Local Delivery Manager Jobs in Enfield, Greater London

Neighbourhood Watch Network (NWN) is the representative charity for the Neighbourhood Watch movement across England and Wales with over 2.3M members and 60,000 volunteers. We are the largest volunteer led crime prevention and community development charity in the UK. Neighbourhood Watch Network supports and represents the successful grass roots, volunteer led group of organisations under the Neighbourhood Watch brand. We are funded by the Home Office, charitable trusts and foundations, donations and sponsor organisations in the private sector.

Neighbourhood Watch was founded on the premise of bringing people together as neighbours and communities to help prevent crime and all the evidence suggests that the need for this today is as great as it has ever been.

We have received funding to start several new projects, and now need a Finance Officer to join the Finance Manager in a small finance team to support the growing organisation. The Finance Officer will also support the wider team with expenses, reviewing their spending verses their budgets, and will help manage the online shop.

Meridian Wellbeing

Senior Communications and Activities Lead

Pay & Pensions: £28,000 p.a. pro rata plus workplace pension contribution

Location: Meritage Centre, Church End, Hendon, NW4 4JT

Hours: 4 days, 30 hours a week (Based on FTE 37.5 hrs per week)

Term: 1 year (with possibility of extension)

Responsible to: CEO of Meridian Wellbeing

Reports to: Head of Operations

This role offers the potential for flexible working hours with a minimum of 2 days based in the office.

Meridian Wellbeing are looking for an experienced Marketing and Communications Lead to create marketing plans and to implement its development strategies across the organisation to support the digital delivery platform and physical activities for its wellbeing services. We seek applications from candidates with a proven track record in creating marketing plans focusing on social media, content creation and brand.

The successful candidate will work closely with all service teams to promote and enhance the awareness of our services through regular marketing and communications streams such as the weekly newsletter, promotion of physical activities and workshops, the online development of our digital platforms, and manage the organisation website.

As a member of the senior team, the successful candidate will work actively to contribute to the positive development of the organisation as a mental health and wellbeing hub, seek out and develop opportunities for partnership and to grow the organisation’s presence as a leading specialist mental health and wellbeing charity.

The post is for an initial 1-year period with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

The Role

The Marketing and Communications Lead will be responsible for the development of an effective marketing strategy to encourage participation and utilisation of digital platforms in the community to improve their wellbeing. They will have responsibility to manage the content on the website, social media platforms, promotional material and communication to beneficiaries and stakeholders, with the aim of establishing the leading digital platform for community-based wellbeing services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with the ability to develop, build and drive a marketing strategy to meet the goals of the digital platform development. The post holder will have a high level of marketing and communications skills, attention to detail, able to work independently, and with the ability to build connections with diverse audiences in the commercial, public and voluntary sectors.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to apply and/or to further develop their skills in a vibrant and dynamic role. Working as part of a small and focused team, the Senior Communications and Activities Lead will lead on the promotion of the organisation’s brand, integrating and bringing together the collaborative work streams. The role will be integral in the continued development of a digital platform to improve access, and to raise awareness and conversion for our physical activities at our centre to achieve better outcomes for wellbeing services.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

· Create marketing plans for social media, content and brand

· Lead on the communications and marketing activities for the organisation

· Work closely with the CEO, Head of Operations and colleagues to devise and implement a

coherent marketing strategy bringing together the different services, activities and products developed by the organisation

· Work closely with the team to encourage greater uptake of the digital platform, physical activity and workshops programmes to improve access and connection with vulnerable adults from harder to reach communities

· Establish and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships with regional and local press channels, as well as other communication agencies

· Update and support the creation of information and images on the website regularly

· Oversee marketing communications including promotional material and effective digital campaigns, and the weekly newsletter

· To coordinate all aspects of print production, design, proofing and distribution of all publications, leaflets, brochures and publicity material

· Provide administrative support for all media, social media, website and press related communications

· Provide administrative support for the activity and workshop programmes across the organisation, to promote, raise awareness and collect reporting data

· Ensuring copyright, collate images and proofing for both print and digital promotional material

· Maintain and update a library of publications, reports, stories and promotional material to archive and showcase the organisational development, and development of the digital platform

