Added benefits

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

8% non-contributory pension

You are an ambitious fundraiser with an interest in developing your Individual Giving career. You can motivate yourself to meet challenges and you’d love the chance to make a massive difference at an amazing charity.

A spinal cord injury can be life-changing. Around 50,000 people in the UK are affected, and you can give them hope by working for a charity that’s determined to find effective treatments.

Spinal Research is here to give hope to everyone living with paralysis as a result of a spinal cord injury. Our focus is to find an effective treatment that not only improves sensation and movement for people living with paralysis but brings us closer to a day when we finally conquer it. Our pioneering work has led to recent clinical trials, but our world-class research relies on dynamic fundraising. That’s where you come in.

As the Individual Giving Manager, you’ll create fabulous appeals that inspire people to donate to this incredible charity. You’ll also manage the budget carefully and whilst managing regular donors, look to attract new supporters in a cost-effective way.  And while you’ll lead the individual giving programme, you’ll work closely with other fundraisers in the team, gaining experience in other disciplines. You will make a success of it by being organised, proactive and having good attention to detail.

Imagine how proud you’ll feel, knowing you’re making such a difference.

To apply to join this energetic team email your CV and a covering statement telling us why you’re interested in the role and showing us why you’re right for the job (please keep it brief, no more than 2 pages please). The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 13th January and we will be holding interviews during the following week.

Discover more about this opportunity and how to apply by reading the attached Job Description. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Charity: Leading development organisation fighting poverty.

The Role:

Manage legacy marketing activity and budget to maximise income from supporters

Develop and implement legacy campaigns during the year across UK and Irish markets.

Utilising relevant channels: whether by email or through gifts in Wills mailings and appeals or by running events.

Work collaboratively with the wider supporter engagement team

Work with the Marketing and Communications team to ensure communications are relevant

Oversee the legacy prospect and legacy pledger retention programme

Manage and lead team members, managing performance and setting annual objectives.

Oversee legacy administration and ensure the value of legacies is maximised.

The Candidate:

Passion for legacy campaigns and understanding of show commitment of the charities mission.

Demonstrable experience of successfully running legacy campaigns.

proven experience of successfully introducing new initiatives group of stakeholders.

Good Knowledge of the principles of direct marketing and understanding of relationship based fundraising.

Ability to keep up to date with sector trends including charity regulations and develop external network.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you haven't been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

We are seeking an organised and proactive individual to join us as a Legacy Case Officer and help ensure that gifts in Wills are received in accordance with our supporters' wishes and in compliance with the law and Save the Children's legal obligations as a registered charity.

In our Marketing, Fundraising and Communications department, we fight for children every single day. We inspire millions of people, from individuals to large corporates, to support our quest for change. We go the extra mile - and we don't rest until the work is done.

In addition to managing a caseload of largely pecuniary and specific legacy files, as Legacy Case Officer you will be responsible for the maintenance of our legacy database and for providing a support function to the team. Working with colleagues within the wider department, you will also contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to grow future income. In addition you will:

• Ensure that all incoming correspondence and income is received and recorded correctly
• Manage the administration of pecuniary legacy case files to ensure that Save the Children receives the maximum benefit to which it is entitled

• Communicate gratitude to bereaved relatives and executors sensitively and effectively
• Enable the effective planning of Save the Children's work, being accountable for estimating and forecasting legacy payments.

To be successful you will have good all-round administrative abilities, including data entry skills, experience of databases and a high level of computer literacy. You will have an interest in legacies that are left to charity (gifts in Wills), ideally with experience in a legacy, probate or charity administration role. With an excellent attention to detail, you will also have:

• An ability to demonstrate empathy whatever the circumstances
• Good interpersonal skills and enthusiasm for building strong relationships
• Skills in multi-tasking and in effective organisation and prioritisation of workload
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• An understanding of team working and the ability and flexibility to work within and provide support to a team
• Experience of working in a customer facing role and of writing customer care letters.

