As Policy & Information Officer at St John Ambulance, you will support our work on internal policy and information governance across the organisation. You will help to develop and maintain a suite of policies to support compliance and continuous improvement. You will help St John people to understand the requirements of our policy and information governance frameworks, and contribute to training and monitoring effectiveness.

About the Role

As Policy & Information Officer at St John Ambulance, you will support our work on internal policy and information governance across the organisation. You will help to develop and maintain a suite of policies to support compliance and continuous improvement. You will help St John people to understand the requirements of our policy and information governance frameworks, and contribute to training and monitoring effectiveness. You will handle Subject Access Requests received under data protection legislation and co-ordinate requests for data protection advice.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

To be successful in the role of Policy & Information Officer, you should have a good understanding of policy and information governance frameworks and a willingness to develop your skills in these areas. You will be a good communicator who is able to understand complex information and develop effective materials to convey this to your colleagues. You will be well organised and be able to work on your own initiative. You must be comfortable analysing information and producing status reports, and monitoring compliance against quality standards.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

· Competitive salary & pension scheme

· Cycle to work scheme

· Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme

· Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: Interviews will take place during the week of 14 December

Application Review Date: Friday 11 December

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

Who we are looking for

This is an exciting, high profile and demanding role that will allow the post-holder to have system-wide impact through the successful delivery of national professional development programmes and qualifications for teachers and school leaders. It is a senior leadership team post at Ambition Institute, based within our Programmes Division.

We are looking for someone to join us to lead a number of high profile professional development programmes for school leaders, which will be mobilised throughout 2021.  You will be responsible for ensuring the effective development and delivery of our programmes, so that we have the greatest possible impact on developing the expertise of school leaders across the country.

Working with others across the organisation, you will develop and set a clear vision for their purpose and impact.  You will need to ensure the programmes are of the highest quality, as well as being financially sustainable and contractually compliant.

In order to excel in this role, you will need to understand the principles of high quality professional development and be able to work strategically to translate these into successful development programmes at scale. You will need to be customer- and participant-focused, with the ability to respond effectively to trends and shifts in participants’ feedback and needs, and be able to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will have experience of programme/ project management and leading professional development programmes at scale.  This will include bringing experience of managing a large and complex team and its budget, and working with partners to deliver effectively.

As a director within the Programmes team you will manage a team of Associate Directors, act as an external voice for the organisation when required, deputise for your Executive Director when required, and take on wider leadership responsibilities across the organisation.  The successful candidate will champion our values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners.

Who are Ambition Institute?

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager
• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays
• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period
• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate)
• Competitive salary rates
• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters.
• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 7th December. Interviews are expected to take place later that week.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a dynamic, leading relationships charity based in Manchester. At TLC: Talk, Listen, Change, working in partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, The Drive Partnership; Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance and with Manchester, Salford, we have secured funding from the Home Office to grow our work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, their partners and families.

The Drive Partnership - Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance – believes domestic abuse is not acceptable or inevitable. We work with high-harm, high-risk and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse in sites across England and Wales to prevent their abusive behaviour and protect adult and child victims. And it works. A study by the University of Bristol shows that the Drive intervention reduces abuse.

At the same time as delivering the Drive intervention in specific sites, we are working across the domestic abuse specialist sector, public sector partners and beyond to develop sustainable, national systems that respond to perpetrators of domestic abuse. That’s what this role is about.

Our vision is that one day agencies in all PCC and local authority areas across England and Wales – backed by national leaders - will work together to disrupt domestic abuse and challenge and change perpetrator’s behaviour.

If you’re passionate about ending domestic abuse and interested in ensuring perpetrators are risk managed and supported to change, wherever they live in England and Wales, we want to hear from you.

Although not essential we are strongly seeking to recruit candidates who are fluent in speaking an additional language for some of these roles.

Please note that all roles are currently predominately home based due to current restrictions.  Longer term flexible working options available however travel across Greater Manchester will be expected once face to face delivery commences.

The Case Manager will strive to make contact and work on a one to one basis with perpetrators whose victims have been identified as high risk at MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference) to pro-actively secure engagement, influence attitudinal and behavioural change and link to complementary services. To do this, the Case Manager will work with existing agencies in each pilot site to design a co-ordinated, strategic individual intervention plan to address identified needs and risks and promote understanding of the impact of abusive behaviours. Throughout the intervention the Case Manager will work closely with the IDVA (Independent domestic violence advisor) service to review risk, develop safety plans and improve outcomes for all parties involved.

The Case Manager will be responsible over the long term for delivering outcomes, working for typically 10 months to achieve behaviour change with each service user.