· Manage Google Analytics and social media reporting

General Duties:

· General administrative tasks as required of the work when necessary

· To adhere to all policies including equal opportunity and volunteer policies at all times

· Support the team in the promotion and running of events throughout the year

· Work with the team to support the recruitment and management of volunteers

· Attend and contribute to regular team meetings and supervision, as well as training sessions

· Carry out such other duties as deemed appropriate and may be reasonably required by the Head of Operations

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Experience:

· Proven experience on content creation, social media marketing and branding

· A creative marketer with a good eye for design

· Experience of developing communications materials across broadcast, print and online communications channels

· Proven record on successful individual decision making from within a marketing role

· Ideas orientated to drive an agenda within their role

· Experience of working with databases and website building

· Experience of using and establishing online content management systems and databases to effectively collate and manage internal and external intelligence

Desirable Experience:

· Experience of working with business management platforms

· Experience of the voluntary sector and community work

· An understanding of key current health and social care organisations

Skills and Abilities:

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with people of different backgrounds within a variety of settings

· Strong ability to organise and forward plan

· Ability to lead and drive tasks towards completion to meet tight deadlines

· Manage a substantial workload and work with initiative and independently

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

· Excellent standard of literacy and numeracy and IT competency

· High proficiency in skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

· Exceptional attention to detail

· Excellent teamwork and can-do attitude

Other requirements:

· An understanding of the importance of confidentiality, data protection and GDPR regulations

· An understanding of key current health and social care organisations

· Willingness to work flexibility and as per the demands of the role and organisation

Training:

A short period of training and induction will be given internally by your supervisors.

Please note that the job description is by no means an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities expected of a role. The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are broadly in line with the above responsibilities to assist with service delivery and other organisational matters. The post holder should also be prepared to have the flexibility to work weekends/holidays on occasion if doing so is necessary to achieve the fundamental job objectives.

Young People’s Senior Peer Research Coordinator - Haringey

Are you passionate about working with young people?  Do you have experience of project management, involvement and research methods and helping others to do research?

If yes, we have the ideal job for you. We are working in partnership with the Peace Alliance in Haringey as part of the Peer Action Collective to develop solutions with young people to address youth violence. The work is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund.

Working with young people aged 10-20, as well as local secondary schools and colleges, the project will carry out peer research and develop social action projects.

The person in this role will be excellent at co-ordinating multiple projects and groups, with strong project management skills and will be a core part of our delivery team.  You will also get the opportunity to work on other young people’s involvement projects at McPin.

The post is full time and will suit someone who would like some flexibility in working hours, as there will be evening, weekend work plus school holiday activities, including Wednesdays and Fridays from 4-7 pm at Tottenham Town Hall. Your time will be split between working from Tottenham Town Hall in Haringey, the McPin Foundation offices in London and remote working as needed for project delivery.

You will link with stakeholders – schools, the police, local councillors – to help build networks to drive our social action projects forward.

Most importantly you will be supporting and mentoring young people as they learn about peer research and develop social action projects to drive change.

Interested in finding out more? Do contact Tanya Mackay at McPin or apply via our application form.

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Birmingham & Solihull.  We’re looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and well organised individual to join us in delivering a comprehensive Stroke Recovery Service across the region.

Position: S11187 Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Home-based Birmingham and Solihull however, extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings).

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week (flexible working available)

Salary: Circa £22,919 per annum (FTE circa £26,700 per annum)

Contract: This is a fixed term contract until 31 March 2025. Our services are contracted, we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2025.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 7 July 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: 15 July 2024

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

Reporting to the Stroke Association Service Delivery Coach, the coordinator will work with the local Health and Social Care services to receive referrals and support stroke survivors and their carers. As a coordinator you will provide personalised information, advice and support with regular reviews throughout.

Key responsibilities will include:

· Working with the local Health and Social services to receive referrals to support stroke survivors and their careers

· Providing personalised information, advice and support to address any needs identified

· Completing Needs Assessments with stroke survivors and supporting them to develop a stroke recovery plan

· Providing regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals.

About You

You will:

· Have a background in a caring and/or charity profession supporting people with disabilities

· Be able to demonstrate previous experience of working collaboratively with other organisations to achieve joint ambitions.