Experience or knowledge of probate law or legacy administration and knowledge of the CARE and First Class databases would be an advantage.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 22nd December 2019

We need a brilliant organiser to keep our charity running smoothly as we scale up to reach more young people.

We’re looking for someone who is excited to play an essential role in the team and our social impact by providing administrative support to all aspects of our work and ensuring all our operations are well-organised and efficient.

This will be a varied, hands-on role in a dynamic organisation that’s always changing and taking on new challenges.

As the organisation has plans to scale up, this is an opportunity to provide support to an expanding team and take growing responsibility over time for our operations and improving our processes.

Please ensure you send both a CV and cover letter. Only applications containing both will be considered!
 

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support with our marketing and communications activities, to help us reach more schools and keep them engaged. You will help with scheduling e-newsletters, updating websites, creating simple sign-up forms and keeping mailing lists up to date.
• Keep our databases up to date and accurate.
• Plan and manage the logistical aspects of our events, from stands at education shows to our teacher training days, including pulling together materials and booking team accommodation, travel and catering.
• Liaise with our schools, including sending out invoices, chasing payments, setting up online accounts and preparing and sending out welcome packs.
• Support the team with a variety of admin tasks including monitoring inboxes and social media accounts, answering general inquiries and ensuring we have stationary and resources.
• Research opportunities to reach more young people, for example identifying new schools that might be interested in our programmes.
• Build efficiency into the team’s operations and help to improve our processes.

Skills, attributes and experience

• Excellent organisational and time management skills: you are able to stay on top of a varied workload and prioritise appropriately, balancing short-term demands with longer-term goals. You’re energised by keeping teams processes well-organised.
• Exceptional attention to detail: you have experience making sure information is accurate and well-organised, from databases to team inboxes and calendars.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills: You are able to build rapport and communicate clearly.
• At least 1 year of experience in a relevant role, including experience using MS Office systems.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems. You are able to work in a self-directed way and adapt to change.
• The initiative to anticipate the needs of the team and resolve operational and administrative issues before they arise.
• The drive and positivity to overcome setbacks.
• Teamwork: you take ownership of your work and you enjoy working collaboratively and contributing to a supportive team.

This role involves working with young people, so you will be required to have a DBS check (which we will organise).
 

ABOUT THE ECONOMIST FOUNDATION

We are a fast-growing charity that uses the journalistic expertise at The Economist newspaper to give young people the skills to think for themselves about current affairs.

What we do: We enable inspiring discussions about the news in classrooms and between schools in different communities.

Why we do it: Taking part in these discussions develops young people’s critical thinking skills, communication skills, confidence and knowledge of current affairs. These capabilities can help to change a young person’s life. They’re essential for working out the truth in the face of misinformation, one-sided debates and missing context in the media. They’re also hugely important for succeeding in school, employment and beyond. Our priority is to work with disadvantaged and marginalised young people who have fewer opportunities to develop these ‘news literacy’ competencies even though they have the most to gain from them.

Our impact: See the difference that our work makes here: BNC Impact | Burnet News Club

Our story so far: The Foundation was set up by our Chief Executive from inside The Economist in 2012. Since then, our core programme has achieved national scale and is running in over 80 schools across the UK, reaching 2000 young people every week. We are actively engaged with the ‘news literacy’ community, speaking at events internationally and giving input to the Fair Education Alliance, News Literacy Network and parliamentary inquiries. This year we were named by Escape the City as one of the top 100 places to work to make a difference, and we were recognised by HundrED as one of the top 100 education innovations globally.

Our plans: News literacy – the ability to think critically and communicate confidently about the news – is increasingly seen as a priority in education, business and politics. We're very excited about the opportunity this presents to grow our impact, and we have ambitious plans to do this in the coming two years including doubling the reach of our core programme, the Burnet News Club. This role is essential for delivering our growth plans.

ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF A SMALL, FRIENDLY CHARITY WITHIN A LARGER BUSINESS

The Economist Foundation is an independent charity that sits within The Economist but also works quite separately.

As we’re a small organisation, everyone plays a significant role in our work and deciding our plans for the future. We’re an informal and very friendly team. We make each other lots of cups of tea and we like finding excuses for social activities. We work hard but also flexibly, and some of us use that flexibility to be involved with other projects outside of work such as volunteering.

The Foundation was named by Escape the City as one of The Escape 100: Best Companies to Escape to in 2019.

At the same time, we have the advantages of a larger company. There are excellent benefits at The Economist Group, including a very good pension plan (the company will contribute up to 11%), private medical insurance, gym discounts and much more. There are plenty of opportunities to learn from the expertise in the company. There is a formal mentoring scheme and a good training programme, and the Foundation works closely with senior colleagues in the editorial team as well as many other parts of the business.

We’re supported by a global media brand which is becoming ever more valued in an uncertain world.

 
DIVERSITY

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We know that diversity within an organisation makes it stronger. And we know that maximising our impact depends on reaching and supporting young people, and teachers, from all backgrounds. So we deeply value diversity in all respects, including age, cultural identity, race, colour, ethnic origin, national origin, gender, religious beliefs, disability, class or sexual orientation. We are passionate about continually improving our understanding of barriers to diversity and inclusion, and finding ways to overcome these in everything we do.

Fantastic part-time opportunity for an experienced administrator to join a small and friendly grantmaking team in an established family office.

Our trusts make over 450 grants each year to a wide range of mostly UK-based charities. Grants are either awarded by our three formalised funding programmes or are discretionary in nature, having often been championed by family members or other stakeholders.

Our team is very small and friendly, with various members of the family closely involved. This is a permanent part-time role, working four days a week (to include Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays). The salary for this role would be up to £24,000 (£30,000 full-time equivalent), depending on experience, and the successful applicant would report to the Grants Manager.

Ideally, we are looking for someone to start as soon as possible.

Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to:

• General support to the Grants Manager, family members and Trustees (information requests, expenses, ad hoc projects, research etc)
• Providing administrative support through the grantmaking life cycle (from initial enquiry, application, decision making, grant payments, and record keeping, to monitoring and follow up). This would include:
  • Leading on the management of data and information, including maintaining and updating the applications and grants database (Salesforce) and various spreadsheets
  • Being the first point of call for all queries and dealing with them appropriately
  • Processing, circulating, recording and responding to incoming correspondence (grant applications, updates, event invitations, thank you letters etc)
  • Managing meeting logistics (scheduling, booking rooms, ordering catering, preparing and circulating papers and organising travel etc)
  • Taking and circulating minutes of trustees’ meetings
  • Preparing grant letters/emails and payments 
  • Assisting with grant monitoring and reporting processes
• Working with others in the preparation of annual report and accounts
• Liaising with various service providers
• Striving for ongoing administrative improvements

Attributes sought

• Prior experience in administration, ideally at a grantmaking organisation
• Well organised, bright, and with a positive, friendly disposition
• Good attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Quick to pick things up, act with initiative and manage own workload
• Fully proficient in Office 365 suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience of using Salesforce is preferred and highly valued

In this exciting role you will have strategic responsibility for the retention and legacy programmes for this leading childrens charity. You will also and collaborate with the Individual Giving Manager for Acquisition to oversee the strategy of the Individual Giving Programme.

The Charity
Is the leading national childrens charity dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer. They raise and invest money for vital specialist research to save the life of every child with cancer and keep their family together.

