Leading sustainable farming organisation, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has an exciting opportunity for a Fundraising Officer based at Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

Working under the direction of the Director, Business Development and in line with LEAF’s strategy, this is a key operational role which will have day-to-day responsibility for raising funds by researching and applying to appropriate grant-making Trusts, Foundations and Statutory bodies and for growing new corporate and individual donors.

The post holder will work with relevant stakeholders to develop ideas and projects which are then progressed into funding campaigns and applications. They will also identify and build partnerships with other agencies to maximise LEAF’s access to other funding sources and will build and manage relationships with funders to increase income generation.

You will have experience of fundraising and donor engagement across several different funding streams, a proven record of successful funding applications, an understanding of the charitable trust sector and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The focus of the role is to effectively manage the procurement process across the organisation, to manage contracts with external suppliers and to gather, analyse and disseminate data that demonstrates our impact and directs future developments. The postholder will also have responsibility for increasing the understanding of and use of data in decision making across the organisation.

The postholder will also have responsibility for increasing the understanding of and use of data in decision making across the organisation.

What we’re looking for:

You’ll have experience of managing procurement processes, and gathering and managing data to produce easily understandable outputs and inform decision making. The ability to juggle competing demands on your time and to prioritise effectively is essential, and you must be a team player.

In return we offer:

A salary of £28,732-£31,924 per annum (pro-rata) plus pension contributions of up to 10% and the chance to be part of a friendly, enthusiastic team who really care about what they do.

How to apply:

If you like what you’ve heard please visit our website for further details and apply by 3rd March 2020. Please note we do not accept CVs - we ask you to fill in our application form, paying particular attention to the personal statement.

To take lead responsibility for our collaborative Youth Music/City of Culture Trust funded ‘Changing Trax’ programme designed to raise the aspirations, employability and creative skills of young people across Coventry. You will design, deliver and co-ordinate programmes to engage young people in creative learning opportunities and pathways for sustained engagement.

Every week three local families face their biggest fear and their child dies. Hope House Children’s Hospices want to be there for every child and family and we are driven by the belief that no one should face the death of a child alone.

HEAD OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Salary: £37,160 to £42,044 per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Based at Hope House in Oswestry

Calling all superheroes! Do you have the superpower to connect with people in ingenious ways and inspire them to do amazing things?

We are looking for just such a superhero to lead and mentor our enthusiastic team as they engage with our supporters and donors via the phone, email, letters and text.

As our Head of Individual Giving you will deliver our Engagement Strategy over the next 5 years, and play a key role in increasing our annual income by £2.5 million a year to £9 million to ensure we can help every child and family that needs us.

Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospices are very special places and we need someone equally as special in this exciting new role. You will have experience in a similar position and be target and data driven.  You will be creative, forward thinking, organised and full of ideas but happy to work collaboratively with others.

In return we offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to see your work achieving real benefits for children with life-threatening conditions and their families, and a great working environment within the hospices – plus cake, lots of cake!

Closing date: Sunday 8th March 2020

Interview date: Wednesday 25th March 2020

If you are looking for a worthwhile challenge and a varied job in which your success will make a real difference, click apply today.

To meet the diverse needs of our client group, we are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from all sectors of society.

The successful applicant will be subject to a standard disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).

HeadStart Programme Manager, 37 hours per week (Contract)
Birmingham, West Midlands
Grade 3: £26,682 - £29,280 per annum

Fixed term contract until 31st January 2021

HeadStart is a bold initiative, which seeks to address the challenges of social segregation and youth employability in society. Delivered by Family Action, the HeadStart programme offers diverse groups of 16-19 year olds the opportunity to develop their employability skills through volunteering and professional workshops and then rewards their social action with interviews for paid work with partner businesses.

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic HeadStart Programme Manager who will use their excellent skills in people and project management to set up and deliver the HeadStart programme in their region.

HeadStart is going through an exciting period of transition and growth; therefore, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate their ability to flourish in an innovative and changeable environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an entrepreneurial and innovative team, grow in a dynamic and supportive environment and contribute to an exciting programme for social change.

Our Values:

People focus, mutual respect, excellence in all we do and a can-do attitude. 

If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude, we can offer you:

- A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- A full induction and on-going quality training
- The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
- Flexible working hours
- Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision

For information on the filtering criteria and further information about the role, including the benefits we offer, please select the apply button shown and download the person and job spec prior to completing your application.

Closing date: 5th March 2020, 10am
Interview date: TBC

Family Action offers good working conditions, a comprehensive training programme and final salary pension scheme. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager, Youth Employment Programme Manager, Social Mobility Programme Manager, Regional Programme Manager, or Employability Programme Manager.

