aptitude for working with the media.
• Demonstrated a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The following key competencies will be required.

• A leader and effective manager who is dynamic, persuasive, and able to meet both the operational and strategic demands of the role
• An ability to manage competing priorities and a challenging workload.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, enabling good relationships to be established and maintained with Trustees, colleagues, members, and other stakeholders.
• An excellent communicator with a high level of written and spoken English.
• A persuasive speaker, capable of positively influencing a wide range of audiences.
• Good networker with the ability to foster new partnerships, nurture and maintain existing ones and work collaboratively across sectors.
• The ability to work creatively and flexibly in a diverse range of situations and with a wide variety of people and organisations.
• Self-motivated, resilient, and able to work independently whilst keeping others informed, working collaboratively and being accountable to the Chair/Board
• An excellent role model and team player, able to engender an environment of mutual trust and respect.

Our Streetlink project specifically works with vulnerable women and with the help of a dedicated volunteer team, we provide a range of services including late night and early morning outreach, a twice-weekly Women’s Space, Sanctuary sex worker Drop In every Tuesday evening and an Open Access/Drop-in session. In addition a full adult learning timetable offers free classes and workshops. We assess need, create bespoke support plans, provide ongoing key work and empower people to improve their circumstances. 

Could you lead a team that will wrok to restore hope for some of Lambeth's most abused and forgotten women. Could you help rebuild their trust and support them to make alternative choices that would bring stability and hope to their lives.

We are looking for a team leader with an understanding of and committment to our service users.

About ReachOut

ReachOut is a mentoring charity that works with young people in disadvantaged communities in London, Manchester, Oldham and Liverpool to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and academic attainment. We improve Numeracy, Literacy and Communication Skills whilst reinforcing our core values of Fairness, Self-Control, Good Judgement and Staying Power.

Role Description

We are looking for enthusiastic, collaborative and positive individuals to join our Leadership Programme and become Project Leaders. As a Project Leader you will run a weekly mentoring project at either a primary or secondary school, facilitating the 2-hour sessions alongside other responsibilities. The Leadership Programme is an opportunity to gain and improve your leadership, management and communication skills whilst having a massive impact on the lives of young people. You will be supporting them to raise their aspirations, develop their character, and build their academic attainment and self-confidence. Are you up for the challenge?

Role Details

As a Project Leader you will:

• Spend 2 hours planning and 2 hours delivering your mentoring session each week during term time for 10 - 16 young people and their mentors.
• Manage and support the young people.
• Manage and support the volunteer mentors.
• Attend meetings with school contacts alongside the ReachOut team and provide information to the school when requested by ReachOut.​
• Complete monitoring and evaluation activities to assess project success.​

Please download the information pack for full details about the job role.

Personal Specification

Experience

• Has worked with groups of young people in the range 9 to 16 years old
• Has the potential to take on a leadership role
• Can demonstrate commitment to a cause / activity and has taken an active role in that (e.g. captain of a sports team, president of a society)
• Has professional work experience (e.g. internships, summer placements, etc.) This can include regular voluntary experience but should be positions where you have had responsibility for something, worked to deadlines, worked with others etc.

Skills

• Maths and English skills, (minimum grade C at GCSE or equivalent)
• Communication skills (face-to-face, email, text, phone)
• Good organisation skills (can manage tasks effectively, accurately and in timely fashion)
• Confident in use of MS Word and Excel

Personal attributes

• Passionate about ReachOut’s mission
• Demonstrates ReachOut’s Character Strengths: Fairness, Good Judgement, Self-Control and Staying Power
• Demonstrate good team work skills such as collaboration and delegation
• Open to feedback with a genuine desire to learn and develop personally
• Enthusiastic and energetic
• Excited by challenge
• Prepared to be adaptable and creative
• Positive
• Sociable

Application Instructions

To apply for the Leadership Programme, please visit our website where you can apply. Applicants must ensure they are available to attend a Residential weekend from 4th to 6th September. The residential weekend will be in London. Accommodation, transport from Manchester/Liverpool, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday will be provided. Upon completion of the residential training weekend, all Project Leaders will be paid a lump sum of £50.