· Have experience of working with people who may have additional communication support needs

· Have the ability to use basic Microsoft system

This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.

To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further

information on the role.

Please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Social Care and Support Officer, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Volunteering Manager, Care and Support Officer, Social Care Worker, Health, Health Care, Support Worker, Care Worker, Social Care Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Relief Support Worker, Support Worker Disabilities, Day Centre Support Worker, Rehabilitation Support Worker, Night Support Worker, Stroke Support Worker, Disability, Disability Support, Stroke.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Team Leader to join our Homelessness service in Kensington and Chelsea.

£31,534.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day-to-day management of their designated service, including line managing the relevant front-line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the Contract Manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the service.

Heaney Hub implements and promotes the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) model. This is an approach to supporting people out of homelessness, particularly those who have experienced complex trauma or are diagnosed with a personality disorder. It also considers the psychological needs of staff: developing skills and knowledge, increasing motivation, job satisfaction and resilience.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

- Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
- Deliver effective supervision, case work management and team meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication
- Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisation's succession plans
- Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
- Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
- Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract/Heads of Operations
- Deliver an out of hours on-call service for region, where required
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Contract Manager/Head of Operations, as appropriate

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

What you'll bring:

Essential:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable:

- Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Please see our website for full job description.

About the role

The Hardman Trust supports people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life. As the office, grants and programmes administrator your role is to help make this a reality through the day-to-day support of our work. You’ll help to ensure our programmes run smoothly, and that the staff have the administrative support they need to provide a quality service to people accessing our programmes. 

Your role will evolve over time, to reflect the changing needs of the charity, but will primarily involve office tasks (post, inboxes, phone calls), as well as the administration of our various programmes (letter writing, updating the database, record keeping). You will share an office with our office volunteers and one of our programme managers, and you will work closely with the broader team via online meetings.

You'll be based at our Waterloo office, a few minutes walk from Waterloo station. Hours can be flexible. 

About you

With an enthusiasm for our mission, you will be well-organised, motivated and eager to support those we are here to serve. As the first point of contact for anyone calling or emailing the charity, you will be responsive, and have good customer service and communication skills. You'll be proactive, solution-focused, and enjoy helping to keep the charity organised. You'll be happy working on your own, and also alongside others. You'll be at any stage in your career, but with a positive mindset and eagerness to develop and grow as the charity develops and grows.

About us

• Our purpose: We support people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life so they benefit, their families benefit and the wider community benefits too.

• Our vision: A future where everyone can achieve their potential within and beyond prison.

• Our mission: Specialising in the unique needs of people on long sentences, we provide tailored practical and financial support to help people find belonging, move into work or training, and reach their personal goals.

Read more in the attached person specification and job description

Who we are looking for
We are looking for a highly effective person – someone who is passionate about volunteering and looking for an opportunity to work with Islington’s residents and our vibrant and diverse VCFSE sector.

Purpose of the role (and primary function)
We are entering an exciting new phase of development at VAI, and our ambition is to maintain our current volunteering support offer as well as developing new services.

We are seeking a Volunteer Centre Support Officer to:

• Deliver high-quality volunteering brokerage (connect) services to residents and VCFSE organisations.
• Lead on volunteering outreach in the community.
• Provide good practice volunteering support to VCFSE and corporate and public sector organisations.
• Assist with the day to day running of the Volunteer Centre including volunteer management and the continuous development of the service.
• Promote volunteering and assist with marketing of the Volunteer Centre service.

Hours: Part Time 28 hours per week.

Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Currently one Friday in two from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m., hours will be reduced elsewhere in week when working Fridays.  

Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2025, extension likely. Start date as soon as available.

Responsible to:  Nightingale Service Manager

Location: Richmond upon Thames - User homes, community locations, offices, from home as required by service.

Salary: £25 – 28k FTE DOE plus 5% employer pension contribution.

Join a great team providing support to local older people when leaving hospital.

Age UK Richmond upon Thames are a local independent charity providing support for older people throughout the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Our wide range of services have a positive and long-lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of local older people.

We currently have an immediate excellent opportunity for flexible and proactive individual to join our Nightingale Home from Hospital service, which provides support to older people over the age of 65 living in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on their return home from hospital or when they have become unwell in the community.