Support Assistant - The Assessment Foundation CIC

The Assessment Foundation is a non-profit organisation that supports teachers in their assessment of children in schools in England and Wales.

As a small company, we offer the successful candidate a supportive working environment. We are located in a private office building in the south of Birmingham with good transport links and free parking.

We pride ourselves on our great flexibility and lifestyle-friendly ethos, with regular social events.

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time/Part Time/Term Time Only

We will accept applicants for a full time, part time or term time only working pattern.

We are looking for a candidate who is available (at a minimum) to work 30h per week during term time. The full-time hours for this role are 37.5h per week. Applicants not available for at least 30h per week term time will not be considered.

We are a family-friendly organisation, and the working pattern can be flexible, but must be agreed with your line manager.

Location

1651 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 3DR

Salary and Benefits

£21,000-£25,000 per annum FTE, depending on relevant experience. Staff are entitled to 30 days annual leave FTE, with additional leave accrued for long service.

There is also the opportunity for optional enrolment in the company pension scheme.

Job Description

Working with the Support Team, the successful candidate will support, train and advise teachers and senior school leaders in the use of the online Incerts assessment system and mobile app. This role might be of particular interest to someone with experience in the teaching profession, or someone with a keen interest in education.

As a small company, we can offer good opportunities for advancement, with many former Support staff taking on additional project work within the company.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• answering queries from school leaders and classroom teachers by email and telephone;
• carefully and accurately processing assessment data for schools;
• using and maintaining internal systems such as the CRM;
• testing of the Incerts system and mobile apps;
• performing any other tasks requested by managers to meet organisational objectives.

Person Specification

Essential

• a university degree (or equivalent) in any discipline
• able to communicate clearly, accurately and respectfully
• possess the attention to detail necessary to consistently produce high-quality, professional work
• competent user of PCs and Windows 7/8/10
• competent user of smartphones and tablet devices
• familiarity with modern web systems
• strong experience working with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• a general understanding of how data is managed
• able to learn quickly and independently
• experience in customer service or another public-facing role
• experience working as a part of a team
• the desire to work in a small team

Desirable

• experience working in a primary school classroom
• degree classification 2:1 or above
• hold a current DBS check
• knowledge and experience of the advanced features of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and their Google equivalents
• experience using CRM systems, preferably Salesforce
• experience working within a small organisation
• able to read, write and speak Welsh

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references.

The successful candidate will be subject to a 6-month probation period.

Application Process

Deadline: 12pm on Friday 22nd March 2020

Please submit your CV with a cover letter explaining why you would be suitable for this role, and state your preferred working pattern.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should enough suitable applications be received. Rolling interviews will be conducted throughout the application window, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Thanks to support from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), we are about to launch a twelve-month programme across Coventry with the aim of helping more disadvantaged people in the city to access HMRC products and services and to interact more effectively with HMRC.

We have a vacancy for a HMRC Caseworker/Support Lead to deliver this exciting new programme. This is a 12-month fixed term post, working 22 hours per week. The role will involve:

• Providing direct advice and support for HMRC customers who need extra help and cannot afford to pay for it.
• Assisting customers who are digitally excluded, to build their confidence and capability to use online HMRC services for themselves.

Clients will include self-employed people who may have difficulty getting online, people for whom English may not be their first language and people who may otherwise have difficulty finding out about or accessing HMRC products and services. The postholder will help people to get online, to overcome problems and help resolve disputes.

Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of how to support people to become more digitally included, as well as an understanding of HMRC products and services. You will be expected to offer basic guidance on issues such as income tax, taxable income, Child Benefit, ‘legacy’ tax credits, tax refunds and dealing with basic tax problems. You will know when to escalate problems to more specialist providers.

The postholder will work closely with partner agencies, including Family Hubs, libraries and community centres, to generate referrals and provide support through a blend of 1-1, group sessions and remote support. This will support the projects further aims of improving access for digitally excluded people and to improve digital inclusion knowledge among partner organisations’ frontline staff.

The role is peripatetic and involves travel to sites across Coventry.

Coventry Independent Advice Service offers community advice across Coventry and holds the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) for casework in welfare benefits and debt. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates who meet the person specification regardless of age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or race.

Part-Time (17.5hrs p/w) - FTC until December 2020

HMP Stoke Heath

Are your strong IT and database skills and thorough understanding of data security complemented by a willingness to work flexibly across a wide geographical area? Are you ready for a working life that’s varied and rewarding and provides an opportunity for both personal and professional growth? Then join us as a Data
Co-oordinator and you could soon be playing a vital support role while putting your skills and experience to excellent use.