The Role
You will lead on the development and management of Individual Giving programmes and activities including; cash appeals, raffles, lottery, regular giving, supporter experience, legacy and in-memory giving working to reach the Individual Giving Teams 4 million net income target.
Alongside the Individual Giving Manager for Acquisition, responsible for developing and implementing the Individual Giving income and expenditure budget, monitoring income, preparing forecasts and accounting for variations in income.
To help support, develop and deliver an annual programme of multi-channel campaigns using direct mail, PSMS, digital marketing and telemarketing to retain and develop donors.
To manage the 2020 Legacy Giving programme, including regular managing of performance against target, and leading on legacy marketing and stewardship.
Manage legacy forecasting, and support the Supporter Services Coordinator, providing guidance on the administration of gifts.
Develop new fundraising ideas, adopting a test and learn approach, to ensure a strong Individual Giving portfolio and avoid over reliance on any one income source. Maximising on a range of data-capture and fundraising opportunities to grow our donor base.

The Candidate
Significant experience and a proven track record of developing and delivering successful individual giving and legacy programmes.
Extensive individual giving fundraising experience
Experience of developing strategies, achieving individual and team income targets
Experience of managing budgets and reporting programme and campaign performance.
Management of specialist direct marketing agencies.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Do you have experience securing grants and major gifts to help fund change? Are you passionate about creating a safer world for future generations? Do you want to take the next step in your fundraising career yet retain a good work-life balance?

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is recruiting for a part-time Fundraising Officer focusing on Grants and Major Gifts to join our friendly team. This is a pivotal role in the organisation, responsible for the development and implementation of our major gifts and grant fundraising strategies.

You’ll have good knowledge of trust fundraising and be enthusiastic about cultivating major donors. You will have demonstrable experience in most of the following: trust funding, major donor relationship cultivation, legacy administration and promotion, relational databases (preferably Raiser’s Edge), and digital communications.

CND campaigns non-violently to achieve nuclear disarmament in Britain and around the world. Now is a crucial time for CND.

Essential attributes

1. Commitment to the aims and objectives of CND
2. Experience of Trust funding
3. Experience of high value donor management
4. Ability to plan strategically, set achievable goals and be flexible in a changing working environment
5. Experience of data management and evidence based supporter targeting in fundraising activities, ideally in the voluntary sector
6. Experience of using relational databases (preferably Raisers Edge) and Excel spreadsheets
7. Excellent organisational abilities, ideally evident in a campaigning environment
8. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
9. Experience of legacy administration and promotion
10. Ability to work as part of a team
11. Experience of working to and meeting tight deadlines, taking initiative, prioritising
12. Commitment to an equal opportunities policy

Desirable attributes

1. Working knowledge of GDPR and data protection legislation
2. Experience of working in a membership department or customer relations
3. A clean driving licence

The role is conveniently based at our office on Holloway Road. The hours are 17.5 per week and the position is temporary, with the contract initially for 18 months and subject to a 3-month probationary period. The salary is £34,147 per annum pro rata (subject to an annual review) and the successful candidate will be entitled to 28 days pro rata of holiday and a contributory pension scheme.

If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding role and want to help us maximise our income to reach our goal, please read the job description and apply as soon as possible using our application form. Interviews with candidates that meet our requirements will be arranged as soon as possible; there is no fixed deadline.

For an informal chat about the position please telephone CND Treasurer Linda Hugl on 07802 412-348. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. Please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements you may have.

We are looking for a positive, empathetic and people-focused Support Services Team Leader to provide high quality information and support to those affected by blood cancer via the phone, email, social media, via our online forum and face to face.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

You will be emotionally resilient, hardworking and understand the value that your role brings to the blood cancer community.

Ideally, you will be Registered Nurse in haematology with experience working at NHS Band 6 or above (or equivalent).

If this sounds like the role you are looking for and you feel you have the knowledge, skills and experience we need, please apply with a covering letter setting out how you match the requirements of the job specification and a CV by:

9am on Friday 3 January 2020

*Applications for this role will be reviewed as soon as they are received so please note that we may bring forward the closing date at our discretion*

Join us on our journey to beat blood cancer!