Application assessments and interviews have been temporarily suspended due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Applicants are encouraged to still apply, however, applications are unlikely to be assessed for a few weeks.

Inclusion London is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Deaf or Disabled person for the post of:

Policy and Campaigns Officer

Inclusion London is a leading disability equality organisation run by and for Deaf and Disabled people. We have built a national reputation for effective policy and campaign work and for providing innovative business and organisational support to local Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) in London.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with DDPOs to gather evidence and carry out policy and campaigning work on the impact of the Covid-19 emergency on Deaf and Disabled people including the experience of shielding and self-isolation, the impact on social care/independent living support and the implementation of the Coronavirus Act.

You will have experience of carrying out effective evidence based campaign and policy work and presenting data and policy work in an accessible and compelling way that supports effective campaigning and influencing. You will be great at developing effective relationships across different sectors and communicating with diverse audiences.

Inclusion London is committed to equality, diversity and human rights and reflecting the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from Deaf or Disabled people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

We support flexible working and large aspects of these jobs could be done remotely, however some travel to London to attend face-to -face meetings may be required depending on the Public Health advice. 

Salary: £34,000 per annum pro rata

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

Length of employment: 12 months fixed term contract  

Pension: Non-contributory pension 5%

Holiday:  25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata

To Apply:

Please click on the APPLY ON WEBSITE button below or above where you can download the application pack.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 15 June 2020

Candidates invited to interview will be informed by: 19 June 2020

Interviews will take place: Week Commencing 29 June 2020 via Zoom

We are looking for an outstanding leader to work with the Trustees in leading and further developing the charity. The successful candidate will be someone who will inspire and empower others to share in achieving continued success in all our work.

If you have a passion for working with a great team who make a real difference for families across Essex, we would be delighted to receive your application and look forward to hearing from you. 

Families InFocus (Essex) is a forward thinking and caring organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Essex families with children and young people with any special educational need or disability (SEND).

Our mission is:-

“to provide support for children and young people (aged 0 to 25) with any special educational need or disability (SEND) by ensuring that they, their families and carers receive quality information, advice, practical and emotional support. In particular, through the provision of advice, information and support to improve the education and development of, and relieve the poverty for children and young people with SEND, to enhance the stability and quality of life for the whole family. A central consideration will be the emotional needs of all concerned”.

Our excellent reputation and established relationships within the local Essex community have been earned over many years delivering quality services to meet the needs of our service users.

We are looking for an exceptional individual who will lead and drive the continuous development of Families InFocus (Essex) and ensure that its work makes a real difference for families.

You will be:

• An experienced and empathetic leader

• A strategic thinker

• A proven relationship builder

• Someone who has a track record of successful income generation

Full Job Description

Purpose of the Job 

To work on behalf of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with our mission, aims, values and objectives:-

• To develop and deliver the strategic and operational plan and financial budget to ensure the ongoing sustainability, growth and success of Families InFocus (Essex).

• To raise our profile and act as a strong figurehead for the charity, a positive ambassador with our stakeholders, clients, partners, funders and networks and a confident, inspiring and empathetic leader for staff and volunteers. 

• To ensure service users’ views and aspirations are taken into account for all service delivery and development. 

  Main responsibilities 

  Strategy planning and development: 

• To develop the charity’s strategic plan in conjunction with the Board of Trustees in response to key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

• To manage the charity effectively, ensuring that its financial security and risk management is maintained and enhanced. 

• To lead the development and implementation of strategic goals, objectives and financial plans to meet both the short term and long term goals and aspirations. 

• To take overall responsibility for achieving, monitoring and reporting on performance against funders’ targets and in all areas of the charity’s activities. 

• To develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout all aspects of the charity’s work including maintaining and building relationships with key partners, funders and community networks. 

• To keep abreast of the opportunities and challenges facing local third sector organisations and keep up to date with changing legislation/developments in local or national government initiatives which could affect the charity.

  Operational Leadership: 

• To lead the development and implementation of operational plans in support of our strategic and accountability frameworks ensuring the organisation provides high quality services and meets its charitable objectives.