The team is involved in organising and delivering tasks which facilitate a speedy hospital discharge / make the home safer to avoid readmission and avoid admission in the first place. This includes preparing the home for discharge; fitting keysafes; moving furniture; shopping; arranging travel and providing advice.

The role will involve:

- Managing a caseload of clients.

- Developing a holistic plan of support, and directly delivering aspects of it.

- Liaising with hospitals, social workers, volunteers, family members, carers and other voluntary sector organisations and services.

- Administration related to the delivery of the service.

We are looking for an individual with experience in a health or social care related field, has an understanding of the challenges facing older people upon leaving hospital, has access to their own transport and is able to undertake physical tasks associated with preparing the home for discharge. Good communication, administration and coordination skills are also essential.

Please click apply to be taken to our website for full details and to apply. Closing date for applications is the 18th June 2024 at 9 a.m., with interviews on the afternoon of 24th June 2024.

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

The important stuff 

Salary: from £50,000 dependent on experience

Contract: 12 – 18 months fixed term

Hours: Full-time, Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm with occasional evening work for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Location: Hammersmith, London – we are an office-based organisation.

Closing date: Sunday 23rd June 2024

Interviews: We anticipate interviews to commence the w/c 1st July

Application Pack: Download our application pack below for more information

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.

Benefits

• Excellent Health Insurance Plan, including gym discounts and other perks
• Exceptional staff development and training opportunities, including our 5-day Coaching for Leadership programme (worth £3,000)
• Regular staff prayer meetings, conferences, and retreats (one residential)
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and additional Christmas ‘gift days’
• We are an office-based organisation and value collaboration and our team culture, but offer staff the opportunity to work a few days from home each week where the role allows, in agreement with their manager

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times.  

Person Specification 

• An active Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Resurgo, and a demonstrated commitment to social impact and our mission to play a meaningful part in the repair of our social fabric
• Outstanding leadership ability with the confidence to make effective decisions; flexibility to pivot and change direction when needed and to bring partners and team on the journey
• Excellent people and networking skills; emotional intelligence, capable of quickly winning the trust and confidence of, as well as to network and influence church leaders and a range of audiences, internally and externally
• A minimum of 5 years’ demonstrable experience in a church partnerships or business development role
• Strong initiative and organisational skills including the ability to establish appropriate processes and structures and to manage multiple priorities to meet targets and deadlines
• Strong quantitative skills including ability to work with and interpret impact data, fundraising pipelines and basic financial information

Key Responsibilities

National Growth

• Develop strategy for national growth and ensure effective delivery of strategy, with a focus on growing our work in unserved and developing regions of the UK and building a diverse range of church partners
• Engage with thinking around the intersection between social impact, employability and the church to ensure we are at the cutting edge within the sector, developing an understanding of local needs and challenges and how Resurgo can best inspire and equip partners to catalyse sustainable and impactful social change.
• Work with wider leadership team to understand and fine tune barriers to growth, including considering recruitment and operations support needed by partner churches, and funding avenues and the operation of the seed fund, which provides start-up funding to churches in the early years of launching a Spear centre.

Pipeline Development

• Identify, build, and develop relationships with potential partners through networking at Christian conferences and running our own events, identifying and introducing our work to key networks, and offering relevant coaching sessions as a means for churches to understand Resurgo’s coaching, employability and impact management.
• Introduce potential and existing partner churches to the Spear programme as a means of creating sustainable social impact in their community, particularly with young people, and provide opportunities for them to engage with the programme with a view to considering launching a centre in their own community where this is a good fit.
• Build a pipeline of potential Spear partners, and steward these relationships from the point of introduction, through to confirmation of programme launch, reporting to the Senior Leadership team against monthly KPIs and annual growth targets.
• Work closely with the Impact team and Director of External Relations to consider the ‘client’ journey of a church from point of initial interest to uptake of one of our programmes

New Centre Set-up and Implementation

• Oversee a team who project manage the launch of new Spear centres in partnership with local churches, including overseeing all
  practical and operational aspects of the centre setup, recruiting new coaches, and ensuring required policies and systems
  are in place.

Active Participation in the Philanthropy and wider Resurgo Mission

‘To Inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery.’