Job Title: Nursery Manager (Caversham)

Hours: 40 hours/ 8am to 6pm Mon-Fri flexible

Responsible to: CEO

Salary: £33,000 to £35,000 (subject to experience) + pension contribution

Benefits: Gym, annual leave increases in year 2, free bicycle scheme, paid training and development

Subject to: Satisfactory DBS and references.

Introduction

Do you have a natural ability to lead and inspire others? We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative Early Years Practitioner to manage our nursery.

Queen's Crescent Community Association's (QCCA) is registered charity that runs Holly Lodge and Caversham Nurseries as well as drop-in sessions at the Peggy Jay Centre, all of which are conveniently located at the heart of North London communities.

Holly Lodge nestles amid the greenery of Highgate’s Holly Lodge estate and offers term-time childcare. Caversham is five minutes’ walk from Kentish Town tube station and runs all year and our drop in centre, which is located in Hampstead heath.

QCCA is looking for a passionate and experienced Nursery Manager to lead and grow an enthusiastic and passionate team at Caversham Nursery.  We are looking for an energetic manager who has the energy to take the nursery to the next stage of growth, someone who will thrive with the right support and autonomy, bringing new ideas and direction to the nursery. We are a not-for-profit organisation that reinvests surplus income back into our charitable activities, which includes the nurseries and under-fives drop in.

The successful candidate will have robust knowledge of the EYFS, strong communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The individual must be highly motivated, have a positive attitude towards working with children, and be ready to lead and manage team of staff.

Caversham Nursery is convenient and well-located, it’s a buzzy, happy nursery that goes the extra mile for parents and children alike. It also received a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in Nov 2018.

To apply please submit an updated CV with maximum of two page covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria on the person specification and why you would be suitable for this post. The person specification can be found on the JD.

Application closes 12pm Friday, 20 December 2019. We reserve the right to close the application early and invite candidates for an interview before the closing date. We are looking for candidates who can start as soon as reasonably possible, subject to satisfactory DBS and references. Please submit your CV and covering letter as soon as possible.

Summarised

KEY DUTIES

• Undertake the daily management of the Nursery to ensure that high standards are developed and maintained throughout.
• To provide appropriate activities ensuring that, whilst in the Nursery, children receive physical, emotional, social and intellectual development, giving consideration to families’ ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Develop and grow a team of practitioners who are passionate, committed and skilled to unlock children’s full potential. 
• Support staff in the development and maintenance of appropriate planning, observation and assessment procedures.  Ensure a consistent service and develop, with staff, a recording system for individual children, which can be shared with parents and other professionals and agencies (Abacus and Tapestry), enabling improvements to working methods and service.
• Inspire and motivate the team by regularly celebrating achievements and contribution and ensure they are involved in the design and co-production of all activities and strategies.
• Ensure that practice and provision in the nursery meets the outstanding requirements of OFSTED and the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Action and monitor all child protection issues, parent issues, complaints and accidents to ensure that remedial action is taken immediately, liaising with the CEO as appropriate
• Review and monitor occupancy levels to ensure they are maintained to maximum capacity. Proactively market the nursery to meet these objectives, ensuring parent show around are informative and followed up to ensure enquires are converted into bookings

Equal Opportunities

QCCA is committed to principles of Equal Opportunity for all in terms of service provision and employment. As an employee of the company, it is your responsibility to ensure equality of access to jobs and services to women, Black/ethnic minorities, lesbian and gay men and people with disabilities, regardless of marital status, age, creed/religion and unrelated criminal convictions.

Health and Safety

All staff have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of persons and members of the public in the premises or sites controlled by QCCA the methods of achieving this will be provision of safe systems of work, safe and healthy conditions and environment, and including such information, training, instruction and supervision as is necessary to achieve these objectives in accordance with Safety Legislation and the Health and Safety Policy.

We are looking for a talented finance professional to take on this exciting and varied role as a Finance Officer at the UK’s leading blood cancer charity.