• To ensure that the organisation has effective policies and procedures including the management of human resources, safeguarding, finance, health and safety, information, communication and premises, and that these meet relevant legislative requirements and agreed quality standards.

• To manage the day to day operations of the charity, ensuring that staff and volunteers are effectively deployed and receive regular supervision, support, training and annual appraisals.

• To lead key projects including those bringing significant changes for the organisation, ensuring that risks and threats are robustly managed. 

  Financial management: 

• To be accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the charity, controlling budgets, expenditure and management accounts ensuring that income and expenditure is within financial plan targets. 

• To secure adequate funding and resources to meet income targets and objectives, including through bid submissions to grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders, charity fundraising events and other fundraising activities.

• To maintain and build excellent long term relationships with funders, donors and supporters.

• To develop and implement an effective sustainability plan to identify and diversify income streams and maximise new fundraising opportunities for income generation.

• To identify and put in place an effective and robust risk management strategy and framework to enable the charity to support its objectives. 

  Robust governance  

• To foster excellent working relationships and ensure systems and structures are in place for the Board of Trustees to fulfil its statutory and regulatory requirements and exercise effective control of the charity’s affairs. 

• To report to the Board on progress against key strategic objectives, providing information and answering for organisational performance. 

• To advise the Board in all aspects of leading the charity, including short term and long term strategic planning for the financial welfare of the organisation. 

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

• Educated to degree level or professionally qualified by suitable demonstrable experience e.g. management, health, education, social care, or community development. 

  Experience and knowledge

  Essential

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior management role. 

• Demonstrable experience of strategic and operational planning, service development and project management, including monitoring and evaluation. 

• Demonstrable experience of human resources management and good practice in the recruitment, management and development of staff and volunteers.

• Demonstrable experience and a proven track record of bid writing and successful funding applications to generate income and meet challenging income targets.

• Demonstrable acumen and experience of organisational financial management including budget control and reporting.

• Demonstrable experience of effective fundraising within the non-profit and charity sector.

• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of clients, stakeholders and partners including local third sector organisations and statutory agencies.

• A good understanding of the governance, legal requirements of a charity and company limited by guarantee.

• Understanding of quality assurance frameworks and standards. 

  Desirable

• A good understanding of the needs of families of children and young people with any special educational need or disability.

• Experience of working in the voluntary and/or statutory sector. 

• Experience of delivering front line services in a community setting. 

• Experience of service level agreements, contracts, tendering and commissioning. 

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

• Ability to inspire and lead an organisation. 

• Excellent people management skills. 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral communication and written communication skills. 

• Excellent skills in financial management.

• Excellent IT and presentation skills. 

• Ability to think strategically. 

• Ability to prioritise and work effectively towards strategic service goals, meet funders’ targets and deadlines.

• Ability to remain calm and focussed under pressure. 

• Ability to manage own learning and attend training courses as needed.

If you are interested in applying please click the ' Apply button' and send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you're suitable for this role. 

Take Back the Power is a radical, youth-led initiative focussed on effecting change for, with and alongside young people. It is currently working to tackle the causes and consequences of violence against young people.

We are looking for 2 experienced youth workers (1 maternity cover) to support, connect and champion our paid Youth Organisers, who are commited to ensuring young people’s experiences, engagement, insights and ambitions are held front and centre in advancing solutions to the systems that all too often fail young people.

This a career-defining opportunity to work alongside a brilliant group of young people to effect systemic change through social action.

You'll help build an alliance of skilled young change makers and youth-led initiaitives to deliver Take Back the Power's 10-point Call to Action. You'll also be invested in creating the structures, mechanisms and capacities that enable young people to co-design and co-deliver future programmes, and which shape and influence all we do at the Winch.

We are seeking an experienced policy professional to lead on our work on health policy, including social determinants of health, BAME women health inequalities and maternal health.  The role will involve policy analysis; preparing reports, briefings and responses to policy consultations; primary research, including focus groups and interviews; representing the organisation in meetings and networks; and building positive relationships with voluntary organisations working with pregnant women and new mothers.