• Help build and develop Resurgo’s ethos and Christian life as a team member.
• Lead and contribute to regular team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo’s operation and for the success of its mission.

About Us

Travalyst is a not-for-profit organisation working to identify – and help bring about – the systemic changes needed in order for sustainable travel to be taken out of the niche, and into the mainstream.

We believe tourism can, and must, play a key role in achieving a sustainable future for our world; so we’re convening the key players, and catalysing the necessary action, to change the impact of travel, for good.  We are committed to being a driving force that redefines what it means to travel, helping everyone explore our world in a way that protects both people and places, and secures a positive future for destinations and local communities for generations to come.

We were founded in partnership with Booking (dot) com, Expedia, Google, Skyscanner, Trip (dot) com Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa. The Travalyst Coalition now includes eleven of the world’s leading companies and brands associated with travel working with us to make travel more sustainable.

Travalyst provides supportive, independent and neutral governance, empowering our Coalition of some of the biggest – and occasionally competing – travel companies and service providers to share data and accelerate change. The goal is to bring credible, consistent sustainability information to the mainstream, helping both travellers and travel companies make better, greener choices.

About the role

Travalyst is recruiting its first full-time COO. This is a broad role, supporting Travalyst’s CEO and a growing Executive Leadership team to enable delivery of this first-of-its-kind global initiative. Now in its 5th year, the Travalyst team and organisation is scaling quickly to drive progress and accelerate impact.

About you

You will be able to demonstrate a track record in successful organisational design and implementation, including the development of effective but adaptable systems and processes and their roll-out across a complex organisation with multiple partners and stakeholders. You will manage and lead on finance, governance and risk, ensuring that Travalyst is run according to the highest standards for a UK not-for-profit organisation. 

Proven scale-up operational experience, in a sustainability-focused organisation and/or a UK not-for-profit, is essential. Strong project management skills, enabling effective prioritisation and decision-making and excellence in delivery, would be of huge benefit in the role. 
 

Areas of responsibility: 

Governance, Legal & Risk

· Be accountable for governance structures and processes, including reviewing and revising governance documentation annually

· Ensure compliance with UK statutory and legal obligations 

· Support the Travalyst Board and CEO to ensure effective risk management and mitigation 

· Support CEO with preparation of Board packs and attend Board meetings as an Observer 

· Act as Company Secretary 

· Provide oversight of legal discussions and documentation, working with pro-bono legal team where needed

Financial Management

· Oversight of financial management and administration, including near and longer-term financial planning, modelling, and cash flow management

· Manage outsourced Finance Director, bookkeeper accountants and auditors for budgeting, statutory accounting, audit, payroll, and tax - and evolve the Finance function as the organisation scales

· Support the CEO on funder management, leading on financial and operational aspects of fundraising, including leading grant application processes, budgeting and grant reporting

HR and Organisational Design

· Oversight of HR management and administration, including resource planning and recruitment

· Managed outsourced HR and recruitment consultants on professional development, culture & engagement, employee lifecycle management and recruitment initiatives

· Evolve HR function as the organisation grows

· Oversee workforce planning and recruitment for new hires supported by outsourced HR

· Ensure compliance of all existing legal/ contractual agreements with employees, consultants and suppliers

Operations and Strategy

· Support the CEO on the development of Travalyst’s annual strategic planning and lead on the accompanying operational plan

· Support the CEO in managing Travalyst Coalition Partners, including acting as the relationship lead where required

· Lead on Travalyst’s procurement process and manage key supplier relationships including all contracts, policies, and procedures

· Support the team to evolve Travalyst’s operating model, develop and manage systems and processes to ensure successful delivery of ongoing workstreams and new projects or initiatives

Resourcing & Project Management

· Lead on development and implementation of project management and delivery processes, ensuring excellence in delivery across project teams

· Lead weekly touchpoints to prioritise resources and workload, and track progress against milestones

· Focus and role model excellence in delivery through strong project management skills and ways of working 

IT

· Lead the roll-out of new internal technology to support effective delivery 

· Act as data protection officer (DPO) for the organisation, providing oversight and following best practice and regulation with regards to information, governance, data protection and adherence with UK GDPR

· Provide oversight of IT and data security 

About Affinity Trust

At Affinity Trust, we are committed to making a difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. With over 30 years of dedicated service, we champion inclusivity, support independence, and create opportunities for the people we support, enabling them to live their lives in their way.