You will take on a variety of accounting tasks across income and expenditure and be the first point of contact for finance operations. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active individual who is keen to develop and progress their career in finance.

Reporting to the Financial Accounting & Systems Manager, the Finance Officer provides financial operational support to colleagues across Bloodwise. As a part of a team of two Finance Officers you are responsible for carrying out an interesting and diverse range of accounting tasks: The two Finance Officers are jointly responsible to cover accounting and processing tasks across income and expenditure (including payment runs), as well as bank and balance sheet reconciliations for review.

For many people you will be the first point of contact for finance operational needs and the role therefore requires a proactive and courteous approach to supporting the organisation’s financial needs. Relationship building and an analytical approach to problem solving will be essential to a successful Finance Officer at Bloodwise.

Over the next year we are also reviewing the use of our finance systems and you will have the opportunity to play a key role on process and system improvement projects. 

If this sounds like you send us your current cv and cover letter outlining your experience and what you can bring to this role by: 9am on Monday 13 January 2020

Please note: Applications will be reviewed on receipt and for this reason we may bring forward the closing date at our discretion

Travel Trade & Museum Events Executive
Permanent
Full-time
£25,500
London

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire everyone. Our overall vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We are looking for an experienced executive to join our Events team to lead the development of our business with the travel trade and to support the delivery of commercial events at the Royal Air Force Museum. 

Based within our Events team in London, the Travel Trade and Museum Events Executive will help build stronger relationships with the travel trade industry in order to increase the number of organised groups visiting the Museum and also support the Head of Events in delivering a selected number of events in London. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to at an exciting time for the Museum as we deliver on the exciting vision outlined in our Strategic Plan to 2030.

The post will be based at our London site.  Regular travel between the Museum sites will be required.

To apply:
• Please provide your current CV with a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the role specification. Please look our vacancies page on our website for details on how to apply.

• Closing date for applications: 10 January 2019 at 10am

• Interviews will take place on:  27 January 2020

30 Hours per week

The Operation Manager will lead, direct and manage service and business operations across the organisation. The post holder will work with external partners and linked providers and be responsible for all aspects of service operations ensuring delivery of services in line with contract and funder requirements achieving high quality and positive outcomes for service users.

This is a senior role within the charity. The post holder will have wide ranging responsibilities for the performance and development of internal services and operations. The post offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of existing services, working closely with counterpart roles in other organisations, and contributing to joint development and working groups locally and regionally. The post holder will also work with the Director of Operations (DOS), as part of a Management Team, to implement the strategic plans and overall management of services, ensuring the successful strategic development of the organisation, including business planning, internal policies, procedures and quality standards, cross-departmental working and external relations. The Operations Manager will be required to represent the organisation at a senior level both internally and externally.

The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue on a sustainable and viable basis and can evidence positive outcomes and value in the market we are operating in.

For more Infomation on the Job Description, please do click on Additional Documents below.

Healthy Foundations is a health advocacy project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. The project aims to support and advocate for women to better access services related to health and well-being and for women to prioritise their health. The project provides one-to-one ‘through-the-gate’ support to women leaving prison which continues into the community. Health Matters also runs a series of workshops and provides information for women to identify and address healthcare needs and improve well-being.

Women affected by the criminal justice system have far poorer and more serious health problems than the general population due to multiple overlapping barriers, including experience of chronic poverty, difficulties with mental health, domestic violence, problematic substance use and substandard housing and homelessness. The Healthy Foundations project approaches health and well-being in a holistic way by linking up mental health and physical health, problematic substance use and other complex needs.

As a Healthy Foundations Advocate you will provide an independent, needs-led health support and advocacy service to participants and develop individual one-to-one needs assessments and support plans with women. You will also create and facilitate workshops. We are looking for someone with experience of providing support to service users facing multiple barriers and a demonstrable commitment to working within a women-centred service, making a difference to women’s lives.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system. The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.