We are looking for someone with excellent policy analysis skills; strong research skills, including primary research; experience in preparing reports, briefings, responses to Government consultations and policy submissions; and ability to develop constructive relationships with voluntary organisations working with vulnerable women.

The post is for nine months to 31 March 2021, with the possibility of extension.

The role will be part of our small team based in Finsbury Park, London.  The post is for 28 hours a week. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements during normal business hours.  We are open to office or home working.  When restrictions lift, there will be occasional meetings in London 

Please send us an application outlining how you meet the selection criteria and your CV.  Applications close 8 June 2020.  Interviews will be held remotely on 18 & 19 June 2020.

Do you want to support us to scale up solutions to the world’s most pressing social needs? Interested in working in an innovative, flexible and dynamic team? We’re looking for someone to join our consulting team in the UK office.  

The organisation

Spring Impact (formerly known as The International Centre for Social Franchising) is an organisation with a bold social mission.

We work with social impact projects around the world that are doing truly transformative work, developing the plans, the systems and the processes they need in order to become scalable and reach many more people.

Spring Impact is a registered charity, but one that operates with bags of entrepreneurial drive. We are innovative, imaginative and highly skilled in doing a lot with a little. The team you will be joining are an exceptional bunch who have been drawn from highly successful careers in a variety of fields and who have chosen to focus their talents on scaling social impact.

The role

We are looking for someone to join our dynamic and growing consultancy team as a Senior Consultant. As a Senior Consultant, you are a trusted and seasoned advisor to our clients. Typically, you’ll be able to demonstrate at least three years’ experience of managing projects and leading teams to deliver high quality work: managing competing priorities, delegating appropriately and communicating effectively to achieve results.

You will be confident taking responsibility for drawing sound conclusions from complex information and managing client relationships.

Other details

• Salary: starting at £36,200 per annum. Salary may be negotiable dependent on previous consultancy experience
• Work location is Finsbury Square, London with the potential for international travel
• Starting from August 2020
• You will need existing permission to work in the UK

Deadline and interview dates

Deadline for application: 9am, Monday 8th June 2020. We will review applications as they are submitted and, for exceptional candidates, consider offering earlier interview dates. We may therefore choose to make an appointment before this application window closes.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a telephone interview, taking place during the week commencing 15th June 2020.

A smaller shortlist will then be invited to a final interview, taking place during week commencing 22nd June 2020. 

In the event that it is possible and desirable to do this interview face to face, in order to ensure that candidates face no barriers to attending interview, Spring Impact will reimburse the train fare of anyone travelling from outside of London.

Flexible working

Because we understand that an office-based 9-to-5 will not suit everyone, staff at Spring Impact are encouraged to make use of our generous flexible working policy. Wherever possible we aim to give each person responsibility to choose when and where they work, and to find the right balance between office-based and home working. We are also happy to discuss further accommodations you may require to fulfil this role.

Diversity

Spring Impact understands that in order to provide the best possible advice to our diverse client base across a wide range of sectors, we are strongest when our team has a variety of experience, expertise, and insights to draw from. For us, diversity isn’t merely a strategy: it’s an essential part of our organisational success. We are committed to ensuring that Spring Impact is representative of our society at large, and is an inclusive environment for all, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and socioeconomic background.

To make an application

To make an application please email your written application which should include the following:

• A cover note, detailing:

• Which role you are applying for
• How you heard about the job
• When you would be available to start
• Details of two referees – please note that references would only be taken up immediately ahead of an offer being made and with your prior knowledge

• An up to date CV of no more than two pages

• A 1-2 page supporting statement, demonstrating:
   
  • Your understanding of Spring Impact’s mission and what, therefore, attracts you to the organisation
  • The respects in which your skills, knowledge and experience are a good fit for the role, with specific reference to the Job Description and Person Specification attached

Please note that as Spring Impact is committed to diversity, we aim to keep our recruitment processes as fair and open as possible. We are therefore unable to meet with potential candidates before interview. If you have any questions about specific elements of the application process, please direct your enquiries to our 'jobs' email address as provided for submitting applications.