Position: Integrated Care Systems Lead

Contract: Two-year, fixed term basis. Applications for full or part-time are welcome

Salary: £60,000 (pro-rata if working part-time)

Location: Home-based role

Flexible, with a requirement to travel across our operational areas in the UK.

The Role

As our Integrated Care Systems Lead, you will play a pivotal role in steering Affinity Trust's engagement with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across the UK. Your primary focus will be building robust relationships with ICSs, aligning our services with their strategic ambitions, and securing new social care contracts. This role is critical in ensuring Affinity Trust is positioned as a partner of choice within the evolving health and social care landscape, providing innovative and person-centred services to support people with learning disabilities and autistic people

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Work: Make a tangible difference in the lives of people we support.
• Career Development: Opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.
• Competitive Salary and benefits package, including a focus on work-life balance.
• Inclusive Culture: Be part of a diverse team that values every individual’s contribution.

How to Apply

We're excited to hear from experienced professionals who are passionate about shaping the commissioning landscape for health and social care. Please share your CV and a cover letter explaining why you're a perfect match for the role and why you would like to be a member of the Affinity Trust team.

Application Deadline: 01 July 2024

Affinity Trust is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity. We have 40 years of experience working with migrant communities in London. Our immigration advice service offers support to more than 2,000 people each year. Praxis provides a safe space and support through immigration advice and support to access services such as housing and health. We run peer support groups that build social networks and confidence. Together with people with lived experience, Praxis campaigns for a compassionate and humane immigration system where no one is discriminated against based on their immigration status, race, or class.

To support our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Senior Trusts and Statutory Fundraising Officer to join our small yet dynamic Fundraising team to help grow our income through Charitable Trusts and Foundations and from Statutory bodies. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we look to build a future of excellent frontline services and influential lived experience led campaigning. 

You will play an integral role in delivering on generating income to pursue our strategic priorities, managing high-value Trusts and Statutory relationships, joining a dynamic and ambitious organisation with exciting opportunities for fundraisers to contribute to growth and development.

In this role you will:

· Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of £50k+ prospects, working with fundraising and operational colleagues to develop high-value, strategic and multi-year opportunities.

• Prepare and submit compelling funding applications to trusts and foundations and other grant making bodies to grow income.

· Account manages key Trusts & Statutory funders, leading on the development of impact reports, and ensuring a bespoke and memorable stewardship experience by developing plans for key funders.

We are looking for the below skills and experience:

• Excellent written communication skills, with evidence of creating bespoke written proposals and reports for Trusts and Foundations and Statutory grant making bodies.
• A strong track record of building and managing a pipeline of high-value trusts prospects, with a proactive, new-business focused outlook.

• A results-oriented mindset with a commitment to meeting and exceeding fundraising targets
• An interest and commitment to migrant and race justice and inclusion

See the Person Specification and Job Description for more detail. 

Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes 

· A 35-hour working week including flexible working hours (pro rata for part time posts)

· A hybrid work model 

· 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays) 

· Option to buy up to 3 days annual leave each year.

· 1-day additional birthday leave

· A defined contribution pension scheme 

· Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7. 

· A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status. 

Please see our website to find out more about our work.

For further details, please contact Gjori Langeland Head of Fundraising and Communications.

To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the person specification. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. 

If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or have any questions, please contact us and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.

Closing Date: 5 pm 19th June 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing 1st July

Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator

Carers’ Hub works to improve carers’ lives in Lambeth through quality services and community engagement. We are an independent local charity, who work with carers aged five upwards. Whether financial, educational or otherwise, they seek to limit the challenges that carers face and achieve this by improving carer’s wellbeing, connecting carers to support and training opportunities, awareness raising and influencing local policy. We are now recruiting for a Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator to join our team.

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you will: 

• Deliver an engaging, accessible range of workshops, social activities and one to one support for our young adult carers, working to targets and ensuring timely and accurate reporting to funders.

• Support the wider young carers service by being a first point of contact for telephone and email enquiries. 