A well-established charity that helps ex-offenders and disadvantaged people to move their lives forward, St. Giles Trust offers support to help people overcome any issues that might be holding them back. Often, this is provided by the people who know best how to help - those who have been there themselves. This particular post is part of a Cabinet Office funded project that will provide a vital Through The Gate service aimed at reducing reoffending.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing data and administration support to resettlement teams within a custodial setting to ensure they maintain timely and accurate records of client interventions and meet contract requirements
• Contributing to ensuring compliance with systems and procedures, standards and performance targets relating to our administrative functions
• Managing, organising, developing and updating recording systems and collecting and collating data as required, including monthly monitoring
• Supporting the Wales Manager and Team Manager in contract monitoring and reporting and helping a Resettlement Caseworker to achieve contract targets and a high quality service
• Developing and maintain good partnership working with prison staff and the Partnership Manager.

And what you’ll need:

• Experience of using Word, Excel, Outlook and databases on a day-to-day basis, great problem solving skills and the ability to deal with routine and work systematically when required
• Good organisational and communication skills, particularly in relation to managing queries and liaising with colleagues
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work to required timescales while following guidelines and making sure the team complies with all data integrity requirements
• The ability to work on your own initiative or with little supervision and to set priorities when under pressure, escalating issues to a higher level where necessary
• A flair for quickly grasping new systems, maintaining confidentiality and complying with St. Giles Trust and funder requirements

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

Closing date: 11pm, 1st March 2020. Interview dates: 10th March 2020.

Victim Support is looking for a Trusts and Grants Officer, the base of this role is flexible and homeworking will be considered.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

We are seeking a Trust and Grants Officer to lead on securing donations from charitable trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and parish councils. In addition, this post will be responsible for managing the customer care and reporting to charitable trusts to maintain support and income agreements. The role will also have responsibility for delivering high quality research for current and prospective donors, increasing our ability to secure income for the organisation.

Victim Support is grounded in communities across England & Wales as well as having the strength of a national infrastructure and a well established, award-winning volunteer network.

This role will lead on building relationships with existing trust supporters, writing reports to meet deadlines and submitting further applications for core and project funding. Working with local teams the role will also assist with mapping regional and local trusts, corporate and major donor existing and future supporters.

You will report to the Fundraising Lead for Victim Support.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (s). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Eden Brown are happy to be recruiting for a Community Fundraiser for a major palliative care charity, covering South Staffordshire & Shropshire. The role will be chiefly based in their hospice in Solihull, with a possible 1-2 days a week home-based working.

To be successful in this role you will be able to build, develop and maintain fantastic community relationships throughout the region. You will be a driven, goal-orientated and experienced fundraiser with an in-depth knowledge of fundraising principles, methods and procedures, and will be able to recruit and manage volunteers and fundraising groups.

This role may require evening and weekend work, so requires someone with the flexibility to match the nature of the role. As the role involves travel throughout the region you must also hold a full UK drivers license.

This is a fabulous opportunity which offers a structured personal development plan to help you achieve your full potential within the role.

Interested? Please contact Helen Gallagher on 0113 2207540 or [email protected] to discuss further.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Contract Type:  Permanent

Hours:  Full time, 35 hours a week

Closing Date:  23:59 on Monday 9th March 2020

In The Prince’s Trust, this role is known as Prince’s Trust Executive

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate must be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

As an Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Birmingham you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust's NHS Project, however could be asked to support on any programme if required (Fairbridge, Get Into, Get Started, Enterprise, etc.)
• Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged through outreach
• Although based in Birmingham, this role can involve travel throughout the Midlands
• Co-ordinating with partners to deliver employment programmes, including leading skills sessions
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support and keeping detailed records of our engagement with them
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Birmingham, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who have some of the following qualities:

• Are able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Are experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• Is a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Have experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Youth Work or Teaching
  • Health & Care Sector
  • Careers & Employability Sector
  • Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
• Has a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face. 

For more information, please take a look at the job description or the ‘Working with Young People’ page on our website.

Why we need Execs:

This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million young people transform their lives over the next ten years. Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive, and society can prosper.

We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest free season ticket loans
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Volunteer / attend events such as music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year.