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Criminal Investigations Officer 

Permanent position

£28,173 per annum plus civil service pension and excellent benefits

The responsibility of the Criminal Investigations Officer is to investigate cases forwarded to Investigations for criminal investigation under the Data Protection Act (DPA), Freedom of Information Act (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). The investigation of breaches of information and enforcement notices, and to provide assistance with the investigation of cases forwarded for consideration of enforcement action under the provisions of the legislation.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of criminal investigations and who can deliver quality and timely investigations. We require someone who has a good understanding of the Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act (CPIA), the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, Human Rights Act, the Investigatory Powers Act and the Victims Code. Preferably we are looking for someone who has recent experience of conducting criminal interviews.

You will act as primary or supporting investigating officer, under the direction of the Criminal Investigations Team Manager, by managing a caseload of investigations making decisions about priorities, ensuring that each investigation is of sufficient depth to obtain all necessary evidence.

You will be responsible for ensuring that criminal investigations are completed in a timely and effective manner and in accordance with the legislative framework in which criminal investigations are conducted. This includes but is not limited to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, Human Rights Act, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and the Victims Code.

You will ensure that the weight, value and relevance of evidence available are considered at the start and throughout an investigation, involving the legal team where appropriate at an early stage in investigations.

Throughout the investigation process, you will provide good customer service to all parties, managing expectations sensitively and communicating clearly, regularly and at an appropriate level, in writing, face to face and over the telephone.

You will submit telecommunications and directed surveillance applications, where applicable, for the attention of the Director of Investigations and/or the Head of Investigations in accordance with ICO policy, procedure and the law.

You will be responsible for making applications for search warrants to the court under the direction of the Criminal Investigations Team Manager, and ensure that searches of premises are conducted thoroughly and safely.

You will be expected to develop and maintain relationships with any relevant internal/external stakeholders as appropriate.

You may be required to attend Court and Tribunals and give evidence on behalf of the Commissioner.

 

To apply

Visit ico.jobs to complete an online application form.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 22 November 2020

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a dynamic, leading relationships charity based in Manchester. At TLC: Talk, Listen, Change, working in partnership with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, The Drive Partnership; Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance and with Manchester, Salford, we have secured funding from the Home Office to grow our work with perpetrators of domestic abuse, their partners and families.

The Drive Partnership - Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance – believes domestic abuse is not acceptable or inevitable. We work with high-harm, high-risk and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse in sites across England and Wales to prevent their abusive behaviour and protect adult and child victims. And it works. A study by the University of Bristol shows that the Drive intervention reduces abuse.

At the same time as delivering the Drive intervention in specific sites, we are working across the domestic abuse specialist sector, public sector partners and beyond to develop sustainable, national systems that respond to perpetrators of domestic abuse. That’s what this role is about.

Our vision is that one day agencies in all Police and Crime Commissioner and local authority areas across England and Wales – backed by national leaders - will work together to disrupt domestic abuse and challenge and change perpetrator’s behaviour.

If you’re passionate about ending domestic abuse and interested in ensuring perpetrators are risk managed and supported to change, wherever they live in England and Wales, we want to hear from you.

Although not essential we are strongly seeking to recruit candidates who are fluent in speaking an additional language for some of these roles.

Please note that all roles are currently predominately home based due to current restrictions.  Longer term flexible working options available however travel across Greater Manchester will be expected once face to face delivery commences.

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Purpose of this role

Working alongside the Drive Director, National Programme Lead, and the Head of Communications, Policy and Public Affairs, this post will manage resources from across the partnership, to ensure co-ordinated and successful delivery of the Drive Partnership’s national systems change objectives, including:

• Raising awareness and capacity across voluntary and statutory services through workforce development training, sharing learning, events, seminars and building partnerships, particularly within children’s social care
• Identifying systemic gaps in perpetrator response and propose solutions to them – taking the insights gleaned from the delivery of Drive and using them as the starting point to develop new models with a particular focus on improving responses for black and minoritised groups, and the LGBTQ community
• Building the evidence base and ensuring there is a feedback loop between evidence and frontline practice
• Promoting Quality Assurance of perpetrator provision across both voluntary and statutory sectors
• Supporting the Communications, Policy and Public Affairs team
• The post will be responsible for ensuring that all the systems change work, at its core, reflects the needs of minoritised groups.

The University of Manchester Students’ Union has one of the highest numbers of student societies in the UK. With over 400 active, engaged, and energised student societies, each student-led and running a wide variety of activities, they are often seen as one of the highlights of the University experience.

This role plays a key part in supporting the leaders of our societies by helping them develop their activities, develop themselves through training, and make the most of their time being a student leader. You will also play a key role in the organisation of some of the Union’s core events, such as the annual Societies Fairs and more.