• Develop external relationships and communications in a way that promotes the welfare of carers in Lambeth and enhances the image of the organisation. 

• Work with the Carers' Hub team to support our wider organisational objectives and helping out with events, communications and other ad hoc work.

To be considered for this role you will have experience of working with vulnerable young people and managing complex cases as well as knowledge of safeguarding protocols including referring and escalation to Children’s Social Care. Candidates with a professional qualification in health and social care, youth or community work, and/or direct experience of delivering family focused interventions are encouraged to apply. 

Please note, this is a part-time role, 21-hours per week, ideally spread across 3 days. You will be based on site at their Brixton office, with the option of home working 1 day per week, as well as outreach/in the community. You will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS for Adults and children. 

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you must be:

• Available to work 9am to 5pm between Monday and Friday (with occasional evening and weekend work)

• Willing to travel within Lambeth

• Willing to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check

What can we offer you?

• Professional development,  induction,  ongoing training and support

• Hybrid working

• Permanent contract

• Holiday pay and pension

• Travel reimbursed

Closing date: 9am Friday 21st June

Interviews: Thursday 27th June at 336 Brixton Road

Job Title: Support worker

Location: London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Salary: £27,352.00 per annum 

Hours: Hours: 40 hours per week, including weekends

Contract: Permanent

PRHA is a great place to work – Our award-winning teams work together to improve the lives of our residents and make a real contribution to ending homelessness. As an IIP Gold standard employer, we value our staff and commit to develop their skills and support them in their important work.

We have an exciting opportunity for Support Workers  within two of our specialist  services. We are looking for self-starters with a passion for sparking change in people’s lives. You will have the necessary skillset to empower people and support residents to achieve their goals.

PRHA hostels guarantee a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic environment where no two days are ever the same. We are seeking motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams and help our residents to change their lives for the better.

We are looking for:

Competencies

• Knowledge, empathy, understanding and proven ability to work creatively and engage homeless people whose alcohol/ drug misuse/ mental health/ complex trauma has had significant effect on their physical and mental health, social and coping skills .
• Ability to assess needs, risks (within a framework of positive risk taking) and develop user led support plans.
• Awareness of and ability to identify and address health and care issues with partners, especially substance misuse, mental health, dementia etc.
• Ability to respond to challenging behaviour in a safe way.
• Ability to develop successful professional relationships, working collaboratively with external and internal partners , sharing expertise and learning from colleagues in health, social care,probation and voluntary sector etc
• Knowledge of and commitment to service user involvement, self empowerment, equalities, diversity andservice improvement
• Basic understanding of the principals of delivering support within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) and commitment to working within this model
• Robust knowledge and practical application of adult safeguarding requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of Healthand Safety in a hostel setting, including dealing with emergencies and working alone.
• A good listener and communicator at all levels, including people with communication difficulties
• A good standard of literacy, numeracy, computer skills and the ability to write accurate and succinct reports.
• Proven ability both to work within a team and use initiative to problem solve.
• Excellent time management skills
• Willingness and ability to support personal care where the service user is at risk
• Ability to implement policies and procedures,standing orders and financial regulations

What we offer

We offer our staff a generous benefits package, which includes:

• Pension Scheme – We offer a group stakeholder pension scheme with 3% employer's contribution, employee contribution is 5%
• Holidays - Employees receive up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with long service
• Medical – we provide a “Cash Back" Scheme for a range of services such as dental, physio, chiropody, health& wellbeing
• Training Programmes – We provide comprehensive training to our employees to enable them to grow in their career and achieve their professional aspirations.
• Season Ticket Loans – We offer interest-free season ticket loans after successful probation
• Life Assurance - Upon death whilst in service, a Death in Service payment may be made according to the scheme rules. The payment covers 3 times of the employee’s annual salary.

How to apply

Please read the full Job Description & Person Specification which can be found on our website. To apply, please send your CV and Supporting Statement outlining your interest in working for PRHA and explaining how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description & Person Specification. Please send your CV and Supporting Statement by clicking the Apply Now button. Furthermore, applications with no attached personal statement explaining how you meet the job description will not be considered.

It is required for this post that the successful candidates will have to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.