Contract Type:  Permanent

Hours:  Full time, 35 hours a week

Closing Date:  23:59 on Monday 9th March 2020

In The Prince’s Trust, this role is known as Prince’s Trust Executive

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic youth worker to join our dynamic team and is well suited to an individual that is looking to gain hands-on experience in a thriving and supportive workplace. The successful candidate must be as passionate as us about transforming the lives of young people.

As an Executive, you will work with young people, volunteers and partners to deliver programmes and activities to support and encourage 11-30 year olds. Working as part of a team within Stoke-on-Trent you will work with clear objectives to ‘connect’, ‘progress’ and help ‘transform’ the lives of young people who need us most.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting young people to develop their confidence and skills.
• Delivery of Prince's Trust's NHS Project, however could be asked to support on any programme if required (Fairbridge, Get Into, Get Started, Enterprise, etc.)
• Supporting young people into positive outcomes including education, training and employment.
• Ensuring young people who need us the most are recruited and engaged through outreach
• Although based in Stoke-on-Trent, this role can involve travel throughout the Midlands
• Co-ordinating with partners to deliver employment programmes, including leading skills sessions
• Ensuring every young person ‘progressed’ has an action plan with an appropriate pathway of support and keeping detailed records of our engagement with them
• Recruitment and management of trusted partners who refer to and/or deliver our services
• The recruitment and management of volunteers to support and deliver our services

Requirements:

To support our delivery requirements across Stoke-on-Trent, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who have some of the following qualities:

• Are able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience
• Can be adaptive and flexible, ready to embrace change and innovation
• Are experienced in providing one-to-one support and delivering high quality learning and development sessions through a variety of mediums.
• Is a natural and effective communicator, passionate about delivering excellent customer service and making the right decision for young people
• Have experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Youth Work or Teaching
  • Health & Care Sector
  • Careers & Employability Sector
  • Managing Partner Organisations and Volunteers
• Has a strong understanding of the challenges young people from within The Trust’s target groups might face. 

For more information, please take a look at the job description or the ‘Working with Young People’ page on our website.

Why we need Execs:

This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million young people transform their lives over the next ten years. Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive, and society can prosper.

We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest free season ticket loans
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Volunteer / attend events such as music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year.

UK charity Children’s Liver Disease Foundation takes action against the effects of childhood liver disease, providing information, emotional support, research funds and a voice for all affected.

Please find out more about the difference we make on our website.

CLDF is looking for an experienced practitioner to join our Support Team as a Children and Families Officer to provide an innovative, unique child and family support service. 

As a key part of the Support team the Children and Families Officer will deliver family projects, resources and services including leaflet development, on-line information resources, themed projects and developing and delivering events and residentials.

The Children and Families Officer will undertake travel to hospitals and introduce themselves and CLDF to families, starting the development of their relationship with CLDF and building upon existing relationships. Providing improved outcomes for children and siblings affected by liver disease is at the heart of this service, as is ensuring that families can access support and advice relating to the educational needs of the children affected.

The Children and Families Officer will provide emotional support to families of a child with a liver disease, empowering them to take control of their lives, cope with chronic illness and signpost them to appropriate services looking at the family from a holistic viewpoint.

If you have the required skill set, want a job that makes a real difference and are hardworking, tenacious and outgoing, we're interested to hear from you.

Weekend working away from home, supporting the residential/events programme ( 5/6 times per year) and travelling nationwide will be required. The post is supported by Children in Need funding.

This a permanent, part-time 4 days (28 hours) per week post.

Please note that a Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check will be undertaken.

The Sufi religious worker will engage, motivate donors on Islamic charitable giving, participate in:

-implementing fundraising strategies

-arranging call to prayers and Iqamat according to the Islamic law

-preparing weekly sermons for senior Imam, responsible for maintaining the religious transcripts and translations

-assisting in arranging at special services like birthdays, funerals, Khatam Sharif, URS Sharif, Milad day and other religious functions

-Reciting Quran and Nasheeds at religious events

-able to lead Taraweeh in Ramadhan

-will perform other non-pastoral work in a religious order

The applicant should be fluent in Arabic (essential), Urdu (preferable) and English (preferable).

The successful applicants will be required to provide an enhanced DBS Certificate/Police Certificate and expenses to be met by the applicant. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

·Qualification must be equal to GCSE and Basic Religious Education. (Essential)

·Applicant must have worked with the religious organisation, Sunni Sufi meditate on practices, previous experience in similar role and knowledge of system and practice. (Essential)

·Applicant must be Sunni Sufi faith and proven with previous related documents. (Essential)

·Applicant must have good written & Communication Skills. (Essential)

·Hafiz-e-Quran and previous work with the NGO. (Essential)

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